Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 4, 1871
• A meeting of the Democracy of Fulton was to be held at the County Court House on February 6 to discuss the proposition before the State Legislature admitting the testimony of black citizens in Kentucky State courts.
• A case was argued before the United States Supreme Court regarding the claim of ownership of Wolf Island on the Mississippi River between Missouri and Kentucky.
• A bill was passed in the State Legislature authorizing a tax to build a District School House in Fulton County.
• Hickman city treasurer, C. A. Holcombe, reported a monthly balance of $313.19 for the month of January.
• B. C. Ramage was appointed superintendent of the Hickman Cemetery with the authority to sell lots and collect fees. The charge to dig a grave was set at $3.00.
• City council members not attending meetings were to be fined $1.00.
• Street scavengers, under the direction of the City Marshal, are engaged in cleaning the streets of Hickman.
• The County Attorney reports averaging one prosecution a day since the beginning of the year.
• Grocery store owner Sanford Creed, of Fulton County, received several severe cuts on the head from a party of hooligans.
• County Clerk John A. Wilson began construction of a brick residence on Troy Avenue in Hickman.
• The Hickman Amateur String Band propose giving a series of concerts and balls this spring.
• Captain John Betts, one of the first settlers of Hickman, returned to the city after many years of retirement in the rural outskirts of the county.
• City authorities issued orders to stop merchants from displaying goods upon boxes in front of their storefronts and sidewalks.
• Charles Oswald, proprietor of the Steam Furniture Manufacturing plant, had two fingers amputated after his hand had become caught between two cogs of a pressing machine.
• Mrs. Snodgrass, a female preacher, began services this week but was later denied use of the house of worship for some unreported cause.
• James Prewett, of Lodgeton in Fulton County, accidentally killed himself while hunting. His gun had become entangled in the limbs of tree and in an effort to extricate it discharged the weapon into his head.
• Sanders, Knapp & Company established a broom manufactory at Jordan Station in Fulton County and produce the best make of brooms known to the market.
• Hickman book dealer, J. H. Davis, began to sell Valentines of every device, style and description to celebrate the event.
• The Grand Lodge of the I.O.O.F. selected Humboldt, Tennessee as the location of their college in West Tennessee.
• Several raids have been made in Tennessee to arrest illicit distillers.
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