Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-10-08
TENNESSEE NEWS.

De Castro was last week amusing and
amazing the people Of Gall.tin.
The Woodruff woman is among the &C.
lebrities soon expected al Memphis.
A man named Nunly was shot and killed
by VIM. Wall, last Friday, near LaGrange.
A Memphis jury has awarded Thomas
McCarty 81, 800 for falling into ditch in
1866.
DR.. G. D. johnson, well known Mem
phis druggist, has been stricken with par
alysis, and is in critical situation.
Pryor Lee Rodgers, cashier of the Knox
vile Bank, died Of erysipalas, at Tate's
Springs, on the All inst, in the 42d year OF
his age.
Several famous trotters are going TO
Memphis from the North to contend for
the one thousand dollar purse at the COM
ing Fair.
Milus Campbell, a colored school teacher,
in Maury county, has been arrested on a
charge of forgery, on affidavit of the County
Superintendent.
Citizens of Gallatin have given $4,000
towards the rebuilding Of the cotton factO-
~ lately destroyed by fire in that place, and
| il is expected that the work Of reconstruc-
| ton will soon be commenced.
Arrangements for leasing Tate's springs
| by party Of capitalists have been cOnsum-
mated, ard they take possession in a short
time. Col. Sam. Tate and Gen. West, Of
| Memphis, are in the company.
The Mckenzie Times says it is currently
reported there that ex-Revenue Collector
Frank Travis, Of the It'll district, is a de-
| faulter 10 the government to the tune of
| $4,000, and that he has fed to parts I'M
| known.
Gen. A. w. Campbell, Of Jackson, has
been selected by the Masonic Grand Lodge
Of the State to deliver before that body, at
| its next annual meeting in Nashville, q
| funeral Grafton on the death of Col. VIM.
| NJ. Dunnawsy, the late Grand Master.
The case of DIR. Hinson, charged with
the cruel treatment of the little girl, Eliza
Boyd, whom he had adopted, is being tried
! in the Criminal Court at Memphis, and
creates considerable interest. The testi-
mony is in some respects extremely revolt
| inc, and that of one or two witnesses ia
| particular is the subject Of considerable re-
mark.
Richard Bradshaw, Esq, died on the 3D.
\ inst, at his residence in Jefferson county,
Tenn, few miles from Messy creek. He
was in the 18th year of his age. He was a
I
and was highly esteemed for his many vir.
tues. SIR. Bradshaw was soldier under
Gen. jackson, in the war of 1872. He was
! q member of the convention to revise and
| amend the Constitution Of the State Of
Tennessee, which met in Nashville in 1884
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THERE is man well known in New
! ! oFk, who, some years ago, was bold and
| intrepid fireman. In the days of the Vol
unteer Fire Department, Ne was foreman Of
a famous engine company, known as the
'sAmeTicus.' When the alarm bell SCUM
ded, this man was always first to spring to
the scene of danger, and the form0st in
struggling to subdue the flames. He Obeyed
the call by day or night, in storm or sun
shine, whatever might be the business
he was engaged in.s Outlines hi:
trumpet woke the slumberiBg Citizens
and when they reached tGeir win
dows they could see him, in his
red shirt and freman's hat rushing through
the street at the head of his engine, reck
less of fatigue or danger, and eager only Il
save the lives and property of his imperile(
fellow citizens. Outlines has ne rescued /
a poor woman from flames by leaping int
them himself Outlines has he rushed III
ladder to the fourth or fifth story window
and saved a child's life at the risk of hi
own. His deeds made hin the hero of tn
town, and his name--oh, his name It wa:
Boss Tweed.-the monumental thief ofth
nineteenth century.