Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-22
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= Memphis is to have another elevator
company.
- Elder Greene does not approve, in a
very enthusiastic manner, the admission Of
new preachers who happen to be married
men.
Hundreds were turned away from
McKendree Church last Sunday, for want
of room to accommodate them, greatly dis
appointed in not being able to hear Bishop
Doggett's address to the Methodist clergy.
aSmall Talk of the Louisville Col-
rier-Joarnal, and "Globules" of the St.
Louis Globe, have rested, for the time
being, in their labor Of love in showing up,
for the benefit of curious public, the
enormous size to which the feet of an av-
erage st. Louisan, or Louisvillian can at
tain if the matter is properly attended to,
thus inficting q serious loss upon the cur
rent literature of the day.
There is a man in this city who says
he has heard great deal upon the subject
of quartz mining, diamond mining, silver
mining, ETC., but for the present he is willing
to obtain an honest living at Kalso-min-
ing.
The acoustic arrangement of'McKen-
dree Church is very bad. A speaker adopt
ing an ordinary tone of voice, starts troop
of echoes which chase each other about the
room in lively manner.
Lost, in this city, last week, small
lady's watch with white face;also an ivory
young lady's work box.
"A Kentucky country editor calls bis
scizzors bis steal pen. He has only been IN
the business six months and has already
worn out his second pair.
AN Omaha iuryman, in reply to ques-
ton as to whether be had any prejudice
against an Indian whose case was on trial,
replied: "No; only I've been chased by
'em. been in several battles with 'em, and
would hang every devil OF 'em at sight,
He was accepted as competent juror.
There is a snake now pranclng around
somewhere which is said to leave a track
four inches wide. We don't see anything
wonderful in this; if four inch track is
not wide enough for this insect to squlrm IN,
be does right to leave it,
The American Athengtun tells its
readers what little it knows about ''Ouida,"
the female ink splasher, closing a half col
umn article with "This is all we know at
present. about the creator of "Chandos,"
and in forty years no one will care to know
anything" The writer should have substi-
tuted stve" for ''forty."
"A late copy of the st Louis Republican
heads an editorial with the somewhat start
ling announcement of "Greeley Growing"
This vii be news to the public at large, it
being the impression that the Philosopher
had stopped growing half century or so
ago.
"A New York letter-writer is of the
opinion that if the family history OF Susan
B. Anthony could be traced back few
hundred years, it would be found that an
ancestor of Greeley's had fitted that fair
maid, thus offering a reasonable explana-
ton of the bitter rancor with which she
pursues Horace.
Love induced q beautiful and accom-
plished girl of Chicago to marry blind
man, with a club foot. He was poor
man, while his wife has an income of ST.
500 year.
--"Fulminatine" is the name of new
explosive compound said tn be far more
destructive than nitro-glycerine, and con-
idently recommended to families as a sat-
isfactory substitute for kerosene to klndle
fires with.
When colored babies are taken to see the
animals in Central Park it is noticeable that
the large aLjgators gazs lovingly upon them
more, of course, from epicurean prefes-
ence than from desire to influence the col
ored vote.
AN owl which was shot in Laudertale
county, Miss, had steel trap, with a0o Ut
two feet of chain attached to it, hitched 10
one OF his feet.
"A Terre Hautean, who vowed never
to marry until he had accumulated ST., 600,
is now slowly collecting the last 500, and
a beautiful young lady is preparing her
wedding clothes.
"A New York lady of fashion wears
beautifully carved dark glossy stone In
setting of red gold. 1t is the front OF her
husbands favorite meerschaum; she having
induced him to stop smoking. now wears
his pipe as trophy.
Young gentlemen who are just getting
son string" should remember that muslin
waists are not suitable for hugging purposes
while laundry work is so dear.