Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-26
LOCAL News IN BRIEF.

The funeral of the venerable Mrs Doris
was quite largely attended yesterday.
There Is demented woman In the work
house who Is more suited to the asglnn.
Chickens continue to be very high IN
the maraet.
There are at present forty inmates Of the
city vorkhouss for various ofenses-
The markets were filed with melons,
grapes and all varieties of fruits yesterday.
The first session of the new Law Court
of Nashville viii begin on the second Mon
day in October next.
We noticed drove of very fine fat
cattle being taken to the stock yard yes
terday.
But few arrests of any description were
made yesterday and last night. The city
continues quiet and orderly.
Immense quantities of broom corn are
arriving here daily by every train. The
crop is very large one.
A colored man named John Allen was
buried yesterday by the Benevolent Aid
Society, of which he was member.
The time of the Chancery Court was en-
tirely occupied yesterday with the Nashville
and Decatur railroad case.
The Criminal Court will convene on
Monday week. There is quite docket OF
felony cases to be adjudicated.
The Academy of Music still keeps up the
amusement pressure, Notwithstanding the
hot weather.
Mr. S Higgins, of Manchester, had in
the city yesterday some of the finest -four
that We remember to have ever seen.
Messengale, Douglas & Co. received yes
terday an order for two hundred barrels of
Mountain Dew Flour, to be shipped to
/ Florida.
A number Of additional lamp posts are to
be put up on South Cherry street, in the
| vicinity of the Cemetery and the Nashville
and Decatur railroad depot.
The pond of stagnant water on Mallory
street, which we noticed some time since,
is to be drained off by sewers, by action Of
the City Council
| We learn that there Will be an organiza-
ton of the Colored Conservative Democrs-
cy in the city very soon. There are several
hundred oolored Democrats in the city and
vicinity.
Tia Commercial Hotel, which is q very
popular institution, has undergone very
considerable Jepairs during the summer,
and enters upon the winter campaign
much improved.
The number and variety of agricultural
implements and farm machinery on exhibit
ton at the several county fairs this fall will
be unprecedented in the history of the
State. Nashville will be well represented.
The funeral of A. Horn, deceased, mem
Der Of Edgefeld Lodge No. lib, o. o.
f., took place yesterday evening. He wss
a quiet, Industrious and worthy citizen,
and held in high esteem by host of friends.
A man named James Stevens was ar.
rested by officers Mckinney and Calhoun
yesterday morning at 2 o'clock while in the
act of forcing open the door of the saloon
of Nilsson & Walsh, corner of Deadercl
and Cherry streets.
The Broadway Base Ball Club held 9
meeting last night, and elected A Longi-
neite, Captain; j. Kean, President; F.
Spalding, Treasurer; L. O'Connell, Secre-
tary, and E. Longinette, Scorer.
A large delegation of the Nashville Com
mandery Knights Templars, left on the
evening train for Columbia, yesterday, II
l IoSpOtlb6 W I'll lhhAIdeANA tt4S SOut
mandery at that place. 1t was intimated
that there would be an adjournment at al
early hour from labor to refreshment
Large quantities of wood have been &C
cumulatsd at the several yards along tn,
river during the continued high water
which will add greatly to the stock of fue
during the ensuing winter.
Jacob Judd, young man well known IL
|. this city, met with a serious accident at q
saw mill on Hsrpeth a few days ago. Hi
leg became entangled in a band, and by
being drawn around wheel he received
= serious injuries. A surgeon from this city
, was summoned to assist in amputation o
the leg, which, however, was postponed
| and unless modification ensues a stronl
effort viii be made to save the limb.
| Orr Brothers received yesterday a con
| signment of Johnson's Safety Egg Carriers
3 something new, novel and unique. 1t is
locked crate, containing layers Of trays
: with sockets, by which eggs are hsld firm
| ly in one position with not the least chsnc
| of breakage. The new invention is 8
much superior TO the old way of handlin
) that it would make Dick Hays ashamed Il
3 admit that he had ever been in the bust
| ness, to look at one of these machines.