The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-10-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Johnny Beckett, the Rector's gentleman
~ young son, and Patton Williams, are go
| ing to school at Sewanee.
| "A. w. Judd exhibited some very fin,
pictures In the Floral Hall. They were adj
| mired by oil.
| We see 1t announced by the Lawrence
| burg Free Press that our old Maury county
friend, q. IL. Dillehay, has married Mary
| DIR. Allen, of Berlin, visited thirty-nint
| patients last Saturday, and then lacked ten
visits of completing his circuit-Adrshdh
| City Marshal White says the ''DolIy
| Warden" water-wOrks is doing admirably
| keeping the reservoir full without using
/ an ounce of steam.
| Garrett ID. VOORHEES, showed us some
/ corn Tuesday, and laughed at the corn we
the end was completely covered with
| corn.
THE colored people of Maury County
Will probably be glad TO learn that the
| Commissioners of the Freedman's Saving
Bank will soon commence paying divi.
| dend of twenty per cent.
| "A prOtracted meeting at Union church
| closed last Monday night. On Sunday an
/ able and eloquent sermon was preached by
Rev. DIR. Mack, of Columbia, TO which the
entire congregation listened with much
| interest-MdrshdU Gazette,
| We Iearn from Mr.. a. w. Bentley, that a
| coming to this vicinity, very soon, with a
view of starting dairy farm. With the
proper management we thiAk such an en-
| terprise would be very renumerative.-
LdIUreHceburg Free Press.
| One of the fairest of the fair ladies OF
Columbia, Miss Lou Porter. who has been
here on a visit to her relative, Mrs. PickRrd a..
LETT for home last week, and left an aching
void in the hearts of some of our young
| men.-La,rrenceJurG Free Press
Hershey, of the Columbia Herald and
Mail, sent us a paper last week with half
the local page torn OIL. we suppose II was
more, as we like to read all his paper
WqUpesJoro Citizen Yes, Tom, il was mis-
take; we won't do so any more.
i he dinners at the Fair were so good,
and invitations so universal, that the Meth
Odist ladies didn't make much. Capt. Beth
ellis table was Mt for king, and we learn
that Esq. ]. +. Moore, Major Ben Harlan,
and others fed the multitude with the same
delicious viands that they were wOntto feed
them with.
had made mistake in giving the premi-
um TO Capt W. ID. Bethell's bull over his
own. MIR. Migrants fine bull received the
premium In two rings. 1t is certainly an
honor for him to beat capt. Bethell's bull,
for he is one of tie finest looking bulls we
ever saw-he is simply magnificent and
flames Mcclure, of Donegald, Ireland,
came to John NOSS' about two weeks ago
and stopped. He was peddlar. He took
sick and died Thursday OF last week of
chiIls. City Marshal White and Jim Friel
got up subscription and had him decent
City Marshal White sent a negro up
last Monday to the RounI House, to re-hury
the man that was resurrected by Ed. Doug
lass and Bill Ware. Jimmy henderson says
he buried the man during the war; that ne
was negro, and died of smallpox. Jimmy
says he buried him in blanket, when Col.
Misener was here, having no coffin.
Nat w. Jones sayShe has Travelled z, 400
miles to attend one lawsuit. He lives fif-
teen miles from Columbia, and came here
often enough since the trial began until
now to make the 2,iOO miles. The case is
DOOley VS.. &. A. Douglas, for cotton taken
or destroyed during the war
DO You want to see u finer picture than
any of Judds, ell? Well, get up at five
o'clock in the morning, and watch those
monplace 20 you in the day time. Keep
looking until Aurora covers them with her
toilet powders, with which she makes her
self look prettier than any girlin town.
"A young man named William Maddrlx,
from Dog Creek, Hickman county, was
caught slipping his way Into the Fair last
erts, and carried before the directors, who
ordered him TO be drummed out. Major
White drummed him out, and he bought q
ticket and went back into the Fair
Somebody has sent the editor of the CO.
lumbia (Tenn.0 HERALD AND MAIL an i'm
menSe rattlesnake, which he Keeps in his
office as a pet. The poor fellow tRwithOut
wife, and OF course must have something to
love, something to CareSs. With his young
affections conferred upon this beautiful
chaImer he II a. be happy yet Courier
Levi Cooper brings us a magnificent
stalk of cotton, which he says has lj3 bOllS
and squares on il. The hollis are large and
fine, aud n field tull of II would turn out as
good rs Esq. Il. Il. Dock Gillespie had in
1857, when he made LOO pounds of seed cot
ton, which turned out b pounds OF lint in
the hundreds being the average. Dock
says he made six or eight thousand dollars
that year, and his help cost him one hum
dred and SiXty-twO dollars.
We GOald call her name in 1ull, hut heI
initials will do Miss Louie II, of Giles
county. She attended our Fair, and the
most fastidiOus OF our beau& fell desperate
" in-admiratiOn of her, and they were
sad indeed when she left Saturday. DIR. F
pTonOunces her a Venus. IL there is toll
gate on the Pulaski pike, the keeper Will
get dime or two from H., of Mt. Pleasant,
and DIR. W. f., of Columbia.
Rev. II. =. Mcbride leaves for conference
this evening. He has spent a year here, as
pastor of South GAINESVILLE church. He is
an exHeilRnt young preacher, and most
genial gentleman who has made host of
friends here among his own and other de-
nominations. We predict fOT him a sue
cessfuI ministerial career, and know that
the people in this community join in the
wish that IL may be cminently so TO him.
-ICIaTkSville Chronicle.
Liberty Lodge United Friends OF Tenn
perance, at Hurricane, held "A meeting last
Saturday, and ELECTED the following officers
for the next six months w. I. Galloway,
Worthy Primate; Mrs. :. A. I'LL, Worthy
Associate; De Witt Clinton Smythe, Re
cOrding Scribe; John NJ. Hill, Financial
Scribe; A. +. tFOael Johnson, Treasurer;
Robert Johnson Conductor; Francis Mari
on Galloway, Chaplain; Charles X. Denton,
Inside Sentinel; Sidney Pennington, out
side Sentinel.
When Gen. whitthorne gave $1,000 to
the Vanderbilt DEMONSTRATION the Cen
trail URiyeTsity-he specified that the COun-
~ Court OF AauVy county was TO select a
pupil to send to the University. J. w. Hell
mick, of Mt. Pleasant, came highly recon-
mended, and he was selected. Last Monday
Judge Gordon gave a certificate OF his cleo
lion, and he started for Nashville Monday
NIGHT MT. HRlmiCk is a
good mind, and we have no doubt he will
cation. There is bright future for him II
he will only work for IL.
Miss Lily WhitthOTne received many
beautiful apd cpstly presents. We give a
4 James & Sons jewClry stoTes Satin finihS-
ed butter stand. Latest style double pickle
caster. Medallion finished fruit stand. Nap
kin ring with bOquet holder. Bohemian
glass berry stand. olive finish silver oyster
IadIe with case. Medallion finished silver
berry spoon with case. Medallion finish sill
yer lee cream knife with case. Satin finish
card receiver with bOquet holder. Two gold
gilt card stands with boquet holders. Me
dalton finished silver cake knife with case;
Chased satin finished water set, Chased fin
iShed cake basket. 4 number of others were
brought from other cities: Go d gilt epeIgne;
silver and glass toilet set; one dozen silver
knives and forks.
Our friead Mai, Altman sold, last week,
To a party near selma, Ala the fine saddle
stallion by the Thompson Traveller, a fine
| blOOded mare, trottin& mare, q premi-
| um sucking Mambrino tilly, fine bull
/ calf, and some sheep. Gel. McClelIand also
| sold to the same party a Durham cow, q
heifer and bull calf, and two pairs of
COtswOld lambs. We understand that the
/ Major receives numerous letters of enquiry
/ from various parties I'm the South concern
4 ing prices, etc, of improved breeds of stock.
1 The great barrier to a successful trade is the
| sNhOrbitant railroad charges, amounting in
| many instances to prohibition. We rejoice
| to see that parties living South have at
4 last ascertained that they can buy fine
| stock in our midst Without going further
4 North There is no reason why Middle
| Tennessee should moi supply all the States
/ south of us with all the stock they need. :
1 MarskdN Gazette.
Letter from DIR. Kelley.
4 NASHVILLE, Sept. 2Sth, 1875.
l f KUHN, ESQ.,-Dear BTOther.-Nour
1 favor OF 18th reed. Thank you for writ.
ing. l am greatly distressed at my failure