Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 28, 1874 The Hickman City Council met on February 25th where the Finance Committee paid John Troutweine $5.00 for coal and fined John Heinze $50 for court fees. The Hickman Courier reported that trade in Hickman had been “remarkably good this season” and that merchants bought more cotton in the past year than in the last ten years. The firm of Powell & Brothers declared that they were “carrying a larger stock than any Paducah house” and selling at lower prices. The Knights of Pythias wished to establish an order in Hickman and…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from February 15, 1873 A heavy snowfall covered the region on February 12th. A case of smallpox was discovered in the Fulton County jail. The community was in “great fear” of the disease spreading and demanded the prisoner be removed. The man was relocated to a house several miles away where other patients resided. The owner of the house later filed a damage suit against the judge for relocating smallpox patients to his family residence. A serious accident occurred at the wagon factory of Hertweck, Baltzer & Company when a piece of timber was violently…