The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-09
Observation-Disclosures.

Miss l.. f., of Franklin, is visiting our
Bruce Cochran, of Nashville is at present
Ia our city.
Two Young ladies, one from Florida and
another from Rome, Ga, came with Mis-.
=. !. Helm last Tuesday on her return
Charles w. d. witherspoon. graduate of
the Law School, was admitted TO the Co
lumhiH Bar last Monday.
EN-COv. John T.. Brown, one OF the nOblest
OF the Romans, was In town Wednesday.
col. l.. w. Crawford. of Pulaski, whom DR..
Muusey mistOOk for General Breckinridge,
was here Monday.
Mr. Robert Hill, of Davidson county, was
in Columbia Friday. For quarter of
century prior to the war he was the beau
BTummel" of our town.
Major Hosea, Of CINCINNATI, was in town
this week. lie married Miss Fannie Smith,
daughter of Rector r. q. Smith, one of the
most accomplished women in Tennessee In
her EirlhOOd days.
Mr.. sam Finley, of Mississippi, came up
last week. He is running young Bob Nc
IGNORES cotton plantation In Mississippi.
He promises to send us the finest cotton
stalk ever seen in our SanCtum.
W. w. Mooney, of StauntOn, Va, Is visit
ing his brother, Rev. WellbOrn Mooney, at
Maury
Gen. Jones NJ. withers, Of Mobile, is in
town, and will probably make this his
headquarters for several months. We
would be glad to have him live among us
permanently.
Major r. q. Huntington was on the streets
the other day. We trust he will soon recOv
CT his health entirely.
Mr.. Geo. f.. PuTvis, one of the prOprietOrs
OF the Nashville Banner, hOnOTed our town
last Saturday with his welcome and hand
some presence. Mr.. Purvis is one OF the
few successful newspaper men In the
south. He possesses the talents required to
attain success i'm any neutrality-suspicious.,
culture, enterprise and great energy.
Aleck TitcOmb has returned from David
James 'RunO Hodge, of this city, but now
travelling agent of Bailey, SPerry & Co.,
night for West Tennessee, where he will re-
main for some three weeks. Runt, we hope
you will be back in time to visit Primms
Spring To fish for trout and not Arkansas
suckers"
Prof. \. NJ. Burney, of McMinnviIle, Pres
idrnt of the Female College at that place,
and one of the leading educators in our
state, hOnOred us with a call the other day.
Maury IS the Professors old stamping
ground" and like all who leave her borders,
lac is Obliged to make an occasional pill
grimagc. The Professor has these words
in his catalogue, "McMinnville is the City
OF Refuge from cholera and epidemics"
Capt ]. B. Murphy, OF Columbia, Is an
nuunced as one of the lecturers.
Col. q. W. Boyd, of Wayne Furnace came
up last sunday. The Colonel has stopped
the Furnace until he can get a railroad,
ami contemplatcs Euying thousand sheep,
and going into the sheep raising business.
lie has thousands of acres of cleared land
which will furnish splendid sheep PastuT-
age. lie says he lost twenty thousand dol
lars the last year he run the Furnace.
Van KiIkman and Clark PTitchett, OF
Nashville, came out last Friday TO attend
the races.
Rufus {. Reynolds, a leading young beau
Of Giles county, passed through here re-
Gently on his return from Williamson,
where he found the roads very bad. lie broke
down in sight of his sweethearts home.
He lost "a fine mare, which he RdveTtises In
another column. He saysG Gil BufOrd denied
that he has had rain this year on his crop
until his neighbors saw IL raining very
hard his farm and nowhere else-a
desperation TO prove well known Blble
quotation.