The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-02
-Jemes wheatley is now the telegraph

-Jemes Wheatley is now the TELEGRAPH!
operator at the depot in this city.
Bragg says, "a duck before two ducks
a duck behind two ducks, and one duck be
tween two ducks" is only three ducks.
The Banks and post-office will be closed
Monday, in honor of the 4th, which comes
on Sunday. p. O.Open frOm9 to Il.
"A good move is on foot to change the
Mooresville pike crossing at Rose Hill.
If the members of Company "B. Bates
I'd Tenn. Regiment will call at this office
they can see picture o. ti.eir old camping
grounds while they were ci-camped at
Evansport battery. The picture was
framed by member Of said company, j.
Pleas White.
Mr.. John F. Haley has brought an in
tereSt in the livery stable OF Laita, Chap
peII & Co. John is a good judge of horses,
and fond of them; is full OF energy and
vim, and will make valuable partner:
The clos ng exercises of J. IL. NCl!N'S
school will occur on Friday, the ri IHSt.
Examination to commence at O'Clock, aud
concert To ne given at night. III" Iubi.c Il
jeff UoIehnrn, boarder at the Nelson
HOus", * getting up petition to Mr.. jon
nard, the gentlemanly steward, to set ta-
BILE apart for all the h!2s to cat their dinner
at. The petition is unanimously signed.
We saw him come into the dining-rOOm
and we knew by his immense size that he
was Kentuckian, and by his being with
Joe Dew, that he loved fine dogs. He prov
ed to be j. NJ. Taylor, of Lexington, KY,
breeder OF some of the finest dogs in Ameri-
A correspondent of the Journal wants
the young men to get up a boat club. a
hrst-rate idea, but the weather is most too
hot for such labOriOus exercise now.
Two cOlOred ladies called in at r. NJ.
McKay's office through mistake and asked,
take the gallery" "NO, this amt the
place"
At a meeting of the Ugly Club on last
Tuesday night, the following officers were
elected for the next quarterly term: Z. /.
LOOney; B. T.; f. ID. Wilson, /. u; W. I.
Mitchell, :. u; J. E. Walker, V. U. The o.
mil 1rNgNfNn tod ct 10
next meeting. The retiring President, Mr..
Eugene Cooper, will deliver his Valedictory
and the President elect, MT. Z. L.. Looney,
will deliver his inaugural speech at the
next regular meeting.
r. a. Smith, of Shady Grove, Hickman
county, arrived in our city last Monday,
and stopped at the Nelson House. He eX-
pected his sisteT-in-law, Mrs. Clara Baizira,
from Louisville, KY, so he got into the
bus and went TO the depot 10 meet sai9 SIS
ter-in-law. She got of of the train ana en-
tered the bus, when Mr.. Smith recognized
the voice of a man, and in looking around
he found it to be his brother, VIM, j. Smith,
of GAINESVILLE, Texas, who he had not seen
in sixteen years.
The Bank of Columbia declared divi-
dend, yesterday, of ten per cent.
Martin & Embry have bought new
wheat from the following farmers: Walter
Pillow. 700 bushels, 81 per bushel. Col. J.
e. Mcdowell, 100 bushels, 95cts. Major viii
Polk, 1900 bushels, 95cts. johnson Davis
$50 bushels, 80 cts. W. 4. Wilson 200 bush
10 u -" VI ClS anu " a. ID y" ~ 9yV
bushels, % cts. j. b. StOckard, 200 bushels,
81, c. c. Vaughn, 200 bushels, 81. John NJ.
Francis, 200 bushels, 81. so bushels in sun
dry lots at 80 cts. Wheat selling yesterday
at 80 cents. NJ. q E. want 10000 bushels.
Remember the 18th day of July is the
day appointed for a member of each COM
pany of LIST Regiment and 9Th Battalion of
Cavalry, and of the Sd and 18th
Regiments ofInfantry, to meet at the law
office of Gordon q Russell, Columbia, for
he purpose Of making arrangements for
on the LIST Thursday in September. |