The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-14
HICKMAN COUNTY ITEMS.

The candidates in Hickman have about
finished their grand rounds to the great re-
lief of the people; they were thirty odd in
number and our reporter understood they
| found corn enough in but one place in the
county to feed their horses. Joe BiZwell, on
| Lick creek, happened to be the lucky man,
| and he has fine crop, which will be
| on hand when the November elections will
| begin to receive their important consider
ations, by the people, from the speeches of a
| multitude of other candidates for the po-
sitions to be filled then. Huzza! for Demo-
| cratic America-when they can't hurt a
| man for being a candidate.
1t is rumOred here that a thousand extra
| ed on reporting the speeches made at Bon
| didates.
o. A. Nixon, at Centreville, is rejoicing
| in the luxury of fine watermelons raised by
| him in these dry times. lack Waters
chickens kept him from rejoicing, and he
! cut their bills off to keep them from rejoice
| ing. WatermelOns are "Water's melons"
| with lack, and chickens had better not
| look sharp about him.
| A large number of fishermen came from
| Mill creek the other day to Duck River at
| Centreville, and caught great many fish,
| SEEMING. By the time the river is dragged
| and seined few more times, there won't
| be tadpole to tell the tail-left.
died out S Since t6e BseeherFiton Scandal
| consumes a greater portion of the columns
| of the Banner and the Union and American.
COggiaS comet must have something
| to do with libel suits and family difficulties
| this year. A few more water SpoutS will
| soon cool things down though, when we can
| pursue the even tenor of our way, and have
something more entertaining, We need
| water-spout about CentreviIIe.
The local news in Hickman, outside of the
elections and "when it's going to rain" has
played out; the state of the weather and the
result and prospects of the election is all
monotony! We wish somebody would catch
six pound trout or big black perch
somewhere in Blue Buck or Lick creek, SO
we could report it to The HERALD.
Monday the third being county court day,
there was large crowd at Centreville. Col.
Lewis Waggoner, of Perry county, a candi-
date for the Legislature, addressed the peo-
pie OF this county in very lengthy speech,
on his claims for seat in that body. Mr..
Lou Walker, a candidate from Hickman, for
the same position, made speech also. DIR.
j. L. Spence, a candidate for the same pO-
Joel p Morrison, candidate from Hick-
man Tor the same position, withdrew from
the canvass. The people held a convention
and appointed delegates to the Nashville
Convention to be held on the 10th inst, to
nominate a candidate for Governor. The
people of this county are for the Hon. D. b.
Thomas for that position. The proceedings
OF the convention appeared in the HERALD
last week.
good rain, which has oheered up the farm |
ers nightly. They thought they were lit
terally gone up in the neighborhood of Cen |
treyille until the rain come on Thursday, |
which, while it took down few wrinkles |
from the sun burnt faces of the farmers, the |
results ofthe day cast many frownS on some |
of the smiling faces of the candidates.
Hon. I. p. Bateman, candidate for Cir |
cult Judge, as far as heard from, has carried |
the county ny about thirteen hundred ma |
jority. E. a. Dean is elected Sheriff. F. q. |
Thompson Circuit court Clerk; A. NJ. Reaves
County Court Clerk; DR.: NICE. Wilson,
Trustee; and T. ]. Walker, Register Who
is elected Tax Collector is not yet ascertain
ed Frazier is thoughtIo be the man
II. L. White, the great ''Nimrod" of pos
sums and coons, killed q beautiful fawn
deer the other day in the neighbOrhOod of
CeDtreville. 1t takes three bushels of meal
n Whites docs
deer meat very dear these hard times
The election passed off very quietly in
this county A pretty full vote was polled,
and no disturbance.
III. A. Shoqse, prominent citizen of our
county, is lying very i'll of pneumonia, at |
at his residence near CentTeville. Since
writing the above we have just learned he
is dead.
Sweet cider and watermelons were very
plentiful on the election day. A celebrated
singer in this county, in his too great haste
to getaS much cider as he wanted at one
time, swallowed "yallow Jacket" and it
stung him in the throat, so he can't sing.
He wheezes through, however, splendidly.
Turn1p seed and rye are in great demand
here. There Will be great many turnips
and much rye sOwn for winter use this year
A large crowd collected at Centreville on
the day after the election to hear the news
all OF Bhpm were candidates. some heard
what they didn't want TO here--that they
were beaten.
This is the,last local item and local slip OF
paper our itenIizer has Rumor has it,
among the colored pOpulatiOn) we are to
be dried up here, and blown away by a Sc
we're Storm-6 very general and wholesale
process of crematiCn-this. Tie Chinese
"Feng-ShniH must be III our land then.