Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-12
COLUMBIA.
Local lettings for the Week.
COURT HOUSE.

COLUMBIA, Tenn, Sept. 10, 1S73.-We
would suggest to Sim Latta, our most ex-
cellent Sheriff, as the Court House in our
city is now near completed, and in re-
spectacle condition, more so than it has
been since it was first built, to keep it so.
Bulletin-bosrds should be placed at each
one of the doors on the first floor TO stick
bills Oh, and those who then should disfig-
ure the walls with such things should be
taken before the Grand Jury. The repairs
on the Court House will be Completed
within the next three weeks, when it will
be an ornament to our city and Court
Square.
NUISANCE.
The sidewalk on South Main street, in
front of Mrs. James Atkins, looss more
ike the lava beds that were once inhabited
by Capt. Jack, or the corduroy roads used
by Baauregard at the evacuation of Corinth,
than q sidewalk. Mr.. Alge Hodge, a mer-
chant, who lives within half block of this
nuisance, informs US that he has spent SIS
to build pautoon bridge over said side
walk so his customers can get their daily
ratons whenever it rains. 1t would be q
good idea if Marshal Latta would place q
few corporation laborers on said sidewalk
and repair the same, aud see If he can find
where the sidewalk agaS when Columbia
was first laid out.
IMPROVEMENT.
The Smith Brothers, of the Columbia
AtheDeum, who, q few weeks ago, bought
the Corinthian Hall, IN the southeastern
portion of our city, deserve the thanks of
our whole city for the fine stone fence that
is now being erected around said hall.
STILL DIGGING.
Mr.. Ben. C-ldwell, who lives on Bear
creek, six miles from this citv, has sunk
shaft forty feet in depth for the hidden
stone coal, gold aad silver which is on his
land. He has several laborers al work, and
is confident of being successful in finding
his fortune under the ground.
FINE WORK.
Columbia can bsat the South for fine
hearses. Mr.. A. Barr, our city undertaken,
has five of the finest hearses we ever saw.
Messrs. Fariss, each and carriage manu.
facturers, of our city, turned out of their
shop, on yesterday, hesrse for Mr.. Barr
which cost $1,000.
CAMP MEETING
Commenced at Hurricane Station, SIX miles
from this city, last Friday. Sunday last
orr city was almost deserted, as everybody
had gone there. Five passenger coaches
left our depot last Sunday NOR ling, every
coach being crowded. The meeting is still
going on.
CIRCUIT COURT
commenced in our city last Monday Judge
Vim. P. Martin presiding. Yesterday, a
case was tried and disposed of, between
Greenfield and Hobbs; Greenfield borrowed
twenty-five dollars Of Confederate money
in 1853, the borrower giving his no:e pay
aole one day after date, the jury gave YER
diet of so cents on the dollar. So you see
that s'CoDfed." is good for fhaf loaf"
CITY CLOCK.
The city cock On Corii THAN Hall, In this
city is now flushed, and is in good running
order, and can be heard of still night as
far as Henryvile. Mr.. Leonhsrd deserves
ring order, it having been out Of time since
1851. 1t is great benefit to our city.
WATER WORKS.
We understand that our City Council
contemplate soon to place q reservoir on
Mt. Parnsssus. We think it is time, for
the little two-inch pipe that now tries to
supply our city with water, is not much
better lhan pipe stem.
KILLED.
j. W. Brooks, who lived at Hurricane
Switch, in this county, was in our city last
Saturday, and while here became iDtoXi-
Gated. He started home about O'Clock in
the evening; he got as far as Rose Hill
Cemetery, about one mile from town, when
be laid down on the railroad track Mr..
Mack Mcguire and VIM. Tucker dis oyered
him on the track, and went to him and
woke him up, when he started on down The
track in the direction of home About
Z O'Clock, after dark, Messrs. Charley and
Ed. Gordon while coming to the city,
discovered his body on the track badly
manglsd. They examined the same and
found that bis right leg was cut off between
the knee and thigh, bis right arm cut eff
near the shoulder, his left jawbone broken,
cut badly in the left side OF the face, also a
deep cut on the left side of the cad, and q
cut of several inches in his left breast, be-
ing dead of course when found. He was
brought and placed in the Sheriff's office,
where The Coroner held an Inquest. His
remains were carried to Hurricane Switch
last Saturday morning aud buried. He
leaves wife aud five children. He was
the worse msngled person VIZ ever taw.
ADoLPH NELSON,
of your city, but now the proprietor of the
new hotel In his city, at the depot, arrived
from Bon Aqua Springs last Tuesday where