Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 29, 1872
- The Hickman City Council passed an ordinance that required property owners to keep their gutters cleaned in front of their residences. The Market Ordinance was to be suspended until October 1st to allow farmers to sell their crop and goods. Stegala & Lane were granted a coffee house license. The City Marshal directed all persons removing sand off the old city levee on the bank of the river to desist or be fined.
- Vandals in Hickman disfigured the awning pillars in front local businesses by painting them into barber poles on the night of June 28th. City officials warned that if the subjects were caught, they would face stiff fines and imprisonment.
- Recent rains had caused delays for farmers to begin harvesting some crops. Katydids arrived in the region on June 20th which was a sign that the first frost would occur before September 20th.
- Work on the West Hickman Levee had commenced.
- New mills were being constructed in the suburbs of Hickman.
- Many citizens from Hickman planned to attend the Fourth of July celebration in Cairo, Illinois.
- The Fulton County Circuit Court was scheduled to convene on August 12th in Hickman.
- Reverend Halliburton was scheduled to preach at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on June 30th. Reverend Frost was scheduled to preach at the Sassafras Ridge Baptist Church on the night of June 29th.
- The Columbus Dispatch reported that the cities of Milburn and Clinton were considered by the Mississippi Central Railroad as sites for a future rail line.
- A black mail agent was hired by the Mobile & Ohio Railroad.
- The Odd Fellows of Moscow were making extensive preparations for the celebrations on July 5th. All neighboring lodges were invited to attend, and distinguished speakers were expected to be present.
- John Q. A. King was selected as Electoral College elector for the First Congressional District.
- The Murray Gazette reported that “temperance and education” had improved considerably in the city and that $14,000 was spent recently to construct a college building.
- A sub-party was formed in Paducah to oppose any candidate that was not against the system of city grand juries.
- The Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad, an extension of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, had reserved about eighty acres of land opposite Cairo, Illinois for the construction of a large depot.
- The Nashville Banner suggested in an editorial that the Nashville & Northwestern Railroad construct a bridge across the Mississippi River northeast of Hickman at the mouth of the Bayou de Chien.
- The Hickman Cornet Band played in Troy, Tennessee on June 29th.
- The proposition to subscribe $50,000 in capital stock in the Paducah & Memphis Railroad was to be submitted to the people of Dyersburg, Tennessee for a vote on July 6th.
- The West Tennessee Agricultural Association at Jackson, Tennessee offered $15,000 in prize tickets for their fall fair.