The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-05
OvERTHE COUNTY.


As a general thing, cotton-pieking com
menced last Monday. l.s -
Billy Heron got his arm hurt iu a wheel
I band, at Sawdust, recently.
Bragg, who was raised on the Louisiana
! lagoons, says Triggers and dogs are chick
L en- meat to an alligator
| Weare clad to learn that Major James T
| Moore, of FLAT Creek, who was sick nigh unto
death week or two ago, is recovering
The tax collector announces by handbilIs
| that he will commence collecting taxes on the
| LIST of October, next
The Quarterly Meeting at Nebo lasted seye-
! raj days. There were some three or four con
| versions.
The IRON for the new bridge across Duck
| River at Chumbly's Ford, has arrived, and
! will be put up Immediately.
citizen of this county requests us to ask
| all the magistrates of Maury county to report
at the October term, the number of judgments
| they have dOcketed since the adoption of the
New Constitution.
Mr.. James Howard is about completing a
| fine and extensive dwelling four miles south
west of Columbia, on the Bigbyville pike. Col
Notgrass is the architect and builder J. G..
Fraley u Brother, of Culeoka, are doing a
fine job of painting on the building. Mr..
Howard will also have large cotton gin ready
for operation on his farm.
Last week we stated that one of the Maury
| county tents at POpe's, was built by the Mt.
0livet congregation. In this we erred was
built by Mr.. Richard J.. Porter alone, one of
the most valuable citizens and Chris tans that
ever came from the Old Dominion. And he
has noble wife, who though the mother of
seven pretty girls and six bOys,is still handsome
and young looking.
We regret TO learn that Mr.. James d. San
derS, a venerable and esteemed citizen of
Rutherford Greek, is quite unwell, and not ex-
pected to live. lie is native of old Virginia
I. 4 L
living, Joseph |. Sanders and Mrs. John Bunch :
s grandchildren, and great-grand children
Two weeks ago, DR.. j. NJ. Locke, of Guile
Okla, stated tous at the camp-meeting at Pope's
that the prevailing disease az Culleoka had
disappeared, sand requested uS to publish the
same. Rev. Mr.. DOss, few days before, made
the same statement, and coupled 1t with the
same request. By the time we went to press,
the disease broke out afresh, and several per
sons died. We published the facts as given to
US. Our intOrmants told us the truth, and are
not responsible for what took place afterwards.
At this writing, the weather continues hot
dry, and dusty. The rains have been SO parti-
al,--abOut in spOts--that it is hard to say what
kind of crops we have in maury county,
Some farmers will tell you that their corn is
burnt up, and their cotton not much better !;
while others, from other localities, will give
you a more encouraging account. This last
dry spell, however, will damage crops all over
the county. We much fear that neither the
yield of cotton nor of corn, IN the c0dnty, will
be over an average. The hay crops were good.
George w. McCord, Of Ashwood, put up
ii 900 bundles of oats at harvest time. One
of his neighbors tells US that he has also sew
eral hundred barrels of old corn. George, al
though raised in town, is making good
farmer, Judging from this.
Sunday night last, Henry Hill col, was
found on the premises of Mrs Martha Bailey,
near Spring HILL, drunk, He was brought to
town by two cOored men, aud lodged in Jail,
1t will be remembered that Henry was sent to
the penitentiary from this county about two
years ago, and has three years yet to serve.
He says he made his escape from Capitol Hill.
A protracted meeting mas been in progress
Hurts y Roads for the past week, under the
superiutendence of J. g. Rice. of the Chapel
Hill Circuit A similar meeting has been 20
ing on at Neapolis under the charge of Rev.
Mr.. North and Rev. Mr.. Badgett.
Some scamp, last Sunday morning, broke
the two gOblets in the Methodist Church at
Hurricane. Suspicion rested upon young
man the guilty one, and he has consented
to replace them although he insists that he
Last Saturday and Sunday Rev. Mr.. DOss
held his last Quarterly meeting at Mt. NebO
for this Conference year, since which Tevl
val has been IN progress. Rev. Mr.. DoSs
preached four sermons that were full OF eo-
quence and logic. He seems 10 be full of the
right spirit; may he live long to bless the PEG
pie of Maury county. We are sorry the time
of our thrice worthy pastor, Rev K. @. Linn,
is about to expire. He has abored faithfully
with this people in trying to set up the King
dom OF Christ. And we are persuaded that bis
superior, as a logical preacher, can hardly be
found in the Tennessee Conference. May broth
er Linn live long and be prosperous wherever
his lot may fail
The agent for the Maury county Bible SOci-
ETY. was eanvassing the West end OF the coun-
ty some time ago, supplying the destitutiOn,
and among that class he found an old lady
who seemed to want Bible very much, and
in her entreaties, she said she was the wife Of
an old preacher who had preached long III
this country, but died some time ago, leaving
her without Bible. This not only shows the
destitution of the ministry, but the great I'M
pOrtance of bequeathing at least a Bible TO
their families.
We have always doubted the existence Of
mermaids, but reliable gentlemen tell US that
they saw three in Little Bigby Creek, |
below Ne iy's mill, yesterday evening. They |
soon vanished however.
y good rain fell last Monday evening, and |
another fell Tuesday evening on the north |
side of the river. Bragg. of Bear Creek, says
it was bad on fodder. ON "Wednesday the |
heavens opened, and the rain fell in great |
torrents. 1t was accompanied by wind. |
which blOwed corn and milIet down. Young |
corn, grass, pastures, etc, will be greatly |
Major Bacon Anderson is taking the |
census of the school children in the odd |
district. we ate capital dinner with |
him the other day at the Reams Hotel, |
Spring Hill.
The MAI returns thanks for a milk |
pun"h-nOt in its temperance deDa TT |
ment, but in the column next to it.
II. Luther Eariss, the former Internal !
Revenue Assessor for this district, has |
been appointed Internal Revenue Gaug- !
er for this (the 9th district.
Mr.. stephen Jordan lost three yalua- |
BILE Jennets lately, worth $500 each. |
They were killed on Carter's Greek by !
the cars.
James NJ. Bailey, a successful young |
farmer of the vicinity of Neapnlis, is |
having an arteSian well bored on his |
farm, by J. L. Lane, who has a steam |
apparatus. y hole of fifty feet was Dor
ed without finding water. We trust the |
one now being bored will be success
full. Mr.. Lane has been engaged to bore |
wells for Captains 4. G. and J. NJ. Hick- /
has steam bOrer and has been on Bear |
Creek, trying to get contracts.
The President of the Farmers's Club has /
appointed the following named gentlemen as
delegates 10 the Farmers's State Convention,
which meets at Nashville on 18th of Septem-
Der: Daniel j. Estes, Walker Scott. George |
J. l.. Williams, Thos. II. Williams,
Capt. b. W. Black, Joseph II. Dew, Benz. |
Harlan, John W. Mayes, Henry c. Jones,
J. b. Hamilton, Capt. Kiazer, John Wisener,
W. IL. billiard,
Our Fair commences Ola the 23d OF Sep /
TENDER Ladies, are YOU preparing any
thing for the Floral Hail? People of other
counties are talking of how you did last !
year.
= A PitiabIc Sight.
As we were passing through the wild |
and barron country, about fifteen miles
this side of WaynesbOrO, one day last |
week we met with most pitiable sight.
A man named Summers was travelling
from Giles county to his farm in Hay
wood County, in a little One-horse wag~
on, and with him were his wife and six
little children. The man lost his right