Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-23
1EsNEssEE NEWS.

MORE RAIN.-Another very pleasan
shower fell yesterday about noon, lastint
halt an hour.-Knorpiile Press and Herald
June 81.
Rev. Mr.. Saltsmarsh, a Unitarian cler
gyman from Boston, has purchased farm
near Knoxville, and breaches to congre
CATION in town.
The weather for several days past hal
been oppressively hot Business generally
dull. Even marble playing is not so brisk
as usual.-Somerviile Falcon, June Is.
MILL BURNED.-The steam saw and
grist mill Of Messrs. Hoodenpyl and Gard
ner, on Collins river, six miles from town,
was buried by accident on Saturday night
of last week.-MeMinnviile Enterprise, jane
20. ? : q (
Messrs w. G. Smith and John S. York
have erected large Steam Tannery al
Pinson, in this county. We have not YET
ascertained its capacity for tanning. Over
one hundred watts have already been pre-
pared for sleeping purposes.-Jaekson
! Wig. -. -, =. .----s -
WELL SoID--The cake sent here by the
ladies of Madrid Bend to be ratified off, the
! proceeds to be used in defrayiBg the ex-
penses of removing the Confederate dead,
buried opposite Island Ten, was won by
| Mr.. Davis, our polite telegraph operator.
| The number of chances taken was eighty,
amounting TO forty dollars. 81
| MAD DoGs.-We learn from some of our
country friends that good deal of uneasi-
ness is felt through portions of the county
in regard to rabid dogs. Several have been
killed lately, and it is not known but that
they may have bitten others, and thus the
contagion spread over the county.-Colum-
6iG Herald, June 20. .t
A tremendous wind storm, accompanied
by hail and rain, passed over our town
yesterday, doing considerable damage to
the trees on and near the Public Square.
! We are not informed as to the effects
on the crops and fences of the sur
rounding country, but those in its path
must have suffered to some extent. Its
path, however, did not appear to be broad
one.-P Paris InteIigencer, June 20.
HoRRIBLE.-We are advised of a terri
| bic murder which occurred about twenty
miles northeast of this place few days
ago. A negro, whose name we have for
gotten. called at a widow woman's house
| aud demanded some meat the lady told
| the scoundrel that she had none to spare
! whereupon he struck her a terrible blow,
which almost instantly produced death.
| The murderer made his escape OIiUGr
| Bulletin, June 20.
DEAD NEGRo.-We learn that negro
| was found hanging to the limb of a white
oak tree, short distance from Moutague's
| bridge, about seven miles northwest of this
place, a few days ago., The horse of gen.
tleman who was passing becoming fright
| ened and refusing to cross over the bridge,
led to the discovery. How it came there
IS mystery that will probably never be
solved.-SomerUiIle Falcon, June Is. .a.
We learn from our young friend DIR.
Alex. Farris, who had the cake in charge,
that this was the third time that the cake
had been sold, the parties winning return
| ing the same, and hence it was used for the
same purpose. The cake was of mammoth
size and extremely nice. 1t was made in
st. LoEis, and presented to the ladies of
Madrid Bend by the officers of the beauti-
ful steamer Belle City Union City Her
aid, June 20.
RAILROAD TAX.-The proposition to
| levy a railroad tax in the counties of White
| and Overton for the construction of the
Southwestern railroad was carried in both
counties. The counties of Putnam, Coffee
and Warren are yet TO vote. We learn
! through private letters from gentlemen in
Putnam that the prospect of carrying the
election in that county is good. We have
| nothing special from Coffee. As for our
county we feel pretty sure it will carry
McMinnUiLIe Enterprise June 20. f
Colonel NJ. c. Wilcox, the Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction for Knox county,
reports two schools--one primary and the
other ermediate-numbering l07 pupils
in attendance, in East Knoxville. Four
teen other free schools have opened in the
country districts of the county. Other
| schools are expected to open in Knoxville
when proper buildings for the purpose have
been secured. Five new school houses
are already in the county, in which schools
are expected TO open the second Monday
in July.
BISHOP QUINTARD-HIs RETURN TO
Hrs CHARGE Bishop Quintard, Bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, who
has Just returned from a protracted alb
sence in Europe, reached this city last
evening, and was met at the Memphis and
Charleston depot by delegation of the
clergy and laity, and escorted TO his quar-
tiers, at the residence of Mrs. A. o. Harris
where the entire body of Episcopal clergy
of Memphis, and many Of the church mem
bers, were assembled to give him cordial
welcome.-MemphjS Ledger, June 10.
SAD ACcIDENT.-W regret to learn that
Mr.. Norvell johnson met with fatal
accident last Sunday upon his return from
church. 1t seems that his shot gun was il
an inappropriate place, and he proceeded
Immediately to remove it, He caugh
hold Of the muzzle, and one of the cock
struck something, causing explosion. tn
gun was heavily loaded and penetrats'
the lower part of his body, causing dealt
in short time. Mr.. j, lived 10 tn
neighborhood Of Santa Fe.- Columbj
Herald, June 20.
CONSTABLE ELECTIoN.-An election
was held at the Courthouse lasJ Thurs
day for the two offices Of Constable in th
9th district. Doc Gillespie and Georg
Colquit were elected without opposition
The two Radical candidates for these tw
Offices, Hendricks, white man, and Smith
/ q ueEEos were GiCClcN Nv tue hdlCb 08t0
ton, but they have been unable to Civ
bond Messrs Gillespie and Colquit al
good officers, as is shown by their apprt
ciative constituency Columbia Herdl,
June 20. -...
The weather, this week, has been tn
- warmest of the season, the thermomet'
ranging from 80 to l02 in the shade. tt
excessive heat, or something else, has pr
! duced distemper among some Of our mol
: hardy citizens, which has found vey fr
quenl expression during the last few day
: in s.reet-corner Gsticuis. The number
= these pleasant "set-tos" has been so gre,
| on the west side of the Public Square thi
3 we understand our august Mayor has bee
meditating seriously on the propriety
declaring martial law in that quarter
the town. We rejoice to note that but OF
I Of these rencontres has terminated seriou
: ly, and that one is reported elsewhere
: Paris InteHigeRcer, June 20.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILRoAD.-A NEE
ing Of the Directors Of the Southwestei
J Railroad Company was held in this pla
II on Thursday Of this week. There was
. pretty general attendance Of the tW
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