The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
AROUND TOWN.

The County Court Clerk, during las
year, issued Ss7 marriage lincense, one o
which was for himself. E4EE ~
Criminal Court commences the first
Monday in March. Several important
cases will be heard.
Mrs. James wilkins, aged about nine
ty years old, is very sick.
Mr., w. C. Sheppard, one OF the very
efficient constables of the 9th civil dis
trict, is very sick.
The last scene-kerosene-wh end
ed I37 strange, eventful histories during
last year, ended one in Columbia las!
week.
No less than five hundred colored peo-
pie attended the burial of Bob VOORHEES,
wife last week, whose death we men,
toned
w. Smith, of Columbia, was register
ed at the National Hotel, Louisville,
Thursday of last week.
The young ladies Of the Female In
stitute edit magazine, called the
80 Prism. (" 1t is not printed, and is only
intended for their improvement and
pleasure.
Akin & Littlefield will have, in cons
nsction with the woodward, at the
Bridge, blacksmith shop. John White,
cold, the well know Vulcan, will have
charge of this department.
A lady and a couple of little boys be-
ing in one of the stores Of Columbia,
not long since, the proprietor, who is a
pattern of neatness, gave each of the
boys cake OF soap. Pro bono 11LbLteO
Cock fighters from everywhere, Mar
shall, Williamson, Maury and Giles, as
sembled near White Spring, below
Columbia, Friday and twenty game cocks
were on the field of battle. Only two
chickens were killed.
Alex. Akin, cold, who is living on
Gordon Cecil's farm, was arrested We'd
nesday last, on a States warrant,
charged with a fraudulent breach of
trust, and carried before Squire Hors-
ley for trial. No one appearing for the
prosecution, he was discharged.
After week of comfortable weather,
including few beautiful days, we had
rainy day last Tuesday and Tuesday
night. The rain was especially heavy
up the river, and the river was booming
Wednesday. Drift wood came down,
and much was caught by Dan Eorsythe,
John Grip Johnson, and many Others.
A "Spiritualistic Circle" has been form
ed in our town. They had a meeting in
a law office, one night last week. Only
few raps were heard; probably owing
W tHO 4stCS IL W d6 III q ldMY OluC6.
Frank Herndon broke up the meeting
by profdne obtrusion. The members
are among our best citizens.
Two young gentlemen, of this place,
about tive Lty-three years old, recently
took an afternoon walk, for pleasure
and health. They started at half-pasU
one O'clock, and got back to supper,
having walked to S. r. Watkins's resi-
dence on the Mt. Pleasant pike, and
back, seventeen miles. Pretty good
evening stroll, that.
Our Circu' ating Library Association
and Literary Society have so engrossed
the attention of the young people of
our town that they have not had the
usual number of parties. etc, which is
not be regretted. 1t is highly commend
able in them to transfer the cultivation
of their feet to the improvement of
their heads.
We have often wondered what be-
came of all the oyster cans after their
delicious contents had been disposed of
We thought one day last week that we
had solved the mystery as to where a
portion of them went to when we saw
little John t. tying one to a dogs tail,
but we are still in the dark, for, after
John turned the dog loose, we could OF
tell where the dog or can went to, but
are satisfied of the fact that the dog and
can went together, and we have no
doubt, if the string was a strong one
and the dogs tail did not come out by the
roots, they are still going.
Last week our town was much aston
ished to find the river quite high and
muddy, notwithstanding no rain had
fallen here in several days. Mr.. w. ].
Jones, of Carriers creek, who had been
to Marshall county, came down and ex-
planned the enigma. He says very
heavy rain fell up the river, and he was
caught in it. The river was higher than
we ever knew it to rise before without
any rain falling here. 1t was aim ost
raftable.