The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-22
AROUNB TOWN.
demand Tuesday.

demand Tuesday.
>e.pones arc plenti-
full.
It is rumored that thei. al throe ss
will elect four police insteal.
heretofore.
The negroes are very much elat 40
once OF their race has been electe, -
the Legislature from Davidson coun..
Farmers are delivering pork TO our
citizens at cents per pound.
Mr.. w. j. Strayhorn, assists the Tax
Collector on Mondays.
A friend accounts for tho scarcity of
dogs by the abundance of sausage meat.
ID. Frierson has just received new
assortment of Music, Books, Statione-
~, Pictures: and everything else III ms
IiEc.
Messrs. App. Ho6ap & Co., are doing
a good business in the foundry line.
They, so far, have been doing only re-
pairing work, but their desire is to DO
new work. We hope they will meet
with all possible encouragement In botn
lines. Our country needs just such
men.
r. NJ. Frierson has just received
now lot OF music, and INVITES the iadies
TO call.
While summoning Jurors Tuesday
last, the officer was asked to release
gentleman for the reason that he was an
overseer of a public road. The officer
did SO.
Quite a number of candidates Tor
Town Police are announced. We trust
our newly elected Board of Mayor and
Aldermen will not deem us presumptu-
UiIs in Offering a word of advice. choose
good, reliable, trustworthy men, Tor the
responsible Office OF Policemen; The
property and lives of our people are
guarded by them, and the men chosen
thould be true and loyal to duty.
We have no fayorites, and do not even
know who are running, hence we trust
this advice will be taken as given, be-
cause we believe it is our duty, as the
representative OF the people.
We understand that "a prominent
Radical recently went TO Mr.. Baird, our
postmaster, and told him to turn out Eph
Erwin, because the lattcr did not vote
for him i'm the late election and give the
office to his son. Mr.. Baird told the
gentleman he had better attend to his
own business. Mr.. Erwin has made us
"A very accommodating postmaster's
clerk. and Mr.. Baird is simply consult
ing, as he should, the pleasure ana inter
est of the people, whom il is his duty to
serve, in his official capacity. There is
alot d stronger Grant partisan than Nc.
H., but he does not hate everybody who
does not agree I'm opinion with him.
SATURDAY. evening, after it was ascer,
tanned that Lush Matthews was one OF
-, ALBANIAN e1octad some of his
friends On tore his hat into shreds. lie
wore a paper hat the balance OF the day
made OF the Republican Bdaaer. Mr..
Matthews aud r. II. Jamison, both good
shots. have siguified their intention OF
giving their friends bird supper.
Ben wilkins, COL, butcher, was put in
Jail last Tuesday night, for siaughtering
vearling calf that belonged to some
body else.
Sam Mitchell, co.., WAS placed in jail
last Saturday, for stabbing another ne
gro in the 9th district, all about five
Fonts. Sam is badly hurt himself.
Notwithstanding the extreme cold
weather q respectable number OF soiiu;
Substantial nien OF Columbia attended
NE yaiIroaa meeting Wednesday night
.iSe Court House. Interesting and
ri s.sesehes were made by Nixon,
teiiing 80; Kaulpton, of Lincoln
81 Hics HI ~s.;9pnsays; Campbell, o.
,'ot5ae and % sykes X ShelSy. Au PIES
ont with but few if ni,scpin,;on'
were in favor of voting tn. W. paper
We will give in our next Vice. u NV
some of the important facts stat. -
some of the speakers. We have l.
space this week.