Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-25
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Mr.. John Hutchins, of HartsVille, was
recently found dead about a half mile
from Hartsville. The jury returned a
verdict that he was killed by some un-
known person, having been struck by a
wagon standard which was found near
the body.
The Pulaski Citizen has been shown
some specimens of Boughton wheat four
feet high, which were grown on the farm
of Mr.. Levi Reed, of Giles county. The
specimens were taken from a field of
twenty-five acres and fairly represent the
balance of the wheat in the field.
The Pulaski Citizen says: 'There is q
certain public officer, living not thous-
and miles from this place, who was re-
quested by a lawyer, during trial, TO go
cut and get him third and fourth Yer
GER He went to several and desperately
INQUIRED for a three-quarter augur."
The crops are looking fine all over East
Tennessee. The clover aud grass fields
are as far advanced now as they generally
are the first of May. Wheat and oat
fields at present promise an abundant har-
vest, and rich reward for the husban d.
mans toll.
The Press says: "Pulaski can boast
of having more gentlemen who wear
their pants stuffed in their boots than
any other place in Tennessee. We count
ed seventeen on Monday in ten minutes,
and it was not good day either-'twas
too dry"
The Chattanooga Times of the 2lst
inst. says: 'sWe were shown yesterday a
sample of early BoughtOn wheat, from
the farm of John NJ. Gillespie, which
was five feet high and already headed
out. The wheat is looking very well in
this country, although some of it shows
a tendency to rust.
Loudon. the county site of Loudon
county, situated on the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, where it
crosses the Tennessee river, is fast im-
proving. A new College building is
nearly completed, and it is soon to have
one of the finest Cuorthouses in East
Tennessee. The schools are in -four
ishing condition.
The following report was recently
made to the East Tennessee Sunday
scaool Convention: "Your Committee
on Statistics beg leave to report: Mum
Der of schools reported, 1859; number of
teachers (average attendance), 1,4l7 !;
number of scholars leverage attendance),
11,119; number OF conversions, 995 !;
number of schools reported to hold all
the year, 102; number from which no
such report is made, and to include those
reported to suspend during the year, 81. "
For several months past, a panther has
frequently been seen in the vicinity of
BAYS Mountain, in Sewer county. On
Wednesday night, April 10, he came to
the residence of Mr.. ]. Keener, where he
killed and carried off large and power
full dog. The next morning he was
tracked to the entrance of a cave, only q
short distance from the house of Mr..
| Keener.
| The Murfreesboro Monitor of the Goth
inst says: 'The great revival now going
on in the Missionary Baptist Church, in
this place, increases in interest. Rev.
Mr.. Hillman, of Trenton, West Tennes,
see, commenced preaching here few
weeks ago, and still continues. We
noticed some twenty seekers Tuesday
night. They have had some 25 or 80
converts of which some 16 have joined
the church, 80 we are informed"
The Kingston East 1erneSSeean says
Talking about hunting, one of our best
marksmen took q turn the other day, in
the vicinity of Mount Pisgah, some thres
miles from town, And succeeded in kill
ing t,Uef,ty-SeUen snakes of different
varieties, including copper head, rattle
snakes, vipers, etc, and he says it wasn'
a good day for snakes either. The hero
| of this days work was Mr.. John Hood
who promises himself another turn the
1rst good day"