The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-23
OVER THE COUNTY.


The Farmers Club Oh to morruT,.
Weregrat to announce the death eI
Mrs. Ben II. Cochran, which occarreal
| ,st Monday. .HBs 5dE 1srGo
Mr.. Chalmers Stephenson. died at the
residence OF Mr. J. w. FriefsOD, in this
county, thisSeek.
. We regret to learn that w. d. Bender
man, a we'll known citizen of this coun-
ty, is dangerously i'll with pneiinlonia.
French Johnston has sent tor '.stump
jerker.v and is now looking for its ap-
Iearance. lie will no doubt get plenty
s5unps to pull up. as,..li.l 80 -.
{ Bob Sargent, the popular stnrekeeper
at No. 400, Sawdust Valley, has pulled
up stakes and gone 10 Poplar Top, and
his brother take his place. - -. = I.
Mr.. William Polk, a large bee raiser,
informs us that last year was not good
bee year, consequently many hives
were killed during the past winter. He
lost twenty-four hives. aiii -7a5[ &C..
Capt. Stone, conductor of the accom-
mediation train between this place and
Nashville, and one of the best conduc-
tors on the continent, wis robbed of his
watch by some ninible fingered thief,
Thursday evening. on the train, between
this place and Spring HILL, 1t was a
daring theft and skillfully and adroitly
done, lHsB .iE.-. -Dl r.IrDR s--
Tho very best authorities on bee cul-
ture, NJ. Quimly, Mrs. Topper, and
others, assert most positively, that the
Movable Comb Hives arc the best.
Those who have seen the recont patent
Movable Comb Bee Hive of DUdson &
Bray. give it unqualified praise. Per-
SONS wishing farm, district and county
rights would do well to call OH John q.
HOrsiey, agent. D. s4uyua1f ns1G bs5
AL, Hughes sent us on last Monday
morning, another tail Of beaver, which
be caught in his trap, at the same place
where the last ione was captured, inst
below the Railroad Bridge. Al. seems
10 have all his good luck on Sunday
nights. =. In this respect he resembles
the late Confederacy, which won most
OF its great victories on the. Sabbath
day. 49, a.. ... ,'-..' -..'.''
. Akin d Walkers SAW mill, located
near Columbia, on Rutherford Crock,
Is turning out some Of the finest and
lest lumber ever seen. The timber is
of the best quality, and the business
manager, Capt. Walker, one OF the most
experienced sawyer in the State. We are
not surprised at Tho uDiyeraal satisfac-
ton 2ven by this mill. All orders for
lumber promptly filled. ~. -.... -, =
About four miles OF the Shelbyville
Turnpike were built before the war, at
a cost of one thousand dollars per mile.
This portion of the road Is still good,
and thirty-fve thousand dollars will
finish IL to the Lewisburg and franklin
Pike. When will the people SEQ the
great Importance OF building a turnpike
To Marshall County ? If some enter
p'ising men along this road would
secure the old charter or q now ono, and
make arrangements 10 have Tho road
built by penitentisrv convicts, it could
be done so cheaply that it would be
profitable. -. - 80
.g Ono of our planters sold his cotton
last week, in Nashville, for 2ia1 cents
per pound. He said he was going right
home to blowing, to make more cotton.
We are glad that most of our planters
are not following his example. bat are
preparing and seeding their lands TO
grass and clover, preparatory 10 stock
raising extenslvelv--the sure road 10
success and independence. .aa 4Ef ~
RI Gen. Whitthorne, Representative in
Congress. has caused the Department OF
Agriculture to send to our. Farmers
Club a very largo quantity OF rare and
valuable seeds. The seeds arc from ihi
proved varieties of wheat, oats, cab
bage, etc, etc, from all parts OF the
world, and no member of the Club
should be absent on Tomorrow, when
they are distributed. the Commission
or of Agriculture requests that every
farmer who takes package of seed
will cultivate the plants carefully, and
send him written statement OF the
result. don. WhitfhorBe also caused a
quantity of seeds to be scnt t0the Malt-
ry County Agricultural, Mechanical, :.
horticultural, and Live Stock Society,
and they will he distributed ut the next
meeting. -.t aof --r--ar o. 49,.
A man named Huntz has boom going
over this county, and acting in such a
way as to have the people under the
impression that he is insane, Ho came
up to Geo. MaXwcll's house. ard stood
by the woodpiIe, about hall an hour,
without speak king 10 any body. Although
the weather had been very cold, he was
almost naked, having on bad shoes, no
socks, and what might have been pants
al one time. notwithstanding his un-
coneiy appearance. MIR. MaYwoll kind
ly took him, in and ted and lodged him,
but could get no information out OF him
as to where he came from, etc. The
next day he went TO the woods and
played all day With sticks. That night
nc STAYED o.;t IL The woods, aiidtlc next
DAY h6wcht TO Joe. Is. Irvine's place,
between tho Mt. Pleasant aud tho
Campbollville Fixes. 1t was raining,
but the strange man stood out at
the uate,, until Mr., Irvine went out aud
asked hiu. ,iitQ the house, who imlne-
diateIy sent forI i5ohsl pUs, M.. Due
Intercepted him., and after much diff
Guilty, he ascertained that his name was
Huutz; that he lived before the war i'll
Chic; that be had worked in a foundry;
that he be,onael tc the 18th Ohio in
fantry during tie war, but Aneg not the
name of bis Colonel, Captain Or General.
His usual answer to question was,
sso,netimes,r "a little Bit" Il reckon
joe Erwin ske.l him If he had not run
away from tie Poor House, and We gave
no intelIigibis answer. lie went away
next day, and the last seen of him, Mr..
Joshua Thomas lsaw him sitting up
against tree on tpe roalstfe, srr sre4