Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-14

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Doak 40; Stewart 4.
Boston's farewell boquet to Nilsson was
ship four feet long, resting on an ocean o
red pink, with the word sAdieu" on one
side and "Cuba" on the other in white
pinks. 1t sailed down the middle aisle O
the theatre in the middle of a fine passage il
"Martha," and was launched upon the stage
after considerable exertion, where it rested
quietly until the curtain fell, and was theI
steered by the prima donna herself to some
unknown haven behind the scenes.
Seats for the Marriott Opera were going
off yesterday rapidly. The troupe will be
greeted by brilliant audience on Saturday
night.
Strawberries of the finest size and most
luscious appearance are selling in New
Orleans at dollar and quarter a pint.
Capt. w. A. Gavett, Assistant Supervisor
of Internal Revenue, returned yesterday
from a trip through Maury, Giles, Lewis,
Perry and Hickman counties.
The pupils attending the st. Bernard
school, to the number of one hundred, Wis
tied the Capitol yesterday, accompanied by
| their teachers.
The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad
Company paid ST ,920 in coupons yesterday,
| Oh luIcT6SJ uu6 Ou lIelT U6DL " Lt1t OIdJos
About twenty miles Of new rails have
been laid on the Nashville and Northwest
ern Railroad since the LIST of February. A
large force is kept constantly employed in
improving the road.
The stores in the Simmons Block on
North College street, which lately suffered
from the damaging effects of a fiery vista
ton, have undergone process Of thorough
reconstruction, and now look as neat and
substantial as il no mishap had befallen
them.
Nothing of much public interest is nova
days transporting in or about the Courthouse.
| Only the Circuit Court is now in session,
and that winding TO the end of its term as
fast as possible. The prevailing lassitude
| Of the place even extends to the horse auc-
| ton and stock exchange adjoining the
| Courthouse, their hitherto animating voices
seeming for the time hushed in deathlike
| stiffness.
The Common Council meets in regular
session tonight.
The excavations at the capitol grounds
require considerable blasting of stone, but
the work is attended by the utmost care to
prevent premature explosions or other hurt
full accidents.
Magisterial circles in Deaderick street
continue to revolve with accustomed regu-
larity, but for the past few days have de-
veloped no circumstance of unusual inter-
est-no startling criminal cases demanding
official attention, or any astounding legal
problem being presented for solution and
settlement.
There was a lady in the bloodless duel
fought in this vicinity last Sunday, but she
knew nothing of the shooting match until
hostilities had ceased. Females innocently
cause much mischief in this sinful world Of
ours.
Our people have this season suffered
from no great lack of dramatic and musical
entertainments, but have almost forgotten
the exhilarating influence of some sawdust
sports, and the instructive pleasures derived
from opportunities to inspect collections of
wild animals In cages. A change for the
better i'll this respect will accompany the
advent OF milder weather.
A woman at WestGeld, Mass, contribu-
ted to the growth of the town last week by
giving birth to two sons and two daugh-
tiers.
woman not exactly an Angel" was the
ungallant title of a sermon in st. Louis
lately, by the Rev. DR.. Birmingham. What
shall we do with him
a thief was lately caught breaking into
song. He had already got through the first
two bars, when policeman came up and
beat him with a stave. The rest may be
imagined.
A curate having been overhauled by his
bishop for attending ball, the former re-
piled: "My lord, l wore mask" ooh
WE'LL" returned the bishop, "that puts new
face on the affair"
Practical-Hopeful: "Wil breakfast soon
be ready, mamma ?'' Mamma: eyes, my
dear" Hopeful: "Well, papa, you might
say grace just now, to save time"
A German got his dander up the other
day, upon the arrival of a second pair of |
twins, and said to his family physician /:
''Oh you blesse, doctor, it ish peter dat
schtop be boot to desc dings. Vun pair of
squins, dings, is alters recht, but more ash |
dat is plaid oWit, don't it Dat volts de !
matter init me. You know how it ish
myself"
Work on the greenhouses for Andrew |
Gregory, adjoining the old Bank of Tennes- |
see, has been commenced. That will be a |
decided feature on Union street.
a corset is on exhibition at Dubuque, |
Iowa, which has squeezed three females to |
death.
Mr.. Taylor, of Lafayette, thought be
would shear his mules tail. The surgeon |
is assidous in his attentions.
An individual discovered that powder |
fried in lard was good for boils. He tried |
it. The stove cover is in the second story |
now, though most all the rest of the stove |
has been collected. He was deceived in bis |
lard, he says.
A Baltimore lady, who had been exceed
ingly annoyed by boys who rang her door |
bell and then ran away, finally set a trap |
for them By which pail of water was to be |
split upon the next person who rang the
bell. In few minutes her pastor called |
and was baptised, but retired without max
ing a visit.
Tom Scott, the great railroad king, is
called the neutrality-suspicious." railroad
manager.
Utah has two-horse, back-action, self
adjusting, patent-gesring machine for ex-
terminating grasshoppers. Those who have
tried it prefer the grasshoppers.
Three gentlemen from California, who |
were snow-bound, frost-bitten, and nearly
starved on the way, have arrived in Wash
ington. They declare themselves ready to
put head on any man who says "Beauti-
full Snow"
A girl in st. Louis, Mo-, who was study
ing law and intended to practice, was asked
by an envious lawyer if she was not afraid
of losing her reputation. She replied, that
it had never occurred to her that lawyers
had generally any reputation to lose. The
conversation was here terminated.
Imitation lace is more used for trimming |
this season than the real, as it is much more
durable, and not half so expensive.
AN editor in Illinois, having engaged a
new reporter, received the following as his
first effort!
An Interesting Theme.