The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-07

Mr.. stephen d. Herndon brought us the
biggest and finest plum, last Tuesday, we
tree of the kind he knows of; but that Mr.
James Andrus, of Mt. Pleasant, is preparing
some scions, Mr.. Herndon, who poisoned
all the gars in this locality, also brought us
about the largest peavine we ever saw
The last piece sang at the Episcopal
Church, Sunday night, was said 10 De one o.
the finest rendered pieces ever sung In Lhat
church. The voices were all highly cuiu-
waited, especially that of Miss n. T., Whlch
could be heard above all others. The Tenor
sang by Mr.. Hodapp, was magnlncent. We
hope the piece will be repeated
The regular meetings of the Maury coun-
ty Teachers Association are held IN INT
SuDerintendent's Office on the nrst SATURDAY
in each month, at eleven O'Clock, A. N. II
is important that every male ana Ieinale
teacher in the county should JOIN the Asso-
citation and regularly attend its meetings.
VIM. Mitchell, colored, and isaac Rodg-
ers. colOred, were engaged 10 ciean out
well for Mr.. Mockbee on Saturday last.
After testing, by the usual means of letting
down q bucket of live Goals TO ascertain II
there was any impure air in the wei,
Mitchell was let down by the W1ndlass.
After getting to the bottom, he became i'm
mediately affected by the damp, and
called to Rodgers to draw him UPS which ne
did, to within ten feet OF the mouth, Wnen
Mitchell let go the rope, falling to the bot
tom, some 80 feet, breaking his skull, cauS-
ing almost instant death. In about haII
ed, volunteered to godown after the oody
of Mitchell. He was fet down by means OF
"a stout rope tied securely around MS DOuys
taking down with him an extra rope with
which he was instructed to tie the body
of Mitchell; but either forgetting, or Decom-
ing confused, he united himself and TIED
Mitchell with the same rope. By this time
he was noticed to be sinking back against
the side of the well. Surprising him to be
still attached to the rope, both ropes were
Immediately drawn up, and when nearing
the top, it was discovered that the body OF
Mitchell only was tied, and thak I ,nOlSS
at the bottom. Mitchell was taken out
dead. After a considerable delay, the body
of Thomas was drawn up, after being down
for an hour and half He could be seen to
struggle for half an hour while In the Wei,
and could be heard to breathe by those
above, Henry l.. Holman, Coroner, held an
inquest over the bodies, and rendered
verdict according TO the above facts.
We have a new box for tom Hilliard,"
our snake, made by Mr.. d. T. Goad, one of
the best young mechanics in town. Theo
Lipscomb has been engaged to transfer his
snaxeship from one DOx to the other.
The number of votes polled in the 9Th
(Columbia) district, yesterday, was ll2O. The
highest number of votes cast in this district
August LIST, 1872, was $685. that being the vote
for Criminal Judge.
Bud Dillon printed tickets for our NOM
inees, and sent them all the way from
The dogs of Mr.. LIB. Lightcap, east of
Helms Branch, got into a tight with Old
Billy Klines dogs yesterday morning
Billy is negro VOOdOO, and thinks much
of his dogs. He and Mr.. Lightcap got into a
fight and Old Billy got him down, and
enough, and to let him up. Billy did so,
and Lightcap ran into his house, got his
shot gun, and fired loose at the Voodoo
doctor. The gun was loaded with birdshot,
several of which entered his head, and
brought blood, In this condition, Old Billy
came upon the public square, where the
voting was going on and created considera-
BILE excitement among the negroes. Some
of them used very violent language. Old
Billy was shot about a year ago by John
Huss-all about a dog fight. In the evening
Hugh Cook struck Old Billy behind the right
ear with a rock, which caused him to bleed
nrnfIlSnIX- Cook arrested