The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-11-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

| Capt James d. Thomas and family
| have been on a visit to Nashville and
Louisville. Capt. Thomas, who is En-
gineer in charge of the Duck River Val
ley Railroad had the pleasure of riding
| out on, and, inspecting the Louisville,
| HarrOd's Creek and West Port Narrow
Gauge Railroad, which he compliments
very much. 1t is indeed gratifying to
us, to hear him express himself so in
| regard to a road built on the above plan,
as we know the Captain is a gentleman
| of fine judgment and cultivated taste.
| We feel deep interest in the grand en-
| lerprise that has been entrusted to his
worthy hands, and which is to bring,
| when complete, so many blessings, not
on Y TO the country through which it
| will pass, but to the entire State, and
especially to the beautiful town of Co
| lumbia.
The Franklin ReUiew, whose editor
! is talented lawyer, is dead out against
| doing away with the Criminal Court.
| 1t says the business in this court in
| Williamson is increasing rapidly. Judge
| McLemore and AttOrney-General Fuss
| sell work night and day, and dispatch
| business with rapidity, though always
impartially.
The Rev. J. a. Orman is the Circuit
Rider for Douglass Circuit, and the Rev.
J. G. Bolton is Presiding Elder of the
| DdN dllllhu DlStT1CG. MI OIlAoA 10 n III u
| of great repute in his church and will
| make one of the most popular and ac-
ceptable preachers ever on that circuit.
| His predecessor was one of our best
itemizers, and we hope that Mr.. Orman
will do the same thing for us, and that
very often.-FTGnkIj1, ReUieV.
Mr.. Ike Sullivan, who knows every
road in Lawrence county, carried
seven nuns to the Catholic settlement in
that county, last week. They were
from Ohio.
Mr.. T. J. Dorset brought us
mammoth Pumpkin this week, which
weighs "A pounds. Who will beat it?
Mr.. Jack LOwrance, who was elected
constable of the 9th district, did not
accept the office, but was sworn in last
Monday as Deputy Sheriff, Mr.. Alexan-
der having rendered him the office.
Capt. J. b. Murphy, Trustee, has sold
Squire Avis Williams OF Mt. Pleasant,
the stock of goods belonging to T. J.
COleburn. Mr.. Algie Hodge will
occupy the stOreroOm.
Capt. J. NJ. Hickey, who was in
Louisville, last Saturday, witnessed a
snow storm.
d. w. Shelton has been quite sick
for some time, and is not improving.
J. r. Shelton, who has been citizen
here longer than any one else, is very
much afflicted in body and mind.
Inc good wife and mother, can truly
cay, her cup is filled to OVERLOOKING, of
sorrow, anxiety and tribulatiOn. Will
"A christian people renem Der her, in her
misfortune, even as she did the sick,
when she was able to minister to their
wants? She has been, and is, 'mOther
in Israel"
Capt. J. c. Cooper will please accept
our thanks for bottle of splendid
sorghum. He has made hundreds of
gallons with his evaporation this tall.
We used to be very fond Of sorghum
during the war, and still like it. This
beats Georgia sorghum.
Robert Porter, called Bob for short,
of Carter's creek, has brought us an
eight pound turnip, beating DIR. Browns
seven FOUNDER. This is the biggest one
we have seen yet, but Dave Gregory
and others say that old Col. Hugh POr-
ter, decd, used to raise turnips, III
front OF his house on Bear Creek which
weighed seventeen and eighteen pounds.
He prepared his patch, which was
cowI lot, during the entire year, and al
ways sOwed his seed on the 18th day OF
July. He never would sow on any
other day. He made the most trifiing
hand on his place sow. the seed, so that
he would get them thin enough. The
seed Were sOwn broadcast, and the
turnips were well cultivated.