The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1885-07-10
OVER THE COUNTY.

The HERALD business office ant
\ editorial rooms are in the old HERALl
building, corner of North Main an,
9th Streets, entrance on 9Th Street.
AT CosT.-Popular shoe, manu-
featured expressly for US.
jy loft THOMPSON & KELLY.
Mr.. Thomas j. Mckay, who
commenced going to jennings Bust.
ness College, Nashville, has taken the
pgemium on penmanship. He is al
ready one of his first scholars in book
keeping and rapid calculating.
AR CosT.-Edwin G. Burts oele-
brated shoes.
jy 10 If. THOMPSON 81 KELLY.
Mr.. w. p. Dooley has received
tae following letter, announcing his
appointment as postmaster at Terry,
ia this Icounty:
WAsHINGEoN, d. c.. June 29th,
1885. w. p. Dooiey, Terry, Tenn,
Dear Sir:-I have the honor to inform
you. that the Postmaster General has
ordered your appointment as postmas-
ter at Terry, Maury county, Tennes-
see. / am, sir, with high regards,
yours &c,
J. q. BALLENTINE.
Prof Barrett, of Mt. Pleasant, will
deliver a Sunday school lecture at the
schOol-hOuse in Terry next Sunday at
8 p. M. fra
"A large number of the good peo-
pie of Sandy Hook attended the cele-
sasation, on the 4th, at HenryvilIe,
Lawrence county, and enjoyed the
day.
Miss Priscilla Voss and Miss Ellen
AIOrrissey have been visiting in Sandy
Hook.
|. The public school at Sandy Hook
has been opened by Prof. A. o. Bail
ley.
The closing exercises of Broad
view Academy will be held tie 10th
and 18th. l.. p. Padgett, ESQ.,, will
deliver an address.
There will be sacramental meet
ings at Glenwood next Saturday and
Sunday. y15I
Immense rain over the county
and in town on Monday afternoon,
doing some damage to wheat, oats
and hay.
Mr.. a. l.. Emerson, who lives
near the city, brought to town Mon
day, curiosity in the peach line, be- |
ing two well developed, ripe, luscious
peaches, joined together, siamese-twin- |
like, with separate seed, and stems. |
AS twin peach, it is a curious freak |
of nature.
Heavy rains Sunday and Monday |
last, interfered with wheat threshing |
greatly. Farmers should be particular
and thresh their wheat dry, if they |
expect the market price. The rain
also interfered with hayiBg and cut
ting oats, but increased the chances for
another corn CROP.
w. A. Bailey of the Spring Hill
thTeshed his wheat last; week.
On 10 acres he made 800 bushels of the
Michigan Amber, and 500 bushels of
The New York Flint on 40 acres.
j. Fl. Howard is threshing his
wheat this week. He thinks he will
make 25 bushels to the acre
Mr.. o. w. Mayes brought in the
second cottOh bloom we have seen on
he 3rd and Mr. II. Y. HALEY brought
n one on the 4th.
VIII Howard, raised 27g bushels
If wheat to the acre, on 40 acres OF
and, at Ashwood.
alive crops of wheat, near Porter,
n this county, made an average OF Is
bushels each, less than the seed sown.
In the same neighborhOOd Mr.. Pat
sullivan, made u bushels per acre.
Mr.. J. NJ. Kittrell estimated his crop,
t is said, at 10 bushels per acre.
The cOlOred people, in the Zion
leighborhOed, celebrated the 4th with
/ picnic.
--Thresh out your wheat dry so as
o get the best price for it, wet wheat
viii not sell.
The crowded state of our columns
orce us to omit several communica>
ions this week.
See Supreme, county court and
Sheriff's advertisements.
Read advertisement of Il. a. Ogel-
yie Trustee.