Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-12
STATE NEWS.

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A four-legeed chicken has made its ap-
pearance in Huntingdon. $780, = =
Washington county are represented as
uninjured by the recent heavy rains. %
The Humboldt Headlight newspaper
and job Office With good will etc is adser-
tised for sale.
4 Mechanical and Agricultural Associa-
ton was formed in Greene county on Mon
day last,s1 l5io1i.a y eYed Or
The wooden factory of Professor Grows
in Brownsville is In a dourishing condition
and doing heavy business. 1-'
Ths Brownsville Bee says that two con-
victsw sent from Haywood county to
the penitentiary last week. 49, fs.,--
A number of the farmers of McMinn
county met at the courthouse last Monday
and organized an Agricultural Society.
The commencement exercises of tie
Bolivar Female Institute will take place on
the 10th and 18th days OF the present
month.
A heavy wind and rain storm passed
over portions of Monroe county on the
( ssh, which blew downfruit trees and some
what injured the growing crops 49,.
A large rattlesnake, captured on the
Ridge in Robertson county, and having
nine rsttles, was on exhibition at Spring
field last Saturday. 1905
Mr.. R. i, Cobb, late resident engineer
upon the Memphis and Little Rock Rail-
road, has resigned, and has been appoint-
ed chief engineer of the Kansas City Rail-
road. .
There will be a grand opening of the
celebrated Raleigh Springs in Shelby
county on the 10th inst A barbecue and
bran-dance will be given during the day,
and free ball at night. -
The citizens of Carroll county met at
Huntingdon on the 9th inst. and took
steps looking to the organization of an ag-
ricultural association. They meet again
to-day to complete the business
Gustave Louis Ahren. fast Teutoaic
clerk of Memphis, has been arrested and
lodged in the stationhouse for embezzling
] 200 from his employer, Mr.. Edward
( Warburg, awell known cotton merchant.
The GreeneyiIle Era, of the 9th, saysth that
| the wheat crop of Greene county looks
well, and is very little injured by the rust
We hear many complaints of smut and be-
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section than usual.
The Memphis appeal learns that Mr..
Ayres has fled bill in the adjoining
Chaneery District, contesting the recent
election OF Chancellor Morgan. The
grounds upon which the contest is made
are fraud and intimidation of voters.
The Memphis Ledger says that G L
Ahrens, book-keeper of Mr.. Edward
| Warburg's establishment, arrested on a
charge of embezzlement, will be turned
over, we understand, to Sheriff Wright for
safe keeping.
A very successful stock exhibition, the
first of the kind ever held in that place,
was held at Concord, Knox county, on the
9TH inst. The attendance was large, and
the stock presented very fine. A cores
pondent of the Press and Herald pro-
nounces it ''move in the right direction
The Huntington Republican learns that
freight train, near Sandy River, on Tues
day last, was thrown from the track and
one man killed. We have not learned the
particulars. Accidents with freight trains
are becoming too frequent, and it must
grow out of the fact that the conductors
are not as careful as they are with passen-
ger trains.
On Sunday last, the new Presbyterian
Church which has just been completed at
Morristown, was dedicated to the service Of
God The dedication sermon was de-
livered by Rev. G.. A. Caldwell, of Bristol,
and was a most excellent discourse. The
large and intelligent congregation present
gave the serv ces the most profound atten-
ton.
Mr. w. c. Richardson, assistant engin-
eer of the Memphis and Little Rock Rail
road, has been ordered to Cache Bottom,
where two large steara pile drivers are at
work, to assist in working the same There
are now two hundred and fifty men at
work, and every day is shortening the gap
between White river and the train for
Memphis.
On Tuesday morning an old man named
Leftright, crazed with drink, attempted to
maltreat a boy fourteen years of age with
a cheese knife, in Nolan's saloon at Wa
verify. The boy drew a revolver and fred
seven shots at the intruder, five of which
took effect in the arm, back, shoulder and
face. The old man was from Stewart or
Dickson county, and is seriously if not
fatally wounded. |
! A serious accident occurred in Buffalo,
| twelve miles from Waverly, on Saturday
last. A Mr.. A. G. Niblett shot WHY Pr
land, little nine year old boy, through
the head with rifle, killing him almost in
stantly. Niblett supposing the gun was
empty. in fun presented it at the boy and
pulled the trigger, sending the ball through
the boys head. Niblett was tried and ac-
| quilted, upon payment Of costs.
The Humboldt Headlight says; "Our
neighbors at Gadsden are engaging in the
fruit business The country around there
is said to be the best suited to that bust
ness of any other in the State, or, perhaps,
anywhere else. The grape and the straw
berry are the leading crops. Large fields
of grape are in cultivation; and, to give
an idea of the extent of the strawberry
culture, we report that on the 23d of last
month full car load was shipped North,
and that up to the 26th ult., thirteen thou-
sand quarts had been sent to market"
Speaking of the Tennessee River Mail
Route, the Huntingdon Courier says ed-
torially, it having been reported that
the Department at Washington has decided
, to discontinue the Tennessee River Mail
Route: This is one of the most important
routes in the State, and its discontinuanee
| hOulu 10 6ACGs ENNB-O
along the line of the river, who have no
{ other mail facilities. circumstances are
f, being sent to Washington, numerously
r signed, which we trust will have the effect
to change the decision of the department.
The Brownsville Bee Of the 10th inst.
3 has the following: Tuesday evening last
some boys were swimming in Mrs. DR..
! Taylor's pond, in the northern portion OF
+ the city, when negro boy about twelve
years old, named Jerrold, son of old man
Frank PEBBLES, attempted to swim across
! the pond, and failing to accomplish the
feat, sank and was drowned. Little Willie
Tyus was present and attempted to save
him, but was unable. The alarm was
given, and quite crowd gathered at the
: pond, and Mr. E. L. Badger recovered the
r remains of the boy, but he had lain under
e water too long for any hope of resuscita-
I tion being entertained.