The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-08-13
RALLY HILL ITEMS.

Mr.. John A. bud Logan has not got
over it yet, and put off his smiling
pleasing looks. He Sill seems to be
vastly pleased, although the young ladv
at his house is two weeks old.
The Texas fever has affected several
parties, who talk of moving this Fall to
that land OF bright expectations and
many dissappointments. Mr.. William
Jones, son of Mr.. Shug Jones, and Mr..
! VIM. Hardison, have gone to Texas.
! Mr.. James Culver, while engaged in
! the study OF Astronomy, and in obser-
wing the heavenly bodies, says he has
| found out why IL has raiEed SO much
! this summer-he says the Dog Star has
| been following the sun. He will make
! a heaYler turn out OF corn and crab
grass hay to the acre than any one
around him.
At spiritual seance at Mr.. WiIlough-
by Jackson's, where Robertson King
and Cincinnati Tanglefoot King were
, the mediums materialized, two nice gem
tlemen became so spiritually elevated
they had to be held about thirty yards
apart to keep them out of range of each
others fists. No damage; the above
Kings are no relations of Katie King
Mr.. Andrew Banister Webb and Mr..
Jesse Robinson have had q difficulty,
caused, as Mr.. Webb says, by Mr.. Rob-
insOn, in a dispute with Webb's wife,
calling her a then dog" There were
only three Hcks struck; Webb struck
Jesse with his fist, and Jesse's back
struck the earth, and his magisterial
honor j. NJ. Ellington, then struck
Banister several dollars worth with the
law.
q. The District now has three free schools !
III operation. our worthy school COM
mIssioners having secured the services
OF three most excellent school teachers: !
Mr.: K. Burr Warren teacher at Ash
I h.
The youthful minds at Rally Hill; while |
Professor Tommie Mills holds forth at
Lasea Academy.
The wheat trade has been quite brisk |
for several days, Mr.. Joe Woodside, OF |
Columbia, having been out buying |
wheat in the neighbOrhOOd. He bought |
a considerable amount, having bought |
bushels and engaged various other /
amounts to be delivered at Spring Hill
Station.
MIR. William Johnson, who lives at
the DR.. b. +. Crockett place, who sonle~
times delights in fox chase, recently
boxed hole and caught a perfectly
black fox. 1t was said to be large one.
Bachelor Bob, of Pumpkin Greek, still |
comes up in the neighbOrhOOd. He still
rides Brown Morgan. He was recently
up with a new hat on tall enough to
entitie him to an agency in the Honey
brigade. BOb's collar was so broad the
young ladies at Lasea thought he had
on mis- shirt bottom upward.
The new gOsling NewsOg raphicaI cor
respondent from Rally Hill, who writes
under th6~79Qlil de plume of BednO Deas
Lenore, is SUPPOSED to be a stranger to
the nelghbOrhoOd, aS no such gentle~
man as George 1taTdisOn Hives ia the
district; the only George living atSquire
BIilingtOn's is George Reynolds, COIL
ored man. MIR. Marshall Ellington,
Mr.. George Harmon, and Mr.. VIM. Har~
olson, three of the incest ana most in
seIlig6ut young men on Flat Greek,
have been appointed ascommittee, whose
duty it shall be to hunt up the Newso~
cores pendent and examine
him, and see if the mole has ever got
hard on his head. fit has not got hard
ne is to be excused.
Jane Lanier, cOlOTed, who died recent
y at Mr.. 5. NJ. Rogers was buried
WITH Imposing funeral col emOnies by q
,olored Society, to which she belonged.
A long procession followed Der remains
ana engaged IN loud singing while on :
he way to the Macedonia burying
ground. !
Mr.. jeff, Mills, overAeer ofthe Colum-
)ia and Selbyyiile road, has worked :
he road better than it has ever been
worked tor fifteen years Ho worked
With large force. The road now has !
. very passaDie appearance about Capt.
,. r. SOweils, whore the road has :
heretofore been in very bad condition. /,
Col. Nat Jones, instead OF letting
hose Hickman county fellows get his
Wild Hog Stsrd in Lewis for a Nav Ap- :
lie Patch, can get a splendid P0le-cat :
lain in MARSHALL from Mr.. }. Newt :
" ilson, who is now : citizen OF Lewis. '
GaUry Rifles.
fellow is a list OF members belonging to
.Ompany 'B," Maury Rifles, commanded by ;
apt. j ohm Il. Anderson, which left Column !
ia, May ID, 1861. GER. VIM. Il. Bates 2ud }
emu, Reg L, mustered into service at :
Va Those marked thus are !
cad.
DIN - ANDst,~O Ca plain
~ = Lieut..
rus a. JARVIS, ....... .......,3l j
WILEY GEORGE, .... LIST Scrn't {
OHM A. ltOUGJi ...,...... .........2d.
REYNOLDS, ...........y}d
Jbti-N ~ II ii.
,CEEBT j.. SMITH, .......... lSt Corn {
" LILLIAN EDWA ,....................2d
OILS y. MACiIEH, I'D.
AHESS HENDERSON \, ...-....... ..''...... 4th @ !
pBIVATES.