Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-18
STATE NEWS.

They are having matrimonial revival
rst Knoxville. 800 voY 81 y
Eight families left Montgomery county
on the 10Th inst for Texas. EsaE
! Cotton IL coming into the Brownsville
market at lively rate.
Wheat sowing is progressing in several
sections of the State.
/ Valuable improvements are progressing
il the town of Fayetteville. n
| The Bank of Bristol has resumed bust
ness with q largely increased capital. /,
Knoxville is improving very rapidly in
the way of substantial buildings. E
Several valuable horses have been stolen
in the vicinity of Chattanooga lately.
r. NJ. Prouty has been reappointed
Southern Express Agent at GAINESVILLE.
Mr.. Robert Smith had his hand sawed
off at Ragan's Mill, near Morristown, q
few days since. ol ,sslg- .v6-.g
John Riley, confined for larceny, broke
Jail at Huntington on Wednesday night,
and escaped. - {, ta>''ir
w. p. Chambers was killed by falling
across the railroad track at Hollow Rock,
q few days since.
The senatorial and floaterial convention
for the Huntsville district, will be held in
that town ON the 22d inst. F
Col. G. M. McGhee has been called
on TO become candidate for the Legisla-
ture from Knox county.
William ii. Gardner, of Hickman, has
purchased the Woodland Mills, ON the
Nashville and Northwestern Railroad.
The General Association of Baptists
for. Middle Tennessee will hold its next
session at Mur1eesboro on the 21st inst.
Bids for the first 209 miles contracts
for constructing the Brownsville and
Ohio railroad will be received on the Oath
inst. o, a. a g~-E @
The Knoxville Iron Company have re-
Gently shipped ten car loads of spikes to
Mississippi. The company are running
their full capacity on the manufacture Of
spikes, and have ready market for all
they make. a. .w T
Fifteen thousand dollars has been sub
scribed by private parties for the erection
of bridge across the Holston river at
Knoxville, and the proposition to take
$50, 900 by the county of Knox win be
submitted to the people in November.
The tobacco barn of Mrs. Mary Purvis,
three miles from Dover, caught fire on
last Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock,
and was completely consumed. There
was about $500 pounds of tobacco, to-
gether with about Is bushels of wheat.
The jackson Wing and Tribune of
the 18th inst, learns that Sheriff May,
Esq. A. r. Reid, and others of this
county; Judge Black, Judge Porter, and
host of others IN the Western district,
have been indicted for holding office in
violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Mr.. Nat. Taylor, of Carter county,
came near losing his life on the night of
the 7th inst, by being stabbed with a
dirk in the hands of q thief who was
trying to steal his fathers horse. A blank
book in his side pocket prevented the
blade from penetrating to the heart.
The Cleveland Banner of the 18th
inst. says: Our forests, this season,
abounds with an abundance of sweet
mast, such as chesnuts, walnuts, hickory
nuts, etc.-the acorn crop is not so abund-
ant, but still it might be called an average
yield. The chestnut crop is better than it
has been for years.
The Paris Latelligefacer of the 14th
inst. has the following: Last Thursday
evening, in the neighborhood of Henry
Station, in this county, two young men
by the names of Barham and Hagler, got
into quarrel, when Barham shot Hagler,
killing him almost instantly. No Gauss
is assigned for the difficulty, unless it be
whiskey, as the parties were warm per-
sonal friends, and expected to start to-
gether for Texas on the following Mon
day.
Some days since a child of a Mrs.
Dudley, who lives on Paint creek, in
Greene county, was burned to death un-
der the following circumstances: Mrs. D.
was herself absent from her house, where
she had left her little four-year old dsugh
ter and boy about two. During her alb
sence the house caught fire, and the eldest
child left to apprise her mother of the
fact. When the mother and others ap-
preached the house, the burning roof was
falling in and the little boy was there