The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-06-30
AROUND TOWN.

/ Frank Wllstord has opened a livery
stable opposite the depot.
Horace Peyton has accepted pOsi&
tions with the Bee Hive. as salesman.
Edwin BullaId has resumed has poai,
ton with McKennon, Anderson d
| Foster.
Joe Britain has returned from Mem.
phis and has accepted a position with
the pump factory as bookkeeper.
The Columbia Canning Factory
/ began operation Tuesday ON the black
berry crop.
HE. Tucker and family have moved
from No. West Sixth Street to No. SO,
South Garden.
Mr.. w. A. Quarterman is building q
new fence around his home on
Thirteenth street.
John Marshall has accepted the
position Of night man at Blair Hsyes'
restaurant.
Harlan & Ritter have the entire front
of their store on South Main street
screened from flies.
Pbintias Lodge, X. of p, met Friday
night and conferred the rank of Esquire
upob Jake Harlan and DIR. d. W.
Andrews,
A horizontal automatic gauge to
measure the rise and fall of the river
has been placed on the west side OF the
bridge leading to Riverside.
r. K. Phelps, who lives on East Sixth
street, had the garden at his home de-
stroyed Friday night by cows which
broke in while he slept.
r. H. Wright, who lives in Nashville,
shipped fine mare to Columbia Friday
to be taken to his farm near Mt.
Pleasant.
lie is stated by Columbia weather
prophets, who are noted for their fail,
ures in prognasticatmg, that the rain Ia
over for several weeks,
Houston Thomas sold $50 stock ewes
Monday to T. q. Britain, and also
purchased load of cattle from Bah
cock, Bachelor & Dyer.
A huge rattle snake, with SO rattles,
was N exhibition at the depot Tuesday
afternoon. The reptile, which measured
nearly feet, was captured at Napier
Furnace.
Material Is being hauled and put on
the ground for rebuilding the large
warehouse of the City Grain & Feed Co,
The building will be erected on the foun.
datioDs of the one destroyed by fire.
There are several ponds in town con-
tanning stagnant water that are endan.
gering the hsalth of the neighborhoods
in which they are located. They are
perfectly useless and should either be
drained or filed up.
Frank Sheddan, son of DR., w. X.
Sheddan has been appointed U. 8. stoFes
keeper and Gauger by Collector of la.
ternal Revenue Coldwell He has not
yet been assigned to duty and does not
know where be will have to go.
Major W, J. Wnitthorne has been
asked by Capt. Jno. W. Morton to act
as his adJutant and chief OF stair
in sham battle at Union City, July
4th, between two companies ut Cons
federate veterans.
The police with some outside aid have
been Staying the stray dogs of the town
during the past few days. lt ID
estimated that twenty-five CANNES
were killed in Macedonia alone, while
quite number were killed in other
parts OF the town.
In the double header played at Riy.
ersiGe PARK Saturday afternoon
between Columbia ana Hampshire, the
first game was won by Hampshire by q
score of Is to 0. The second game
was won by Hampshire also, BY q
score of 8 to 6.
Forty-on years ago Tuesday 32O mem.
bers Of the First tennessee Regiment
killed /, 900 Union soldiers ut Dead
Angle, Ga, In the mountains. The
Fist Tennessee was made up of Maury
cOuntiAns and several y.ho took part IN
the battle are now living in ana near
Columbia.
0. L. Brashear resigned his position
with w. p. Woldrige June 18th to take
effect July LIST and will leave Saturday
accompanied by Mrs. Brashear for q
fifteen days business and pleasure trim
through Kentucky. Mr.. Brashear hAa
three splendid propositions under con.
sideration and will accept one or the
other of them. n
I. N. Fisk, The street fair man, is here
getting his shows ready for his engage
ment at Riverside Park. The tonawan.
da merry. go-round and the big ballon
arrived Tuesday and were taken to the
StOAhdS w W ptuCC0 III E0duAuO5S lOL AA8
opening of the fair. The park and build.
ings are now being decorated and the
electric lights have been arranged.
Although the roof of the new Court
House is not yet on. the laying of the
concrete floors was begun thursday,
and in two of the offices OF the tilst
story has alreacy been completed. The
concrete is made of screened cindeIs
instead OF crushed stone, and this Is
laid in net work of steel laths at
Lached to the heavy iron floor Deam1s;
On top of this will go the plank Or tile
Hooring. making constructor believed
to to be absolutely tiro-proot and pIac-
tically noiseless. This is the first
building in this part of the country
where TINS method has heen used.