The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-15
HICKMAN COUNTY ITEMS.

Our Circuit Court was convened at It's reg
MAR session the irst Monday Ia october.
severe attack Of the chills, was unable TO
preside, The Bar thereupon selected the
Hon. ". N. Cox, OF Franklin, To hold the
Court; and i'm the absence Of Col. Taylor, our
efficient and popular Attorney General,
Colonel John Lee Bullock, the great
Temperance Advocate, was appointed Ia his
stetd The Colonel is at home when
amongst his old friends and relations Of
Hickman, and gives entire satisfaction TO
both the legal profession and people In the
discharge of his duties rs Attorney General.
The acting Judge being incompetent Ia Try
"A great many cases on the docket, the GOurt
adjourned on Thursday, leaving u largo
amount Of business undispOsed o. We
have an empty Jail, an have had but one
criminal within It's walls toT the last three
years, have no Work House, and as u gen
eTal thing are all .clas1ed as poor people,
but poverty In Its hideOus form Is not seen
i'm our midst as In the voalthiest cities Rnd
communities.
our crops are abundant this year. with I.
large surplus of corn and wheat, ard with nn
market for It's sale, aud with t,ie cxo,piion
of this year have had the bbalthis.t coun-
ty I'm the State; but now there IL no place
whore there is more sickness than we have
rake the whole population ofthe county,
and more than thres-fourths Of the people
ARE sick with Chills and fever and la mem
beers of families every member would be-,
the move and freuuentIv three ,ud 80
lays behind their calls. All the ,uiuiue
and chill medicines have been brought into
TetlNlNltlnus anu tlt people nave fuullg
sorted To domestic remediessuch rs wIf;a0,
wild cherry and other bitter herbs. mi
with the latter, remedies are S'.cceuss,,i ~
with the doctors prescriptions,
our Fair n on hand i.ls weak aud 49,.
would have had ore OF tho best Since IL
Organization, had 10 not cen Cor the great
amount OF sickness Ia this aud adjoining
Counties. Our grounds are well Improved
and we have built new Floral Hall omen
ed u new aud more spacious ring, erected
an additional number Of stables, aud made
many other good And convenient additions
TO the grounds,
Miss I.ora u, the beautiful and accom-.
Plished nymph from Rig Bottom, Tenn.
River, Is wishing her many friends HndreIH-
uv y OF Gentreville.
Mis- Mary H., the lovSnble and "a .gr,ir-
10. nom Crnppis Hope, rs here "a cplivsp
her many itlcnds for few days with tht,
surshine of her presence.
John u. Moore, y. A. Gixou nud j.
IuhhinShain' Esfsrs., are n attendance on
the Linden court this week. Mr. Allison
iroin FRANKLIN, attended our Circuit Court
lest week.
We have now, In Centreville, one Of the
best schools tu the State, conducted and
under the exc usive management Of Pro-
lessor iaIDHch, formerly Of Manchester.
Tenn. Notwithstanding the great auuunt
of sickness Ia town and country, ~ tho
commencement OF the session he had uultn
increasing, and we hope 10 build up a
permanent school In our midst.
Mr.. Mays, who lived near Rairdh ferry.on
DUCK River died few days since Of ~
ph1id feVsr.
Mrs Bond, an aged lady, died nj the resi-
dence OF her son, Joe M. Bond, ksq, on
Blue Buck, last week.