Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-06-25
ESTABLISHED MARCH 30. 1885.
NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Hon. Benjamin Eggleston is de-
termined to accept the position OF Truss
tee of the Chattanooga railroad.
Miss Amanda Craig has been elected a
teacher in the public schools of Newport.
Ky, at salary of $500 per annum..
A Mrs. Allen, wife of Terre Hauts
preacher and editor, appeared at the
Spiritualists Convention, at Indianapolis,
in Bloomer custume.
Lizzie Lacey, of Martin county, lndl-
ana, recently walked forty fiye>miles IN
twelve hours, stopping several times Tor
rest and refreshment.
George Francis Train says Colfax can
take pail of dough and divide it more
equally among one hundred chickens
than any other man in the United States.
A number of the personal friends of
Henry T. Blow, of St. Louis, propose to
give him a complimentary banquet pre-
Vious to his departure to Rio Janeiro.
A FIRE in Brantford, Canada, on Taes-
day night, destroyed Burgis' furniture
store and large portion of the business
portion of the town. Loss 100000
The death of Mr.. Raymond is noticed
by the British press with special regret.
This is honorable alike to the memory of
the man and the journalism of which he
was 50 distinguished an ornament.
Hestly and Cogswell, of Chicago, are
competing for the contract to furnish the
White House with S., ,000 portrait of
Lincoln. Both have the picture ready
made.
A disease, supposed to be leprosy. has
appeared among the swine in the yiein~
ity Of Hamilton, Canads. 1t is the real
article of Hebrew antiquity, and this
is said TO be its first manifestation in
this country. |
The fare from Chicago to San Francisco |
has been fixed at $l5S 35 in currency
9 reduction of nineteen dollars from the |
first rates. The time between Chicago |
and Omaha will be reduced this week to |
twenty hours. a..E 4.g..s.
1t is thought that q decrease of the
public debt of about $5,0OO,O00 will |
appear in the statement of the lst. prOx~ |
imo. Heavy drafts from the War De-
partment have been paid, and other large |
drafts are expected from the same source |
before the close of the month.
The two distinguished prize fighting |
bruisers, McCoole and Allen, met Mons
day at the saloon of the former at st. |
Louis, had q cordial shake hands and |
INDUCED in several drinks. They talked,
laughed and chatted as though there had
been no "unpleasantness'' between them
of late.
Mr.. L. Hume, living three miles east
of Columbia. Boone county, Missouri, has |
a field of fifteen acres Of wheat, the aver
age height of which is six feet, with |
heads generally about five or six inches |
long, and "this is only an average speciH
men of Boone wheat" ,f-|.s
Brigham Young, in late address in |
his tabernacle, delivered himself as fol- |
lows "a great many ask me how many |
wives / have but, to tell the honest
truth, | never thought enough about it |
to stop and think. But l will get up the
facts in the case and tell every body, so
that they may stop asking me these
questions. I suppose have dozen or
fifteen that am taking care of: perhaps
a few more /; / do not know, and care
nothing about it. l try to do good, and
/ try to save the people; and | say, do
not let lady come to destruction.