The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-05-12
OVER THE COUNTY.

VIM. Sedbury's hound dog went mao
last week. He took after the dog, and
tried to kill it, but it escaped, and hai
not been seen by him since.
Dave Harris thought John Wisener'l
| dog was mad, and chased It several
| miles. He was mistaken however-ths
dog was not mad. -
The Debating Society of the Baptist
Church will discuss the following sub
| ject the last Saturday night in May
"Resolved: That foreign immigration il
productive of more evil than good" A
public invitation is given to ladies and
| gentlemen.
Plenty of rain now in the Hampshire
country. Wheat is looking very well
Everybody seems to be in time with
their crops of cotton and corn, and ev.
erything bids fair for peace and plenty
The Huey Bridge, from some defect
is pronounced unsafe, but is still being
crossed.
Henry johnson and Polk Andrews are
doing brisk business at Rock Spring.
A lively singing class and Sunday
School are organized at Rock Spring.
Hunters Mills, near Carter's Creek
Station. were broken open few nights
ago. and five or six hundred pounds OF
fonr stolen, Nearly all of the flour was
found hid under Henry Dunlap's cabin
floor. and under several other floors.
Dunlap and his confederates ran away,
and have not been found. Several Off
GERS are after them:
Mrs. William Biff1e has a yellow hen
of the Shanghai breed, that recently
laid three eggs in one day. Any one
who doubts this is referred to Mr.. VIM.
Biffie, of Hampshire.
Mr.. Robert Holmes, of Snow Creek,
found duck few days ago, that had
four feet, and two heads.
Our reporter tells haunt or ghosts to-
nv. As A. j. Cox, and John b. Reveer
were passing Pisgah Church, they be-
came heightened at light in the meet
ing house, and their horses ran away
with them. 1t proved to be school boys
practicing for the great debate at Hamp-
Shire on the Goth.
The Debating Club at the the Baptist
church near Hampshire, meets every
Friday night. Ladies are specially in
vited.
There was considerable interest man.
ifested last Saturday night, at Mt. Joy.
Rev. w. T. Ussery preached at Rock
Spring last Sunday, to large congrega.
ton, on the subject, Lazarus and Dives.
The congregation was very quiet and
orderly, but on the road from church,
somebody stole the hinges out of John
Nicholson's gate and the hickory tree to
which it was hanging:
Wheat is looking well on Flat Creek;
corn up, fine stands; oats and clover
never were better, and whiskey shops
pretty well evanished, the people hay-
ing quit drinking and gone to hard
work. We expect to hear good report
from. Flat Creek, if the season continues
good.
1t is circulated over the county that
DBL. b. Forgey.was recently bit'b mad
dog. We are requested to say that 1t is
not true.
Rev. Mr.. Winn recently preached a
sermon at Akin's Chapel, on tho subject
"Christ the Voluntary Sacrifice" Dur
ing the sermon he said, "all that was
done by Judas Iscariot and his accom-
plices was not necessary to the perfecting
ofthe plan of salvation" A gentleman
who was present has written us long
article taking issue with the position OF
Mr.. Winn's, in an able manner, but our
columns are too crowded to receive it.
Three offers were killed a few days
ago, ON farm belonging to Hon. Hous-
ton Thomas, by some negroes. They
we're discovered in a cave. One of
them, the old one, was three or tour feet
in length, and the others small.
Considerable interest was manifested
at Mt. JOY last Saturday night in the
discussion of the following affirmation:
Resolved, That War is more evil to the
communities at large than Liquor" 1t
was decided in favor of the affirmative.
On the side of the Affirmative: J. r.
Holmes, Principal; s. H. Grimes, b. E.
Pirkenson, John King. Negative: s. II.
Jennings, Principal; +. II. Nixon, j.
Lashley, NJ. Dickson. The following
members were absent: r. d. Ricketts,,
J, f. Barnes,J. S. Case, +. NJ. Ricketts,,
S. p. Stone, J. J. Griffith, Dent Pen
nington.