Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-17
NEWS OF THE DAY

The Germans of Massachusetts, are
organizing a party to secare the repeal Of
the liquor law.
The bark Onward arrived at Portland,
Oregon, few days since, with three
hundred Cinnamon.
The Pennsy lvania Democratic ConvenS
tiOn last Wednesday nominated Hon.
Asa Packer for Governor.
The colored people of Little Rock,
Ark, are holding fairs and adopting oth~
er means to obtain funds to establish a
newspaper organ of their own.
The latest new State scheme is to
separate the two western tiers of coun>
ties from Arkansas, join them to the
Indian Territory, and form a new State
with the capital at Fort Smith.
Ell. Wickersham succeeds j. Nor>
wood Clark as R. w. Grand Represents
tive from the 1. o. o. F, Grand Lodge of
Iowa to the Grand Lodge of the United
States.
The Abend Zeitung, an influential
German paper of Chicago, says the nom
ination of Gen. Rosecrsns will increase
the strength of the Ohio Democracy to
the extent of 10000 votes.
On the 18th of July, the voters of
Hale county, Ala, will vote, under a
general law Of the State, on proposiu
ton for that county to take $4,000 stock
in the Selma and Memphis railroad.
Major Feason, Russian, VINO has
fought in all quarters Of the globe, con-
firms the stories in regard to the cruel>
ties practiced by Lopez in Paraguay. He
has Just escaped from Paraguaya an dun
geOn.
Gen. Gordon Granger, of the United
States army, was married at st. Pauls
Church, Evansville, Indiana, on Thurs
day, to Miss Marie Letcher, daughter
of DR.. Joseph Letcher, of Lexington,
Kentucky.
On last Sabbath evening as Mrs. Berry,
the wife of DR.. David Berry, of Hoods
vile, Hamilton county, ILL.,, was kin
ding fire by pouring coal oil on it out
of q can-the oil in the can took fire,
bursting it and throwing the oil all over
her person, setting her clothing on fire,
every vestige of which was consumed.
She was so shockingly burned that she
died in about six hours.
Gen. O'Neill, of Fenian renown, has
returned to Washington from tour
through the South, made for the pur-
pose of observing the condition of the
Fenian organizations in that section. He
states that there is but few we'll
tanned circles in existence, but there is,
nevertheless, deep feeling among the
Irish population, which, with proper en-
couragement, would develop itself into
into widespread enthusiasm for the
cause.
An insane man in White Pigeon,
Mich, recently burned 81 100 in green
backs and buried the ashes. He had
just received the money for four years s.
service on farm, which he had suddenly
taken a notion tc leave. He explained
that he used the money in this singular
and Improbable way "to help him
through purgatory." He had given no
Indication Of insanity before.
A telegram has been received at
Girard, announcing that Charles White
the lion-tamer, travelling with Thayer's
menagerie, was actually eaten up by the
lions on Friday night in a small town in
Michigan. He is said to have been struck
on the shoulder by the same lion that
came SO near killing him at Rochester,
knocked down and the others at once
spraDg on him, and before they could be
beaten off had torn him to pieces and de-
voured the greater portion of his body.
The money in the sub treasury in New
York has just been counted by order OF
the Secretary of the Treasury. Result :
one hundred and two millions, seven
hundred and twenty. seven thousand, six
hundred and forty eight dollars and
twenty-nine cents, of which $30,000,OOO
were in greenbacks, $70000,OO0 in gold,
100000 in silver and 100000 in gold
bars. Some fifty or sixty men consumed
about eleven days in counting.