The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-14
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Col. Il. J. Looney and Gen. NJ. J.
Wright, OF Memphis, were in Columbia
several days ago.
Esq. w. y. Cowden, prominent law
yer of Marshall county, was in our
Town last Friday.
lei, a. Chumbly, of Battle Creek coal
mines Was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Joseph A. Irvine expects to start
to Palestine, Texas, one day next week.
He will go by rail, and Mr.. Hal HoI-
comb will take his fine stock, ON
ct :" and "Gray Eagle" through the
country. " Comet" is fine horse, and
"Gray Eagle" has taken the premiums
at all our Fairs. Luck to you, Joe.
Mr.. w G. Dabbs, a prominent citizen
of Lewis county, was in town last week.
C. S. Hill and w J. Whitthorne went
to the Ball given by the Knights of Py-
thias, at Nashville, Wednesday night.
John G. SAKE, the humorous poet, will
lecture at Nashville on the Sd of March.
Our Library Association should make
arrangements to have him TO come to
Columbia.
Charley II. StockeIl, of Nashville, a
big brother CT him that a young heiress
said had face "divinely beautiful, y
was in our town few days since.
Mr.. Cornelius p. Cullom, of Carthage,
Tenn, is in our town. He lived here
several years since, and was highly es-
tsemed by adj OF our people, and espe-
cialIy by the young ladies, because he
IL handsome as we'll as sterling in char
acter.
Mr.. Jas. l.. Paul, Mr. Elisha Barker,
and Theodore Dowell, of the Rock
Spring country, took the train at CO.
lumbia last Monday night, for Collin
county, Tex IS. They are good citizens,
and we are 10th to give them up. a
good many old citizens or Maury live in
Collin eounty,-Esq. w. X. II. Mack,
J. 4. Caskey, John NJ. Lancaster, Henry
Scott, and others. Mr. Paul left his
family i'm Many, and viii come back by
the first of September. He gave away
his fine pack of trained fox dogs, before
he left.
Hon. r. z. Cypert, Of WaynesLoro:
passed through Columbia, last Monday,
ON his way home from Nashville, whith-
er he went to attend the Supreme Court.
I'm tO-day's paper, we publish the law
card of himself and brother. They are
successful and Trustworthy lawyers, and
those OF CUR citizens having legal bust
ness in Wayne county, would do well to
patronize them.
w. NJ. Edwards, OF Dallas, Texas, in
serts his law card in to-day's paper.
He is a native OF this county, and stud
Sed law under his distinguished Tela-
tive, Chief-Justice A. o. =. Nicholson.
He is npetent, prompt and reliable,
and persons in this state desiring any
Business in Texas transacted by an at
Gorusy, will lowell to address him.
jasper p. Choate, of Arkansas, IL on
n visit to his relatives and friends in
Maury county.
Capt James FOrgey, Of this county,
has gone to San Antonio, Texas, to live.
Can't. Forgey has been in the mercantile
business i'm Nashville, since the war,
and has gained much reputation as
lirst-class business man. He was gal
liant Confederate soldier, Is a thorough
gentleman and good business man,
and we wish him success and happiness,
in his new home. rar
q. Richard Erwin, of this place, now GO
ing to school at the University OF Fest
Tennessee, intellectually fired derTin-
ger pistol on Tuesday of last week, the
ball lodging in the abdomen of Ii. w.
GRAY. a room mate OF Dicks. The
wound is considered a dangerous one.
Erwin is a son of Mrs. James l.. Guest,
of Columbia.
The Rev. b. G. johnson, of the Little
Rock Conference, called last week on
his return from visit to the paternal
home in Maury CO., Tenn. We did nos
scold him as much as he deserved Tor
failing TO write US, about what he saw
and heard during his brief stay in a re-
gion al ways interesting to us, embracing
as il does the scene of our first circuit
experience What changes in twenty
eight years, and still the changes go on
Only few days since we noticed the
death of Brother John w. Cheairs, of
Spring Hill, one of the nOblest men, and
an excellent Methodist, under whose
roof we rested after our first days ser
vice as a travelling preacher. Brother
johnson visited the new Publishing
House, at Nashville, which, though not
vet finished, is already the admiration
OF visitors, and will soon be ready for
occupancy. Indeed, we notice that the
Book Agent, who has been siok foI Two
weeks, but is well again, is removing
his stock of books into the new House.
Memphis Advocate,