The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-02
AROUND TOWN.

Murr rain, thunder and lightning last
saturday uiGht
OF In a. to tucIr machine shop.
Cherries sold ON our streets last Monday
ut OF. dollar per gallon.
Inr Wnn.iSitle Hus a fine garden, and in
said garden has several vines IF English
grapes heavily lad"nCI. Joe mas also eleV-
en- pet white rabbits.
Rom Pickcns hHs "A fine garden, but
L.uSh Matthews says that "hircd labor
sftasIt 10 SrIClI.
SUNDAY night last mt O'Clock. Squire
Sfuissz=sl tied the holy bonds of matrimOny
s,rtwcrts Bud Cockrill and Callie Brown.
We had fine rain last Monday.
Josh billings and jeff COleburn say
shat IL YOU can 10 50, "get Shews and an
.,dyUcashun, hut if you can't get both, get
-The hop and ice cream supper given at
the residence Of Turner Creswell was very
pleasant affair.
the city Monday. sam has "breVeted"
himself a disciple of Horace Greeley-an
Josh Guest, the celebrated Chinese rat
catcher and iehu, has abandoned both oc-
cupatiSHS, and Is now a cub at tucker "
Lewis moi Bruce Pickens is peddIing
bIacISbeTries on the streets at five cents per
quart
Billie Lipscomb commenced thrashing
his wheat opposite this city last Monday,
when about twelve o'clock IL commenced
raining and he had to cease operation.
Aaron GhOlSOn, col, has the contract of
Che brick work Of GambIcs new grocery
store.
rurTnory, aaI dared him to produce such
sentiments beneath the lids of the Bible.
al. found Bible and pOred and pOred over
it, with cOmmcndabie perseverance. AZ
last hc found it-llosea list chapter, Lot ana
"a verses.
They were professional men, and lead
ing men in their prOfeSsiOn-On the shady
side OF fifty The widOwer said he would
.giSc everything If he could have Al. nan
FA1nz
"I'apt. Thomas, Assistant Engineer of
she Duck River Valley Railroad. is engaged
in preparing the way for a rOad-bed for his
rond from the Junction of the two roads TO
Master VIII HOrsIey, % Lytle's Creek,
brOEght the first roaSttng-ears OF the season
90 town.
7viIl hold their Service of Song at South Co.
5umbia Churrh at q :, O'Clock sunday even
tnC next, and the Rev. Dr. Smith Will de-
liver Il short address, and at - O'Clock they
Will hold another meeting at the AthenFSnm
grove. with an address by Capt. j. II. Fus-
sell. The public is invited.
There are two men in town, one named
pr Austin Willis Smith and the other DIR.
Willie. Austin smith; both are graduates OF
shc Nashville Medical College, and neither
ever practiSCd; both are members OF the
Young Mems Christian Association; both
arc good men: both are MaSOnS and odd
Fellows; both live in the same ne1ghD0T
mood; both love learning; both are child"
YOUNG ladies are fond Of being weighed
ON Ed~Hll n MCEwcn'S scales by their clever
clerk Joe Green, whom they all call II
s'humming-bir We suppose that II Is
Because Joe makes the light ones weigh
Heavy and the heavy ones weigh llght. Al
parties, whenever the girls get big, me,
red, ripe, luscious, round, fat orange, they
Friday night the City Council went in
to au election for superintendent "l water
works. Bob II. JamiSon, W. w. Cherry ana
:. Il. +. pUWcl were candidates for the pO-
SIt!ou. pOwcII was elected ON the third
4,uIi.t for the term Of one year, at sixty
dollars per month. The city will in the NJ
turc have control of the water-wOrks.
Mrs. Sims Martin had neat fence
PLACED around her residence on Garden
street last week.
LEY. White and Henrg Cherry say they
have in their secondhand furniture store a
sofa which Gen. Andrew jackson once
the new hydraut that stands on the
corner OF Commercial Alley and south
Market Street, j. ot a new patent; small
rubber hose can he attached to the faucet in
EaS, ola Grc. The committee on water.
works should i'm the future use this patent
hydTaut.
last Friday At Was reported on the
S1psrtS that Perry Bennett had been thrown
cut 81 his express wagon and killed. Perry
was Hv:ir the depot IN MS wagon Wheh NJ
horse became frightened and ran away
hrcakins the SHAFT and two wheels, coStlnf
him ten dollars. Perry still lives and
marry scratch" on him.
Tom Stewart, foreman Of Lamb Il Boyd
factory, II at the present time doing the
-rry house The brick work 50 lar on this
building is done in a wOTkmanlikC manner
Last Monday evening after the hard
ram, water stood Tor two or three hours Il
the depth of two al three inches, on the
corner OF West Market and Garden Streets
city Marshal White should clean the sew
CT out To the proper depth 50 that the water
can pass without dantming up on the side
walk.
Mir. Daniel Forsyth died last SUNDAY
ruuruiug, from loCElaw. While WORKING
tor Mr.. Geo. \. Brown, on Little Bigby, ht
.-tCpprd % jumped ON an old shingle-nail
which penetrated his shoe and pierced hi,
snot. lie did NOT pay much attention to il
~ the time. hut ia a few days he took the
ABskIJw, and IlT. Harrison pIODeu th'
wound and found piece OF leather which
the nail had pushed into his foot;
The ratters Of the N. +. church were al
M last FRIDAY. when they took fool no
zion Ia iall, and down they came. IheN
came down 80 slowly that the wOrkmeI
bsn tim. to- get out of the way. There wa
mo spcciucatiou in the contract tor braci :
and Lancaster Il Campbell did not bTaci
them, a. it would have taken about tw'
hundred dollars The ScaftOlding wa
built strong, and stool the shock, other
wise the walls would have been ruined
The brick work back of the pulpit is crack
81, and "a small portion OF one OF ths tower
sy.- damaged toy the rope. The creates
loss Il. fu Iur rattpr~. fifteen oT twenty o
which are ruined To supply their places
q In necessary ta send south. Three hun
.lryG dollars will cover the entire loss.
The s'-rryIgy of song in the Athenpun
Grove last SUNDAY evening ut 81 O'Clock
was % very pleasant affair. Quite a larg
number assem- hiCd beneath the cool shade O
fft.pu grand old elm trees, and as many gi
..autic black oaks, aud soon filled The beau
tIful grove and all tina; portion OF toHn Wit
upIGi iOU~ praises 10 God Rev. Austin
willis smith made a short talk in place G
Judge tlefnI uE- who was not present II
said THE motto BE Short, ought to be writ
ten over every pulpit these hot days. Rev
II. A-5DUa~ offered very fcTvent pray
4 committee, composed OF the President
DT. Willie Austin smith, Joe n. WOOdSid
and NJ l.. Eddy went To the jail. and held
short service with The prisoners.