The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-10

Tine day Tor swapping horses is on SatuI-
@on the glorious 4th" the county offices,
/ banks and post office were closed.
/ VIM Wood. ESQ. killed mad dog near
the residence of H. L. White, last week:
Amer the speaking was over last Mon IN
lday. a difficulty occurred between Mr.. w.
y. Whitthorne and Mr.. Joe Irvine, the FORM
,er "a Democrat and the latter an indepen-
ETiends before injury vas sustained by
EitheT. We regret exceedingly 10 see OUT
friends engage in these dl1neultles. III, ~ Iney
hannot agree, let them agree 70 dlsataee,
hnd say no more about it. Fighting never
bettIed a dispute, and never made wrong
SJohn Baird is building a residence be-
Aween the residence OF Mrs. y. u. Mayes ana
Mrs Mary Porter, and w. II. Williams new
house, near by, is about finished.
A negro man met Major Wilson ON the
III Erect Sunday morning, and said 70 him,
@One of our candidates, Mr., Sam. MatkIns,
nneasiness among Mr.. Watkins friends,
i NJ IL was soon found TO be q mistake.
Negro man named sam. Watkins was
{r6wned i'm Big Bigbee creek, Saturday,
while engaged in seining miil-pond:
II -Theo Lfpscomb has turned his alligator
Hoosp into Duck River near the Dig rock.
SNOung boys had better be careful how they
90 swimming in that hole. .,.,..s
The corporation is taking advantage OF
me low stage of water in the river, and is
RtaulinE sand and putting II on the streets.
Monday and Tuesday they put gravel on
H III Is a Papsr Mulberry in the yard of
NJ ash HaIy that is full of seed. This IS the
hrsf time we have ever seen or heard of the
a5ieT Mul" TbSy IN iI6 is ball very
much like that produced by the sycamore.
this is quite curiosity.
fhich Dee Wright and Joe Green, were
barking last week were not theirs. Inc
.fud" win be greatly missed these "hy
IA hight occurred on the square last Sat
friday between John Wilson and Rufe Pey-
Dn-all about the approaching Sherlnalty
Election. The police nabbed them.
N-JIm Dowell and Thomas ]. Ptcl1enS
k9ving put in a bid for the water works for
he next II months, agreeing to give the su-
hOrffIes $50 and keep them in repair, re-
heived the contract. Mr.. CherTy's bid was
~ take the water works ana Keep them IN
lepair; Mr.. FOrsythe's bid was to give 500,
but nothing said about repairs. To keep
Inc water works ia successful operation, Is
20 easy job, but Mr.: Cherry has done as wei
is any one else could have done. Mr.. Cher
" has had the water works lor nine
fears, which speaks highly for his past
The Coronerholds the election of August
sixth.
Chick Watson has just completed, upon
IL was put up al Lamb & Boyds.
Large quantities of wheat are being
brought to market. The price has fallen TO
One OF our citizens who delights in rails
ing the pure Berkshire is very mad: some
one cut on every one of his pigs tails he
A Teachers Institute will be held in
'Olum bfa on the 9th inst, appointed by
Hon. John NJ. Fleming, superintendent OF
Public Instruction for tho State. Mr..
our superintendent, is eifecting the
necessary arrangements for the meeting.
Hon. VIM. f. Cooper, Chancellor, il here
sitting as special Judge in the cause OF Lem
Long. ct. al, VS.. J. NJ. Cranberry, ct. al This
Is a cans of great interest, both on account
AZ the large amount at issue and the nice
nts iuSslSed. Willis III. Boddte
-. His onlg heir was Mrs. Law
-. . ,Resas an only sister. II appearing
N Willis IL. Boddie di6d inie9tatei MS
ister b. heritan &C, fell heir 10 his large real
and personal estate. She died in 1857. J. NJ;
'sronberry administered on her estate, and
m 1865 fled a bill for Is settlement. Lem
and Willis Long appearSd pS cross Oil anu
lie. Willis BOddfe, they were Eninors-that
they had discovered that the said Boddte
M and prove his win. Upon the hearing
decree was against the Longs deciding
that there was no Will. The Longs appeal
ed to the Supreme Court. Aiter their APP
psal they discovered new evidence, which
fEey think sufficient to establish the will.
They cIsmisSed their appeal and now come
In our CkSneery Court TO file a bill of re-
view The question now before Chancellor
Cooper is: whether they VIII be allowed 10
MS. HT Ti' comet in the Northern heavens
grows larger every night, and everybody is
getting used 10 IL
Lat Tuesday night an immense meteor
went blazing athWaTt the Northern sky. Ii
was the largest meteor seen in this section
since the one in 1880 which frightened the
people 80, making them believe 1t portend-
ed bloody war. Rev. Wellborn Mooney
preached in south COlum bia Church last
Tuesday night, and ii is reported that some
OF the ladies of the congregation became
greatly alarmed at the meteor, probably
IL was the comet busted"
by mutual consent the ChiCamauga
rFftss Red Men, is busted.
DIR z q Mcclure, Col II Lewis, J. ) |
VI r Campbell, . A Nixon, Il ; |
nj 4 T.
ors OF the Duck River Valley Railroad, |
met in Columbia this week. L % Myers |
the Presidency of the road, and w. |
y. Wilson resigned the office of Secretary /
and Treasurer. DIR. Mcclure was selected |
President, and Geo G Childress was elected \
Secretary and Treasurer. Mr Myers declin- I
ing on account of press OF business, 10 act l
as Director, Edward Kuhn was elected Di- |
rector in his place.