Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-03-21
NEW SUMMARY.
Smallpox is increasing in Havsnss,

! NhNASio 10 uthNHEa thN k4hk tan@s
troops in Calcutta. -,..--.,.--.--
The report that tho Popo ia prsparing
to evacuate Rome is false. ,c
Attorney General Bates. Of Utah. de-
clines the invitation to resign. ~"
O'Baldwin ro-challenges Mace in ssv-
age style, and calls him coward. nv
The Grand Duke Alexis will probably
be appointed Viceroy of Poland. 'rn
Emanuel Shaffncr, tried for the murder
of two wives was convicted ut Harrisburg.
Pa. ,--
At Omaha. the melting snow interrupts
travel BY washes, and trans move irregu-
larly.
Governor Henry A. Wise, of Virginia.
is leoturing on the future of the Re-
public. H-lc5ds
The car hook murder case OF Foster. In
New York has been taken to the Oourt of
appeals. aa la.7oi
Gould has resigned the Presidency Of
the Erie road. General Dix is in qsist
possession. ,-f .,...,g,
+ Governor Warmoth, of Louisianas is
against Grant and for Davis. the Laboring
Mems Candidate.
Mr.. Peter Staub, is preparing for work
on the Knoxville Opera House. 1t II se
be grand affair. -''.''
The case of the State VS.. NJ. d. Lex
charged with the killing of NJ. Huskey
during the war. -rirah1E
One Of the features of st. Patrick's
day at New Yorl, will be the presentation
of banner worth $1,000.
A fiend in the shape of aman murdered
his wife and three children near Dayton.
Ohio, on the 9th instant.
Rev. DIR. Young, of Nashville. who
succeeds DR.. Huston in Baltimore. was
born and raised in Roane county.
! The President has nominated John G..
w. Parker for Surveyor Of Customs ut
the port of New Orleans, vice Longstreet.
A bill passed the House on Friday for
| the equalization of hounties. which, il is
said, will take two millions from the treasu-
! ry. -
John Russell Young, writes the leading
editorials of the New York Heruld in
Washington and transmits them be telo-
graph.
Hon. Horace Maynard was one Of the
orators in New Hampshire for the Repu-
blieans. His speeches elected the highest
encomiums.
A village paper in Tennessee charges a
crossroads paper with putting on ''city
airs'' when it fails to come to hand for n
week or so.
Mr.. Ramsey, ex-Prcsident of the Sus-
quhehanna Railroad, puts the amount
for which Jay Gould has not accounted at
$51 100000 %
Alfred Hoffey, who commanded the
English regiment which guarded Napoleon
at St. Helena, died last week in Brooklyn,
aged 78 years. -...t a.,
II. J.. Mclt's palace -four mills ut
Columbus, Ga. were burned last week.
Loss $75,O 900 uninsured. 1t was the work
of an incendiary.
1t is said that negotiations are pending
for the sale of the Washington Chronicle
to parties in opposition to the rc-nomiation
of President Grant.
When John Jacob Astor died he Ia
said to have been worth $2l 100000.
VIM. j. Astor is now estimated to be
worth $j0,000,O00. -
\ young gentleman of Nashville who
attempted an elopement the other day, ro-
tired from the premises with wet coat
and dog at his heels. il-h '.e'
A lady has obtained judgment against
the Staten Island Ferry Company for 81
600 for the loss of her husband at tho
time of the Westfeld disaster.
Wendell Phillips says: "Put mn AmorI-
can baby, six months old, on his feet, ard
he will Immediately say Mr.. Chsirusn.'
and call the next cradle to order"
There is family of ten persons resid-
ing at Cream Ridge, in Salem county, N.
j., whose united weights amount TO 2,lS7
pounds, an average of 2lS7 lbs. each
1t is said that Longstrcet, has resigned
the Surv"yorship Of the New Orleans
Port, because hc disapprobates Grants
policy towards his State. What pityl
The building being erected at st. Louis
for the accommodation Of the National
Saengerfest, will seat over fifteen thousand
persons. The stage will have seats for .
1900 singers. .r.....
4 stage robbcr between Stockton and
Jenny Lind California was discovered in
the chapparcI and fatally wounded. He
confesses to robberies, but withholds tho
name Of his accomplices. sid o' ie
The Governor of Mississippi having
cleared the Alabama ind Chattanooga
road, from Meridian to New York, of the
distinctions on the track, caused by the
unpai laborcrs, the trains are running.
Under President Grants administra-
tion a Republican Congress has cut down
taxes to the amount Of $iJ5,655, 1903.
and will reduce them this session by S50.-
100000 morc-a total Of $2j0,000.000.
VIM. Moore, living near cambridge
Tennessee, was found last Friday night
lying dead in ditch. He was intoxieted.
and it is supposed fell in and being unable
to get out. died by slow process Of,
drowning. @ Hh ai
a lady at Paris, Me-, has brought an
action for breach of promise against n.
gentlemanof that city. She claims 5000
damages, which she alleges to have been.
tho cost of the extra wood and oil consum-
ed during the courtship.
Judge Hill of the United States Court
appointed Chas. Walsh Receiver Of the
Alabama and Chattanooga rtilroad In
Mississippi. He is already in possession