The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-28
OVER THE COUNTY.

We are under obligations to our old
| "lS POI friend, T.. Roth, postmaster at Mt
Pleasant for faNOrS.
From the way pig-iron lies around III,
streets at Mt. Pleasant, we judge they in,
tend laying "NichOlSon pig-irOn pave.
Iuvut."
Mr.. Patton, of Mt. Pleasant, ought to he
q happy man in his old age, which is 10. II
is q girl, and weighs nine pounds
- Esq. las. 7. Moore, Friday last, while
fishing at Niger Island, found tin box
containing the Announcements Of "a Walton
itc, which the owner can get by describing.
The box IL at Black Il MOOrc'S livery stable.
A dINpcnSation was granted on the 18th
inst, for anew chapter of Free and Accepted
MaSouS at CuIlcoka, to be called, "CullCoka
No. ia" with Dr.. John :. Pride as High
Priest.
A bridge is badly needed over the Frier-
son branch at Cross Bridges. Last Monday
a heavy rain fell in that section, and the
branches ali became flush. The FTieTsOn
or MaycS br3nCh-wG do not know its prop
"r name rose rapidly, and prevented DIR.
Harrison, who was on his way to pay pro-
iesSinnal visit To Col. Geo. Z. Webster, from
crossing. He had to wait there on the
banks until it SUhSidCd.
Martin Kirk, of ScrcamcrsvilIe, and
iathcr-in-law OF sam {. Cook, OF this city,
last saturday, while SIUirreI-hunting, ac-
cidCntaIiy shot himself. He was sitting down
near tree resting, with the breech OF the
gun against the tree and the muZzle on his
arm, when it went OF, the contents of the
same tearing the muscles from one of his
Il lady sent her husband to town recent
~ and gave him his orders not to come
back homo without having paid for the
HERALD. She told him that she never in
tended to hC without the HERALD as long as
she had a yclluw-lcggcd chicken on her
place which she could sell.
-Shacklctt'S mill has SpittOOnS sitting
all over the floor, and no man, or woman
either, Is allowed to spit tObaccO-iutCc on
the floor. The floor is kept clean, and there
fore The flour and meal made there has no
dirt in il.
Esq. James T. Moore, Major Sol. Porter
IE4.VsV
mouth Of ShOal Creek i'll the first part of
June. We wish them much luck. Geo. &.
Miner, John Barr, Ed. SAMSON and others,
are talking of going to Wilson's Factory
about the same time.
Major John d. Fleming recently dis
mounted from his iavoritc horse, which he
rode every day, pulled the bride Oft, turned
him loose and sent him into the wildS. 1t
was a high horse.
these parts took place when the celebrated
"LOCk and Dam was first built, many
years ago. Major Ben Harlan, who lives
near by, went down one evening with
bucket of minnOwS, and caught one hun
dTCd fine trout, none weighing under two
pounds. The next day he and his brother
Jake caught about enc hundred. The next
best day sport was by Esq. James I. Moore
and Al. Adcocll, at IIuey 5 Mill; they caught
over one hundred in one day. john w. and
=. +. MaycS caughtnincty-ScvCn atthc same
pIac" liz one day. When shall we see such
times aTain'
The merchants at Carriers Creek Station
while away the dull days 10y playing GRO
quet, which has become very interesting
game to them.
The wheat in the neighborhood of Car
tcr's Creek, it * supposed, will average ten
bushels per acre. The corn is splendid, but
the cotton is rather thin. some OF the good
farmers have planted, and have been Gull
tiNatIu- mullen for tobacco.
Jack Smith, who lives in the 18th civil
district. had a terrier dog and bitch, and
one day last week they left his house, and
the bitch killed some sheep of his neigh
hOrS, and Smith hung the bitch by the neck
until She was dead. The dog found the
bitch after She was dead, and although 1t
could Just reach the rope 10y standing on its
hind feet, il stood that way and gnawcd the
rope in two, let the bitch down, and then il
slept 10y her side.
FidcS Lodge No. 2Isi, Miss Lula C. Parsons,
dsUghtcru OF Mrs =. G.. Parsons, acted as DT.
HilI'S Deputy Marshal, and the pleasant
way IN which she performed said duty was
little girl, thoroughly posted in the laws of
the temperance order, and will some day
make a beautiful and intelligent lady.
And sure enough, it is Honest Farmer
ThCu. IIpScomb that sends MS the first
fruitS->ome delicious cherries, a mess OF
Hnc Early Rose potatoes, and a couple of
fine wheat heads, Just in bloom. TheO. was
raised on "a farm, by one of the best farmers
in the county, and we are Il Id to see his so
jnUrn in town did not make him lose the
h"uetit Of his early training.
The case of the United States VS.. Sugg
Ford, WAS tried in the Federal Court this
week, and resulted in a verdict for the
\. NJ. Hughes, Jr., of our city, appeared for
tine platinum. We understand he was very
highly cumplimentCd by Judge TTigg and
many other lawyers of note. This was Mr..
Hughes first speech before Jury, and he
should he proud OfhiS success.
Hon. John VI. Bright, who delivered one
of thc addresses at the North Carolina Cen
tcnial, married one of old Maury'S fair
daughters, n Miss EUCknGT, of Mt. Pleasant.
says Josh Billings: Love is SCd tn be
blind, hut know lots OF pheIlOwS in love
who ,an see twice as much in their gals as
! kan.
-Iichland Circuit, Giles county, is well
named. Its uuartCTly assessment was over
one hundred dollars, and il paid four dol
lars.
We publish to-day an advertisement OF
Bon Aqua Springs. This famous watering
place has been greatly improved, in all its
near tor accommodating the public, and
its attractions are very great. The waters
are known to be splendid. y large number
OF our people go there every summer. RUFF
Wilkes, a popular barber of this town, will
Toe porter for the hotel this summer, and
Creed Taylor, splendid barber, Will also
run a b9rber-ShOp. They promise TO DE cS-
pccially clever to visitors from Maury.
We are glad To learn that our old tried
and true friend, Samuel II. Watkins, has a
NouriShing store at lakewood, three miles
east of Mt Pleasant, on the Columbia pike.
Bring i'm your sang and other truck, the
/ trouble has begun
There are three barns in Maury that
, nave stable room sufficient for one thou
NHlu head of stock. They belong to Capt.
/ M..h- Bethel, COLI. W. =. Ridley and Col.
/ Henry lCatmau. Can't. Bethel'S barn is
/ the largest in the county by ten Inches
We are sorry 10 learn that Col. Wade re-
! Gently huu forty acres OF cotton eaten IN bN
! the Cut-WpfuS, entirely destroying his
stand. II" proposes plantiuEi it in peas.