Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-14
ETEMs ~ RRIEF.


TO say that yesterday was mild md
seautiful day hardly does full justice to tie
tuhjeet. Let Us rather speak of it as day
to be most pleasantly Remembered as the
brightest and most beautiful of the OPEN
ing spring time.
Iron clad engagements are made binding
by stealing kisses.
The building of another Catholic Church
has just been commenced in Memphis.
Both branches of the City Council have
adopted resolution prohibiting the blow
ing of railroad whistles within the city
limits. They did not do SO, however. be-
fore the evil complained of had got to be
an intolerable nuisance.
The Supreme Court began its spring
term at jackson last Monday.
John NJ Bass, Esq, one of the Directors
Of the Nashville and Northwestern railroad,
is still at st. Lonis in the interest Of that
road
Gen. Chadband Howard, of the Fiji
teenth amendment cupboard, raises the
wind every time he raises a hymn. A
strategic combination Of thrift and piety,
that
Mai. Foster, Civil Engineer, suggests
that an ordinance be passed by the City
Council, requiring the width Of the pave
ments on the north and south sides of the
Public Square to be fixed at III feet. The
subject is to receive the attention of the
Council at an early day.
Several construction trains are at work
on the Nashville and Northwestern road
and it viii be put in fit condition for the
heaviest freight travel before the end Of the
summer.
The Memphis Appeal authoritatively de-
MES that the Peabody Hotel at Memphis is
either about to change proprietorship or
close. 1t is still in full blast under the
management Of Col. Davis Cockrell.
The bills of Stowe & 0rton's Southern
Circus are on the walls, and the circus it
self will be here IN few days.
The General Conferences of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, South, meets at
Memphis, May 4. There will be about
four hundred delegates present.
Our country friends were not very nu-
merously represented in the city yesterday,
and the inference is that blowing is going
on at a lively rate.
Suits of check goods, for gentlemen, are
again coming into vogue. Sever al
handsome specimens Of the kind were yes
terday introduced to public inspection.
Gen. George P. Buell., late in command
at jefferson, Texas, has been rendered the
position of engineer on the Memphis and
Ell PaSo railroad.
The wheat crop in upper East Tennessee
is reported looking well, and large yield
is looked for in that section
Abiding to the death of Rev. VIM. Raj
ston of the Nashville Presbytery, which &C
Cured on the 9th inst, at his home near
this city, the Banner Of Peace says: Mr.
Ralston was about 20 years of age; and
with singular unity of purpose, his life wa
consecrated to the gospel ministry. He
was rational to the last moment, and his
sun went down without a cloud
We are now in the midst of the house
painting season, and, as a consequence, tina
GLASS Of artists are at present kept yer,
busy.
Mrs. NJ. E. Cotton, widow of Col. Geo
I. Cotton, an officer of the Federal arm,
who was killed at the battle of Ston,
river, has been appointed Postmistress il
Versailles, Ky.
Wire-wrapped brooms are not success
| Holsekeepers observe that those fastene,
with stout Irvine last much longer.
The fish market is increasing in tn,
! abundance of supplies, and its patrons ar
| gratiied to observe that prices have latel,
undergone a material reduction, thus es
tablishing the fact that the scaly tribe ar
not above being marked down to a meta
standard.
The Board Of Common Council meets a
O'Clock this afternoon.
An exchange truthfully says: "Yo1
might as well attempt TO shampoo tn
| head Of an elephant with a thimbleful c
soapsuds, as to attempt to do business an,
ignore printers ink That mans head i
level.
party constructing an oil tank on Grid
die street has been notified by the Cit,
| Marshal to suspend the work until permits
sion is given by the Common Council t,
proceed.
The solution of the, question whethe
woman is equal to man depends upon VIII
the woman is and who the man is.
If a lady were threatened to be kissed b,
gentleman, and she objected, what plac,
near the coast of France might she name
Ushant.
The following toast was given at a recen
banquet-''The rights of woman-if sh,
cannot be captain of a ship, may she Away
command smack
The retail auction stores were doing
lively trade last night, selling goods at jus
what they would bring.
A steamboat took to a landing to wal
for dense fog to pass away. A travele
anxious to go ahead, came to the upper.
turbed manager of the wheel and aske,
why the boat stopped "Too much fog
can't see the river" 'But you can Sc
stars overhead" eyes," replied the ur
bane pilot, ''but till the biler busts W,
amt going that way" Passenger went t.
bed satisfied
The police were last night considering
the style of hat to be adopted by the de
partment for summer wear, but have not
yet settled the matter.