Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-16
LOCAL .1orTrNGs.

Fine pine-apples are quite abupdantly
displayed by fruit vendors on the streets.
The gas jet sign at Hicks china store,
on College street, is very brilliant and at
tractive Of nights.
One of the most active building seasons
the: has ever been witnessed in Nashville
ia expected the coming spring.
A great stack Of new wagons, in knock
down form, were received at the Louisville
depot yesterday. TEE
The tame doves, having all paired off on
Tuesday, are now looking about for IA
vorable site for nesting . --re
Several country visitors were very much
interested yesterday in viewing the fine
private park on Church street.
Ames' Menagerie Band Wagon, hauled
by six white horses, containing fine brass
band, discoursed delightful music on the
streets yesterday.
If you wish to have your boots hand
somely silver-plated, inst get up before
daylight and mistake the stove polishing
brush for your backing brush-as we did.
We noticed a little dog on the street
with his tail artisticslly done up in a rag
he had probably cut his finger.
We counted twenty-four locomotives
yesterday at the Chattanooga depot, four
teen of which had up steam. They were
principally al in the round house.
If you meet any one whose title" you
are not certain of, never address him as
anything less than Colonel-majors, cap.
tains, lieutenants, etc have all been bre-
vetted.
The gutter gougers, or street hogs, are
getting pretty thin as spring approaches,
but they will doubtless get through, as
their industry is indomitable and their
power of endurance very great.
A dashing captain preambulated our
streets the other day, with dish cloth
pinned to his coat tail, and for some time
was all unconscious of the cause Of the
sensation which he created on our fashion
able thoroughfares
Great trains of empty freight cars,
which have been brought from the North
laden with goods, etc, are now passing
back northward again. .....-...
From the stacks of chairs being shipped
away from the factories of this city, we
should think everybody in the State was
re-chairing their respective domiciles.
The placing of scores of little spikes on
top of the railing around the basement
entrances to the Maxwell House corner,
rather shuts off loafers who were wont to
congregaie there to see the sights aud
'gas."
At the window of Davies great jewelry
establishment, corner of Church and Sum-
mer, may be seen unique little time
keeper-a sort of cross between a clock
and watch. 1t is decidedly neat and at
tracts much attention.
A regular southwestern "tilter" blew
yesterday, making hats, krinerline and
other light goods stay in place just in the
wrong place.
We noticed several of our groeerymen
II transferring New Orleans sugar from hogs
heads outside to their retail barrels inside.
There has been great quantity of sugar
received in this market Of late, preparato-
ry to spring business.
The old bell, that for so long time did
faithful service at the City Hall, can now
be heard throwing ont upon the breeze its
natural chimes of sweetness away down in
Germantown. or North Nashville.
We heard female down town, yester-
day, say some powerful "cuss words" Sic
was very angry about somebody or some
thing, and her epithets, foundations and
general demeanor would seem to indicate
that she would make powerfully effective
member of Chicago Sorosis.
Quite q number of strangers and visitors
have visited the mammoth cotton factory
in North Nashville recently and expressed
themselves surprised as well as grstifed at
seeing such solid Indications of improve
ment going up in our midst.
Trimming of trees and shrubbery in the
yards and premises of residents throughout
The city and in the suburbs has been going
on briskly during the past two or three
weeks.
We have noticed recently that numbers
of persons have been in the habit of per-
hitting their coal cellars to be csuselessly
left open on the sidewalks. The practice
is very dangerous one to pedestrians and
should be Rbsted.
Large amounts of seed potatoes, seed
oats, farming and gardening implements,
etc, are being daily sent from the city to
the country and to various parts of the
State.
A number of gentlemen composing the
Georgia delegation to confer with the
Kentucky Legislature with reference to
the Southern railroad, will be in the city
on their return home in a few days. OF
the party will be B. II. Bingham, OF Ls-
Grange, and Col Arthur Hood, of Cuth-
bert
The freight shipments on the several
railroads leading South continue to be
very heavy, though no fears are enter
tanned of "a blockade such as was encoun-
tered last year.
The Capitol building, since the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, looks lonely
enough. Save the officials few faces are
seen about its spacious halls and rotundas
The magnificent and large mortar and
pestle swung from the top of the drug
store of w. D. Kline, corner of Church
and Summer streets attracts very general
attention. By their signs shall ye know
them
There were large numbers of guests at
the several hotels yesterday and last night.
Matters in police circles have been limit
ed of late. Order and quiet apparently
reigning generally throughout the city.
Q1ite a religious feeling, we understand,
is manifest among the convicts at the peni-
Tertiary, owing in large measure to their
Sabbath ministrations and teachings.
The wife Of Sir John Rose is an Ameri
can lady, the sister of Capt. Temple, of the
Tennessee, the steamer concerning whose
fate hepubiicis now anxious Lady Rose
was Miss Temple. of Franklin county,
Tennessee @ MT