The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-12-19

kei here remains firm at about ! cent de
cline on previous prices althou gh. Nss
York quotations show nearly enc cent
decline The receipts this week Smount
ell to about one hundred and fifty bales
which met with ready sale we quote:
Good Ordinary. llic.
Low Middling, lllc.
Middling llSc.
ReauTIGuI. BeaptIfUl:
/ Toilet sets, vases, box stationery, jew.
ehv boxes, Mpjalica card receivers, and
great vsriety of toys, at FORTUNES
Drug Store. dec II
TaIEves Fixing FOR HOUsEKEEP
ING. Last week the farm house Of Mr.
/ Brown, wac lives on the river, six OF
eight miles below town, wss robbed Of
larger part OF HIS household goods. Mr.
Brown anj family were net at home when
the thieves landed, and in broad fayligh'
Quilted the premises and IoSded Their
skis. Amohg other things, they siN'
feather bed. quilts, gun, saddles, snd
a cooking stove. The thieves then jour
neyed on down the river, and At nigh
camped on the bank some Is miles beles
About daylight a squad Of citizens. who
were in search of the depredatOrs, ran
upon them, and found the goods as de-
scribed in their possession. They gave
their names as John Albany and George
Jackson, and the witnesses testify that
they acknowledged their guilt when the
| stolen goods were found in their posses
sion. They were brought to Hickman
aud an examining trial held before the
City Court, which court, after hearing
the evidence, held them for trial before
the February term OF the Circuit Court
aud in default of $500 bail, were commit
ted to the county jail.
nUR CLoAKS AND D0LMANS just
~ arrived, and being rather late. se
offer them much below their real value
Call and examine.
octlo J. X. PLAUT BRO
la this issue, correspondent sug
gests municipal ticket, headed by II. A.
Tyler for Mayor. II is good ticket. We
have also heard the name of DR.. A. A.
Paris spoken Of for the Mayorslty.
Either would make good officer. We
don care what individuals compose the
new board, whether the one printed or al
entirely different Que, bu, we DO think
the citizens should manifest concevu
enough TO elect prudent aud sensible
set of officers. The finances of the town
are now in an intelligent and healthy
shape, TO say the least Of il, and it is TO
the interest of all for IL 70 he kept 80.
The present board have, in our judgment.
made excellent officers. hut SEINE Of them
decline 70 serve longer. Our taxpayers
are pretty we'll loaded With The very
best management. and The election Of an
imprudent board next year would aake
things consiiershlS worse. We want a
council ia favor o. rict hnaneeerins
and strict sanitation.
BETTER PaIcEs lIsRE THNS At
OrurR PLAcEs.-Some Of our farmers
from time TO time, are disposed 10 grum-
HE about the prices they get for their
produce at Hickman We reckon this i
only human nature, but they can draw
some consolation ny comparison with the
prices rmers receive AT other neighhOr
ing points The Columbus Times. speak
ing of the present corn market. seys:
1--WE learn that the corn crop in the
lower bottom is very large one, the best
ever raised there, in fact. All the farm
ers in Mat section are selling their cora
in Hickman At 35cts per bushel Inc
steamer Hllman is plying in the interest,"
Of Nashville parties aud carries corn from
the plantations along the river to Hick
man where IL is re shipped 20 Nashville
by rail. Thirty cents being the price
paid here, as a matter of course the whole
crop of the bottom go TO Hickman
little enterprise in Columbus would pay
Her shipping facilities are unexceiled'
and il some Of her business men with
capital would take hold aud offer prices
equal TO those offered at Hickman ana
other places not only would their indi
vidual trade be benefite but the Whole
town would experience the effect. hicE
man is said TO do more business in a day
than Columbus does in a week, and II IL
doubtless true. for her business met
throw out inducements to deal with then
that are bound to have their effect. VIVA
10 possible for Hickman is possible 10
\ Columbus. Enterprise is what We want
and enterprise is q sine qua non of bushes:
success.
As matter of truth the price paid a
Hickman, all the season, has been SO cents
and 80 anywhere on the bank, which
/ gives the farmers near Hickman cent,
better prices than those near Columbus
1t is also a conceded fast that Hickman
/ has paid from l to 3 cents more for cotton
than any neighboring market. Last sea
son, we all know, that our buyers paid
/ from 5 to l5 cents more for wheat thar
was paid anywhere else. Under thi.
state of facts, it does look like our farm
ers should congratulate themselves, aut
be proportionately better of than tn,
farmers who from location are compelled
20 sell to these other markets. For thi,
better market We are indebted to the lib
erality of buyers, and chiefly to lowe
freight rates. Having here the Missis
sippi river and railroad in competition
for freights, our people are always en-
abled to ship their produce at lower fig
points where they are solely dependen
upon railroad. Our farmers who Iiv,
on a railroad, too far from the river |.
haul their grain here. see and know tina
prices here are better than they get. hu
thew cant help themselves. On the Who'll,
average the farmers near Hickman max,
their crops net them more per busheI m,
per pound than any farmers for hft,
miles around These are facts worth con
sidering. and when we think OF the harl
labor and poor returns. let's draw = litti
consolation from the fact that We get
little mere shs1 our nsigh6ors