Mr. Smith 1'owell in mounting his
horse last Priday, accidentally discharged
a gun, and thu load plowed a furrow-just
back of the horse's ear, which id
most resulted in tho death of tho horsoj
from hemorrhage. Mr. 1. is an expert
horseman ami such accident could not
have occurred, but from the fact thnt his
little sou, Smith T., was on the horse.
Jim Goode, Jim and John Allen
were so encouraged by their success
Ustiing uear Dunn ville a mouth ago, thnt
they went back last week. They report
nearly as good luck as on their first trip
nnd brought homo a few nice ones in
corroboration, nnd Jim Goode showed
where they had been hooked lest there
should be a doubt as to the manner in
which they were caught.
Tho pop, pop of the shot gun is
heard eveiy day in all quarters and the
birds and rabbits are kept on a lively
move, occasionally dodging in the way
of a chargeof shot nud getting hurt. Km-melt
says that two of his neighbors dropped
in nl his house a few days ago, after
what he would have thought a lively infantry
skirmish in the early (Ms, und an
exploration of their game developed
thu loss of all but one of the four birds
they thought they had. That 0110 their
marker, Roy, and the old dog captured
Dave became so disgusted with his gun
before tho day was over that when a
partridge got up he threw down his gun
and gave chnse, as he had heard is frequently
practiced in wild turkey hunting
in Texas. Dave caught one.
