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

ing it and the tender. The Engineer, Mr..
Fogherty, was badly hurt, and his con-
dition is pronounced very critical. The
fireman was slightly hurt, but the balance
OF those on the train escaped uninjur-
ed
The Sequatchie Sun has the following
on dogs; "We hope the County Court
viii levy tax of two dollars upon the
ooSs OF Marion. The proceeds of the
tax will go good ways towards furnish
ing school fund for the county. In In
diana dog tax has long been in success
tul operation, and nearly quarter of a
million of dollars is raised from it each
year and applied to the support of common
schools. "
The Columbia Herald has the follow
ing notice of distinguished hen, ''There
is hen, of ordinary appearance, in our
immediate vicinity, which has laid an egg
every day for the last four months, aggre-
eating 100 eggs or more. She is still at
it, and there Is no telling how many more
she may lay before she quits. There has
been mo pOstponement on account of
weather, or from any other cause.
In an article on the subject of small
farms, the Brownsville Bee says: 'IIet
the owner of a thousand acres of fine
lands sell nine hundred of it to nine white
men of good character, standing, enter
prise and public spirit, holding one hun
dred for himself, and then we have ten
good citizens with their families we'll
cultivated, we'll improved farms-ten
times as many schools and churches, and
ten times as much prosperity IS we now
have with one whole family and colony
OF freedmen, from day to day destroying
a thousand acres of fne land and adding |
not q cent to the real prosperity of the
country"
The Knoxville Chronicle says: Gone |
of the greatest sources OF future wealth |
to East Tennessee is the vast deposits of |
stone coal in the Cumberland Mountains.
extending from the northeastern bound |
airy adjoining the State of Virginia to
the Alabama line, below Chattanooga.
This chain of mountsiss forms the natu.
raj boundary between this section and of
the State and the middle division. 1t is
Impossible to Over-estimats the import
ance of these deposits when they are
OuCe luIIy developed.
The Knoxville Chronicle of the 18th
instant gays: "The Eastern bound train
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and GeOr-
gia railroad collided with young bovine
yesterday near Sweetwater. The only
damage done was throwing the tender off
the track, which delayed the train about
twenty-five minutes. The animals hide
was not considered valuable to q tanner,
but it is thought the flesh was tender, the
engine and three freight cars having
passed over the body.
In speaking of the McMinnville and
Railroad, the McMinnYille
Ne1O Era says: THE President has call
ed meeting of the Stockholders to be
held at Manchester on the 10th inst, for
in regard to this important
matter, and devise steps to be taken To
prevent the possibility Of any calamity
Detailing US by reason of the procedure
IN the part of the State to sell out our
road. Our entire people are interested in
he matter, ard we hope and believe they
will be adequate to the task before |
hem; a. least they VIII be IS diligent in
saving to us this great thorOughfare as the
men IN the past were in giving it to us.n
The Memphis appeal has the follow
ng: "The man named Wilson, whom
whom Capt. Athey arrested a few days
ago, and got off owing to some technical
turns out to have been the
oersCn who cut the wOman's throat from
ear 10 ear in New Orleans last June. He
made confession of his guilt in boastful
spirit, on his way down the river, to the
chief OF the coal fleet that had the honor
Of transporting him from the Mononga-
hela to Memphis. He also said that it
was his blessed privilege to kick the
stomach out of female that was en-
cieqte. He has already graduated.
The following description of Franklin
s taken from the last number Of the
Franklin Journal: ''Flankliu has two
hotels, three livery stables, twelve family
groceries, ten dry goods and shoe stores,
sleven churches, three drug stores, two
printing Offices, five large schools and |
several smaller ones, one photograph gal
cry, one hair-wOrk establishment, two !
four blacksmith shops, two
establishments for brooms
mo Cayce's FORCES, one large msnufac
uIinS gram mil, one sinai lnlu anu
'arding establishment, two carriage shops,
wO undertakers' establishments, two |
ewelry stores, three saddle and harness
shops, half-dozen shoe shops, two
wagon shops, one tin and stove house,
wO chair factories, half-dozan carpen-
er shops, seventeen lawyers, eight doc
ors, and lastly eleven tippling houses.
How is that for hiCh?ns