The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-04
CAMPBELL's STATION ITEMS.

The people of this vicinity have had
rain to their hearts content the past
week. Old mother earth is perfectly
| saturated. The week closed with very
| heavy rain storm on Saturday night.
The South-bound train came along
when the rain was at its hight, and stop
ped and put two negroes otf-man and
wife. After they were put off they kept
up SO much noise like some one in dis
tress it attracted the attention of Mr..
Sowell, whose store is close by. He
went out to see what the trouble was,
and found them fighting. They had
been down in the mud and water wal
lowing like hogs. 1t seems that the wo-
man had run away from Pulaski and
left her husband and gone to Columbia.
The husband was endeavOring to take
her back. He said he had writ for her
aud was going to take her back, dead or
alive.
Mr.. Renfro, who lives at Mr.. Barnet
Gracey's, was thrown by mule a few
days ago, in our village, and hurt very
seriously, so much so he was unable to
get out of bed next day. The mule
threw him and then jumped on him.
1t was lucky for him that the mule was
barefOOted,
Several of our citizens went to CO.
lumbia on Saturday to see the "big
show" Among the number was our
gallant young IubECndub 1AOIIldS OIdlSs
Mr.. Craig had rather a serious time of
it on his return. He was in buggy
accompanied by Miss Ella Cline, and
when in about three miles of the viii
lage the storm burst upon them in all
its fury. They could not see anything
except when there would come a flash
of lightning. When they reached
Fountain Creek it was pretty full, and
having to pass that stream "end-wise"
they run a great risk, as there was
good deal of drift coming down the creek
at that time. Tommy" by his gal
lantry and perseverance was enabled to
land his precious cargo about ten O'Clock
at the hospitahle residence of Capt. j.
l., Cline, safe and SOUND.
The colored school in this district is
taught by Italy Pillow, COL, of COlumN
bia. She certainly is superior teacher
of her class, if one is to judge by the
progress her pupils are making. Per-
SONS who are competent judges have
examined some of her students and pro-
nounced them we'll taught, and taught
correctly. 1t is to be hoped that She
will not only teach her pupils correctly
in books but that she will teach them
how to conduct themselves so as to be
good and useful citizens, teach them to
be always employed at something use~
fli, for Can idle brain is the Devils work
shop"
IT'S. W iilidll u. bTduSAdN I0tuJH6u
home few days ago from visit to
West Tennessee, where She had been
spending about month with her son
James n. Bradshaw, Mrs. Bradshaw's
husband is deaf and damb. He has
sister living with him that is deaf and
dumb. During Mrs. RradshaW's abb
sence the two deaf mutes were left one
night by themselves, and some scamp,
who probably was posted about the
family, undertook to rob the house
He was, however, foiled in his efforts,
by coming in contact with the bed
whore the sister was sleeping She
jumped out of bed and ran to her broth
er's room TO let him know that some
one was ia the house. In the meantime
the thief made good his escape.
Capt. Hubbard returned home on
Sunday, after an absence of some ten
days from Wilson county, where he had
been on visit to his relations and
friends