Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-10
STATE NEWS.

The Shelbyville Commercial has
suspended publication.
Loafers about Mckenzie employ
themselves catching files.
Fayetteville is building town
Hall.
a Mrs. Green, in AIaury county,
gave birth to triplets last week.
Brownsville is going to have e
cotton factory.
Gen. Palmer, of Murf1eesboro,
has retired from the race for Con-
gress in the 4th district.
A little boy fell from a third sto-
ny window In Memphis last week,
and was not seriously injured by the
fall.
Maj. w. j. Sykes is in Middle
Tennessee, making speeches In the
interest of the Columbia and Fay
atteville, r. r.
The leading local item in one of
our country exchanges is a touch
ing account of how q venerable bo-
vine got her tail cut off.
The Trenton board of Aldermen
refuse to submit the question Of "a
railroad subscription to the voters
of that town.
The Ripley News enphatically
denies that LauderdaIe county is
opposed to a Congressional conven-
ton.
A couple ofyoung ladies in Maui
ny county killed rattle snake last
week that measured four feet three
inches in length.
The Columbia Herald tells of one
farm in Maury county that yielded
eighty bushels of wheat to the acre,
and one in Lewis county that yiel-
ded ninety-two bushels.
Memphis will have an Industrial
Exposition this fall. The building
is to be erected on the corner Of
Jefferson and Fourth streets. Sue
cess to the enterprise.
The corn viii be so plentiful in
this section, our farmers won't
have room to store it. One man
we learn, intends building a shed
over his field.-DOrer Record.
Armed negroes marched into
Memphis on election day from Pres
ident's Island, headed by fife and
drum, and threatened to either vote
or take the city. They did neither.
We received this week the inni-
tial number OF the Moore County
Pioneer, published at Lynchburg,
Tenn, by Russ 20 Russell. It pre-
sents 9 good appearance, and we
wish it success.
A Miss Nellie Gordon, described
rs a very beautiful and attractive
young lady, died of premature child
birth at Memphis on Monday last.
The name of her seducer is not
known.
Col. VIM. S. McLemore was elect
ed Judge of the Franklin Circuit on
Thursday last. His friends were
jubilant over the result, and made
thewilken ring with shouts speeches
and congratulations.
On Thursday, the LIST, election
day, in the Sd district of Shelby
county, a difficulty occurred be-
tween white man and q negro a.
bout horse trade, which resulted
in free fight and the wounding of
several blacks, two MORALLY.
In Memphis, on Thursday the LIST,
party of drunken negroes fired in
to crowd, chiefly composed of Wo-
men and children, but fortunately
hurt no one: Two of the ruffians
were arrested.
Col. Baker, of the West Tennes-
see Democrat, and Col. ID. p. Thorn
as, a candidate for Congress, had
personal difficulty at Huntingdon
last week. Baker says that tIso
question of muscle remains as yet
unsettled between them. They
ought to try it over by all means.
One day last week, at Hollow
Rock, in Carroll county, Thomas
and Robt. Shafner, cousins, fell out
over a game of cards, and the for
mer was stabbed to the heart by
the latter, and instantly killed.
The murderer escaped.
Lawrence county boasts of ne
gro woman that measures four feet
in height, six feet around the body,
twenty-five inches around the arm
between tho shoulder and elbow,
and weighs five hundred pounds
She is sixty-tive years old.
The Jonesboro Flag tells of an
old man named John Mullins, who
was struck by lightning, and driven
several feet into the earth, and on
being dug up exclaimed, 81 am not
dead but slightly shocked" He is
getting well.
Col. Il. ii. Baker, OF the Hunting
don Democrat, had fearful fight
last week with a discharged prin-
ter. Brickbats, knives, and natures
mauls, held high carnival, bat no.
body was seriously hurt. 1t seems
to require muscle TO edit a paper in
that charming village.
A man by the name of Godforth
was murdered by his brother-in-
law, named Thomas, in Bolivar on
the night of July the 31st. God
forth was q worthless but harmless
fellow, and was addicted to drunken
ness. For this latter offence his
brother-in-law, Thomas, drove him
from home, and on his returning
murdered him.
GENERAL NEWS.
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