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

Butter has been very scarce in town for
TWO weeks. Cause; big harvesting dinners
"A panther has been swinging around
the circle" in this city for the last two
weeks. Several persons say they have seen
1t of nights near Burns Spring.
Frank LeOnhard worked on the clock at
Gori I1 Hall two or three days ,, last
1t has become fashionable in this city OF
Sunday evenings for ladies to play sacred
airs on pianos.
Monday last Lotion Crosby, col, was
buried with Masonic donors 10y the c0lOrcd
order at their burial ground in this city.
-Dickie Tinsley says thC way to take a
cool nap these hot afternoons, j. to wrap up
in large double blanket and lie down to
pleasant slumbers.
Last Sunday evening about one O'Clock,
a train of seven coaches loaded with cOlored
people, arrived at our depot from Nashville.
They came to attend a Fourth OF July
June Meeting which yas held in The
grove on College Hill. There were about
eight hundred in attendance.
a most charming entertainment was
given at the AtEenBum on Tuesday even
ing Inst. in honor of Miss McAlpine, fasCi-
mating Mississi pPian, visiting til" Athena
um. The music by tho lRdi; 8 OF the Athe-
nRum, assisted by the complished Major
Hosea, was as divine as ever OTpheus made.
The Ices and accomplishments would have
shamed the amDTOSial feast of the gods,
A curious whirlwind visited John y.
IhOmass farm, in the BigbyVille country,
the other day. 1t came as if from Mr.. Dave
Scotts, and took away part of his barn as
smoothly as If il had been sawed. 1t passed
on through fences, and leVeled every tree in
Its path for half mile, when it became
tame. 1t was only about ten feet wide. 1t
struck a"staked and ridered" fence square in
the face, and made smooth gap in it; pass
ing on 1t struck a "worm fence" endways,
and knocked ii down for a hundred yards,
not leaving one rail on another. Then 1t
came across a field of heavy rye, which had
been cut, tied into bundles and shocked;
the whiIdwind caught the large bundles up
and carried them up, up to where the ca
giles fly calmly and peacefully. So high up
were they, MIR. Thomas thought they were
shucks.
One day last week, difficulty occurred
at the depot in this place, between
Office here, and Andrew COrbeit, a
baggage-mastero on the Nashville and De
catur Railroad. When the train from De-
catur arrived at our depot, Bagley threw a
plum into the baggage-caT that struck Cor
bett in the face. The words that followed
resulted in a rencontre, but they were sep
arated before either event to grass" Cor
bett then turned togo in the car, when Bag
ley picked up an unlOaded gun lying on the
platform, and struck Corbett over the head
with 1t. Bagley then dropped the gun, and |
went into the express Office, saying that the |
gun flew out of his hand. The hammer of |
the weapon came IN contact with Corbetts
head, and inflicted an ugly but not danger |
Gus wound. Both parties submitted their |
case before Judge Guest, who fined Cor |
bett five dollars and discharged Bagley.
The Operetta of Little Red Riding
Hood" was repeated at the Atheneum last |
Friday night by the special request of
al ~ vi OlblLGIlSY sOllt VI " num- 4
we believe, were not present. The scenery
was splendid, and Capt Smith deserves |
great credit for the taste and Hberality he |
displayed in the matter. The girls acted |
heir parts well, especially in the dancing |
md singing scenes. Little Miss Maggie b, |
queen of the Fairies, and principal dancer |
and singer, promises to be as famous song |
ress as she is already peerless as dancer. |
Little Red Riding-HOOd acted her part add |
but we cannot say so much for |
he wolf. 1t is unnatural for a wOlK to talk, |
lut nut uD with that. If If does not 4
walk erect and show a white neck-tOO |
much is too much. Altogether, it was a
very pleasant hour to us. The music was
quite good. DIR. =. Ia competent judge at /
Jur side, said that Athen@um pupils al |
ways read and speak well and correctly.
-ATmStead Jordan Wednesday night last |
nistOOk Duck river for Cap Hardeman's
bathroom. Armstead pulled his Congress
hoes off and LETT them on shore, then
umped in just below the bridge, the same
place where BERTHE Stokes tried to find a
'watery grave" City Marshal White and
Tin (Heenam Cherry rescued him. In the
language of the immortal Daniel Webster,
Armstead still L-i-U-e-s.