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

TOWN AND COUNTY.
For Interesting County Items and
Correspondence Sec Fourth Page.
Personal INTELLIGENCE.
one of Franklin's reignipg bolles paid
cur city short visit recently.
J.R. PuGH, of the well known firm OF
JOHN r. DALE & Co., was I'm our city re-
Gently.
HuN. RoBERT p. CYPERr, waynesbo-
ro, came 10 our town last Sabbath, and
remained several days.
MIR. ANDREWS, a wealthy planter and
prominent citizen of Arkansas, came to
our city few days since.
CHARLEY BRANDON, the handsome
young editor of the Marshall Gazette,
WAS in our town last Friday.
MAI. j. l.. WILSON has returned from
Pulaski, where he hrs been prosecuting
his business os claim agent.
A. n. AKIN and w. j. DALE, Jr., two
ofour best young merchants, have gone
North for Fall and Winter goods.
CHARLEY PLuMMEr, of the Nashville
Tanner, was at the Camp Meeting, and
on his return stopped at Columbia.
w. s. PURYEAR, E.q., of CORTLAND,
Ala, has been staying few weeks with
Capt. c. C. HARRIS, near Hurricane
Station.
w. j. Terrell, Esq, a fascinating
young bean OF Spring Hill, made our
sanctum glad with his cheerful face yes
tcrday.
OUR sanctum was made light last
Tuesday night, hy tho presence Of our
young friend, WILLIE PIsE, of New Al
bany, Ind.
Col. T. DOMAIN, editor of the LexiDg
ton MO- Cducasian, is "siruck" again.
Not i'm Maury county, Tom, but at
White Sulphur Springs, Va.
C.S. HILL. rromis:2g end talented
young lawyer OF this place, has return
w lHolu lJNpdhOhy N.Y. "hclo uC udS
been spending several weeks with his
parents.
Col. ANDREW IRWIN, a prominent
citizen OF Lafayette, Ca, is in our coun-
ty, on a visit TO his relations, who arc
among our most prominent and worthy
citizens.
Mr.. RUSSELL, the venerable and cs-
tccmcd father of Capt. JosFpH III. FUs.
SELL, who was so severely afflicted
about one year ago, is again Frustrated
hv disease.
GEORGE NJ. BRANDON, substantial
citizen of Marshall county, and son of
CHARLES BRANDON, one of the best
men who ever lived i'm Columbia, came
TO orr town a few days ago.
DIR. SAMUEL BICKNELL, an accom-
plished Dentist Of this city. recently
paid Chattanooga flying visit, and re-
turned with the beauty of Lookout
Mountain in his auburn locks.
B. +. ALLEN, formerly editor of the
Florida Sentinel, at Tallahatchie, Flori-
,la, is spending the summer in this coun-
~, with r. j. BAUuUs, Esq, II. b. Al
LEN, Esq, his brother, and other rela-
lives.
Mrs. CAROLINE O'BTrEN, n resident
or this city and who has been absent from
home about months, on visit to her
relations in Ohio, returned last week,
A. L
ing with her.
Mitchell MORAN, f.om ireland, ar
rived in our town recently. and has
gone to the Ashwood country 10 work.
lie brought with him ION ireland,
some bread made of CAIRO. seed and
oats. We had a piece of the bread.
John L. Hatcher, the m ost brilliant
and attractive wit i'm the South, and
who worthily and Truly fills the shoes
of tho lamcnted and gi.ed George d.
Prentice, on the Louisville Courier
Journal, was in our city last Wednes-
day. lie expects to spend few months
in o. ~, In n short time.
II. NJ. KrNG, Real Estate Agent at
Memphis, and formerly resident OF
Msnry county, camo to this vicinity re-
Gently. Mr.. KING married a daugher of
the lato Col. Rom. CAMrBELL, of this
county, and 1t is highly probable that he
will come back to Maury TO live.
JOHN BARNES, as gallant a soldier rs
was in tho "Kid Glove companies"
Rock City Guards, LIST Tennessee, and
who married one of Maury's lovely
daughters, was in Columbia few days
since. JOHN is now with tho well
known, popular and excellent firm of
THErrARD & Co, Nashville.
NrMRoD PORTER, Esq, for many years
sheriff of Mauly county, and always q
prominent citizen, has been quite sick
for several months past. He is about
eighty years old, and has his original
land grant for services rendered in the
Florida War. lie never drank drop of
whisky, never chewcd or smoked tobac-
ca. and possessed corstituti III that
should last him unit nc is one hundred
wears old.
MIR. JOHN TYLER, OF the well known
aud popular firm o. WILLIAMS q TYLER,
has returned from New York, where he
i:,s been several weeks, engaged in Sc
Iccting the choicest and best goods in
that great market, for their gentlemen
customers of Maury. Their stock is be-
;ng received now, and it promises to. be
one of the haudsomest selections of men
and boys clothing ever brought TO the
,astidious Columbia market.
w. III. HILLiARD, who has been Tor
years engaged in selling goods in our
city, end who recently returned from a
bridal tour 10 Dixie, is ut present enjoy
ing the cool shade and bounteous hospi-
taIitics of Grampian Hills place, Knob
creek. Mr.. billiard will shortly begin
,o build handsome residence in that
ucighborhood, and next year he and his
beautiful young wife go 10 housekeep-
ing. He is member of our Farmers
Club. and we look for him TO make an
excellent farmer.
Southern CuItiyatOr.
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