The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-11
AROUND TOWN.

Green Chafin has a vegetable duck, ON
Ti,e county officers elect, were sworn
into their respective Offices and gave the
required bonds last Monday.
w. l.. Truett keeps on hand the Ken
tDelEv watermelon, the largest and sweetest,
lie viii accept our thanks for a large sIlp-
ed one. -,
Wednesday with the new jailOr, Mr.. Davis.
The new Sheriff with his old cob pipe was
there also. g.,
ings Bank last Monday for the purpose OF
sending delegates TO a State convention at
II IN Briigeforth has retired from the
livery stable of f. II. Mays, and DICK BUR
nett has taken his place. Mr.. Burnett Is
cave Roberts whipped a woman last
Wednesday night named Jennie Hongh'
and who lives across the street from WILL
NThe c9iored Methodists had baptising
at the wharf below town last Sunday even
ing and Anna Nelson was bapt1sed Dy Far-
son Rose, of Franklin, Tenn.
The boys, doubtless including BEN
Bridgeforth, say Uncle Iolnmy, IN nls i Hhe
new dollar and a quarter coat, looks ike
Punkin Davis, of Blue Buck, hickman
Uncle Tommy says il he has missed eat
ing "a meal in forty years, when he could
get il he does not remember il. His favor
lite dessert, or desert, as he calls IL, Is pone
An express started for Soweu's mill yes
tel'day, with JEFF RleYes, Bud DoweH, and
ran.
much as the old grey could do to pun the
Mai Harlan sent us an immense cotton
stalk last saturday containing one hundred
and fifty-six b0Ils most of them large and
fine This does not look like he had suffer-
ed much by the drouth.
Eden KittTeIl, colOEed, was commit
tad to falI from the Spring Hill country 10
await his trial before the next Criminal
Court, for stealing broom corn last "e|nes-
Cay evening, from Mr.. CheairS.
Mr.. Henry Russell sent us, last Monday,
boy his bright little grandson, Master
Chapman, the largest ear OF corn we nave
seen This wear. 1t would pass for one of
Daniel ]. Estes premium ears in good times.
WIN. Latta, former tailor, turned over
the KEYS of the jail with nine prisoners,
white male, five colored male, and one col
ored female, to Mr.. w. ID. Davis, the newly
appointed TAILOR, Wednesday morning last
A negro woman, living near the Male
High School, ii was reported yesterday, has
All the symptoms of smallpox. Proper
Dreeauf ions have been taken to prevent lts
snread shOuld it prove to be smallpox.
Parents and guardians are complaining,
and we think very justly, that the schools
jna them to buy new books. We hope the
se;schers will adopt some series of text
Elooks and stop this unnecessary change,
ane CONSEQUENT needless expenditure.
The water works is in splendid repairs
Messrs. Dowell Il Pickens, the supeflhIeh;-
dents, have OyeFbauled the old pumps ana
that staggering fence at the river Wheel,
and the whole works like charm' we
have not been out OF water one day since
.
try and keep up your reputation.
We call the attention Of the city fathers
10 the condition of the White Spring, We
think they might construct something 10
keep the children, both black and Wnlte,
who get water there from wadlng ana pray
ing in the branch thai runs into the clstern'
and save the people FROM drinking an I'M
mense quantity of filth washed from the
Last saturday night a difficulty occurred
i'm the saloon OF VIM. Brown, in the f2sI
End, between George Ferguson and Scout
fnf
2ett breast near the heart, a very painful put
clot dangerous wound MIR. stephens nreQ
two or three shots at Mr.. FERGUSON wlLb9uqt
effect. 1t seemed to be rough and tumble
fight, one or two others getting knocked
down.
an our town q week or two, for the purpose
OF developing mediums, establishing circles
and Ieeturing on spiritualism. He has es-
tabIished a circle, composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: HAL Paul SeaVy, DIR. Joe
Herndon, Capt. Ed. O'Neal, Jesse Powell.
medium, Capt. A. a. Lpscombi Slm Win
.prSpoon. Col. Hay seems not to have devel- |
apeu "A medium of sufficient power TO suit, /
as gle has sent for Andrew Puryear. of Will
aianSOn, who is said to be very powerful
fuediut1a and whom Col Hay developed.
notwithstanding the drouth and conse-
sIeent hard times, buildings are going up IN
all parts of town. sheppard 4 Harrison are
building nice bakery at the junction OF
the Mt. Pleasant and hampshire pixies DIR.
". b. Harrison is building nice residence
urqr \. j. Walkers, II. i. Hail, carpenter;
". a. Walker is erecting dwelling house
on south High street; and Cai3tefs walker
I,r,ss x f,eonhard, have been talktpg Of
Guiding a planning mill on south hlgh So
and MT Lamar is erecting nice dwell.
ing lust. outside Of the corporate limits al
The terminus Of High stI ect.
Instances have come under our obserya-
,ion. lately. which Justify us in calling
shc attention Of the pUasiLc TO the TACT that
% is frequently the case thleN pay ment ON
packages by express is made at mr. ehGs OF
Ghe line, which, of course is wrong Whs1iler
30 be 10y mistake or Intentionally. a gen 4
rlenlau of our acquaintaI &c sent package 1
10 has vic, i'm an adjoining State, paid the
express charges. and on the wife receiving
them pay was manded of heFa which
she paid Surprised that her husband
should not have paid the express charges 1
at Columbia, she informed him by letter 4
that she had paid the the charges The at
deation OF the Company was directed 10 IL l
and the money was refunded. Some two or |
three other cases we could instance, the |
snonev aa)t being returned in every in
stance. Persons sending by express cannot
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