The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-07
OVER TIE COUNTY .

The young ladies and gentlemen OF
Thompson Station, assisted by Mr.. Green
Morrow, of Nashville, will give an enter
tainment at Spring Hill, on Tuesday ana
Wednesday nights, August 18th and 26th,
1874, for the purpose of raising funds to
build a Methodist Church at Thompson
Station. They will also give an entertain
ment at Franklin on Friday night, August
2Sth. Let everybody turn out and hear
them. The cause is a good one, and we are
told that the entertainment is well worth
the entrance fee.
Prot ]. H. Fillmore is among us again,
teaching classes in music. lie look class
of thirty-fiVe at Beech Grove on the 22d of
July, and closed on the LIST day of August.
on the last day the school ut New Lasea
and the one at HillsEoro, Williamson cOun-
ty, came over TO Beech Grove, distance of
ten miles, and Joined in the singing. The
young ladies nom Lasea were, Miss Emma
Caldwell, Miss Johnnie Speer; and those
from HillsborO were, Misses Mollie and Bet
tie Moss, Sallie Davis, Sallie Dodd; Miss Ida
Sparkman was there but did not sing. They
had a grand time, and the singing was
splendid. The ladies of the community
spread fine basket dinner. Prof. Fillmore
left for Antioch Church, up the river, Mon
day, where J. II, Morton ana the blind
preacher are having splendid meeting.
Corn and cotton in the immediate Vi
cinity of COffeys Mills look well; but two or
three miles East ana South. they are almost
entirely ruined. Pastures are bare, and
stock has to be fed as general thing.
Mr.. Bud Ashton and Miss Hattie Holt
were married in the 9th district, on the
night CO The 18th of July by Esq. ]. 5. Rem
IrOs AT the lCSt-Otl''e OF IttNltl oillllus
j. :. Hobbs, esq, Jack OF all trades" at
Coney'S Mills, has the brag peiSe Of corn in
that locality. His poor neighbOrS nope he
will divide with him,
r., n. Straughan, Esq, is making prepa-
lions for a Fall singing school campaign.
Mr.. Alexander Doal1 Mcclure, of Mar
shall county, y III commence school in
zones AcadeEay on tie ais Of August. Mr..
Mcclure is n graduate of Princeton College.
a famous institution of learning, and should
therefore be thoroughly prepared to teach.
See advertisement.
-AndTeIy J. Walker and r. H. Jamison
have finished to miles of the Narrow
Gauge Railroad. Mr.. JaU.iSOn personally
superintendent it, and an engineer 11ld us
ii was the best work on the entire road
Work is going on briSlIly all along the line.
McCann & NeStor are old hands at the
business, and move things right along with
system and despatch, and at the same time
see that the work is well done. tits always
cheaper to get your work done by those
who know their business, even II you pay
more for it.
Ladies buying fancy goods had better
watch BigbyVille gents.
The young lady of CulleoKa who set off
| the Joke on the cOmet-Saying its tail was
hers.
| -I,r. Matthew's and negro named George
| Mayberry hao desperate fight with sticks
/ at Hurricane yesterday. Rams. NCsS was
/ hart on the leg by "a rock thrown by May
/ berry. The provOcation must have been
| very great to induce DIR. Matthews to fight,
| for he is a quiet, peaceful citizen.
| We are informed by f. T. Journey, that
/ Wayman Pearson, who shot a colored
| district, has fed the country, having first
made a disposition of hfs properly, The
| writ issued for his arrest was never eXeeut-
ed, but given to friend of Pearson.