Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

A confidential New Orleans clerk stole
$500 and daughter from his employer,
and escaped North.
Eight female convicts were in the Mis-
souri, State Penitentiary on the LIST inst,
the greatest number ever known there.
4 few days ago a tree Tell upon Abel
Lame and son, near ThOrntown, Ind,
killing the old man instantly, and danger
ously injuring the young one.
A centenary edition of the Wayerley
novels is to be published in Edinburgh,
on the hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Sir Walter Scott
Rich gold discoveries have been made
in the District of Cantalloo, Nicaragua,
by party of Englishmen. The aggre-
gate weight of the nuggets taken out IS
said to be about two hundred pounds.
Chief Engineer Hendrick, of New
Haven, Conn, complains that in almost
every instance when the Fire Department
is called out by acts of incendiarism on
the college grounds, the hose is cut.
The beet sugar business in Wisconsin is
increasing. One factory in Fond du Lac
is now turning out one thousand pounds
daily, and the prOprietOrs intend next
| year to manufacture sugar from the pro-
duce of 100 acres.
Four of the most accomplished thieves
and highly educated blackguards that
ever set foot in Alaska, were sent out of
the Territory, on the Newberne, by Gen.
Davis. Their names are Brady, Mullen,
Douglass and st. Clair. They were a
terror to the entire community.
The Ohio Penitentiary has now $50
convicts in confinement. At the close of
the fiscal year ending Oct. 81, 1858, there
were OIL The number received dur
ing the year ending Nov. Is, 1869, was
| BAT, a decrease of 80 on the preceding
year.
Jerusalem, at the present day, is one of
| the last places for literary production.
Az unedited tale from ''The Thousand
and One Nights" has, however, been
printed there this year, with French
translation by NJ. Charles L. Ganneau.
1t is the History of the Fisherman Caliph
and of the Caliph HarOun al Rashid.
The Omaha Herald states that on the
4th instant about thirty Sioux attacked a
herder, EMPLOYED by b. Mills, owner of
a stock rancho four miles from Fort
Laramie, wOunding him twice. He sue
ceeded in making his escape, leaving the
Indians in possession of the herd. They
were Immediately pursued, and the entire
herd, except twenty five head, recaptured.
The Coos On. H. Republican says
that Mr.. William {. Putnam of LanCas.
ter, while digging upon the excavation
in the ''Baker Hill, south side of Elm
street, a few days ago, came across 6
happy family of snakes, nicely curled W
for their winter nap. They numbered by
count IS, and varied in length from two
to ten inches They were of all varieties
Lieuts. Wheeler and LOCKWOOD, of thu
Engineer Corps, United States army, sen
out by Gen. Ord with an exploring party
to discover route through the White
Pine country to the Colorado river, havt
returned to San Francisco, and report tina
they have found a good route through
region Astounding in timber and water
with indications of rich mineral deposits
The party were absent five months, mos
of the time in region hitherto unex
{ plOred, but they fortunately met with II
[ | loss of men or animals