Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 6, 1872
- The City of Hickman appropriated $50,000 to improve the city wharf.
- The building of new brick buildings on vacant lots in Hickman have stimulated conversations of other brick construction on the Troutweine Block, Bailey’s Corner and the Plummer and Ledwidge property.
- Peach trees in and around Hickman were in full bloom and “fruit promises to be plentiful.”
- The Hickman Cornet Band played a concert on April 30th to a less than full house. They plan to hold another concert on April 10th.
- W. Bain gave a lecture on Temperance at the Methodist Church in Hickman on April 3rd. It was reported that a “good audience” attended, and his speech well received. Baine later lectured at Tyler Lodge and Poplar Grove.
- The German citizens, along with many Americans, attended a dance sponsored by the Deutschen Unterstuetzung Verein on April 1st.
- The two leading grocery stores in Hickman chose to discontinue the sale of liquors at their establishments by the end of April.
- The merchants, J. H. Plant and Henry Amberg, reestablished businesses in Hickman.
- L. McCutchen bought two lots on Water Street in Hickman and will erect a new 66×98 foot warehouse adjacent to Bondurant & Drewry Company.
- Plans for establishing a building and loan association were discussed in Hickman.
- Frank Miller planned to open his beer garden in Hickman in the summer.
- The residence of J. B. Corum of Fulton County was robbed by a man named J. S. Jackson, alias Edwards, on April 4th. Corum stated that one mule, a pistol and five dollars in cash was stolen.
- Two citizens of Fulton County stood before the County Court to resolve ownership of a hog valued at five dollars. The cost of the lawsuit was estimated at $100.
- George Davis married Lucinda Johnson, both of Fulton County, on March 31st.
- S. Arnold planned to address the citizens of Fulton County in Hickman on May 13th on his accomplishments as a State Legislator.
- The Columbus Dispatch reported a Ballard County farmer sold ten hams averaging 22 pounds each to the grocery store of Dupree & Co.
- A petition signed by “nearly ever lady” in Mayfield to postpone the sentence of Jack Ryan to be hung on April 31st was presented to the court. Ryan was convicted for the murder of a young girl in Graves County in 1864.
- Richard Kemp of Calloway County was killed when a log fell upon him when constructing a barn on April 3rd.
- The federal troops stationed at Paducah were to be moved to Frankfort and the soldiers at Frankfort to be transferred to Paducah.
- West Tennessee farmers were expected to plant cotton “heavily” in the spring, though a snowstorm struck the region earlier in the week.
- Thomas Campbell of Weakley County, Tennessee raised 2,570 pounds of seed cotton an acre in 1871.
- The Paris Intelligencer reported an increase in gambling in the city.
- McKenzie, Tennessee plans to hold a spring fair on May 17th and 18th.
- Nathan Cawthon of McKenzie died the week prior.
- Alvin Hawkins, Henry Townes and E. F. Estes addressed the citizens of Huntingdon, Tennessee on the subject of raising funds for the construction of a college.
- On April 3rd a man by the name of Sykes was captured by United States troops in Humboldt, Tennessee and placed in the Trenton city jail after shooting two soldiers.
- A railroad from Evansville, Indiana to Jackson, Tennessee was discussed among business leaders of both cities.
- P. T. Glass began campaigning for State Senator for the Tennessee counties of Haywood, Lauderdale and Dyer.