Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-24

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/, tax of two dollars on dogs.
Many new houses are going up in Nc
Kenzie.
The Memphis pulpit boasts of some Of
the most learned men in the country.
Among other matters, the Union City
Courier is publishing "The Chronicles OF
Uno."
On the goth instant, little boy, 8
nephew of John Bolts, fell into cistern
in Memphis, and was drowned.
During the last twelve months, -four
thousand and two hundred bales OF
cotton were shipped from Trenton.
DR.. j. w. Rogers recently delivered an
address in Memphis on "The Shamrock
and the Cross" to crowded house.
An election is to be held in Gibson
county on the 18th of March, to ascer-
tain the wishes of the people of that
county in regard TO school tax.
Bad weather lately broke up the Mock
Legislature at Springfield, in Robertson
county. The Knockers will probably soon
resume operations.
| The Memphis appeal says: 'tMrs.
| Mulloy, an editress of an Indiana paper,
1 10 SOLnniS5 uOiC W ICCtllS vi u4aiild9c.
She is not the girl that Pat went home to
marry"
A firm in Memphis sells boots made of
anaconda skin, at sixty dollars per pair,
while man can have snakes in his boots
for twenty-five cents. That firm must
make money.
The Mckenzie Times says: FDogs
re so numerous in Mckenzie, as to be 8
| positive nuisance. We wish our munich
| pal authorities would take steps to abate
| three fourths of them"
The Springfield Record says: ''Rev.
j. w. Hammer, Jr., of the Ashbury cir
cult we are panied to learn, was accident
ally shot in the face by VIM. Pickering,
while they were bird hunting, but we are
| glad TO learn that his wounds are not
dangerous, however"
Since Judge Flippin of Memphis has
given orders that no juryman serving in
his court shall take a drink of ANYTHING
| strong, it is said that verdicts are render
| ed with surprising alacrity, and hung
| juries have ceased to be known in that
court.
The Chattanooga Times of the 22d
inst says: ''Many rumors were in circu-
lation yesterday, that the night marauders
and party Of colored men had battle
Monday night; near the river, but we are
unable to ascertain the facts, if any. If
there is q rowing band called Ku-Klux,
marauders, or any disturbers of the peace
in our midst, we hope steps will be taken
to stop them in their mad career. Let us
have peace"
The McMinnYille NeW Era states that
a meeting of the stockholders of the Nc
Minnville and Manchester Railroad, was
held at Manchester on the Doth inst, to
take into consideration what action the
road should take in view of the attempt
of the State to sell it out. 1t was deter
mined by the stockholders to resist the
sale, and the Board of Directors were in
structed to file bill in answer to that of
the State.
Certain citizens of Upton and Fayette
counties filed an eT pdrte petition in the
First Chancery Court at Memphis on the
goth inst, applying for letters of incOrpo-
ration as The Southern Baptist Publishing
Company, with powers to carry on q re-
ligiOus book mandatory and publishing
establishment in the city of Memphis.
A few days since q Mr.. MOrehead, who
lives about two miles fIOm Memphis, and
who has a small family grocery, was
struck over the head by tall negro with |
some blunt instrument, who supposing
his victim dead or nearly so, robbed the |
grocery and left. as Mr.. Morehe4d is
over seventy years old, his life is regarded |
as in great danger.
Gho Union City Herald says: 'EFrom
various sources We hear cOmplaiat against |
the provision of revenue law imposing q |
tax on drummers. Although the State |
may need money, yet the general opinion |
seems to be, that the law is both unWise |
and unjust-that the income from the tax |
will not compensate for the injury done |
commerce and trade
Mr.. sam. Garrett, conductor on the To- |
cal freight train of the East Rennesse,
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, met with |
painful accident near Knoxville, on the |
goth instant. He thought there was |
something wrong with the truck of his |
csbOose car, aud swung himself out on
the side of the car, when he was knocked
off by a fence near the track, and thrown |
into a ditch. He was badly bruised |
about the head and neck, but no bones
were broken.
Prof. Bradley and the senior class of |
the East Tennessee University have been !
on an exploring tour to Cane creek, where |
they explored a cave, in which they found |
number of human bones. From the |
appearance Of the bones, together with |
mica and shells found with them, it is
thought that they belonged to the mound |
builders, a race of greater antiquity than |
the Indians, and around whose origin and
fate SO much mystery prevails.
In several parts Of the State mad dogs |
have appeared recently, and it is high |
time that some effective measures should !
to be taken to lessen the evil, for it is |
probable that it cannot entirely be pre-
vented, perhaps would be we'll to enforce |
the dog law rigidly, and muzzle those
that the law does not lax out Of existence.
We may here state, that in the ives en
and southwestern portion of Wilson coun-
ty number Of mad dogs have lately ap-
peared, and several persons have bitten
by them. The latest cases reported are
two children, one of Mr.. Seaborn and the
other of Rev. Mr.. SDerry,
OF the fifty thousand people in Mem
phis, says the AppeaL f'oniy six thous-
and attend the churches. There is no
wOrk-house for petty culprits, and no
great seat Of industry in which the i'm
prOVerished and unfortunate may find en-
plOymant, For a helpless, friendless wo-
man there is no recourse; and when vice |
must give bread, she is cursed that she |
even lives. That she may become des-
perate in evil, her crminslity is burdcned
with lawless exaCtions, and she is pluug-
ed into hopeless, irTeClaimable ruin. TIE
number of these outCasts is constantly aug
mented, and the evils of their condition
hourly aggravate'."
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