Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-29
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Paris Intclliqencer complains of the
presence of yagabonds in that section.
The public High School, Of Shelbyville,
has received 81, 800 of the Peabody fund.
Mr.. George N. Parks, ofWest Tennessee,
was married on the 18th inst, to Miss
Malvina Todd, belle of Fayetteville.
The Cldrksuitle Tobacco Leaf saws Mr..
E. B. Ross had his shoulder blade broken
by the fall Of pole, or which a lot Of hoes
were hanging.
The Mt1Jrees6Oro Monitor saws the
widow and children of S. II. Miller have
received $4,000, the amount of Miller's life
insurance policy.
The CLeretdnd Banner says: ga lady in
Polk county, few weeks ago, gave birth to
three children-two girls and one boy-at
one accouchement.
thieves broke in the dwelling of Ed. Brown
last Saturday night, stole two feather beds,
two pillows and bolster.
The GGi1lsborO Nelcs says: DR.. William
w. Shields, an esteemed citizen, died from
an overdose of laudanum on the night of
the 10Th inst, at his home, near Celina,
Tenn.
The LGlorencebug Journal of Nov. %,
SAWS. vi ltoG OuIlNldg ul8Ilb Willie Iuc
storm was raging house at Eagle Mills,
occupied by Mrs. Pardons, took fire and
burned down. Nearly all the contents
were destroyed.
The CleUetdnd Banner of Nov. % an
nounces that Mr.. Elijah Fitzgerald, prom
inent and highly esteemed citizen, died of
consumption, at his residence in James
county, the week previous, in about the
55th year of his age.
The SOmervilIe Falcon of Nov. 27 gives
this item. A wagon containing sixty bush
els of meal and drawn by six large oxen
caused the Covington bridge to break while
passing over it Tuesday. The wagon fell
through, injuring two of the oxen and de
stroying nearly all the meal.
The Dyersburg Progress says: We have
been shown by Mr.. G. ID. McAllister, of
this place, a very simply constructed, but
| superior, coffee rooster, creation of his
own inventive genius. He has made APP
plication to the Office at Washington for
| letters patent.
The Chattanooga Commercial has in
formation that the Tennessee Coal Com
pany, located at Cowan, Tenn, has made
| arrangements and. is shipping three thou
sand tons of coal per week to Port Royal,
South Carolina, with the intention of
| establishing a coaling station for sea-going
vessels.
The Clereldnd Banner of Nov. rs, says:
A gentleman from Lynn, Massachusetts,,
in short time, is going to establish boot
and shoe mandatory at this place, with
the capacity of turning out one hundred
cases per week. We also learn that a conf
pany of gentlemen from Michigan, contem-
plate at an early day, establishing large
| wagon and carriage mandatory.
The MorriStoCn Gazette of Nov. 26 says:
Robert Blevins, special officer of Hawkins
county. passed on the eastern train Satur-
| day last, having in custody the notorious
wife murderer Berry. He was arrested at
Sherman, Texas, and was brought back on
| a requisition from Gov. Brown. He is now
confined in Rogersville Jail.
The McMinnuilIe Ne1c Era of Nov. ~
has the following: "JOhn Drake, Elijah
D. Hills, George and Ed Mead, Alex Har-
rison, Bill Christian and Ike Curtis, went
on deer hunt last week, and were the
most successful party going out this season
having killed and brought into camp, five
deer. They had fine sport and cOnsidera-
bic excitement. The capture of a magnif-
cent buck was romantic"
The M'1JreesbOro Monitor gives this
note: 'The advance in cotton has caused
a wonderful cOmmotion among the cotton
buyers. The storehOuscs are being rapidly
emptied of the staple, and there is much
coming in from the country. While the
crop of the county falls short in quantity
this year about 5000 bales of what it was
last-it being estimated this year at r.
900 bales-it is very gratifying to state
that the quality is about twenty-five per
cent better"