Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 9, 1872 The election was reported as remarkably quiet and unexciting in Hickman. The Hickman Courier noted “very little drinking” and no fights or disturbances in the city. Official results of the Presidential election in Fulton County were Greeley and Brown – 624 votes, Grant and Wilson – 87, and O’Conor and Adams – 15. The results for Congress were Edward Crossland – 605, Henry H. Houston – 79, John Martin Sr. – 24, Isaac Trabue – 3, and C. L. Randle – 4. The counties of Hickman, Ballard, and Graves overwhelmingly voted…
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Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from November 2, 1872 The editor of the Hickman Courier encouraged his readers to “go to the polls” next Tuesday and prevent the radical Republicans from electing Ulysses S. Grant for President and Henry Houston for Congress. “Let every man do his duty.” The saloon of Stegala & Lane, also known as Joe’s Saloon, was broken into on October 30th. The burglars took a keg of whiskey, a box of cigars, a box of tobacco, and a pistol. No money was reported taken. The Teutonic Singing Society of Hickman advertised a Grand Ball to be…