Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-05
STATE NEWS.

Is candidate for Circuit Court Clerk fl
the new county of Etheridgo.
r A very interesting protracted meetin
has been going on at the Baptist Churc
in Claraksville for some time.
10th inst. The cotton premiums amour
to s., 900, and the entire premiums to owe
E $15, 100.
The tobacco crop of Montgomery count
, is nearly all cut and turns out much NOR
in quantity and better in quality than wa
anticipated.
Col A G Bryant, of Chattanooga, Ia
been appointed Assistant Master of Trans
portstion of the Western and Atlanti
Railroad.
A man by the name of Davis was com
mitted to jail at Dover on Sept %, charged
with stealing clothing at Tennessee Rive
Station.
The Chattanooga Times, of the I'd inst,
says that D B Carlin, the man manned IL
the recent shooting affray at that place, Il
likely to recover.
1t is said that the census returns will
show that the population of Shelby county
is about equally divided between white
and black.
Capt W. NJ, Alexander, of London, dice
on Friday morning, in that place. The
Captain was quite prominent citizen Of
that section.
The Good Templars' State Convention
assemblies in Pulaski on the 18th of Oc-
tober Delegates will be carried over the
Nashville and Decatur Railroad at half fare.
The receipts of the three evenings con-
certs given by the Confederate Orphans,
assisted by the ladies of Paris, amounted
to $l8S,5O.
A little son of Rev. Abraham H1rt OF
Elizabethtown, two years of age, was acct
dentally drowned in Doe river on Wednes-
day evening of last week.
They have been having lively times at
the skating rink in Murfreesboro during
the past week. Mr. st Clair has been
giving them specimens Of his agility.
| The Murfreesboro Nelc8 learns that the
negro preacher who was taken from Muir
| freesboro to Pulaski for trial, charged with
mule stealing, has come up missing.
Mayor John Hills, of Bolivar, has pre-
sented the st. James Church of that town
magnificent bell weighing near 1000
pounds and of excellent tone.
Messrs. Hunt and Caldwell have erected
and have now in operation, seven miles
south of Jonesboro, on the Nola Chucky
river, an extensive pottery establishment.
Mrs. McMinn, living four miles from
Milan, and who has for years been subject
to spells of temporary insanity, cut her
ha 1llt nd
died in few minutes.
The Somerville FdIc0n says that the
boil worm has made its appearance in
various sections of that county and is
doing serious injury to cotton crops on
some plantations.
An old man named Blanton was found
in dying condition on the roadside near
Murfreesboro, On Saturday, Sept. "a. He
was taken charge of and provided for, but
died on Sunday evening.
Several of the bridges on the South Side
and Virginia and Tennessee railroads have
been destroyed by the freshet. The road
can receive no more freight at Bristol IN
til further notice.
Two strangers died at the police station
in Memphis from intemperancs and expo
sure on the night of the 3Oth ult., aud
were buried by the city authorities on the
LIST inst.
An inquest was held at jackson, on the
Doth ult over the body of Thomas Har-
rety, who was shot and killed by Robert
Mcknight, at the house of Peter Kelly.
Mcknight has been arrested.
The Bristol Courier says that the distiI-
leries throughout Sullivan and Washington
counties are in full and successful opera
ton, and that the apple crop is heavy.
'Apple Jack will be abundant in that re-
gion.
The Fayet eville Nelrs of the 1st inst
says: Quite q number Of emigrant wagons
have passed through our town during the
past week on their way to Texas. Some
of our own friends and acquaintance from
this vicinity are among them.
The Dover Record Of the Both ult. says:
On last Friday night couple of men were
murdered a short distance from Eddyville,
Ky, on this side of the river. We have
been unable to learn who they were or
the particulars of the affair.
Early Monday morning, the 10Th uIt.,
Johnnie Carroll, of Jackson, aged about
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and was
mangled so badly by the wheels of two
cars passing over his left thigh, that he
died the same day.
The Knoxville Chronicle of the I'd inst.
says The Messrs Offett, railroad con-
tractors from Norrh Carolina, have recent
" purchased the Kirkpatrick farm, above
Clinton, in Anderson county, five hundred
acres, for $4,000. They will soon i'm
prove the place by erecting several large
buildings thereon.
A call has been made for a meeting of
Confederate soldiers and their friends of
East Tennessee, at Knoxville, soon after
the election is over. The object is to con-
suit together for the interest of the fami.
lies of deceased soldiers, and to provide for
the home education of their orphans.
The Humboldt Lpde1 of the 3Oth ult.
says that Mrs. McMinn, of Gibson county,
committed suicide a day or two since by
cutting her throat with razor. She was |
highly esteemed in her neighborhood for |
her many sterling virtues. Cause-domes- |
tic Infelicity. She leaves a young babe six |
weeks old, and eight other children.
The Bristol Courier gives the following |
progeny of a remarkable 'father in Israeli" |
There is an old gentleman living in this |
county (Sullivan) by the name of Feathers, |
who has reached his ninety-ffth year. |
From his loins have sprung 16 children,
125 grandchildren, IT'S great grand-child- |
rem, and IS great great grandchildren.
We take the following from the Hum |
boldt IlldeE of the 30th ult. W. J. Hol- |
den, a soldier of Company &c. 10th |
United States Infantry, on duty at this |
post, was run over aud killed by the No |
bile train Saturday night last He was in |
toxicated when he left the city and it is |
supposed went to sleep upon the track. |
The train passed over his breast and arms |
William L. Coaly, of Bristol, Tenn, is |
anxious to obtain information of his sons
John ]. and James D. Coaly. When last |
head from the former was at Little Rock, |
and the latter on his way to Cincinnati. |
The old gentleman is in very needy cir |
cumstances, and will thankfully receiveany
information concerning either of them.
The Clarksville Chronicle says that the
tobacco barn of Mr. James II. Williams,
living on the south: side of the river, sand
containing about 1000 pounds of tobacco,
was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, Sept
%. Also, good many of his farm tools.
Loss about six hundred dollars. On the
same day, and on the same side of the
river, q barn belonging to Mr.. Henry