The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-06-30
LOCAL NEWS.


Fourth
old papers for sale at this ot'c' "'
10 cents per hundred
The hum of the thresher can ho"
be- heard i'm every direction
The City Council will meet III reg
Mar session next Monday night
Ss- shaw's $50, $500 and $3.50
Shoes can't be beat.
The fellow who doesn't IKE NOV
crs is generally one who Is too lazy "
cut weeds.
yellow fever prevails III santiago,
Cuba, and the fear is that II may spr''"
to this country.
The man who talks loudest about
hard umes is tue man who does the
least to make times good.
He who SAYS life is not worth the
living gets frightened the worst ut the
first suggestion of death
The Paris Tenn Cornct band has
been engaged 80 play at the f"ur'h VI
July celebration az Fulton.
The retail CLERKS of Fulton, have or
ganized union, pay monthly dues, &c
TO assist clerks in sickness, &c.
A negro man was hanged in Fulton
Monday night at 10 O'Clock, for ROB
bling another negro of about $40 Inc
lvnching was cone hv negroes.
The farmer who kicks the hardest
about bad weather and poor crops Is
the one who spends one-halt ms tlhle III
bed and the other half IN town
~ positively will repair your
watch or clock at less than the cheap.
est | have the experience, tools ana
can execute the work. Yours truly,
Il. w. BUCK.
The individual who is always com
plalning because the world appears To
have a grudge against him Is the one
who is always doing something to Of
fend people.
The Lawn Fete given by the ladies
of the Episcopal Church ut MIR. George
Bartletts, Thursday eve of last week
Melted them twenty odd dollars. and a
very pleasant evening
The woman who spends three days
out of the week complaining of the I'M
kind things people are saying about her,
consumes the other four in saying mean
things about somebody.
The barn of Judge b. Il. Walker, 1
miles below Hickman. with its con
tents of corn, hay and harness, was de
stroyed by fire FRIDAY night last. No
insurance. Some believe il TO be the
act OF an incendiary.
II has ter inform you, said the dea-
con, ''dat all de collection has been
stole FUN de church by some trifiing
devil dats got no conscience but tank
de Lawd, hit wont do i'm no good
kase dey wuz a hole i'll envy nickel dat
wuz in de hat FIX.
~ A new lot of Ladies custom
made Shirt Waists just arrived. They
are perfectly beautiful and cheap, at
II q ANsnso.
o-fo-iw.
-Bardwell Push II looks like tn,
Fulton and Hickman electric railroad
will be built yet. IL can be constructed
at a much less cost than at first suppos
ed and do a much greater good. II THU
road is built IL will stimulate our CAPT
talists TO tapping the NJ. a. o., and wei
bet on it.
An exchange, III "A town not far off
printed an item to the effect that Ger
tain resident, whose name it did no
mention, had better stop kissing hi
hired girl or it might be found out
Twenty seven married men called OIL
the editor and Immediately stopped
their paper and accused him of inter
fering in their domestic affairs.
J. w. Rule, of Sandy Slough, No.
opposite Island 10, found IA 100 pound
| shell imbedded in "A tree, TO the depth o
| 2 feet, 20 feet from the ground anC
about ! mile from the river. IL had no
exploded, the fuse having burned on
and it was full of powder. 1t was prob
ably fired by the Confederates or FEEDER
ais during the bombardment of Islam,
10 in 1862.
The following young men repre-
sented Fulton County in the a. & VI
| College, at Lexington, the past year ant
President Jas. X. Patterson, of tn
College, speaks in the most complimen
tary terms of their progress and work
Dave Maddox, Hickman Ed TAYLOR
Fulton Arch McMurry, Jordan Drey
Luten, Cayce; Chas Saunders, Hick
man VIM. +. johnson, Cayce Jas. NJ
Mcdaniel, Hickman.
Next Tuesday, July 4th. will b
celebrated by Fulton as annual feel
day. Over $500 have been set aside /
secure entertainments of various kind
TO amuse the people. Among the othe
attractions will be II speech by Hon. j
C.. 5. Blackburn. A rate of one fare fo
the round trip will be gwen ON all rail
roads. A cordial invitation is given b
the good people of Fulton to everybody
"A dispatch from Union City, date
oath inst, says: l.. ID. George and Mis-
Myrtle Johnson of Hickman, Ky, wer
married this morning by Squire a. NJ
/. Reeves in his office II was Gretn
Green affair. The young couple lief
home in a buggy last night at 10 O'Clock
but heavy rain came on and compel
led them to take refuge with farmer
When the rain was over they continue
their journey, arriving here about day
hight