Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-21
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Clifton rejoices in draRght-playing.
The summer fights at Chattanooga have
been ended.
The peach crop of Lauderdale county is
promising much.
The fruit crop III Cannon county will be
unusually fine.
A gentlemen in Cannon county recently
killed forty rats in one day.
Pipe-laying for the new waterworks at
Memphis has been commenced.
Burglars entered E. Rosenfeld's store,
MurfreesborO, Sunday night.
Prof. R. B. Mclean of Salem Masonic
Male and Female Institute, died June l3.
A young lady of MurfreesbOro received
box. She opened it and saw asnake there.
The Olive Branch Hotel, Ripley, lost
silver spoons by the visit Of circus men.
A Memphis Charlie few nights since
captured a female in male attire she has re-
tired.
Tie Ripley Nelcs speaks of two twins in
Lauderdale county vino were born in differ
ent years.
Waynesboro wants a new jail or the
present one repaired for fear of prisoners
being drowned by the rain.
Frank Dsner, of WaynesbOro, has sold
his two wolves, Anthony and Dolly Warden
to Thomas Douglas, of Columbia.
The Masonic Hall and church at Waynes-
boro, which was damaged by the storm
April s, is being repaired.
The bridge of the Edge6eld and Kentucky
Railroad over Red River near Forts sta
ton, Robertson county, is being repaired.
Patrick Mccarthy of Memphis, Tuesday
last was accidentally shot in the foot by
policeman Cogbin while attempting to kill
mad dog.
Marshal Howell of Chattanooga, is to be
tried upon charges preferred by the City
Council of that place at 8 o'clock this after
noon.
Thursday night week the saw mill and
Out-houses thereto of VIM. Paisley, eleven
miles from Murfreesboro were burned-loss
S $4,000.
The Rutherford county cotton crop is
looking well. The corn crop is not 50 well,
much replsnting having been done. The
oat crop Is light.
Tuesday, Mr.. Jones had the wrist joint
of his righL arm severely cut by fragment
of stone from the chisel of workman on
the eustomhouse at Knoxville.
Gen. J. B. Palmer has addressed letter
30 the Democratic Executive Committee of
Rutherford county accepting their invita-
ton to become candidate for Congress
f'om that district.
The Turner'S of Knoxville viii attend
the Grand Turn-Bezirk, commencing June
"A, at Chattanooga. Nashville, Memphis
and Atlanta viii also be represented, and
Chattanooga be turned up in lively way.
The laborers at the gO7ernment quarry
near Knoxville, were precipitated into the
river and slightly injured last Tuesday, by
the unexpected falling of large rock on
which they were standing, preparing to
move tit moved, they followed.
The proposition 10 subscribe $4,000 to
the capital stock of the Paducah and Mem
phis railroad will be submitted to the peO-
pie of Dyersburg July 6. The right of way
for this road has been secured between
Covington and Ripley.
a petition has been fled in the ChsneerY
Court al Manchester, asking that the Chan
cellor the second Monday in August to
grant charter for a Railroad beginning at
Woodbury. and running through the county
of Cannon; via Bradyvlle, Beech Groove
in Coffee county to either Of two points
Wartrace or Bel Ruckle-on the Nashville
and CHATTANOOGA Railroad.