The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-16
HICKMAN COUNTY ITEMS.

They failed to celebrate the Attn of Ju~
ly in Hickman; in fact, some of the
good people in Hickman think there is
too much noise made about celebTa-
lions anyhow. The Presidential cleo
ton is in 1876; so it was in 1860 when so
| many glowing enlOgies were paid to the
| UniOn. Jim Nick says everything
which glitters is not gold.
The people in Hickman are beginning
| to talk about Railroad again. Wesley
| Cox says that if we had a Railroad he
| could sell his huckleberries at a dollar
| per gallon; as it is, he had to take the
other day twenty-five cents.
Hickman county will raise this year
loo, 900 bushels of wheat. 1t takes 90 cts
per bushel to get it to Nashville.
Before a great while a valuable dis
covery of silver mine in Hickman will
be made known to the world. The par
ties who have found it refuse at present
to tell where it is; they are very san
guine over their luck.
A debating club at Centreville are
trying to settle the question of who was
nibal. Willie Moore says Alexander
was.
Tom Walker thinks that since they
have shortened the distance of the earth
from the sun of 5000, 900 of miles in
their calculations on the transit of We
nus last December, that it is great
deal warmer. Jack Moore thinks so
great deal better shaded by a few weeds
than to have such a hot sun on them.
The County Court Clerk, Circuit,
Chancery, and Register g offices in the
Court House at Centreville, are being
supplied withIexcellent arrangements in
the way of furniture for the preservation
of the county records. Billie Connor is
doing the work, and he is putting it up
in good style. This should have been
done long ago.
A large crowd were at CentrevilIe |
on the first Monday in July. Tho |
burden of farm work in the new
crops being pretty we'll over, it was |
very suitable occasion to find how crops |
and the health OF the people are in Hick |
man. The reports upon each respec-
lively are good. 1t is the opinion that |
corn will be cheap in Hickman this |
Fall; the hog crop is said to be short. |
in consequence of which il is supposed |
that pork will be worth about the same |
it was last year in this county.
Robert McClanahan ST., (tanner at |
mills) died near Centre-
vile the other day. He was poor, but
very respectable citizen, and leaves a
wife and several children i'll rather des-
titute circumstances.
J. A. Cunningham, Esq, returned
home from court at Shady Grove last
Sunday morning.
William Black we'll was at Centreville
on Monday last. He reports the corn,
cotton and pea crops in Hickman and
Perry, along OH Duck river, Buffalo, and
Tennessee rivers, as looking unusually
inc. He says he never saw finer pros
poets, and the people are all in good
spirits over their future prospects; the
wheat crops turned out better than the
people expected. Hogs are scarce in
Perry and Hickman.
There is no chewing tobacco to be
Ouud in Hickman and Perry counties
1t tho stores, from Tennessee River TO
Columbia, anywhere. Blackwell re-
'orts great complaint all in Perry and
hickman, and Thought he would GER
niHiy get chen at Centreville the 9th
r day, but he failed-there is none
here. ga char, a kingdom for chUlO,"
5 what they cry there now.