Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-14

THE MASONIC BANQUET
will come off on Friday evening at The
Hall, and from the preparations made anC
the manifest determination of the ladie.
of the town and county, the banquet vii
be the event of the week. Among thu
many ladies working for the success o.
| the banquet, we noticed with pleasure The
untiring, Jealous and successful efforts Of
Miss Lizzie Smith, in selling tickets t.
| gentlemen. The Masons and the citizens
will doubtless vote her blue ribbon anC
many thanks, as her beauty and intelli
| gence are only excelled by her address
and talent in making the banquet sue.
cess. Ladies and gentlemen from Nash
vile can leave the city at 1:3O P. M. anG
attend the banquet and return on the
morning train by O'Clock.
BALLOON ASCENSION.
The balloon will go up again between
3 and O'Clock Saturday evening.
BABY SHOW.
Messrs. Bankston and Gilman offer a:
a special premium the fine lot of tinware,
which took the premium this morning,
to the lady exhibiting the finest baby,
six months old, at the Fair in the fore
noon of Saturday, and q fine show is an
ticipated.
PREMIUM LIST.
Graceful gentleman rider, premium w
E Offett, of Kentucky; certificate, G. s
| Taylor.
Burlesque ring as described in yester
days report, premium to w. Fl. Johnson
alias 'Chug."
Double shovel pillow, premium, j. B.
| Allen.
Specimen Of boot and shoe making
premium to Winstead & Bro. of Nash
vile; certificate, G. n. Bailey & Co.,
Russelville, KY.
Specimen saddlery, premium, W. B
Adams.
Blacksmithing, premium, Z. Volner,
certificate, w. P. Pearson.
Tinware, premium, Bankston & Gill.
man, voted very superior articles.
Stallion, years, premium, D NJ Wall,
of KY; certificate, J Pope.
Three years old, premium, A Fugatt;
certificate, w NJ Mcdonald.
Two years old, premium, S NJ Helm,
of K; certificate, E Bell.
One year old, premium, ] E Bell; cert1-
icate, G W Gill, of KY.
Sucking, premium, ] J Pope; ce riff
cate, ] F. Penick.
Mare, years old, premium, D Nc.
Waugh, of KY; certificate, J F Penick
of KY.
Three years old, premium, W MELON
aid; certificate, K Polk.
Two years old, premium, A s Powell;
certificate, ] G. Wynne's 'Lizzie Fort. -
One year old, premium, Willie Horn.
berger.
Sucking, premium, A Byram; certifi
cate, ] w S Wydick.
Gelding, 8 years old, premium, W
Lowell; certificate, G W Smelsors.
Two year old, premium, S B White;
certificate, J Woodland.
One year old, premium, W A Benton.
Stations, sweep stakes, premium, ] E
Bell; certificate, D McVaugh, of KY.
Mare, any age, premium, A S Powell;
certificate, A Byram.
Gelding, any age, premium, W s Eli
Oft, of KY.
Robertson county stock for all purposes,
stations, premium, E Bell; certificate,
G B Randolph.
Mare, any age, premium, A S Powell;
certificate, w Mcdonald.
Mule, any age, premium, J A Stringer:
certificate, ] Pope.
PIG RACE.
Then came the most novel and farcical
of all races, for the premium of fine
Berkshire pig, offered as special premi-
um by Billy Moore, to the man weighing
two hundred pounds, for which there were
entered Leonard Polk, Work Taylor, r.
X Hicks, G. w. Menees, B. Page, J. B.
Holman, Jesse Roberts and w. L. Hol-
man. The premium was to be given to
the man who could run and first catch a
razor-back sbOte, soaped and painted,
turned loose in the ring. Hicks caught
piggee first, but started too quick HOl-
man grabbed him next before he got fairly
started, and the Polk seized upon him,
and they all piled up together. Polk rose
and ran around the ring with "shotyn in
bis arms, baby style. They were all so
mixed up that it was as hard TO tell who
should have the premium as it was to de-
eide who caught razor-back.
(The premium for SOW and pigs on
Wednesday should have been credited to
N. II. Stratton, of Sumner, instead of
to j. Davis, as reported
TRAIN DELAYED.
The evening train was delayed at
Guthrie, waiting for the Louisville and
Memphis train, and also stopped at Ridge
Top Station, owing to the slipping of a
tire.
We had the pleasure of an interview
with Major Pitcairn, Assistant Superin-
tendent of the Evansville, Henderson and
Nashville Railroad, who informs US that
tracklayiDg is now progressing rapidly,
and that trains will be running from the
coal fields this way by the LIST of Decem-
Der and the road finished through by the
1st of January. There is five miles of
the track laid from jacksonville and vast
quantities of coal are now being shipped
to Henderson to supply all demands in
that quarter. The coal is of fine quality
and Nashville can be fully supplied at
greatly reduced prices.
We also met with Gen. Bevier, who is
looking after the interests of the Owens
boro and Russellville road, pushing and
looking after all the points.
Again we thank most cordially the
hundreds of friends for their partially
and kindness to the UNION AND AMERICAN,
and especially to Esq. Baker for courtesy
and fine refreshments last evening while
waiting for the train.