The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-19
GILES COUNTY ITEMS.
From the Pulaski Citizen, Sent. 18th

There will be protracted services at the
Cumberland church, embracing next Satur-
day and Sunday. Services will commence
on Friday night. Rev Sam1 Caruthers, of
Columbia, and p. L. Atkinson, of Marshall
county, will conduct the services.
The celebrated Nelson farm, containing
1000 acres, on Elk river, near the mouth of
Bradshaw creek, will be Subdivided to suit
purchasers, and sold on the Sth of October.
Bob Moore has quit the dog business and
now wants to buy fifty gentlemen cOCES.
Inquire at the Imperial" Liberal prices
pald Rememoer the coons must be males.
Mr.. Elwood Lacy fell down last Friday in
to pile of bricks and skinned his hand
pretty badly. He stumbled over brick and
into pile of bricks, but the reader need
not imagine tom this that he had a brick
in his hat.
Judge McLemore opened Criminal Court
last Monday. Several important and inter
eSing cases are to be disposed of this term.
MIR. Elisha Vincent, VINO lived near Kel-
ley's ford, on Richland creek, died a most
horrible death, on Saturday last, from by
drOphObia. Two months ago he was bitten
by dog supposed to be mad and it may be
imagined that for while he suffered great
uneaSiness concerning the result, but time
had served 10 relieve his approximations, and
only a few days before his death he express
ed the belief that the dog was surely not
mad, and talked confidently ofhis imInUni-
ty from danger. On Friday last he was tax
en- with commissions, which followed each
other in quick succession, and finally died
on Saturday in,exUreme agony. Mr.. Vincent
was a respected citizen, a well-tO-dO farmer,
aged about 10 years, and his sudden and
most horrid death has cast a gloom over the
entire community and brought great dis
MARRIED.
Eli Cannon to Emily i. Hill,
r. 5. StreWn 10 NJ. N. Duggee
Wiley Rogers to Eliza WuLF'-
j. !. HOhsOn to Lou ,IC lis.
o-.. SERIOUS CHARGES
me night of the 18th of last April our
readers Will remember that the railroad
ABOUT one hundred yards South OF Pulaski
Depot was torn up by some unknown par
ties aud the bound train ditched, and
also that the Steam-gauge was taken from
the tank engine and carried off. Suspicion
rested on certain parties, but no positive
PROOF could be obtained. The railroad Off
Gals offered a reward of $500 and the Gov
ernor reward of $3.50 each, for the appre-
hehSlOn OF the perpetrators of this fiendish
act. Mr.. w. j Madison was Waterman at
the depot at that time but was removed and
Mr.. Black Richardson appointed in his
place. Mr.. Richardson set to work to ferret
out the perpetrators, and the arrests and
confessions last Tuesday morning show how
well he succeeded. Mr.. Richardson, by coZen-
ing with the suspected parties, gained their
confidence, and on last Monday night one
of them, Toab Madden, being slightly intOX-
lcated, dtvulged the whole thing. He sta
ted that John TOmlin, Whit Bunch, JO
Flippin, John BENTON and himself had done
the mischief, and stated that the steam
gauge was tied with an old SuSpender and
thrown into the creek at a certain point.
Mr.. Richardson did not give full credit to
his story until he had searched the creek
where Madden said the gauge had been
thrown, but when he found it in the place
specified and tied with the suspender as sta
ted, he was convinced, and straightWay ar
rested the parties implicated.
HORSE NOTES.
Col. w. McClelland sold last week his
black colt, 3 years old, to q. w. Fort, of Rob-
ertsOn county, Tenn, for s. 900.
Geo. I. Altman sold to same CHI colt, one
year DID, for $3.50; also, black colt (wean-
ling to Gen. J. NJ. Knight for 500, Town
brother to the one sold Forty
Same to same, CHI. 1illy, two years old, by
Watson, out of Rosa Clark, by Australian.
Gen. Knight IS making a fine selection of
stock to take to Texas, where he proposes to
locate. a great gain to Texas but loss to
On the 9th Maj. Geo. T. Altman. had quite
a display Of Henry MambrinO' 5 produce in
his beautiful woods. Ist premium. for best
colt, foal of 70, was awarded to bay colt out
of Maggie Mitchell, bred by Mai. Altman,
but sold to Gen. Tilton, of Maine. The Maj.
colt belonging to Col. McClelland, and
awarded him the premium. For best filly
fOal '73. premium was awarded to black fill
ly, property off. G. Hodges. For the best
of any age or sex, premium awarded to ch.
filly, one year old, property of Col. McClel-
land Quite crowd, and fine display of
stock, considering the burnt up condi ton of
our grasses. The strangers and visitors en-
joyed the show OF stock and looking at the
fine stock on the farm.
SHADE OF JOHN A. MURRELL!
We were requested 10 publish the follow
ing note addressed to Constable 10. Mccall
at Lynnville:
MR.. NICCALI.-I was assaulted at my door
this morning about O'Clock by some I'M
known person. He demanded my horses
and said he was going to have them, and
mounted one of them and 1 knocked him
off with rock. He then knocked me down
and beat me up muchly. Please watch tor
him. He is a small man, black whiSkers,
and has ON u burglars cap. l stuck my
knife in him several times, and he must be
lame. Respectfully,
r. A. GORDON.
We are informed that parties visiting the
scene OF the conflict found q knife covered
with blood, and a piece of intestines stick
ing on the end of the knife was supposed to
be all that was left of the Murrellite. The
man cannot be found, dead or alive.