The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEM $.

-OpOSSum hunting is all the rage now
and large crowds can be seen going every
night.
John Clagett, col, was put in Jail last
Friday for stealing wheat from Esquire
Ephraim Davis, of Bear creek.
Damon and Pythias request us to return
many thanks to Kapt. jim Andrews OF Pu-
| laSki for value received.
We are informed that little George
Green, lately of this place, is now clerk1ng
| at Nashville for Digger IL Lindsey.
DR.. Joe =. HerndOn has pretty glass
| thermometer which is a present from capt.
j. II. Andrews, of Pulaski. 1t looks ike q
| tom bstOne or monument.
| "A change of schedule will take place on
| the Louisville and Nashville and Great
| Southern and the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railroads next Sunday.
On and after Monday the Columbia ac-
| cOmmodation will run from Nashville to
| this place in three hours, arriving mere al
| z. NJ. instead OF p. NJ, as at present.
Mr.. Benjamin Chamberlain'S house, on
| Blue Buck Creek, Hickman Iunty, was
| burned down Saturday night, and every
| thing in it consumed, except a few beds. Ii
caught from a cooking stove.
Rev. James ArminiuS Orman, once
] married a negro couple at Thompson Sta
lion, with the Episcopal ceremony. Inc
bridegroom afterwards said, mir. Orman
married me just like l was white man.!
| DIR Walter Mitchell, Dentist, former pu-
| pill of DIR. W. c. sheppard, of Column bia, is
practising dentistry at the mouth OF cane
| ton, and can do well. When we met him.
he was riding down the creek in high
! spirits.
We sincerely sympathize with our dear
brother, the Rev. b. F. Stone, and family
in their afflictiOn. He writes, Spring Hill,
Tenn, Nov. 8: 81 am now watching by day
and night at the bedside of my afflicted
wife, who is very sick with fever. ear
nestly desire the prayers OF the Church Tor
her recovery. wish Brother Unison, ana ana
others, to know why l am now detained
from the field of labor assigned me by the
Bishop. Christian Advocate.
Clark and Harris, attorneys, MADE the
following statement in behalf OF MIR. sam
Walker, ofColumbia, who recently killed
negro at Decatur, Alabama. Mr.. walker
gave bond and is now in Columbia. We are
glad the showing in his behalf is as faVora-
BILE as 1T is: mo witness on the preliminary
examination, could tell the precise origin
of the difficulty. 1t commenced, however,
in the lady's sitting room OF the X. R:' De-
pot. The negro was drumming lrhite lady,
soliciting her to go to Mr.. Bismark S hotel,
when the defendant ordered him out of the
room. The negro refused TO go out, saying
il was his business to be an there: ABOUT TINS
time, man by the name of McDamot, an
employee on the road, also ordered him to
come out. The negro then passed out, ana
on getting out upon the plattorm,met Walk
eT, who, the negro sTys, kicked nlmi ana
struck him, and lie then struck Walker.
Whereupon they clinched, scufhed or tut
fed, in which the negro was cut, and as II
view of the case for the defendant. The
testimony of several witnesses was mucn
more favorable for the defendant: some OF
them SwOre hat the negro nau walker
arou I'd the neck with one arm and around
the waist with the other. Walker told MIN,
the negro, to let him go, two or three tunes,
and then taking out of his pocket, a knife,
and opening il on his thigh, cut the negro
in several Places
containing +. ID. Standiford, President OF
the Louisville and Nashville aad Great
southern Railroad; D. w. &. Rowland
General superintendent; c. z. Atmore,
General Pass and Ticket Agent; r. DE
Forniak, Chief Engineer; James GeddeS,
superintendent Nashville and Decatur Dl-
yviSf Director Bowling
Green; Mr.. Caldwell, Mr.. Emory, Gen. Ihos;
). HAYS, Louisville; J. 7. Harrahan, Road
Nashville American. The following CO.
lum bians went up to the depot In charge OF
Major l. n. Barnett, attorney TT the ROAD;
His Honor Mayor keesee, Hon. w. Z. Whit
thOrne, Gen. NJ j. Wright, John i. McGaV,
r, c. Cant, :. d. +. McEwen, ID. A. David
son, It. W. Turpin and the writer. Inc
railroad party stopped about an hour, and
mingled with and talked freely to the cit1-
zens. The President seemed to take great
interest in our town and county, and said
he had not seen so much cotton moving at
any of the depots as at ours. MIR. Atmore,
the fine looking and pleasant General
Ticket Agent, made sport OF the passenger
accommodations at our depot-a piece of
chair mounted on a nail keg. President
StandifOrd said our passenger depot was a
shame to the road, and he intended to
build handsome one in the Spring, near
the crossing, about two hundred yards east
greatly gratified at this news. We have
not lately grumbled with the road about
the depot, because we learned nom LOAD
Master Harrahan that all the net earnings
of the road were being applied to making
iron bridges, laying new track, etc. Mr..
Geddes, the Superintendent of the Nash
willie and Decatur Division, was personally
known to the Colum bians, all of whom &C
knowledge his ability as 3 Superintend-
ent, and his great affability and sociability.
Mr.. Rowland, the General Superintendent,
was the best known of the party, having
been on this road for many years, and is as
popular as he is well known. Mr.. Harra-
lTFaHU "a nlH Z
of the road as Road Master for a number of
years, and there never vas a more faithful
or efficient officer. The President is a
magnificent looking mana regular blue
grass Kentuckian, He was member of
the I2d Congress, and is a man of splendid
common sense. He is taking this trip for
the purpose OF looking after his road, and of
getting acquainted with the principal bu-
SineSs men along the route, and learning
their wants and con- paints, if they have
any. The trip will be sure to be beneficial
to the people and the road.