Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-21
TENNESSEE NEWS.

A stock company has been organized Il
erect a new hotel in Bolivar.
1t is now ascertained that the fruit croI
in Hardeman county was not damaged 10y
the late frosts and cold weather
The McMinnville Enterprise says that tn,
late frosts did not materially injure the
fruit in that section.
Mr. J. 2. Pryor, at one time connected
with the press Of Memphis, has been elected
Recorder of Lagrange, Fayette county.
Strawberries of the mammoth specie:
and fully ripe, were offered for sale il
Jackson last week The price demanded
was seventy-five cents per quart.
The Columbia Heraid regrets TO learn
that many fruit trees were blown dowa by
the wind storm of Wednesday night, the
18th inst
Henry Hise, residing four miles east of
Jonesboro, accidentally shot himself
through the wrist with a rifle gun last
week, rendering amputation necessary.
The horses attached to John Phillips
hack attempted TO run away IN Fayetteville
on the 4th inst, and in jumping from the
seat Mr.. Phillips had both legs broken.
The large fowler block Of buildings, on
the Public Square, in Columbia, was al
most entirely unroofed by the storm Of
Wednesday night, the 10Th inst,
The measles prevail in many parts OF
Columbia and Msury county. As usual,
the disease is confined 10 children chiefly,
and is of a mild type.
The Directors of the Maury County Ag-
ricultural and Mechanic Society are be-
ginning to prepare for the grandest fair this
fall September 2S) that was ever held in
the State.
On the 10Th inst a sail boat containing
four men capsized nearly opposite the
mouth of Wolf river, at Memphis. The
inmates were rescued by soldiers encsmped
near by in the navy yard.
Il is reported that the Louisville and
Nashville railroad contemplstes building
a branch road from Paris to Jackson, thus
connecting with the Mississippi Central
railroad, and that the lease or purchase of
the latter road by the former Ia not impro-
bable
The Board Of Aldermen Of Memphis
have passed an ordinance providing for the
issue Of bonds to the amount of one mil
lion dollars TO run thirty years, with which
to fund the debt Of the city The question
is now 70 be submitted to the voters Of the
city.
WHEAr-We are grati6ed to learn that
the wheat crop throughout Hsrdeman
county is in a remarkable healthy coDdi-
tiou, and promises heavy yield. 1t is
also a source Of pleasure 10 know that large
quantities of wheat were sowB last fall
B0'iU1r Bulsin, Aprl' Is
HEAVY RAIN.-Lsst Wednesday eve
ming terrific rain storm, accompanied by
almost incesssnt thunder and forked light.
ming, visited this section and deIuged the
land with water. While the storm was at
Its hight. the black clouds Suddenly part.
ed. aud the sun shown ont in splendor.
Such a storm and such scene was never
witnessed by eye local before.-Bo'iudr
Bulletin, April Is.
We learn from neighboring farmers that
the injury to the fruit in this vicinity by
the late lfosts and freezes, Is by no means
so great as was apprehended. Apples were
unhurt. Peaches, though many were
killed, il il believed enough remain unhurt
for a fair crop, while the plgms, a tender
fruit, were not ali killed. Wheat is moi
injured, - Fayetteville Meas,
April is.