Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 11, 1872 A drought was reported in Fulton County and the “whole county [was] suffering for rain.” The fruit crop in the region was forecasted to be “almost a total failure” as caterpillars have stripped the trees bare. The young ladies and gentlemen of Hickman arranged to have a moonlight picnic and dance on May 14th in the woods near Chalybeate Springs. The Hickman Cornet Band volunteered to play that evening and that the Paducah Silver Band was invited to attend. The authorities of Hickman requested that citizens not burn their trash in…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from May 4, 1872 A hard frost covered the region on May 3rd doing considerable damage to “sensitive vegetation.” However, warm weather preceded the frost and the foliage of the trees were “as dense as it usually [was] a month later.” A dead body was found floating in the Mississippi River by a fisherman named Peter Nelson near Hickman on the morning of May 1st. Tied around the neck of the corpse was a large package which contained nearly two thousand dollars in cash and a note dated April 19th promising to pay a man…