Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-25

Railroad with the Great Eastern and East
St. Louis Railway, the city council Of
Evansville by s TO l, at meeting on Mon
day night last, voted for the proposition.
We hear of several of our citizens who
leave here to-day for the Red Sulphur
Springs in Macon county.
Another new hotel is still talked of.
Will it be built is the question.
The Irish potatoes this season are the
largest ever seen in this market.
Not laugh was heard, nor Joyous note,
As our friend to the bridal we hurriedj
Not wit discharged his farewell shot,
AS the bachelor went to be married.
We married him quietly to save his fright,
Our heads from the sad sight turning;
And we sighed as we stood by the lamps dim
light,
To think he was not more discerning.
Few and short were the words that we said,
Though of wine and cake partaking;
We escorted him home from the scene of dread,
While his knees were awfully shaking.
Slowly and sadly we marched him down
From the first to the lOwerm0st story;
And we never have heard or seen the poor man
Whom we left alone in his glory.
Corn field snaps are now all the 60
among epieureS. rEE7EH
erday, and If there were any indications
OF snow it could not be proved by Bob
Ellis.
Will we have Theatre this Fall, is
question: again being agitated. We hope so.
The new building adjoining the City
Hotel block, erected by d. f. Carter for B.
II. Cooke & Co., is receiving the finishing
touches, and We believe is the handsomest
business house in the city.
The grand Calico Ball at Beersheba
takes place tonight.
Let us hope the Board of Common
Council, at the meeting tonight, will COZ
cur with the Board of Aldermen in grant
ing the right-of-Way across the square to the
Edgefeld street railroad. We will then
have a close connection with all the roads,
leading one mile and half to South Nash
vile, the same distance to West and North
Nashville, and about the same distance in
Edgefield on the East. ..t-e &
- Barnum's big show has thus far failed
to honor us with visit. If he should drop
in here we might prevail on the Edgefeld
Street Railroad Company to issue half fare
tickets.
= The blackberry pickers are still follow
ing their business up closely, and large
quantities still coming in. Tbs has been q
good season for this fruit.
The beautiful lilies which have re-
Gently made their appearance in Shelby's
pond, Edgefeld, and which have been 50
much admired, are Of accidental growth.
A gentleman walking through that section
about year ago having come seed in his
pocket, threw into the pond, and hence this
magnifc INT p'ant.
= Our mlllers and pork packers seem
just now to hold the key, judging from their
immense trade.
= The sidewalks on Main street, Edge
field, are being graded.
1t is generally believed that all the
country dealers trading in this market will
be able to square accounts in full this fall,
in consequence of the bountiful crops.
- Within the last few days the Southern
Axe Handle Factory Of this city, have ship
ped large quantities of spokes and hubs to
Boston.
- Our -four mills are running day and
night.
= There were no fires yesterday from
spontaneous combustion, but it was hot
enough to have several.
- The South Nashville street cars are at
the Decatur depot upon the arrival of every
train, and always come down town crowded.
Business is business.
: On with the street railroads to the race
course and Watkins park enterprises that
will pay.
Boilers for rolling mill are being
built by Wood q Simpson for Chatta noo-
ga rolling mill.
Five thousand dollars spent annually
for twenty years on Watkins Park will
make it desirable place. In that time
Nashville is expected to have population
Of 100000, and will want park. IL
An old bachelor who had become mel
ancholy and poetical wrote some verses for
the village paper, in which he expressed the
hope that the time would soon come when
he should
-"Rest calmly within q shroud,
With weeping willow b. my side"
But to his indispensable horror it came out
nprint,
''When shall rest calmly within shawl
With a weeping widow by my side" ..
An Irish editor at the West mildly
wishes for ''hundred and sixty acre lot of
Spitzbergen frigidity, and an icegemmed
grotto in the basement story of the Aurora
Borealis."
A Georgia man has bet forty dollars
that he can eat seven pounds of beef at one
meal. A $40 coffin would be 'sbeef"-
lifting vehicle for his conveyance home in
case he succeeds.
"A Wisconsin editor speaks of wind
which ':just sat on its hind legs and howl
ed" H
"A Peoria dentist announces that he ex-
tracts teeth with great pains. Most dentists
do. stF 81
A striking moustache at Saratoga is thus
described: 1t is one of those formidable
hirsute appendages that instantly overcome
young ladies, and in twinkling awes civil
lization in general. In dimensions it is ten
inches over all, and two inches breadth of
beam. The design is simply ferocious, and
frightens little children, who flee in terror
at the first glance at it, and cling to their
nurses for protection. In architectural de-
sign il is peculiar and quite original, and
the extremities are unwaxed and persuaded
to point forward like claws of the amiable
lobster.
An individual who was at the Boston
jubilee was taken with the horrors. Hear
him:
"Tell me, We raw east winds |
That in this region roar,
Do ye know some calm spot
Where people sing no more?
Some quiet little place,
Some village in the West,
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