The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-07
OVER THE COUNTY.

Mr.. I. JEFF DoRsErr recently sold a
litter OF sucking Berkshire pigs for Sl25.
SOME very sanctimonious people may
OBJECT to Fairs OF moral grounds, but
we do not. The impulse given to- i'm
provement in stock is not the only ben
efit resulting from Fairs. The minds
and hearts OF the people are enlarged
ana opened, by their social reunions.
A noble spirit OF hospitality is nantes
ted, and the giver more benefited than
the receiver. 1t reminded one of those
glorious old bygone days, (now buried
under the memories of four wears ofwar.
suffering, and death, to SEQ the princely
hospitality shown by Maury county
farmers and citizens. To see Mai. Rid
ley, Josh q. Bailey, Col. Webster, Capt.
H. Z. Gordon, w. p. CAN'T, J. B. Pillow,
and many others, 20 about hunting up
friends and strangers to come and eat
dinner with them, made us think, sure
ly the world has some people who love
their neighbors.
An accident occurred last FRIDAY. at
the Tom Leftwich Bridge. Moore and
Vaughn have the contract for building
the bridge at that point, (about eleven
miles above Columbia and had erected
the tresrle. While they were launching
"ballance beam" on the trestles, one Ct
the "trestle bents'' sank under the
weight several feet, and fell down. Three
men, Jim Scott, Wesley Edging. and
Frank Moore, COL, were on the bent.
fifty feet above the water, and fell head,
long into the river. Edging and Scott
got out without help, but the negro,
Moore, was hurt, and had to be helped
out. He is hurt in the left leg, but will
be up again, 1t is hoped, in few weeks.
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Edging did not lose an hour, but went
Immediately to work again. The tres
tie had been properly put down. and it
was owing to the foundation that it fell,
IT is understood, though not offici allv
announced. that Judge w. s. Fleming
has appointed Col. Duncan b. Cooper
to the office of Clerk & Master of the
Chancery Court at Columbia. Every
body comedies that in Mr.. Williams we
have had a very efficient and competent
Clerk for several years, and. We believe
that Col. Cooper, so soon as he becomes
| familiar with the duties of his new of
| flee, will give entire satisfaction, bot b to
the bar and tn the people. We feel very
safe in predicting such a future for one
who, entering the Confederate army
while mere boy, attained to the rank
Of Colonel in his 10th year.
| MAkcuS j. CRUMp, Esq, native OF
Spring Hill, and recently clerk in the
large and well known Boot and Shoe es.
tablishment of T Z Winstead, Nashville.
is going to travel for New York whole
sale house. Mr.. G. was a member .!
Gen. Marcus j. Wright's military fam
| lily during our late war, and has since
the return Of peace, made considerable
reputation as business man. He he.
longs to the sterling old Methodist fam
| ily of Dr. Crump. offspring Hill, and we
| commend him to boot and shoe mar.
chants, and everybody else, everywhere
THE general opinion of Maury county
farmers is that the Berkshire breed OF
| of hops is the best. Farmers are very
slow as compared with other classes O
citizens, to take hold of tany new enter
prise, and this general opinion among
them on the hog question is the result O
practical experience. These hogs grow
rapidly and at year old are ready for the
slaughter. They are handsomely and
comedy shaped, and therefore fatten or
much less food than the old fashioned
hogs. Mr.. r. p: Ledbetter has flint
family or these hogs, and recently tool
two of them, "Tom Moore" and "Li!lit
Bedford" through our city on the way
to the State Fair, at Nashville. They
are remarkably handsome hogs.