Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-22
STATE NEWS.

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The graves of Confederate soldiers wi
n be decorated at Knoxville on the 10Th Z
l. June. Ply 81 A}2eel4j ta-; lfI2qT
A lumber kiln and lumber tojth
amount of $1,000 was destroyed by fir
1t at Knoxville On Thursday night, l,,,s n
y The smallpox has not yet abated a
i Jacksboro. There are now four cases il
: the town, two of which broke out durin,
d the past week 1t is thought that thr
! epidemic will soon subside y IN ira t.a
Says the Knoxville Wig: Our read
6 ers have not forgotten the terrible TRACE
dies enacted in Hawkins county, since thu
war closed, beginning, if we recollect
rightly, on the 14th of June, 1867, wher
? Capt. VIM. Sizemore killed man by the
Eame of Webster; then, in the autumn
following, q man by the name of Willis
killed Capt Sizemore near the same spot
| Webster was killed. Then followed, if
we are not mistaken, the tragic death
of Willis. These persons had all been
Federal soldiers, and the feud between
the parties dated back long prior to their
engagement as soldiers. vai - oas s,1aiiaH
We have this morning to add the name
| of another victim to the spirit of venge-
ance that seems to characterize the warfare
in Hawkins county between these par
ties. On the night of the 18th inst, Mr..
Thomas Sizemore, brother of Capt. VII
liam, killed by Willis, was called to the
door of hrs residence in that county, and
was shot through the hand and heart,
killing him instantly. No clue whatever
Il 10 I01htinlrr l,pArrv, "a In L
this terrible warfare never to be buied9
The Maryville Republican learns from
the postmaster in that town that daily
mail is to be carried from Knoxville to
Maryville, beginning on the first of June.
The line will probably be extended to
Montyale Springs.
Eli Henry, an old soldier and compan-
ion of Gen. Jackson, died near JonesbOro,
at the age of ninety years, few days
since.
A delegation of colored Masons from
Nashville are in Pulaski establishing a
lodge. We were informed by one of |
them that they hope for great success.
The miners in the coal mines at Coal
creek, and Caryville, near Knoxville are
on a strike in consequence of a reduction
of their wages J cent bushel.
The commissioners appointed by the
Legislature in the charter for the Green
VILE and Paint Rock Fail or Turnpike |
road had meeting one day last week /
when Edwin Henry was elected President.
The commissioners will have q survey
made of the route and we hope that the
people win take sufficient interest in the
matter to insure its success.
Last Saturday the body of dead man
was found in the Ohio river, near Merri
weather's ferry, but it was so decom-
posed as to render Identification impossi-
bic. The dead man was five feet, ten |
inches high, had on blue Kentucky
jeans coat with brass buttons, dark
oyercoat, brown jeans pants and heavy
No. s boots. He had been shot in the
head twice aud his skull was crushed.
The Union City Mail says: We had
the pleasure of a visit last week from
Gen. Frank Cheatham, who dropped into
our midst in the interest of the Nashville
Life Insurance Company-ope of the best
in the land.
We need not say that 'Gen. Frank''
met hearty welcome; of course he did.
The "boys" gathered around him thick
and fast, and all were delighted to grasp
the old soldier by the hand. During his
short stay with us he made out number |
of applications for policies Frank
Cheatham viii do business where most of
them fail. He left us with the kindest
wishes of our whole people.
The South bound train on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad was thrown off the !
rack, above Jordan Station, last Sunday,
and the engine totally wrecked. An OBJ !
'tinate COW, that refused to get out Of the I
way, was the innocent cause of the acct
lent. The COW is dead. II
The Confederate graves at Union City {
will be appropriately decorated on the 9TH | t
If June. The same ceremonial will be
lad at Brownsville on the 24th inst. IL
The Nail says Union City has over I
}, 200 Inhabitants, and continues growing. Is
I claims a pretty country, healthy loca-
ion, fine water, good employment and
heap rents.
On Thursday forenoon, at Memphis, a !
white man named 3. Newman was struck |
IN the head with a billet of wood in the !
lands of another white man named Burt. | s
The two fell out about the purchase of c
Ome bags, which the other wanted to t
)uy. The wounded man died about mid | 3
light, and a coroner's jury was summon
ID. The murderer is in the Upper Station \
house. t
There is general movement on the
,art of the prominent men of East Ten a
lessee to foster immigration. By their :
,fforts they have induced colony of four b
hundred Swiss Germans to settle near |
Knoxville. 1t
The Fayetteville Nous has been shown r
rom the Mills at that place samples of !
,arpeiing and cassimeres that are equal,
f they do not excel, similar goods made :
n Northern factories, whose regulations | Z
AVE became famous through long years | :
If experience. Ia
The examination of the GAINESVILLE
female Academy will commence on the b
9Th of June. DR.. ]. w. Hammer will a
preach the commencement sermon, and | t
he annual address viii be delivered by | :
Ion. J. F. House. e