Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-29

/ OcNAAukn C1ultI =. t.o.,~, l,ozr=1Ifr f11Q
the yield is very fiL -
The ShelbyvilIe T., - ,ha 2th inst.
mentions beehive q. - sarino tisis
season turned out SIX 81 ~ hes md
100 pounds Of honey.
Il Through the indesatea1. .,,,.,,,s Of
Caps XIX says the aIaryTs1.' 52r,Ug I'm.
that place IS now in daily co-,,,,,.,e,ti.,f,
with Knoxville, and the outer ssrld
The Dover Record has been 81. s.,,,,-
did specimers OF iron ore tom - T., -
OF I. II. Bayre en- the Tennessee ~
For space Of GOO acres this ore is r,,r.,.
seated as being abundant.
| Mr.. Alfred Ross, OF ETnrfreesboro a q,
nights since had his pockets picked, and
the sum Of $40 distracted from them By
q negro hired man. The negro niado Oh
with his booty aud has not since netn
heard from.
We learn from the Huntingdon Coayisy
Of the ed inst that fhos. Z Freersu. oue
OF the parties who broke jail ut that place
last week, was arrested IN Mayfeld, KS !,
on the. 18th inst. He had aSs1msd th ,
name Of w. II. Smith -.zo'E
The editor of the Kingston East 7e,s-
HesseeaR has had left at hIs office sample !
Of the BOughton and Baden varieties q
wheat, Of this years raising. The head 3
are large and well filed, and il Is though :
the crop will average 20 bushels 10 ~
i acre. s-.-s
The Kingston Eat Tsnaessseaa 81,
that The rainy season. appears to be abon 6
over, at least there has been none sincs
Saturday, June 1S, and the farmers an }
making the most Of /: by gathering their
wheat and blowing their corn.
The Cleveland BquRer Of the 2::i ms. .
says that corn meal has been as hiVh -
81. so per bushsl in that market Within
| few days a downward tendency has beer
| observable, and now the market it gluttesl
with the article, with but few pnT-
| ehasers.
The festival held in Smith COUNTY on tho
18th inst, fox the benefit Of the Confedsr-
ate Orphans Home, vas a decided succt IS.
large coacourse Of persons were in si
tendance An able address was delivered
by Col @ Sanders, ani $65f. - wa
subscribed for the orphans On the SPOT.
The MATyville Rspa5licas saws the
wheat crop in that region is not SERIOUSLY
damaged as yet, By the frequent wrt
II NSo1AIAS bAA AA4C ILL est -ta DCEu HErf -
sarty delayed. A great many farmers yf
blount county have already cut thsis
wheat, bat large number Of fields AZ
yet standing. .....
Mr.. Taylor. Clerk Of the County Coalt Ct
Polk, hss furnished the Athens lost with
| the following in regard to the taxes Of Inst
county for the year 1870: Aggregate v...nc,
81, IT'S, $50; number of p0ll,L $50: STATE
tax, s., 1851; county tax, S3,OI5 70; spo.
cial tax for county jail, Si,7I7.5l; total,
| $I1, 1s6.O7.
The JOnesbOro Herald and 7r5p7.e -oi
tie Esd inst, says the farmers Of Washing
ton county are busily engaged in baEves;-
ing large and splendid crop of wheat. la
some sections there Is great deal Of smut;
still, as whole, the crop is as good, and
the yield greater, than for several years
previo1a
The Knoxville Clrolsicle Of the 23a inst
Is informed by gentleman from Sewer
county that the yield Of white wheat 10 nat
county is unsurpassed. but that IN the river
bottoms, where a considerable breadth Of
Walker wheat was sown, the SPOT prevailed
to some extent, but not enough &c cause
any serious diminutiOn Of the supply.
There is in Huntingdon, directly in front
of the Sazarac House, a brick which ha-
the perfect impression deeply i1nbedoI. Of
panther's foot, which is supposed to have
been made about thirty years ago, when
that very identical brick was in tha brick
yard unburnt, and that region was infested
with this sort Of wild beasts
The Somerville F7aleor saws thai crot,
prospects in Fayette county STU eOnt;nuo
to be very promising. The growth Of cot
ton was somewhat retarded by the eel!
snap week before last and the heavy rains
which fell during last week, but the warm
sunshine Of the past few days has set II 20
growing finely again. We hear of several
planters who have cotton Icoro than knee
high.
The Knoxville Press md Herald, OF The
23d, says that Gen. J. 7. Wilder has
brought to that city ore of the finest
specimens Of iron, made from the Rock
wood pig, at Cincinnati, l.y improved run
chinery, whereby the pig can be manufac
tured to the best advantage, without The
use Of charcoal blast So Cur biiurninous
coal can be brought to work an end hither-
10 unknown in our midst
On Saturday, the 18th inst. Sheriff
Arnold and Capt. Jetton, of the Maurice
boro police, captured John Carter, col
ored, an escaped convict from the peni
Tertiary, IN the northwest portion Of Ruth
erford county. Carter at first refused 10
surrender, and it was only after his life
was threatened that be was made % sab.
NIT to be handcuffsd and brought to tho
city.
The aggregate value Of property in the
Murfreesboro district, CO shown By tie
books Of the Assessor, amounts to S1,6T2.-
SIS. The value of assessed property Tor
1869 amounted to S1,O6s, sos, being an in
crease Of SEQ, $40 The tax for this year
viii amount to SS.3G4.22, while the tax
for 1869 amounted to S9,3IO.53, showing
decrease in the taxes of S6463I. The
poll tax Of this year is not included in the
above, while it is in the amount of 1869.
The Athens Post says; Our Agricultural
friends are IN the midst Of the wheat hnrv-
est, and it is gratifying to learn that Tho
crop has been but little damaged By the
late continuous Tains. The weather dnr-
ing the week has been favorable. The
yield Of grain per acre viii not be quite a.
large as was anticipated a few weeks ag1.
but it will still be abundant. The bag
crop is heavy, aud oats look unusually
large and promising. We don't think
there is any ground for croaking, but tia;
the prospect Is highly encouraging
We learn, from the Somsr, lie Fdl7ot,
that on Saturday, the 18th inst, three
men, named respectively Jerry Bull, Bry-
ant and David Sanders, rode into the wi
lage Of Moscow, in Fayette county, and in
trading and drinking became engaged in a
fierce quarrel Bull drew revolver. and
presenting it 10 the head Of Bryant Sand
ers, said, sixteen years ago you drew n
revolver on me, and now l am going 10
kill you" lie then fired, the ball striking
Bryant in the forehead, killing him in
stantly Before an arrest could be ma l..
the murderer mounted his horse and 70 =
rapidly of in the direction of the Miss
sippi line. He is still at large, and no
steps have az yet been taken to cause HI
arrest or bring him to justice.