Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 29, 1871 • Oscar Turner of Ballard County was seriously injured after being thrown from his buggy when his horse became frightened on April 28th. Mr. Turner broke both legs and was expected to be confined to home for several weeks. • Mr. Patterson of Paducah was killed near Fort Smith, Arkansas after being dragged by a runaway mule the week before. • The Hickman City Council granted a business license to Lane & Scharfe to operate a coffee house in the city. • Thomas Strechum, an employee of the Mobile…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 22, 1871 • The primary elections for the Democratic Party were held in Columbus, Kentucky on April 15th and nominated A. J. Hess for mayor and a Mr. Samuels for City Clerk. • The State Legislature passed a law whereby selling or giving a drink to an inebriated person, after being notified in writing, is liable to a fine of $20 recoverable by the wife or any relative of the inebriate. • Some citizens in Hickman consider the frequent robberies in this vicinity as an index of prosperity. Thieves are too…