Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-09-20
STATE NEWS.
The Gilbert Sisters were at Nc
Minnville last week.

The Gilbert Sisters were at Nc
Minnville last week.
The 22d of September is the Jew
/ ish New year, and the first of Octe
Der Is their day Of Atom emeBt.
A vein of camel coal has beer
found near Knoxville. A valuable
discovery.
The Gallatin Examiner has en-
tered upon it's seventeenth volume
with flying colors.
The Druggists of Tennessee ar,
to hold a Pharmaceutical eonven
tion at Nashville, Oct. Sth.
/ Davidson county has established
a work house, in connection witt
the county iail.
The McMinnville New Era an
nounces the death Of Mr.. John q
Wilson, of Warren county, aged Z;
years.
Cesar Jones, a negro almost uni
versally known about Nashville
died there last week, aged about sc
years.
Fred Douglas, the colored orator
will deliver the annual address be
/ fore the Davidson county colOrec
Fair association on the 18th inst.
Washington county, East Ten.
nassee, will hold its annual Fair on
the 1st. End and 81 days Of OctO-
Der, at JoAesboro.
The Vienna International Expo
sition has assigned Tennessee the
first position IN mineral wealth in
exposition.
The Troy Times has been remoy-
ed to Union City, and the nAme
changed to 0bion News. We wish
it an increased prosperity in its
new location.
Mr.. Simon w. Green, well know
TO the old citizens of jackson, as a
former resident here, was married
in the Second Presbyterian Church
in Memphis, Sept. 4th, to Mrs. Lou
4. Feltz.
a car on the track of the East
Tenn, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road, at Knoxville, was struck by
lightning last week, and demOl-
ished.
The police authorities of Knox
vile, in pursuance of an ordinance
of the city, the other day destroy
ed thirty water melons belonging
to q citizen, and the citizen has
brought suit for the value of the
melons.
Col. VIM. Wallace, of Wallace's
Cross Roads, East Tennessee, was
lately taken with cholera, and died
in six hours. A man named Reed,
who was with him and drove his re.
mains to the grave, was taken next
morning and was corpse in six
hours.
Memphis paid her fire depart
ment for the mouth of Aug, 81
S65 OF, and her police department
1922 90 cents; and the entire run
ming expense of the city for the
same month, was s40,426 SO.
The Paris Intelligencer says: A
young man named g. w. Jones, in
Henry county, while driving a
moving machine, had the misfor-
tune to turn it over in a ditch, and
his right foot was cut off above the
ankle, by the blades.
Prisoners in the Knoxville jail
obtained fire recently by some
means, and came very near burning
their way out. They burnt two
joists overhead, and got into the
upper part of the Jail, where they
were discovered and safely secured.
Senator Richardson, of Ruther-
ford county, has appointed Mr.. Geo
Overall, OF Rutherford, to q beneh'
.ciary scholarship in the louisville
Medical College. Each State Sen.
ator has the privilege of appoint
ing one scholar.
John Briggs, late of Michigan,
the other day stole fine mule from
citizen of Rhea county, and was
pursued, and, by the publication of
hand bill. the thief and mule was
captured in Warren county
Briggs will interview the stone bull
ding mile South Of the Capitol,
most likely.
The Knoxville Chronicle denies
that the Cholera has prevailed epi-
demically in that city. Ithas care
fully reported every death from that
or kindred causes, and will eontin-
ue so to do; and it is rank injustice
to circulate reports differing essen
tally from that which is officially
obtained.
The Joint select committee, ap-
pointed by the Legislature, to inves-
tigate the affairs Of the Bank OF
Tennessee, will sit in Nashville,
commencing Monday, October 9th.
The committee consists of Senators
Smithson, of Giles; James. of Ham
ilton, and Tilman of Lincoln; and
of Representatives: Houk, of Knox,
Moore, of Franklin, and Brown OF
Shelby.
The Nashville Banner, which has
fought the hog question-against
the hog having tho freedom of the
city-from the jump, in its issue Of
the I'd inst, records another in
stance of q feroeious hog seizing q
three year old eolored child in that
city, and making of with it, great
IL to the danger of the child. For
tunately no bones We're broken; but
the child was terribly lacerated be
fore it was relieved from its peril
Gus position.
A man named Henry c. Hight
living near Smyrna, Rutherford
county, had a difficulty with a ne
gro of the same neighborhood, oi
the name of Huckleberry. Hite
drew a pistol and made the negro
stand while he cowhided him. The
negro threatened to sue out a States
warrant, whereupon Hite with dire
threats took a double barrel shot
gun and started to kill the negro al
his home. The negro saw him