The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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Beautiful October and delightful Indian
summer.
a meeting of the Specimens Club is an
nOuuced for Nov. LIST.
Dolly Warden shirts are the latest agony
next to white window curtains.
Civil TightS-G Texas negreSS has given
birth to twins, one black and the other
white.
Pumpkins are as thicll'as they can be
in Billie Lipscomb's field, opposite this city,
and of the largest kind.
A young daughter of James \. Sanders,
Esq got bad y burned one day last week
Hel right side was very badly burned.
-" Philip the fine jack, ID property
OF Capt. Joe \. Irvine, was shipped from
Forest City, Ark, to this city, last Friday.
-Qu0th Aris:-'Pa, declare those Gull
lc0ka Institute pupils are ch good boys
C. W Stockard, of Willfamsport, laid
on our table an ear of corn with 1900 grains
on it. We challenge the world to beatithis.
Capt. Joe y, Irvine has gotta fne lot of
hogs in a pen hear the Jackson Spring, fat
euing them with plenty of corn and pump
Jesse Brown brings Us an ear of fiinty
yellow corn, grown by Esq. Geo. W. Stock
ard, which has 100 grains. 1t is beauu-
Ben Lipscomb. the owner of "Shep-
herd dog" which has but o-e eye, has nam
ed him "Dave Digger No disrespect-all
GCapt. George w. Campbell who Is
breeder OfthOTOugh-b Irish bird dogs,
took them to the grand dog show at Mem
phiS this week.
We have been informed that Rev. VIM.
Stoddert will be here on the 18th of NOvem-
Der, at which time he will deliver lecture
at the Masonic Hall.
We are glad TO know that the Rev. Mr..
Halsell, of the Female seminary, at Bow
ling Green, Ky, has opened with most en-
couraging prospects this session.
A letter from Columbia, Tenn, to Sher-
if Davis, states that Geo. w. Fitzgerald, for
merly and for many years citizen OF this
county, died at the residence of his broth
er Hiram, in Maury county, Tenn, on the
2nd inst. Palestine Texas Advocate.
We were misintormed in regard to Mrs.
RuShtOn removing her entire stock of Mil
liuery goods to Nashville. She is still do
ing business at her old stand, in the North
west corner of the public square, next door
to Wilson fuckers grocery, and also at l4l
Church Street, Nashville.
Why don't somebody put up SignbOardS
at the forks of roads in the BarrenS? 1t
would save great veXatiOn and loss of time
10 travellers. Everything looks so much
alike down there that il is a risky business
to guess Put up signbOardS.
Mr.. r. NJ, FrierSOn brought us Tuesday
morning the head OF the famous Conner
trout, caught in Buffalo by Geo. Conner
month or two ago. The head indicates
that the fish must have weighed seven
pounds and "A quarter-the weight claimed
A man named Crawford, blacksmith, of
Spring Hill, was arrested and taken to the
Franklin jail, Wednesday, charged with
having committed a rape on the person of
thirteen year old girl, in the edge of Will
hanson county. Her name is Mckee. She
was badly injured. Crawford is about 40
years old, has a wife and two children.
Mrs, |. \. Barnett, of Columbia, Tenn,
mother of Mrs. w. J. Hine, arrived here
Thursday night from Memphis, where she
had been visiting, to be present at the first
anniversary of her daughters marriage,
Friday, oct 18th. They both left for Co
main few weeks, visiting relatives and
friends GgrksUWs Tobacco LcGf.
Mr. Martin Talley, the oldest citizen in
the cOunty,died near Readyville on the 10Th
frS Mr. TalIaN horn in Spntpn her
l170, in Virginia, and moved to Tennessee
in 1896. He Joined the church in lbs or lTJ9,
and continued member until his death.
He died at the age of 100 years, having span
ned by his life more than century. He
had twelve children and forty grandchil-
dren -HUrfroesboTu Netrs.
sam Hays has been engaged for years
in getting up good seed corn, and has sue
ceeded admirably. His corn consists of
ten varieties. He keeps il for sale at Mar
tin Il Embry's, at one dollar per buShel-
cash: every grain sound. He says every
time he crosses his corn, it improves. He
says he can save the county three
thousand barrels, If every farmer will use
his seed. lie says he will give The
corn to every mar that finds a rotten grain
in it. The corn will be for sale from Deem
Mr.. VIM. N. Price, of BaiIey's Springs,
somewhere in Maury. He has been resi-
dent physician of Bailey's Springs for sew
eral years, and is an experienced and ac
COmpliShed physician. The community
that gets him will ne fortunate indeed. He
married Miss Henderson, one of Maury'S
bellies, who belonged to one of the oldest
and most respectable families of our county.
A, HoTsley is slow about getting up his
county items, we Will inform him that Mr..
Josh Delk reports an ear OF corn weighing
over three pounds. Well try TO keep him
posted. Wonder what Jesse Brown, the cor
respondent of Greenfield Bend Is doing,
that he don't take peep across the placid
waters of the Duck and see what is going
on. We refer HoTSley and Brown to Mr.. AL
len Bryan Harlan for items in the Delk
4 Dbl. .|
A party of ladies and gentlemen, of
CatheyS Greek, went over TO Blue Buck,
Hickman county, a saturday or two ago,
hunting grapes and chestnutS and whOr-
tleberrieS. The party was composed of
M. Joe Strayhorn, Mr.. NJ. l.. Eddy, Mr.
Roach, MeSSrs. Miller, ana Misses B.,
Miss H., Mrs. John Kinzer, Miss MoIIie
NJ, and several younger girls. They re-
turned in the evening, and played a lew
SVerIooking the Kettle Bend"
Will the Columbia artist, I'VE mean the
unmarried one please TO take notice that
we. our veritable self were at Fayetteville
for several days last week, and haYe cap
tured him after a long, patient, perseNering
pursuit. We never quit the IralI illl We
we come up with OUT game, Surrender, sir,
before we cali her name. we Will wait a
mail or two on you. The journal and Her
aid will be on the alert, ana copy when
we do divuIge, if divulge we must.-LPula
Xxi Citizen.
-Atthe Grand Encampment I. O. Q. F.,
held in Nashville ON the 18Th inst, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing wear, aud were duly installed by Grand
Patriarch Seborn and i. q. =. Hill:
7. =. Bingham, NJ. W, Grand Patriarch,
Memphis; W. \. Smith, VI. H. Grand High
Priest Columbia; John Young, r. W. Grand
senior Warden, Clarksville; J. X. Harwel,
r. W. Grand Scribe, Nashville; Robt.
Thorn pSon, r. W. Grand Treasurer Nash
Vile: John +. Stark, II. ". Grand Junior
Warden, jackson; c. W Lewis, ". Grand
Marshal, Nashville; George Sieferle, w.
Grand Sentinel, Nashville. The Encamp-
ment adjourned sine de, and the Grand
Lodge met on Wednesday morning,