Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-18
LOCAL NEWS I'm BRIEF.

lRaspberries and cherries are still abund-
ant IN our market
| Eight hundred barrels were yesterday
shipped on the Tyrone for New Orleans.
| Everything remarkably dull about town
yesterday, and very few strangers in the
city.
Mr.. Barwise, the great skatist is row in
Ciarksville, teaching the young idea how
to move gracefully on wheels.
The river is higher at this point, caused
by the recent heavy rains, than it has been
known to have been at this season for a
number of years past.
Wheat cutting is now the order of the
| day. But for the rain which fell the past
| two days, no doubt immense quantities
would have been ready for market.
MassengaIe, Douglas & 90. yesterday
| purchased the crop Of new white wheat
raised by w. d. Philips for 81 per bushel
II is to be delivered Immediately.
Two hundred bushels of the new wheat
was received yesterday at Dickey's Mill
1t was raised by w. P. Harding. This mill
will treat their customers to new -four to-
day.
| Our clever young friend, w o Harrison,
leaves to-day for Beersheba Springs We
hope to see William back before long,
physically improved by the health-giving
waters of Beersheba.
| A young man named Brewer, from the
neighborhood of Hopkinsville, KY, who
is partially deranged, was yesterday ar
rested at the instance of his father, by
whom he viii be taken back home.
The peach crop is good, but it is not
| probable that the finer varieties viii be
very abundant. Apples and pears of all
kinds win be so plentiful as to leave no
room for complaint.
We understand the Kingston Springs,
with the hotels, ETC., have been put in ex-
cellent condition and that as a summer re-
sort they will compare favorably with any
west of the mountains.
Claiborne Lodge, No. 293, f. & M,
will observe st. Johns Day, which occurs
next Friday, by steamboat excursion and
picnic. The steamer Umpire has been
chartered for the occasion.
Yesterday was one of the dullest days we
have had for many months. Building
operations we're suspended on account Of
the weather, few persons were in the city
and business generally was at compara-
tive stand still
The walls of the five new four-story brick
buildings on the corner of Church and
Spruce streets, have been completed and
are now ready for the roofing, which will
be put on and the stores finished at once
for occupancy.
In their commendable efforts Of retrench-
nlent, we understand that the Mayor and
Council viii dispense fot the present with
the Office of Clerk of the Market, and that
the duties belonging to that Office will be
performed by the City Marshal.
The sales OF reapers and mowers and
agricultural implements, we are informed
by those extensively engaged in the busi-
ness, have been much larger this season
than ever before known in the history of
Nashville
A young man named VIM Douglass was
yesterday brought before Justice Wilkinson
on the charge Of obtaining 5000 in
money and some valuable notes of hand
from the pockets of Van L Fain. The in
vestigation resulted in the ac4uittal of the
accused.
| A colored individual answering to the
name Of Kile Nelson was yesterday ar
rested in Edgefeld on a warrant issued by
Justice Cassety, charging him with living
with white woman contrary to law. The
accused was sent to jail and will have a
hearing to-day.
| II is stated that the earnings of the East
Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia Railroad
for the past year, ending on the last Of the
present month, will amount to about
twelve hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
This is large increase over that Of the
year previous.
An exchange says that the most econo-
mical method Of getting nd of dog fennel
Is to NOW it down while in bloom and be-
fore the seed have formed or matured.
This persisted in a couple of years will
almost wholly destroy it. Our dog fenneI
districts viii make a note of this remedy.
They are turning out very large num-
Der Of excellent and substantially con-
structed box and freight cars at the ma
chine shops of the Nashville and Chatta-
nooga depot, preparatory to the i'm
mense business of the road by the fall
season. Taking time by the forelock, they
are determined to guard against the con-
tngency of a protracted freight blockade
the ensuing season.
A colored man named Carroll Mat
thews, who arrived yesterday evening
by the Edgefeld and Kentucky Railroad,
was arrested on suspicion OF being Bill |
Whitworth, charged with the crime of
murder. His personal appearance pre-
cisely suits the description given in the
Governors proclamation offering re-
ward for the apprehension of the accused.
He was taken to police headquarters,
where, upon being questioned, he stoutly
denied being the guilty party, and men
toned the names of colored persons in
the city who knew him. He is held for
Identification.