The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

| Rev. w. y. Bailey, pastor OF the Baptis
church at this place, preached at Union CITY
last Sunday.
Of the three policemen of Columbia, two arr
| American and the other Irish. The former
are carpenters, and the other is a carriage trim
! mer. They are all good men and excellent
| officers.
One of those beings wh0rhave taken it into
| their heads to edo good everywhere" was
/ heard holding forth to an audience at Mr.. VIM.
Browns Restaurant, last Saturday on the sub
! iect of " Jonah and the whale" He halls
| from Lawrence county, and had just eaten q
hearty breakfast of Mr.. Browns choice steak.
The following members of Amicitia Lodge.
| No 8, Knights of Pythias, attended the grand
banquet at Nashville on the 18th A. A. Lips
comb, II. p. Seavy. Josh G. Bailey, W. j.
WhitthCrne, c. S. Hill, Geo. C. Ridley, Henry
| Choate, Z. K. Erwin, Samantha SAMSON, 5. P.
Norton. r. G. Hendricks, and Frank Smith.
Mr.. Watkins L. Fleming. of Zion, is helping
Major Ingram in the Bank of Columbia.
Nashville had BenedicPs 4" party last
Friday night. Why doE't w. j. Whitthorne
and other young married men of Columbia
do likewise?
Sol. Thomas, cold, who was charged with
stealing meat from Capt. j. b. Murphy Satur-
day evening, was tried Monday and discharged.
Sol has been charged with similar offenses be-
fore, but from some cause has always gone
scot free.
The Nelson House is being reprinted In
side and out.
The Codes tor the Justices of the Peace
Of this county, are at the office OF the County
Court Clerk for distribution.
Atarecent business meeting of the Pres
byterian Church in this place, Rev. Mr.. Otts's
salary was raised from $1,000 TO $1,000, and
the parsonage. This is a substantial re cog
milton of the efficient and satisfactory serFi-
ces of their Pastor.
The Guardian will be out next week, flied
with interesting reading
DR.. fowler has a copy of the finest paint
ing in the world, Raphael's Madonna.
The "City Exchange" is one door below
McGaw's stable,
Those wEo are in the habit of painting lei
tiers on fences, should learn how TO spell cor
rectly, and take q few lessons in punctuation.
There will be another big show in town on
Wednesday the 5th OF March.
Messrs. James Ii. Jamson and Jos N Wal
ker announce in this issue that they have
just opened a handsome Restaurant, in the
Northwest corner of the Square. 1t Is one
the coElest and most inviting establishments
we.know of anywhere. Everything is as neat
and clean as a lady's parlor, and their tables
are in keeping with external appearance
Read their card elsewhere.
Last MOuuGl IIshlllO q DO1u tue pOputdI
furniture manufacturers, sold $500 worth OF
furniture. They make good furniture and sell
cheap.
The livery stable keepers have published
a schedule Of charges, advancing their prices.
Columbia, the seat of learning, and whose
people are famous for Their musical taste,
sent only four persons to Nashville last Fri
day to hear RubinsteIn and Wieniawski,
the greatest living pianist aud the greatest
living yiolinist.
The Furnace under the NJ. E. Church has
been moved out of its hole, and it now heats
the audieEce room very well. 1t has not
been tried BY extremely cold weather. how
ever. The Furnace was bought mainly by
the money rails ed by the ladies of the church.
The church is greatly indebted to Mr.. Ed
Kuhn, Mr.. Ruttle, NJ :. w. j. Dale, anu DR..
Rains, for the different manner In which they
have represented ITS interests in the matter.
Mrs. Louisa Latta, wife Of John Latta,
of this place, died yesterday. She was :,
daughter of VIM. Craig, and was born on
Carriers Greek, IN this county, tifty-eight
years ago last April. She was member of
the Baptist Church for about thirty years,
and was an estImable woman, She raised up
a family of excellent children, among whom
are, Sims Latta, our model Sheriff, VIM A.
Latta, Jailor, and John Latta, City Marshal,
About two weeks ago, an infant daught er
of James NJ. Sheppard, after a severe spell
of whoOping-cough, died from strangulation.
Half an hour afterward, DR.. Harrison applied
a galvanic battery to the child, and brought
it to life. 1t lived nine days, and died again.
The battery was resorted to again, with the
same result. 1t lived eighteen hours, and
and died again, and could not be resuscitated,
Notwithstanding the skill of Drs. A. Ii. Brown
and w. B. Harrison.
A few nights ago we were awakened by sweet
music. Looking out we beheld several young
co lored men, singing, Riding in Sleigh.
The. notes come up clear and beautiful. The
tune was perfect, and every word distinctly
uttered. In few minutes the above named
piece, full of life and passion, was ended, and
" Aurilie" pIaintive little love song, was sung,
The same absence OF the slightest discord, the
same skilful execution. and same sweetness
and mellowness, so characteristic of the Afri-
can race, was manifest. The eolored people
not'only possess musical vocal organs, but their
voices have sad, Strange, mOu :nful express
sion. which makes everything they sing sound
like the "last swingings of a bell into silence. "
We have learned soms OF the names of the
singers, Jesse Womack, leader, Sam Walker,
tenor, Dallas Kennedy, base.
There is a society of seven girls in town,
called 1--WE Are Seven" They are all pref
tv, and several are as beautiful dream,
rainbow, or 'love's Young dream" Among
these seven are to be focnd all the various
types Of Geauty--the blonde. the brunette,
and The medium; al kinds OF eyes-bla4f
brown, blue, hazel, etc, Que is Venus,
Hebe, with cheeks so mRntled with the rich,
warm blood of youth that they are never made
pale, even by extreme cold; another is
Fair Maid of Athens with form erect, fea-
lures clear and deicately cut, brow thought
full and intellectual, and eyes as pure aud blue
a. the ethenal skies; third is gentle heau'
ty, with fine broad forehead, ioFiGg brown
eyes, and cherry mouth; the fourth rs tai.
1.-THE girl, fascinating everybody by her IN.
contrOllable vivacitY and sparkling wit; ano-
Their is a black-eyed beauty, drawing girls
apd boys alike around her by her pleasant
manners aud rae beauty. They love each
other as devOtcdly as those seseu children
immorta!izcd by the poem which has given
the w. A. 5. ). its name. One them is
away, and they write letters to her sixteen
and twenty pages Icing. These radiant maid
cns Will graduate this summer, and will
come hupOH the carpet" They will add
greatly TO Columbia society, Bnlsh already
contains some OF the most charming and in
telligeat women in the State,