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

The District Conference is close at hand,
and the pastor is spreading himself to get
everything ready for it. The paper on the
walls of the Methodist Church has been re-
Gently removed, to give place TO frescoiug
which it is hoped will be finished before
the conference comes on. The visit of BiSh-
Op Paine, TO preside over the deliberations
of this meeting, has been looked forward to
with the greatest pleasure, especially by the
descendants OF his old friends, the phone ers
of MethOdism, i'll this country, but the. sad
ewS comes to us that he is Frustrated by
disease with but little, any hope, of his
recovery.
Col. Martin T. Cheairs, the Patriarch of
the Methodist Church in this place, is on
a visit at this time, to his daughter Mrs.
Eugene Greenlaw, who with her husband
and beautiful children are now residing
near Memphis. Their lovely home near
this village, occupied by a bachelor, Col.
Odil, looks lonely in its beauty, aud when
we pass that way the wish comes up, that
we may again ere long see in that princely
mansion the happy family circle and hear
ringing in its spacious halls, the joyous
laughter of happy children. Come Genie,
we miss you all, and your friends, "whOsC
name is Legion" want you to come back.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Kelley Hat
| tan, a talented and promising son of the
| lamented Gen. Robert Hatton, died last
| Monday at Lebanon, where he had been at
| tending the Law School. He is his mothers
| only son, and she looked upon him as the
| solace, stay and support of her declining
years. How mysterious the dispensation
| OF Providence which takes him away from
| her;
| The mystic mazes of his will, The shadows
| of celestial light,
| Are past the power of human skill-But
what the Eternal does, is right,
| DIR. S. Thompson and his amtable
and accomplished wife, formerly Miss No
ra Cheairs, and their lovely little Minnie
| will be up this summer, from their HON
amid the magnOlias of the sunny South, on
| a visit to relatives and friends; where GLAD
hearts will welcome them, to this the
home of their childhood days.
Capt A. Thompson, one of our oldest anC
most highly esteemed citizens, seems e
have fully recovered from his late sever,
and painful attack of disease.
| Rev. Mr.. Gray holds sacrameutal meet
ing at the Presbyterian Church in this plac
on Saturday aud sabbath next. He will b.
assisted on the occasion by Rev. Mr.. Macl
ofColumbia, who is justly regarded as Oh
of the ablest ministers of the Presbyterian
Church.
The improvements on the place pure has
ed by Mrs. Jones near this place, under tn
skill and supervision of Clutch" NichOl, ar
rapidly approaching completion, aud tn
dwelling is so modeTnized, that when fin
ished, will present most attractive ap
pearanoe.
There was a splendid exhibition OF thor
Ough bred colts in town on last Saturday
in which the fine stock of Maj. Brown, Capt
: Gibson, Capt. Geo. Campbell, Mack Camp
bell and others, was represented.
The wheat crop presents the appearance
Of not having suffered seriously from tn
) late cold snap, but some persons who hay
; examined closely and critically ran5rt tina
in two places they have found many of tn
hea9s u. embryo, blasted. 1t is safe, hOwey
} er, to say, that without some disaster in tn
future, the present crop will be one Of IN
largest ever raised in this section of TIA
t country. Mr., James Porter, on part Of tn
= EWell farm, has one of the best fields {
/ wheat in the county. Jim has been brougl
r up and tutored to farming by his father, Nj
a Stephen Porter, who is a model bushes
man.
, Miss Jennie sawyers one OF the mos
. charming young ladies of Williamso
= County, is spending a few weeks with Ia
e family of Mr.. James +. Alexander, neu
t this place.
s Some men in disguise, went 10 the prem
: ises of Mr.. II. q. w. Mayberry, OF william
9 son, lone night last week, and whipped 81
or seven negro men, living on the pIac