Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from June 1, 1872 The young son of William D. Taylor of Hickman drowned in the Mississippi River while playing with other boys on the evening of May 30th. The Hickman City Council met on May 28th where they received estimates to construct a levee in West Hickman by Fritz Helner, a motion to repeal the licensing fee to peddle fish and settle a land purchase with H. A. Tyler for the lot where the City Market House was built. City of Hickman authorities ordered all dogs be muzzled or they would be killed. Three…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 25, 1872 A man by the name of Houston, while intoxicated, indiscriminately shot a bystander in the heel in Hickman on May 22nd. Houston was arrested, imprisoned, and was awaiting trial. The black visitors on an excursion from Cairo, Illinois and Columbus arrived at Hickman on the Steamer Tyrone on May 23rd. They met with black residents of the city to attend a grand picnic. “Politics ran high,” it was reported, as attendees debated on the candidates of the upcoming presidential election. The German Picnic on May 20th was “highly enjoyable” and the…