Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-30
SHELBYVILLE.
Items from Bedford County

items rom Be01OrO county,
To the Editors of the Union and American:
SHELBYvnLE, TENN, April %, 1871
Fast day is being kept by everybody, ex-
cept your correspondent. The OVer-
fastidious may suggest-but his front
doors are closed, and he writes from the
inside, and is only writing ga letter."
Every store in town is closed; we could
not possibly buy q piece of paper upon
which to write; fortunately we have
small supply on hand. 4 solemn stiffness
pervades our streets; even that race of
diminutive dogs, mostly of the "rGtter
stock, THAT usually perambulate thePublic
Square in droves, all these cackling ca
mines, either out of an instructive respect
for the proclamation of the Governor, or
in obedience to the mandates of their
masters, have retired to their dens to fast.
We really feel ashamed to write, but must,
as we have promised so to do; and we
know the people will read the news to-
day just as eagerly as any other day, and
they could not read if somebody did not
write.
The Circuit Court adjourned last night.
About half the docket was disposed OF.
We have just about recovered from the
effects of q clash with the Supreme Court
last December. We are now just about
in point of business where the work of
the December term would have carried
us could it have been properly held.
Through the appeals of counsel, VIM.
Hamilton obtained new trial in the case
of W. G. Davis VS.. the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad; verdict for
plaintiff of 1925 damages, without in
terest; motion for new trial argued and
oVerruled and defendant appeals to the
Supreme Court. Bright vs.. the Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroad; defendant de-
INJURED to plaintiffs declaration; demur-
rer sustained and case continued. James
S. Nelson vs.. James Price, known as the
Ditch lawsuit; verdict for defendant. DR..
McGrew VS.. Philpot & Halnes; verdict
for defendant, etc.
A NEGRO KU KLUX
was oVerhauled and arrested few days
ago near "Flat Creek S.ore," and is now
in jail at Shelbyville awaiting his trial. We
understand the Grand Jury have returned
a ''true bill, which avoids the necessity
of a committing trial. We learn that in
the garb of Ku-Klux he has been guilty
of numerous unlawful acts and commit
ting outrageous depredstions for some
time past, much to the disturbance of the
peaceable law-abiding citizens in the neigh
borhood of Fiat Creek store. He was
arrested by party of colored men. His
actions indicated that he considered ne
gro no better than white man, and in
his depredation5 made no discrimination
incensed the negroes, and they brought
him to Justice.
THE FARMERS CLUB
met last Saturday and completed its Or
ganization by the adoption of a constitu-
ton and bylaws.
GRASS
was selected as the subject for discussion
at the next meeting.
Some of our friends are manifesting a
very commendable zeal in the matter.
Others seem to feel no interest whatever,
but are perfectly content to move lazily
along in the plodding old antediluyian
style, and have literally no ambition to
keep pace with this age of progress and
| Improvement.
4 frequent interchange of views among
the farmers by practical discussion of
the various subjects that appertainrt to
farming, could not but be interesting and
beneficial; each could thus get the benefit
of the others experience, and be saved
from sacrifice, by so experimenting.
Hence we think every farmer in
the county ought to join the Farm
ers' Club. The effects of the
FROST
was not so fearful in Bedford as in some
adjoining counties from which we have
heard. The farmers report the fruit and
grain crop unhurt. In some low, damp
localities the Irish potatoes and beans
were bitten off to the ground and beyond
this there's no serious damage reported.
fell in little while in huge, rugged block:
of ice yesterday evening in Shelbyville.
They were the largest and most singularly
shaped hail stones we have ever seen. Tht
ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
! Celebrated their anniversary yesterday