The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-12-17
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The potatoes are rotting badly in
many parts Of Vermont.
An interior county of New York
mint.
"A married woman in Baltimore
charged a girl with stealing dress, and
pays $500 for SANDER.
The New York LEADER estimates that
no less than 90. 600 New Workers are living
above their means.
Miss MoIl,e Stacy ofNavasoto TEXAS
von a Srndav.ecbool nr;Za nv Commit.
ting to memory $40 verses
The Coates, tbrood co,onon ore orect.
;no bn;idincs st a cost of so50 Gi,C at Paw.
tneket for fhe Amer;can branch of their
business
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-I!oViuence, u l., leaa a noa PERSONA !
q Sstasc - nov salueu =. S9o,o0o,9vU, anu
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The recent seizure OF the Spanish
gunpoats at New YORK threw tour nun
o o me M oIt oi enip'oy menu a' lne Dei-
'nio'ei "orAs'
"A young man has been excommuni-
Gated from St. Louis church for stealing
Its funds, he being clerk to the treasurer.
There is an evening school for Chi
nese in New York, which is generally at
tended by ten or twenty young men.
The contract for bu;Id;nu the Southern
Illinois Normal University, at Carbonate,
Ill. has been let to citizen of Carbon
dale.
The first provision for free school,
in the colony of New York was made in
1882, and placed under the care of Alex
ander Malcolm, a Scotchman.
Over sixty Indians-men, women and
children-of the Yankton Band of Dako.
tas, were recently burned to death in a
prairie fire.
Near Zsnesville,i Ohio, young man
recently gorged himself with chestnuts
and cider until he was taken with the
cramps and died.
The schooner ]. B. Martin, from Mil
waukee, was lost in Lake Huron during g
late gale. She had on board ten persons
from Milwaukee.
An idiotic how. named Josepb Fallpate
unearthed from the Berks county, Pa
Jail by the Grand Jury, has been chained
in dark cell for several wears.
Thoroo prond of Eff,nobom TIL mn
s,,,,o ,,o,,-Jor i, he sto1o 10 LIo,y tho 600
o,,t of bic ,,ina Tho eyrIos;on mt on,
both of Mr.. Brands eyes-blinding hin
for life. -
--.Tbo bo,,o- of . son,;,, moor Owens.
49, u nnn,odoa c,r- dans 80 onJ
IT, ~, $1,000 ," So, ".0
Was Killed and another man mortally
wounded
More than a hundred bav orowers in
New ENGLAND indorse the renort of the
BOARD of A cr;cnltnre that The time to on,
hay is when it is Towering, and not wher
the flower is dying, as formerly practiced
Smith and Jones were talking about
fencing. the art of selfdefense and the
like. Smith remarked that he had seen !
rail fence. "Pooh !" said Jones. "that i.
nothing-I have seen hat box"
"A ponular French author writes in
his last novel: "Tbe Countess fell back
in deadly swoon. When she revived
her spirit had fed" How disappointed
the poor creature must have felt
The THANKSGIVING dinner of each
prisoner in the ALBANY Penitentiary con
sisted of four pounds Of roast beef. a loat
of white bread, fresh crackers, apples, ant
other luxuries, eaten in the loneliness Of &
cell.
A little bow was thrown from a run
away horse in Teavenworth. Kansas 3
few DAYS AGO. and. his foot catching in thu
stirrun' was draoged a considerable dis
tance and dashed to death.
a corno,tar sbo,, in pro1;5onoo RI
vos derived bv fire. faw davsaoo affe,
having been insured for tWenty-four wears
and the last insurance policy had run.ou
inst previous to the accident.
a Citi1eh VI Daltol, Mass', Misseu
VaiuaSie morse Jew laesnlnss si d1a an
al'er aiarnlng various oiucers ny .eitsiaPi l
anu oenei WIS.,, iounu 'no no.1o ~ t suS
tho n;"bt before without bitcbing
O.
80 iazey sotrg' Onlo, a ie ,S il1 a;h u
lngs ago, poy, awsite years o.u' WHY d'
t t.uS ono M S I: "1 60 ,e =; | tb.
tnioMn' 1hu, us III su ioaiiS III IN, 'i'
s.iIlup, uiasseu a' lul spesI i-; nio,o 'n"i
1hree-quai'ers VI hiiie' anu Aiiieu'
In some districts OF Arkansas TIT
school tax alone Is three and nall pei
cent. on tne Value OF lhe property, AM
INC so'iI, assessnlents, IoI al pun posee' VIZ
Lit,ie hOck odEee.e says amounts u 81
anu NAH per cent.
1t was recently announced IN Ph'ia
delphla churches that coal collectlons
would be made. A German who did no
understand that the collection was TO d.
made In money, trundled hand cart 1ul
OF coal to a church, but found no ont
there 10 receive II.
The Young Mems Christian Associa
ton OF Springfield, Mass, has heid 9O'
prayer meetings curing the past year
The Sabbath evening meetings. nave aver
aged lO0 attendants. Inc assoclatiof
has forwarded I'D unstamped letters, anc
has received many grateful returns. Inc
expenses for the year were Sl,Ooo.
The lady leader of a Sunday Schoo
choir in Deer Lodge, Montana, lately
started the tune of Marching up Zion's
Hill |" on so exalted pitch that none of the
little voices could reach the upper notes
At the close of the first verse this young
lady turned to the superintendent OF the
school, and inquired, How IS 1'at ioi
high, anyhow and then calmly started
the tune on lower Key.
The Church of England maintains
1900 schools for secular instruction, at an
annual cost of 81 100000, and requiring
the services of 1881 teachers. They
have million and u half OF scholars on
their registers, with an average attend
ance of 1881, 900. The quality of the in
struction, it is said, is very poor. Four
fifths of the scholars above ten years OF
age do not pass the most elementary ex-