Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-09

But mindi II comes for wake, ma'am,
- comes for that time and no liss;
" And so, thin, pruvvidin' ye'd want me,
just give me yer name and address.
Samples Of blue stem white wheat
from Williamson county were upon the
market yesterday, as fine as ever exhibited
in this market. ~
Officer Broderick, of the city police,
yesterday, arrested James Wilson, colored,
and Sis Meseo, white, on the charge of
living together as man and wife. They
will have trial before Justice Wilkinson
en- Wednesday evening next.
1t was the Philomathean Society of
CumbelIa and University before whom our
townsman, VIM. G. Brien, ESQ.,, delivered
the address on the subject "What Shall nv
Vocation in Life be ?" The Lebanon Her
aid says that "his address was strong, prac-
teal and eloquent. His concluding remarks
in reference TO Gen. VIM. T. Haskell was
enthusiastically applauded."
The first tomatoes of the season were
for sale in the market house yesterday. The
holder charged fifty cents look.
There were fine rains in every section
of the country yesterday, aud farmers and
gardeners are rejoicing muchly.
"A large portion Of the barley crop in
this vicinity he's been harvested.
"A fine pointer. belonging to ESQ. Chill,
dress, of the 18Th district of this county,
was seized with hydrophobia Friday night
last, and bit dogs, cows, horses and every
thing that came in his way. He made his
way into hen-house of a gentleman of the
neighborhood, and killed twenty or thirty
chickens, and about as many ducks. The
dog was killed yesterday morning.
The local of the GAINESVILLE Chronicle
says: NASHVILLE is now truly city. Its
population, business and enterprise, all 90
TO show that it win at no very distant day
be one of the leading cites of the United
States, both in size and importance"
- As some fear has been expressed in re-
gard to the extra weight put upon the sus-
pension bridge by the track of the Edgefield
Street Railroad, it is only necessary to state
that day or two since, sixty tons of beef
cattle, 100000 lbs) went over in safety,
and without breaking through or injuring
it in the least way perceivable.
--GierS, our well known photographer has
executed orders from Brooklyn, n. Y,
for the photograph taken by him of DR..
dollars. A decided compliment to both the
divine and artist.
- We are glad to be able to announce
that the concert and exhibition by the pu-
pills ofthe Edgefeld public schools, so enter
tanning to the large audience that assembled
last week, will be repeated next Thursday
evening at McClure's Hall on Woodland
street. We predict another full house.
Some time since we spoke of a young
married lady who had Just gone to house
keeping, visiting the market house and pur-
chasing goose for a turkey. The hus-
band, who succeeded the wife after her fail
ure, lately purchased two punches of young
turnips for radishes. We insert this for the
sake of the wife.
We continue to receive cheering reports
from the fruit crop in this and the adjoining
counties.
Parents at this season should be very
particular as to what their children eat.
Within the past few days we have heard of
several violent cases of cholera mOrbus
among children.
Detroit is going to have ball to which
only blondes are to be invited, and the
brunettes are ready to die with grief.
Dolly Warden masquerades are the
latest stigma on the good name of Dickens
unfortunate heroine.
Ladies are once more beginning to dis
figure their hands with black net mittens.
New York ladies take their dear little
poodles to dinner parties and balls. I
Venetian tlagree work is Cnce moro
very fashionable for jewelry of all kinds.
"A baby with twelve toes and thirteen
fingers and thumbs, is 4 nine days wonder
in Bangor, Me.
"A criminal excused himself before the
recently, for severely beating
man, by saying ne was drunk and he
thought it was his wife.
DR.. UjJi Livingstone's son is supposed
to be the author of the plaintiye melody,
'Father, dear father, come home.n
Coral necklaces have superseded all
other kinds this spring, and the mania for
the rose-tinted coral seems on the increase
rather than otherWiseI
A little busy "bumble bee" drove a
man out of church in indianapolis, the other
day, by trying to gather honey from his bald
pate.
"A laige party of Americans are travel
ng through the holy land on horseback, &C
by guides, and their baggage on
,he backs Of camels.
"A Lawrence, Mass, machine for In ak
NC wall paper, produces seventy-nine miles !
IF paper daily, being run tWcnty-three hours !
)ut Of the twenty-fOur.
-"Why Did he not Die?" is the title of |
/ new novel. We have not read the con- |
but believe the answer to be-
Because he refused to take his medicide.