Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-27
STATE NEWS.

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The corporate authorities of Morristowr
a have passed an ordinance abolishing ten
pin allies and billiard tables.
There is negro man in Warren coun
= ty, by the name of Hopkins, who is sale
' to be one hundred and ten years old.
e Martin Shook, charged with kiIIint
' James Magill in January, 1866, was re
2 Gently arrested in McMinn county snC
) lodged in jail.
) II is said that good and reliable ser.
{ wants are in demand just now 10 Morris
, town, and that such servants can, with.
! out difficulty, get permanent homes and
| fair wages.
The Memphis appeal says: sit now
costs 81, 900 in gold to get one hundred
Cinnamon 10 an interior town, and a
smaller number will not migrate from
California they move in colonies"
The beginning of much healthier con-
dition of affairs in business circles gene
rally is reported in Knoxville, aud in con-
sequence the citizens are in better humOr
than for some time past.
1 Msj. Eugene Cramar, of Chattanooga.
has invented rifle which entirely eclipses
former inventions. No powder is used,
but only q percussion cap, making no
noise whatever, yet sending a ball with
such force that it will penetrate two
inch plank.
Adam Fultz, an aged and respectable
citizen of Monroe county, committed sui
eide on the 23d instant, by cutting his
throat with razor. Ii is said that BE in
formed his family the day before that he
intended to kill himself. No causelis as
signed.
The MoIristoWn Gazette of the 25th
Gays: GA special train, containing some
800 of Uncle Sans blue coated boys
passed through our town, over the. East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road, on Friday last. They took dinner
at the Turley House and not having any,
body else to fight, two of them pitched
into each other, merely to keep their
hands in, greatly to the amazement .Of q
crowd of negroes and boys who were
looking on"
An exhibition was lately given at Knox
vile by the pupils of the East Tennessee
Female Institute, which was attended by
large and appTeciative audience. The
selections of music were very fine, and
the different pieces well rendered, while
| the subjects of the compositions were iu-
| dciOusly chosen and treated in 8 style
which evinced high degree of intelec-
| tual attainment and culture among the
fair young essayists. Altogether the af-
fair was decided success aud creditable
to all participating.
The McMinnVilleErd says: ''Mr. VIM.
Freeman. of our city, living some six
miles north of town, was killed by ne
gro in Arkansas on the 9th of Deem
Der, and news of the sad event reached
his family few days since. Mr.. Free
man was in Arkansas looking for a loca-
ton, and was killed for his money; and
had been from his home about six weeks
the negro committing the deed has been
captured, and is now confined in Arkan-
| sas awaiting his trial. Mr.. freeman
leaves a wife and six children, who were
entirely dependent upon him for sup
port"
| The McNIinnville NelC Era of the
28th says: GA negro named Tom Stub
blefield was arraigned before Justice Pur-
Wis on Monday last for stabbing negro
named - Smart, but the proof show
ing that Tom was stopped BY Smart on
the highway and attacked, he was dis
charged. There appears to be general
| disposition among the negroes to destroy
| each other. 1t would be well for the per-
petuation Of their race if they should de-
sist, for the census of 1870 showsa grad
ual wasting away of their race; and If
they will be patient while they will
~ So FL.
aace of the knife or tomahawk.
The Springfield Record has the fol
lowing paragraph in regard to the Mock
Legislature recently established in that
place: ''Our citizens are becoming
deeply interested ia the Mock Legislature
which was organized at this place fort
night ago. This will be the means of
teaching, not only the young folks, but
those more advanced, the practicability
of parliamentary usages." We notice,
from the reports of the last session, that
bill was introduced by "Mr Lowe, of
Lawrence county," TO incorporate the
Bachelors Club at Springfield, which bill
passed its first reading.
The Fayetteville Observer says: The
aerolite or meteor that was seen in this
place on Tuesday night, 18th inst, was
more generally observed than was al first
supposed. 1t made its appearance here
about half-past o'clock, and was seen,
within a few minutes of the same time,
at Nashville, ShelbyVille, McAIinnville,
Huntsville, Chattanooga and other points
Its course was from the North in south
erly direction, and it had the appearance
somewhat of a mammoth sky-rOckei.
It's brilliancy was so great as to illumi
nate porch in which we were standing,
as with a fame-blast. Its path was
Illuminated for some minutes after the
disappearance of the meteor.
The Knoxville Wig and Register of
the 25th says: ga private letter was re-
ceived by gentleman of this city on
yesterday, from q young friend near
Utica, New York, seeking information re-
garding the soil, climate. water-pOwer
and mineral resources of East Tennessee.
He says number of persons, residing in
his locality, men of energy, some of
them with capital and others first class
mechanics, are DESTROYS of removing to
our section in body, and establishing a
colony. The writer seems to be in ear
nest about the matter, and we feel conf
dent his friends and himself can find no
better place to locate than in our beauti>
full and rich mountain region
The Independent Order B'nai Birth.
which has been holding its annual con-
YentiOn in Memphis, and is a secret or
gsnizstion, seems from the reports pre-
sented, to have accomplished a
great deal of good. We ex-
tract the following from the report of
the Secretary of the Orphan Asylum:
eve have been the recipient this year of
three legacies, amounting to $4,000,
which amount, as per request, has been
placed to the sinking fund, which now
amounts to $4,000. The subordinate
lodges now amount in both districts to
about forty-nine lodges, numbering 3, 800
members; they pay us annually $4,000,
however some fifteen to sixteen newly
installed lodges during the last six
months, have not reported YETI
The Memphis Sun gives some particu-
lars in regard to the destruction of
Broom's Opera House by fire, and after
stating that it was the work of an incen-
diary, details the confession of a woman
named Lou George, who stated that a
negro by the name of Jimmie Schooles
told her that the Opera House WOuId he