The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-17
OVER THE COUNTY.

i Several Maury county gentlemen attended
the races at Nash lille last week.
The colored people are taking of running
one of their color for Sheriff
The colored people are preparing for the fair
Miss Rowe Webster received premium al
the Nashville fair for needle work in foss.
! Farmers complain of the bird hunters
! The fences are left down, and they discharge
their guns, sometimes, in the yards.
! gentleman near Banton's Chapel, fear
| ing the money he had might become of no &C
to town, bought 500 carriage and SO
| sewing machine.
DR.. Wash Long of Mt. Pleasant, has sweet
| potato IN his possession which weighs nine
pounds I'D two ounces. 1t was raised in the
nelGh6orhOUd. he did not send it to US, as he
should have done, but Mr.. ]. F. Guthrie saw
1t. We are afraid people will not believe us
when we tell about big potatoes, etc., unless
we have them to show.
Major James T. Moore brought six bales of
cotton to town last Tuesday. One of these
bales was cultiv ated, and picked bv his daugh-
ter, Miss sally Bette, weighing 5l3 pounds.
She has another bale at home, part of which
is picked.
Major James T. Moore was elected consta-
lie OF the 18th district while he was sick in
bed. Last week he was sworn in, and went
up into Marshall county and arrested Clay
Ogllvle, COL, for larceny. He took him be-
fore Esq. Ellington, who turned him loose
The prosecutor falling to appear.
Thompson Fleming, N. W. Jones, John A.
Campbell, John Warren, Reuh en- Conuor and
+. A. Bush, of Marry county, are among the
list of persons who have been summoned to
serve as jurors for the Federal court which
comm 9nces at Nashville next Monday.
A bull frog, weighing 6fteen pounds aud
half, Is said to have been caught lately in
Cayuga lake, and sold to a French epicure for
-iX dollars. This is not one-fifth as large as
the frog which was not caught At Indian
Camp Spring, near Colum hia, Tenn, in March,
1859. 1t weighed % pounds.
A flock of wild geese passed over Ashwood
last Sunday, on their way to warmer climate
A double log cabin, near Ashwood, belong
Gg TO J. j. Stephenson, and occupied by sew
eral families of negroes, was totally destroy ed
oy fire few days ago.
Willis R. Frierson, Of Cross Bridges, gnned
6B baIes of cOttJn last week, averaging ii per
day.
There is considerable mast this year, and it
has commenced falling rapidly since the late
frosts.
Daniel J. Estes brought two stalks of corn
to town last week that were seventeen feet
nigh, and large 10 proportion.
MIR. VIM. Mccoy. of Rutherford Greek, will
please accept our thanks far a sweet potato
@eighirg 81 pounds, and a lot of turnipS, the
largest and best we have seen this year.
J. W. B. Thomas denies our correspond
enL's lnslnuatinnS that be late out of Jag,
and spent part of his time at mo Meat"
lie has promised to spend half his time i'll the
barrens during the hunting season Mr..
thomas has also been very much troubled In
answering questions prOpounded by ladies IN
regard to what the correspondent said about
his lying down under tire 9TH Aunt Su-
SAN which is the name of his trusty gun.
What a wonderful country Flat Creek must
be, to be sure Major James t. Moore, oil
that creek, brought US recently the biggest
,'warnut' we ever saw, and the CrCOkeuest,
funniest sweet potato or rather Two potatoes
very much in love with each other.
At the Nashville Fair Capt. Thos. Gibson
received premiums on his stock. and at the
Franklin + air several premiums were award
ed to stock belonging 10 Major Campbell
Brown and Capt. NJ. Z. Campbell all Of the
vicinity Of Spring Hill.
An evil star seems to have lately been over
the house OF our esteemed fellowcOuntvman,
MAJOR Ben. Harlan A mare, worth about
Sl5U, recently became paraiyZed and died; his
fine tatted COW, which took two premiums at
our Fair, died. He was fattenlng her for
Rev. Geo. Beckett, of the In stItute, the Major
wishing II show the Rector that we Can have
IS good beef here as they have 10 Old Eng
Iand, She was worth about 500. The Ma |
iOr b ID fine msstitf which, though not vi |
clOuS, WAS fine guard against evil doors, and
others. TIE negroes Of the entire neighbour |
hOOd were very much afraid of him. lie bit |
a peddler twice. A short time ago the uaStif |
died, and it Is thought ne was poisoned. A |
valuable shepherd dog sickened and died.