Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-07
TENNESSEE NEWS.

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7. L. helms was elected Mayor of Bristol
on the LIST inst.
The anti-tobacco movement in East Ten
nessee is rapidly gaining strength -.
In the vicinity of Middleton wheat is said
TO be very promising, as Is, also, the fruit
crop.
Meningitis has disappeared from Mem
phis and agle is now the prevailing
malady.
The fruit crop in West Tennessee is now
considered QUITO danger, and bids fair for
good yield.
The Memphis EUening Register has sus-
pended publication. 1t proposes to resume
on the LIST of July.
The ladies of Huntington propose hold
ing a fair for the benefit of the male and
female college at that place. "a
Col. ]. B. Nicklin, at Chattanooga, has
an infant prodigy of bull pup, who plays
on the guitar and dances jgs.
Chicken fighting has been greatly digni-
fed by recent occurrences at Memphis, and
it is now spoken of there as one of the fine
arts.
DIR. Cameron, who killed Bennett Jones
at Memphis, for the alleged seduction Of
his wife, has been admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
shipped, during the month of April, for
Southern points, nearly four thousand car
loads of freight.
j. Wilson, a deaf and dumb man, was
killed on the I'd inst. by being run over by
train on the Memphis and Louisville road,
near Henry's station.
An application has already gone forward
to Horace Greeley for the Chattanooga
postofiee. There's nothing like business,
unless it is taking time by the forelock.
Last Thursday night a thief or thieves
entered the residence of A. Rosenburg, at
Jackson, and stole a gold watch worth $135,
S134 in greenback, and $34 in city scrip.
A large number of persons daily pass
through Chattanooga, returning to their
homes in the North, from Southern Geor-
gia and Florida, where they have been
spending the winter months.
The dwelling house of Mr.. John Jones,
together with the kitchen and smokehouse,
on Clinch river, near Monger's Island, in
Roane county, were entirely destroyed by
fire, on Friday evening, the 10Th ult.
There are in Memphis, as shown in Ed
wards Directory: Smiths, one hundred
and thirty-six: Johnsons, one hundred;
Joneses, one hundred and sixteen; Browns,
eighty-four; Williamsons, eighty-six.
According to the design furnished by the
architect, Mr.. A. B. Mullett, the Custom
house at Knoxville is to be beautiful and
imposing structure, three stories high an
about the largest building in the city.
A sad accident occurred on Friday, on
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, near
Sardis, in the killing of Mr.. j. NJ. Stewart,
conductor on the construction. He was
one of the most popular men in the COM
pany's employ.
A sensible correspondent in the Chatta-
nooga Times urges the young men of that
city to join the Sons of Temperance and
the Mechanics Building and Loan AssOcia-
ton, and lay up their surplus money (which
would otherwise be wasted.
The Roane Iron Company, stimulated
| by the great advance in the price of iron
and the prospect of a continued demand,
have commenced the foundations for a new
blast furnace with capacity of twenty-five
tons daily, at lockwood. 1t will probably
be completed by fall.
At about l o'clock Sunday morning, a
large fire, as Of burning buildings, was dis
| covered on Lookout Mountain, near the
location of the Institute. Fears were en-
tertained in Chattanooga that the buildings
were consumed, but no intelligence of ac-
curacy could be elected.
At Memphis few days ago, John W.
Graham, Esq, found it necessary, as he
| thought, to give DR.. r. L. Lasld a cowhid-
ing. An alleged insult by the man of med
| icine to a relative of Mr.. Graham's was
| the cause. The Doctor took his dose with
commendable fortitude.
The First Congregational Church at
! Chattanooga was dedicated last Sunday,
the services being conducted by Rev. j. A.
Thorne. The building was commenced
last July, and has just been completed.
The house in its general construction is one
OF the most beautiful In the city.l
The dwelling house of Mr.. G. MeCorkle,
at Knoxville, was destroyed by fire last
Saturday. The origin of the fire is attIib-
utable to the carelessness of a servant girl
| occupying room in the second story of the
! ell of the house, who went to sleep leaving
lighted candle on the floor near the mat
tress on which she slept. The house con-
sumed was owned by w. A. Henderson,
Esq, and was fully insured in the Hartford
| Insurance Company. Mr.. McCorkle also
was insured to the amount of 81 900, which
it is thought will about cover bis losses.
The Governor of Kentucky has offered
a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension of
the parties to the late bank robbery and
murder of the cashier, r. A. G. Martin, at
Columbia, Ky. This amount, added to
that offered by the bank and the family Of
Mr.. Martin, make the whole reward offered
for the five murderers $500, or 1900 fOI
the capture of any one of them. 1t was
one of the boldest and most desperate raids
on record, and the nature Of the crime JUS
titles this high reward. The murdererE
were travelling in the direction of the north
eastern counties of East Tennessee wher
last seen, and it has been supposed thai
they were making for Lincoln county il
this State.