The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-07-07
Local and Personal.
n. Shoes ut SHAW'S.

DR.. j. T. Baker, Of JOnesboro, Ark
Is visiting in Hickman.
Mrs. Jno. Whiting, jr., Is visiting
her parents IN Maiden, Mo.
N. Special attention to Hardware
shelf goods at SnAw's.
A big delegation Of Hickmanites
took in the celebration at Fulton, Mon.
day.
Mrs. A. j. claywell aud little son,
Andrew. are visiting relatives at by.
ersburg, Tenn
The Woman's Equal Rights Asso.
citation will meet with Mrs. Lola
Reeves, this evening ut 3 o'clock.
Miss MAJ Grace and little brother,
Z Oscar. of Little Rock, Ark. are visit.
ing their cousin, Mrs. Joanna Bruer.
N. Ring up 80 when you want
fresh Rolls, Bread, Fruits, Nuts aud
Candies.
MIR. A. T.. Eastwood got sonnet hing
near $1,000 of subscription for the lev.
.e up In Kentucky. Lake 20. Press.
Mr.. Alfred Mcdaniel will probably
leave this week for Tampa, Fla. where
he has made arrangements To enter bust
ness.
Mrs. Ray =. Flemming. widow Of
the late Elder Fleming. Is visiting
relatives and friends IN Hickman and
vicinity.
The first cotton bloom Of the season
was presented the Courier last week,
raised on the Doids farm by Pete Don
aidsnn.
~ Get your eyes tested AT the Old
Reliable free. ON johnson 5 Opthalmeter
the finest In town.
The railroad authorities have agreed.
as we are informed, 10 repair the tun-
mel connecting Hickman water works
with the river. The damage to tnnnel
IL supposed 10 have been caused by the
railroad.
Mrs. Priscilla Noonon. widow Of
the late Sam Noouon, of near Cayce.
died, at the home ~ her son-in law, u.
H. Scott. Ia Fulton, last Friday. The
funeral and burial took place at Rush
Greek. Saturday.
The women OF Syracuse. Kansas.
have decided "a wear trousers instead
Of skirts, boomers, or other female Gov
ering for the pedal cxtremities, owing.
n they say, to the severe winds prevail
ing there. Such action would create
quite breeze In any town.
--rne last Tennessee Lcgi stature pass.
ed law which compels every butcher
In the State TO keep rigid record OF
each head OF cattle that he buys for
market. He shall take full dcscrip-
tion Of the COW. such as color. weight.
height. and any peculiar marks about
the body Of the cow.
~ Over 20 years experience IN re.
pairing fine watches and clocks. Salts.
faction guaranteed OF money refunded.
X. w. Buck.
There will BE- "a barbecue nj Graves
School House, two miles from Hickman,
on Dyenburg road, ON Tuesday, July
18th. Plenty Of good barbecued meats.
refreshments Of all kinds. good band Of
music. dancing and other amusements,
Good order will be preserved. Every
body invited. J. q. Gamer, I. j. John.
son and Sam Cole, managers.
Our venerable fellow .countyman.
Mr.. Christopher Ledwidge, Is dangerous.
Iy III. and, at this writing. not expected
90 live He suffered from "a stroke Of
paralysis this week, IN addition to his
GENERALLY enfceblcd condition from age.
In ante .bellum days he was an active
Ihusiness man, and known far and near
io the people VINO traded az Hickman.
The saw mill belonging 10 the
Three States Lumber Co, which was
sitnated seven miles west of Point
Pleasant, was destroyed by fire at an
a 4. Co.
fire, IL IL Thought, broke out from the
boiler from the floor which had caught
several times before There was no
nightwatchman employed, Loss 81 BOO,
loaves Bread for 25c.
NJ loaves Bread for 81 90.
yafsonize home industry and save from
20 to SOC ON the dollar, AT the New City
Bakery.
--Tiptonville Press Will HIllard. the
negro who killed his wife last fall is to
be hung In Lake county, July 2Sth. W.
w. Cochran was Hillard's lawyer, and
did everything in his power 10 make
Hillard's sentence lighter, but the Su-
preme Court has confirmed this court's
decision, and now Sheriff Corlew will
have one Of the most unpleasant tasks
that has yet befallen him.
"A tin peddler, out in the country,
made deal with n farmers wife. The
peddler beat the woman out oF ~ cents
ON her old rags and II cents on her old
rubbers and scrap iron. She worked of
on the peddler two dozen bad eggs at Ia
cents per dozen, and put two pounds OF
hen feathers in a sack Of goose feathers
that she sold at 40 cents per pound. The
question for our youthful mathemati.
cians TO decide Ii which one was ahead
on the deal.--Ex.
E~ A large lot of Ladies' Shoes aud
Ladies Slippers that must be sold re.
Rardless OF cost. I have too many and
want to reduce my stock in that line
II. q. AMBERG
6.l8.4w.
The people hereabouts celebrated
the GLORIOUS 9TH in many and various
ways, the business houses generally
closed, quite number went 10 the pc
litical jollifeation at Fulton, some PIC.
nicked ut Combs springs, and several
,fl ,.ar ,.la mud