Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-13
POLICE PICKINGS.

Cholera Medictne-M Misses Wilson and
Smith Have a Pleasant LitiIe Mil
Eccentric Mr.. HOnman-A RefOrmer
-B1r. Jacobs and His Nuisance, EIc.
The tact that q certain class of our eiti-
zeDs are absorbing what they are pleased 20
denOminate "1holeIa medicine vi b coui-
mendable industry, is evidenced by the
large increase of business at Judge Du-
ling's temple of Justice. Yesterday morn
ing, for instance, several pages Of the docket
were filled with the names of those who
were urged by tine sense Of duty to call
upon bis Honor and have their cognomens
inscribed III fair, large scrip Up0a the pages
of the book AZORES i'd.
1t was stated by tn, Sc who were present
at the time the little affair occurred, that
l. zZie Wilson struck the frs bio y, but that
Jane Smith struck the last, and that Jace
had got the best of the battle. The court
did not wish to show any Partially in the
matter, and so divided line Of $i0 evenly
between the belligerents.
John D. Hoffman, small boy, is evident
~ of a somewhat eccentric and playful dis
position. Yesterday mtruiug be was en-
gagged in stutipg rags into tub to keep it
from leaking, using bis pocket knife for
that purpose, AdOlph Dim
mick, young acquaintance
came up and asked the Hoffman hoy
what he was doing, when that cheerful
youth replied that he was fixing tub so
that it wouldn't leak, adding thai be could
make better job of it if ne had some put.
ty to use in the place Of rags, WheFeupon
Dimmick exclaimed, s'Now, don't you tell
NE pack OF lies." With that, Hoffman,
in f-oalr Of fhvrsiao-v,
dash at Dimmick's leg, attempting to carve
out slice with the knife which he held In
bis hand. 1t was not shown 10 the investiga-
tioE If the case, the precise object Hoffman
had in view in thus endeavOring to obtain a
portion of Dimmick's leg, bat it is quite
probable that be owns dog that is possess
ed of dainty and fastidious sppetile, or be
wanted to bait some fish hooks, rat trap,
or something of that kind. However, he
did not succeed in securing any portion of
Dimmick's physical structure, but he cid
succeed in iDhictiDg an ugly CASH upon the
leg Of the after. The Judge vas of the
opinion that little quiet meditation at the
workhoUse might have beneficial in6u-
eDce upon Hoffman, and that very playful
youth now tarries at Capt. Corbett's Re-
treat.
A philanthropic, public-spirited indiyid-
ual by the name of CLARK, had Elizabeth
Sullivan brought before the court because a
man stated to him that he had bought
bottle of ale of Mrs. sullivan some five
months ago, and that it was very doubtful
about her having taken out license to sell
ale. The proof failed to establish the fact
that Sullivan had sold ale at any time, and
the case was dismissed.
NJ. j. Jacobs wss charged with having
thrown lot of refuse matter, consisting OF |
chicken entrails, dead rats, etc, into an open |
pen in The corner of his back yard, where it |
raised stencil which was not at all agree |
able to the residents of that locality. |
Jacobs promised to be more careful in the |
future, and was discharged with an abun-
dance of good advice, which latter may tie |
worth thousand dollars to him, but v hich |
again may not be worth quite so much.
Julia Carter is very valuable citizen. |
Il is impossible to estimate, with the data |
the writer has on hand, the total amount of |
money she has paid into The city treasury in |
the shape of fines, since she became resi- |
dent of Nashville. Julia's weak point is |
her warlike disposition. She will fight at |
the drop Of hat, and will drop the hat her |
self rather than not fight. Happening to |
have little leisure time on her hands We'd |
nesday, and in .dearth Of larger game jus; at |
that time, she amused herself by placing |
one of her children in an inverted post on,
and ghen making times lively for said child |
by the free and lnrestr ct use of a good |
sized club. The neighbors finally inter- !
fered, and the combAtive Julia was escorted |
to the calaboose. a fine of S. was imposed |
upon her. Julia Carter besrs a strong |
family resemblance to balf-stsrved she |
hYena.