The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-17
AROUND TOWN.
Lent began last Wednesday.

The Public Schools closed Tues |
day on account of the cold.
Mr.. J. p. McGaw, ST., is out again
after a severe spell of the grip.
Drink Hot Chocolate at Alcorns.
IT
The interior Of Mr.. j. Rosenthal's
store is being neatly reprinted.
The Maury National Bank have
begun repairing their building.
Harry Frierson has accepted a po-
sition at Il. n. Figuers shoe store.
Next Wednesday will be the ami
versary Of Washington's birth. day.
Take Alcorn's dyspepsia remedy If
Mr.. S. p. Payne had to close down
his marble works during the cold
snap.
A sure sign of approaching spring
buyers going north to purchase
goods.
Modern men do business in a mod
ern way. Subscribe for Bell Tele-
phone. 1t
Judge Sam Holding, who has been
suffering from a severe cold the past
week, is recovering.
Messrs. O. p. Rutledge and T. Ed.
Gordon have formed a partnership
in the insurance business.
The Maury County Bell Telephone
Exchange has over 800 subscribers.
| Merchants should consider this. 1t
Jake Barker and family left the
| first of the week for Havana, Cuba,
where they will make their home.
f. f. Wood will remain of his
present stand, to share the store
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
Mr.. w. L. Naff, we regret to report,
has teen on the sick list the past
week. His friends hope to see him
out again soon.
Miss Leila Buchanan has been
quite sick for several days, but her
friends will be glad to hear that she
is now some better.
The stomach is our best friend and
the next best is the Perfect" baking
powder. 1t is chemically pure and
assists digestion. l.20.3m
Mrs. M. f. Williamson and daugh-
ter, Miss Maude, are now boarding
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. f. Embry on
South Garden street.
Mr.. S. p. Payne continues on the
sick list, and is yet unable to leave
his room. Marvin Crosthwait is
also still confined to his room.
Mrs. Knox Fleming is now with
McKennon, Anderson & Foster
The friends of both Mrs. Fleming
and the firm extend congratulations
Take your prescriptions to Alcorn's
drug store. If
There will be a big demand fOl
Offices when the tearing away of the
, WbitthOrne block begins, which
, will be about April |, if the weather
| permits.
7 Mr.. n. B. Cheairs is able to bt
back in the Trustees office again
after being confined to his room fol
q several days, or account of injuries
| by fall.
: Messrs. J. P. Street & Co., tn,
enterprising hardware merchants
are placing new shelving in .heil
store and otherwise improving thu
interior of their house.
f The Western Union Telegraph
Company, has purchased the store
house in the Bethel Block next tC
: Berg's jewelry store, and the tele
graph office will be moved there
>. some time next month.
1t showed and sleeted again Wed
: nesday night, but as the weathe
had become a great deal warme
, they did not stick. The SHOW AM
u u ice were nearly all melted yesterday
. aud the streets and pavements wer
II II in a very bad condition.
. The Columbia Mill & Elevate
Il Co.'S. flour mill has been closed dow
for the past week, on account of tb
cold. The City Grain & Feed Co.'S
mill has also been stopped. Tn
Pump Factory hands resumed worl
Tuesday.
10 We have purchasd the celebrate
70 pure baking powders named "Pel
No feet" and desire our customers t
Y use it, for health sake. M. ID. King
X G. w. Nichols, Frierson & Embry
~ w. ID. Cameron.
" l-20 3m
III All the water pipes at the count.
Jail were frozen last Sunday nigh
and Sheriff Hight had to plac
stoves in the cells and corridors t
20 give the prisoners heat.
The water pipe in the HERALD offic
bursted last Monday morning, an
gave the Office and the rear part {
the Racket annex good drenchin
before it could be stopped. The dan
age, however, was small.
." Mrs. A. B. Rains, we regret to re
port, has been seriously ill the pa;
> week, and her condition was not in
u proved yesterday. Her friends trus
y that she may yet be restored to he
y wonted health.
o. The Louisville & Nashville raj
20 road officials are cOntemplatin
: making an extension in the yarC
m at this place, in order to facilitat
traffic. 1t is also proposed to plaC
j. a switch tower in the yards.
" The past week has demonstrate
" the appropriateness of the It'll
Id "black diamond" as applied
Is coal. The Jumps have indeed bee
I'd precious" and for awhile the
" could hardly be bought for eitht
ed love or money.
er The Golden Gate special, ca-ryin
er excursionists to California, passe
Id through Columbia last Saturda
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