The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18
AROUND TOWN.

Cotton is this market is selling at 16
and lGX cents.
Go 10 the speaking tomorrow and
hear the burning eloqueDce of House,
Harris, layers, Thomas and Looney.
The srd Saturday in November next,
Is the municipal election in Columbia.
We are requested to say that Hon.
Horace Maynard will speak at Columbia
on Friday, October, 18th inst.
J.H. Hoge and r. II. Watkins had a
fight i'm front of Josh. q. Bailey's office,
last Saturday morning. The combat
ants were separated before any serious
damage was sustained by either party
The steam pump, which our City
Fathers have been expecting SO long
has arrived, and has been placed In po-
sition ready for use, when needed.
One of Mr.. w. H. Williams new
negro tenement houses near the Rail-
road caught on fire last Saturday eve
ming, but the flames were put out before
the building was consumed.
We understand that Mr., Hal Hol-
comb, of this place, took q number OF
houses to Hickman county recently to
sell them, and among others Com
et,n Joe A. Irvine's stallion. While
irving to have "Comet" shod, the
horse kicked him on one side of his face,
crushing his jaw.
The great DeCastro is holding forth t6
crowded houses, and bis performances are
truly beautiful Rnd wonderful, and
those of our citizens failing to see him
and the beautiful and accomplished Mrs.
DeCastro, miss a rare treat. In the dis
tribution of prizes, Jos. n. Walker drew
SO, Jonathan Digger $40, Jesse Powell
lady's hoopskiKt, Wiley Embry sugar
cured ham, and Ernest Yeost lot of
crockeryware This, Friday night, in ad-
dition to the numerous other presents,
$50 in greenbacks will be given away.
The Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur,
or the " Day OF Atonement," which be-
gan Friday evening last and continued
until dark Saturday evening, was
observed by our Jewish citizens. This
is the most important and holy OF
all the Jewish festivals-all pious Israel
ties fasting from the eve OF the 1lth to
that of the 18th.
You can save ten cents on every can
of Fresh Oysters you buy from Frank
Aydeiott. He warrants every can TO De
strictly fresh and OF the very best brands.
The corporate authorities have erect,
ed a tower upon which they have placed
the IOW0 Dtii, Ou VIC tiu Noeoue NV
between Larkin's and Hammer Hall.
Last Saturday morning, "Joe Bowers"
property of Gale Thomas, and bay
Woodford," Flornay. Clark IL Co.'s fine
horse, passed through our town, ard
ATTRACTED considerable attention. They
were returning to Giles county from
the State Fair.
ii. HI. Catins, a skillfgl and accom-
plished machinist and mechanic, Of this
place took a silver medal at the State
Fair Tor the best display of wood work.
He works with Lamb A. Boyd, of this
town.
We see one of the rooms at our Depot
occupied by an old colored woman as
an eating house. Why don't the rails
road authorities put stop to this, as
we have not got half OF the accommo-
patton here that we are entitled to have?
columbia does more business than any
other town al 1pg iRs road, and yet she
has the poorest depot.
At the last Quarterly Court 1t was or
dered that the chairman appoint a
committee of three, whose duty it shall
be to purchase tools for the overseers OF
the county, after the appropriation has
been made by the Court. The chairman
has appointed the following worthy gen.
tlemen, whom we are confident will per-
form their duty well: r.. A. Mckay.
chairman, F. A. Burke, Jas. IL. Wilkes