The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-24
OVER THE COUNTY.

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| --R. NJ. Frierson has, or had, red craw
fish. II was caught in Brush creek Lewl
county, by Walter c. Tindan and othe
Esq. John F. Dowen says we may lo0l
for II to rain for forty days, as it ralne9l In'
| Irst day of DOG Days." which lasts lOrtS
days and nights.
Beast Butler, of Bear Creek, hung up
small snake last Saturday, and Monday w
rain came He says ii is very dangerous .
hang up more than one snake at iiIi ne ~
even one very large one, as either VIII OLIne
| either hurricane or a deluge. lie say
Tom Harris, of Mt. Pleasant, Killed IRE
mendous rattlesnake last summer, VIZ 49,
mad sixteen rattles and a button, anu n II
il up, and it caused a hurricane, when PIE"
down corn, trees, fences, etc, from - Tn
southern portion of the county 70 Ion
Almonds, in the Northeastern portion Vi
the county.
Probably the best time ever made over
the turnpike from Columbia to Nasty l.l ii Il
was made by Uncle Tommy, many year ear
ago, in the good old slow days. Preslqent
j. K. Polk was sick. and sent for his broi heT-
ln-law, DR.. Hayes, and Uncle Tommy, LOON
him in a bus ~, behind two of Keesee's fine
bays. He made it in four hours exactly. II
is forty two miles from Columbia to NASH
Vile by turnpike.
Love Loftin says the JayhawkeTs are
stealing his apples.
"A beautiful daughter of DIR. s., OF Bear
creek, has returned home from Murirees-
boro, where she has been at school.
A handsome brunette, tall and talent-
ed, OF Spring Hill, is visiting her relatives III
East Tennessee.
-On the Sd of July, we published a state
ment in regard to the shooting of negro,
henry Ross, by white man, Mr.. WAY man
PEARSON. Mr.. Lucius =. Ereeland INFORMS
us that we made one or two important
omissions. Ross was living on Mr.. rear
son place, and would not work. or even
attempt TO cultivate crop. Mr.. Z. DeGaIlLS,
angry and out of patience and threw Ross
Ded out doors. After this, the negro women
promised to go to work, and Pearson salu'
" All right" and let them do so. Ross con
tlnued in the old way, and met Pearson IN
the field, and run him out of the field IN
censed at this, he took his gun, loaded VIII
small shot, and the negro again endeaNoI-
ing to kill him, he fired. Pearson is repre-
sented by Mr.. Freeland as a hard worklng'
clever man, and law abiding citizen. me
negro, Ross, by his failure to work anu
by running him out of the held
with hoes, ETC., aggravated Pearson 10 a
hit of desperation. Ross not only would not
own place anyhow, and you can
make me leave, Mr.. Pearson" We make
this counter-statement, i'll justice TO MI
Pearson.
The recent rains have improved the ap-
pearance OF the growing crop wOndertul-
ly. Corn is looking green and healthy, ana
cotton has quit growing down into Ine
ground, as Col. Wade said most of his was
doing sometime ago. Tho corn crop can
not be very good one, on account OF Ihe
many fields that were ruined before the |
rains came, but we do not look for a famine, |
as Beast Butler, of Bear Creek, and other |
chronic crOakeTs predict.
-COwley & MerOney, of Santa Fe, sent us /
last Saturday, a sack of the best article of |
Hour we have ever seen. 1t was made AT Il
heir steam Touring mill.
John w. Johnston came out from Nash /
vile this week to fish in Lytle's creek; |
IOhn always goes prepared when fishing; |
lot long since he and four others went fish
ng and John was instructed to lay in |
upply of ratiOnS to the amount of s.. He
bought 81 so worth Of "snake poison" anti
tote and 10 cents loaf of bread.
Our friend, John w. Caldwell has laid
lpOn our table half dozen mammoth
'niOns of his own raising. John raises big
rops of big onions and big hogs.
Martin Van Buren, Browns wife died at
he residence of Frank Speed last Tuesday, |
Miss Bette Burgess, who formerly had
harge of the Music Glass in the CulleOka
institute, has been unanimously re- elected
o that position by the Trustees of the |
chOOl. Those who know Miss Burgess, say
hat she has just the characteristics to be
popular and successful.