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

| 1I1OHAS VI bll0 IN0Ns d. =
Rice, pastor of the Chapel Hill Cir
emit, take great pleasure in hearing @
Lis return to the Chapel Hill circuit b.
the conference. This will be his las
ear on the circuit, having already bee
on it for three years. He has mad
many friends by his upright walk an
christian integrity. Plain, unostenta
lions and unassuming he has gained tn
love and confidence of the church, ant
: Possesses the respect and esteem OF all
and when he leaves the circuit he viii
iaave regretted byseveryone who know
him.
Noticing in the ReUieaO and Jou,7ld
a notice of the death of Mr.. Tim Sledge
near PeytOnville, who fell dead sudden
Iy, recalls to mind the remarkable fac
concerning the Sledge tamily-that o
d family of four brothers and sisters
and neither one of them died in bed
All al them having died within the las
ten years while actively engaged in the
| ayocdtions of life without the Fremont
| cory symptoms of approaching decease
| Iife's silver chord was broken, and
| death came as suddenly as if launched
| on the lightnings' swift and hashlne
| wing.
| The estimable wife of Maj. Mat Rey>
nOlds, is now lying sick ana IN very
| dangerous condition with paralasys.
| This is Mrs. REYNOLDS second attack OF
| paralasys; her health having been quite
| frail and pecarious from her first attack
| in the early part of the year.
Time passes swiftly by, death and de-
| cay press hard on its footsteps, life's
| snowy winter overshadOwed US all too
| soon; and It's storms contrasts strange
| ly with lies early sunshine. Springs
| bright and gorgeous flowers bloom and
| pass away and admonish US of slow but
| sure decay, The church-yard mound,
| The monumental stone speak Of the
past, and uneringly point our future
| destiny. On Saturday the 10th, death
claimed for its victim the young, amia~
BILE and beautiful wife of Mr.. A. Har-
mon, her gentle spirit winged its way
back to its maker. Mrs. Hartman died
with a congestive chill.
Died on the 18th inst, Mr.. w. jeff
Dairy berry, of fever and general debill-
ty, Father, mother, two brothers and
two sisters, haye all died within three
or four years, leaving now only one
daughter surviving. Mr.. Thomas Der
ryberry, his father, was one of the ear
lest settlers
Mr.. Samuel Logan, who has been
slowly improving.
The chills and fever now seem to be
sensibly on the decrease, new cases have
not come up so rapidly as they did. The
late frosty nights having a tendency to
purify the atmosphere, and kill off the
malaria that causes the sickness.
Jack frost has played smash with a
great deal of the cotton, having bitten
and sOftened a great deal of bowls that
| would have matured and made good
| cotton had the frost stayed off a few
days longer.
Mr.. Willougby Jackson, who is both
| merchant and farmer, braggeth much
| on his corn-he having corn he says
| that forty ears will make good bushel.
| He has beaten Mr.. Evan Jones, he
says, IN a Smelling and weighing match,
| and half gill to the ear, and weighing
| over one pound and halt.
The Hon. r. L. Glenn is one of the
| most industrious men of his age in
| the district, he is always busy at some
thing. He has personally been quite
busy lately sowing grass seed. He is
| great advocate OF permanent grass
pastures, and besides being an excel
lent merchant, is also tirstrate far
mer.
At a muss near JacksOn's store, be-
| tween a couple of young bloods from
Marshall, wherein John BarleycOrn had
| a finger, one OF the gentlemen got his
goozlo queezed between the fore-fnger
| and thumb OF the other.
Among the possible on dits-if dame
rumor be credited-is O revival in the
matrimonial line, as it is said there will
soon be a turkey killing on both Ruth
erford and Pumpkin Greeks, at least
one of Rutherford Creeks noted bellies
is contemplating matlimOny soon,
For fatal were those advances,
Ardent love did make on him;
Her matchleSS smiles and glanceS,
Have been too much for Jim.
MessIs. Perk Priest, Ed. E. B. Cayce
and VIM. Cayce haYe been fishing at
HardisOn's mills for few days. Mr..
Priest has not had his usual luck at this
fine fishing pla ;e, owing to the weather
or some other cause. The trout failed
to bite we'll. The party only caught fit
teen trout in three days fishing. The
largest trout caught by them weighed
three pounds and half. They did not
catch any as fine fish as the redhorse
and catfish that were caught by Col.
Puryear last spring.
Little Jake Shires, the biggist mogul
in the Wheelband fishing tribe, with
his brother James ShireS and VIM.
Campbell, have returned from Broomes
ferry, in Hickman County, below Cen~
treville where they have been fishing.
Jake kept memorandum for the fish
loving editor of the HERALD AND MAIL.
They fished with trCt>lines and hand
poles. They fished tour days and
nights and caught over eight hundred
pounds OF fish; the party brought back
seven hundred and fifty pounds of fish
after being cleaned and sailed. They
caught cat, drum, buffalo, trout, Jack,
striped or silver perch and black perch.
Cat were caught in abundance; their
largest cat,a yellow one, weighed tWen-
ty-eight pounds. 1t was taken on a
trot-lipe; it slipped the short line to
another, and got another book fastened
in the shoulder or fore fin, and slipped
both hooks to another, and hooked it in
his back fin, fastening himself very Sc
curply. Jake caught seven cat in two
hours with hand pole, the smallest
weighing five pounds. The party caught
according to Jake's memoranduZn,t TWEEN
ty>five trout, the largest weighing six
and half pounds: eight buffaloes, the
largest weighed twenty pounds: over fiji
ty drum, the largest twenty pounds:
five jacks, the largest nine pounds, the
smallest five: one shovel cat, six and a
quarter pounds: nine striped or silver
perch, from two to two and a half
pounds: black perch by the Quantity:
one gar caught weighed nineteen and a
half pound: one four pound red horse and
one sucker and one soft shell turtle,
weighing about fifty pounds, that Jake
thinks was the grand daddy of all the
turtles. A large proportion of the above
fish, including the trout, jack and white
or silver perch, were caught wit b hand
poles.
Chancery Court.
The following order and DEGREES were
made by Chancellor Fleming this week.