The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-14

III SD q Snso>---A Nd s8zssH bsisa
A great m56yoh handsome Fprivatc
residences are Being btii.t iii the
suburbs of Memphik.sssso
The Selma aud Mopi gohc rys, xla.3.
b&pers ;say nat thoso cities, are per-.
fectly free from yellow fever. - % g !
Edwin Forrest viii comnencca An
engagement of five nights atth6 RlEA5
mond Thsatef October th.ss sT Dzo 4 g; &
Lincoln county,. Mississippi hasAa
total population Of 10, or, and y u
ZOO county 1900, Smithrouaty T0
and Washington conn y t4Sz7s-ssssi -
The Natchexf 3dssJ Courier fTspp0Sr Il
over one thoassnd true hills f6m,d q
the August term Of Stle Adams ccysn.
ty circuit CeurtssE.Ibe grand juryi5of
the county recommend { an. eHisfge-.
ment of the Jail in view or uhc Nhrrc-
increase Of cfime4 -1zalzo,
Mr.. James Smith, of G laseows Scot
land, who furnished tho monument 70
the Confederate dead at y sekSoa,.
Mississippi, where he forsneriyafesf..
ded, has sent q drift Of ESQ STERLING
towards the repsira OF the PresSYte-.
rian church at the same place. leos ~ -. q
In certain county in Arkansas
they arc building courthouse. Tie
hands take quinine straight sthreeI
times day to guard against 1Ru6-'
The building contractors are requrelll
by specifications to put six 2rains Hf
Quinine in each brick to- iipsf1re the.
safety of the building.ilK fEss nsl5essssl
h The Indignant editor Of the Rusk
fTexas] Enquirer says: ;7~Sone infa.
nous assassin, whose hear. is as black
as midnight, waylaid- us the other
night about 8 O'Clock, rs We were
coming down from our Office, and shot
al us from the dark, and then ran of,
the ball taking effect on the upper
facing OF the door.n .saoilsfaEP ym =
t. The North Star Mission, Chicago
became the North Star Baptist church,
by public recognition, recently. Large
aecessions have been made to this
body by baptism during the last four
months. The pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Pierce, formerly of the United Breth-
rem, is the minister. - ne ss - q.
The Virginia Steamship and Packet
Company have not only undertaken
the building of iron steamships at
Rockets, but have purchased a. fine
propeller of 600 tons, which willleage
New York OH next Saturday for Nor.
foik, Petersburg and Richmond. This
has been done at the earnest solicitss
ton Of the stockholders and shippers
Interested in this trade. The expec..
tafCn is that another steamer may be
provided in case the company are en-
couraged to do SO, and regular line
established, leaving Richmond on
each Saturday and Wednesday A4,la
On last Sunday night as service
was commencing in,the NJ. e. Church
Of Port Deposit, Nd, the choir chan
delier gave way. In its fall it struck
the front of the gallery, and, bdi'sting,
emptied a'large proportion of its oil
upon tho congregation below. Of
course the audience was very much
Alarmed, and there was general
rush for the doors, and, but for. the
timely voice ofthe minister, Rev. Mr..
England, some more reri0ns accident
might have occurred. Sa Fortunately
the fame was extinguished in the fall,
and no damage was done to any in
the large audience except in the spoil
ing of dresses of IL ose who sat under
or near the LAMP M ss.nsbas, - Z
A shocking murder occurred at Is
tang Missouri, on the Kansas City, st.
Jeskph and Council Bluffs Railroad,
OH Saturday last. A man named
Phillips, residing in Kansas, came
over to this side of the river, and
while at Istan got into quarrel with
one of the citizens. Tho parties were
separated by those present, and Phil
lips went down to the river, got into
his skiff and showed ont from shore.
He had gone but O. few yards when
the msn with whom he had quarreled,
who had in the meantime procured a
double barreled shot-guB,f ram down
to the bank, leveled the weapon, and
fired at him twice. Both loads, being
Of buck-shot, took effect in Phillips
breast, killing him instantly. .'HeR -'s.