Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-17
TUESDAY. MARCH II. 1885.
I argest circulation in city and State
NEWS OF TgII1 DAY.

The Missouri State debt has decreased
thirteen millions Of dollars during the past
three years.
The strike in the mills at Falls River,
Mass, has ended, the sPinners and weavers
having voted 10 return 90 work on the
terms offered before the strike.
The damage done 10 southern Wiscon-
sin by freshets ia estimated at $500, 600
The Western Union il the only railroad
that suffered much.
Gen. John McClernand has declined to
be considered as a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Governor of Hi
nois.
Next June two trots are to take place at
Chicago between A. +. Fawcetps stallion,
BashaW, Jr., and f. Prices gelding, jim
Rocky, for a stake Of $4,000.
A New York Herald letter, from Glas-
gov, gives the army roll OF members of
the /. r. Il. in Cork county, Ireland, mus
tering 1906 men.
The Mexican government has prohibited
all charity lotteries and the sale of Havana
lottery tickets, under a fine for each ofiense
Of $500.
In Waltham, Massachusetts, the people
are evidently afraid of being stung, for they
have Just voted that no bees shall be kept
within the limits OF the town.
The American Minister, Gen. Dix, has
returned to Paris. His visit TO England
was not Of a diplomatic character, as rep
resented lie went 10 London TO be pre-
sent at the marriage Of his son, Mr.. Charles
Temple Dix.
Gov jenkins, Of Georgia, is in Washing
ton, and SAYS the Georgians are organizing
for the constitutional election and will vote
il down. He says the fate of Alabama,
sacrificed by the treachery Of Congress has
nerved them 10 their work.
The Prince Of Wales will make his eX
pected visit TO ireland during the Easter
holidays IL is intended that the occasion
will be heralded by a royal proclamation
granting partial amnesty TO political Of
tenders in Ireland.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
blow up e dwelling in Rensaller street,
New York, Saturday nightly means Of a
canteeR Of powder, which had been placed
in the foundation wall. The shock was so
violent az 10 throw down some Of the in
mates. No arrests have been made.
Gen. Candy has issued an order for an
election in South Carolina on the 18th,
10Th and 10th days of April for the rati-
fca,ion Of the Constitution; also for the
choice Of Congressman and State officers.
Registry lists are also TO be re-Opened to
give such az have not registered an oppor
tunity Of doing so.
BY the recent food in the Mississippi, the
loss suffered by Davenport, Iowa, was
Sl50,000 and by Rock Island and Mo-
line, illinois, 100000. The railroad
bridge of the Illinois Central road across
Rock river, at Dixon, was damaged to the
extent of $4,000.
Juneau and adjoining counties Of Wis
cousin raised $4,000 600 worth of hops the
past year. Ii is estimated that the amount
to be planted this year will require $4,000
people TO pick them. IL is said that the
Wisconsin hops are superior 10 the i'm
ported Bavarian.
AZ convention of iron manufacturers
in Pittsburg on the 18th inst, in which
there were representatives from Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Wheeling, New Castle, Buffalo
and other places, an advance Of from one
quarter to one-half cent per pound was
agreed upon on the various sizes of iron,
and nails were advanced twenty cents per
key.
The young people of the State Of New
York appear to be addicted TO the curious
habit Of marrying their grandparents, and
bill has Just been proposed in the Legis-
lature TO put stop to the evil. Ii pro-
vides that marriage between parents and
children, including grandparents and
grandchildren, Of every degree, are abso-
lutely null and void
A Washington special Of the l4th inst. to
the Louisville Courier, says: The forth
coming trial and its probabilities are the
subjects discussed to-day. It's understood
that ten or twelve Radical Senators in the
secret deliberation yesterday, indicated
strong conservatism, and the proposition ia
fix April 9th, as a day for trial, was barely
beaten. Still the impression of the majority
here is that the President will be con-
victsd The President does not entertain
that belief, and so expressed himself last
evening at the State dinner, but it is inn
possible to foretell the result
The Peoria (Ills.) Democrat of the 9Th
states that three men, arrested in that city
on a charge Of passing counterfeit money
were taken from the Jail by a Deputy
United States Marshal, who claimed that
il was necessary for him 10 take them be-
fore United States Commissioner Hayne, OF
Chicago, for examination. Theothcer took
the counterfeit money and some six hun
dred dollars Of good morey which war
found upon the men, and started with them
for Chicago. He returned in a day or two,
saying that two of the prisoners had been
committed by Commissioner Hayne, and
the other discharged. In answer to an in
quiry, however, Mr.. Hayne says that he
has not seen the prisoners, and knows
nothing of the matter Wherefore there
is concern in Peoria as TO the whereabouts
Of the men-also of the money.