The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-05-03

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Miss Nancy White, the oldest citizen
OF this place died yesterday, at IL M.
She was aged about so years; an estima-
BILE lady, aud universally esteemed by q
large circle of friends and relatives.
Some individual, with no reverence
| for the dead nor fear of the law, went to
Rose Hill Cemetery, and took from the
Major John Brown lot, two magnolia
I trees 9herefrom. A vigilant officer of
the law is after the thief, and we trust
that he will soon be brought to justice.
Capt. Fussell recently brought home
two Berk shire pigs ofthe same stock as
those belonging to Capt. Stone.
Circuit Court at Lawrenceburg ad-
| journed last week, and Judge Wright
and Attorney General Russell have re-
turned home. Before they came back,
however, they caught a number of fine
trout out of Shoal Creek.
Mr.. VIM. Lstta carried Mrs. s. M.
Roller and Mr.. James NJ. Grimes to the
Lunatic Asylum Thursday. They have
both been confined in the county Jail
since the middle of January.
Columbia society is looking forward
with n UGH pleasure to the warm months,
when scores of fair Southerners will
come to our town during the heated
term. New Orleans will lend us its fair
queen, the loveliest OF them all; Mem
phis number of its charming ladies;
Oxford its two incompatible Hebes;
and Others from various portions of our
loved and lovely Dixie land.
Rev. Joe Butler. col, has brought us
the first green peas of the season. He
always tries to have the first or the
largest vegetables, and generally sue
ceeds.
A Nashville Belle is here, turning the
heads of the youths by her bewitching
smiles, and charming older ones by her
exquisite voice.
DIR. fowler has completed one of the
best pavements in town around the
new HERALD Office building. Mr..
Anthony Gholson, probably the best
brickmaker in the State, and his master
mason, Moore, did the work. The
new fowler Block has just been painted
and adorned by those Princes OF the
Brush, Mr.. Isaac Powell and his son
Jesse.
There will be brilliant "Hop" at
the Edsall House tonight. The young
men are exerting every effort to make
the evening pleasant.
Circuit Court will convene for Maury
County next Monday
By reference to the Clerk & Masters
notice, it will be seen that The Trustees
of the proposed Presbyterian University
at this place have petitioned the Chan
cellor tolbe incor operated.
"Dull times" it is said, "are the lest
for advertisers" Because, when money
is tight and the people are forced to
economic. they always read the adver-
tisements to ascertain who sells the
cheapest, and where they can trade to
the best advantage.
Don't forget that the decoration of the
Confederate graves at Rose Hill Gene
terry will take place next Friday. The
Memorial Association will meet this
Huntington. The general desire seems
to be for Col. Wright and Evan Pill
low to deliver addresses at the decora-
ton. If they accept, we may expect to
hear two beautiful and eloquent
speeches.
A difficulty occurred between John
Holcomb and VIM. johnson, Sunday
evening. The Intervention of the po-
liceman prevented serious affair.
Bev. Geo. Beckett has been in Nashville
this week, attending the Diocean Con-
vention.
HAZE you heard the news? Our friend
Dee Wright has gone to Dixon to get
married, so says Madame Rumour.
The First National Bank of Columbia
pays annually 10000 the Board of May
or of Columbia, as corporation tax.
The Deputy Collectors U. s. Internal
Revenue make important publication in
to-day's issue. Read the notices.
There was car load of spring lambs
and two of very fine beef cattle shipped
from this place to Memphis Sunday
night. The lambs were shipped by DIR.
Jas. T. Akin and fourteen of the beeves
by r. III. Oglevie.
VIM. Paul's wife attempted to commit
suicide lately by cutting her throat. But
for the arrival of physician, the coro-
ner would have been sent for. She was
Jealous of William, and didn't care to
live any longer.
Married, in Rome, Ga, Wednesday
May the 1st, Mr.. Thos. J.. Helm, of this
place, and Miss Rose Hardin, of that
city. They will arrive here tomorrow
evening. We congratulate our young
friend on having won the affections of
this charming Rose of the South; and
tend her a warm welcome to our beauti
full little city.
Mr.. Josh. G.. Bailey has shown us
some full grown peas, from his garden.
One day last week juvenile fifteenth
,,,ant antaraI tho room, nf Col n
B. Cooper and Mr.. Thos. F. Fleming,
and took therefrom one hat, one breast
pin, several combs, suspenders, and 9TH
err articles too numerous to mention.
After having stolen the above named
articles, he sold the breastpIn to Mr..
ii. b. Cook for the small sum of twen-
ty-five cents. The pin must have cost
Mr.. F. SO or $40. A warrant was sworn
out by Col. Cooper against Sam Walk
er, COL, who is about twelve years old,
and placed in City Marshal Latta's
hands, who landed Sam in Jail on last
Saturday. On Monday morning Sam
was brought out of Jail, and let go scot
free, provided he returned the stolen
a sound thrashing.
Mr.. Joseph N. Walker has just pur-
chased twenty head of stall-fed beeyes
from Gen. Lucius +. Polk, which be in
tends butchering for the Columbia mar
ket. These beeves are very nearly thor
oughbred Durham, and are the very best
article for table use, and as tar ahead OF
the scrubs commonly seen in our mar
kets, as his Southdown Spring Lambs
exceed the common breed. We are
glad that he is realizing the success he
anticipated when he happily conceived
the new idea of first-class beef for the
citizens of Columbia. He opens his
market place at two O'Clock in the
morning, and closes at nine o'clock,
p. NJ. Mr.. b. +. Davis and Mr.. Walter
Cook are his gentlemanly solicitors,
and every Saturday, Mr.. Walker, the
clever proprietor, gathers in the re-
ward Of their labor, or in other words
collects all the bills due for the week.
Mr.. Cook will deliver meat sold by six
o'clock in the morning in the south and
east ends of the city, and Charley de-
liyers in the north and west ends.
Decoration Day.
The graves of the Confederates at Rose
Hill Cemetery will be decorated on the
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