Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-19
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Several mad dogs have been killed IN |
Bedford county during the past week. 4
Col. John T. Hogan has been appointed |
city attorney for Jackson, vice Lawrence |
Talbot, Esq, resigned.
The Episcopal Congregation at IrentOh |
have purchased the old Methodist Churcn
in that place, and win refit 1t for their own
use. .C
Col. M. C. Page, former citizen of Chat
tanooga, has been appointed by the Fresi-
dent Attorney General Of Montana Terri
tory. ...
Joseph Green, one Of the Oldest citizens
of bedford, and a soldier in the war OF 1872,
died at his residence some four miles from
Shelbyvine few day ago.
James White, of Hawkins county, an
nounces himself as candidate to represent
the second district in the Senatorial Draneh
of the next Legislature.
The Ripley Ne,gs says: "Mosquitoes,
caterpiIlars and buffalo gnats have combined
against the happiness and comfort OF the
rest of creation in this country"
The safe Of the Memphis Chief Of Police,
was broken open by thieves a few nights
AGO. and the imprisoned watches, burglars
tools and likenesses, money, jewelry carried
of.
The Bedford County Monumental As
sociation have selected Thursday, May 70,
"a the time to decorate the graves OF the
Confederate dead, at Shelbyville, with flow
ers and evergreens.
Joseph G. Williams, Esq, very estIIn-
able citizen, one Of the Trustees OF La
Grange Female College, and a gentleman
universally respected by all, died suddenly
at that place on the 18th inst.
The extension of the Mississippi Central
Railroad to Cairo, starts out directly from
Jackson, and running by Milan, ten or t1t-
teen miles east of Humboldt, will connect
with Cairo. This road will be built and
put in running order in one year.
The Board of School Visitors, at Mem
mis-, contemplate reduction of the sal
sries of the teachers of the public schools
The Visitors could hardly fall upon any
more certain means of infiicting injury up
on the children to be educated.
Mr.. Robert, of New Y ork, the proprietor
of the Educational Institute on Lookout
Mountain, has decided to close the school a
the close of the present academic year II
June. sell the property, and transfer tn
proceeds to ''Robert College," at Constan
tinople.
Following the caterpillar, which destroy
ed the fruit prospect IN west tennessee
farmers have now another plague to conten
with. the black locust. 1t is reported i
swarms throughout the interior, and ther
is much apprehension of further seuou
damage to vegetation.
A Committee of Kentuckians from Nj
Sterling is in Cincinnati urging as propt
route for the Cincinnati road, the road VI
Cumberland Gap to Morristown, with
stem from Payne's Ola miles from Pari:
IN Knoxville. A committee has been al
poiuted by Cincinnati TO examine Il
road.
saturday morning, May II, a portion
the t2sstle work across Wolf river bettoI
a shsFf distance from Moscow on the Son
eryile branch road, gave way as the ira
was passing over it in the direction
Nembhis. Fortunately no one was hu
and no great damage done to the train.
was a remarkable escape on the part OF .
passengers. :,
The Rome Commercial says that n
Ru inside, of the North and South Road, b
received official information from &c
Smith that he viii indorse the Slate a
bonds given to this road. This ensures
success. This road extends from Colul
~ bus, Ga, via Rome to Chattanooga
H. The Mobile and Ohio Company runs I
Alabama and Chattanooga Road 10 BIZ
inn1aul anu ATGHs NDlAOsN oSiA4 AAAhAAe-5~S
Tepnesse end. Judge Busteed's court
now in session at Montgomery and 1t
probable that some definite and final
rsngement will be made soon.
Mr.. John Horton, who lives SIX mil
from Chattanooga, had desperate nigh
few DAYS AGO with brutal negro employ
oS his farm. The negro attacked Mr.. ID
ton with hoe, but the latter succeeded
Crasninc the hoe with the left band
Took his pocket-knive ont with the OIL
and emit the assailant in three different plaC
One of the wounds is in the a6dom
which, it is thought, win prove fatal.
Among the resolutions adopted at
cent meeting of citizens at Memphis
consider official abuses as shown by the
port of the Grand Jury, was one to the
fectthat the Legislature be requested
abolish one Of the Chancery and one OF
Circuit Courts of Shelby county, in OF
that the taxation and expenses Of the
pIe NAV be reduced. Another resolui
adopted was to the effect that the Leg
t1re be requested to submit to the pc
fine question of calling a convention to
fer. reform or abolish the present const
ton of the State, in pursuance of sec
of article eleventh of the constitution.
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