The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-10

H. B. DAIMwOoD,
4. 7. GRAY.
Rev. DR.. Otis then addressed ha Court
on the subject of making the prisoners
in the county Jail more comfortable,
report of which we will furnish next
week. ......
A proposition from w. l.. Murphy
and D avid GreWar, was read, proposing
TO heat the jail and furnish it with water
and water closets, for the sum of SIX
teen hundred dollars in cash bonds,
which is as follows:
We hereby agree TO furnish the jail of the
county of MaIlry county, Tenn, q No. 40
fiery furnace, one smoke stack, made out Of
No. p iron, hot air pipes, made out OF gal
vaniZed iron, with registers sufficient TO
pipes; made out Of same material, with reg
listers necessary tc heat the dining room,
hall and entry room all for the amount of
nine hundred dollars in cash. Ii paid in
county warrants, discount will be added on.
We further agree to Mt seven upper closets
in the cells of the jail, one winter hydrant
for out door purposes, seven bib COCKS for
drawing water in cells, seven liver handle
stop cocks for said closets, 81 incH cocks to
shut of water i'll case of freezing, to carry IA
inch pipe from main pipe on street TO SAID
Jail, Waste pipe of water closets TO be eight
inches in diameter, and Of cast iron, also
furnish one hundred and seyenty-hvc feet
of eight inch vitrited clay pipe, to run from
jail - pit in yard. Carpenters work on the
seven water closets, all complete, Tor the
amount of seven hundred dollars in cash.
added. WI. MURPHY,
DAVID GREWAR.
w. j. WhitthOrne spoke in favor of
the propO itiOn, and Justice Nichoi ear
nesfly opposed it, in an elaborate and
poinfed speech. Justice Clear took issu
with Mr. Nichols. and made an eloquent
lpveaI in behalf of the proposition.
Justice McCaw said he had been Jail
commissioner for several years, and this
is the ONLY Ill he ever was in, and the
gloomy appearance and stencil that meet
Won makes it no desirable place Tor one
to GO, and alt1Ongh the divisions are fur
niSheu with ever comfort within the
means of the iailor, yet tn prisoners
suffer from cold. The jailor, Mr.. VIM.
L4tta. stated that prisoners do snffrr
WITH cold, and often get irOStbitten, and
they have to lie in bed to keep warm.
DIR. Pillow. the Jail physician. spoke in
favo- Of the proposition. Justice Wilkes
thought that the county, financially.
would save money by allowing the
propC sition. The amount, $4,000, was
then yoted by the Court, for heating the
Jail and furnishing water closets for the
same, and the contract awarded to the
bidders.
On motion of w. j. Whitthorne, Mr..
Geo. B, Childress was elected Notary
Public.
John G. Horsley was appointed adj
ministratOr OF Barbara Powell, decd.
Jus. ice Clear advocated the building
OF bridge at Chumbly's Ford.
Justice Burke said that already the
county Yas in debt some $1,000, and he
was willing that the bridge Should be
built, but we Lave no money TO build IT
with.
The Court then voted that $4,000 he APP
propriated tor building Of said bridge
near Chumblv's ford.
It was ordered that th9 Quorum Of
last year be allowed pay for their servi-
ces, ..-.:
The poor house committee report that
there are d persons AT the poor house.
David McCaw, John G. Horsley and
F. A. Burke were appointed by the
Chairman, Jail Commissioners for the
year 1878.
Petition OF j. p. Kittrell for change of
district 80 as TO included MIN in the 18th
district.
The former comm issiOners of the poor
house We're re-appOiDted.
Justice Burke called the attention of
the Court to the fact that Levi Euless,
cold, had been paid $3.50 for waiting on
the Court, when. in fact, there Is the
Sheriff and two Consta bles to do the bu-
siness of the Court, and he could see no
reason why pay should be allowed E::-
less. The former Chairman said he Is
sued the warrants because the Clerk had
issued certificates for the same.
Ii. Tanksley, II. B. DaimwOod and
John g. Horsley, were appointed COM
i:,issioners to superintend the building
Of the Chumbly ford bridge.
Third hays Proceedings
Justice Nichol promised by a neat,
precise and tastefully delivered speech,
the toliI wing proposition. He said that
beneSolence reigned supreme in his bo-
som, and if it is necessary that Il minis
ter should come before the court to tell
them that the prisoners should be more
comfortably cared for,--that the Jail
should be hea'ed and supplied with was
ter-clOSets: he thought that the judges,
clerks. jurors and witnesses are entitled
to equally as much benevOlence. And
although he could not employ the elo-
quence in advocacy of his proposition as
that of the learned divine, in the support
OF his, he nevertheless hoped it would
pass, and thereby make the LAWYERS,
judges, jurors, and clerks, if not as COM
Portable AZ the murderers and thieves
that fill our Jail. as n+arly So as possible:
"Tnat the Presiding Elder of the
NJ. u. Church look ailer the humane
treatment of tAe Circuit Court, and
commission of IN ee be appointed to Sc
lect Unitarian divine to look after the
Chancery Court department"
The same Justice offered the following:
"Ordered by the Court that committee
of thee be appoin e by the Chairman,
and report at the next Quarterly Term,
what repairs, il any, are necessary on
the Court House, and what amount of
money will pa necessary 10 make the
same" The Chairman appointed BENZ.
Harrison, ]. II. Wilkes and John G.
Horsley. said committee.
Permission was granted the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen to erect town
clock anu cupola on the top of the court
house.
Geo. B. Childress gave bond as Notary
Public.
Petition of VIM. Lyle for a Jury of
view granted, and @. w. Gates, w. J.
Gates, j. A. D'Priest, Jas F. Donaldson
and James L. Curry, appointed.
Thos. Mcguire, one of the Justices OF
the Sth civil district, offered his resigda-
tion, as Magistrate, and also as school
commissioner, which as accepted.
Report of L: e. Notgrass, B. T. Good
rum, n. z. Wilburn and A. Tolnlin-
son. Jury of view, confirmed.
HefeFv Harris. w. B Il .nnon and j. 3.
Hill, appointed commissioners to appnr-
non hands to the following 0verSeprs
Ralph GrIffiI, Vim. Davidson and john
w, Edmiston.
Justice PreWesG presen ed the follow
ing, which WIS passed: Ordered by the
Court tn u from and after this date, 10
motion shall be enterta nei to refund
exec s-ive taxes fer the me allow d
hy law for correction of errors in tax
assessn ents, and that the former orders