Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 8, 1871 • A portion of the people of Ballard County clamored for a division of the county and it was proposed that Milburn be the new county seat. • The Mayfield Democrat reported that a Professor J. Hervey Gardner swindled about $5,000 from the people of Fulton Station under the guise to build a school but departed with the money on the Paducah & Gulf Railroad. • Judge A. R. Boon and several other gentlemen left on April 7th for Mayfield from Paducah after attending proceedings against him in the…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from April 1, 1871 • J. J. Hickman, the Grand Sachem of the temperance cause in Kentucky, was reported to have delivered ninety-five lectures since January 1, 1871. He also organized forty-three new lodges with over 1,700 members during the same time period. • A tornado struck Boydsville in Grave County on March 29th killing several people. The Mayfield Democrat reported the twister was 60 yards wide and traveled roughly two miles. • A writer from Calloway County states that the wheat crop looks “splendid” and the “prospect for a heavy crop never…