The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-23
OVER THE COUNTY.

| so ullaplQated and unrainwOrty is I
The Masons of Bigbyville speak of built
ing a Hall overhead for themselves fifth
church is built.
JOHN +. HALEY's new store house q
Bigbyville, is almost completed.
In our last issue we mentioned tina
several persons had been indicted by tn
Grand Jury for misbehaving in church
| This was reported to US a as fact, but w
| credited it only to rumor. We hay
| since learned that it was all mistake
and we make this correction, hOpin
that it will satisfy those concerned
No one was indicted for disturbing pub
lie worship at Miller's church, nor wa
there any disturbance.
THE denomination called christians
is growing rapidly in our county, we ar
! informed.
THE big Camp Meeting to be held q
Hurricane Switch on the %, and 30th o
this month, and the first of next month
promises to be largely attended. Tit
immense shed, to preach, under, il
finished, and about half dozen of fam
lily camps are finished, besides mum
Der of others in contemplation. Mr.
Owen, and others, deserve great credit
for their zeal in the matter.
Mr.. CorFEY, of Coffey's mill, neal
Culleoka, will soon erect a family gro
Gerry store. The schoolhouse, "Indepen.
dence" built by the people of ''Culle
ona," is almost finished. Billy Crews
and Billy Torrance, are taking part in
building it.
JEFF BROWN, and Mr. Neal, the tail
or of Culleoka, have gone to Texas.
Two couples were recently married on
Fountain Creek, Mr.. James Z. Ramsey
and Miss Julia Addison, of Lewisburg,
and Mr.. Hardison, of the Hardison mill
country, and Miss Emma Kerr.
Mr.. WIN. SPEED is teaching school at
the Akin school house, above the Sow
ell & Zellnsr mill. Mr.. Speed is said to
be a good teacher, and the only objec-
ton to him is that he is an old irredeem-
able bachelor.
A RED fox is creating great excite
ment in the Rock Spring country. The
fox hunters, James l.. Paul, James
Smith, Samuel Whitaker, and Mr.. New
comb, run him nearly every night. The
dogs, % or 30 in number, make the night
and the hills musical. Mr.. Smith be-
came so excited one night that he lost
his coat.
THE Rock Spring Baptists have OBJ
tanned Rev. w. T. Ussery's services for
another year. They are exceedingly
fortunate in doing so, for his zeal and
worthiness is worthy of all acceptation.
REV. Mr.. UssERY baptized five per-
sons at the old Huey mill on last Satur-
day, Mrs Thweatt and four others,
whose names we gave last week. A
large crowd witnessed the ceremony
from the banks.
Mr.. SAM HAYS is said to have the
best crop of corn in the Rock Spring
country. One of his neighbors tells us so.
Mr.. Hays thinks his whole crop will av-
erage ten barrel per acre, and has twenty
acres which will make twenty barrels
rer acre.
ONE of the most important men at
is Mr.. George Ferguson,
who keeps and has kept a blacksmith
shop there for many years.
REV. MR. Doss held Quarterly Meet
ing at SHARON" near Neapolis, on last
Mrs. BAILEY, who lives between Ne
apolis and Spring Hill, has a couple of
beautiful twin calves. Ifthey were old
enough they ought to be brought to the
Fair
Col. RoBT. MCLEMoRE, near Spring
Hill, sowed twenty acre field, about
The thinest field on his place, in barley
last Fall, and during the winter kept %
sheep on it, so fat that he could get fat
mutton at any and all times. The field
welded $50 bushels of barley, for which
he could have COTTON 80 cents per bushel.
DIR. GREEN says that DIR. Munsey, the
great Methodist preacher, will preach
we sermons at the Hurricane Camp
The first sermon will be on
or Friday, and the other on
Sunday. Ifyou to go to stay ali night
AXE something to eat, and blankets, at
east. Ifyou go with the expectation of
coming back at night, take your dinner
along.
A FIGHT occurred on Double Branches,
while John A Wilson, OverSeer, was
having the road worked Ben Jacobs, a
negro, did not want to work, and jawed
, good deal about it. He said the white
people who owned horses and land,
ought to work the roads, and as he had |
no horse he was not going to work on the |
-oad, When the negro said he "wished |
he road would sink" Wilson knock |
ID him down three times in succession, |
Is he rose from the ground. The third |
line Ben got up he got up he got hold OF |
and after throwing him down |
to choke him. Tue bystan- |
iers pulled him off, and Wilson knocked |
lin down again. 1t is thought that his
,kull is fractured.
NEGROES report that the wife and |
,hild murderer, Dan Mckannon, is in a |
ave above Gen. Pillows farm. The |
ave is in dense thicket, and the col
,red people shrink from going in to
,apture the demon.
ONE of Bill Crafton's fine imported
Rigs died at Spring Hill the other day.
The citizens met aud appointed COM
niteee to sit up with Mr.. G.
WE are requested to announce that
Rev. DIR. r. A. Holland, the brilliant
preacher and lecturer of Baltimore, will
,e at the Camp Meeting at Hurricane
switch, which commences an the Doth of
he present month.
Mr.. Frank Dooley, Assistant Marshal
or three districts in the county, found
me man in the 9th district, George NJ.
,fartin, 90 years old; one in the 2lst,
Ohm Butler, 90; an old negro, named
'uffey, on the Mcclure place, near town,
n the 9th district, 120 years old; negro
n Henry Osborne's place, 100 years old
SAYS he was born in Africa; Hugh
iriflin, Arthur Crawford and Elijah
Reeves, in the 9th district, 50 years old.
THE Odd-Fellows have a thriving
.odge at Culleoka.
MEssRs. Neal & Brown, with their
antilles. left Culleoka last Thursday for
'exas. Quite crowd gathered around
D bid them farewell. While their loss
$ good citizens and mechanics is keenly
cit, they leave with the well wishes of
III who knew them.
CULLEoKA is blessed with one of the
most untiring and faithful Post Masters
n the employ of the United States. So
ay the Culleoka people.
The latest joke is on our friend, Bur-
ell t., who lives near Culleoka. He
rent to mill, procured his meal, set it
own, and went in a shop near by. Mr..
Iousden, the miller, moved the sack,
catered some bran around, and called
he hogs, and then called Burrel, who
anne in time TO witness his loss, but
YOU bet" there was stampede among
he swine.
PRoF. Walker is engaged in manufac-
nring cutlery at Culleoka, and makes a
pIendid article. too. Some of his pock-
knives are said to be very fine.
CoFFEY,s Mills, in Marshall county,
of broke a few days since, and caused a
,mporarv cessation i'll grinding, but
nth Coffey's CHARACTERISTIC energy, he
as it all up and running nicely again.
WE regret to learn that little son of
50. Kinzer, candidate fer the Legisla-
nre, had one of his arms broken the
Their day.
SHOOTING bull-bats is the fashion now
t Spring lIill.
THE Spring Hill churches, and espcci-
lily the Methodist, need good, clear, re-
gious toned bells.
THE Columbia and Franklin Turnpike
Dad, from Rutherford Creek to Duck
,iYcr. has been worked ON latcly. and is