The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-20
SPRING I'LL ITEMS.

Rev. DR.. Rice, of Franklin, is to
| preach in the Presbyterian Church III
| this place on next Sabbath, at 1012
o'clock, This is the commencement OF
| an engagement made with him by the
| committee, to serve this congregation
| temporarily, or until an arrangement
| can be made for a permanent pastor
DIR. Rice is one of the ablest divines OF
the Presbyterian Church, and as circum
stances preclude the possibility OF Sc
curing his services as pastor, the COM
Inittee is fortunate in procuring his able
minisrations, even though they DE only
Semi-occaSional. 1t will be decided be-
tween himself and the representatives
of this most intelligent Church, whom
he comes out, for what length of time,
and how often he is to preach for them.
DIR. Mcmahon was to have filled the pull
pit at the Methodist Church next Sab
bath, but Rev. r. @. Irvine, pastor OF
said Church, with his characteristic
Christian courtesy, after consultation
with DIR. Mcmahon, called in the APP
pointment, in order that all of his charge
who desired to do so, might, on that oc-
casion, worship with their Presbyterian
brethren.
Rev. Mr.. Irvine is to preach the fune-
raj of Mr., Joun Hall on Sunday the I'd
inst, at Thompson Station. Mr.. Hall
had been engaged for a number OF
years past in selling goods at the Station,
and was highly esteemed by all VINO
knew him.
Mrs. Kinnard, living four miles west
of Franklin, on the Hlllsboro pike, and
whose residence is one of the loVelieSt
anywhere to be found in the good old
county of Williamson, has had an Ar
tesiar well bored near her dwelling,
and, at the depth of 200 feet, has found
an ineXhaustible fountain oil the coolest
and purest sulphur water. 1t is very
strong sulphur, much resembling in
taste, strength and GOODNESS. The lam
ed waters of Smiths Springs, of Wills
Hanson, and its medicinal virtues,
have already been tested in the entire
reliefO some inveterate dyspeptlc cases.
1t is destined, at no distant day. to be a
place of great resort.
The last report from Col. w II, Point
er, OF Ark, left him in critical cOndi-
ton. The deepest solicitude is felt Tor
him by his numerous relatives and
friends Col. M. L. Cheairs and Captain
Pointer, after spending week With
him, watching by his sick bed day and
night, were admonished by the influ-
ence of the change of climate upon their
own health, that longer delay would
probably PROSTATE them both with the
malarial disease of that country; and
therefore with sad hearts they left hln,
to the care of kind friends and neigh
bors, and reached their homes, greatly
worsted by the trip.
The wheat harvest is upon the farms
ers, and reapers and CT adles are all
brought into requisition, and the press
ure for hands is very great. By the
lack of concert of action and by the adj
ditional tact, that every man is trying to
over-reach his neighbor, in hiring
hands, prices for harvesting have adj
vanced to e1tortiOnate rates.
Spring Hill came near being the
scene of a most terrible. contlagratlOn on
last Saturday night, about dark. BY
some means, considerable quantity OF
coal oil was spilled on the floor of MIR.
A. McKissack's Drugstore, spreading
over the floor and running outside ups
on the ground or platform. This sheet
of oil took fire, and the flames assembled
as high as the house, a twU-story builds
ing, and but for the wet condition of the
roof of the house, it would have been
impossible to have saved tbs Drugstore
from being consumed. This building is
so centrally located, to the entire bust
ness portion of the village, that if it had
burned, every store in the place would
most probably have shared the same
fate.
George w. White, an accomplished
young salesman of the great wholesale
drug house of Berry, Demoville d Co.,
Nashville, had something like cholera
last week, but recovered sufficiently to
come out to Spring Hill last 5 tturday,
where he is having nice time with his
relatives and friends.