Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1871-11-11
STATE NEWS.

Sand, for building purposes, sells
at 9 cents a bushel at Union City.
West Tennessee Baptist Associa-
ton met at Milan, yesterday, 10th
inst.
Mrs. Sarah Barnes, widow of Mr..
John Barnes, died in Williamson
county on the 29th of October, aged
SO years.
They are talking of having a bank
at Springfeld-it will have cold
Robertson" for base.
A verdict for S., 1926 &c has been
rendered against Mynatt, the de-
faulting Trustee of Knox county.
John Burns was shot and killed
by DIR. j. G. NJ. Rankin, at Ashland,
Wayne county last Saturday week.
Loudon is said to be improving
faster at this time than any town in
in East Tennessee.
A horse thief was recently shot
and killed near Shell Mound, while
in the act of making off with a
horse. Good.
Thomas ii. Reeves retires from
the position of editor Of the Ten
nessee Patriot at Jonesboro, and is
succeeded by j. L. Sparks.
The Chattanooga Times of the
30th ult., says the woods in that re-
gion are absolutely aliYc with wild
pigeons.
Ellis, Republican, has been elected
representative from Knox and Sc
vier, in place of Gen. Joe Cooper,
resigned.
The dwelling of Jas. Brown, near
McAdoo Church, in Montgomery
county, was recently destroyed by
fire.
heyoung men of Dyersburg have
formed a literary society for their
improvement in elocution and COM
position.
Hardeman county has a fire proof
safe to keep her valuable papers in;
and no county having valuable pa
pers ought to be without such q
thing.
The Opposite Bank of Gallatin
election of Jas. Alexander, Presi-
dent, and Capt. j. A. Weymiss,
cashier.
James Banks, who lived on the
Waynesboro u Savannah road, eight
miles south of Waynesboro, was
shot at his wood-pile, at daylight on
the goth ult., by some unknown
person.
The Senatorial elections in the
Maury, Lewis, Hickman and Dick
son; and in Humphreys, Decatur,
Perry, Benton and Henderson coun.
ties, took place last Saturday.
The barn of Robt. ID. Lands, in
Bedford county, containing all hi:
wheat, and most of his winter pro.
vender, was destroyed by fire few
nights ago-the work of an incendia
ry. Loss $3,000.
The Trenton Gazette announce,
the election of T. j. Cowan as Jus,
tce Of the Peace, in place of Esq
Pearce, deceased; and of Thomas
Dunaway, as Constable, instead o.
w. Ii. Goodloe, both of that place
deceased.
We learn from the Columbia Her
aid of the 3rd, that Rev. j. c. r
Williams, Baptist minister, resid
ing in the vicinity of Hampshire
Maury county, was recently bitter
by mad dog, and great fear is EN-
tertained that he will have hydro
phobia.
Wild pigeons were so abundant a
bout Trenton last week, that ever,
man who knew how to shoot a gun
was out killing them. Even tn
Gazette office killed a goodly mum
Der. One man with a rifle, wa
shooting them on the wing.
The Chattanooga Times very sage
ly asks: "1ave we Police force?i
We are not able to say, but If vol
have, and they don't arrest tn
Times for being the worst printe,
paper iE Tennessee, then we cam
possibly see what use they are of.
Williamson county Mechanics late
ly organized an Association, elect
ing Jno. M. Cayce, Of Franklin
President; Jacob ii. Sweeney, Vic
Presidents Tho. Z. Haynes, Secreta
ry; Jno. L. Andrews, Jr., Treasu
rer.
A young man named Afford Heel
brakeman on the Louisville 4
Nashville Railroad was killed i
some manner, unknown, last week
but is supposed to have fallen be
tween the cars. He was not foun
for several hours afterwards. He
said by the Gallatin Examiner to b
the son of a wealthy Bostonian, an
his remains were sent home for in
torment.