Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-03-07
MEMS SUmmARY.

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on the Pacific coast.
~ Extensive iron works are destroyed b,
. fire at Pittsburg, Penn. ~ 70 "o''Ai
BY disaster in the =harbor Of Bres
22' persons were drowned. h1o odi
The Chambord demonstration create.
great lnpeasiness i'll, Antwerp l5l gsi
Es Nm. G. Bryant has gone to Vera Cruz
where he will1remain a few weeks. ia
! Judge Davis, the Labor Reform candi.
date for Governor, is 81 years of age.
An cmigrant swindIer was arrested for
selling bogus drafts on English banks.
COL Forney publishes a letter giving
some inside. history of G Gunt shomination.
Gen, Sherman and party enjoyed pic mic
on the 9th ult., on the ruins of Pompei
81. G.. Cole, Sons aud Daughter, -four
merchants is the style of a. st. Louis
| firm. ,f.
The German Association of Connecticut
passed resolutions complimentary to
Schurz. t.tla7 i'E7r' ''aa
Gov. Hoffman has nominated j. Van-
derpool, of Albany, for Health Officer Of
New York. sos5i 1.srI
The Lookout Flouring Mills. Chatta-
nooga, are turning out 500 barrelsof -four
per day.
Gov. Geary has been confined to his room
several weeks by severe indisposition.
He is recovering.
Proceedings have been commenced
against Naylor & Co., for the sum of $780,
600 under valuation 3 l --.eif sss1a4
The river rose four feet in three hours
at st. Joseph, Mo- The temporary
bridge was swept away. ..lr.s
Portions of Scotland have been visited
recently by devastating floods, resulting in
loss of life and property l' p ipa
WHAT is the difference between n girl
and night-cap One is born to wed, the
other is worn to bed. .l -sga .rfsg
The Sheriff of Anderson county, Mr..
". i. Robbens, was murdered at Duvall's
Bluff, Ark, on the 18th ult
The Judiciary Investigating Committee
took evidence on the illegal release Of
culprits by habeas corpus. z9aiyts sss
a rumor comes from Cincinnati that the
steamboat United States, of the Cincinnati
and Louisville Line, exploded. ,r.s, -
The Governor, Secretary of State and
Attorney General of Texas have been
indicted for misdcmeanor in office.
1t is reported that tho Louisville and
Cincinnati Railroad bridge was purposely
prepared for the late fatal accident. l.5.
The leading astronomers of the world
are now busy in preparing to observe the
forthcoming transit of Venus across the
sun.
The colored Baptists of Shelbyyille
have lost three churches by fire. They
have commenced to build fourth to re-
place them. sg ., a......g.
The highest salary paid in this country
to a lady teacher is said to be given to
Miss Anna G. Brackett. principal of the
ST. Louis Normal School, $1,000.
Granville c. Torbet, formely editor Of
the Nashville Union and american, and
President of the Bank of
Tennessee. died in Nashville on the 18th
uIt ,.tf
A despeTado, called Kentucky Jack,
killed two men at Fairburg, Kansas. The
people had tied Jack to stake and were
burning him alive when the authorizes res
cued him. -
The Constitutional Convention of West
Virginia has stricken that clause from the
Constitution which disqualifes ministers
of the gospel from being members of the
Legislature.
The Investigating Committee of tho
Kansas Legislature has reported that Scna-
tor Caldwell secured his election by bribery
and corruption. He is said to haye paid
but 100000.
Mrs. James Walker, sister of ex-Presi-
dent James K Polk, and the only living
member of the Polk family, witnessed tho
baptism of her great grandson in Mem
phis, on the 10th ult.
A Western girl who has been we'll
brought up knocks down every man that
kisses her, and she Is so pretty that half
the married and all the single men in
town have black eyes. .
The girls in the Iowa State Agricultu-
raj College not only know more about
farming than the male students, but have
become profcients in making beds and
dusting, under tho superintendent of
matron and general housekeeper.
Since the marriage, short time ago.
of one of the female clerks in the POST
office Department at. Washington, there
has been over hundred applicants for
the position thereby made vacant. There
are also more than five hundred appliea-
tons on hand for a vacancy.i' o. s7Esg
The submarine telegraph cables in
China are suffering from the attacks OF
some minute crustacean so small as to be
scarcely perceptible to the naked eye.
Various breaks have been traced TO 1tho
agency, of these animals. who iimbed
themselves in the gutta percha. isa,ysd,
A wife, who had, been .lecturing her
husband for coming home intoxicated, be-
came inccnsed at Ills Indifference and cx-
claimed, h.Oh, that I could wiring tears az
anguish from your eyes, To which tho
hardened wretch -hiccupped, 'Tait-tain't
no use old woman, to b-b-bore for water
there"
This is said to be an Ohio epitaph :,
Under this sod ''
And under these trees, ftaniu
Lieth the bod rt.... 4
Y Of Solomon Pease,
He's not inths hole, ld 5Ig9f1Frri
But only his pod; -f+a.
lie shelled out his soul
And went up to God. tad boa
My son." said good mother to her
young hopeful" did you wish your teach
er happy New Year 2" 'sNo, ma'am,y
the boy. swell, why not r
Because" said the youth. '.she isn't hap
py unless she's whipping some Of Us boys,
and was afraid if | wished her happiness,