The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-02-28

! The Democrat says that fruit and
wheat prospects are good in Hickman
county.
HICKMAN is 10 have street lamps
Not gas, but coal oil. What do you think
off 1t will be a great Improvement.
The Ballard Ne,cs says twelve-
year old daughter of James Lucas was
burned to death from her clothes catching
fire.
ERWIN SULLIVAN, mail contractor
between wadesboro and Mayfield, has
been arrested, charged with robbing the
mails.
What is it that never fails TO cure sick
or nervous headache RHgtands Light
ming Relief For sale 10y Buck & Cowgirl.
Tbs Hickman County Democratic
Convention meets at Clinton, Monday.
If the Blackburn men will turn out the
day is ours.
Tue Directors Of the Fulton County
Fair meet ut City Hall, Tomorrow, to
commence preparation for their annual
Fall exhibition.
MINISTERS will confer a favor on Us
by handing in their appointments, at least
one week in advance, and also the text
from which they expect to preach.
II Mrs. j.. B. Shapherd, of Obion
county, will bring some of her choice lard
TO the Fulton Fair, and she don't take
premium over ALT competition, wen sur
render our judgment in the matter.
The wheat crop in this section, we
regret, does not look as promising as the
snowy winter would Indicate There is
ample time, however, for the crop to re-
deem itself
II your liver troubles you buy Sim
mems Liver Medicine, In green wrapper,
at Buck * CowGILL.
Without exception, all obituaries and
tributes of respect, all articles in the in
terest of candidates, and everything in
the interest of individuals will be charged
for rs advertisements
ONLY one tax payer in Hickman
whose assessment shows an increase Of
wealth over last year, and if the same as
the one reported to us, it is constructive
truth and a practical lie.
SEE the card ofCorman & Co. They
propose making business in their line
active and advantageous to customers.
Test their prices and compare with any
point this side of Cincinnati.
THE hog law, anti saloon law, nui
sance law, boarding -house law, with big
railroad contract, is heavy Job for one
meeting of our town council but, such
are the facts. Read the proceedings. You
will find them entertaining local matter.
FREE LECTUREs.-Rev.J J. H. Mill
burn, of the Baptist Church, will give n
/ series of lectures in Hickman, Mt the Epis-
copal Church, commencing on the night
of the first Sabbath in March, on "The
Life and Travels of the Apostle Paul"
The lecture will be free, aad the public
respectfully invited.
Use DR.. Ragland's lightning Relief for
all pains. 1t is the hest liniment. For
sale by Buck s Cowgirl. feb2l
The merchants who advertise are the
men who are busiest. Note tse honsani
one of those "unfortunates &
advertise. He first commences to com-
plain that the "times are hard" next that
his neighbors are "cutting prizes" next
that the town is '-go-ing down. and
next that the "whole country is ruined, -
and nobody will pay him. And, finally,
/ the sheriff or commissioner of bankrupt
cy snatches him, his goods are sacrificed,
his family may be brought to want, and
all because he failed to ADVERTISE.
The Trustees of the town Of Fulton,
in this county, have passed an ordinance
making il unlawful to sell ale or beer
within the corporate limits of said town,
without first paying a license Of S25, for
said privilege. The State law Of May,
1878, says, THAT hereafter no coffee
house, saloon, tavern, or tippling license
shall be granted to any person or persons,
granting them the privilege Of selling
spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or
mixtures Of either, within the limits OF
Fulton county" DO the two acts "con-
sist?'
Tue friends of Judge Lindsay, in
Hickman county, will do that distin-
guished gentleman a wrong ifthey insist
on Hickman county "not inslructing''
next Monday. If, by any fair possibility
Black burn is not successful, then tn ere is
no doubt but that the bulk of the Black.
burn men of this section desire Judge
Lindsay's nomination; but if Lindsay s
immediate friends, at his home, i'll.
advisedly throw themselves in unpro-
voked opposition, they may be alienated
Our information is, that there is not n
wave of existing opposition to Black buru
in Hickman county, except from those
who prefer Lindsay.