Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-17
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Tooth year OF his age.
Seventy-one acres of land in the 18th dis
trict of Lincoln county were recently sold at
$40 per acre.
Ice was found in McMinnville on the
morning of the 18th inst, quarter of an
inch in thick ess.
The receipts Eof the Eastern Division
Fair have This year been amply sufficient to
cover all expenses.
Hardly State exchange comes to US but
brings some account Of systematic pro-
ceeding to raise money for the benefit of
Memphis.
The farmers of the eleventh and twelfth
districts in LINCOLN county met and organ
lied grange of Patrons of Husbandry on
the 10th inst.
Doctors apdsministers are arriving in
Memphis from all quarters, and rendering
their services to the various relief associs-
tions, free of charge.
The McMinnville NeaC Era says: Thomas
Wilson, one of oar oldest and most res
pected citizens died at his home in this
county, on the 10th inst.
At the recent Knoxville Fair, Mr.. L.
Stratton, of Grassy Cove, took ths pre-
miums for the best Devon cattle: For
bull and COW, $40 each.
Mr.. j. A. Bel, President of the Robert
son County Agricultural and Mechanical
Association, took premium in the swine
department ct the Franklin fair.
The Springfield Record states thst the
trial of Poole and Mehafiey, for the murder
of Nicholas, has been postponed until the
February term of the Circuit Court.
A sweet potato, says the Fayetteville
ErDreSs, weighing ten pounds, raised by
Mr.. j. P. Edwards, of Mulberry village,
was exhibited in that town lately.
Hamilton county is to have fair soon,
and the management, says the Times, have
resolved to offer premium for the finest
baby of the age of one year ard under.
The Memphis appeal of the 18th has this
personal: Mr.. Stephen f. Cameron, of Bal
timore, Nd, arrived yesterday, and tender
ed his efficient services to the Howard As
ISOLATION.
The Memphis Ledger suggests the use of
q yellow flag to designate the houses where
the fever is. 1t says: The yellow flag would
be signal Of distress, which might in many
cases hasten the footsteps Of mercy and re-
lief.
The Morristown Gazette says: The
three hundred dollar premium for the fast
trotting horse, offered by the Eastern Divis-
ion Fair, was awarded to Black Frank, The
property of the president of the Associa-
ton.
The Pulaski Citizen states that mad
dog appeared upon the place of Mr.. Danl
Alternately, three miles east of that town,
on the 18th inst, and forced everybody on
the place to go within doors until some
men arrived and dispatched him.
Tho D.lao1ri Citizen nf tho 18th eyiUno tho
following under the head of the turf: In a
trotting race at the fair grounds last Satur-
day evening, the foremost horse made his
mile in So, The next horse was in sight
when we left, aud the last one got in Sun
day morning.
The Pulaski Citizen gives the following
under the head of fowling: Mr.. Sam. @.
Mitchell killed the largest hawk last Satur-
day that was ever seen in this country. 1t
measured four feet from tip to tin, and its
foot was as large as an e,gle's, having talons
as long as rooster spur.
We are informed by the Fayetteville En-
press of the 10th that the Nashville Life
Insurance Company has paid over to the
| family of the la,e Rev. I. d. Jones, of
Mulberry, one thousand doIlsrs, the full
amount of policy held by that gentleman
at the time of bis death.
| A brick dwelling house occupied by Mr..
James Campbell aud family, near Mulberry
village, in Lincoln county, was destroyed
by IRE on the morning of the 9th inst. The
| fire originated from defective fne, and its
progress was so rapid that the family saved
| but little of their household effects.
The Morristown Gazette, Of the 18th,
says; Mr.. W. D. Kenner, Of Rogersville, q
/ - nf hat
| place, died on Monday last, after pro.
tracted illness. He was buried yesterday
with Masonic honors. The deceased was
the father-in.law of Mr.. T. G. Cain, of this
place.
The Knoxville Chronicle, of the 18th
inst, gives the following: We were shown
yesterday tooth from some animal, taken
out Of q solid block of marble thirty feet
beueath the earth's surface, at the Dough
! erty marble quarry, in Hawkins County.
Also, petrihed worm and snail shell, taken
from the same black of marble.
The Kingston NeacS of the 18th has an
! item of burglary:S The store of Mr.. j. w.
Hood, at Hoods Landing, four miles below
this place, on the Tennessee River, was
broken open last Thursday night and
robbed Of about & irty dollars In money,
and come three hundred dollars In mer-
| chsndise.
The McMinnville Neso Era OF the 10th
inst says: We regret to learn that diptheris
has been somewhat prevalent in our coun-
ty the past few weeks, and still fingers In
many families. Many of the young have
died in different localities, but those now
ailing are mostly convalescing.
We are indebted to the Fayetteville LII