The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-07-08
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+ si SOUTHERN NkWB .hBAS. v.
Executive, the subordinate officers to
be elective. - s-rs.f >flS.-,f9sgs,f ,..o
A negro woman has been appointed
postmaster at Jackson, La rs
A great religious revival Is going on
in Jefferson, Texas. 15za
+ The number of cattle going North
ward from Texas Is enormous and in-
creasing daily. .,sd ass'9 Hn,'is s,,fi fsa
The report Of yellow, fever in New
Orleans Is erroneous, and Is contradict
ed by the press and Board Of Health,
Of that city. - ..e-,+,.. -
Whiskey sold at Waco, Texas, Is 50
bad that even Mexicans refuse to drink
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Augusta, Ga, has been sued bya firm
In that city for damages incurred by q
mob, amounting in the aggregate to
$43, 727 As. - -
The real estate men of Memphis,
Tenn, seem to be buster than any other
class of the commercial community.
al A very rich gold mine has been dis
covered on the land Of Mr.. Harvey, In
Appomatox county, Va. Several hun
dred dollars worth Of gold has been ta-
ken out. ais -7l9i1 Fi.-, asr2 G
Hon. T. L. Wigfall, Of Texas, hae
bought No. 6, east Of the Seat0n lode,
in Colorado aud gone to work. He is
putting up residence, and boarding.
house for his miners. i.=seaI sgihs =.
Col. George W. Brent, Of Va, once
Bragg's A. A. g., has recovered from
the injuries received In the late Rich
mond courthouse disaster.
j. c. Stanton, Superintendent of the
Alabama and Chattanooga railroad,
has ordered fifteen hundred Chinese la
borers to work on that road. : : y ,.. ,.',
The largest cotton sale of the season
for Galveston, Texas, was made on the
l4th inst, reaching 5000 bales, and
selling upon basis of lie for good or
dinary. ts4 81 s1i'f' .
Bishop Beckwith, of Georgia, offers
to give five hundred dollars towards
the fifteen hundred needed to establish
q new parish in Atlanta, Ga.
The Selma (Ala.) Argus mentions
Colonel Hiram Hawkins, of Eufaula,
who was Colonel of the Sixth Kentucky
regiment, for Lieutenant Governor.
Judge M. q. Lane, of GreeDeville,
Ala, who has been i'll for more than q
year, has resumed the practice of the
law, his health being perfectly restored.
The late showers have reached near
ly all parts of Louisiana, deluging some
places and dealing out rather sparingly
to others. The crop prospects are ia
vorable. r. aaf s
The prospect of railroad from
Natchez to Jackson was never brigh.
ter. The Natchez Committee has COM
pleted its work under the most auspi-
ci0us circumstances. -
A bill has passed the Virginia Legis-
lature for the benefit Of the bank Of the
Old Dominion. The amount Of notes
now outstanding OF the Institution r
about S21 900. ;iE
Lieutenant General A. p. Stuart
who commanded a corps of Johnston's
army, is in Montgomery, Ala, on bur
sinesS. ~. .rt. r
The passage of the frontier bill by the
Texas Legislature provides for the or
/
men, in twenty ranger companies, the
captain to be appointed by the State
David Pound, indicted for the mur.
der of John ID. Harrison in February
last, has been tried in the Wilkescoun-
| ty superior court, of Ca, and verdict
of guilty rendered. The counsel for the
defense have moved for o new tfial.
| The Jacksonville (Ala-) Republican
says: "We were shown yesterday, by
Wallace Woodward, q head of wheat
containing twelve mashes on . side
the majority containing five grains
and one from which six perfectly form
ed grains were carefully counted In
presence of several witnesses"
The crazy woman who has so long
haunted Hollywood cemetery, Rich
mond, Va, has been taken by the Su-
perintendent of the Asylum there. The
poor creature had dug q hole in the
grave of her lover, and night after
nigh: made her bed there, and resisted,
attempts to remove her.
r. s. Morse, the proprietor of the city
and st. James hotels in New Orleans,
is feeding his guests on the refrigerated
beef brought from Texas, much to their
satisfaction. He says that 1t keeps
longer and better than beef slaughter
ed and treated in the ordinary way in
New Orleans. As for juiciness and ex-
cellence of flavor, he says 1t Is superior
to New Orleans slaughtered meat, and
worth more to the consumer. ~
The mother of Tom Bee (colOrcd,) OF
Corpus Christi, Texas, died last week.
She was born in Virginia In 1877, and
was one hundred and sixty>three years
old at the time of her death. She was
a servant of Washington's mother, but
had never "nursed George" and had
only lived i'm Texas fifty years.
The Bishops of Tennessee, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Alabama, now use the
pastoral staff which has been presented
to each. The pastoral staff is borne
Immediately before the bishop by his
chaplain, i'm procession, and he holds
it i'm his left hand when prOnouncing a
blessing. An Episcopal ring has been
presented to each of the above named
prelates. The black and scarlet hood
I'D. d. is worn by the Bishops of 1lli-
nois, Tennessee, Arkansas, Florida and