The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05
OVER THE COUNTY.

John G. Kirk, of Silver Creek, made
more than sixteen bushels of wheat per
acre this year.
Capt. Trotter informs us that his old
saw mill, now belonging to James and
John Alexander, and situated on the
headwaters of CaEter's Creek, recently
sawed fourteen SAoosand feet of lumber
in eleven hours mis- same mill sawed
eight Thousand Aet in six hours, when
it belonged to Trotter & Tmmons.
Billy Carrigan is the sawyer, and they
propose to saw twenty-five thousand
feet day some time soon. Good mill
that.
Nat. T. Moore, a well known farmer
of the vicinity of Culleoka, tells US that
Mr.. Richard Campbell, of the same
neighborhood, recently found eight
grains OF wheat in mesh. This is the
most extraordinary yield ever heard
of in this county, A few days prior to
this Mr.. John Bellanfant was exhibit
ting head of his own wheat which had
nine fine grains to the mesh; and he
disputed it, and said that such thing
was unheard of. He went home, exam
ined his own wheat, and the result is
told above.
DR.. Matthews wore a Dolly Warden
coat to town last Monday.
The nomination last Monday of d. A.
Craig for Tax Collector, make the de-
feat of Mr.. Common, the Radical, certain.
Vote for the nominee,
Mr.. w. r. Kindel, OF the Mt. Pleasant
country, received, last Monday. several
very substantial presents from DIR. Phil
pot, formerly of this county, bat now OF
Wilson. The presents were two fine
Berkshire pigs, and one splendid South
down lamb.
Mr.. James Hood gave US, last Tues
day, the largest cotton boil seen this
year. 1t was raised on Mr.. Robert
MitcLner's place, in this county. He
says he has nine acres of the same kind
of cotton, one acre of which his wife is
cultivatiDg with her own hands.
The agony is at last over and the peo-
pie breathed freely. For several months
past, the vast number of Democratic
candidates for the Office of Tax Collec-
tor, have threatened to elect Radical.
Our people are very much opposed to
conventions, and especially is this the
case with candidates; and it was with
great difficulty that taey could be in
duced to 20 into one. This all came
from not having committee composed
of non>office holders and office-seekers.
A convention ought to haye been held
two months ago, and then so many OF
our good citizens would not have been
induced to spend days, weeks and
months in pr6titless hunt after office.
Let us have good working executive
committee composed of non-oftlce hol-
ders.
Esq. r. A. McKay's horse fell down
with him recently. The Squire receiv>
ed painful wound on the left leg.
Hon. Barclay Martin, of this county,
showed us two mammoth Early Rose
potatoes last Wednesday. They had
been dug four days, and on being weigh
ed by Mr.. Dick Moore. of this place, the
largest drew eighteen ounces and
and half. Who can beat it3
Ebert Gordon, COL, who cultivates
Mrs Jane Gooding's land, on Lytle's
Creek, brought us a very large cotton
boil Monday. This indicates that Gilbert
is a pretty good colored farmer.
Rev. J. G. VOORHEES, preached at
Akin's Chapel last Sunday.
Esu. Ellington showed us specimen
of Missouri wheat last week, which con-
tanned seven grains to mesh!
A hail storm visited the north side of
Duck River, last Wednesday evening
was week ago, and injured the crops
of Capt. Trotter. Mrs. Anderson, Sparks
Sicily, Newt Hanks, Tommy Taylor.
Strange to say, the storm did not extend
over great extent of country.
Mr.. Cad Frierson says that Dave
Watkins threshed twenty-five bushels
per acre of wheat.
Mr. w. r. III. Matthews authorizes US
to say that Mr.. A j. Mcknight, of
Southport, recently threshed his crop of
Boughton wheat. 1t measured forty
two bushels from one bushel sOwn. The
man who helped to thresh the wheat
estimates that at least one-fourth of the
wheat grown was never saved or meas
ured, which would make the yield
about forty-two bushels from three
peckS SOWn,