The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-08-04
OVER THE COUNTY.

, ley, of Carter's Creek, last week. DIR
J Mckinley has been afflicted Tor man.
, months with disease of
! DR. GRAY, of WiIliamsport, inform.
our reporter that Mrs. Warner, col.
/ who lives on Col James Ill. Webster''
farm, gave birth TO child last Sunday
which has six well formed fingers OF
each hand.
w. 3. Harris gave splendid party
on Friday night of last week, at hi:
beautiful residence near Mt. Pleasant
We understand that two wealthy cit
liens of Mt. Pleasant country were
recently caught seining, aud 1t Is
feared that they will be indicted at the
next term of the Circuit Court.
At recent party, at "Soon SUPPER
Obion county, West Tennessee, there
were twenty young ladies and twenty
four young men, in dancing set at
once, who were from Maury county,
Obion is largely populated with people
from this county Humphrey Hardison,
formerly merchant of this city, was
there.
Our iellow-citizen, :. H. Timmons,
ESQ.,, has returned from a recent visit TO
Obion county. In order to convince Mr..
Johnson Davis, OF this county, Dick
Wallace sent by Mr.. Timmons, a blade
OF bluegrass, which measured four feet
and one inch and a quarter long. We
have this grass in our office. Hum
phrey Hardison, ,Ir., wishes to know il
Maury can beat it. ..-.
/ Another rain on Bear Greek last Sat
urday. Like nearly all the rains that
fall now, however, it was very partial,
and did not extend much beyond Vol
ney Cyrus place. Are not the peoples
hearts right beyond Nolney's?
Orc A Mckinley, of Carriers Creek station,
died last Monday, after long and painful i'll
ness. He was native of Newman, Ca, and
moved 10 this county two or three years since.
He was about thirty-two years old, and was a
gentleman Of considerable literary culture and
professional skill. He gave his whole time and
attention 10 his patients, aud his devotion at
the bedside won the hearts of evcrybody.
Gen. II. s. Ewell has erected number
Of "sheds" on his meadows!and clover
fields, TO hold the cured hay. The hay
is unprotected except from above, and
the danger of dampneSs and mould i'll
large unventilated barns, and of be-
coming rotten when left in the open air,
is avoided. We think it very strange
that this admi rable plan is not adopted
by more farmers. Thos. II. Williams
has great many large ricks of hay ex-
posed to the weather
One Of our largest tax payers SAYS he
is willing to issue County Bonds to the
amount OF 100000, payable in 30 years,
for the purpose of building Narrow
Gauge Railroads and turnpikes through
the county. This would build turn
pike to Marshall county, via Bear Creek;
complete the turnpike to Santa Fe,
build another TO Williamsport, and build
two Narrow Guage Roads, the Duck
River Valley Railroad and the Columbia
and Fayetteville Railroad, via Berlin
and Lewisburg.
Last Friday morning il rained SPLEEN
did shower in the GordOn's Ferry coun-
try. and we trust it extended beyond
the Hampshire country. 1t played sad
havoc with the gay plumage of a car
| riage full of ladies on Fatty Bread
Branch, and drove them back home.
| We are glad 10 say, however, that the
rain, powerful as it was, did not iniure
in the least, the rosy tint OIL the
! Queens" fair face.
\ Mr.. Adam Y. Smith, of New York.
came to our county last week, and look
ed at many of of our best farms, with a
view of buying one. We have not had
| any conversation with him, but we
| learn that he liked the old Granville 4.
I Pillow farm. now owned by Major y.
/ NJ. Williams, as well rs any other.
He also was delighted, we learn, with
the Spring Hill country, and was Mr.
:. \. Pointers guest for several days
| He wants a farm of one thousand acres,
and it is probable that lie will purchase
/ Mr.. Pointers, as he has 100 acres.
He was also pleased with Glenn Wade's
and Mr.. McCOrmack's farms.
/ ReY. ]. II. Russell, who has been TO
/ Missouri, returned home last Friday.
| He was much pleased with that great
| State, and is advising those who have
! no land to move there. He says the
} people of Missouri are becoming more
| democratic, and it is therefore more
| pleasant and safe to live there. During
| his soiOurn there, his time was consum-
| ed in preaching, and occasionally max
! ing Democratic speeches. During his
/ absence the chickens at home The Is
/ Methodist preacher grew 50 large that
| the hawks could not fly away with
| them.
About a month ago Mr.. Joseph y.
! Irvine took 4 mortgage on a horse be-
/ longing to LUCius Hamlet, tcol.) 4 few
| days afterwards the horse was stolen,
and Henry MontgOmery's saddle. Bill
Cook and TomlinSon of Santa Fee, got
| on track Of the thief, and went To the
/ y. w. r. Il, and feturned without
catching him. Pink Gray and Jim Cook
went to Haywood county, West Tennes-
see, last week, and found the stolen
| horse in the possession of Eugene T..
Gordon. They arrested Gordon and
! started back to Santa Fe with him,
| across the country. They tied his hands
! behind him, but lie escaped from them,
| on the road, and they had to walk back.
! Gordon inflicted a terribleiand irrepara-
| BILE wrong ON the family of Gray and
| Cook several months ago, and it seems
strange that they should allow him. TO
| escape. EF.
| Judge Martin gave delightful
! Moonlight Picnic,n at his reside nee
near the CITY, last Tuesday night, in
| honor Of his fair young lady guests from
| Franklin. The beautiful hill on which
| lis castle stands, was covered with
| transparcncies, which We'd With Queen
| Luna in making the night lovely for
/ lovers. The pendent boughs" over the
placid lake were also hung with trans
| parencicS Of delicate colors and exquis-
| tie workmanship; and the pearly bosom
| of the lake reflected their rainbow hues
many times, until every ripple was a
| kaleidoscope of beauty. Altogether it
| appeared like a scene in fairy land. y
| nice supper was disposed Of, lovers vans
! dcred hither and thither ut their will,
/ and then came home a little while be-
fore the time when ''churchyards
yawn."
! We understand that Mr.. Jack Bynum
| intends to erect whiskey shop at the
| Bear Creek Sulphur Spring. He tried
/ to buy a spot from Dave q. Gregory,
who owns the spring, but he said, Mr..
| Bvnum, if YOU were TO otter me one
thousand dollars for twenty square feet,
| ] would not let YOU have it, ii you eI-
! pected to put a whisky shop on it,"
This was the right kind OF talk, but Mr..
| Bynum happened to hear that an old
negro woman owned an acre or so near
the spring. and he went and bought il
/ from her, "three-quarters of an acre,
| more or less" He is preparing to build,
we learn. Mr.. Gregory did talk of en-
Joining him, aud Mr.. Mackey, Sam
Butler, and, indeed, all the citiz0ns of
| Bear Creek, are very much opposed to
the building OF a grocery at the Sulphur
| Spring. There is now no whisky shop
in all that country, for miles, and the
! Young men are sober and industrious.
but grOc cry in their midst would DE
| "terrible temptation" to them. Then,
! there is another view Of the matter.
The citizens of Columbia have gone to
considerable expense, and Messrs: Barr
and Mciaw have spent many dollars
and days in fixing Up and improving
the sprir 9 and road to il, AMI it will be
too bad III, instead OF going TO nice cool
watering place, the fit abode of the
wood and water-nymphs, they find a
grog shop and brOthel, with drunken
men lying around. \ dozen or more
ladies and gentlemen visit the spring
every evening, now, but they will not
do so if Mr.. Bynum opens whisky
shop there.
we reio,ce to learn, since the above
was put in type, that w. Rynum says
| he will not sell whisky at thE Sulphur