Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-17
sTATE NEWS.

There were several small robbie
Fics at Humboldt last week.
They are talking of building a
cotton factory at GAINESVILLE.
IL is rumored that A. p. Curry
will contest the election of w. j. z.
Doyle, as Sheriff of Shelby county.
Col. Joseph T. Motley has been
appointed Congressional elector for
the Nashville district.
Wheat is selling in Southern Mid
die Tennessee'at 81 90 to ST 10 per
bushel, delivered.
John Birdsong furnished the edi-
tor of the Humboldt Journal with
an open cotton boil on the 4th inst.
John G. Ferris has been elected
county Judge of Davidson county,
over Gen. Smiley.
Bish Beaumont, Independent, was
elected Sheriff of Montgomery coun-
ty, over the regular nominee.
Gov. Brown, whose health is stin
feeble, has been spending some time
at his quiet home in Pulaski.
w. G.. Crowley has been elected
Chancellor of the 5th district in this
State.
Davidson county, unanimously
endorses Gen. Il. F. Cheatham, for
Congress at large.
DIR. II. II. Benton has been re-
elected Tax Collector of Dyer
county.
All dogs found on the streets of
Memphis, unmuzzled, are slaughter
cd by the police.
A young gallant of Paris used
coal oil to bring out his moustache
it brought 'em out-roots and all.
Col. A. B. Christian is the Demo-
cratic and Conservative candidate
for the legislature from Carroll
county.
Memphis hens hatch four legged
chickens. No one is surprised at
that, or anything else done in Men,
phis.
Corey Walters shot and killed
Spike Molen, in Memphis, on Fri
day the 9th inst. Walters is under
arrest.
The Grand Division of the Sons
of Temperance, of this State, will
meet at Humboldt on Thursday
next, 22d inst.
The fruit growers of Gadsden
and vicinity, had an interesting
meeting, and an exhibition of their
products on Thursday.
w. w. Outlaw is announced as a
candidate to represent Stewart and
Montgomery COMMITTEES in the legisla-
ture.
A commission has been issued
from the Governors office, to John
L. Mills, as Attorney General of the
18th Judicial Circuit.
Mai. John g. Thomas, of Nash
vile, is announced as a candidate
for Congress from the Nashville dis
trict.
The Appeal of Wednesday says:
The news that Col. Kellar's coming
out as an independent" candidate
for Congress was fully confirmed
on the streets yesterday.
Mai. w. j. Sykes delivered an a.
bic railroad speech at Williamsport,
Tenn, last week. Asa railroad de-
bator the Maj. has no superior in
the State.
Bon fires, built of hats, is the or
der of the day in Williamson coun-
ty, in honor of Col. McLemore's e.
lection to the Criminal Judgeship.
Expensive enthusiasm that.
Mr. ]. Turner, a hotel keeper at
Collierville, was robbed one night
last week Of one thousand dollars,
by burglars. A couple of negroes
were arrested on suspicion.
Middle Tennessee is running over
with enthusiasm on the subject of
narrow gauge railroads. Our tai
ented friend, Maj. Sykes, is keeping
the fires burning.
The primary election in Weakly
county, for democratic and con-
sentative candidate to the legisla-
ture, resulted in the nomination of
Mr.. Geo. w. Martin.
Judge Barber Louis has been nom
mated for Congress by the Radicals
in the 9Th district. Ed. Shaw, coll
ored. and Judge Henry G.. Smith
were appointed Grant electors.
Gov. John C. Brown and Gen. N.
ID. Forrest have been invited to adj
dress the Dyer county Agricultu-
raj and Mechanical Association, at
their meeting the coming Fall.
The Waynesboro Review says that
railroad through Wayne county
would kill too many COWS, and
hence the opposition to railroads In
- that county. Sad for the Knoxville
air line.
A negro man, by the name of Jno.
Mitchell, who some time ago at
tempted q nameless outrage on lit
tie white girl near Mason's Depot,
was taken from Covington Jail last
week by party of men and shot to
death.
A disastrous fire DESTROYED the
store house and stock of Mr.. w. T..
Davis, valued st 81, 800, and also
the store house of Mr.. VIM. Fry, at
Cedar Chapel, in Hardeman eoun-
to, on Thursday the 9Th. Mr.. Fry's
loss was covered by insurance.
The fruit growers association of
Giles county, have had a most in
teresting exposition at Pulaski, this
week, commencing Tuesday and
ending to-day. We regret, that ow-
ing TO circumstances beyond our
CONTROL we were unable to attend,
and we tender our cordial thanks
for the invitation to do so.
The Trustees of Fisk University
(colored) at Nashville, have just
concluded the purchase of eight
acres OF land, including the old ST.
Cloud hill, now known as Fort Gill
lem, in the vicinity of Nashville, and
will proceed at once to erect suita-
bic buildings.
The Brownsville States thus la
conically chronicles the drowning
of an Individual at that place: "A
very live specimen of African phys
iology quit the old fashioned habit
of breathing in Tyus' Pond the 9TH
Ell night, and went to solve the mys-
teries of the other world, with moth
ing on but brass ring"
The Congregational Contest in the
seventh DissFict.
The Democrats and Conservatives
of the seventh district, in a primary
election, have, by an overwhelming
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