The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-07
AROUND TOWN.

Capt. Ed. Oneal, we are glad to see,
is now clerking for Ed. Gamble.
No. Fire Company practiced on the
square Saturday. They did well.
Squire Guest tied the matrimonial
knot between two parties at the Guest
House at the hour of II o'clock sharp,
one night last week.
Mel Butts and Dick Beavens sold their
entire stock of groceries which they had
at the bridge, to Bill Brown
Saturday last, while the "gentle
zephyTs" were perambulating around
town, bricks were blown from off the
chimney of DR. MaCk's residence.
Fire engine No. , has received three
hundred feet of new hose. They should
come out now and practice, or No. l
will get ahead OF them.
The cred Stockings" and "Quick-
steps," two juvenile clubs, played
match game OF base ball last Saturday,
In which the latter came of victorious.
The tally stood: X. s., 33; q. s., 40. A
very good game for boys.
Policeman Haynes arrested, last
Saturday, Charley Miller, COL, ChaTg>
ed with being an accessory with
George Little, col, who is now in
Jail, charged with robbery, and was car
Tled before Squire Guest, who, after
hearing the evidence discharged Miller.
Ben wilkins, col, was tried by Squire
Holman last week, for killing the "fat-
ted calf of Mingo Booker, col. Ben
gave a bond of SjO0.OO to appear at the
next term of tho Criminal Court, TO an,
swer said charge.
building an addition of 36xllO feet to
their livery stable. PrOpertyhOlders
adjoining said stable objected, on &C
count of il being built of wood instead
of brick. The City Council had spec
iAl meeting, and granted them the priv
ilege to build. +. NJ. Vaughan is doing
the work, and when completed the sta
bic will be amongst the largest in the
State.
Fourteen little girls, between the ages
of eight and fourteen, have organized
"Sewing Society" which meets month";
ly. They are now working on a
quilt to be presented to the first one OF
them that gets married. That is right,
little ladies', learn to work while young.
We know of some young ladies that
would profit by attending these meet
ings.
nick Akin, the kind, good natured
and excellent Clerk of the County Court,
who keeps always on hand good sup
plv OF marriage licenses in blank, in
iorms us that the market is about to
get q CORNER on hiRl;" that is, has been
quite dull recently, and he begins to
feel as melancholy as q merchant who
don't advertise, and who is carrying
dead stock. Nick says he feels under
obligations now to every man who gets
married. He wants to see old Msury
grow up and develop.
The slang words and phrases such as
t'iust so, ""I believe you" have gone
where the woOdbine twineth, and the
word which is now the latest agony,
and which has been hreveted within
the last few DAYS in our city. and which
Ia 10 every boys mouth. Is "Oh, Rhinsl'
Detectives Larry G.. Ryan and :. II
Fields, arrived in our city Thursday
LAST, and went to Mt. Pleasant the same
day, and got the two weapons that were
used in the assassination OF Jackson
One was q standard of wagon which
was two and one-hslt inches i'll thick
ness and four feet long, and the Othe
was a large wagOn-spOke. They also
got the boots that were borrowed from
negro by Thomson, and worn by hin
on the night of the assassination. RyaI
ard Fields remained in our city FRIDAY
last, and went trOuting at the dam a
Ashton a. McGsw's mill, where the'
caught . good wetting from the rain
They are both good enough detective
Go catch thieves, robbers and murderers
but they can't catch iSh.
Ike Powell was paining in the hous,
Of A learned aud skillful doctoT-One {
the best In the State. The Doctor i
critical, and after examining some {
Mr.. P's work, ssked, "What is that?
"Innitation of walnut" meekly reptile
the painter "Well, when you al
through, paint over it these word
This Is walnut" "All right" "Whi
IN that over the tre-Place2" "Imitatio
OF East Tennessee marble" "Whe
you get through, write over il, This
East Tenness az marble." The paintt
could stand it no longer, so he sal
"DOctor, you don't need 10 write an
words oyer your work; when you finis
n lob, Monk barr comes along and Sc
il up for you"
The graves of the Confederate dea
buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, will
decorated on Friday, May 2lst. at
O'Clock. We hope everybody will spa
tho hour, and go and take bunch
flowers. Let every boy and girl bring
boquet of flowers. Will not the cor
mittee named be kind enough to supe
intend the decoration; Mrs. Mag ia
sell, Mrs. Anna Gordon, Mrs. A,
Walker, Mrs. DIR. Rains, Mrs. Col. Voc
HES, Mrs. Calvin FriersOn, Fl. =. Fl
4sFs, J. It. l.. Cochran, Robert FriersO
Seth WaIGeldy