Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-30

Chattanooga now wants park.
What nextE
The Waynesboro ReUietc reports
the wheat crop in that county as
remarkably promising.
They are discussing the subject of
narrow gauge road between Muir
freesboro and Woodbury..
The Murfreesboro Nelcs reports
the prospect for fruit as being very
good in Rutherford county.
The Depot at Forts station, in
Robertson county, on the Edgefield
and Kentucky railroad, was destroy
ed by fire last week. -
j. b. Kimbro, Pesident of the
First National Bank at Murfreesboro
died at his residence near that place
last week.
The Lincoln county Netos chroni-
cles the death near Lynchburg,
Lincoln county, last week, OF Jas
per Smith, at the age sc years.
DIR. Goshorn, the absquatulating
Post Master at Dyersburg, is now
in Jail at Memphis. His defalcation
nearly $4,000.
The Waynesboro ReUiet0 calls
for a meeting at WaynesborO next
Monday to organize an Agricultural
and Mechanical Association.
A mad dog was loose in Coving-
ton last week, and bit number Of
dogs. They ought all to be killed
on suspicion.
The corner stone of new EpiscO-
pal Church-to be known as est.
Barnabas'-has been laid at Tulla-
homa.
Gov. Brown gave the members of
the.tWo houses of the legislature a
banquet at the Maxwell house,
Thursday night.
The second Congressional district,
as at present, consists of a demo-
cratic majority of between 1000 and
5000. Horace Maynard will hardly
be reelected.
Mr.. Du Bose, Senator from Men,
phis, declared in his place in the
Senate the other day, that there
wasn't strictly democratic paper
in Memphis"
Col. Charles Hill, of Upton cOun-
ty, was in Memphis last week, Oh
business and was stricken with par
alysis, and it is thought he will not
recover.
a slate quarry has been found,
and is being opened for work, near
Carter's depot, Carter county, on
the East Tennessee and Virginia
railroad.
Barton and Taylor, the two Ex-
press robbers, who robbed the train
at Union City last fall, confessed
Their participation last week, in
Memphis, and were sentenced to
five years each in the penitentiary.
The Appeal says: In 1910 Men,
phis had no existence. In 1920 she
was credited with a population of
364; in 1880, 5,64S; in 1910, 14,72f; in
1850, 81, 1857; in 1860, 1902 and 1870,
1851.
Mr.. Samuel Russell, a son of Mr..
Russull, proprietor of the Thomp-
son House, at Paris, came to his
instant death, by the explosion of
his gun, while out hunting birds,
last Thursday, 2lst inst.
George Simpson, who recently
murdered and robbed Joseph Ma
son, of GreenYille, was killed at
Morristown, by person attempt
ing to arrest him, March 18th.
Mrs Eglentine Cole, who resides
at Oak Hill, Lincoln county, is
eighty seven years old; she had ten
children, one hundred and twelve
grand children, and one hundred
great grand children. She is now
blind.
The grocery and produce house
of Cyrus Norman at Shelbyville,
was robbed and fired OH the morn
ing of the 21st, and a young man
named. Mike Murfree was murdered,
his head being found in the cellar
below where his bed stood.
The Democratic Central Commit
tee of Tennessee met at Nashville
day before yesterday. The business
before it was probably to call 4
State Convention, and probably TO
arrange the plan of campaign for
the Presidency.
A fatal afiray occurred near Dis
cons Springs in Smith county last
week, between James Bradley and
a man named Anderson, in which
Bradley was fatally cut with knife
by Anderson. The perpetrator was
arrested, and is in Jail at Carthage.
The Nashville and Chattanooga
and the Northwestern Railroads
have expended 1851, 600 within
the last six months, in replacing
Observation-Disclosures. OF this'sum zoo,
900 have been expended on the
Northwestern road, making it as
safe and reliable as any road.
That Tennessee is a good State,
there can be no doubt. We have
100000 acres of land, with only
about 100000 under Improvement,
and with this small amount, before
the war, placed the State third in
point of wealth in the U. S. The
productions were corn, wheSt, cot.
ton and stock. This is good re-
commentator of the wealth of our
soil