Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-06
OUR COLUMBIA CORBESPOE.
DENCE.
CRIMINAL COURT.

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Friedman, ofyour city, sentenced for Life
w. Fl. Wright, white, larceny, years.
Jordan Kiddey, white, horse stealing, i
years.
John P. Smith, white, larceny, years.
Isam Harris, colored, lsrcsny, years.
10 Armstrong alias Rev. Nath&nie
Cheers, colored, obtaining goods under falls
preteDses, years.
The following named pepsons still renal
at the "LATTA HOUSE"
aud win be tried at our next Crimins
Court, viz:
Whiies-G. W. Young. horse stealing
E. E. Gordon, horse stealing; George JACK
son, Elias ). Houston, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
C0lOred-Play Gordon, plsYing Ku
Kiuxs, Jno. Byers, racing, Miles Camp
DELL, forgery, Wilson Cranberry, larceny
Dick Csin, assault and battery, with intent
to kill; James D lniel, arson; Willis Web
ster, malicious slabbing; Wiley Evans, as
sault and battery, also laeeny; Sam Mithell
malicious stabbing; Robert Sykes, lars eny
There are two others in Ill as lunatics
Davy Pinion and Ike Hough. We went
through the entire Jail, aud we can say
without fear of contradiction, that Bill Lat
t., the jailor, keeps the best jail we were
ever in, the prisoners speak in the highest
terms Of him as jlilor; they have plenty
Of grub aud the wsrmest OF bed clothing.
PRISONERS SPEECH.
We were in he court room last
week when Jo Armstrong alias Rev. Ma.
thauiel Cheers, (col.) was convicted,
and sentenced to the Penitentiary. Judge
McLemore after sentencing him, asked
the Reverend gentleman if he had anything
to say why he should not be sentenced, he
ross and said: 81 will go to the Tennes-
see prison, but will remain there but two
hours, as the Governor of Alabama would
send pardon to him, and would then be
transferred to the Texas prison, where lie
owed five years, and that then be would be
released from that prison by his Colonel OF
the United States army, as ne was a deser-
ter" Judge McLemore told him to stop
lis talk, and then tod Sims Latta, our
Sheriff, to take tbs prisoner TO the Peniten-
ti2ry st his earliest convenience.
CHANCEBY COURT
has adjourned again this week, as all Of our
lawyers are attending the Supreme Court
in your city, but viii commence next Mon
day Without fan.
HUB AND SPOKE FACTORY.
We are informed that MIR. Frank Il.
Lombard, an experienced mechanic of our
city, aud Mr.. Frank Smith, also of our city,
will in & short time start in our city, a fac
tory to manufacture hubs, sp0kes, fellows
and in fact everything that can be turned
from wood. We wish them success. Hur-
rah for this factory and the Duck River Val
ley Narrow gOuge Railroad!
ASA JOHNSON, (CoL,)
was tried last week in the Criminal Court
for the killing of another negro, who was
too intimate with his (JOhnson's) wife. He
plead guilty, and the jury sentenced him TO
two years in the PeniIenliary, but at the
same time of rendering the verdict and be-
fore leaving the courtroom, said that on
account Of johnson bearing such a good
character, they would sign a petition to the
Governor for his release. The petition was
ON yesterday signed by the jurors who con-
victed, by over three hundred white citizens,
aud BY the entire church which Johnson
was member Of. If it had bsen necesss-
~, every man, woman and child in our city
would have signed l.. Gen. w. q. Whit
thorne, Hon. James 81. Thomas and Maj.
Frank q. Huntington will present in person
the petition TO Gov. Brown to-day for Asa
Johnson's pardon.
FURNACE,
The Methodist Church Ia our city have
done away with the stoves and have now
their church heated with a furnace. Mr..
w. L. Murphy, of our city, put the job up
and subscribed largely to the same. Mr..
Joseph A. Walter, a member Of the church,
got the subscription up and deserves the
thanks Of The whole church. The furnace
cost several hundred dollars. We under
stand the First Presbyterian Church Of this
city will soon be heated up by Furnaces.
We imagine the Duck River Valley Rail.
road is doing all this.
EPH. E. ERWIN,
the good-lOoking, polite and accommodate
ing clerk in the PUst0ffice st this place, is
still retained by our clever Postmaster,
James Baird. So "that is what's the mat
Ter with Hannah" Long may Eph. be
clerk, so says every one in our city, and
James Bald the Postmaster.
FRANK AYDoLETTE,
an old "typo," was defeated for policeman,
but be says he is not on the defeat "FOrth
a cent" Hs has gone into the oyster BUSH
ness, and heresf-er he can be found st
Black Thompson's "Alhambra Saloon,"
where he will serve oysters up in any way
that person may wish them.
UNCLE TOMMIE DOUGLASS,
Of the sold Reliable" omnibus, says that
now he is "All setting" aud that "Bee and
Dutch" his two horses, are perfectly well,
and that dead head seat is waiting for the
UNION AND AMERICAN whenever you visit
our city. He says that be never wants to
drive an oxen to 8 whee harrow again. We
are glad to say that the disease has ceased
N our city. Mayes & Dodson's, and Nc
GsW's livery stables are now open, and are
using their horses. We hope PupurGhde-
nay never again Ee In our city,
nor Barnum either.
THANKSGIVING DINNER
1t the Edssll House, in this city, was the
pest ever gotten up at that house. We
speak Knowingly, as we went for little Of
everything on the table. Long may Capt.
Edsall live to have such dinners, and We to
Dartake of them, for ne always remembers
Is on holidays.
BUCK HORNS.
Yesterday, Mr.. Thomas Harris, OF Mt.
Pleasant of this county, left in our care
pair of horns, TO be sent to You; will send
hem to- morrow morning in care Of Mr..
Joseph Jacobs, the kind AID oblginS bag
.age master OF the accommodation tain.
Tom says put them up over your editorial
able, and whenever you look at them,
.hink of his missing thumb that he shot on
when he killed the buck that once wore the
said horns, and says if you know where
he ssgoodnine Wenleth" and should you
ever go there, please look for bis missing
hllrlb.
COTTON.
Lipscomb Bros, of our city have pur-
chased since last Wednesday 200 bales OF
cotton. The farmers are now bringing
heir cotton into our city as they are over
heir skeer about the ''up the snootic-
horse disease"
MARRIAGES.
Licenses have been issued to the follow
ng persons by the County Court Clerk
since last Wednesday.
Nj, S. Rankin and S. L. Morris.
VIM. Mccoy and Mary NJ. Spencer.
Z. Edward Stewart and Mary e. Jami-
son.
G. T. Mitchell and Mamie 2. Parks.
DEER HUNT.
Major Arch Lipscomb, Maj. Bowen, and
Bob. (Black) Frlsrson were down in Law
renee county last week on dee- hunt, and
while there killed three deers, and one was
skew-ball, one wolf, six o'possums, six