Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-04
COLUMBIA.
Our Correspondent about Town.
Local Summary of the Week.

TRoTTING COLT.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, July 3, 1872.-0ne of
the best bred trotting colts in the State is
owned by VIM. j. Whitthorne, the Crimi-
nal Clerk of this city. The dam being a
Black Hawk 2:25 mare, and the sire Mann
brin Paymaster. His owner has named
hin "Dan. Voorhees," and swears he'll be
an "honest goer" if he don't win.
THE COUNTY CANDIDATES
Spoke at Rock Springs on last Saturday.
They reported almost as many UOteS as
there were candidates.
CHAS. CLEAR, ESQ,
Was elected last Monday by the County
Court to the Office of State Commissioner.
1t was one of the closest contested elections
that ever came before this Court, and Mr..
Clear should feel honored in being the
lucky Commissioner. He is good m an
for the position.
CRIMINAL COURT
commenced in this city last Monday, with
Judge T. NJ. Jones on the bench. The At
torney General, Joseph Russell, as soon as
the court was organized, got up in court,
and asked the Judge to let all witnesses
and prosecutors remain at their homes this
Week. dS NGIl tICdl oil Ildu bHCu WIlcdb W
attend, which was a wise idea, and which
request the Judge willingly granted, and
which all the farmers in this county will be
thankful for. The Grand Jury was not
discharged, but are in session, and with the
help of the Attorney General will hunt up
all law breakers, and will have their names
on his ''pay-roll'' by next Monday, when
the Criminal Court viii be in full blast.
Below are the names of the
GRAND JURORS.
Foreman A. IL. Pr,witte, Fielding Ed
wards, Stephen D. Herndon, Thos. W.
Clark, Hiram l. Hendley, A. W. Thomas,
Geo. W. Jones, w. 81. Fly, Manson Vestal,
W. w. Hight, r. r. Matthews, l. W. Nor
ton, L. A. Rountrel.
BAPTIST SERVICES.
We are glad to learn that the Baptist de-
nomination have procured the large hall of
DR.. J. NJ. Fowler, where they will hereafter
hold their services.
LIGHTNING RODS.
To day Messrs. Dougherty & Turner, light
ming rod contractors are putting up some
400 feet rods on our courthouse. This
firm has 40 wagons in Tennessee, and are
doing smashing" business in Maury. 1t
is said that this firm have placed rods on
{, 900 houses in this county.
SPEAKING.
Judge A. NJ. Hughes and Judge Thos. NJ.
Jones addressed the people of this county
last Monday in the courthouse, it was the
largest crowd that has been i'm town this
year. Andrew Jackson and Will McClin-
chy also addressed the same crowd for the
office of Representative in our next Legis-
lature.
CONVENTION OF TEMPERANCE.
The third quarterly convention of Good
Templars will be held in this city next
Tuesday morning. We understand that
the 18th Infantry band, stationed at your
city, will be in attendance. The Guest
House and also the Nelson House, of this
city, will reduce the rates. The Nelson
House, which is kept by Henry Edsall, will
accommodate 100 Of the delegates, and Jas.
L. Guest, of the Guest House, will take the
same number.
MARRIAGES.
There have been only two marriages
since my last-W. II. A. Shaw TO NJ. E.
Mcdonald; Jrel Gibson to M. E. Marine.
COUNTY COURT
commenced their session last Monday, but
adjourned to-day. They transacted great
deal of business.
A MAD DOG
was running through our streets last Tues
day, Swapping" at every dog that came in
his way. Mr.. Robt. l.. Guest shot the said
dog with double barrel shot gun, empty
ing the contents of both barrels in the dogs
head.
PRISONERS AT THE LATTA HOUSE:
A. j. Rains, horse stealing; John T. Smith,
white, larceny; w. R. Owens, white, larce-
ny; Frank RIDDLE, white, murder; James
Williams, white, larceny; VIM. Benner,
white, malicious stabbing; VIM. A. Rice,
white, larceny; Duncan Mayes, col, larceny;
Isham Harris, COL, larceny; Haywood
Moore, COL, horse stealing; Randall Pillow,
COL, Larceny; Henry Dunlap, COL, larceny;
Henry Medley, COL, larceny; Geo. Spindle,
COL, horse stealing; Clay Gordon, COL, rob-
bling and going in disguise; Katto alias Tom
Leonard, COL, arson; Mack Stephenson,
COL, larceny; j. d. Krkman, white, fraud
ulent breach of trust; Chas. Kiddy, white,
horse stealing; VIM. Bowles, white, lunatic.
The above with exception of VIM.
Bowles, lunatic, are criminals, and will
be tried at this term of the Criminal Court,
which will commence its session next Mon
day in this city.
REFEREE CONVENTION.
Last Monday the candidates for Tax
Collector Cor at least eleven Of them selected
three men each) they went into conven-
ton and Mr.. David A. Craig was selected
by the referees, which selection gives entire
satisfaction to the citizens of this county.
Mr.. Craig has only one arm, having lost
the other in the Confederate army.
ICEBERG SALOON.
The proprietors of the above ice-cream
saloon, understanding that the printers Of
the UNION AND AMERICAN will be dele
gates to the Temperance Convention which
will be held in this city next week, extend
to said printers their ice-cream free while
they are in our city.
Tom THUMB, JR.
ASTRONOMERS are in hard luck in Mad
ras. One of them-Mr. Pogson, astrono-
mer royals on trial with closed doors,