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

| hiHO buueTeu extremely. MdlOT u w
Williams lost twenty-three lambs, o.
the same kind that several members o.
the Farmers Club pronounced so very
fine. The lambs were frozen to death
although they were comfortably housed
and we'll cared for. We doubt not that
other farmers have also lost sheep by
the cold weather.
/ We regret to learn that our fellow.
citizen, Stephen Jordan, lost by the cpl
zooty four jacks and three jennets, valu-
ed at s., 900. Most of these were young
and in few years they would have
been worth So 5000.
During the cold spell last week, some
portions OF Duck River, above Column
bia Mills, were frozen over.
A great number of wild ducks have
! been seen in Duck River during the
last fortnight
The Bigbyville Lodge of Mssons gave
an elegant Christmas Dinner last week,
to which our handsome young friends
| and townsmen, jeff Colburn and Nat r.
Wilkes. We're invited. They went, OF
| course.
A little colored boy stole $40 from
Mrs. Cornelia Warfield, and when told
he had to 60 to Jail, acknowledged the
| theft, and told how he had disposed OF
it.
Two gentlemen from Fayette county
! have been here hiring hands to work
| on the farm, offering them $15 per month.
I One of them left last Tuesday night
with 20 young colored men, the other
remaining to hire others.
Lately, at Santa Fe, BIZ johnson, col,
considering it not right to be barefooted
these cold days, without permission
helped himself to pair of boots at the
store Of John W. Meroney. The boots
were recovered, but the thief was not
| prosecuted.
| In the oath civil district they have an
| intermniable lawsuit, all about float
! of rails. Jack Barham sold $1,000 rails
! TO Ruff Ryan for three mares, aud Ruff
| sold them to Jim Tindle, who has them
now at the bridge st this place. There
! have already been several replevins and
| one States warrant in connection with
| the trade between Barham and Ryan.
In the Supreme Court the causes of
| Baugus VS.. Partee, and Houser VS.. M c.
Kennon, have been reversed and le-
| handed
/ The freeze, snow, rain and Ihaw have
made the dirt roads as bad as those of
| Flanders.
! Mr.. John Friers on and Col. d. B.
| Cooper recently bought $50, 900 worth
of land from Mr.. 5. L. Graham. For
| the old Mcguire place, north of town,
| they gave about $50 per acre, and for
! the Johnson tract, east OF Columbia,
| about $50 per acre.
| 4 party from Rigby Creek recently
| returned from deer hunt in the bar
| rens. Col. Geo. p. Webster only got two
| shots, and with these he killed deer
| and turkey.
| Mr.. Adolphus Nelson, of Nashville,
| has opened the new hotel at Pleasant
| Grove. The railroad trains stop there
] for breakfast, dinner and supper. We
| understand he is keeping Il first class
| table. We sincerely trust that he will
| establish that rare tbing-a popular
| railroad eating house. Surely it ought
to be-in Maury county, if any where.
Mr.. Nat. F. Moore, of the vicinity Of
| Culleoka, recently bought five sewing
| machines, we learn, and gave them to
| his daughters and daughters-in>law.
| Julian Frierson walked about thirty
miles back ard forth, between the Mt
| Pleasant and Hampshire pixies, re-
| Gently, and killed twenty-five part
| ridges. He has killed as many as fifty
| odd in one day.
! r. p. Ledbetter, President OF the
| Maury County Farmers'S Club, recent
| ly received three Berkshire swine di-
| rect from England; two sows and one
| boar. They were purchased of Russell
Swanwick, Royal College Farm, Ciren-
! cester.
An election was recently held in the Spring
Hill district for Magistrate, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Esq. w, A. Bal
| Icy. Mr.. Banks C.. Wells beat Mr.. Frank j.
| Smith, post master, ten votes. MI. Wells IS
! an intelligent man, and will, no doubt, admin
| lister justice IN an impartial manner.
An engine got off the track near Dark s
| Mill, last week, and threw car across the
iran Aoo olatIo {-oir
from Nashville, was detained at or near the
| wreck all night. Bruce Cochrane, of the
! splendid dry goods house of Thompson Bros.
d Kelly. Nashville, was Oh the train, and be-
| sides not getting to see his sweetheart that
| night, he suffered severely from cold The
train did not arrive at Columbia until next
morning. and the excellent Conductor, Capt.
! Stone, did not have time to eat his breakfast or
| take look at his fine pigs before be had to
| start back TO Nashville.
Esq. Thos. Mcguire, the popular and
gentlemanly nurserynan, hiss been elect
ed Sexton for Rose Hill Cemetery, and
| will shortly occupy the position which
| Mr.. Chick Wal son has oiled so accept
ably for number of years past. Esq.
| Mcguire is at present one of the Magis-
trates of the 9Th civil district, which Of
flee he viii resign before taking charge
of Rose Hill. Esq. Mcguire is known
| as the gentleman who has furnished
Maury county with the best fruit trees
within its limits--the fruit, from some
of the orchards we could name, being
unsurpassed by none in the State in
every point of excellence. AS fiori-
culturist he ranks the best, and, furth er-
more, he is known as an agreeable ac-
complished gentleman.
One cold day last week, Just as Mr.
j. ii. Webster was starting home, it
occurred 10 him that couple of hot
bricks IN the foot OF his buggy you'd
add to his comfort He accordingly
proper temperature, wrapt them in some
paper, then in a blanket, and placed
them in the foot of his buggy. Before
he had gone many miles, his little SOD,
who was with him, remarked that his
teec were getting a little too warm.
Presently a little fume of smoke arose.
They raised their blanket to find the
cause, and found that the hot bricks
had burned up the blanket ard paper
around them, nearly burned Oft one OF
Mr.. Webster'S leIgiugS, and quite ruined
his sons Eopts, In short, the bricks
had made the situation little "too
hot for comfort.
The debate between L. z. Fraser al t.s
w. III. Timmons, noticedin our last is
sue, which was to have taken place at
the Christian Church On Knob Creek
iaSt FrIuay, OWING 10 Inc iuclemency OF
; the weather, has beer postponed until
January 25. The discussion will be-
gin at 10 o'clock, AN. 4 part of the
question was unintentionally omitted
i'll our notice. The question should
read: Resolved that it is inconsistent
with the Christians character, and con-
trary to the teachings of the Bible
therefore sinfuI-for Christian to q OF
or hold office in human governments. "
e. 2. Fraser affirms, and w. II. I'll u
mons denies. 1t is known that there
is much division of sentiment upon this
question among tho members of the
Christian Church in this county, and,
in fact, all over the State. We there
fore predict that the disputants will
have a very large audience, and have d
good hearing, especially from the mem
bers of that church, for they seem al
ready 10 have manifested much interest
in the discussion. Both Of the young
gentlemen are talented, well in farta d
and fluent and effective speakers, and
having had ample time to prepare their
arguments, we have no doubt but both
sides &C the Important question will be
clearly and ably stated,
Death of a school Girl.
The remains of Miss Winfield Dancy, of La
Grange, Texas, who died at the Institute some
weeks ago, wsrs rspoye home this week by he