The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-22

JEFF. Trotter, driver of Ashton Il Nc
Claws mill-wagon, is out of all danger, and
| viii soon be up.
Rooster Wood, Saturday last, tried tC
klay ''baSe ball'' to the tail of a cow-sht
picked and he is now sick.
Capt. Black caught 18th Amendment
Tuesday night last, ''meaSuring lumber in
the rear of his stable-for a fireplace
Monday evening last eight ladies and
two gentlemen passed our office in express
wagons, going grape hunting.
1t is the opinion of the physicians that
the present frosty mornings and cool days
will put a stop to chills, which have been
WIN. Miller and Walter Miller, two
typos, "threw up their cases" at the Journal
Office last week, and Minnow Davis and
George DColey are now "holding the cases. "
"A party of four, at one sitting, in this
city, last Fricay night, from P. NJ TO Ia
o'clock played ninety-one games of euchre,
and the successful party only beat by TWO
points. Try itoyer again.
Black & Moore have made considerable
repairs on their stable within the last week,
having added fifty more stalls to the same.
They are now prepared to accommodate
horse and mule drOvers.
j. r. (Runt} Hodge, travelling agent of
Bailey, Seawright x Co., after a few days
drum ming" in West Tennessee, came
home last week, sbrimming full of chilIs. -
Runt, we would advise you to put on "sub"
for w est Tennessee.
The epizoOtic, which carried such dire
destruction among the horses of Columbia
two years ago, has again attacked the equine
species of the city. 1t is however, in a
much milder form, and no fatal cases have
as yet been reported.
The remains of Van Fain, brother of
James Fain, engineer on the n. & ID. R. R.,
were brought to this city last Wednesday,
and buried at Rose Hill Cemetery same
Cay. He died Tuesday morning at O'Clock
of aconsesiive chill, at Memphis.
The county Court office Is the first open
81 in the morning and the last closed in
the evening, Our Kind and efficient clerk.
~ y. Akin, is the right man in the
right place. They could not find a letter
fiji. or. .TFfs oil nN
On Saturday last r. ID. Janlison was de
tected tapping the Honey-drawer of Il.
Lazarus, who had him arrested. Lazarus
got the money back, which was about
two nty-liTe dollars. He was tried before
Esq. Gear, and committed to Jail in default
Of bail His case will come before the
Criminal Court.
A countryman and one of our lawyers
had a little misunderstanding several days
ago, about some shingles. The lawyer said
he would ''Split the cOuntryman's head
open," and the countyman remarked that
he was a splitter himself" The lawyer
took his word for it, and walked of.
Monday last we saw a champion fool
try TO throw a twO-year old bull calf on his
back by twisting his tail. Just about the
time he took the third twist on that bulls
tail he went one way and the bull another,
and when the crowd picked that 18th
Amendment up his entire trOnttsp1ece was
disfigured. The bull kicked him to kill
him; for nothing makes little bull mad
der than to twist his tail when he wants IL
to hang straight. Some doctor VIII patch
this "tail-twister" up, and let him out on
crutches in time to go and see Old John Rob-
inSOn'S Circus.
Tuesday evening last as the north
bound freight train was crossing the Pulas-
XII pike, near the grocery of Capt. steele,
and which was running slow on approach
ing the depot, johnnie CableT, aged
' eSTs, son of ]. Mac. Cabler, mounted ca
bOOSe car, and after riding a short distance,
became frightened on account of falling
bOOse, he descended about half way down
the ladder, and attempted TO jump off,
when he fell across the rail, and the wheels
of one car passed over both of his legs, sew
eTing the lett leg above he knee, and
mangIing the right leg horribly. Mr.. Dor
ris was the first person who got to him, and
Richard b. Moore. Dr.'s Henry Cox and
Robert Pillow were called in Immediately,
but could do nothing for the little sufferer.
He fingered until about IL O'Clock, when he
died