The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-06-24

The cOlOred Masons of Newbern, N.
c., are building q Lodge. 9a sir
Water in Indianoli, Texas, is worth
o dollar o bucketful. 4
The rolling mill at Rome, Ga, is en-
gagged in making railroad spikes.
The trade of Raleigh, N. C. has in
creased one hundred per cent. since the
war. -....-.
The Marion, Ala. Commonwealth,
boasts of subscriber who has paid for
his paper thirty years in advance.
The depot at Durant, Miss, was set
on fire by tightening the other day, in
the Telegraph Office.
With three thousand citizens, Col
umbus, Texas, has but one church
building, and not an ordained minister
in the town. "a, q
The winner of the piano at the Nash
gave $50 to the Confedeate, Orphans and
$25 each to the Catholic and Protestant
Orphans Asylums. . q
There are over hundred and fifty
applications for admission to the Geor-
gia Lunatic Asylum, and not a spare
room in the house. irs-ss- %. }--'>.l
Jacksonville Is now the largest city
IN Florida, having about nine thousand
Inhabitants. At the close of the war
|, it contained about two thousand. 80
Charles Mosely, who was charged
with an attempt upon the life of Geo.
Beck, some weeks ago. has escaped
from Jail at Scoba, Miss. q, Ea...
The Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road Company has commenced the
construction of commOdions depot at
Chattanooga. ID, s-' -....... e
The corner STONE of the first Jewish
synagogue in Texas, was laid in Gal
weston on Thursday, by the Grand
Lodge of Free masons. -..f .
An adjourned meeting of the men,
bers of the 18th, 10th, 10Th and 4Sth
Mississippi regiments tsOfinfantry, which
composed Harris brigade at the close
of The war, was held in Vicksburg re-
Gently.
At a meeting recently held i'm Galla-
tin, Mo-, to make arrangements for
soldiers reunion on the 4tli of July, it
was agreed to have general celebra-
ton, open to all citizens, irrespective OF
past political affiliations. --i"
The net defining the duties of the
Commissioner of Immigration, just
passed the Mississippi Legislature, al
lows salary of $500 and $1,000 trav-
cling expenses.
1t is understood that the committee
appointed by the Memphis General
Council to consider the subject will re-
port i'm favor of subscription of $780,
600 to General Forests road. 70
A lady named Mrs. Brown, near
Huntsville, Ala, gave her sick mother
a dose of poison in mistake, which put
such sudden quietus on the old lady
that the daughter died from the ner-
vOus shock. sEiT. '.'t.H 90 EH.tai
A fatal difficulty occurred in Pollard,
Escambia county, Ala, recently be-
tween two well known citizens, form
erly of Conecuh county, in which L ID.
Johnson, ex-sheriff, found his death by
the hands of Major Bill Loveless. i
A mad dog passed through Warren
ton, Va, u few days since, and bit sew
eral other dogs, whereupon the Mayor
of that town issued his proclamation
ordering the immediate destruction of
every animal of the canine species
which has the temerity to make its ap-
pearance on the street without muz-
zle. .5- 'l. .i TisG SOD
One hundred and twenty one dollars
were rooted up few days ago in pig
pen near Sparta, Buchanan county,
Mo-, which proved to be the property
of Samuel Gam, who buried it during
the war. He thus invested about ST.
200 in gold, and is still out about 500,
of which he has forgotten the locality.
The celebrated pacing horse Wyan-
dotte Chief died in st. Louis few days
ago. The Chief was one of the noted
PAGERS of the West, having in his time
beaten Ace-of- Diamonds and Billy
Boyce, to wagons, in two minutes and
twenty-nine seconds. He was ten
years old and valued at 5000.
= DIR. Thomas Smith, of Charleston, s.
Carolina, was deprived of the power of
speech about three months ago by a
paralytic stroke; but, with character
istic energy and determinations he
commenced Immediately to train his
vocal organs as if he were a child learn
ing for the first time to speak, and by
dint of persevering effort, he is now
able to express himself intelligibly IN
private. ,. III
Governor Senter of Tennessee, has
informed the editor of the Chattanooga
Times, that any law to repudiate any
of the bonds of the State will have to
be passed by a two-thirds vote over his
veto. He also says he has never issued
bonds to any railroad without first hav-
ing the opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral of the State as to the legality of
issuing them. f.......- -H
Tie house of r. w. Phillips & Co.,
of Macon, Miss, was entered OIL Thurs
day night last, by boring the shutter of
back window, the safe opened and
50, ,2l8 distracted, about half of it be-
ing gold. A pistol belonging to the
junior proprietor and a gold watch
placed there on deposit were also taken,
and, strange to say, considerable
amount of money on the shelves Of the
safe was untouched. There were no
marks of violence about the safe, the
lock apparently having been easily
opened. iH"ts'
A correspondent furnishes the Knox
vile Tenn Press and Herald with
the following piece Of natural history:
lone day last week James NJ. Lay
nance and his son were making rails
of large Spanish oak, about four feet
through; when opening the butt cut
toad frog was found i'm the heart Of the
log, and about five feet from the stump
end. A perfect bed was formed in the
log where the frog lay, but there was
no hollow, wind shake or worm hole
in the log, which was perfectly sound
and very hard.
Josh Billings welcomes Spring as fol-
lows: '.Spring came this year ~ much
as usual. Hail, butuous virgin, 5000
years old and upwards, hale and harty
old gal, welcum tew York State and
parts adjacent. Now the burds Jaw,
now the cattle drOver, now the pigs
skream, now the geese warble, now
the kats sigh, and nature is frisky; the
virtuous bedbug and the nObby cock
roach are singing Yankee Doodle and
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