The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17
OVER THE COUNTY.

We are compelled to call attention to
the fact that the HEEALnS intended LOT
Rock Springs frequently DO not TSach
there or IL they do, some one takes them
out who has no right to do SO. We trust
that our friend Monroe Taylor will help Us
Persons living ON Rutherford and Bear
creeks, say that soon after the ram on Tues
day of last week, the fish were seen 10 get
sick and die. Wednesday morning Ruther-
ford creek was covered with dead nsh, large
suckers, trout, perch, and catfish. The hnSs
went up and down the creek, and lived on
dead fish, and the latter created such .
stencil that they We're offensive quarter oi
a mile OFF. The creek was very muddy, nul
did not rise much. Bear creek was 49,
very muddy, and thousands of HinnoWs
were found dead in IL. Ihese Two cEee hs :
are in the same neighborhood, ana the ran
was confined 10 that neighborhood, none
falling in town. This is the nTst instance
of the kind we ever heard OF, ana mas MOI
been explained 10y any one Satisfactorily
Was the poison in the r0in2 n 90 what KIND
OF poison was it, 1t certainly must have
been a very pungent poison 10 have killed
the hardy and tenacious catfish. VIII some
one write TO the Ttlyf, Field and Farm, or the
forrest and Stream about it, and ask for lntor-
nation There are no cisterus In the nelgh-
borhOOd where the rain fell, Ee DelleNe,
and we cannot therefore know whether the
rain water would have proved poisonous 10
persons OF not.
We are told that ft.hsS not rained in
Major Geo. LipscOmb'S heighbOrhoOd since
,he big freshet in April last, and the gFaSs is
as dry as II Is in October. The hne rain
tire county, missed Major l. : neighboThoOd
and portion OF Cathey'S creek.
1t will be remembered that on the Goth
night of June last, in the town Of Mount
Pleasant, in this county, Mr.. NJ. l.. Stock
ard, citizen of Mt. Pleasant, while going
through the lawn in front of his house, was
knocked down and robbed of some 500.
Mr. StOckaTd s escape from death was almost
miraculous, when we consider the severity
OF his wounds. This affair created a great
excitement in the county. Considering the
time, place and other circumstances, this
The act would have been creditable TO
"Dick Iurptn,' or sixteen String jack
The people about Mt. Pleasant have been
very vigilant in searching out the perpetra-
tors of this foul deed. Suspicion rested on
EIihu and Luther Grimes. On last Satur-
day night they were arrested, and on Mon
day were tried before an exameninr court
at Mt. Pleasant. After a null and patient
investigation before EsQs. Williams and
Morton, the prisoners were committed TO Jail
10 await the action of the Criminal Court,
now in session. The prisoners are now
safely lodged in the Columbia jail At pres
ent we refrain from comment on the evil
dence The Magistrates considered il suf-
ficient to hold them for trial.
Fishermen report that immediately sue
eeeding last Fridays rain, which flooded all
the creeks, they found vast numbers of
small nSh and mlnnOws floating out of the
water becoming too muddy and warm for
them, the ground being exceedingly dry
w. A. Watkins, of Conee's mill, has in
vented Corn Planter, and obtained a nat
ent on II. Its superiority consists in its
great cheapnesS and durability. Is can be
attached 10 any common bulltOngue pillow,
and costs only five dollars. Other corn
planters sell for from ten to ffteen dollars,
MeSsrs. Renfro 4 Shaw will manufacture il,
1t will be exhibited az Spring Hill to-day, at
the big speaking. For county and State
rights, see or address w. a. Watkins & Co.,
Culleoka, Tenn.
In a drinking match at Primm's
Springs, once upon time, Capt. Geo. w,
Maberry drank forty glasses, Johnny Estes
. twenty-five. and Miss TennV Easily fem
Rev ii. a. Jones viii preach at Jones