Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-22


Parks Foster is spoken of as a candi
date for the office of Mayor of Chattanooga
Local improvements in Memphis must
ba at rather low ebb, as the erection of !
new lamp post is noticed ia the Appeal.
1.-The Memphis ExI esition include:
among other strange things ''tater' hich
weighs fourteen pounds and fourteen
ounces. "a
The semi-annnal meeting of the Press
Association of Tennessee viii be held ia
Chattanooga, at the Stanton House, on
Wednesday, Nov. 20.
-The man who makes up the forms 10
Chattanooga Times Office has evidently
mislaid bis almanac, Saturdays issue Of
that paper being dated, on the inside pages,
Oct. IL. haa @Ef.E Ra AagsEv
z The Memphian youths proposes the
establishing of reading room, in connec-
ton with a lyceum, which they propose to
organize, all of which meets with favor 10
the eyes Of the appeal.
ii. T. Eabanks and L. Holmes, of Har-
demon county, quarrelled few days ago.
In the course of the dispute Eubanks struck
Holmes over the head with stick Of wood
and killed him. Eubanks is a deputy
sheriff Holmes was farmer
The Memphis folks are enjoying unu-
susl counting privileges just. now, there be-
ing two chancery, two circuit courts, the
county, criminal, Recorders and United
States courts in session there in addition to
the numerous justices courts.
MIR. ISham Chadwick, AN attaehe of the
Of the Halfway House, foot of Lookout
Mountain, was shot and probably killed
Friday night by party of colored men who
assaulted the house at late hour IN the
night during the progress of dance.
n. G. Armstrong, of Knoxville, drew
the main prize at the East Division Fair,
holding No. S97, which entitled him to the
sum Of $96S. Miss Doyle, of Knox
county, was awarded the premium of a
lady's saddle and bride, for the best lady
equestrian. ..s..-.
The Memphis AcdLdache of Saturday
displays creditable enterprise in publishing
a five column report of the speeches made
by Cheatham and johnson at Brownsville
last Thursday, besides devoting three col
umns to what one of its reporters has to
say after having interviewed Fitzpatrick,
the leader of the Osceola, Ark, riots. The
reporter having first taken the precaution
to put on his double-lined interviewing
troWsers, escapes uninjured.
The Chattanoogans want "Citizens'
Association" and they intend to have one.
A meeting is TO be held tonight in order to
organize such an association, which, it is
proposed, will hold monthly meetings
throughout the year for the purpose of in
dicating to the City Council the policy
which the people demand of them, and it
may be to indicate their preference for
some candidates. The meeting is in no
sense political and no candidate viii be
brought forward by it.
The Chattanooga Herald discusseth
thusly with regard to the"Flippen" nuisance:
"The use of a catapultic machine called a
s'dipper" by street urchins, is again becom-
ing such serio, nuisance that we would
recommend the matter to the attention OF
our yigilant policemen, if no other means
for remedy can be found. The machine
is constructed by fastening gum elastic
band between the prongs OF forked stick
or peculiarly cut board. This band when
used as a propalling power will throw small
pebbles and buckshot or bullets with great
power. The force of the strongest speci-
mems nearly spproximates that of a bullet
from small gun. Armed with these, idle
boys 90 around the streets shooting at hogs,
pigeons, chickens, caged-birds, and whateV-
er may come in their way"