Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-12-05
TENNESSEE NEWS.

David Patton, aged So years, recently died
at Bradyville, Cannon county.
The young men of ROgersville have Or
ganized a volunteer fire company.
Two mad dogs were killed in Mt. Pleas
ant Sunday, Nov. 20.
Lewis w. Love has been elected COnSta-
bic in the Gallatin District.
John Wilks, Esq, a well known citizen
Of Sumner county, died on the 9th ult., in
the 49th year of his age.
The Montgomery County Commissioners
have suspended the common schools, in
that county, for the present.
The people of Giles and Lawrence coun-
ties are waking up to the matter of the
Memphis and Knoxville Air Line Railroad.
The Memphis Gas Light Company is lay
ing down mains throughout South Mem
phis, to the great delight of the residents of
that locality.
James &. J. Williams has received the
appointment of Attorney General for Knox
county under the act recently passed creating
such an office.
DR.. Rankin, who killed a man named
Burrus, in Wayne county short time ago,
has been acquitted-having acted in self
defense.
On Tuesday, Nov. %, a man was arrest
ed in Cleveland, Tenn, on suspicion of
having been concerned in the express rob
berry at Union City, Tenn, some time since.
Under the skiIlful treatment Of DR.. j. a.
TempletOn, Capt. w. johnson, of Bristol
who has been blind for some twelve
months, has had his sight fully restored
Charles McCaul, resident Of Union, on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
-, Gill
killed few days since by falling from a
railroad train.
Col L. J. Fleming has again taken the
position Of General Superintendent of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad position he
filled with signal ability for great many
years.
The revival at the Cumberland Church
in GAINESVILLE is still going on, adding new
converts every night. About one hundred
persons have protested religion there up TO
this time.
The Gallatin Examiner says that large
droves of hogs and cattle continue to be
brought through that town daily, on their
way to the slaughter houses of Louisville,
Nashville and elsewhere.
At Columbia, James L. Guest has been
reelected Recorder, and J. B. F. Dowel,
w. G. AydelOtt and John Latta reelected
policemen. These gentlemen have evident
" made faithful and efficient officers.
The Shelby county school officers elected
under the State school system are, Presi-
dent, A. B. Hagus; Vice-President, o. NJ.
Alsop; Superintendent, William Wallace;
Secretary, A. d. Witherspoon.
The people of Tazewell are in high state
Of ex itement over the supposed murder OF
Giles J. Hodges, school teacher, who lives
on the Knoxville road, two miles this side
of TazeweI, in Claiborne county.
MIR. Hugh Lasly of Benton county, was
robbed on the train, as he supposed at
Humboldt, two or three days since.
His pOcket-book containing $3.50 in
currency, was in his pantalOon pocket.
Some expert in the business cut open
the pocket and distracted the book
with its contents.
Tie Greeneville Sentinel OF. Nov. 80 says:
Capt. r. c. Carter has a two year old
Chester white hog that weighs gross sos
pounds, Z feet long from end of nose to root
OF tail. The Captain sold a year Old CheS-
ter white that weighed 44S gross, also sold
80 half Chestsrs one year old; the average
weight was ST gross
The TullahOma Times is informed by the
propre.ors of the Plow Factory at that
place tl.at their shops are now completed,
and in very short time they will COM
mence the manufacture of steel plows, ard
as good an article as any now on tn /.
market, and will be able to compete with
auy manufacturers as regards prices, etc.
Capt Murphy, chief of the detective po-
lice of Atlanta, Ga, with an assistant de-
tective, passed through Knoxville last Fri
dav. en- route for Atlanta, having in custody
man named Fry, who is charged with
having been concerned in the Bullock
frauds in that city. Fry, We learn, was a
book-keeper in the Executive office. The
detectives had no little trouble in catching
their man, having followed his tracks all
over Canada, and finally catching the fugi-
tive at Springfield, Mass.