Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-11-09
TENNESSEE NEWS.

j. D. Danbury has been elected President
of the Mechanics Building and Loan Asso-
citation at Memphis.
Lieut.. T. L. Thornburg is assigned by
War Department orders to East Tennessee
University, as Professor of Military Science
and Tactics. The Trustees of the Univer-
sity have also elected Lieut.. ThOrnburg to
the Chair of Military Science.
The residence of Mr.. James Brown, in
Montgomery county, about two miles from
McAdoO Church, was consumed by fire
last week. The contents of the building,
together with all of his provisions, were to-
tally destroyed, and no insurance.
The Knoxville Board of Trade was reOr-
ganized Wednesday, Nov. l, and the fol-
lowing named gentlemen elected officers:
w. W. Woodruff, President; II. Ault, first
Vice President; j. w. Gaut, second Vice
President; E. p. Bailey, Secretary; A. Ter
ry, Treasurer.
Fifty convicts from the Tennessee Peni-
Tertiary arrived at Memphis a few days ago,
and are now at work at GilfS Station, on
the Memphis and Selma Railroad, being the
first instalment of the two hundred prison
ers hired from the State by Gen. Forrest for
that purpose.
lected the following named gentlemen as
their delegates to the convention to be held
at Louisville on the Sth inst: John d. FL
lott, James Lee, ST., Charles B. Church,
Joseph Elliott, j. NJ. Gosley and Maj. John
d. Adams.
The Jonesboro Herald and Tribune states
that an old negro man named Peter Snapp,
living in Washington county, was accident
ally killed on Wednesday night, Nov. /.
He was out hunting 'possrms, and having
freed one, climbed up after it, but limb
broke and the old man fell to the ground,
distance of thirty feet, and was instantly
killed. ...
The Jonesboro Flag of Nov. 3 says:
The chestnut crop has been exceedingly
large this season. Several hundred bushels
have already been shipped to other markets.
vet they can scarcely be missed from this
place. Wagons are daily coming in from
| the mountains loaded with them. Persons
who live in the coVes, in this county, report
a heavy crop = ~fz.s
The national census shows us that for
the one person who dies in Tennessee and
Georgia of consumption, thirteen die in
Massachusetts and two even in Minnesota.
! The latter State has a great and deserved
reputation for its salubrity, being particular
| Nv favorable to consumptives; but it appears,
! from reliable data, that Tennessee and
Georgia stand far ahead of her, and Florida
! is still better. No one dies of consumption
| in Florida.
1t is the intention of the company which
recently purchased the States interest in
| the Knoxville and Kentucky Railroad to
push the enterprise forward to early COM
| pletion. 1t is believed that no difficulty of
| a serious nature will be encountered in Sc
curing from Kentucky the proper legislation
TO make this a through route. 1t is conf
deUtly believed that, by the opening Of
spring, the entire line can be placed under
contract. So. --e-s-.
The new Courthouse at Man chester is
! COMPLETED and we hear itspoken of as a very
handsome and substantial building. 1t is
A by GA feet in size, two stories high, and
surmounted by lofty cupola and spire
The brick work was done by Mr.. Henry
Lew, the wood work by 7. o. q d. S
Wright, the steps and facinSs by James
IIaslam, plasteriug by YIN. Corbett, iron
work aud roofing by Murray q Regain, and
tpafnting by S, J. Underwood.