The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09
AROUND TOWN.

We had "A fine rain last Tuesday even
The first watermelon of the season was
seen on our streets last Saturday.
The "MauTy Guards" will Te-OTganlze
when the weather gets cool.
The Grand Jury Is going To work In
earnest. Look out, boys, you had better
Last sunday night thieves entered the
chicken coop of Mrs. Eddy and stole all
Of her chickens.
Last Tuesday evening a wagon Iadened
with wheat broke down in front OF the new
Methodist church.
The coIored people of this city have or
..aniXcd AN order of /. -. %. r. Their lodge
room Is i'm the southeast corner OF the pub
die square I'm the old Mail office.
i light between 7. G. LOOney and ii
,ihoISon, col, resulted I'm no broken bones
and very little blood. Tom was drunk.
At the races last Friday we had better
music than we ever had before. Our He'll
con band seems tO take great interest IN
music. and are improving rapidly.
\. II. FrierSOn has large number OF
interesting new books. His array OF humor-
aus books il especially large and attractive.
ilC has also fine assortment OF new nov
\ few Of our incest young gents carried
their SwcethcartS upon the Knob the other
morning To see the sun rise. One of them
SAYS the sun was so surprised that il was
hall AN hour behind time,
Ed. Williams has bought several acres
ut ground this side of Rose Hin Cemetery,
and is enclosing the same with neat plank
iii Cherry, the "nshist, has got pat
put net which he says Is the best ever in
vented. lie catches from fifteen TO twenty
five pounds OF fish every night.
John NuSS' horse made "tOOth-piCkS' of
~, wagon shaft of his express last Monday
morning at the depot The horse went
West and John went TO grass" This Is
the same horse that spilled" Perry Ben
SuuiT,, Ellington, Monday, offered
resolution in the County Court for the same
IL adjourn until Monday next, on account
ut the unusual busy times In the wheaI
crop. squire David X. Hays remarked
that "wc belong TO the public anu we
should serve them: vote was takeh'
voting. down an adjournment.
This Tennessee Philosophical Society held
an interesting meeting at the Athen@um
Smith read a splendid essay on Economy
of Attention IL was quite Interesting, be
ing moral subject W; b. Harrison also
read a paper entitled Heat Stroke
Russell Estes hack, Johnny Estes driv-
er, made its first trip last Tuesday to
ger, hut Petway Howell and Spencer Hill got
uu out in the country. The hack is bran
Ii hangs at +. Il. Rains & Co.'S front
door aud contains l9l stalks from one grain
uCwhcat and 100 heads. The largest head
was sent to Esq. J. a, Sanders by Hon. W.
G. Whitthorne. IL is the most remarkable
reproduction we have any account OF.
-Plummer Hays, cold, was placed IN Jen.
REEVES zebra class" last Monday for night
ing, and failing to pay fine OF seven uoi-
lar and cost Plummer wore GlaCk
eek. Tuesday morning Jen. told Plum-
mer he had better save his cloth suit, and
then gave him "a regular striped zebra
uniform"
Friday evening last Wiley Embry,
while at the races, became excited and
mounted the rear end OF sulky which
was standing near the railing of the track
tn look at heat which DIANA" was trOt-
ting. when the SuIky "kiCked up behind"
and Wiley hit the ground. He lay for
short while aS some thought dead, but with
thr use of fans and ice water he came
through. Wiley says he event to grass
lust Ia get a glass of ice alter.
Monday last Squire Holman presented
To the County GouF: an account of Lamb <
Royd for a pauper coffin. The coffin was
tor "a man 10y the name of Fitzpatrick, who
was an unusually large man, and a cofiln
large enough could not be had ready made,
therefore the coffin cost five dollars instead
OF two dollars and half, which is allowed
for pauper collins. Tie court refused TO
pay more than two dollars and half for
the comm.