The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-02-24
OVER THE COUNTY

Cabinets, 81 per doz. at Young's, II
Mr.. +. p. Bgumbach left last week
for business trip to Kansas City,
Mo.
New spring styles wall paper and
borders. A. ID. FRIERsON u Son.
1t
There are a number of cases of
whooping cough in the Llsea neigh
borhood.
To get your moneys worth take a
Bell Telephone. 1t
Prof. j. G. Godfrey will begin the
school at Pleasant Mt. Academy
next Monday.
Put Bell Telephone in your place
of business. 1t will pay you. 1t
Mr.. Amos Timmons, of Goodwin,
had thirty pigs frozen to death dur
ing the cold weather.
Mr.. John j. Stephenson, of tn Ash
wood neighborhood, is confined to
his bed with the grip.
Miss Lazlnka Brown, of Spring
Hill, has as her guest Miss Rachel
Purvis, Of Chattanooga.
Mr.. Noah Donnelley, OF the Union
neighbOrhood, had his foot painfully
cut one day last week while cutting
wood.
"Myra" from Mt. Beth, is a new
correspondent to the HERALD, and
writes an interesting and newsy
letter.
The dwelling of Mr.. Henry Goo
man, near Concord, was destroyed
with nearly all its contents one night
last week.
Bring all your skunk, coon and
| 'possum skins to me. Highest mar
ket prices paid. See me before cell
ing. 1. BARKER. m2
A large number of calves, sheep
hogs and chickens throughout the
county were frozen to death during
the cold snap.
The peach crop in the Groveland
netghborhood is said to have been
very badly damaged by the recent
cold spell.
Messrs. Robert and James Young
of the Groveland vicinity, have
about $500 pounds of cotton left in
the field unpicked.
Mr.. AL Carr, of the Bear Greek
neighbOrhood, who has been i'll for
several weeks, was able to be in
town last Monday.
While out skating one day las
week, Mr.. j. w. Tanner, of Grove
land, was painfully hurt by falling
and striking his head on the ice.
Mrs. Mcknight and little daugh
ter Bessie, and Misses Beulah ant
Lottie Willis, of Ashwood, paid thu
HERALD office visit last Saturday
Deputy Sheriff Harder, of Mt
Pleasant, has been visiting his sis
tier Mrs. VIM. Brown, at Isom, wht
has been quite sick but is now bet
ter.
T:-Sixty-f dollars; tbre
twenty dollar bills and five dolla
bill. The finder who will return i
may claim his own reward. AID
dress ?. G. Hickman, Stiversville
Tenn. 224 ct
Mr.. 0. p. Rutledge, agent for Mrs
Alice McCord, has sold to Mr.. J. Z
Littlefield the AZ acres adjoining hi
place, purchased by Mrs. McCor
last year from Mr.. F. d. Lander
The price paid was $4,000.
Henry Goodman's dwelling house
in the Mt. Beth neighborhood, wit
all of it's contents, was burned
ashes last week, the family escap
ing in their night clothes. Kin
3 neighbors came promptly to thei
, rescue, and were very generous i
f lending them helping hand.
5 Our Union correspondent tells a
interesting snake story this week
8 While out hunting one day las
week, Mr.. w. K. Goodwin discover
3 ed a trail in the snow, and followin
r it up short distance, discovered
large blunI-tail black snake, abou
}. 31a feet long and 21a inches in diam
! eter, slowly crawling along in tn
s snow. 1t is a very uncommon oC
+ currence for snake to crawl fror
3 his winter's hiding place this earl
f in the year, but the ground hog an
r thunder and lightning before tn
t cold snap doubtless fooled him an
made him think spring was at HAND