The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-04-27
SEED CORN.
Pure Sc. Charlie White Seed Corn.

Pure ST. Charles White Seed Corn.
l.. p. & W. s. ELLISON.
Matthew Quay. appointed U. S. Sen
ator by the Governor 81 Penn, was 70
fused a scat in the Senate by the vote 80
10 -
Commodore Jim Parker. w. T. Carr
and Others. from Fulton. passed through
Hickman yesterday, enroute 10 Rcclfoot
Lake.
From now ON when man bitches a
mule 10 your gate. kisses the baby az he
comes up the path. stops 10 shoot mar
bile out II the ring with your boy, pats
your girl on the head and gives her a
stick of gum. you may know before hc
opens the door that he will be a candi
date Tor some county Office next year.
~ Eyes tested free a. Bucks. with
Prescription
New Madrid Missourian; Lawyer
BELL, u Memphis. one Of the attorneys
Tor II. Grugan. the man who killed Louis
DeMontcourt IN Pcmiscot county. last
February. was here last week 10 get
Judge Riley % admit Grogan 10 bail
claiming that he was Ia a dying condi
ton Of pneumonia Judge Riley refused
10 issue the order without the consent Of
Prosecuting Attorney Brewer. o. Caruth.
ersville. The latter was tclcphoned by
Judge Riley, and refused to give his con
sent.
Mr.. Tom Dillon. ST.. proprietor of
Hickman Marble Works. has about COM
pletcd a handsome monument for the
WOodmen OF the World, % be erected
over the grave OF Sovereign Louis Wells.
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Of this city. The monument win be un-
veiied with appropriate ceremonies at
some time Ia the near future ono
Woodman shall sleep I'm an unmarked
grave" i one OF the principles Of this
noble order.
co. sss fhs hne unlnrsiias. F.snA.
Laos, Embroiderie~. Hnnakcrciiicfs.
Ties, &c, ne
4-0-tt II. G. ANmERo's
-Obion Democrat. Mr. Chas j. Gus
Ter, who passed through the city last
Friday. enroute 10 ST. Augustine Fla.
IN response 30 a telegram announcing
the serious illness Of his neice. Mrs. L.
Ball. % Boston. returned 20 his home In
Hickman yesterday. Mrs, Ball having
sufficiently recovered 90 accompany him
home. Mr. Clusters friends Ia this city
viii DC kilu W iftfu AilAi nc - ooiuk n
good business In his new hotel az Hick
man.
1t l. rumored that the post Office de.
partment intends 10 discontinue more
than thousand rural postofilccs during
the coming year. Farmers will get their
mail delivered al their honces. and the
postal route will radiate from the larger
towns. II free rural delivery i to be
made financial success the department
finds Il necessary 20 Rbolish the small Of
fees There i every indication that
there will be great change in the con
duct Of postal business IN the next few
years.
GW I am showing nice, complete
line OF Shirt Waists and Dress Skirts.
Warranted 20 az, and at very low prices.
4-6-4t II. @. AMnER0.
A fashion note says that belts. gloves
aud neckties Of rattlesnake skin will be
worn by women this spring. We knew
the poor rattlesnake would have 70 come
60 n sooner OF later IL was about the
only varmint left that the women didn't
wear. Think of n woman being array
ed In n silkworm dress, goat skin shoes,
whalebone stays, kid skin gloves, horse
hide belt, tortoise shell comb, fish scale
trimmings, stuffed canary birds, clam
shell buttons. spitz dog muff, mink tail
collarette alligator hide purse and now
n rattlesnake necktiel Solomon in all
his glory was not such menagerie as
one OF these and yet we love them no
matter what they wear.
We observe that writer in one Of
our contemporaries advises our farmers
20 have their names on their front gates
for the convenience Of travellers and we
heartily endorse the suggestion. IL has
been adopted in some counties and has
provedvo be great satisfaction TO all
concerned. Our country friends would
do not only others a service, but them
selves az well, by letting their light so
shine. When a man has business with
farmer and walks hundred rods two
or three times. back 10 farm houses 20
see some particular man. finds each
time that he is at the wrong house, he
begins 10 feel vengeful and accumulates a
bad impression about the country and
farmers In general.
The school census is now being tax
en- in the country districts OF Kentucky
While the census Is taken in April II
applies 10 the state OF affairs ON the first
OF July. All children who will be six
years old by the first of July must be
enrolled whether they are or are 92t SIX
when the census man comes around.
child that viii be twenty by the first OF
July must be left out. The question Oh
residence Is also bother some tune.
The residence of the child's parents or
guardian is usually considered the resi-
dence of the child though not neces.
sarily so. The same facts that would
allow person 10 vote, II voter, VIII
determine the residence OF child Tor
school purposes in most cases.