The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-05-02
AROUND TOWN.
Duck river Is raftahle, to-day.

II
Read the advertisement of Recorder Guest.
Gen. W. G. Whitthorne will address the peo-
/ pie in this place on Monday.
Lamb g. Boyd viii shortly build new
house, for Sol Bunch. u
Last Saturday was busy day with our mer'
| chants.
| Ct the City Marshal, is being greatly improved.
Lamb Boyd are adding to their already
| extensive furniture mandatory.
Circuit Court will commence next Monday,
Judge W. P. Martin presiding.
Rev. Mr.. OTIS advertises the sale of his
household and kitchen furniture. Read the
| business notices.
Daniel J. Estes sold to Martin, Embry, &
Wright Ose hundred bales of cotton, which he
delivered this week.
Thos. K. Gordon an excellent brick mason.
contemplates commencing making brick
soon.
Mr.. Jos. f. Tucker is still exhibiting his ex-
cellent gate on the Square. 1t is the cheap
est gate ever made.
Immediately below the bridge we notice
sein floating and stretched from one shore to
the other.
a letter was received at the Herald Office on
the 18th ult., which was mailed at Spring Hill
on the 29th of March---distance only IL miles.
Rev. A. W. Smith found on the steps of the
Methodist church, on last Sunday night, jet
and gold bracelet. Call an him for it.
CouI ty Court meets again next Monday, to
either put in operation the new road flaw, or
let the old one remain in force.
Mr.. VIM. BAgly has bought an interest in
the Family Favorite, and will in the future be
identified with that paper.
Mr.. Rainey informs us that the recent frost
did him a great deal of injury. All of his
fruits were killed. Mr.. Sheppard says all
his strawberries are killed.
John n. Kelley, son of Rev. Edmund Kel
ley, the latter we'll known in this community.
will deliver lecture at Mt. Lebanon Mission
airy Baptist Church (near Burns Spring. to-
night.
The revenue officers seized countryman's
wagon and team last Saturday, because he
had in his wagon five gallons of whisky. on
which there were no stamps. The whisky
was bought of John T. Tucker.
A small son of c. W. Kent's fell into a well,
about eight feet deep, one day last week, and
seriously injured himself. The well was fresh
ly dug and had no water in it.
fine regular meeting of the Library Asso-
citation will take place next Monday night, the
9Th inst, at the Library room. The CONTROL
ing members are requested to be present.
white man was put in Jail last Saturday
for being drunk and disorderly on the streets.
negro man was also committed on the same
day, but we did not learn for what cause.
Mr. VIM Brown, proprietor of the COASTS
Saloon at Hammer Hall, In this place, is
preparing, and will in a few days build
ten pin alley.
Mr.. Cal Boyd, than whom a better cabinet
workman cannot be found in the State, is
now engaged exclusively IN the business Of
picture frames. Materials of all styles at
different prices on hand. Orders left at A.
Barr's or Lamb Il Boyd's, promptly attended
to.
There is man living on "Misery Hill"
east side of the Corporation, who, though
good workman, is too lazy to work. He pre-
fers that his wife should take in washing Tor
a living, while he INDUCES in WEIGH dances
in front of his house.
Mr. James II. JamisOn, Tom Glenn and
four other gentlemen, went fishing with
sein to RutherfOrd's creek Monday last, ana
caught 81 fish drum, red-hOrse, trout, and
suckers. The same party went again on
yesterday.
The Smith Brothers have determin ed to
send some of their magnificent pictures 10
the Nashville Exposition. The collection OF
pictures in the Athenaum Hall is very large
and well selected. Some of them cost six
teen hundred dollars each. 1t is dangerous
10 ship such pictuT es on railroads where they
will be handled like a bale of cotton; but, pev-
ertheless, we are glad that some of our institu
tions of learning will be represented at the
State Exposition.
Some years ago Mr.. f. H. W., (who now
keeps grocery at Burns Spring, for which
ammo ncemeut we make no CHARGE taught
school, and successful teacher he was, toe. He
invited two friends to call on him, as he wish
ed TO show them his garden. While examin-
ing the garden, in the middle of which was a
large poplar, one of his friends wished to
know in what manner he had lad of the po-
tato rows, as there appeared to be ne beg
ming OF ending os the rows. Frank with much
ccmposure showed the inquiring friend that
all the rows conferred towards the tree, "for,"
said b e, "when the sun is in the east work on
the west side of the tree, and at II m. work
on the north side, and in the evening work
the east side and on the south side the potatoes
do very well to let the weeds grow with then"
Why he does not cultivate his garden now, in
which there no tree is-nObOdy's business.
Theo. Lipscomb, one OF the proPrietors of
the Nelson House of this city, received a
letter from en- old friend ard patron, this
week, the envelope bearing the following In
scTiptOn:
To Theo Lipscomb's new Hotel,
Where travellers like to sop so well;
Where rooms are garnished, beds are Gle n,
With new sheets to lie between;
Where costly carpets from the store
Are newly lain on all the floors,
W mere every IulnS II ECdIlS Hcdty
And plenty good for guests to eat.
I've paid my way and l must 60
To see friend LipscOmb, Theo.
Although there is sold annually, in
Maury county $4,000 worth of field
seeds, vet there is sufficient demand
for hay as to induce one of our commits
sion merchants to buy large qusn titles
OF it at the North, for this market.
Mr.. III. Crone has received lot OF new
Spring and Summer goods and invites
the public to examine them. See his
new advertisement.
During the rain storm Wednesday
night the lightning struck the business
houses of of Sheegog & Son, and Mrs.
NJ J. Bryant, on the public square.
Mr.. Algeron Hodge lost his pc cket-
book on the square, last Saturday. \
beautiful young lady, Miss Adkisson by
name, found it and returned it TO the
owner.