The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
West Bates, who lives near Duck River
StatiOn in this county, Wednesday last
brought the first watGrmelons to town, Sell
ing them ut high prices.
Green Chatiin and Lush Matthews says
that when Gen. sam Beast Butler goes IN
his own coTn1ield, i'll daylight, to gather
beans for dinner, he has TO carry II
lighted lantern along to gather said beams.
Cause the cOrnstalks are SO very b-I-d~-E.
bill Truett, Wednesday last, had ON the
sidewalk of the court house, waterDlelons
all the way from the land of flowers, FlOri-
da. ReplenlSh your pill-bagS, yC dOct Ors.
-ROaSting ears are beginning to show
themselves on our streets at twenty-five
per cents per dozen.
-Deputy-SheriT Billie WitherspOon, was
sent by Nick Akin, to BigbyVille, Tuesday
last to collect State and County taxes oil OF
j. NJ. Carrington's small circus. Billie
says the whole clay out" consisted of five
men, two women, two clowns, one mule ana
headed his way into the show.
Saturday night last, from dark Till 10
O'Clock the same night, TimmUnS Il Sellers
with 'thclr steam thrcShcr, threShcd one
hundred and Sevcnty-twO bushels OF wheat
for John WiSener.
The brick work on the new grocery house
OF Ed Gamble, will be finished in a few
days, and when finished will be an Orna-
mcnt TO Columbia. Ed says that he viii Oc
cupy the same by the middle of August.
We understand that a military company
will he organized in this city, as soon as the
members are informed for what length OF
time they are to serve.
-Carrington'S one mute circus performed nj
the city of BigbyvilIe Tuesday, last and gave
The village of Columbia the go by" to
City Marshal White requests us to notify
all citizens that the Reservoir Will be clean
cd out Saturday, and of course no water can
be had at the hydrants that day. They
must prepare for ii, and get supply OF wa
ter Friday.
The grcen-cyed monster got hold of her
and she pick ed n and hit him the
head. lie still lives, to work for Martin *
Embry. Culorcd. lie has been going to
him if he cid not quit it, She would kin
him. He did not quit, and she tried to car
~ out her threat.
james W. Hughes and wife brought
the cold and lifelcss body of their darling
little girl, LAvJNIA, TO Columbia last Fri
day, and saw their friends buy it out OF
their sight, in soil made sacred by holding
the dust OF his SlintCd mother and brother.
Tom Jones, Sol Bunch. Gus SOwell and
others, recently bought - church organ and
gave il TO the church and school at Jones
Academy.
1t will be seen by reference to our list of
marriages that John ;. Spence, of Austin,
Texas, has married Miss Duc1ie Nc Fall, an
,Stimablc young lady of our county, and
daughter OF II. ID. MCFall, one of our pUpU-
lar and valuable citizens. The married
couple started for Texas that night. We
wish them much JOY.
Miss Willie MaycS gave a party to some
of her friends last Wednesday night. 1t
was splendid affair and was very highly
appreciated by those who attended. There
sparkling eyes greeted you, and sparkling
boys bothered you. There old "Uncle Bob
with his fiddle, and another colOred "gem
man" with his tambOuTine, made sweet
music, to which flying feet kept time. "AC-
cidents will happen, as Jesse said when
dying trail passed his feet from under him,
and he came in violent contact with the
floor. The ladies were mostly dressed IN
white, and were as beautiful as they usually
W. II. billiard OF Knob Creek, had his
wheat thrasheu by tho old time "GrOund-
Hog" owned 10y Mccoy IL Co., on Wedncs-
day last, made about seven hundred BUSH
els. He says he don't want any other kind
in his fold in the future. You are right,
Billie.
TrOtting RaCc-cOuTSe, is now employed as
trainer at our Fair Grounds, by the Trotting
Association
a late fl Shing frOliC, caught three trout fish,
each weighing seven pounds. lie caught
est tTCu ing ever done in Middle tennessee.
Col. Bill Patton was along with him
Franklin RcUie'r.
been well represented in this place during
the past week. Misses Jones, Embry,
Walker and HOgc have been visiting at Dr.
McCIureS. They are charming, and 1t Is
surprising to us that our friend DOak could
summon resolution sufficient TO admit of
his leaving the Jones Academy neigh Dor
hood even for a short visit elsewhere. We
are glad the young ladies seemed TO enjoy
their visit, and we hope 1t will be repeated
III
We have received from the author ana
publisher, John b. Bachelor. Boston, a
copy of his new Gazetteer of pleasure ira V
81, with the above title, just issued for the
season. 1t is handsome book, pTOfuSely
illustrated with accurate views of the IA
nous summer resorts, accompanied with
descriptions giving Information required
by the tOurist-a beautiful table book, use
full either us souvenir of travel or descIip-
tive work on popular localities. The gen.
eraI agent is Geo. A. Foxcroft, Jr., Al aud -
Franklin Street, Boston.
Mr.. Ed. Williams has been catching
some large fish at Ashton Il McCIaWS mill.
1t afforded us great pleasure recently to see
him land n fine eel. The same evening an
enormous blue-cat broke his line and got
away. He sits in n canoe, and Al. AdcOck is
the only fisherman who has as good luck in
catching catfish, rCd-hOrSe and buffalo
We are going to try his mettle up the river
sOOn, although Jack Miller thinks 1t Is be
meath tn dignity of an angler to catch blue
cat. There is no harder fighter than an
eight or ten pound fOrked- tail cat.
Dick Wilkes, near Robson Fork, made
sixty bushels of wheat on two acres OF
ground. 1t weighed siXty-fiYe pounds per
buShel.-MdrShdv GUzcfte.
| VIM. Pickens, son of David PiCIlens, in
the MuOTcsville neighbOThOOd, raised two
| hundred and tlfty-tour bushels of wheat
| this year, from eight bushels sOwcd.-Mdr-
shat Gazette.
Jack Davis, as his old friends familiar
| ly call him, who was tried this week for
DEMONSTRATING, was n member of FlOurnOy :
Company, LIST Tennessee Regiment of In
| frantry, and made a brave and faithful
| t.,
| His old comrades hate to see him in his
| present fix, but it can't be helped-the facts
| are against him. Gen. WhitthOrne and
| others defended him, and Geo. {. Taylor
| prosecuted him.
| Some ten days ago j. r. (Runt Hodge,
of this place, while on business in West
| Tennessee, was thrown out of buggy, and
| the ShOulder-blade of his right erm
| was diSlocated, and the muscle of the arm
| very much bruised. He returned last Fri
| day night. We are glad to say that he will
| be up soon to go to Primm Springs TO fish
| for " Arkansas suckers.
| -MajOr l. NJ. Hosea, of Cincinnati, Prot.
| +. II. Smith, Prof j. $. Beecher and Master
| Joe Hosea, returned from a fishing eXcur-
| sion TO Christians Oh Buffalo, last Friday
! night. They hat good tent, which was
| stretched in a lovely spot, and near beau
| tiful pool which was full of fine trout,
| They caught some nice frying size for sup
per, ana after supper they smoked and
4 caught some large cat. For several days
| they hshed up and down the hole in a ca
| noe, and enjoyed themselves greatly. They
line, within twenty yards OF their tent.
| The evening before they SWAN all around
| in that hole, but they didn't do so any
more. They also found many, Indian rel
| les, aTTTOw-headS, war aTrOw-headS, mutt
! ing arrow-headS, avis, spear-neadSr noes,
| knives and scrapers Major Hosea IS very
| fond OF collecting Indian relics, and has
the finest collection outside OF the smith
| SOnlan Institute. He says the Indians 0i
| that country, on Bu falO River, Were very
Naat-IIkg race, aud rude ana uncivlii2ed,
| conporad W. .i,~sA thnt occupied this and
other sections. The game they AI,.L,,,,
must have been large, such as bears, Oufta-
Ices, etc, as only one biTd-aTrOw was
found. They found only one implement a
NeSheT, made OF stone, and many hammer
| stoneN, which they used Tor fracturlng
! uintS IN making implements, This j. now
an almost lost art. 1t took Major Hosea
| three years of constant practice to ma {
Arrows out OF tiint with stone hammer