Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-18
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Utility Works near Murfreesbor
e are doing an immense business.
The real estate sales at Murfreesbor
last week amounted to So, 300.
\ The streets of GAINESVILLE are undergo
ing very considerable improvements.
Polk county has not had rain in som
parts for fonr weeks. Things are parch
J ing.
Robert X Pittman an old respecte
merchant of Memphis, died in that Cit
on the night of the 18th inst.
Mrs. Robert Bigbie of Springfield, ha
grown beet weighing eight and one.
fourth pou! de.
The camp meeting begins at Ced,l
Hill, in Robertson county, on the 26 /
inst.
| Col. John B. Fizer, prominent citiz Il
OF Robertson county, died at Adams Sta
ton on the 10th inst.
The centennial anniversary of Sir Wal.
ter Scott, was celebrated in Memphis with
great eclat.
The revival at McAdoo, Columbia couu-
ty, closed last week, with forty-fve con-
versions.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf urges
every Nah to prepare something for the
ensuing Montgomery county Fair,
There will be grand pic mic at Dun
bars Cave, in Montgomery county, on
the 23d inst.
Capt. L. d. Barnes has rendered his
resignation as Assistant Assessor of Rev
enue, for the Fayetteville District.
William Bell was bitten by a mad dog
at Jimtown last week. No dangerous
symptoms had developed at last accounts.
There will be a barbecue and::--bran
dance at Harrison's, ten miles above
GAINESVILLE, on the Cumberland, on Satur-
day, the Goth inst.
DR.. Geo. A. Mathis, formerly of the
Memphis press, has taken charge of the
editorial and business department of the
Sommerville Falcon.
The horse that fell one hundred and
fifty feet at Lookout Mountain, died on
the night of the l6.h, having received eY-
cry attention.
Mrs. Mary McWillisms who took NOR
Prime at Memphis, and who lay for seve-
raj days IN a cOmat0se state, died on the
18th inst
AAuOAF VIC L IueIb Will QOlU one
OF their famous moonlight picnics at the
pleasant grounds Of Mr.. ]. F. Haupt on
the night of the 28th inst.
Fountain B. Carter, one of the Oldest
citizens of Franklin, and for many wears
surveyor of Williamson county, is lying
at the point of death.
Cheatham's saw mill in Robertson, is
doing good business, having established
fine lumber trade in Hopkinsvil!e, and
along the line of the Evansville, Hender-
son and Nashville Railroad.
At the sitting of Blount County Quo
rum Court at Maryville, on Monday, Thos.
ID. EddiDgton was elected to the Office of
County Court Clerk, in order to fill the
vacancy occasioned blythe desth of R. c.
Tucker, former clerk.
II. r. Russell few days since about
three miles from SWeetwater, killed sew
enty garter snakes within a space of ten
feet, the largest one measuring about
three feet in length and as large around
as mans arm. The others measured
ten to twelve inches in length.
We take the following from the Athens
Post, of the 17th inst. A negro named
Henry Cate was committed to the jail of
this county last Saturday, charged with
attempting to Commit a rape upon the |
person of q white girl living with her pa
rents some five miles distant from Athens. |
The Selma and Meridian Railroad has
leased the right to run freight and pes
senger trains over the Alabama and Chat |
tanOOOa road VOrly VI AZ
ridian, for twelve months. Capt. Wal |
lace, Superintendent will put an agent |
in the Vlcksburg and Meridian depot, st |
an early day.
The correspondent of the Swectwa ter
writes from the C0ker Gee
Gold Mines that number of new hands |
have come in since the date of his last
letter, among them Deputy Sheriff Amber
son Hawkins, who is commencing to NINE
with company. All they want are men
who are willing TO run some risk, and
gold will doubtless be found in many
new places. Gen. Vaughn has been
stripping vein that bids fair TO paw
well, with suitable machinery to crush
the rock. Among the old miners congTe-
gated at these mines is N. Ii. Cunning
ham, who is running a company; also
Larkin Bcsnran, Isaac Tate and others,
who worked there thirty years ago.
We take the following concerning the
Alabama and Chattanooga road from the
Chattanooga Times, of the 18th inst.
Col. DR.. Grstfenried, Gov. BullOck's pri-
Tate secretary, arrived IN this city yester-
lay, and Immediately proceeded to Clio
7erdale, Dade county. Georgia, to make
arrangements with Col. Nisbstj, Re
,eiyer, for the immediate running of the
4. and c. r. II. in Georgia. Col DR.. G.
lays Ia Gov. Bullock is a personal
rend of Stanton, and of the road, aud
)nly issued his proclamation Selling the |
DAD after he had entirely fatisfied him
elf by pers nal Investigation On Wall |
trset that it was utterly impossible for
Stanton to raise dollar in New York.
We take the following from the Knox
lille Press and Herald Of the 16.h
lst: About two weeks since a negro
committed an outrage upon married
woman, who wss in delicate health at the
ime. The assault occurred in Greene
ounty, q few mills above Balls Gap. !
The poor woman was so terriy abused
bat abortion resulted, and on Monday
ews was received that she hal died. The
egro was arrested and lodged in the jail l
Groeneville, where he is now awaiting /
-ial. On Friday last, negro, about G
ineteen years old, known as Tom" :
ssailed young white lady, about eigh-
zen years of age, in the road, about one /
Tile from Bulls Gap, in Hsmblen cOuD- ]
z. The poor girl fought the fiend 20 f
est she could with stones, and thus man
yed to keep him of, while she ran, i
:resmirg, towards her home. FOItu- Il
ately, the girls mother heard her screams il
nd went to her relief, arriving just in G,
me to prevent the negro from effecting
is purpose. The feed was aftergard 81
rested, and is now in jail in Morristown,
amblen county, where he awaits the D
lnishment his crime demands. ia
In the Criminal Court at Murfeesboro. u
e jury brought in a verdict of guilty of =,
uIder, in the second degree, with twenty u
.ars imprisonment, against Lucius Witt, te
Wednesday. Motion for a new trial b,
Is made and OVorruled. In the fl,
Sc of the State VS.. Jeff Bilbro, colored, a
d others, on motion Of attorney for IN
Tense, severance was granted, snd
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