Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-18
STATE NEWS.

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The letter carriers of Memphis say tha
st. Valentines day is a nuisance.
Several fashionable weddings are o.
the tapis in Memphis.
In the country about Memphis, heaY
investments are being made in seeds an,
fertil zers.
A revival of religion has lately been il
progress in the Presbyterian Church a
Paris
A number of ladies and gentlemen il
Paris are organizing Thespian or His
trionic society,
Some very fine coal mines have beel
discovered at the head of SWeeten's cove
in Franklin County.
A premium is given by the corporation
of Columbia to the engine throwing the
first water at fire.
A negro named Green Smith was arrest
ed short time since in Shelbyville fol-
horse stealing, and lodged in Jail.
Two mad dogs were recently shot in
Maury county. That class of dogs ought
to have the benefit of the dog law.
The city fathers of Jonesboro have
passed an ordinance that no liquor shall
be retailed after O'Clock in the evening.
The Murfreesboro Nea0S says that the
wheat crop is reported upon very uufav-
orably; not more than half crop being
expected.
The farmers of Maury county have
progressed in the formation of q club as
far as the constitution, which has not yet
been amended.
Major Thomas A. Leftwich, distin-
guished citizen of Maury county, died re-
Gently at Bear Greek, after long and
painful illness.
In a schoolhouse at Lick Skillet boy
was asked the other day ''what is the
capital of Tennessee" and his answer
was ''the penitentiary."
At the Southern Presbyterian Church
in MadisOnville, prayer meetings are held
every Thursday night, in which various
denominations participate.
An effort is being made 10 start job
printing press in Madis0nVille; AMI If it
succeeds, it is stated that newspaper
may possibly follow.
On Tuesday, the l4Lh instant, Mr.. n.
B. Baird was severely injured in Knox
vile by falling down a flight of steps at
the flag house near the depot.
The farmers of Rutherford county
have been requested TO meet in Murfrees-
borO, on Saturday the 25.h of February,
to organize Farmers Club.
Wilson county mule Traders, just re-
turned from the South, say that they can
buy mules cheaper in Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi than in Middle Tennessee.
The Memphis Ledger says that
movement is In progress in that city to
obtain subscriptions to the fund for the
support of Chief Justice Taney's family.
A negro named Charles Wilson, alias
has been arrested ian Memphis
on the charge of hurting bale of cotton
down on Louis Casey and causing his
death
The Memphis Ledger says that several
Memphians who recently left the Bluff
City tor Colorado, are expecting to return
soon to Tennessee, having found neither
gold, silver nor employment.
1t is rumored in Madisonville, that the
''Tellico Iron Works property has
been sold 10 company of capitalists and
who expect to rebuild the
furnace in the summer of the present
year.
Senator Brownlow has written letter
stating that the United States Senate has
passed four House bills granting pensions
to East Tennesseans; also that both
Houses of Congress have passed the bill
granting pensions to the soldiers of toe
war of 1912, and to the widows of such.
The Memphis Ledger, of Feb. 10,
says: CAT one o'clock to day man
named Joseph Mcmillan fell from the
cabin deck to the boiler deck of the Belle
Lee, and was instantly killed. The de-
ceased resided in this city and was on his
way to Texas. The coroner's jury rem
dered verdict of accidental death
The crowded condition of the depots
along the line of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad, and the
in supplying the needful tran
5portation as rapidly as the demand In
creases, is a sure indication that East
Tennessee is fast recovering from the
-avages of the late war
The Knoxville Chronicle of the 10th
publishes call for - State Convention
If COlOred men and their friends to meet
n the city of Nashville on the 22d, 23d
md 24th days of February, 1871, to de-
wise means 10 promote our national inter-
ests rlutually, as citizens Of this great Re
public" The call is signed by the Ex-
,Cutive Committee of Knox county.
One of our Tennessee exchanges says
''t.hat the State press is divided on the
log tax" Those papers, however, that
are favorable to the wOOl-grOwing inter
ests Of Tennessee ought to have no OBJ
lection to the present law. If a dog is
worth having, his owner ought to be will
ling to pay small tax; If not worth
keeping, kill him.
On Tuesday, the 14th inst, the Muir
freesbOro Commandery, No. 10, of
knights Templar assembled in Murfrees-
DOro, and formerly received Rev. A. d.
Sears, the Right Eminent Grand Com
nsnder. The lines were formed, and the
of the Order marched to the
Presbyterian Church, where an able and
highly instructive address was delivered
by DR.. Sears.
A communication in the Paris LRtcIH-
yeacer says that q young man has lately
been in that vicinity and has swindled
several citizens out of $50 each. His
story was that he was just from Germany,
and that he was swindled out of all his
gold on landing in New York. He then
offers to pledge gold watch, said to be
worth $3.50, but which turns out to be
brass
Deer hunting is the favOrite amuse-
ment around HenTyville, Lawrence coun
y. About one year ago pack of dogs,
belonging to J. N. Curry and Henry
Bragg, ran deer into HenryVille, and
here caught it. About month and a
lslf since, David E. Craig's dogs ran an
other into HenryvIle, and caught it there.
And still another was recently ran into
LawTenceburg and captured. Some per
sons suppose that these deer lost their in
3tincts or senses after being run so long
md hard, and others think that they ran
nto town in order to seek the protection
Of man.
The Memphis Ledger of the 18th SAYS:
Last night two men entered the house
If Mr.. S. P. Gregory, who resides in
Green bottom, five miles from Bartlett,
u the Somerville road. They made an
attack upon MIR. Gregory with an axe,
,ut Mr.. Gregory succeeded, after a des-
,erate struggle, in disarming his ass4il-
Lnts. The would be mUTderers broke and
t,, h..