Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-01-12
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Col. Dunaway was elected mayor Of
jackson, on the Sth inst,
There were 168 marriage licenses issued
in McMinn county last year. -
Pat. Murphy is under arrest at Memphis
on charge of seutthug the steam tug r.
]. Ripout.
In Giles county, six candidates for Tax
Collector are announced, two for Sheriff,
and two for County Trustee. ---
On the night of the 7th inst. the jewelry
store Of Geo. r. Martin, Winchester, was
entereo by burgulars, and jewelry to the
amount of about $225 was stolen.
JOHN Gardener was killed on the Sth inst.
while chOpping in the woods about six
miles from Knoxville. A lodged tree rolled
from the stump on which it rested, and fell
on him killing him instantly.
On the 9th inst. Jerry Jones shot Quill
Stellman with an army pistol. The diff
cult took place near Fayetteville. There
was woman at the bottom of it, Ofcourse.
Jones escaped and has not yet been arrest
William Howard recently eloped with
his sister-in-laW, Sarah Read. Both were
residents of Huitia, Blount county. Sarah
was a wieow, and William leaves a wife
and farge lamily of children. ''Bevare of
the yidders." --. e. .......
Larry Flynn was dangerously stabbed by
man named Daniel Wilson, in Memphis
ON the 9th inst. Daniel was beating a
horse in a manner of which Larry did not
approve; hence the row. Larry remOn-
strated with Wilson, a fight arose, and Viii
son stabbed his antagonist. Wilson is un-
der arrest.
Joseph Haynes, the married man who
elOped with young lady from Knoxville
las. Tuesday was arrested at Lynchburg,
Va, on the following day, at the request
of the girls friends Haynes was released
and Immediately left for ports unknown.
The ruined girl was detained till herfriends
arrived to take her home.
A Knoxville paper says: The thirst for
Office still RACES. An Alderman elect, who
is ''boss" in machine shop, is besiegad by
an almost endless thrOng OF applicants for
police positions. So great is the press that
he finds it almost impossible to prosecute
his business. Five or six gather around
him at one time, and one gives him pinch
on the leg or arms, which signifies SCORE
to one side" No sooner is this through
than the pinching operation is renewed by
q rival candidate, and so on ad intinitum-
poor man!
A theving darkey was nicely trapped in
Memphis on the 9th inst. His capture is
thus described by the appeal He went
into an alley leading off Court street, spied
the window of pantry opened, pOked his
arm in and felt around on the shelves for
what ever might | e portable. He found
sOmething-a steel-trap-but jerked his
hovI hoo r,rYinlylrr rrfb fhn hnCtu thai
the support Of the window sash was knock
ed down, and there he was-his fiipper fast
inside the pantry with the teeth of four
pound steel-trap biting through his fingers.
His hOWls brought the family, and the
tender-hearted folks, thinking he had been
punished sufficiently, released him from his
predicament and sent him of on the bO1'td
from vigorously-dealt kick IN the rear.
The Memphis Appeai. .Of the 10th has -
following: Ten or twelve days ago W.
Sewer, of A Monroe street, hired -
to work for him. The negro goo dray %
drive, and the first load he got-three h.i-s
OF cottOn-he appropriated lie OICU it
the cotton to some dealer and sOldit che z,
and then disappeared. He was captured a
few DAYS ago in Chattanooga, s.sld was 9n
his way here in charge of the city marshal
of Chattanooga, when he escaped at Ger.
mantown and walked into the city. Last
night Sergeant Weatherford, being apprised
of the presence of the colored thief in tbe
ciGy, took posse Of police to the house of
a negro named Coleman Thomas, a. the
corner of Madison and Desoto streets, and
found Floyd luminous, the negro, In bed
there. He had two knives on his person,
which he attempted to use, but failed. He
said, at the stationhouse, that the marshal
was asleep when lie escaped at German
town.