Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-04-20
TENNESSEE NEWS.

There are five candidates for Sheriff il
Hamilton county.
The Fayetteville .Neaos reports pea vine.
two to three feet high and in full bloom il
that towT.
The Memphis Ledger declares that 9TH
spring season is rather backward in comm.
forward
The total receipts of cotton at Memphi:
for the current business year, it is estimated
will be between 375, 900 and 100000 bales
1t is stated that about two hundred col.
ored people have Joined the Baptist Church
at Knoxville within the last three months
Mr.. Henry Terry, of Jackson, was per.
factly well and ate hearty supper on the
10th inst, walked into the sitting room and
fell down corpse.
The residence of DR.. J. W. Clary, Of
Unionville, Bedford county, was destroyed
by fire on the night OF the 18th inst. His
loss is about $500.
The city physician of Chattanooga says
the negroes are superstitious and discard all
professional directions for the treatment OF
sick, using herbs, etc.
The Fayetteville Ne1cs of the 10Th inst.
says: "Matrimony is a drug on the mar
ket. No demand-nO cards-no cake-nO
license-nO nothing this week"
A little son of Mr.. John Waller, of Roane
county, was so injured while assisting in re-
moving log Of wood from a wagon on the
18th inst. that he died the following day.
Dolly Warden hacks, Dolly Warden shirts
for gentlemen, with life-sized photograph
on each section of bosom, Dolly Warden
drinks, Dolly Warden everything, are the
rage in Memphis at present.
The Memphis Ledger says: The num-
Der Of aspirants to Office is steadily increas-
ing. Whenever man has nothing else to
do, he commences thinking about an Office.
This is why newspaper men never secure
an official seat, they having more important
business TO attend TO.
Chattanooga was visited about one o.
clock on the 18th inst, by the severest
storm of wind and rain that has been ex-
perienced there for years. Considerable
damage was done to chimnies and fences.
A small house in the first ward was blown
down, and a new frame structure was tip
ped over.
The Fayetteville NetcS says: The recent
heavy rains have swelled the creeks in Lin
coin county to an almost unprecedented
extent. Cane creek has been higher than
at any period within fifteen years. Mr..
Steele Buchanan, living near Brick Church.
lost 36 fine sheep and lambs out of flock
of As, by the food. Mutton of course
SCent dO1Cn in that neighborhood.
a Cleveland correspondent of the Knox
vile Press and Herald tells the following:
A young man was engaged to be married
TO a very respectable young lady, and the
day was set on which TO celebrate the nup-
tials; the minister and guests hidden, and
all things in readiness; but when the day,
minister and guests came, behold the bride
groom that-Was-to-be, did not, and ofcourse
there was some little feeling of awkWardness
experienced by all, and its natural to sup
pose the bride was not entirely free from il.
1t appears this gay young gentleman took
the eastern bound train the morning the
wedding was to occur and has not been
heard from since.
The Memphis Avalanche says: About
two weeks since, a negro woman, in com
pany with her husband, arrived in this city
from Arkansas. The husband, John Viii
iams, was quite Ill at the time, and after
procuring house, his wife started in quest
of physician. Meeting a negro man on
the street, she asked him if he could tell her
where she could find a doctor. The negro
replied that be was a doctor, and accom-
panied her to the house. After poking the
sick man in the ribs, feeling of his ears, ETC.,
the negro, who said his name was DR.. Riley,
made up the following recipe: Equal parts
of vinegar, cologne, muriated tincture of
iron, pepper sauce and oil of peppermint.
DR.. Riley said that this would ''raise John
in three days." and it did; but not as John
or his wife expected. The fee was $40,
SO of which was payable in advance, and
the remaining $50 in a few days. The dose
was enough to have killed a mule, and af-
ter taking three or four tablespoonfuls,
JOhu died. Before his death another "Doc-
tor" was brought in by Riley, who charged
for his visit the last So note that the woman
Williams had. Detectives McCune and
Welsh heard CT the affair aud arrested the
two doctors.