The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-09-15
AROUND TOWN.

| AROUND IOWNs
JOHN MYERS and CHARLEY SYKES re
Gently caught twelve rats in one trap q
at ono time.
JUDGE MARTIN adjourned Circui
Court last Monday evening, for the law
yers to 60 to the circus.
DIR. CRANE examined Esq. WIN
WOODS head recently, and told MN
that he had not had enough to eat 10
twenty years.
AN unusual thing happened at the
Post Office last Monday-thcro was NO
beautiful boauct of flowers on the "Mon-
ey Order Desk"
TIE Clerk and Masters Office has
been fitted up very handsomely, and
tho handsome Clerk and Master has
taken possession Of 1t.
TIE country people came to town last
Monday to see the circus. White, yell
low, black, women, children, men and
boys, all mingled in poetic confusion.
A LARGE number Of our best citizens,
taxpayers, desire our City Fathers to
have the census OF our town taken.
Will they obey the voice Of the people?
WE received last Monday circu>
lar letter, informing us that q new
hardware store would soon DO start
ed in Columbia, by s. P. NORTON & Co.
They have secured, we learn, the store
house next door to A. d. FRIERsoN's
Bookstore.
j. NJ. PAUL and FAYBTTE BIRD, two
brothers-in>law, had a skirmlsh on
Wednesday evening of last week, in the
yards Of the two, both of them living In
the same house. Mr.. PAUL received ase-
we're wound on his left temple, and also
a cut on his breast.
"HALF loaf is better than no bread
and if our Coz poration cannot afford to
erect Reser 0oir OH Mt. Pernassus they
ought certainly to make the present Res
ervoir larger. The present capacity Of
the Reservoir isquite insufficient to sup
ply our town whenever the riverdrowns
the Big Wheel, or it needs repairing.
THE Columbia Male High School has
IS pupils, with an improved tenden-
cy. Capt. J. b. MURPHY, Principal, has
secured the services of MIR. JOHN T.
WRIGHT, nephew of Judge ARCHIBALD
r. WRIGHT, Judge Of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee before the war. Mr..
WRIGHT has had considerable expert.
ence in teaching, and will no doubt
prove q valuable assistant to the Princi-
pa.
ONE day week before last, a young
gentleman went to tho White Spring
Distillery, near this city, and told the
that he had sick cousin in |
and that he would like to pur-
chase 81 gallons of brandy for said sick
cousin. The proprietos lot the young
man have the brandy, at wholesale pri>
COS. AS it happened that the required
United States tax, had not been paid,
the White Spring Distiilery is now shut |
up on account of the above sale.
Our excellent County Court Clerk,
and his accomplished assistants, are
improving the condition of
The Office. Tho gallant Captain has re-
Gently done good work. The papers
belonging to the Office, are getting
greatly stained by the atmosphere Of
many years, and the clerk has had nice
i'm boxes made for their reception, and
30 indexed them that they can be readily
got by those who wish to look over
hem. The County Court Clerks office
IS an honor to Maury county.
THE First Presbyterian church is pc
,uliarly blessed. They have an ele-
CANT church edifice, magnificent organ,
1 largo, wealthy and liberal members
ship, an able and jealous pastor, and a
splendid choir. One OF the members OF
he choir has voice that is wonderful
n its sweetness, flexibility and power.
There is real NILSSON touch in It; the
exquisite lingering OF sound long al.er
like the "last swipgings OF
bell into silence" Last Sunday night
he sang "Eve's lament on leaving Par
dise," the sad and plaintive character
# which is peculiarly suited to her
-oice. "a thing of beauty is joy for
,yer," and what is more beautiful than
music in its highest form?