The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-11-05
MT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

MT. PLEASANT ITEMS.
There was an election held in thi
place last Saturday for Constable, il
the 18th district. The candidates were
DIR. Henry Watson Dickson and Mr.. j
Elihu Grimes. The DIR. was elected b.
a very handsome majority, beating hi
opponent sixty>seyen votes. A
Grimes only got thirteen votes, b,
found relief and vent, in what Shsks
| peare called the ''insolence of office, )
where places of public trust are de.
graded to be vehicles of personal spite
| He has taken furlough from running
for office, and is now shOveling dirt fol
his father, which he expects to keep VI
until something turns up.
Mr.. Settle, of Cook, Settle & Co., and
! Mr.. Woodwine, both prominent mer'
chants of Nashville, paid our town a
| visit last week.
Our gallant young friend, Mr.. John
Re5enold, was on visit recently to his
relatives and frierds in this place. He
| represents the we'll known and long es-
tablished Boot and Shoe house OF
Messrs. Pigue, Manner and Hall OF
Nashville. 1t is a pleasure to wide
circle of tried friends to see Johnnie
looking so we'll and in such good health
and spirits.
T. JONI bEOOkS 1dSG week
from Lewis county, where he bad been
on deer hunt. He and party hunted
in the neighborhood of Lewis Menus
ment, and found a good many deer,
which seemed to be fat and fine, There
were a great many shots fired, but Ow-
ing to bad shooting there was no deer
killed. His report of the hunt will suf-
flee to start numbers of sportsmen off
for the barrens, whose forests are sur
ma inn w hna fTV1 hniV OF h 0Gc
tlnts, and charmingly grand in the last
verdure of Autumn. We will look for
Bulger, one of these bright mornings,
with sturdy old Price, fieet>footed
Bruce and sweet throated Florence,
whose voice he says is the sweetest
music that ever challenged the echoes
of the romantic hills of Piney, and his
trusty companion, Miss Betsy, who
with all of her faults he loYes her
still.
A very fashionable and select party
of ladies and gentlemen of Columbia,
passed through our town on Friday
morning last, en- route to Rattlesnake
Falls. This is delicious season to visit
that romantic place as there is a golden
lustre over the crimson foliage, the
brown rolling woods and the water COL
ored beautiful with the dead leaves of
the forest. This must have been a most
return until alter sunset, and the shad-
OwS of the night were falling.
Several gentlemen speak of going
from here to WaynesborO to attend the
Railroad meeting and barbecue to be
given at that place on Nov. 9Th. Know
ing the old time hOpitality of the citi~
z9ns of Wayne, we predict for them
good time.
A fashionable young man of this vi
piOitU nn6ar the infiuaOop of RurOn
and full of sentiment, called to see his
little darling, who lives a short distance
west OF here, few nights ago, and was
met by yellow dog who mistook his
leg limb we should have said) for a
st cond hand bone and managed to get
away with portion OF it, and disar-
ranging the remainder for business.
The last seen of the pious youth, he
was disobeying the injunctions of the
late Horace Greeley, and was making
twonforty time east.
Col. G. w. Boyd, one of the first and
most enterprising citizens of Wayne
county, passed through our town on
Tuesday last, He was driving light
stepping team that was making Lula's
best time.
Col. M. L. Stockard returned to his
home in this place on Monday last, af~
ter brief visit to st. Louis.
Our merchant prince, Mr.. 0. G. Ow-
en-, has opened HOrSepitGL on Bloom
ing Avenue, which contains fourteen
inmates. AS soon as they are able to
travel, he expects to send them South
to recruit their wasted health.
The trial trip OF the Southwark bound
passenger train over the Narrow Gauge
Turnpike road, created great deal of
excitement in our town last Sunday.
Quite a number of citizens, who had
collected on the sidewalk, witnessed its
rapid movements. 1t must have been
a through train, as we did not hear of it
stopping at any way-station. 1t con-
sisted of one passenger coach IA spring
wagon with sufficient capacity to seat
three persons besides the Conductor.
The locomotive was fine black horse,
mot an iron horse and most nobly did
he draw the HGSbeeB, The Conductor
was fifteenth amendement, who also
acted as engineer and fireman, and was
putting on wood without cedsing while
in sight. His passenger was little
girl of the same race, seemingly eight
or ten years of age, who proved herself
mistress of the situation, as she remain
ed quietly seated, and appeared to ems
Joy the ride very much. We are fears
full the enterprise will prove a failure,
and the first trip bust the company, as
they met with very serious accident,
by failing to blow the whistle when
they saw danger ahead, and ran over
a little boy the son of Mr.. J. n. Barlow,
who lives at the toll>gate near this
place. and hurt him very severely. The
last heard of the concern, the Conductor
had switched of at Henryville Bay.
Esq. Lewis G. Lanier, who lives near
here, had stroke of paralysis last week,
and has entirely lost the use of his left
side.
Mr. J. d. Davidson and family left this
place for Savannah last Tuesday, where
they expect to reside permanently.
Mr.. n. A. Williams, A. II. Williams,
Thomas Barrow and Col. George Con-
ner left Tuesday morning for Duck
River on a fishing excursion.
Our tewn was almost depopulated
last Wednesday on account of that I'M
rivaled Snowman, John RObison's great
combination circus, which exhibited at
Columbia that day.
We have short Moss of a long staple,
that can be seen hanging upon one ofthe
gates on Main street almost any day,
in our town.