The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-08
OVER THE COUNTY.

We Lave lust learned of the death, at
jackson, Miss, of Mr.. w. II. Allen, formerly
a citizen OF MauTy county He was a hali
brother OF Esq. II. b. Allen, John NJ. Allen,
and uncle Oi Esq. RObt. j. BauguSs. We
have read a beautiful eulOgy of the deceased
delivered bya distinguished divine OF jack
Col. Thos. Waters, agent Of Kings cele-
bTated wrought iron bridge, IS in the county.
about an acre of land fell from mn
side on Arthur Crawford : land, 9th district,
during the late tremendous rains. I'M
InenSe trees slipped with the land, but re-
tanned thcirupTight position. An immense
crack was made in tn" hillside. -
An election will be held in the LIST civil
district tomorrow, for the election OF a j us
tice of the Peace in place of +. Is. l1add, re-
"a coIored woman, unmarried, aged
about II years, living on Esq. W. NJ. Sulll-
Vau'S plnce lately gave birth to child, and
shortly afterwards smOthered II TO death.
The woman is deranged, and Is not expect
Rowland Bryant hG given us two fine
twists of tobacco, which is claimed To be
even superior to ]. j. Bryants celebrated
-Josep II Dew, ESQ, of this county, at
tended the meeting of the state Sportmah
Club, at Memphis, last week, and was placed
on important committees MAJOR Mimic
Williams is placed on the state executive
committee. :. ,,..-,.--.-,,,,,
came very near being robbed one night last
week. Mr.. l.. accidentally left his Key IN
the door, and during the day II was taken
ont UV some unknown person. He missed
IL in the evening, and concluded he would
STAY in the store that night. lie barred thS
door, and went to sleep. He was awakened
by persons trying to get IN, ana ne Jumpeu
mn. They went away and then came again.
As they put the key in the door, ne TOOK
his gIlI aud opened the back door, but his
movements alarmed the robbers ana they
fled IL il said that Mr.. Patterson made
Tuucb longer steps coming back TO the store
from the pursuit OF the bun glars IMAM going
ont after Them, Judging from the tracks he
made Scotch had been married but "A
month or 80, and il was right mean in his
partner nd1 watching the store IN ms place.
A rumOT gained CTedencS last week Jhat
FsJ II. y. Glenn. the gentlelnanly Chairman
of the County Court h&u Detn pIoStIalSu ny
n stroke of paralySiS. Hewas taken sudden
IyiIl but in q short while recovered, and
was able to preside at the sitting of the last
'otlI regret to learn that in some instan-
COS overScers of public roads are not
thrE can and ought to do. The cOun-
" court hF been very liberal In the appro'
IIriatiOn OF tools for working roauS, uOl
which they have been severely cehsuTtu
and IL is the duty of persons passing over
had roads 10 report the oNcrseerS 10 the
Grand itIrv Unless they have no hands, IL
r. Tar}iv nossibIe for them to frame plaus-
lille excuse, for not keeping them III SOou
order. - .-.,. t., ,
OF anxiety last Saturday morning. DS re,
T,1Tf thar ESQ. John j. Padgctt had been
stricken down with apGpleNy, ana was no'
likely to recover. His phys!c'ins pro
nOunced him in very precaTiOus situation
nut during the day, he revived and Is now
able Ia go about. His host OF trlehds VIII oe
pleased u hear OF his recovery.
"a J. T." has no disposition at pTeSent,tO
make any comments on the second arIlcle
of"FanN," which appears in this issue OF
the HERALD. At some other time ne may
do so. "FanN' brings no new arguments 10
help him out in his assertion that the JUS
iiccS and lawyers are banded together
for the purpose of robbing the taxpayers
and 50 long aS the charges OF ~ il, re-
main uncontroyerted, il is deemed unneces-
sary To prulOug the controversy. The puOnc
are hardly 50 incredulOus as to believe that
80 large "a body of men, lwhO are also TAX
tlaverSl are wiIulIy misapprOpriating the
revenues of the county. The Justices nave
made appropriations tor what they con
80 much as one cent has gone into thell
own rockets, not sanctioned by law.
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