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…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from October 26, 1872 Over the past week several gunshots were reported overnight in Hickman. So far, the parties involved have eluded law enforcement. The Hickman police raided a black owned brothel operated by Mary Weaver on October 21st. The officers arrested “some eight or ten” young men at the establishment. Miss Weaver was fined $100 and young men $10 each by the Hickman City Court. The Fulton County Court met earlier in the week, where it granted W. A. Bryant a license to sell and distribute books and pamphlets, Childers & Thomas were granted…