The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-12-08
SANTA FE ITEMS.

A negro boy came to Santa Fe on
Monday evening, the 9th inst, and
hired to Mr.. ESos Cook. In q CONVEX
sation that night as to where he came
from, where he had lived, &C., he told
Mr.. Cook that he was raised in Dickson
county, near Charlotte that he got into
a fight with and shot another negro,
near Smeedville, on Saturday evening,
and had run away. Thinking there
might be something wrong with the boy,
was arrested, and repeated his story
oyer again with all the particulars, but
he was released, and went 10 work
again. lie Is very suspicious looking
character to DO roaming about over the
country. He is small black negro,
heavy built, quick and smart, talks well
and seems to have the accent of per-
son raised in the north or west. He is
very impudent in his speech, and seems
to have no tear. He told the officer he
wanted him to hang him, and not send
him back TO Dickson. He also told the
crowd he wanted to die, and if any one
would furnish him with a pistol, he
would shoot himself 1t is thought by
some that the negro and some persons
fine horse will be missing some morning.
If there has been any mischief done in
Dickson, by negro, this must be the one.
Mr.. WILL T. ERWIN and Mr.. LEW
ADKIsoS got into difficulty on Sunday
morning, the Goth ints., on Turkey
creek, in which ERWIN was struck on
the head with rock by ADDISON, hurt
ing him severely, but not dangerously.
The difficulty was about the rent OF some
land ERWIN had rented to ADDISON.
Prof STANFIED's school at Santa Fe
closes at Christmas, terminating the two
years term for which he was engaged by
the trustees of the school.
The farmers around Santa Fe are pre-
pairing to plant a large crop of cotton
next year. The present crop will not
furnish the amount OF seed required
A large drove OF fine hogs were sent
from Santa Fe last week TO Messrs
HART Il HENsLEY, of Nashville, under
the charge of Major J. T. YoUNaER
The farmers are afraid to bacon their
hogs after their losses OF last season.
We have had another problem here for
the school boys, Srising in settlement
between ID. J. PIaG and his troopers.
The crop was one-fourth Mr.. PIGG's.
Thsy delivered 1000 pounds at the gin
Mr.. Proc got 1862 pounds, which was
not sll of his fourth How much more
must Poo have out OF the field before
the hands get any to be even, one-fourth
OF the whole crop being his? Answer
Ia Is pounds.
Prof BENNETT, Of this city, furnishes
the following answer TO the problem pro-
pounded by our Santa lie correspondent
in our paper Of the 9th inst A and B.
putin u hogs-A. is entitled to put in
Il hogs and B. D hogs. Now A. puts in
81 hogs, which is Il hogs over his share
that is B. feeds Il hogs 50 days now
how long must a. feed II hogs to COM
pensate him? Il hogs for IS days is
equivalent to hog for Il times 80 days
or SCI days-then II hogs will require
I'LL Of 56l days, or 81 days. \ feeds BIS
II hogs 81 days, then there remains 20
days for \. to iced BIS hogs-new each
hog eats two barrels of corn per month,
and one hog in % days will eat 2O-30 OF
, barrels, or Is barrels, and Il hogs
will eat in % days Il times l Is barrels,
or - % barrels. Now A. paid ~ bar
rels, which deduct from - % barrels
lea yes - 1t barrels which \. still owes