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

Coliervllle wants nrst CLASS parpSr'
shop. re n. Bus
Winfield Jerusalem Smith has gone u
Washington k1 'E1ea Sad ere
Business is reported dull in the jus
tees offices at Memphis.
The Baptists In jackson are having {
series of protracted meetings.
The present warm: weather is rather
hard on the profits of the game dealers.
A week ago last Fridy snow fell q
Bristol to the depth of four inches.
The East Tennessee, Virginia ani
Georgia Railroad Company has reduced
the tariff on produce. 81
The mechanical aud manufacturing IN
iesssss of Knoxville are reported to b
looking up.
The police in Memphis are trying tc
put stop to the practice of carrying con
cealed weapons. "a
A large quantity of desirable land i
now being sold in Fayette county by the
clerks of the different courts. d
1t is stated, IS an evidence of thu
growth of Knoxville, that there are q
present no houses for rent in that city.
The jackson Telegraph hurls its anath
emies at the man who lately stole the scis.
sors from the foreman's desk.
The editor of the Collierville Herald
after a sickness of four weeks duration
is convalescent. a
The ladies' Catholic fair at Chattanooga
was announced 10 commence on the 9th
inst, and hold for ten days. BE-
During the past week an interesting re-
vival has been in progress at the South
ern Methodist Church in Knoxville.
Brownsville, says the Bee, has an &C
tusl working population of from four to
five thousand, and is growing rapidly.
The Brownsville Bee says that the Co.
lumbiS Herald gets up more local coun.
ty items than any other country paper in
the StAe.
The advance of Chattanooga since the
war b4s been very rapid. The present
population is said to be between nine and
ten Thousand. t..
RevR DR.. Petwsy, formerly of Water
Valley Miss, will be stationed at Paris
next year, and not a. Shelbyville, as here
tOtore announced.
TheEtrack-laying on the Memphis and
sLittle Rock Railroad began last Saturday,
and seven hundred men are at work on
the unfinished part of the road.
The Young Mems Christian Association
of GAINESVILLE is making arrangements for
active exertions during the winter, and
will establish library and reading room.
The folly of leaving children alone in
a house where there is fire was lately ex-
emplified near Portersville, where an in-
FAINT was burned up, about week since.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says that the
manager of the Orphans Home has Wis
tied the towns in West Tennessee, and
received on an average from each town
800.
A young gentleman in GAINESVILLE says
that large panther was recently discov-
cred near Russellville, KY, when par
ty of gentlemen went out and killed his
partnership. -lF
The Greeneville NeU Era states that
the National Union of that place has
changed hands, and will hereafter be pub
Ifshed entirely in the interest of the Dem
ocratic party.
., A large meeting was held in Knoxville
last Thursday, to take measures for the
felief of the poor in that city and Vicin-
by, and it was proposed to have a special
tax for that purpose. @
Of late, thieves have been plenty in
Upton county, and the Covington Record
says that larcenies and robberies in that
section of the State are of quite frequent
occurrence.
Phe contractors on the Brownsville and
Ohio RaiEoad are driving ahead with the
work in fine style. They have one hun
bred hands employed, and hope to COM
plete the work within the next year.
The Covington Record says: "The
people of Hardeman county have had
theiI courthouse grounds ornamented with
trees and evergreens, while our court
house and grounds are disgrace to civil
ization.n
1t is said that the Moore Wyndham
Combination, which has lately been play
ing at Memphis, is about to disbsnd, as
the fab Louisa will soon return to Eng
land 70 be married to "a rich London
banker" --.r
Mr. Green Morrow was in Knoxville
last Saturday, for the purpose of secur-
ing the aid and cooperation of the ladies
of that city in giving a concert for the
benefit of the Confederate Orphans Asy-
lum at GAINESVILLE.
The Paris IatelIigencer says that Mr..
William Vance, who lived about fifteen
miles northwest from Paris, committed
suicide last Monday by hanging himself
with rope. No cause is assigned.
A drawer-hsndle, beautiful in design
and finish, and having all the appearances
of beautifully carved work, has been
manufactured in Knoxville out of saw
dust. The dust is mixed with glue, and
then cast in mould.
The grand jurors for Hardeman county
lately presented neat testimonial to
Thomas J. Flippln, Judge of the Hsrde-
man county Circuit Court, compliment
ing him on the skill and ability he had
exhibited on the bench, and thanking
him for his kindness and courtesy.
The Humboldt LIlde1 thinks 'there is
no more lamentable sight than to see a
young man of supposed genius and aCk-
nowledged promise, launching his bark
upon the waves of political life and ex-
pecting breeze Of local prejudice to
watt him to the goal of his aspirations. "
The Bolivar Bulletin says that young
negro was recently brought before Judge
Fiippin, charged with carrying q pistol;
and under the new law, he was fined ten
dollars, sentenced to Jail for twenty days,
and required 70 give bond of $3.50 to
keep the peace. His fate should be a
warning to others.
The Humboldt L1deE gives a short
biographical sketch of the promising IN
married men of Humboldt, for the bene-
fit, as is stated, of the fair sex in that
vicinity. The parties are, of course, all
described as nice young men, who are
moral, aud in some instances handsome
and wealthy; aud all are said to be found
of ''pretty girls and harmless firtatiOns.
The Greeneville NeaU Era says that a
man named Solomon Collins lately had
his throat cut, some three inches on the
right side, extending from the windpipe
to The artery cutting it in two. His nose
vas also cut through to his face, cross
ways, an inch from the end. The murder
was committed near Carter Station, and
one man has been arrested on suspicion,
corrob6rsted by circumstantial evidence.
About five O'Clock last Thursday after
noon a shocking accident occurred at a
cotton press in Memphis, by which an
employee named John Thompson was
caught in the machinery and crushed in
such frightful manner that he died on
Friday from the effect of his injuries. He
is said to have been a steady, respectable
man, and to have formerly filed the posi-.
ii n of mate on several steamers on the