Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-16
STATE NEWS.

Decatur county has voted IN IA
Vor of q school tax.
David Pully, aged 119 years, died
in Wayne county two weeks ago.
John Bullock, Esq, a prominent
lawyer of Memphis, died in that
city last week.
There will be a convention of the
BARRIERS of Tennessee, at Nashville,
next Friday, 22nd isn't.
Chattanoogians are beginning to
assume city airs. They want street
railroad.
=Lauderdale County Clerk issued
eighteen marriage licenses in Febru-
airy. Slow for leap yearl
The Clerk of the Obion County
Court issued thirty-six marriage IL
censes in February.
They are putting up large Agri-
cultural Implement factory at Frank
lin. Success to the enterprise.
The Dyersburg Progress says Dy-
er county is preparing for the heavi-
est cotton crop since the war. Bet
ter go little slow.
Robertson county-"old Robert
son"-voted down the proposition
to tax the county for school pur-
poses, March I'd.
Thomas Kelsey, Esq, an old citi-
ty, died very suddenly last week, at
his home, aged sixty years.
The McMinnville Neao Era says
the woods around that town are full
Of wild pigeons, and that the sports
men of that place daily bring in
bags full of them.
Jas. A. Warder, at Shelbyville,
accidentally shot himself in the
fleshy part of the thigh last week,
by the explosion of pistol in his
pocket.
f. w. Earnest, conservative, is
reported elected to the Senate from
the first Senatorial district, East
Tennessee, in the place of DIR. Sc
vier, resigned-because he wasn't
elected Speaker!
G. S. McKinney-son of Rev. c..
Mckinney, former pastor of the
Presbyterion church in this city
was lidIIltu at 1llDlGg NCOh Va
two since, to Miss Ada f. Pierson.
A citizen of Henry county pro-
poses to form joint stock company
at Paris, for the manufacture Of
wooden goods. The idea is a good
one. Can't something of the kind
be done at Jackson.
Gen. Geo. Nancy, President of the
Tennessee and Pacific Railroad, is
about to complete his arrangements
to extend his road East, from Leba-
non to Sparta. Success to him.
The Supreme Court of Tennes-
see, which has been in session at
Nashville for more than three
months, adjourned last Tuesday.
The Court will meet in this city
Monday, April 1st.
Rev. II. B. Boude, who has been
pastor Of the Presbyterian church
at Gallatin for some years, has re-
signed, in order to accept the pasto-
rate of the Presbyterian church at
Columbus, Miss.
A. NJ. Bradley, known as "San-
der" of Sumner county, while in an
intoxicated condition, was run over
and killed by train on the Nash
vile and Louisville road last week,
at Richland station.
Col. Geo. S. Golladay, a lawyer of
note, died in Memphis, Feb. 24Lh.-
He was a native Tennesseean born,
we believe in Wilson county, but
resided many years in Mississippi,
where he represented the people in
L1Al h,auchno nf tho Iaorselokuvo
A Baptist minister, named VIM.
Simmons, who resided in Sewer
county, East Tennessee, recently
took poison through mistake-sup-
posing it was wine. He died in
few minutes after.
The Appeal says the transcript
from the Courts of that city, sent
and to be sent to the Supreme
Court which meets here the first
10000 pages of closely written man
uscript. Whewl There's work for
the Judges; and some for the clerk
and his talented young deputy.
The Judges of the Criminal
Courts (not the criminal judges, as
some of our contemporaries have it)
are to meet in Nashville next Mon
day, to confer with reference to the
jury system, and present the result
of their conference to the legisla-
ture.
Judge Robert McF arland-Guber-
Material appointee-and Col. j. B
Cook, of Chattanooga, are spoken
of for the succession to the seat up
on the Supreme Court bench Of this
State, made vacant by Hon. I. A. r.
Nelson's resignation.
The turnpikes in this State played
a very important part in the devel-
opment of the country, and are still
of great local Importance. Tennes-
see has over million and third OF
dollars still invested in stock in
turnpikes, which yielded no appre-
ciable percent of interest to the
Treasury.
Ever alive to all that affects the
people of any portion of our coun-
try, and especially of Madison coun-
ty, we notice that meeting was
held at Bolivar last week, and COM
mittee appointed to apply for a char
ter for railroad from Middleton, in
Hardeman county, to Denmark in
this county.
The Memphis Appeal.
This sterling old democratic pa
per will appear about the middle of