Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-11
FRNxRssEE NEWS.

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The "National Camp Meeting" opens at
Knox Vile on the 7th. -
A correspondent Of the Dover Record
states that four oranges are in full blast in
Henry county.
The Memphis appeal records qusrrel
over cards by two negroes, On the 9th, IN
which both were fatally stabbed.
The Alamo Sentinel states that cotton is
opening very fast throughout Crockett
county and tolerably fair yield is antici-
pated.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf pays sad
tribute to the memory of Jno. P. Campbell
promising young lawyer of GAINESVILLE,
who died few days'since.
The Trenton Gazette says: Uncle Daniel,
Woods brought to this office curiosity, in
the shape Of bundle of fodder growing on
the top OF stalk of corr, in the place where
the tassels ought for to vegetste.
The Mckenzie Times is informed that
there is but one lanyard within q radius of
ten miles of this place. The fact speaks
eloquently for home enterprise. st. Louis
and Lowell, however, are reaping harvest.
On the 9th the dead body of an unknown
male infant, supposed to be white, and
bearing the appearance of having been
beaten with some weapon, was found in
Clinch river in Anderson county. The
coroner's jury failed to solve the mystery.
The Mckenzie Times says: Mr. A. j.
Fletcher informs us that the grassboppers
have eaten up thirty acres of clover on his
firm, and have taken to his fodder and cot
ton. He says he can gather them by the
bushel. This is the first time he has lost
b clover in this way.
The Alamo Sentinel OF the 9Th says: A
Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was
organized in this place on last Tuesday, by
VIM. Maxwell, Master of State Grange,
with large and respectable list of MEM
bers, and with G. A, Goodloe, Esq, w. NJ,
and +. B. Fisher, Secretary. This now
makes eight oranges in Crockett county, all
IN active operation and bidding fair to be a
great benefit to our people.
A Sevierville correspondent of
the Knoxville Chronicle, writes ::
I Crops of all kinds are good,
except wheat. Corn is abundant. Horses
and mules are tolerably plentiful. There
are some hogs, bnt not so many as people
would like to fatten. There seems to be q
good deal of sickness throughout the coun-
| try, mostly fever and whooping cough.
Several children have died of the latter.
The Knoxville Chronicle of Sept. 10
says: In the last two days and nights
there have been three deaths in the extreme
eastern part of the city from choleraic dis
ease. The deaths were attributed to i'm
prudent causes and no further trouble is ap-
preh snded. We could hear o. no other
cases yesterday or last night. Mrs. Harms
and Mrs. Wilson, colored, and Samuel
Roberts, white, are the parties above re-
ferred to.
The Trenton Gazette learns from DIR.
Lea, President of the Tennessee Central
| Railroad. that he has succeeded in securing
the right of way from most of the owners
of land along the line of the read from Nc
Lemoresville to Trenton, without cost to
the company. 1t will become necessary in
few cases, where there are minor heirs OF
estates and in one or two of obstinacy, to
apply to the Courts to appoint Commission
ers to estimate the damages.