The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-06-13
AROUND TOWN.
How about the plimentaries, Major?
W. L. Murphy has been awarded the con

How about the com plimentaries, Major?
W. l.. Murphy has been awarded the con-
/ tract for heating the county Jail,
We hear Of several families preparing to go
I to PTimm's Spring.
Il was currently reported on the streets
| last TUESDAY, that Frank Wiley would marry
pretty little girl of our town that night. II
proved 10 be joke, gotten up by sister OF
the young lady IN question.
II would be a great convenience 10 persons
walking to Rose Hill Cemetery, if the trustees
would erect steps at the northwestern corner
of the cemetery,
Gen. w c. Whitthorne has been invited to
deliver the ADDRESS at the Atheneurn, on FRI
day evening the 27th inst.
Gentlemen tell us that it is rumored ia diff
fereut portions OF our co unity that we have
had several cases Of cholera in Columbia.
This is entirely untrue. There has been no
cholera in town, and only one death, and that
one from old age, IS far as we have heard,
during the week.
A prominent physician of our town, who
has always been considered above such things,
was seen riding through the streets several
days since in fine buggy, and who do you
suppose was seated beside him? A wall
known stone cutter. We have no cholera in
our midst, and we believe there will be none,
but all such things are pc ssible.
The omission of the name of the Red Men
on Mr.. T. A. ThoHDson's funeral notice was
an uniutentional error on the part OF the
HERALD Office. No one else is to blame.
The controlling members of the Library As
ISOLATION will meet az the Library room to- NOR
70 w night, to elect a new board. All controll-
ing members are requested to be present.
Mr.. NJ. Joseph is offering his entire stock Of
goods astonishingly low. He says he is de-
termined to sell in order to raise funds. See
his ad 20 mi ant n Snanud MAJ
A beautiful young lady Of our town exhibit
ed much anxiety last week when she heard
cholera was in Brownsville, Tenn. We I'M
derstand she has a sweetheart in or near that
place, whose initials are, H. S. R.
Dysenteric affections have prevailed in our
town to a considerable extent during the past
two weeks. Twenty or thirty cases of cholera
morbus we're among them. In every single
II was traceable to iI1prudent eating OF Yege-
tables, mainly of peas and beans. Although
nearly everybody has been affected to some
extent with dysenteric symptoms lately, not
death has resulted from 1t yet.
Cuffee Lawrence, aged one hundred and
twenty three years and eight months, died
near White Spring, last Tuesday night. He
had been married eleven times, and talked
huenfly about Revolutionary times, having
been servant of Col. Lawrence, of Revolu-
tiOnary fame.
J. n. Smith, an enteTprising merchant who
runs one store ana owns Two, on the banks oil
the beautiful Swan Greek, Hickman county,
came 10 Columbia last Friday, and sold a
large lot of chickens, ginseng, etc., and ship
ped some peanuts and rags to Nashville.
Our merchants ought not to allow anything
from Hickman county TO go to Nashville.
The Crescent Minsirels did not come to time
on the 10Th and 18th, as they advertised, but
it leaks out that the agents went largely into
deJt here, and scattered complimentary tick
cts around loose
The Mayor notified the citizens, in printed
circular, TO clean up their premises, and that
scavenger carts would call in front of every
door and remove all debris deposited there
We regret to learn that some persons have
wilfully neglected TO take advantage of this,
and have even failed to make proper dispOsi-
ton of the lime left for them. This is wrong
and should be Temedied at once. Men have no
night to have and cherish unwholesome odors
where they may be offensive and dangerous to
their neighbOrs. Let the matter be remeded
at once, and if owners of filth will not apply
the remedy, let the town authorities do it,
without fear of offending anybody. We beg
leave to call the attention of the corporate
authorities to the fact that they are doing an
un8Ise thing in hauling all the filth of the
town 10 one locality and leaving it there, to
the annoyance and Danger of the immediate
locality.