The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-18
MIsCELLANE0Us ITEMS.


Esq. W. T. Altman brings us the larges
and incest beet we have seen-bIOod red.
Mrs. y. j. Walker sends US a mammoth
| radlsh, nearly as tall as Jim.
number, both in its illustrations and letter
Miss Jeannie Patterson, it Is said, has
/ gone on the stage, Where has All. HOrsley
| gone?-Franklin Review. Fishing, we
The Rev. r. s. Webb, OF the North Caro-
| INA Conference, has given us a call. We
were glad TO sec him. He has been on a Wis
! it to his brothers, the accomplished Princi-
/ pals OF the CulleOka Institute.-NaskUiUe
| Christina ddUocQte.
| Judge William s. Fleming opened the
| Chancery Court last Monday morning, and
is pushing things with great vim and vigor.
The prospect now is that there will he more
work done on its docketS, than at any time
SINCE the war. TheJudge is in fine health.
chancellor W. S. Fleming delivered a
free lecture in Franklin last night. The Re
OF the ripeSt scholars and one of the most
genial and warm. hearted gentlemen of the
w. II. English sent us by Rev. Joe B.
Erwin several magnificent heads of wheat.
tie thinks il will make twenty bushels per
acre and las 2 large crop. He commenced
"A fishing party left here Wednesday for
Bellew' 5, on Shoal Greek. 1t was composed
Dale Ond Charles o. Nicholson. Abe Loon
ey, Jr., left on Monday, and was 10 meet
them .7I at Lawrenceburg. We trust they
The re3pers and cradles are at work
tnlS week, cutting down rich fields of gold
en- wheat. II is the largest crop ever grown
IN Maury county, and it is hoped that the
farmers viii get il all out safely. Two or
Ihree years ago q splendid crop was raised
and cut, and thousands and thousands of
DuSnels We're destroyed by heavy rains
Wills ii was in the shock in the field.
We have mills sufficient TO grind all the
wheat raised hcTe. and if 1t is manufactur-
ed into flour before shipment a larger sum
OF mon Y VIII be left in the county. Our
mills should all pay the highest market
price for all the wheat raised in the county,
and let them buy il at once, as the people
need money TO carry on their crops and
We would inform Major Harry Heiss, of
the Union and -fVericgH, and the auburn |
curled smart AleC!I Of the Lebanon WerGId |
that we are not candidate for Drum Major |
ofJim Hammers company. AZ the request |
Of Governor Porter we shall lead the Zen
nessee Brigade to the Centennial. Now Vi |
Professor y. u. Mcknight, of Giles couu-
~, and Professor W. Il. Webb, of the re-
Eowned schOnEat Culleoka, were at the
!, losing exercises az the IcnnesS. felna!e |
College last Tuesday night. The latter gen
tlcmaE, already one Of The eminent edUca-
tors of this State, was charmed with the
exquisite reading fthc beautiful graduates |
Our school is sending forth some of the
sweetest readers in the State eUie5r and
jDUrsot.
In our last issue we mentioned that
was received by Hiss Julia HOi- |
,onab, o. the death of her brother, Thomas
ilOlcOmb1 at Forrest City, Ark. We learn
he following from a letter which she re-
'eived vest erday. Wednesday OfiaSt week,
rom started horseback, to Hal HolcOmb'S
MS brother a distance of thirty miles with
2 large sum OF money, he had rode but II
CIV miles on his journey. when IL was fired
lpon by unknown parties and killed. He
'eceiNed three shots, two in the breast and
me in the forehead. Three men are suS-
;iCiOnCd as committing the bloody deed.
AT the recent annual commencement
Exercises of the Cumberland University at
Lebanon, Maury county boys bore a con-
;ptcuOuS part. The honorable degree of !
Bachelor of Arts, was conferred ON the tai
snted Patrick II. -outhHll, Jr., OF The north
'jdc Of the river: he also won the title of
Bachelor of Law. VIM. PCtway Howell.
ThOS. b. Kelly and Charley W. D. Withcr-
.poOn, all OF this county, won the tile of
Bachelor OF Law These are country boys,
ma Ill three instances sons al farmers, and
zee farmers boys giving themselves thor
ugh education, for farmers should be as |
highly educated as any other class OF men.
We insert to-day. AN advertisement OF
nd st. Louis Railway. This is one of the
most important lines i'm the south, and is
in an able ana satisfactory man !
cr. Tn" celebrated Fi~h-har rail is being !
ut down ON some portions of the line. !
.hich renders travel far safer and more
tcaSant than the Old-iaShlOuyH rail. The
plling stock is fiTSi-C.a~>, ANA the pa>SCn-
or coaches are SupuTbly finished and fur :
iShed. The rates are reasonable, and the J.
o Texas, Kansas or anywhere in the great ]
Vest, would dowell To go oyerthiS route.
Sir Walter Scott Jennings, of the (
II. Pleasant country, went to school with :
)r. "RehCbOam Lebanon Caesar White !
he "aubuTn-haired WOTd-makCT' OF the | !
icbanOn Herald and COrrCCtS a widespread
Impression in regard to that distinguished
The Captain says the Doctor | :
-as a mild-mannered youth, .sicklied DER
OF upon what food Caesar has fed that he
as grown so Mars-like.