The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-04-30

aSon confession to Jack and Whit were
strong and pointed. A vast crowd at
tended the trial, many OF whom were from
different parts of this county. Mr..
| Thomson was committed to Jail by A.
! Williams and S. II. Bratton, the Magls-
| trates presiding, 10 await his trial at the
next term of the Criminal Court. The
] evidence against Mr. Davidson being m
| sufficient for committal he was honorably
| discharged Too much cannot be said
! in commentator of yMr. S. h. Fields,
and his assistants and many of our best
citizens, in their earnest efforts to find the
guilty parties, of such foul and afro
cIous deed, and We earnestly hope, that
Il there still remains any other connected
with this affair, that they too may soon
De arrested and receive the punishment
they so justly deserve.
We expect to see very graphic ac
count in the Newburg News, of the recent
trial in this place, as we saw a very long
man taking notes, whom we suspect to be
a short hand reporter for that spicy pa,
per.
"What are those Gals doing, Nat?" ask
ed Lieut. J. A. R-as he saw two of
oar most brilliant little beauties engaged
in a game of Croquet. "Hulling wal
nuts, responded Jones, solemnly, Bull
are you always going to be a mugginsr
Our villagers were taken by surprise
Thursday April the 18th by the an
nOuuCement, that a marriage would take
place at the residence of the brides
mother, Mrs. Myra Stockard, between
Mr.. Jehu Hunter and Miss Leila Orr,
both OF this vicinity. An excellent sup
per eraced the occasion, and the guests
pronounced it to have been a delightful
entertainment. Mrs Hunter, the mother
OF our fortunate hero, gave a party the
following night, which was largely at
tended by the young people, who pro-
tossed to have enjoyed the evening ex-
ceedingly well. We most heartily congrat-
ulate Jehu upon his having won the most
fascinating and accomplished young lady
OF our country. We wish this young cou
pie long and happy life; may never
cloud of sorrow envelope the path, which
now appears so bright with the sparkling
emeralds of Love-
We rested our astonished vision last
week, upon an object which combined |
with it, all the beauty and symmetry of |
art. In truth we pronounced it one of |
the most perfect representative of an |
Alpine Peaks snowy crest, we ever be- |
held. 1t was as soft as an evening |
zephyr, and we believe it was termed a /
Zephyr Basket. We could suggest but |
one slight inappropriate feature, that was
the roses with which it was ornamented,
never grew amid eternal SHOWS.
There will be an interesting spelling
match at Prof. Hamilton's school next
Friday evening, as his entire school has
Deen divided into two classes, which we
earn has created considerable excite
nent among the pupils At the close of
which the Professor proposes to select
en- ofhis best spoilers to meet and equal
lumber of the outsiders.
Mr.. John w. Cecil, who left here last
winter for Greenwood, Florida, to restore
lis health, died there on Sunday night
april the 18th. His remains reached this
'icinity last Saturday night, and were in
erred last Sunday at the family burying
round of Mr.. VIM. |. Cecil, by the Pat
ons of Husbandry, of which he was
member. Mr.. Cecil was an enterprising
Dung farmer, strictly honest and con-
cientious in all his motives, and he nat
rally infused this noble and God-Hke
pirit into all of his associates. II par
hts are responsible for the implantation
f virtue or vices into the breasts of their
ffspring, the mother of Mr.. John Cecil |
nay rejoice even in her tears, conscious
f having discharged her duty to her son.