Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-15
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Hardeman county.
There is some talk of building nail
factory In Chattanooga.
1t is proposed to organize new county
| outof portions of Giles and Lincoln.
The hay crop in Sumner county is said
to be very large.
Chattanooga is to have another machine
shop,
But one MAJ dog was seen in Knox
vile this season, ard he was kill d
The wheat crop in the vicinity of
Jonesboro is turning out much fpoorer
than the farmers expected.
The number of male citizens entitled to
vote in Hardeman county is, white,
2,626; black, 1884; total, 4,010.
The Memphis Appeal says: 'There
is some talk of cattle plague affecting
this part of the country"
1t is said that the wheat crop of Bled-
soc county IS failure, but the corn and
oat crops are looking well.
During the year ending June 80, 1871,
p, 90l pounds of dried fruit were ship
ped from Athens.
The McMinnville NeW Era says that
work on the Warren House is rapidly pro
| crossing.
Toney Douthfl lately escaped from the
Winchester Jail. He was awaiting tr ial
on the charge of numbering a negro.
Many of the farmers of East Tennessee
are turning their attention to improved
breeds of stock.
A few evenings since, the lightning
| struck telegraph wire in Jonesboro, and
| knocked the operator backwards, but did
not injure him to any extent.
A boy named Sidney Largent lately
fell out of canoe near Dover and was
drowned. The body was recovered, but
| life could not be restored.
The Postmaster General has ordered a
double daily mail service on the air lin e
route between New York and Chattsnoo-
ga.
A negro woman living near Cleveland
has been attacked with the small pox.
The authorities have taken measures to
prevent the spread of the disease.
During the past six months 1t is said
that no theft of any kind has been COM
| mitted within the corporate limits of
| Cleveland.
Hamblen county hiss been divided into
twenty eight school districts, and On cleo
ton ordered by the County Court, to be
held in each district as early as practica-
bic for three school commissioners.
According to the statement of a Chat
tanOoga man, the Fritts brothers were re-
Gently seen in st. Louis, on their way to
California. Gov. Senter has offered 5000
1 fcr no orr.at rf Iobp Eriffo
Mr.. James Stone, of MOrristown, was
lately struck by lightning while standing
in the door Of a building, and stunned
for some time. His arms were burned,
bat he is able to attend to business.
The Giles County Court has levied q
tax of fifty dollars on fire insurance COM
panies doiag business in the county, and
one hundred dollars on life insurance
companies.
The County. Court of Harden an, has
abolished the tax On commercial agents,
donated ground for town well, and or,
dered that all toll bridges and ferries IL
the county pass citizers free on public
days.
William G. Carriger, eighteen years Of
age, who was thrown from the platform
of q railway car on the 4th inst, by com
ing in contact with the timbers of abridgt
and killed, was the only son of Mrs. Q. L
Carriger, q resident of MOrristOWn.
The MurfreesbOro Monitor says that q
negro named Joseph Lane was badly shot
I in four places on the night of the 10Th
instant, while resisting an attempt made
to arrest him. He had been tried on {
charge of larceny and bound over t
court, after which he escaped.
emily" Aiken, negro woman said &
have been born in III, five years befor
the separation of the Thirteen Colonie
from the mother country, died few day.
since at the residence OF her old master,
Mr.. Robert Aiken, in JonesbOro. She
worked up to the day preceding her death,
The Knoxville Press and Herald Of
July II says: 'Hon. jefferson Davis
President of the late Southern Confeder-
acy, passed through this city yesterday,
going East. Although Mr.. Davis is fal
advanced in years, he presents the ap
pesrance of a man possessing great phys
ical ability.
The Memphis Ledger says: "A
chemical analysis of the milk sold in
Memphis would discover chalk forma-
ton and g liberal sdmiXtnre of water.
Yet for this fluid cur citizens pay ten
cents quart. In other cities the milk is
examined by competent chemists, and il
found adulterated is Immediately Contis.
Gated"
Mrs. Ellen i. Lewis, the wife of the
late Rev. Isaac Lewis, died in Knoxville
few days ago. She was born in that
city October so, 1904, was one of the
Oldest citizens, and exerted a great influ,
ence for good among those with whom
she mingled. Her funeral took place al
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
on the 18th inst.
A few Gays since lady arrived at
Dover in search of her truant husband,
w. s. Buford, who, it seems, had left
her about eight months ago, and after
wards married in Dover; She confronted
her husband, and he at first would not
recognize her, but afterwards the pair
left, Buford having chosen to leave his
second wife, and return to his first love.
The Pulaski Press says that several
months ago Col. w. J. Hill was fOrcibly
| taken HON his uOuoS ny pdttlte III us
guise and compelled to leave home. Sew
eral persons were subsequently arrested,
but after long examination before two
Magistrates, they were acquitted. The
court was unanimous in the opinion that
the State had failed to make out case.
In a communication to the Fayetteville
Observer, the writer says: 'tNear KEEL
SOS station, Lincoln county, Tenn, on
Friday, July 7th, little Jennie A, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Evans,
aged one year, accidentally fell in kettle
of boiling water, scalding her right hand
and arm severely up to her body, which
caused her death Saturday, July 8lh."
The Fayetteville Observer of July -
says: con Friday last John G.. Corder,
Esq, brought to this office chicken that
had two necks, four wings, four legs,
twenty toes, and two tails. The dupli-
cate limbs were of the usual size, and
there was nothing out of the ordinary line
| of fowls, except that this one has, as We
have said, more than the accustomed ala
| Iotment. It was curiosity"
The jackson Democrat of July 9 says:
"A negro in the employ of Mr. McMur-
ray, of Msson's Grove in this county,
was killed late ON Friday afternoon, By
two negroes of the same leighbOrEood.
/ - L -, RI,o roo1 and shot hit,