Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-06
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The Memphis Avalanche has
been enlarged, and now shows good
size.
The first annual Fair of Stewart
county will be held at Dover, COM
mencing Tuesday, October 18th.
Capt. Ben. s. Nicklin, of Chatta-
nooga, fell dead a few days ago,
from apoplexy.
Mr.. John G.. Finnie, formerly of
the Memphis bar, died at Lancas-
ter, KY, on Friday 22d inst.
The Times says more grass seed
will be sown in the neighborhood
of Mckenzie this fall than in any
preceding season.
All first class freights have been
reduced between New York and
Nashville, from 81 10 per hundred
to 70 cents per hundred pounds.
The Merchants National Bank
of Memphis, has decided to with
draw from business, and will at once
close its business.
Mrs. Anthony Dibbrell, the moth
er of Gen. Geo. G.. Dibbrell, died
at her home in Sparta the other
day, aged 81 years.
The Paris Intelligencer records
the death of Thos. Mathis, in his
18th year, in the northern part of
Henry county.
One or two Middle Tennessee pa
pers want to run Hon. George w.
Jones, of Fayetteville, for Cover
nor more than year hence. Wait.
Mr.. John B. Norman has been
appointed by President Grant store
keeper for the 7th district of Ten
nessee.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis has been in
vited-and is expected-to deliver
an address before the Haywood
county FAIR next month.
A special term of the Supreme
Court of this State, met at the
Court room in the Capitol, as Nash
vile Wednesday last, Sd inst.
The Banner says that six hun
dred thousand dollars worth of bull
dings have been erected in Nash
vile within the last FIVE months.
J. NJ. Gilbert, of the Gilbert Sis
tiers Troupe, recently had a surgi-
cal operation performed on him by
DIR. J. l.. Thompson of Lebanon,
and is rapidly convalescing.
The editor of the Brownsville
States, and Chambers of the Union
City Herald continue to hurl their
maledlctions at the "New State
Movement" A heavy pair.
The Brownsville States-whose
editor is a lawyer, asks-"have we
a mechanics lien law?" We are
not answering eonundrums now
and decline to say.
Mr.. g. A. Bard, the we'll known
book keep of Gilbert, Parks & Co.
of Nashville, died at his father
residenee'in Marshall county las
Saturday, Aug 30th.
Col. Richard Swanson-a name
familia rto everybody who knew
Williamson county thirty or more
years ago-died at his home in
Williamson county, Aug. 18th, in
the SD year of his age.
Mrs. Laura F. Edmondson, wife
of Rev. Jno A. Edmondson, died al
the residence of her father, Frank
Hardeman, five miles South OF
Franklin, on the Lewisburg pike,
last week.
They held meeting in Edge.
field, opposite Nashville, last week,
to discuss the feasibility of a mar.
row gauge railroad from Clarks-
vile to Nashville, by way of Ash
land, Cheatham county.
The Clarksville Tobacco Leaf
mildly speaks of the opposition Of
large portion of the press of the
State to the Funding job as din
sane" Crazy men deem every body
else insane, but themselves.
Harry Van LEW, q well known
"gambolier," about Nashville and
Memphis, was arrested at Nash
vile last week, on a charge Of lar
ceny in Kansas. He has been ia
ken to Kansas on a requisition.
The Times is wrestling with tn,
conundrum whether Mckenzie hal
a corporation or not. We dont
know, never having seen and in1i.
cations of it while "waiting for the
cars"
We admire the frankness, but de-
not, by any means propose to risk
our bottom dollar on the judgment
of the Brownsville States, in its OPP
position to the "Grange" move
ment.
The Rev. j. B. West, who wa
last week elected President of Yves
Tennessee College by the Trustees
we learn, has resigned the Presi
dency OF the GAINESVILLE Female
Academy, over which he has presi
ded for seven years.
The Mckenzie Times says Dan
lei MeSpadden, a colored Black
smith, residing mile west of tina
town, went to bed in apparent gooC
health one night last week, and af
ter awhile fell from the bed, ant
was dead when his wife got to him
The editor of the Shelbyvill,
Commercial endorses jeff Davis re
cent speech at the Montgomery
White Sulpher Springs, and say
"the next war will be for selfgov
ernment against Grant monarchy
Every bob tail paper we pick u
now days has an article on "Cs
sarism." Some of them, we ar
charitable enough to believe, hay
an idea of what they are talking q
bout; but u large majority of then
know as little as they do about tn
planetary system.
The Bolivar Bulletin says som
unknown person attempted TO as
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