The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Bad roads, bad roads, bad roads, bad
| roads, bad roads, bad roads, bad roads, bad
roads, bad roads, IIunpikes, turnpikes
tufnpllSeS, turnpilleS, turnpikes. ..#
-" InaJdog of yourn flew at me this morn
i-lng aud bit me on the leg, and now notify
| on that intend to shoot it the first time I
know he is not mad. What's he got to be
abOutP It's ME that's mad"
One evening last week a little boy,
named " alter Bailey, on the West Prong
! 81 blgDJ, Lewis county, followed steer OF
INTO the piney hills, two or three miles.
The whole neighborhoOd was aroused, and
went all over the hills hunting tor Walter.
Sir. Bailey went crying through the woods,
IN nave my boy or III burn these woo DIS.
4 bout three hours after night Walter was
found, with the steer, at James Beckham 5,
having followed the steer all the way.
Mr. Ben Puiliam, OF this county, has
! iaid on our table an Old much worm Time
stained book, composed of "WllSOn'S Ten
nCSsce Farmers Almanac" lS2j-26, by Prof.
VIII. l.. WillciOTd, Of Maury county, anC
4 "BTaafOrd's Tennessee Almanac" for 1919,
$50 and 1921. We find many interesting
items in this old book. Commencing with
1872, find that the State Bank was al
Knoxville, and Hugh l.. White was its Pres
LENT Joseph MCMinn was Governor, John
Cooke, AaJOr-TeneraI OF Miiltia, OF nfst a.
vision; ana W m. carroll, Mayor General OF
ID division; sam II. Williams, VIM. Hall,
fhOs Johnson, VIM. &. Smart, Robt Purdy
John Geer, Brig. Generals of I'd division.
Nimrod Porter was Sherifr of Maury, and
y IN. Phillips Of Hickman. Robert Mack
was Circuit Judge; Joseph Ii. Porter
VI. Martin Circuit Court Clerk; Samuel Sc
ba~tiaI and MiilingtOn EaSley were County
and Circuit Clerks Of Hickman. Thos. Har-
teuaa and " IN. Smith the same for VII
hanson. TLOS. Coleman was State Senator,
and WIN. Nancy, Representative from Maui
~; Representative from Williamson
Abram MaDTy; from Lawrence and HiCE-
man, David Crockett. Maury had the largest
population of all the rural Counties, 40.
in 1872, we md James Caruthers, of Column
bia, Circuit Court Clerk at Columbia, VIM.
Carroll, Governor, and sam Houston Major
General of Militia; and sam FL. Williams
Brig. General. In 1915 We md Allan Brown
RTigadieT General of Militia, of the Jth di
vision; VIM. Hunter. Colonel of the lSt
Regiment in Maury, J. NJ. Mitchell, Lieu
I0T, Arthur IsOm, ID Major; of the 9th
Regiment, in MauTy, X. y. J.. Wilkes
was colonel, EsoIn b: Dooly, Lieutenant
Colonel, Calvin Nj. Smith, LIST Major, IhoS.
cobb Ri Major; the sd Regiment, also in
EIaury1 was ufiicered as follows: William
smith, Colonel, ThOS. ID. Kennedy, Ldeuten-
ant Colonel, Robert McNutt, LIST Major,
iohn II. Hill, End Major; the 10th Regiment,
also in MaUry, was Offlcered thus: Samuc
Crawford Colonel, Hugh b. Porter Lieuten
ant Colonel, jeremiah III. Morgan Isl Major,
edmond Williams I'd Major. In this same
year We find that Col. Matthew ID. Cooper,
II MaUry, was Grand Master OF the Grand
lodge of Tennessee, r, and A. NJ, and Hila-
~ LauZtry, Of Columbia, q. n, of the Grand
EhapteT of Tennessee. Col. Cooper is still
HviHgI in Columbia, and enjoying a green
old age, with large and distinguished fam
lily around him.
lfIth NdNllf "a tIdlhilll. II utlu Oll Tue
S-inerS, and illustrates ii as follows: \
number Of these seiners seined Harpeth toT
% mile OF two, up and down, down and up,
until every mlnnoW, catfish ana sucker,
WAS taken. Not living thing was left cX-
cept an Old mud turtle, which had retreated
into deep hole in the bank, and the SEM
CHS got hoes and dug tor him the balance OF
the day. We have laws to protect birds,
and deer, at certain seasons, but the nsh,
which need protection most of all of them,
have none. Give us a law protecting fish.
While Mr. Sweeny, who lives near
Franklin, was killing hogs last week, his
little child, two or three years old fell into
the trough OF boiling WAGER and was instant
ly killed. a negro woman was burned To
death IN the same community, two days
later, by going too near the fire with cotton
goods on. The price that people pay for
careleSsnesS!
james W. CIaud, of Williamson county,
hai difficulty with a Mr.. Davis, this week,
and was killed. Davis has been arrested.
"A West Tennessee Editor wants the next
Legislature to pass q twelve months stay
law. We do not agree with our cOntem9O-
rTy. but believe that creditors ought to be
as lenient towards debtors as circumstances
viii admit, until another crop is made.
Gen. Marcus J. Wright, late editor of
the Memphis Daily RcgisteI, has lately con-
nected himself with the Wig and Tribune Of
Jackson. lie Is a good writer, tull OF energy
sud viii make the paper successful.
w. J., Barry, the oldest printer in the L.
=. who recently died ut st. Louis at the great
age OF 80, had relations living near Hamp-
shire ia this county, and "the old man used
10 pass through Columbia on his way 10
MIR. Ed. II. Green has opened new
bakery ami confectionery on the South side
OF the square, next door to j. NJ. LarkinS q
Co, and invites the public, and especially
he ladies, To inspect his stock. Everything
is tra>h and new. Try him. Read his card.
Sure enough, we ate our Thanksgiving
Dinner on Bear Creek. We met Dick Ogil-
sic and his Kentucky bride there, and a
great many folks, Old and young. All the
country round about was there, and several
charming ladies from Columbia and Nash
VILE. married and unmarried. The dinner
was splendid, superb. magnificent, ana as
We had no; eaten anything in three days,
AN old soldier would say, we dld ample
Justice TO the IGast-eSpeCially TO the sol
ids" as COL Huntington calls them. We
Hsst many nice girls, and none nicer than
one from Nashville, another from Bear
Crs-i.. and one from Smyrna; but even they
were NOT more charming than Mrs. u. of CO.
IumDia, and Mrs. \, o. l4ytleS Greek. Col.
Barclay Martin, the old WarzhGrse, was
here.