Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-17
TENNESSEE NEWS,

The wheat in Sumner county continues
TO look promising The fruit was not all
killed by the late frosts aud a tolerabIy
fair crop is looked for. |
Il. A Mcdonald, of Fayetteville. Is the
heaviest bankrupt in the Middle District
of Tennessee. His liabilities are 10 the
neighborhood Of seven hundred thousand
dollars
WHEAT-We continue 10 receive the
most hattering accounts in regard to the
prospects OF the growing wheat crop. Ia
this section it never before has been
equalsd.-CLereland Banner, April l6.
FRUIT CRoP.-In this section the fruit
crop was not materially injured by the
frost on the 9Th instant If we have no
mork killing frosts there will be an album
dance of all kinds of fruit in this section.
-CeUsiand BaRBer, AprH 10.
The frost of last week was not go dam
aging to the fruit as we had feared. Not
mere than half the peaches, we think, are
killed, while apples, cherries and plums
seem TO have escaped with very little in
iury. Athens Republican, April Is.
Deputy Marshal Lusk, accompanied by
detachment of cavalry, went TO RIount
county last week and arrested John Hen
drlck and Jake GarIlon for Illicit distil-
ling. They gave bail for their appearance
at the next term of the United States Court
at Knoxville.
The residence of Lieut. 8. L. ellison,
about six miles west of Knoxville, on the
Kingston road, was destroyed by fire on
Thursday night, the 9th inst The fire had
made such progress before its discovery
that none of the furniture of the house was
saved.
Our County Claim Commissioners are
busily engaged in snoozing away their af-
ternoon office hours, while loyal citizens
are hard at work TO obtain the necessary
proofs OF their losses during the war. We
would suggest that while they will proba-
bly, obtain compensation for damages done
by the Federal army, it will hardly be
worth while to reckon up losses from Rebel
depredaiions.-Athens Republican, April l6.
The WHEAT CRoP-We continue to re-
ceive the most encouraging accounts of the
prospects of good wheat crop throughout
East Tennessee. Fears were entertained
that much Of il would be frozen out during
the winter, bat the opening Of spring shows
fine growth yet on the ground. The
growing wheat has escaped one Of its most
frequent mishaps, that of being frozen out,
and rust is the only thing now to be seTi-
ously feared aorpiiie Whig, April Is.
CAN'T IT BE STOPPED. The wholesale
manner in which whisky stealing is carried
on between this point and GAINESVILLE, while
IN transition is outrageous, and is having a
damaging effect upon the interests of the
road, "a well az individuals who sustain the
loss. Our distillers say that they will be
compelled to quilt the trade or resort to
wagoning, if stop is not put to such pro-
ceedingS Springfield Register.
Parson NJ, who resides near Trenton.
Kentucky, is one Of the most pious and
conscientious men ia the world. During
the war, the Yankees forced him to take
the lren clad oath, and be SAYS now that il
he could feel reconciled that, on the final
Judgment day, God would forgive him for
It, he would be happy man. He thinks
a forced oath is not at all binding, but the
difficulty with him is that he swore il was
voluntary act.-Spi1Rgfeld Register.
The rain was very heavy in Summer
county Sunday morning the 18th inst, and
was accompanied with fearful thunder and
lightning. A bolt struck a tree in the yard
at Howard Street Female Institute, in Gal
latin The barn Of j. q. Perdue, who
lives on the Scoltsyille road, ten miles
above Gallatin, was struck by lightning
and partially burned. A mare IN the
bulldog was killed. Mr.. Perdae was
greatly shocked, bat recovered sufficiently
70 give the alarm, and assistance coming,
the progress Of the FIRE was stopped.