The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-23
Personal INTELLIGENCE.

Lum Derryberry, of Palestine, Obion
county, w Tennessee, was in Maury
county last Tuesday.
A beautiful young lady of Memphis,
full Of the poetry of youth, who has
been spending short time in this
vicinity, returned to the city Of heat last
Monday night.
Capt. Rufus J. Polk, prominent
planter of Philips county, ''the Maury
county of Arkansas" came TO our
county recently, with the expectation of
returning TO Arkansas soon.
Major Will Polk, a successful planter
of Commerce, Miss, is i'm this county,
attending to his planting interests here.
John w. Lockridge, who went to
Bolivar county, Miss, from this county,
last winter, full of healthy Tennessee
blood and vim, returned a few days
ago, looking like he had been through a
flint mill. He says Jim Walker and
Lev Lansdown have also been very sick,
but are now convalcscent. Mr.. Locks
ridge was staying with Col. G. w. Polk.
We noticed the fine looking form of
Capt. Rufus Polk, candidate for Floater,
on our streets last Tuesday, having re-
turned from Little Lewis" whittier
we understand he has been catching
trout-or "electioneering."
Mr.. Pritchett and family. of Alabama,
are in the city, seeking health and pleas
ure. F-
Col. w. S. McLemore, now Judge elect
in this district, has received bis COM
mission, and will take the oath Of Office
the first Monday in September. His
majority is ninety, instead OF forty-sev-
en-. The mis- occurred in Marshall
county. When be ran for Circuit Judge
I.~<l ,~fe r<at
him seventy-six votes.
Esq. w II. II. Mack, of Collin county
Texas, has been on visit to our county
several weeks. He moved TO Texas five
or Fix years ago, from the Hopewell
neigh 0orhood in this county, and of
course his numerous friends here are
very glad to see him. By the way, he
has tailed to call on us, and we shall not
forgive him il he goes back to Texas
without seeing us. &
Charley Reynolds, of Nashville, was
in Columbia few days ago.
Mr.. ii ooper, a well known merchant
OF Nashville. has been travelling over
our county this week.
Col II. +. Looney, of Memphis, IL in
our town.
Two more charming young ladies of
Memphis are in this vicinity. They
have been staying at Bon Aqua for some
time past.
The following gentlemen are among
the prominent late arrivals at the Nell
son Honse: Col. James ii. Lewis, OF
Mars lalI county, Tenn; Capt. G. r.
tSchell, OF Louisville; G. w. Boyd.
Wayne Furnace, Wayne CO., Tenn.
Hiram Malone, one of the proprietors
OF the Waynssboro Review, a spicy lit
tie paper, honored US with aVisit recent
iy.
Columbia d Fayetteville RafirSsd,
Capt. s. W. Steele and Mr.. James d.
Thoin as returned to Columbia Saturday,
after having made quite successful re-
connoissance OF this road; although the
weather was intensely warm and the trip
TO some extent hard. TIE surveying
PARTY left Columbia Monday the 10th.
our accomplished and weixnoss n
friend, Capt. Steele, is chief of the front
portion of the party, and Mr.. Thomas
chief of the transitmen, and sketcher of
topography. We feel confident he is
| one of the first young civil and topo-
graphical Engineers within our know
! ledge. Our young friends, Charley Cor
. don and John Park. are, respectively,
transitman and leveier. Tho Culleoka
se'ghborhood for the present. has lost
two of its brightest youths, Messrs. Ed.
and Willie Grant, who are also members
a L. "