The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-04-26
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Public Friday at Ingleside Academy
to-day.
Major J. L. Wilson, Claim Agent, has
gone to Pulaski, where be will remain
until tomorrow.
ID. A. Dugger, ESQ, has sold out his
grocery, and will shortly be of for Tex
as. "All right"
See the notice of the Finance Commit
tee, if you are interested.
A beautiful geranium graces the VIM
dow at the Register Office.
There was aslight frost Monday night.
Tender plants were much discolored.
Owners of trutlines are driving good
business now in the sale of drum, buffa-
10 and reGhorse,
The city authorities have about fit
West Main street.
Job work can be done in Columbia as
cheap as it can be done anywhere, and
yet we fird merchant of this place hav-
ing bis dodgers" printed at Nashville,
in which he appeals to the citizens OF
this county to Encourage Home In
dustry."
Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, was
telegraph operator at this place about
twenty-three years ago, and was sue
ceeded by Mr.. III. B. Titcomb, who is
one of our substantial citizens.
A new tin roof on the houses of w.
Ell. Engle and George C. Ridley, inn
proves the looks of the west side of the
Square.
Mr. Joseph N. Walker, of this place,
bought drove OF splendid looking
Hickman county beeves, last week. It
thus seems that Hickman can raise
something fine beside pretty girls and
large COOLERS. Mr.. Carpenter brought
the beeves from our sister county. Mr..
Walker is keeping an excellent meat
establishment, in the basement ofsthe
Hammer Hall. We ate a steak, last Sat-
urday morning, selected from his stalls
by an epicure, which cannot he excelled
in the blue grass regions.
r. G Pillow, son of Gen. Pillow, now
going to school al Nashville, recently
had a horned frog sent to him from
Texas, and he sent it to DR.. Rains
Drugstore, in this place where it can be
seen in glass jar.
Judge ]. V. Wright and Attorney Gen.
eral Russell, who have been holding
Circuit Court at Lawrenceburg, and
Col. A. NJ. Looney, who was attending
it, returned home i'm the latter part of
last week. Col. Looney and Capt. Fus-
sull caught two of the finest trout of
the season, out OF Shoal Creek. Judge
w. and Capt. +. returned TO Lawrence
burg Monday morning, as soon as Sun
day was over.
For several years Columbia has been
liable to a coal famine, and nearly every
winter we have had one, our supply of
coal having to come through Nashville.
When the North and South Railroad,
beyond Decatur, is completed, q new
supply of excellent coal will be at our
command. Ten car loads of this coal
was recently taken to New Orleans,
and it gave great satisfaction. The
New Orleans Picayune says that 1t is
superior to any brought to that city,
and will compare favorably with the
English camel coal.
Mr.. Josiah Mccoy, of Sparta, White
county, was in our town last week in
PRODUCING his new method of tempering
castteel edged tools He teaches smiths
theoretically and practically the art of
tempering. He produces long list of
references and certificates. We doubt
not that his invention is a valuable one,
and will meet with popular approval.
A Cow belonging to Mr. Robert Nc
Donald, of this place, recently gave
birth to seventy>three calves, seventy
two of which came dead or died soon
after being born. Only one was full
grown cali, and it lived until after the
cow died. which occurred three days
after the events above spoken of. Eph,
Erwin, Henry Hawkins, and many
other trustworthy gentlemen, saw the
calves soon after they were born.