The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
OVER FHE COUNTY.

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and unique quilting frame. II j. only TWEEN
" two inches in length and six in width.
We hope ne will get patent on II.
MIR. NJ. \. Mills, of rutherford Creek,
brought Us "a fine cotton bloom last Monday
morning. taken from his second planting.
stuart Fleming brought us a red cotton
bloom last Monday, which he says was
grown on Mrs. Catharine FlCmings place
by Carey Frirr~on. col Carey SAYS lie
plucked the bloom last Friday.
A horse belonging 10 Miss Thomas,
daughter of \. W. Thomas, was bIitgn 10y =
tried every remedy. but the horse died. We
did not learn what kind OF a snake il was.
Felix Webster, col, brought us two large
and beautiful cotton blooms on the nth of
of Jure-the first Of the season.
-Remem Der that the Maury trotting
association have "a meeting tomorrow
ESQ. \. Z. Holden was accidentally Stung
with bees last saturday. His face swelled
m very badly He ua- very sick Saturday
Nsauing. but was able 10 Gtteud his Grange
mcetfrlg. E~,l. Holden and Large number
ofhiS uCighbor~ have gone into inc Dee
business, aEId have a large supply. "
Newt Cios.d, OF the vicinity of Bigbyyille
Inns a thoroughbred Pillow mare, Molly,
Erbirh las a MuEginS colt, and he has chal-
ll,Iyed GILES equity To beat IT, al the Mug
ginS colt show, next tall He Is raising some
-Ieroutl q. Pillow informs us that Capt.
YetheI's famous wheat field threshed out
only sixteen Bushels pcr acre. The heads
were small, but thu 2mOunt OF straw was
WIohn ". Medley says Kee~a p. Thomas
made twenty bU-holS of wheat per acre.
sam scott. OF Bear Creek, sent Us a red
cotton bloom last Monday. II" says he
stlucISed 10 last saturday.
-R 4 = Mc1' lure brought us "a red cotton
WIucius Armstrong col, brought Us red
cotton bloom saturday of last week.
Mr.. Hugh T. Akin, OF Bear creek hje
sent III tire" cotton stalks. On one stalk
ave = squares, ana the stalk itself Is feet
WiThe lIesSrs. Murphy. Of the Southport
country raised about sixteen hundred BUSH
els Ot wheat
Norboud last Monday.
The wheat crop in the soul. port country
il r,-,.pTted to be very good.
-Res MIR. Terrell, preached an interest
inv sermon laSt sunday at Mt. UliVCt, from
sha test. Fec Christ >out me not baptiZe, |
but To preach IL. gospel l>t corinthians
- chapter and l5th Narsc.
-Rsv. T. ). stone viii preach at Mt. Oil
vet neal sunday.
-There syiI he >acramental meetiEg AT
BlantOn Chapel next sunday.
- Mr. tarTc,r ot Marshall, while at Cul- |
,sol<a not Iougsiu.a. lost his saddle, in a |
very mysterious W%uL"r. ON investigation !
As traced 10 toa man ca Fountain creek.
whG bearing that MI Garrett Gl'.'$ %Lere II
"AndrcN Walker and X. u. Jami>on, !
both u Columbia. have tn" contract for |
grading three sgSiiD8N of the Duck River
Valley Railroad, aud haze hands at work
yp0u it.. Esq. \. n. Bryant las the con
tract for grading that section HeussSt the /
-N " Hrnham. STA civil district, is hav- !
Ing "a tne residence built The carpenter Is
lack Iumau. The same who n'.:li Esq \. -.
Brvant's $500 house, the incest la me I'm
civil district.
Council. Patrons of Hu~buHdrY, will be next
Tuesday ia Columbia.
FSu y. u. Hrs amt has invented new /
water gate. which for all paCtiCal purposes. .
= calculated 20 >uPersede all others
-Ne>>rS. Harlan X Cant sent Us a pocket
fall ~ cotton blooms last Wednesday morn |
MIR. William Mitchell, OF. Bear Creek, /
brought Us one cotton stalk last Wednesday /
squares, and two open blooms. One Otthe |
squares contains two buds tor blooms. The /
stalk i about thirty inches long.
The usefulness the press i becoming i
more manifest every day. \ little girl was /
told by her mama To DO an GRAND, which |
she was 10Th Ia do. whrrcupoE her sister re- /
marked. '~l~LCr you had better 20 ar the /
HERALD will have 10 that YOU wont mind J
mama" IL il needless To say she perform 4
81 tus eTTaud iuStantcT.
The. Post office will be- closed on Satur- /
day, July 18th. J. T.. BAIRD, y. NJ.
At a regular meeting OF Columbia Lodge !
q. @. a. J.. June Nth, ISL, the follow /
v"r" elected for the ensuing |
Shelf ayntis, se S;; VI G. Il B. bod bod
80 T@ @SisH5id p rain hat sr 1Gssas5
farmers in his Immediate l
yet ti Eaiuyd none at Spring !
handed Us blue cotton /
INV. ON Monday.
HI somebody fix the sulphur
sade II is good spring. and only /
some public spirited citizen to make /
III attractive place for an evening ride
ishn r, MCEWGH, ESQ. OF Frank I'm. has
shown some OF it, citizens example in
this respect. He has improved a splendid
medicinal spring on his place near Frank
lin. and made IL exceedingly attractive so
that IL Is visited boy large number of persons
every evening. No doubt ne has already
iuteriered with the doctors practice very
sCuSibly. by curing some OF their chronic
cases. There would be very little need of
medicine il Mr.. NCEwenN tiuc suIubuT
water was used freely.
About six or eight months ago, wayman
Pearson, of the 18th civil district sold piece
II ground to Henry hUSS, "a cOlUred man for
- hiCh payment was TO be made in cotton.
Pearson cOnCeiying that Ross was not going
10 make good crop, and thereby not be
able To pay him. went to his Ross house
last week, and in his absence, threw his
things out of the house and then went 10
the field where Ross and his family were at
work and ordered them 10 leave. Ross
would not leave Pearson went home, got
bis shot gun ana returning met Ross in the
road and shot him, the load Of shot enter
ing Ross breast The wounded man was
5Jie q reach home aud DR.. Oliver sent for.
- Is thOCght ne may recover. The COnsta-
Bile, J. {. murphy, with a p0ssf, com posed OF
Henry Mann Wallace Craig and Merritt
ROane, went 10 arrest Pearson bat he could
not be found This II a terrible outrage
committed in a district that has heretofore
borne such a good reputation and the often
penalty OF the law
Eupnemta Lodge 4. \, - Va. No I05.