The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-07
AROUND TOWN,

Last Friday night was pleasant, snC
the comfortable and cosy room of thu
Literary Society was radiant with beau
tiful and charming ladies, and happy
men. III. p Figuers read an essay or
Dickens, and then the ladies gave some
| splendid music on the piano. Misses Ross
and Mary Barnett sang THE Pale
| Moon, 4" with their cultivated and musical
voices Miss Mamie Baird sang Souls
Harp" magnidcently. Her voice has
reached that high state of culture where
no evidence of culture is SCENT is natu-
raj. Madame Esteve sang q solo. Sere-
made. " To highly cultivated ears it is a
/ real ioy to listen to a voice which is not
| married by a single inaccuracy-every
| note perfect and every sound trembling
| with the grand musical utterances of the
worlds greatest composers. Madame
| Esteve has such a voice. Among the
guests were Col. Arthur Middleton Rut-
| ledge. and several handsome young la
dies from the Institute; Mrs. Martin, of
Knoxville; Miss F., of Franklin Miss
L.. of Paducah; and Mr.. Polk, lately
from Europe.
w. I'll. williams killed two mallard
wild ducks last week. A drove of them
ate some of Judge Martins corn. Mr..
Williams also broke the wing of a wild
goose on Capt. Hickey's place, and gave
a
wild geese were feeding on Capt. Hick-
ey's place. A great many wild geese
were flying over the county last week in
hesitating manner, as If they were
looking around for corn and wheat fields
Charley Reynolds will soon be ready
to receive visits in his artists studio.
The weather has been 100 cold to plaster.
Mr.. John McGaw lost one of his best
horses Sunday morning. He thinks 1t
died from the effects of epiZooty, as it
had never appeared well since it had it.
Mrs. NJ. J. Bryant's Millinery store
was draped in mourning in the first part
of this week, her son having recently
died in Louisville.
While in at Seavy's elegant photo
graph gallery the other day, we saw,
among other handsome pictures, a beau
tiful painting sOf William Keesee'S first
wife, who died during the war. The ar
list, Cooper, has made the fine inteIlec-
tuai brow and handsome face Of the orig
inal look almost as natural as when the
warm life>blood coursed through her
blue veins, sent by her tender heart
The picture was being prepared to be
sent by Col. T. w. Keesee to his little
grand daughter at Clarksville.
Oh, the slush, the beautiful slush, that
was On our paveInents last Monday.
The LhaW i6IL In0 DElCkS SDlCu~
did plight that every time you stepped
on them with brightly polished boots,
the water beneath, squirted up, and put
another ten cents into the capaciOus
pOolxets of YOUR bOotblack. In front of
TTtcomb 81 williams Drug store, walk
had to be made of plank or window
shutters. In front of the HERALD office,
you find no slush, because the bricks
were put on a carefully prepared bed of
nj Dt1ildarS IF FNa EQnnntS Wnnl6
do we'll to take notice.
Mr., Williams, of the Narrow Gauge
Billiard Saloon, would make good
husband, Judging from the amount OF
excellent taste he has displayed in fitting
his saloon uD. Aladdin was not more
astonished at the creations of his won
derful lamp, than are some good people,
who have been in the habit of looking
at this room as the dirty habitation of
tinshOp.
The Hon. w. S. Fleming, Chancellor,
will continue to hold the Chancery
Court, perhaps, a couple OF weeks long
err. The Supreme and Circuit Courts
have both interfered with his court con-
Banks c. Wells, the good looking mag
istrate OF the Spring Hill diktrict-the
possessor of very black whiskers-came
to town last Monday to get the pretty |
little girl baby found at this place two |
weeks ago. He was much disappointed |
when he found that Mrs. Daney had al |
ready adopted it. Capt. Ben Rodgers |
has promised to let him have one OF his !
little beauties, however, and he is happy. |
Crockett Bell, cold, who was taken
ont of Jail a month ago. on bail, by John |
w. Medley, was put in jail again last |
evening. Mr.. Medley had left |
Crockett at home, sick, and in his ab- |
sence. he rode off on his hose. Billy |
went after him, and after |
riding all Saturday night found him,
and brought him to town.
Nelson Shepperd was nut in Jail last |
week for stealing oats from Hon. w, b. |
Wilson.
We have mentioned the appointment |
of Esq. Holman as Corporation Tax AS
sesor for the 1st Ward. Last Saturday |
we noticed ESQ. Clear and Prof. Bennett |
around assessing taxes, the former tor |
the 81 Ward and the latter for the |
3D. Ward. All good appointments.
Gen. Whitthorne has appointed Eu-
gene Cooper, OF this place, cadet to the |
Naval School at Annapolis, in place of
Mr.. Brandon, who resigned after the |
death of his father, John l.. Brandon, to |
come home and take care of his mother. |
The stirring firm of w. Z. Brown Il
Co. have ina new advertisements this
morning. All they ask is that the pub
lie examine their stock before purchas-
ing. Read their new advertisemeI ITS.
Speaking of "tricks that are vain, "
reminds us that we have small De
Castro in orr midst, in the person of
" Judge " White Ho can put metal
spike. three or four inches long, and hall
as large as lead pencil, through his
head, ria his nose. We confess that he
beats our time. He can make money
ifhe will ope show.
Smallpox is raging at Brentwood,
Decatur, it is reported, and our people
should act as though it was destined to
visit us. 1t every man, woman and
child be vaccinated and re-vaccinated.
A negro funeral procession passed
along Free street last Wednesday, the
corpse carried in box under the
right arm of a negro man, walking.
Messrs. Jim Jamison and Tom Pick
ems are opening a Res taurant where w.
Z. Brown & Co. were last year.