The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-08-08
OVER THE COUNTY.

ont. Olvet Reading Club" met on Wednes-
day night of last week, President Will DoD-
bins in the chair. The author selected for the
the evening was Byron, upon whose life and
writings MIR. Dobblns read an essay; MISS
Ella Porter, Mrs. d. g. Gregory and d. b.
Ledbetter read selections from the same au-
thor. R. A OglevIe Joined. Byron was Sc |
lected for the next meetiDg-last wednesday
night-Miss Ella Porter to read an original |
ESSAY; and r. A. Oglevie, H. B. Ledbetter, |
and Mrs. D. G.. Gregory to read selections. |
In order to get the assistance of music at the
entertainments the meetings will hereafter
be held at private residences. The meeting
was held at Mrs. Thos. A. Leftwiehs last
Wednesday night
Mt. Olivet Lodge of Omitted Friends OF
Temperance" No, 3l3, is growing steadily,
and doing great good in the neighborhood.
A member IS appointed every week TO read
an original essay upon temperance. VIII
Dobbins was appointed to read last Saturday
night.
Mr.. S. H. Bratton has laid on our table one
of the queerest looking eggs that eyer was
| lsyed by any layer of eggs.
ANDY Huey and others tell us that great
| quantities of Immense catfish are being caught
| on trotlnes out of Duck River, at the head OF
| WallAce's mill-pond, and at Primm s.
ANDY Huey and VIM. Watson brought
lot of cedar logs to Chumbly's Ford, last
| Saturday, to rebuild abutments upou which
| il to be erected q new iron bridge. They
were three weeks coming down-Andy says
/ because John Halcomb's rail hOat was In
ahead Of him.
Ben Lipscomb and Doc Choate, merchants OF
| Cross Bridges, brought negro TO town Meu'
| nesday night, and put him IN JAM ne was
caught in the act of stealing,
In our report of the killing of Carol Rum
| mage, last week, we stated, upon what we
| conceived to be good authority, that Asa
| Rummage, the father of Carol, threw stone
| at Colder. We are informed that TINS was
| mistake, and we gladly make the correction.
| Colder has not vet been captured, but party
have been in search of him for several days
R.A. Oglevis is building new Clubhouse,
at his home on Bear Greek.
We are informed that a crowd OF colored
| people assemble every Saturday evening az
Hon. S. NJ. ArnelPs, to get him to tax 70
them. We did not learn whether he is SIM
ply giving them political instruction OF az
| yisiug them upon moral, social and economl :
| cal questions 1t is strange he does not
speak to them at their public meetnga, PIC
MICS, etc.
Samuel r. Watkins, of Ashwood, is an
nounced as a candidate for Tax collector.
He is as clever and good hearted as men get
| to be- and his mental and literary quallnca-
tons are good. We learned to like him when
we cooked our greaseless meat in the sam e
pot, during the slate unpleasantness, out
of which he emerged with battle-scars ana
record as gallant soldier.
Mr., John Dowell found the skull of some
strange creature, on a sandbar below Colon el
SowelPs lower mill dam, on Duck River, hVe
miles east of Columbia. 1t is nearly as large
| as an ordinary mans head. Mr.. bowen
| thinks it is the skull of turtle. II looks like
= its possessor might have been dead century
, or more, If it is a turtles head, how do
t such monster get up Duck River?
Mrs DR.. Mckinley, whose death we pup
, | Iisbed last week, had her life insured July
IIth, for 81 900 and died nineteen days there,
, after. On Monday, August the 4th, the agen'
, ! was in Columbia to pay the policy. Her poll
case that we know Of has this company fail
c ed to meet its liabilities. Thos. Il. %illiam'
| Is agent at this place, NJ. W. Embry sPecla
: ! agent, and W. T, Glasgow agent for this DIS
v ne the above that it is wonder to us that ey
o ery man and woman in the country does no
insure at once!