The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-22

The epizooty has spread all ovel
Maury county. The three Livery Stable.
Of Columbia, are full of sickih0rses, and
We hear OF it being on the farms o.
I Major Lipscomb and other farmers
Mays d Dodson sent one OF their hacks
to Wayne Furnace, a few days since,
to carry q Northern man, whose dsugh-
ter was sick at that place. The .horsel
appeared to be well when they started;
but Henry, the driver, says one OF them
began to cough little at Mt. Pleasant.
Wayne Furnace was reached, and Hen
~ started back and got u fares Foust's,
whore he turned the horses loose. The
coughing one went about one hum
dred Yards and fell dead. This is the
hrst death by the epizooty that has oc-
Cured in this county. The best remedy
Is said to be, to keep the horses in Q
warm stable covered with blankets, ii
possible, and do not work them after
they begin to cough. Farmers are be.
ginning to be alarmed, and are afraid to
bring wood to town, and consequently
many families are suffering for fuel.
They need not be alarmed, however, as
the disease spreads over the country, in
the atmosphere, many miles in one day.
Uncle Tommy's horses have been cough
ing, and 1t is feared that he will have to
take "Bee," and the 'Off" horse out and
put in pair Of Major Harlan's steers.
Duck River Valley ERatlroad.
The Board of Directors OF this Road met
on the Goth instant. at the Courthouse. There
was a full attendance of Directors from'all
parts of the line, and the situation was fully
discussed. The Board adopted set of By
Laws; ordered -callto be made on the Stock
holders for payment sof -four per cent on the
capital subscribed, and ordered applications 10
be made to the town Of TullahOma for a sub
scription: aisosto the counties of Moore and
Hickman. A conference was held with a
committee.of the BoaYd.Iof Aldermen Of the
city of COLUMBIA, and an agreement entered
into, that the stock Of the..Corporation should
be transferred to tax-Dayers, as fast as the
tax is paid. A resolution WAS also passed by
the Board that no Chinesei lor c0nrict labor
should be employed on the work; thus giving
the honest labor of the country the only
chance to build the Road. The next general
meetipq of the Stockholders was determined
to be held on the first Tuesday in July. 1878.
r The enterprise nov depends in a great
measure upon the action Of the people Of the
town of Columbia. A very full exchange OF
the sentiment of all the several interests sl0ng
the line, as represented by the Directors, es>
tablished the fact, that the Road is to-day
i
Stockholders, enc oursgeu Ivy the probability
of a connection with the Road from st. Louis
To Cairo. to be extended to Johnsonvillc, are
determined to build the Road in spite Of all OBJ
stacles. and that if Columbia does not sub
scribe The stock, the road will be connected
with the Road from st. Louis, and also with
the one from Memphis, end that the location
shall miss the town Of Columbia; IN other
words, that we are to be left out IN the cold.
As the chances in favor Of an early con-
struction of the Road get to be more iavora-
bile every day, it is plain, that the duty of
Columbia is to vote in favor Of the SUBSCRIPTION
to protect her own interests, in connection
with an enterprise, which will hseea wonder
full effect in producing state OF prosperity
hardly expected by the most sanguine. 1t Is
plain, that the establishment Of manufacturing
interests 10 Columbia, which will be the i'm
mediate result of the construction OF this road,
and the increase of population and wealth, by
improving our markets and commodities, VIII
be the source of constantly increasing material
prosperity of our country, and generations
still unborn will pronounce the action OF toe
town of Columbia in giving this enterprise
fair start, a real blessing. The Duck River
Valley Railroad has been o myth, or an idea
long enough; il is now fixed TACT. Tho Com
pany has charter, a Board of Directors, COM
posed of the most efficient and respectable
men in our country. Its officers are undoubt-
eddy men of ability energy and experience. 1t
has sprung into life with every chance OF sue
cess, and the Road will, in all probability, be-
come t.unk line between st. Louis and At
lanta, with other valuable connections. We
hold that the enterprise, IS it now stands, de-
serves success, and the assistance of our pco-
pie. Let us advance its interests, and assist
i with all ur force, as it is decidedly home
Middle Tennessee Railroad, built
for our own country and combining all the
remark able Improvements of our age.
sSi Smith Russell.