The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-16

lTl6DQS UltlSS De6I i tudL
we charge for all calls upon gentlemen
to become candidates, the same as ad-
vertisements.
AROUND Town. 49,
Oliver York is with Sheegog q Son.
There are now fifteen prisoners in
our Jail awaiting trial for various of.
fenses.
The next session of Ingleside Acade-
my will commence Monday, September
I'd. Mrs. Mack is too well-known as a
successful teacher to need any common
dation from us.
John Voss, near the Depot, was badly
bitten by pet wolf one day last week.
We notice that the clever Jimmy Pill
low is doing business for the popular
house of w. Z. Brown d Co., in this
place.
Postmaster ]. P. Baird requests us to
state that he will i'm the future keep the
Office open till 8 o'clock, on Wednesday
and SaturdaQ nights. The law does not
does it for the accommodation of the
people.
Henry Choate, COL, q crippled cord
Henry Caruthers' boots. Caruthers got
his boots and promised to pay Choate
all charges the following Saturday. Sat-
urday came, but instead Of paying for
repairs, Caruthers wanted Choate to fix
them again, and on the latter refusing to
do SO, Csruthers beat him with stick.
Csruthers was fined by the Record
er. for the offense, and for contempt
of court he was required to pay an addi-
tional V.
Although a colored man and poor
in this worlds goods, johnson, who
unintentionslly killed his friend, has a
character, as shown upon trial, unim-
peachable. II afforded Messrs. Dodson,
Huntington, Fleming, Guest and Latta
pleasure to certify to his industry and
honesty. This should teach the colored
people a lesson they should never forget.
Act well your part, be honest, be indus
trious, and in the hour of adversely you
will have friends. So much sympathy
was there manifested in behalf of the
prisoner by the community, that two
able attorneys were employed for the
defense, and 40 one appeared to prose-
cute.
r. II. Jamison, T. A. Thompson, and
others went oat to Little Bigby q few
days since, where ALI Nicholson was
turning off his mill dam, and caught a
great many fine trout. Trout will soon
all be thinned out in this country by
seins.
A Western paper has the following
advertisement: Engaged-Miss Anna
Gould to John Candall, City Marshal of
Leavenworth, Kansas. From this time
henceforth and forever-until Miss An
ma Gould becomes a widow-young men
are requested to withdraw their partic-
nlxr attentions" r..
Several of the young beaux of Column
lumbia, who have been victimized by
5lirts, would do well to advertise their
of the Misunderstanding after the
fashion of the Leavenworth swain, and
then they will have her fast.
Let everybody attend the railroad
meeting Monday night. The object is
to form a company, raise stock and go
to work. This looks like our people
mean business. News from all alo- z
the entire route is very encouraging.
The citizens of Columbia have it in their
power to make this one of the most
1lourishing manufacturing and CONNER
cial cities IN Middle Tennessee, since we
are nearer the coal fields and iron ore
banks than Nashville and are in the
centre OF the richest agricultural district
in the South. We can secure the trade
OF several adjoining counties by a wise
and liberal policy. The expenditure of
a small sum, considering the wealth Of
our town and county, will add In q few
years four or five fold to our present
wealth. Shall we lose the golden oppor-
tunity? r........... --.-.-..
The following well expressed and no
lite note--was received late Saturday
evening"
Editors HerdJd-My esteemed Sirs:-
livening the monotonous hours of an I'M
fortunate, by sending him a few, to you,
worthless Exchanges.
.s., Yours, DC,
f.@ -. E. L. GORDON.
Saturday last was busy day with the
Justices Cor this district. Before ESQ.
Harrison, Jeff Peay sued Wiley George
for the recovery of $3.50, which he had
lost on the Sherif's election judgment
for defendant. Three other Justices
were engaged in hearing the evidence
in the murder case, and before Esq.
Clear was a trial of person charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
tense. 1t was not good day for trials
either.
An old gentlemen of Giles county, Mr..
nOS. niuulo, w kO w Az oohNlliCg
passed through Columbia, lately, on
horseback, preferring to ride horse to
the cars.
Within the last six months two white |
men have been killed in the same vicin- |
ity where Buck Williams was murdered. |
Cam. whitthorne has brought us
sweet potato, grown on his fathers
place, weighing two pounds and quar-
A ynnd npndsIaf inr, for This
month. tx 80
ask those who. have subscribed money
TO defray the expenses of the prelimina-
nv survey between this place and Fay
ettevilie, Lincoln county, to pay the
same over TO him before the close OF this
week. The uopey must be raised be-
fore the work 10 begun.
One and all go to the railroad meeting
Monday night. Business of importance
will come up for action. $50 ls
Fer whipping his wife, Pitts Jones,
col. was sent to Jail, he failing to give
bond to keep the peace. He gave bond
ana was released, yesterday.
The many friends OF Mr.. ID. A. Digger
will be panied to learn that he has en-
tireiy lost the use of an eye. a cinder
got into it, recently, while on the cars,
A large white crane was on Monday,
flying along the banks of the river
below the bridge.
surveyed the city and furnished us with
the following facts: The altitude of
the Court House above Whites Spring
as 81 feet; the reservoir is lilo feet above
the spring; Dale's Hill, where they
speak of building the new reservoir, is |