The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-03-26

! and made fine crop. He has on har
two or three hundred barrels of cor
which he is holding Mt FIVE dollars p'
! barrel. He will load it on the cars
that price. He sold carload not Ion
since that went to Alabama.
Roy Cheatham, oldest son OF Mr..
H. Cheatham, died of typhoid>pneum'
MIA on the 18th inst. He was buried
The cemetery near this place. Roy wa
about fifteen years old. He was take
sick on the Sth of February DR.. J. G
Williamson was his physician.
The Braden tract of land, that was re
Gently sold near this place, was bough
| ny John w. Braden, at $31 per acre
! Another tract was sold at the same time
| in which James Braden, deceased, haC
AZ interest; this was also bought by J
| ". Brsden.
Nine of Thos. Whites sheep got out
OF his pasture last tall and went OFF
After an absence of five months ht
fodnd them in his wheat field q few
days ago, minus two sheep. He made
diligent inquiry and search for them but
never did hear one word of them until
he saw them in his wheat. Such thing
is almost unheard OF, to think shseI
would live through such q winter and
no one to care for them.
The law was recently passed by
oar Legislature to make the losing par
ty at law pay jury lees. A gentleman
in our village wants to know who is to
pay them when neither party is able.
HUFFMAN COUNTY ITENs.
Saturday night, and at intervals through
the day on Sunday, we had very heavy
rains, accompanied with severe and vivid
lightning and heavy thunder.
Our farmers were considerably buoyed
up tor several days previous to the heavy
rains, with the hope OF an early commence
nent on their crop prospects, but now
the rain has set them back very much,
and things wear gloomy prospect gen.
orally. There seems TO be great dispo-
5ition amongst all classes of our people
for retrenchment aud reform, and if hard
work and economy will relieve the people
OF debt, there will doubtless be a much
better time in the future for US.
We have had some excitement over the
rumor of steamboat coming up Duck
River as far as Centreville. The last ac-
count we had from it, it was at the mouth
Of Pine River; at which point it took on
load of peanuts, and returned TO Paducah
We understand it will make regular trips
while the tide is sufficient. II is very
small boat. draws about twelve or fifteen
inches, with side wheels and quite a |
strong engine Success to the enterprise. |
If we cannot get railroad, we can have |
l line Of steamboats, during the winter and |
spring months.
The Messrs. McClannahan, on the Co |
umbia road at swan Greek, have sold |
heir extensive steam mills to a gentle |
nan from Buffalo River, who will imme-
lately move them further south.
Messrs. Q. 4. Nixon and J. A. Gun
bingham, Esqs are in attendance at the
Vaverley Circuit Court this week. where
hey will appear as counsel in some very
lawsuits.
Messrs John Shea Il Bro. have just
stone tence Of three hundred
nd fifty yards length, around the bottom
lpds of Mr.. T. j. Walker, near Centre
lille. By the by, Mr. John Shea says he
Oes not ike the writings in the HERALD
Feb 26tb, from the Williamsport item
seF, in which his name is connected with |
nc name ofthe beautiful and accomplish
d Miss Callie Hill
The first fishing OF the season was done
Isl Friday blythe Centreville fishing club,
nd as usual Mrs. Marsh johnson caught
lc greatest number and the largest two
nd half pounds fish that was caught.