The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
GILES COUNTY ITEMS.
IFror, the Citiz.r S.n. Az !

FROM inc NlllL6ng sept 4Il.
Two drunken negroes, Davy Dixon and jim
johnson, attempted to break up cOlored
barbecue on Buchanan's Greek. johnson was
knocked down with rock by Bill Anderson,
! who got Oh mule aud fled.
The five Lodges of Odd Fellows in Giles
county will give Grand Barbecue at Aspen
Hill on Friday evening, September 10th. Sew
eral addresses by eminent gentlemen of that
Order will be made. Everybody is invited.
Giles College has over hundred pupils in
daily attendance, while Martin College has
one hundred and thirteen, and the colored
school one hundrrd and ifty-six.
Mr.. Geo. E. Short brought the first bale Of
cotton to town Tuesday that has been baled in
Giles county out of the new crop.
1t was shipped to Holding Wilkes & Hans
cock, Nashville MIR. Short is one of our best
citizens, and the above gives evidence that he
is Que of our best farmers
Rev. Mr. Motheral, of Williamson county,
preached in the Cumberland Church at this
place last Sunday, morning and evening.
The Church was organized at ameetiDg Sun
day evening.
Taylor Pinkerton, a negro blacksmith at
Pisgah, in this county, got drunk last Friday,
and meeting another negro in the road, raIS-
ed a fuss with him and knocked him down
with a rock, Jumping on him and severely beat
ing him. Mr.. n. q. Pitts, a white man, saw
the difficulty and came down aud pulled Tay-
lor off OF his victim, when the Infatuated ne
gro turned upon MIN anu COmnenCSu 10 Dcla-
Dor him with his braWny fists Mr.. Pitts got
interested somewhat in the matter and return
ed his assailant's compliments, but they were
separated after bTulSlng each other up con-
slderaby, The negro wanted to renew the
fight and could not be persuaded to desist ex-
ceps by force. He was finally taken away by
his friends.
The camp meeting that has been going on
at the colored church IN Frog Bottom ever
since the war, has not been without its fruits.
One night last week one OF the slstern got
inflated with an extraordinary amount of hap.
piness and in her attempt to split her throat
with screams, succeeded in awakening from
his peaceful slumbers a gentleman who lived
three-quarters of mile away, who was thus
saved from lnduging in trst-class night
mare for which his imagination had just com
pleted q caste.
tire in Edgefeld last Wednesday night de-
stroyed the dwelling house in which Capt
John S. Wilkes, Private Secretary to Gov.
Brown, resided, destroying nearly all of his
household goods. The house belonged TO j.
Ii. Wilkes, of the house of Holding, Wilkes
& Hancock. The house was insured for
81, 900, but there was no insurance upon Capt.
Wilkes effects, very little of which was saved.
Maj. b. +. Matthews brought US the other
day a specimen of marble that has lately been
attracting attention in Lawrence. II is found
on Shoal Greek in inexhaustible quantities
and has been pronounced by experts to be q
very fine specimen either of marble or granite
We are not able 10 give AL opinion to its
class, but a superficial eye can see that it is IL
very fine specimen of stone, being susceptible
of the utmost polish, hard but easily worked.
1t has been known to exist there for many
years but never attracted much attention until
recently. This is another element of the vast
wealth hidden under the soil OF Lawrence
county, and we dare say that when Lawrence
gets her railroads it will be in great demand
tor building purposes and ornamental work.
Specimens have been sent 10 England by par
ties in Lawrence.
MARRIED.
On Wednesday, Sept. Sd at the residence Of
the brides father, near Bethany, Giles county,
by Rev. w. II. Hughes, Mr.. Isaac l.. Shapard,
OF Pulaski, and Miss Mollie j. Patterson.
In Athens, Ala, on last Sunday evening at
. o'clock, by Rev. Mr.. Elliott, Mr.. Sterling
Paine, formerly of this city, TO Miss Bette
Sartin, OF Athens.
May their happiness be as STERLING as their
worth, and all needless PAINE be banished
from their lives
j. p. McMilliOu Ia Martha Rambo; A, Nc
Laurinc to Mary Reed 7. j. Kelley to Tabi>
tina J., Grifiis Frank Gilbert 20 Margaret Gil
bert c. c. l,oudon to Harriet Brav 4
DAVIDSON to ltomanda Simr.on mi Cannon
to Emily Hill.