Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-08-31
STATE NEWS.

| inst, learns that Col. L. +. Lilly mas cui
cured and shipped The FIRST hogshead o
this years tobacco that has left Henri.
county. ~, ~. e.r,s-.- VI -
The Dyer County Fair will commenc
| on Monday, Oct IL, 1870. The peopl
| of Over intend to make 1t one of the mos
| attractive and successful Fairs in that ens
of the State e. -ec -o 5eol- ss1
The Trenton Gazette states that ne
gro man, while cleaning Mrs. Barham'l
well, several days ago, died from the eff
fects of "choke damp" or carbonic aciG
gas, and fell from the bucket. He wa
| afterwards fished out. - 49,
The Trenton Gazette of the 9th inst.
says Mr.. Hall, brother-ln-law of Mr..
Terrence, fell from hiswagon, which was
standing on the square, one day last week
and broke his thigh. He is now threat
ened with lockjaw. Ls
Mr.. Lycurgus McCracken has exhibited
to the Huntingdon Courier an embryo
chicken having four perfectly formed legs
and feet, and two bills. The four legs
and feet were as perfectly formed and
distinct as those of any quadruped.
The Huntingdon Courier of the 26th
inst, says the Carroll county Agricultural
and Horticultural Association holds Its
first annual Fair at Mckenzie on the 18th,
18th and 18th of October We learn
that extensive preparations are being
made by the association with every pros
pect of success.
The Paris Iltelligencer, of the 26th
inst, is glad to see that quite a number of
the farmers of Henry county ale turning
their attention to the raising of grass and
clover. Besides saving their lands, it is a
certain crop and literally rewards the
farmer for his labor. The corn, cotton
and tobacco prospects are very encoura-
ging in most portions of that county -
We learn from the Chattanooga Times,
of the 26th inst, that very interesting
protracted meeting has been going on at
the Baptist Church in Chattanooga durin 9
the past week. Many accessions have
been made to the church, and a lively
interest has been aroused in the COM
munity. .......... -... sl
The McMinnville Enterprise, of the
9th inst says: Mr. Thomas Walker left
the tallest specimen of common red clover
at our Office, last Monday, we have no
ticed this season. 1t is the second growth
of this year, and measures four feet nine
inches above the roots, and well headed
out. Mr. Walker has twenty acres of the
same kind on his farm near town.
The Chattanooga Times, of the 28th
inst, says: "Mr Miller, proprietor of the
National Hotel, bought catfish yester-
day that weighed eighty pounds. The
fish was caught at Browns Ferry. A fish
was caught by the same person, and in
the same place, last spring that weighed
eighty-one and three-quarter pounds.
These are unusually large fish for this
river, but we have heard of larger.
The Knoxville Press and Herald, of
the 26th inst, says: Last Friday night as
the steamer Alert was running from Rock
wood to Kingston, negro, from some
unknown cause, jumped into the river and
was drowned. A short time after the
boat left lockwood, he remarked to some
of his associates that he was tired of liv-
ing and had concluded to drown himself.
Nothing further was thought about it,
until he was seen to jump overheard.
The Bolivar Bulletin says that on Sun
day, Aug. q, at r. L, Forbes farm,
Chas. Pirtle, Agile Smith, and her two
daughters, Louisa and Mariah, all negroes,
made a brutal assault upon Harriet
Rhodes, colored, and beat her in a most
shameful manner. On Wednesday con-
stable Tiller arrested the offenders, and
brought them to trial. In default of bail
they were sent to the county jail to an
swer charges at the next term of the Cir
cult Court.
The Knoxville Press and Herald, of
the 26th inst, says: A fair boating stage
of water in the French Broad is enabling
a good deal of grain and other produce
from the up country to reach market.
Three boats discharged cargoes of wheat,
flour, corn, bacon and lard yesterday at
the wharf. All reports say that the grow
ing crop of corn is magnificent, and, owing
TO the scarcity of hogs, much of it will
have to be sent to market.
Speaking of the approaching Fall Fair,
the Knoxville Press and Herald of the
25th inst says: We have heard of a
number of mechanics in this city, who are
engaged in getting up articles of home
manufacture for the approaching Division
Fair. We know the officers of the So
ciety viii offer every facility for the ex-
hibition of such articles and grant pre-
miums to all mechanics whose produc-
tions are at all worthy of notice.
We learn from the Milan Times that a
crowd of negroes, Monday night, Aug
q, in the west end of Carroll county,
near Atwood, severely whipped Dutch
man named Bernhard Fochler. 1t seems
that Fochler, who was sick at the time,
had gone into the house of one of the
negroes and laid down.. and the negroes
being unable to understand his broken
English whipped him very severely. 1t
was thought for a few days that Fochler
would die, but he is recovering.
The Maysville Republican of the 25th
inst. says: On last Saturday as Mr.. B.
F. Willard was conveying his family in a
buggy to his father-in-law' the horse be-
came frightened when about four miles
from town, and ran away throwing Mr..
Willard and family out and injuring them
severely. The injuries sustained are as
follows: Mr. Wizards left shoulder dis
located, and right leg below the knee
slightly fractured. Willie, second son of
Mr.. W, had his right arm broke. Mrs.
Willard sustained several serious bruises.
Strange to say, an infant in her arms es-
capped entirely uninjured.
We take the following account of a ter,
rible accident from the GAINESVILLE CtrOn.
icLe of the 9th inst: We are informed
that on Wednesday last, Mr.. Vim, Stokes
and Mrs. Coleman, living on Barton's
Creek, were dangerously hurt by being
eau ht IN q threshing machine. MIR.
Stokes was running the machine and Mrs.
c. was looking on, when her dress became
entangled in the machine so that she was
drawn to it and had her clothing torn
from her person, and her skull badly frac,
tured. Mr.. Stokes, in his efforts to eX-
tricate the lady, had his arms broken in
several places. 1t is believed that both
the unfortunate persons will die from the
effects of their wounds
The Shelbyville O. numerical has he
following: On Friday, Aug. 10, Thomas
Thompson, residing some six miles out on
the Bewisburg Pike, met with fearful
death. He was endeavoring to load a
large elm log upon his wagon preparatory