The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-03-31
LOCAL NEWS.
A. w. Lindsay went to Fulton last


ENy- See the Ladies Oxfords at
SHAw'S.
-Chas. Perry and Elmo Reeves went
/ to Fulton last week.
C. !. Worth. the miller, of Moscow,
was in Hickman, Monday, selling flour.
james Parker. the superb carriage
man, of Fulton, WAS IN the clty Monday.
Roy A bargain in up-to-date Organ
dies at Buchanan from Zoe to 2oc.
County Court was in session Mon
day, and transacted considerable bust
4 ness.
( Mr.. Clarence Bransford and Miss
Maud Wright. both of Fulton, married
Friday of last week.
/ Mr.. aud Mrs Turner and son, Char
/ lie, or Milan, Tenn, parents of Ed W.
Horncr are visiting him at Mr.. Geo.
Helms.
E2- Solid Gold Spcctables, 81 80.
Ewes tested free at the Old REIIABLE.
nas- one Bargain Lot in Mems Shirts
az Buchanan's, 80 and 15c values 10 at
25c.
MIR. G. n. Walker, cx.editor, of Col
umbus, Ky, who has ben under IN
dictment at Charlotte, Tenn, was
/ tried and acquitted.
Dame Rumor saws we will have
I wedding to-day, but as we don't know
/ for sure. we will wait till next week to
/ tell you about 1t.
An Evansville. Ind. woman, who
believes in spiritualiSm, makes a pre-
dictiun that President Mckinley will be
ass;iSSinatcd before May 10.
Farmers are very much behind in
their preparations for this years crops.
The weather has been So wet and cold
that no work OF any account could be
done.
gfs. Mems $1,000 custom made Suits
can be bought at Buchanan for $500,
800 and $3.50 Pants 40 at 81 so to 50.
Tho Clinton Democrat suggests .
that in Hickman County road over /
seers are usually acquitted, and won I
derS how we are 10 ever have good roads .
If there Is 10 be no enforcement of the
law.
fruit crop is far from being killed nv
tine cold weather. will be heavy this .
year. This will encourage Us until an /,
other expert comes forth and tells us !
contrary.
There seems 70 be no doubt that
the peaches, and in fact many of the F.
trees are killed. II l. possible there
will not be even bloom ON the trees,
as they look almost ~ dead now IT,
they did III midwinter
yH-rhe SWEETEST things in town can
be found IN Shaw new department.
"A little circular sent ont from Co
lumbus, KY, signed by IS citizens say
ing that no case of smallpox had been
in that town, contrary 10 the report OF
DIR. j. w Manire. has raised the doc
tors ire to such AN extent that he has
sued the parties that signed the circular
for S25. GOO damage.
rive ynion City Comm ercfaf Corr-
Ter suggests o public reception 70 the
soldier boys of COMPANY /, Fourth Ten
nessee, on their return home from Cuba,
which, that paper says. viii be in few
DAYS. Several Hickman boys are IN that
regiment, and their return Is ANXIOUS
/ ly awaited by loved ones.
A young man, Ed. Garter, was ar.
rested at Mayfield. last week, on a
charge of false swearing. Carter is ac-
cused Of swearing falsely III order 10
procure license TO marry a young lady
whose father says she is not near TWEEN
ty-one years old. Truly, the course of
; true love never did run smooth.
xA- Bargain Lot Ladies Fine Kid
Shoes, - 80 and ~ values go at 81 AT
Buchanan's.
The Mississippi River Commission
has allotted $50, 900. 90 for repairing anC
building levees from Cairo down, and
chief engineer Winslow, in charge OF
the Birds Point District, has written t.
| Judge Barry, President of the Leve'
Board at Birds Point for his views "a
| to how and when the money can b'
f. used to the best advantage.
q -Mayor Lang, of Paducah, seems t.
have determined that the people of hi
: town shall be good if they can be mad
so by preventing them from pursuing
their ordinary avOcations ON Sundays
He has issued flaming proclamation
that on and after the first Sunday II
April all lines of business prohibited b.
g ordinances on Sundays must cease o.
, those days.
e MIR Hugh Lewis, a brother Of Bo
and John Lewis of this place died a
. Hickman, Ky, last Sunday, and wa
Il buried here Tuesday. Mr.. Lewis ha
been afflicted with dropsy a long tim
Q and had about recovered when he wa
d attacked with pneumonia which result
I ed in his death. He was GA years oil
and leaves wife and four children
II Mayfield Democrat.
s. The Union City Commercial oppO'
4, es ceding the ReelfoOf Lake overtiowe
lands of ObIon county to lake county
" which is asked by Lake for the pu
'e pose of building leyee for the reclami
|, ton of such lands. How this improve
ment and a teeming population OF thrift
g. farmers induced thereby, could inJul
% the general welfare of the people {
Obion County is not apparent.
:, The Courier has never known lou'
I" er or more continuous talk about "ba
~ roads" In every direction pieces I
70 roads are declared impossible, and a
" want something done. But what al
@. they going to do about it. For yea