Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-05

county.
1t cost the city of Memphis $4S2.l5 to
feed the stationhouse prisoners during
July.
A woman living near Pulaski gave
birth to three children two boys and .
GRID on Aug. l.
The Franklin Review mentions having
seen an ear of corn of the shape Of the
human hand. y-4 --..,-. -
The schools of Jonesboro will open on
Sept. l. The same organization the
graded system-wil be continued, ,,~
The Lebanon Herald reports that at a
protracted meeting at sKelley's church
there were forty. nine conversions.
A new tribe of Red Men viii shortly
be instituted at Elkmonr, Giles county, by
WE Meacham, vice @. Ineoboner, of
ALABAMA. sEutanasaF sssaassz
A severe rain and wind storm passed
over Maryyille and vicinity, doing con-
siderable damage to timber, crops, fences
and buildings. s-=-s---.-.-s-ss.ssvvs--
Old crinolines which have done service
In their legitimate way, are now placed
as scarecrows in the fields in Washington
county. They are skeletons.. = - =
On the 29ih July, Mr.. w. s. Patton,
= rcuit Court Clerk, at Kingston, was
severely bitten in the right leg by large
and terociols dog. - - - :. - - p.
The average estimate per acre of wheat
In Blount county this year, is not over
two bushels. But the corn crop win be
unusually large. 3 TO : eapsK - Il g..
Mr.. Jno. M. Cayce has received springs
which he designs to be applied to the
buggy and sewing machine. They are
made of the very finest steel. Y -
The timbers of the railroad depot plat
form at Jonesboro are discovered to be
very much decayed. Carpenters are hard
at work in repairing the same.
A horse belonging TO DR.. A. s. N. Dod-
son, Broylesville, Washington county,
was killed by lightning on Saturday, Ju-
ly 20. 7 a
The Pulaski Citizen reports that forty
seven dogs breathed their last breath in
that vicinity on Saturday night, July 20,
under the soothing influence of arsenic.
The two elegant brick store rooms be-
ing built by Messrs. Childers & Martin,
on the public square at Pulaski, are rap
idly progressing.
The Franklin boys and Rally Hill and
Chapel Hill boys had 3 free knock, down
fight at Rally Hill bran dance on Fri
day, July %, in which the franklin boys
were victorious. ge
There is an enterprise on foot at Frank
lin for the purpose of organizing joint
stock company for the manufacture of
farming implements and q variety of other
articles of wood and iron.
Daring the year ending June 80, 1871,
there was S., 237.00 worth of freights
shipped from Greenbrier station, in Rob
ertsOn county, while there was over $9,-
900 worth received.
The wheat crop is universally acknowl-
edged to be almost failure in East Ten
nessee. Tie corn crop sadly needs rain,
but there is prospect of this years crop
being much better than former years.
Mir. ]. II. Jsmison left at the Office of
the Murfreesboro Monitor one day last
week stalk of German millet more than
six feet high. He expects to make so
bushels per acre, if not more, from that
species of millet.
The Cleveland Banner of Aug. says:
Two men, named Glover, were taken
up at this place, on Monday, on the sus-
picion that they were horse thieves. They
both managed to escape on Monday night,
leaving their horses behind.
The eastern bound passenger train, on
the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, ran over q colored man near
LOudon. As it-Was-m midnight, it is sup
posed that the unfortunate wasdrunk and
had gone to sleep On the track.
Col. Woodland informs the Springfield
Record that he had upon his table on
Sunday, July 80, sweet potatoes raised in
1870, and also of this years growth. Is
there another man in the State that can
beat that.
Parmens Cox, q young man of Giles
county, was arrested and released on bail,
on Monday, July 81, on warrant from
the United States Federal Court at Nash
vile, charged with completely in the late
demonstrations against Col. w. ]. Hill.
The second daughter of William Wal
lace, late Prosecuting Attorney of the
Criminal Court of the city of Memphis,
died at Raleigh few nights since Of
lockjsw, superinduced by splinter In
one of his feet. She was about eleven
| years of age.
w. A. Moody, of Brownsville, died of
apoplexy few nights ago. He was
about retiring and stepped into an adj
| joining room to get drink of water.
His wife heard strange noise, and on
| entering the room TO learn the cause,
| found him dead on the floor.
| A little child of Rev. james Ruble, of
Greeneville, playing on porch of the
| dwelling house, Immediately on the street,
was attacked by vicious cow and tossed
high up in the air, and but for the timely
intervention of the child's mother would
have been seriously, If not fatally hurt.
A very old lady, wife of Jacob Bowere,
ST., of Greeneville, in STOPPING to pick
from the floor half bushel measure, on
July 29, fell and was so seriously hurt thai
she had to be carried to her bed, unable
to move herself, and suffering greatly.
There are four rectifying establishments
and four distilleries, in successful opera
ton in Robertson county st present
There are ten wholesale whisky firms il
Robertson county, four of which belong
TO springfield. The business has beer
good the whole season, while other bust
ness has been very dull.
| Extensive preparations are being made
for the celebration of the centennis
birthday of Sir Walter Scott, by thu
Scotch citizens of Memphis, on the 15tl
inst. Scotch games and pastimes will b.
the order of the day. One gentleman
will present a complete set of Wsverly
novels TO the best shot on the ground.
/ There will be an election held in Jeffer
son county, on Saturday, the I'd day 0.
September next, to determine whether O
not the stock of Jefferson county in tn
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgi
Railroad shall be transferred to the Dan
bridge and Messy Creek Narrow Gsug
Railroad. rsE r
The following is the amount of mai
matter delivered and collected by the Let
ter carriers of Memphis for the month o
July: Number of mail letters delivered
96, 1873; local letters delivered, 5,78s
newspapers, etc., delivered, %, 84S; let
tiers collected, Ga, 507; newspapers, etc
collected, 1888.
Mr.. Murray, of Kingston, has con
tracted 10 build a steamboat al that plac:
| for Mr. ! M Rice of Kunxville TIL