The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-01-05
OVER THE COUNTY.

The Mt. Pleasant country is recover
| ing from an attack of the measles.
1t is given as ''nigger news" that a
cow belonging to John n. Alexander,
| tour miles south of Columbia, was kills
ed, and IS CALVES were found in her.
We learn that on Friday night before
Chis.mas, in Mt. Pleasant. a colorcd
woman, whose name we did not iearn,
murdered her child, aged about 10
months, by choking it to death. The
inhuman wretch made her escape. -.. .
There was grand Temperance Cele-
bration st Gravelly Hill. on Christmas
Day. Ai.ie and eloquent addresses
were delivered by Roy. Roland Hull,
X. l.. Waters, and MCsSeT Eestal. Two
or three Lodges of Good Iempiars or
Temperance Societies, were present, in
style. vrfe sr
On Knob Creek, and adjoining the
small, ancient looking heuse, (which
was, many years ago, the residence of
Ms. Fields, author of Fields Scrap
Book )" a aa2k that has been read more
extensively, than atL,Gst any other, eX-
cept the Bible, in The South al fSE
The young men OF Spring Hill and
vicinity gave a "Hop" at Ream's HO-
tel, on Tuesday night during Christmas
week, We regret that we could not be
present. We learn that IL Was a great
success" The following gentlemen
| were the Committee of invitation; DIR.
J. " Chiiiers, o. Nv, McKissick, Jr.,
Charley X. Priest, w. u. Harrison &
1t will &c long ere a party !ofiladies'
and gentlemen, of Columbia, will for
get Christmas day spent at "Grampian
Hills" made glorious and memorable
by genpine hospitality and a1nagnifi-
cent dinner. The lovely Young bride
bids fair to bacSa,e even as unrivallcd
in her domestic hOus,sSi fery and ele-
CANT hospitality as her venerable grand
mother.
Major Boiling Gordon has rare and
valuable collection of old newspaper
| files, rnnniag back many years. They
give "A more complete aad satisfactory
history of the politics OF TIE c0uatry
during its most eventfuI periOd--wflen
there were giants can be found
elsewhere. He has files. of the Wash
libgton Union, RAINING through the
as Thomas 4. Ritchie, "the Napoleon of
the Press and "the hester of the Dom
ocratie parity" Gen. Robert armstrong,
and Hon. A. q, p. Nitholsel1.
We regret to learn tina. our Bear Creek
friend, Scott Stephens came very near,
losing his store by fire recently. He
went to Mrs. Polly lSowell's for break,
fast, and left a small fro in the store.
He was e.a,a about three quarters Of an
hour, and on mis- .atslrr, the room was
perfectly dense with sfBO,.e, He could
see nothing, but feeling around be ia.;lld
it, and put ii out. A coal of fire doubtless
popped on the bed, and set it on fire.
Had he j,ceG absent five minutes longer,
the house AND 81; irs9ntained E,ust have
been consumed. .r ..
A difficulty occurred at Hampshire on
Christmas Day between John SicClana-
han and the Messrs. Pogue, aud on Tues
day Eight following a shooting ARRAY
occurred, in which George Staloy was
badly Srounded in the thigh and ankle,
and lobe Mssgs and Grit. Moore in the
hip, slightly. We bayo heard so many
cont radictory reports IN regard 10 the
particulars, that we forbear publishing
any of the statements, for the present,
at least. Considerable complaint has
heeis slsiG that Deputy Sheriff, TWO
Magistrates any 4 Gonstable-all OF
whose sworn d4ty IL ~ 10 attempt, at
least, TO preserve the peace-ssw tbc
combatants raging around On Monday
and Tuesday, with weapons in their
hands, and yet made no effort to arrest
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