The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-15

AROUND TOWN..

ton are raising money to remodel and
renovate the building. e
Jimmy, son of Jas. NJ. Shepperd,
while WI esfliDg with q negro boy Tues
Gay last. was thrown and his arm broken.
Our citizens will elect tomorrow q
Mayor and Aldermen. Vote only for
good men.
The frame of a new house, in the
course of erection, near the bridge, was
I chopped down not long since, by gen.
tleman living near.
That portion of High street opposite
Martin, Embry Il Wright's Warehouse,
should be widened, as at times, it IL al
most impossible for pedestrians to pass
there, owing to the number OF wagons
loading and unloading at the warehouse.
John NJ. (Bud) Dillon took the quinsy
] on the night 81 the election, and came
very uear being choked to Gesth. Thanks
4 to an Hn-dying constitution and skill
! ful physician, he is now recovering.
\ Should any of our city subscribers fail
to receive their papers regularly, they
will please aotify us. We have q new
carrier, and some may fail to receive
their paper.
The Columbia Literary Association
held its second meeting Saturday night.
a constitution was adopted and a more
thorough organization effected.
The new furnace under the Methodist
\church will probably be in operation by
Sunday. Several stoves heretofore used
i'm that church can be bought at low
n figures.
= Geo. w. Jones has opened meat
monse in the house next to Adcock' 8
. blacksmith shop, on Embargo steet.
Eeing an old hand at the business, our
qizens will he sure to find the best of
n. " at his house. .-.s...
To, McWright, while coupling cars at
a. vOt in this place last Friday, was
CHI between the cars and badly
,urf II was thought for awhile that he
2 would die he being insensible for some
lime. We are glad, however, to say
ha ne no We We able to be conveyed to his
home in Mas. willie Friday night.
After the pc ciormanoe at Barnup' g
= ow Friday $ht. some persod1s . os-
nto their heads to take revenge by
ting the ropes. ca nsass, DC, but, I'M
.tunstely for them, they got the worst
1 nd of the bargain, be ing very roughly
lndled by the shown IN.
aturday last, negro man named Hem
Watkins. represented himself to the
foods house of ], NJ. Larkin d Co.
brother of Bone Watkins, colored,
O has an account with the house, and
ight about S55 worth of goods and
them charged to Bone. Now, that
found out that Bone has no brotner,
d public are using every enheaVor W
nd the bogus brother.
The Nelson House has been thronged
tn travellers during the past few weeks.
RUNNERS always make it point 10
Oh at Columbia, if possible, in order
enjoy the hospitality of Mr.. Edsail
q his genial and accommodating assis-
{, Mr.. Thos. Pickens. We trust that
"a two will continue to cater TO the
tic palate as long as it is necessary
!, We clever hosts. Among the recent
or, ut the Nelson House are Col.
Ter & { Marshall county; Mr.. Hard
~ lie. ap ,nt for the Republic Life In>
surance Co Dpany, Nashville; Mr.. For
ter, of Nash SAe =,
One of the u vssoners in our jail, Mr..
Eugene Gordon, . few days ago sent
boduet of flowers G" MS WIG as "ons"
No and n mage oil fooiscap paper, con-
tanning some beaui lfui figures and fancy
work. made with zen lncloseu Will
in these figurative illustrations, were
lines of words, each sentence within
itself and one for every letter in the al
phabet. The skillfu,I1ess with whien
the work was done, showed natural
artist, and the language proved, tnat
however vile man he may be himSeiIs
he wants his children to I've good' ine
lines contain some beautlfue tnouense,
tersely expressed, and bresthing the
spirit of christianity. Gordon was
placed in jail for stealing Joe lnvine's
horse.
Rev. ]. NJ. p. OTIS. Pastor OF the Pres
byterian church in this place, has inaug-
urated praise worthy and valuable plan
whereby to assist him in his mission 70
.preach the gospel to every creature,
and win souls to God. The Elders OF
his church deliver lectures or sermons,
occasionally, on the subject of missions.
ON last Sunday night Col. A. M. Loom
ey delivered lecture on this suplect.
He nossesses the rare gift of eloquence
which is as much gift as that of ge-
nius-in an eminent degree, and on the
present occasion its magnetic influence
was felt by the congregation. He ought
10 be a preacher; il he had been rom
his youth up, he would now be ID. D.,
OF = Bishop.
yuriug the exciting twenty-four hours
.,,c. x.eding the late election, our citizens
haga, 10 fully realize what blessing
II was to have the telegraph office down
town at the hotel they had long
known b or fortunate they were In the
nossession of polite and accommodate
Inc agent Ernest Yoest. One thing
Iack we v, N---the removal of the Ex-
,,ress Office Town town. 1t Is great
inconvenience to have to go mile be-
lore Won can send anything off by ex-
nress. and then if you don't happen in at
the right time, have to wait, probably
until the next day, before your package
is received. While we are on the SUP.
iect. we feel inclined to state what
we believe is an imposition on the pub
lie we understand the Express COM
many charges price one day for an arti-
lie and as like as not next week charge
twice as much, for the same weight and
bulk. TO and from the same place. We
believe the Agent at this place is not to
blame for any of the grievances men
toned above.
Mr.. Jesse Cakes, at the Masonic Hall,
accidentally heard suspiciOusly stealthy
tootsteps lesving the hall last Mon
day morning. On coming out 10
see if he was correct, he beheld young
negro man going OF with one on MS
sacks of flour. Mr.. Cakes immeiiatiy
sat mn the cry of "catch the thief!'
which caused tue latter individual to &C
CELEBRATE his pace up West Main street.
Immediately two sperSons burst out ri.
-. him from Billiards. shoe shop, and
1hor- Joined In from the other side OF
s nnntraa. The thief. seeing the danger
i,a was in ,-srefully deposited the SACK
of fIour on the steps OF the Metao1isl
church, and sped swsy ike racer, ~.
pursuers close behind MIN. S -"
ison, who was ON horsebsck, toid 'ne no :
gro to stop or he would sho9t MN. LIE
darkey told him to shoot-he was gong
home. He made for the river, ano
crossed at the Big wheel, where the wa
ter is shallow.
We predicted, privately, that Barnum
would draw a crowd of ten thousand
neople at Columbia. Our opinion came
so near being correct, that if it had been
a sunshiny day, we believe it would
have been entirely so. Did you ever see
such a crowd! Girls,-country girls
some with fresh, rosy cheeks, and others
that only appeared to be so; men, wo-
u,en. and children, and darkies by the
-o,sand. 1t was a very fine opportu
TIA. Cor pickpockets, and they took ad
nifty " ot il. We don't mean to say
TantaA have pickpockets in Columbia
that we ERE here last Friday, as seve
put they >fortunate citizens VIII sor
raj OF our Ia v. The circus was helo
rowfully testi,. tditiou to Columbia,
on Helms "a, ~an,aterv. DIR ]. r
near Rose Hill ~are int recoyere,
Dixon lost Sl30, or n. Matthew'S los
it, we learn; Or. w. l. Miss Carri
Sl35; ruffian snatch. o,n her. bu
Webster's pocket book l. Part John
Blair Webster recovered it. ram
Snn as brave a soldier as DIRE =