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

WHAT curing Ine present nigh stage o
water.
The new City Directory will be read,
for delivery within few days, in state 0
complete finish.
The County Finance Committee vii
meet at the Courthouse at 8 o'clock this
morning
The superintendent of the County
School Money will be made to-day as pei
regular monthly report.
We noticed some beautiful and rare
flowers in the windows of P. L. Nichols
store, on Summer street, yesterday.
The sun shone beautifully throughout
the day yesterday, with indications of clear
and pleasant weather.
Some fine venison was lying in front of
Hemphills yesterday. He has made sew
eral shipments to the North recently.
1t was technically dull yesterday as regar-
ded the transporting of local events Of a
startling and interesting character
We observe that new lightning rods are
being put up at many of the buildings
both in The city and in Edgefeld.
The streets were again filed with fine
teams and turnouts and the sidewalks
with lovely promehaders yesterday.
The inmates of the workhouse are not,
we believe, as numerous as they usually
are at this season of the year.
The Ames Menagerie floats large and
beautiful Star Spangled Banner at its place
of exhibition, on Cedar street.
Many improvements will, we learn, be
developed at the Horticultural Gardens by
the opening of spring.
From our country exchanges we infer
that they are, for the most part, in a pros
porous condition, which is a gratifying
fact to note.
There have been few arrests of import
ance by the police force recently, the num-
Der of depredations having been compare
lively few of late.
Our German friends are arranging the
preliminaries for quite iubilant demon
stration over the capitulation of Paris and
the prospects of peace.
Business has been rather dull in court
circles Tor some days, few cases of any
great importance being adjUdicated in any
of them.
Considerable business was transacted on
| College and Market and Broad streets yes
| terday, and indeed business is looking up
| a little throughout the city.
The weather yesterday was almost as
warm as it is in the regions of the tropics,
and the atmosphere as balmy as zephyrs
| that sweep along the vernal Savannahs of
| the South.
1t Is the general remark of strangers
that the hotels of Nashville are superior to
those of any city in the Southwest.
Summer street, from Church to Union,
is being laid with new Macadamized stone,
and near Church it presents an appearance
of handsome solidity.
A large number of covered wagons
from the surrounding country was in the
city yesterday. and great many country
people.
The little creeks, rivulets, brooks, etc,
are all IN high giee since the rain, and go
gurgling, dancing, rollicking along toward
the river IN the most joyous manner.
We have heard nothing said recently of
the contemplated increase of the police
force, and presume that for the present at
least Its numerical status will remain in
StGtu quo.
The dentists profession appears to be
quite lively IN our city. Some are SO un-
generous as to attribute it in part to the
effect of our beef market upon masticators
generally
The Machine and Agricultural Imple-
ment Factory of Messrs T. H. Jones 4 Co.
IN South Nashville is progressing rapidly
and satisfactorily. The energy of its pro-
prietors will insure its early completion
and successful operation.
The circulation of the UNION AND AMER
loan now far surpasses that of any paper
IN Tennessee and is rapidly on the increase.
1t Is the best advertising medium ever pre-
scented to the public. As the spring trade
Will soon open, the attention of business
men Is directed to this fact
There is beginning to be quite de-
mand for grape cuttings among residents
IN the city and suburbs for arbor and vine
yard purposes. The season for planting
is upon US.
Business before his Honor Recorder
Halle has been quite light now for several
mornings past. Malefactors and depreda-
tors are rather scarce in these parts at this
time.
Musical sOirees and sociables are becom-
ing quite fashionable in our city, as they
should be. We know Of nothing more
elevating and refining in their influences
than these genial and pleasant reunions.
DR.. W. D. Kline has adorned his large |
front show windows with magnificent and |
elegant druggists bottles or jars, which |
surpass anything of the kind we have ever
seen in this locality.
A number of new and well constructed |
houses have been erected during the past
Season on the street near the trestle work,
which make vast improvement in that
ccaliiy.
Yesterday was one of those semi-delight-
ful days which beget general laziness-
languOr; ambition was weak, energy a
cypher, and everybody looked actually
sick with genuine attack of spring fever.
Another cart-wheel exploded yesterday
on Church street, with a loud report, and
the conclusion in the immediate vicinity
was terrific. The cart was char ged with
gutter mud.
Is the porter, whose duty it is to keep
he room of the Law Court in order, ill.
absent, '1ncoherent,' or is there any
porter! If SO, why, when, and I'm der
What circumstances are these things thus,
md whence?
Large lots of elegant furniture are being
urned out at our several manufacturing
Nashville cannot bebeaten
n this important branch of manufactur-
ng,
From what We can learn, the distilleries
this region have done compar-
lively very light business this season,
wing in a manner to the stringency of
he Revenue regulations.
1t is estimated that there are moro board
lg houses and keepers of boarders in |
Nashville than in perhaps any city of its
ize in the country.
Leon Starr, the gentleman who was
ecently so severely burned by the ex-
losion of a coal oil lamp at No. Il South
jherry street, is rapidly recovering of his
ainful injuries.
The letter carrier system continues to
York well. The carriers are prompt and
fficient, and the number of letters deIiy-
red by them steadily increases.
The foundries and machine shops have
zen turning out large quantities of cast
lgs and machinery of a superior quality
ecently. This branch of business is
teadily growing and improving in our
ity.
II IS The universally expressed opinion
hat the continuation of the Tennessee
nd Pacific Railroad into East Tennessee
nd through the timber region, would be
very great benefit TO Nashville as well
S the people living along the line of the
Dad.
There was a lively skirmish near Dead
rick and Summer streets Tuesday, be-
Teen two bellicose fifteenth amendment
rs, In which one of them was considera-
ly gOuged and scratched The nueiIistic |