Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-05-11
STATE NEWS.

Wiley J. Ussery has been appoint
cd Jailor of Bedford county.
The Odd-Fellows of Dyer county
had n celebration at Friendship,
April 26th.
The Dyersburg Gazette says the
fruit crop in all that region is very
promising.
The Tobacco Fair is to be held at
Clarksville, Thursday, June 18TH
1t will be a grand affair.
The Athens Post says about eve
ry fourth man in Chattanooga is
named for Congress.
We learn from the Upton Record
that caterpillars are doing q good
deal of mischief in Upton county.
Mr.. Hop. Carter, one of the old
est citizens of Gibson county, aged
eighty-two years, died at his home
near Shiloh Church, last week.
Shade Westmoreland was shot
and killed in Hamilton county
couple of weeks ago, by VIM. EN-
lin. A woman in the case.
Union School house, familiarity
known rs Reddick's, in Sumner
county, was destroyed by fire last
week.
w. l.. Jenkins, an impccunious
and drunken printer in Memphis
shooting in the head.
The residence, kitchen and smoke
house of f. A. Colley, of Obion
county, was destroyed by fire last
week.
Hon. Ed. |. Golladay is announced
as candidate for reelection to
Congrass from the Nashville dis
trict.
The Exposition vt Nashville-now
in full blast-is perfect success -
The people from far and near are at-
tending 1t in vast numbers.
Col. Leon Treusdale, of Memphis,
has been invited to address the
Alumni of the University of East
Tennessee, at Knoxville, on the 10th
of June.
DIR. S. ID. Owens, who represent
cd Gibson county in the last legisla-
ture, died at his residence, near Ea-
ton, last Monday week, aged fifty
nine years.
The Union City Courier says that
Messrs. Beck ~ Shotlner are max
ing arrangements to rebuild their
steam planning mill, burned a week
or two ago. -
The corn crib Of w. w. Wick.
South of Cumberland river al
@Clarksville, was burned last week.
The work of an incendiary, says the
Chronicle.
The Gallatin Examiner, in MOTTO
ing that a contemporary had nomi-
mated Humphrey Bate, of Upton,
for Governor, pays him high COM
pliment, but says not Ro'o.
The corner stone of the new Meth
odist Publishing house in Nashville.
was laid Thursday, with imposing
ceremonies by the Bishops of that
denomination.
III. NJ. Doak, editor Of the Clarks-
willie Tobacco Leaf, positively but
respectfully declines to become a
candidate for the legislature for
Montgomery county. His head is
all right.
The Caterpillars are very destruc-
tive upon forest trees in Shelby,
Upton and Lauderdale counties,
and across the river from Memphis
they are destroying the forests to
an alarming extent.
The Ripley NelcS, of the 2d, saws
the residence of Mrs. Sampson, one
and half miles from town, on the
Bryant's ferry road, was DESTROYED
by fire carly 1hat morning.
We leaih from the Marshall Ga.
zeft6 that q.d uncle Billy Ewing
whom we have kncwn for thirty
years-tlied at his home four miles
NoFth OF Eewfsbafgs last week, at
the age Of eighty-seven.
A private letter from friend in
Mppiir East Tennessee, to the editor
oil the Athens Post SAYS; ANDREW
Johnson emphaticaliy condemns the
proposition that the democracy
shall support the Cincinnati nomi-
nation" What has he TO do with
the democracy?
The Dyersburg Progress says
Gen. L. II. Bell, living near New
bern, has trees on his farm from
which he can get fifteen ten foot
rail cuts and has already cut down
a number of such.
The tobacco barn of L. I. Cook,
on the South side of cumberland
river, near GAINESVILLE, was struck
by lightning week or two ago, and
totally destroyed by fire. Ills loss
is heavy, as his entire crop of tobac-
co was in the barn.
The extension of the Mississippi
Central railroad from jackson 10
Cairo, direct, is now certain thing.
The Surveyors will soon make To-
cation of tho route, and t1sH work
will be commenced at o. G, and
pushed 70 an early con- elton :
within rise year 1872.
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