Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-06

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A real lead mine has been discovered
upon the farm of Mr.. Thomas Parks,
near Lynchburg, Lincoln county. Mr..
Parks is vigorously digging for the meta.
The area of Tennessee is 40, 600 square
miles, or 29, 1S4, 900 acres. Population
ia 1870, 1858, 179. Number of inhabi-
tants per square mile 81.
The proposed new hotel, three stories
high, fronting eighty feet on Railroad
Avenue and twenty. five on Ninth street,
in Chattanooga, viii be commenced soon.
Tie annual meeting of the stockholders
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad will take place on Wed,
nesday, the 9th day of September. 81.
In the different leading branches OF
trade in Memphis, a fair business is re
ported, but in the general market the
movement is lighter and confined to only
a few county orders. @
The amount of freight received at
Chattanooga going southwsrd, during the
month of July, was greater than it has
ever been known for the same length of
time, since 1857.
DR.. r. H. Westbrook died az Double
Bridges, Lsuderdale county, on Saturday,
July 80, aged nearly "a years. He grad
uated in 1858, in medicine, at the Nash.
vile Medical College. ..E --...
The construction of the new Baptist
Church in Mechanicsyille, is rapidly pro
crossing. When completed it will be a
beautiful building, and an ornament to
that portion of Knoxville.
The Shelbyville Sylvan Cotton Mills,
have suspended operations. The hands
struck for higher wages some weeks ago,
aud the company declining to advance,
the hands gave up their 'tsi's."
The BARRIERS of Knoxville held meet
ing on the night of August 8, and imposed
a fine of S. upon any barber guilty of
shaving customers in the shop, at any
private residence, or Office, on Sunday.
A good specimen of young America is
discovered in Knoxville, in child scarce
ly able to speak the word "papa" plainly,
which smokes its cigars as perfectly as
an adept.
Several citizens of Athens have in
dulged in the purchase of Burglars
Alarm Gun" to keep out of mischief
night providers. There is much danger
attendant in the possession of these
''guns." .-
The Fayetteville people are delighted at
the idea of a new narrow gauge railroad
running from Columbia, distance of 49,
miles. The NeaOs says that responsible
parties in Nashville propose TO build the
road for S., 900 per mile.
Mr.. W. A. Moody died of apoplexy on
Thursday night, July q, at his residence
near Brownsville. He was "a years of
age. He was an old citizen of Browns
vile, universally liked by his fellow
citizens.
The concert given in Lebanon by thirty
little Confederate orphans from the Laud
erdale Springs Asylum on Thursday, July
q, was q success as performance,
though the Press of that place says it
was decided failure pecuniarity.
The shipments of coal from the Ander-
son county mines have increased so large
ly of late that the East Tennessee, Vir~
ginia sad Georgia Railroad have placed
another night train on this road to carry
off the coal southwark.
A postoffice has recently been estab-
lished at Darkey Springs, in White coun-
ty, over which Mr.. James Knowles pres
sides as postmaster. Also new post
office has been established at ClaIktown,
in the same county, Mr. j. w. Grub
officiating as postmaster.
The people of Knox county have vo-
ted by handsome msjority an sppropri-
alton of $4,000 for a bridge across u .
Holston river opposite Knoxville The
question of the location is now being de-
bated. Several different streets in Knox
vile are proposed.
A little daughter of Mr.. James A.
ROgan, Of Arcadia, Sullivan county, was
SO badly scslded last week as to result in
its death. 1t was only some fifteen
months old, and accidentally turned upon
itself some hot water which its mother
was using for cleaning purposes.
Sunday, July 30, little child of Maj.
Abbott fell from the upper porch of tue
Lookout Mountain House, q distance of
Is feet to the ground, and must have
been seriously injured but for the fact
that she fell upon dog, who broke her
fall and saved her from receiving the
slightest injury.
a half Indian and half 'coloFed" indi-
vidual name Elisha Fugeti, in the EN-
ploy of BaiId's Hotel, Lebanon, was ar
rested on July 30, charged with breaking
into MIR. Knights saloon. He is also
charged with borrowing coat from q
bader of the hotel, but returned it after
threats were made against the thief.
A large and successful meeting and
barbecue in the interest of the Duck
River Valley Narrow Guage Railroad
was held at Shady Grove, Hickman
County, on Friday, July rs. Gen. Whit
thorne and Hon. d. B. Thomas put the
people to thinking by their powerful ar
guments in behalf OF railroads.
Mr.. 10 Summerow, near Double
Bridges, Lauderdale county, killed besr
in his cotton field with large steel hoe,
about two weeks ago. He buried his b.
several times in the back and lOins of the
animal, completely disabling ii, when q
negro discharged load of buck shot into
lis head, thus ending the bearship's ca
reer.
Monterville Viewer, 'Msjcr" Nc
Brown and Alban Harris broke jail at
Sparta, on the night OF July %, by cutting
through two and half inch plank and
taking out one rock two by three feet
square by twenty inches thick, smaller
one, besides the brick work, between that
and the outside, and made good their
escape.
A negro named Dave Swanson, met
with serious accident, at Jasper, one