The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-06

his old home, near Duck River station
and in the future will attend to his pasto-
IA duties, at Pleasant Valley station, as
he did when pastor of the Methodist
Church in this place, by making weekly
trips on the cars. In this way Rev. +. A.
Thompson serves his congregation in
Franklin, while he still resides at his old
home, near this place.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Cam Terrell of Bolivar, Miss, is
spending the summer at her father S,
lhos. Il. Bond s. near Franklin, and is at
this time visiting relatives and friends of
| this place and vicinity. Cam, like true
knight, sends his wife and their bright
little son Charlie, to this healthy country,
while he braves the dangers of miasma,
IN the Mississippi bottoms, his planting
and mercantile interests there requiring
his constant attention.
| 5. X. Finley, young Bob McLemore
and Jesse Cant are also planting in Boil
| var county, and have splendid crop on
| their place. They are very apprehensive
of an overflow the river at last dates, be-
ing in few inches of the top of the
levee.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18th,
is the day of sale of the thoroughbred
stock of horses, cattle and sheep, of
Messrs. Gibson, Brown and johnson, at
this place. All the stock offered for
sale, by these gentlemen, is of the finest
quality and purest blood. 1t is the inter-
est of all stock raisers in our country, to
encourage by their presence and also by
bidding literally, the effort that is being
made, to establish on a firm basis, these
annual joint stock sales. Let every one
turn out on this occasion and oil come
prepared to bid literally and lively.
The terms of sale, are made essay. You
can buy without money il not with
out price,
Mr.. Glenn Wade, of Brownsville, West
Tennessee is up on visit to his relatives
in this neighborhood.
Nr. Marcus Crump and wife, arrived
here from Brownsville on last Friday,
with their little sick babe. to have it un-
der the treatment of his father, Dr. c. C.
Crump, of this place.
Prof. Redman expects to move with
his family, in short time, to Nashville,
at which place, he has been engaged in
teaching the High School for several
months past.
WHEAT.
Threshing is still going on; four or FIVE |
threshers are busy around here near
enough for the whistles to be heard, |
Hugh Brown and Porter and Bailey, are |
the nearest to this place, the former at |
Mack CampbelPs and the latter at S. A. |
Pointers A part of Mack Campbcll's |
cropis turning out thirty-two bushels to
the acre, while the average of his entire
crop will be fully twenty bushels to the |
acre, and perhaps more.
WHEAT BCYERs.
Mr.. Byers of Louisville has been the only |
purchaser at this place, and has bought |
n large amount.
THOMPSON STATION
for the last few weeks, has presented the
appearance of Broad street in Nashville
crowds of wagons througing the space
near the freight house, some unloading in
the house, and some on the box cars.
Nothing but wheat to be seen and Moth
ing else talked about. Esq. Banks, with
his accustomed energy and enterprise, is
the leading buyer; Messrs Stone, Hous>
ley and Kitch form n strong team as buy
els, Epps and Wallace have bought
good deal, while Capt. Irvine, leading
mel chant of Pulaski, Mr.. Mitchell Of
l.ouisville, Mr.. Hayes of Nashville, with
Byrd Terrell to spring the market, in the
'htCL COZ VI thC pldhIOloi arc ali DuSy |
and buying and shipping.
CAPT. IRVINE,
together with his wife, nee Miss Mary
Frank Moss, are sojourning for a short
line with her father and sister, near this
place. Mrs. Chappell of Columbia is al
SO a visitor to her relatives near Thomp-
son station.
LITTLE AUSTIN POTTER,
who was SO terribly lacerated and broken
opieces, bv,his fathers thresher, short
ime ago,!we are glad TO learn is doing
veil, under the skillful treatment of Dr.
las. o. Hardin, assisted by Dr. Sam
7rierson of Columbia. One of his arms
vas nearly torn from his shoulder, and
,roken and one of his legs broken in two
places. He was caught By the shaft, and
apidly whirled round for thirty or forty
ines, before it could be stopped.
Mrs. Hatton, widow of Gen. Hatton,
vas at the Methodist church, last Sab
'ath. Her youngest daughter, Emma,
vas with her. Her eldest, Miss Mamie, is
listing friends in Marshall county