The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-23
wIaLEAMsPORT ITEMS.

| Crook last week, and found crops doing
| finolv. He learned there WAS a good
| doal of whoat sprOutod from the OBJECT
ufthe the recent rains, which also caused
| the cotton aud corn to get quite grassy
again.
Friday and Saturday of last woek,
were the hottest days of the season,
| thormouYtor standing % in the shade.
Greonplains farm had two valuable
work mules to die last week.
Mr.. George Letsinger and Miss A. e.
PAYNE, of the 18th district, were united
| in marriage Tuesday night of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Wright, who are
quito agod. ana reside i'll the Church
| bend, Of the 18th district, were assault
tod Tuesday morning of the 18th, by
their son John Wright. What wan
ton and cruel wretch! Either the State
prison or the end OF rope will surely
capture such an unparent-like child.
No good can bOfgll ono so deSpraved.
Mir. VIM. Davis and wife of this sec
ton. who have lived and loved tOgeth-
or. tor many years, split tho quill last
| week.
Tha. little iomicil of tho river side
Of the Church bond, that is daily and
nightly sorenaded by the sweet music
Of Old Duck, was slightly disturbed Suns
day by fight oyer pet coon. Rc~
monaber the sabbath, boys, to keep it
holy.
Mrs VIM. Edwards, of whirlpool
Island band, is lying very low Of can
corOus affection.
There is a considerable amount Ot
wheat sprOuted from tie effect OF the
rec emit rains III this section of tho cOun-
ty.
Oar village cannot be beaten for good
gardens Mai. Gray has almost OUT
done himself IN said limo, especially in
large aud its DELICIOUS tonatOes-2 poun-
dcrs.
MIR. VIM Hawkins, who is in his S9yh
year. toll from his horse Monday Owe
ming. bruisiug himself SO much rs to go
to bed.
The Thermometer stood away up in
the upper part of the nineties in the
shade, with remarkable stoadiness and
q decided tendency to make things
move, on The 10th and 18th insts.
Miss BoIlo r. has returned to her
home. She has boon visiting Nashville,
Franklin and Columbia. She is accom-
panied by her cousin, Miss Willie c.,
of Frankiin Tom, who adds to her
countless charms of form and face. a
proficiency i'll painting. Although there
is not now any visible sign of beliger>
ancy, we look for cannon in our midst
shortly.
Charles Magnificent Williams has
started out on his Fail campaign; he is
travelling for that mammoth aud well
known clothing house Of New York, w
c. Browning Il Co.
one Doc MOsely, Of the 18th district,
Some OF the bosses of the threshers say,
Is like Il bOa-constrictor III his habits;
one good square meal being sufficient
for the space of ono week, and it is the
opinion of some OF our best phrenOlO-
gis;s that his bump OF Authoritative
ness il SO prominent that il he had
fair chance for q short time at the fat
IL to-
siOns, the alternative would be excessive
cOrpulGncy or death
The wives OF +. O. HOusor and Felix
Jones, both Of the 18th district, presen-
ted their husbands last week with
twins; tut ere their infant souls were
contaminated by a wicked world, two I'll
ny spirits, one from each family, took
their heavenly flight to him who called
them into existence.
We do not suppose there is q village
in the State that has more preaching
and better preaching than ours. We
have preaching every Sunday, rain or
shine, sometimes twice, with prayer
meeting At night. Rev. G. Foster Will
lIamS gave us one of his most delecta~
BILE sermons Sunday morning from the
Presbyterian pulpit, ut the close of
which was sung by the congregation,
that sweet hymn, ''Nearer my God to
thee Upon seeing negro in the gall
cry, Mr.. ". said it gave him pleasure,
and commissioned the man to tell his
color that he would be pleased to see
the gallery full every time and as long
he breaches hero. Such acts as this go
far to dissipato tho distrust that has been
OngOnderCd IN the minds OF the negroes
by designing mon against the whites
of this country; besides it is a demon.
stration of that good will toward all
enioined by the Bible upon all chris
tians. We had a sermon Sunday night
by Rev. Edwin Chappell, of Wayne
| county, young gentleman who has
been attending school at CulleOka for
several years. lie will go to Vander-
biIt University this Fall to further pre-
| pare hinlself for the ministry. He bids
fair TO make a useful man.