Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-15
Personal ITEMS.

Dayton Ledger.
An addition to The family of the Presi
dent elect is shortly expected.
The Madrid rabble delight to ride il
Isabella's 40 fine carriages.
Greeley attempts TO shift FarraguP!
laurels TO Buffers brow.
The bootblacks of Washington are to b.
licensed, provided they will attend school
during certain hours.
| Already eight candidates are in the field
for the United States Senstorship from the
Empire State.
NJ. Fetis is arranging for the publication
of the first volume Of General History
of Music"
A Virginia lover, jealousy enraged at
his sweetheart, took revenge by shooting
his prospective mother-in- law.
The Ministerial Union of Chicago has
decided that the theatre and the opera
house must be abolished or the govern
meut must collapse.
The Secretary of the New England Fe.
male Medical College recommends that
lady physicians use the abbreviation Of
| D-oSs ~ OCsI6HdsSeHS 49,
The aggregate population of the sew
eral Indian nations now on the war path
is 20,370. OF tbia number it is estimated
5000 or 10000 are warriors.
The ex-Queenof Naples is taking steps
to obtain divorce from Francis H., for
which there is alleged to be a ground re-
cognizad by the Roman Church.
"a father and son, named Howe, at Read
vile, Massachusetts, had row on Monday
night, and the father killed the son by
blow with club on the head.
A woman in Raymond, N. H, who was
mindful of the old adage, that cit takes a
bushel of corn to fatten hogs tail" actu-
ally cut off the tail of her hog as matter
of economy.
A man at Illiers, France, nearly killed
himself by drinking eighty-four cups of
coffee for a wager. a cup of strong salt
and water, poured down his throat in tim e
saved his life.
A Justice in Buffalo recently decided
that umbrellas are property, and SEN
fenced man to the penitentiary for thirty
days for stealing one of those useful artl-
els
A Jewish convert asserts in the London
Star that one hundred and thirty clergy
men of the Church of England are con-
verted Jews, and that in the city of Lon
don there are between two thousand and
three thousand converts from Judaism.
A Texas cattle drover, named Jennings,
who sold large drove Of cattle at Chicago,
realizing $4,000 therefor, was robbed on
Tuesday night by three men, who set upon
him at the corner Of Lake street and Michi-
gan avenue. Two seized him by the throat
while the third rihed his pockets, when all
escaped.
The members OF the New York Fire
Department are required to become fs-
millar with the interiors of the buildings
in their districts, so that they can work TO
greater advantage in case Of Gre; and it is
intended to have a constant patrol of fire.
men similar to that of tie police depart
ment.
Duringthe recent session of the Protest
ant Episcopal Convention, the subject OF
prohibiting the marriage OF divorced peo-
pie being under discussion in the House of
Bishops, the Right Rev. Dr.. Clark stated
that in Rhode Island divorces were OBJ
tanned for such slight causes as to imperil
the morals Of the whole community, and
stated that men actually cold their wives,
mentioning an instance of a man selling
his wife for ten thousand dollars. Are
such transactions common in your diO~
cese ?" inquired brother bishop. Not at
that price," promptly responded Bishop
Clark.
The following case of rare geEeEo3i:y Is
reported in connection with the failure Of
the Milwaukee County Bank: The deposits
were mostly in sums ranging from $500 TO
$500, by men Of small means, but We
hear OF one business man who had over
S25 900 in it. A number of these small
depositors placed their little savings in the
bank because this gentleman spoken OF de-
posted there, and as soon "a the failure
was known the gentleman called upon those
parties, and took their certificates and paid
them in full for them. He will receive
thirty per cent. of the amount, but such
generosity is not often seen. The gentle
man had no: advised the parties to deposit
in the bank-he had simply told them that
be did business there, but was in no way
morally or legally bound TO make restitu-
ton. His sense of honor was so strong,
and his heart so large, that he could not
see the parties suffer, rather taking the loss
unon himself