The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-03-01

OVER THE COUNTY.
y twas Harris, ana ~ stsphsa DarA
who'was very sick, Fecsatly.' sal 81
B. F. Clark, q popular produce med
chant sof Nj. Pfaasaut, shaS Opene'
o branch esta blishment 1At New Lynn
vile, end Is now runniDGtwo houses
"bothdaily." a. y13las IEsIoCIo9 I'D
! The deransed person sent Ito tn
Llmatie Asylum last week, IL L3sisofin|
under the strange delusion that he
Jesus Christ, and is anxious for, AM
expects every body to fall down aas
worship him. -. 10 storj ain
Geo. NJ. Cannon, jr.J who went {,
suit q celebrated .occuIist, has had n
operation performed on his eyes. Capt
White FrierSon, who, ID now in Nev
Orleans, writes back that q 0eorgoi
eyesight is much improved. Dos ''A'7iii
We learn that Pedan's steam sawmili
on Rev. w. H. Hughes's place, near Mt
Pleasant, was destroyed by fire' on las
Friday night. Loss about eiS00. hiliui 8.
John Dowell and Stephen Dark caugh
q beaver at the Pump Spring, in Duch
| .
4 mills, Last TUESDAY, morning. II weigh
ed forty-two poands and o half'U9 ! /.
The s'0rand Duke Alexis" has beer
an1iously iexpectedl BY the people Q
Hopewell, In this-eounty. He come.
fresh from the Blue Grass regions %
KENTUCKY, and will be the guest O
j Walker Scott. trI .'fe5Y .gsI no mo,
4 Avis Williams has been elected Mag
saf,- "a, f>r l,a Of
ant. The people OF that town are truly
Fortunate in getting Mr.. williams K
consent to serve them In the capacity o.
| Magistrate, for he is . worthy geutle
man, of fine business qualificatisns, and
1 will make an excellent officer. h@i'
A Northern man came to Maury
County, about one month ago, and look.
/ ed around for piece to buy. He spoke
disparagingly~ Of our farmers, and said
that Col. D. +. Wade's place looked
more like q good farmer lived on II
than any he saw. $50 satnA
Our frit nd w. r. III. Matthews, Of the
Southport country, has sent Us some-
thing foi which we return many thanks
1t lisa s.ein of beautiful silk, made by
Mrs. Williams, near Southport. She
owns the silk worms, aud spins tho silk
| herself, and prepares 1t tor use. Her
samples of collars arc very beautiful
| We trust that our friend "Bob" will
| give us moro extended sketch of this
silk mandatory in Maury County. =.
A man named Taylor Watson was ar
| rested few days since, near BigbyYille,
upon a capias from Obion county, and
lodged i'm our Jail; by Deputy Sheriff
| Rufus Thomas. Watson 10 charged
with having committed the most fiend-
ish of all crimes upon negro girl, in
ObiOn county, last year. he had been
| expecting the arrest, and tho Deputy
Sheriff thought 1T best, considering the
threats the culprit had made, to take
him by strategy. He therefore depu-
tized JEFF HALEY, we'll known horse
| trader, and another gentleman, to as
| sist in making the "a rest. jeff rode up
| to the field where Watson was blowing,
| and bantered him for a horse swap.
Watson consented, and came to terms,
and was proceeding to exchange horses,
| when, by an understood signal, Rufe
Thomas made his appearance. Watson,
! finding two pistols presented at him,
very discreetly surrendered, lemarking
that if he had pistol, he would resist
the arrest at all hazards. He formerly
lived in this county, and was staying
with q relative, Mr. Caldwell, when
taken. The Sheriff of Obion was motif
fed Of the arrest of Watson, and he ar
rived here on last Wednesday, and took
him away yesterday. .iira .s1@.
On Tuesday of last week, John
Thomas, of the neighborhood of Bigby-
Vile, rode on horseback to Pulaski or
it's vicinity. He returned from Giles
on Wednesday, and late in the after
noon of that day was seen to pass
through Bigbyville. He complained OF
being much fatigued, but continued on
alf from the village. About shutdown
WIN. Walker saw him sitting on the
roadside, sick. At dark an old negro
woman living on DFsA. I. BOyds place,
saw hiA sitting beside big tree, and
became 80 frightened that she went
round him. He was not seen any more
until the next morning, at about ten
o'clock, when Sam Rurkett, who hap
penod TO bo passing by, heard Q groan
proceed from the field over the fence.
Jumping over the fence, he found the
frozen and insensible body Of his friend
John Thomas. He took him to his
home, which was not crest ways of,
and summoned several physicians, Drs.
Boyd, Wilkes, Hunter. and Pillow. DR..
Boyd being nearest, arrived there first,
and found tho patient absolutely with
out the first sign. Of pulse He was
severely rubbed, BUTT was several hours
before any pulse appeared, or anything
could be got into his stomach. The
negroes spread the news far and wide
Mr.. Thomas's relatives were sent for,
and the most extravagant stories were
brought 10 town. So soon as he was
resuscitated, and consciousness was res
| tOred he rapidly improved, andwas soon
out OF danger. DIR. Boyd thinks that ii he
had net been found when he was, he
would hays soon been beyond recovery.