Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-18
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The measles has sgain appeared in Pu
lsski.
The fruit has not been injured in Giel
county.
Wheat looks badly in: Humphrey
county.
The brick-makers in Chattanooga are pre-
pairing for big season.
There will probably be more cottor
planted in Humphreys county than las
year.
Some of the Giles county farmers say tht
c0lored laborers are working better this
year than usual
Col. Jo. G. Carrigan, formerly of Fay
etteville, has located in Austin, Texas, in
the practice Of the Law.
The Fayetteville Observer boasts that nc
town in the State is blessed with better
female school than Fayetteville.
The tax for county purposes in Robert
son is fixed at twenty cents on the S10O oi
the taxable property, and polls at 81.
There were nine accessions to the Meth
odist Church and four to the Baptist in
Springfield on Sunday, tie 18Th inst.
The tax for county purposes in Ruther-
70 rd is fixed at fifteen cents on the 500 OF
ia xable property, and the same for schools.
The dwelling house of John Holt, Of
Hamblen county, was destroyed by fire on
Friday night, the 18th inst, with all its con-
tents.
Several farmers in Robertson county have
recently lost quite number of sheep and
lambs, which have died from some unknown
cause.
Pulaski is sadly in need Of some sort of
literary societies for the amusement and in
struction Of the young ladies and gentlemen
of the city.
The wheat in the vicinityof Morristown has
"come out" wonderfully within the past two
weeks, and Indications are that there will be
a pretty fair crop.
The residence of Mrs. Robert Moore in
Columbia was destroyed by fire, together
with nearly all its contents, on Sunday
night, the 18th inst.
The residence Of Mrs. Barbara Turner,
near Barren Plains, in Robertson county,
was destroyed by fire q few days ago. Only
a portion of the furniture was saved.
A difficulty occurred at Concord, Knox
county, on the 18th inst, between Hugh
Dowling and Zach. Galloway, in which the
former was wounded by pistol shot by the
latter.
The Odd Fellows Of Murfreesboro have
generously rendered the use of their hall to
the Maso. s, whose hall was destroyed by
fire, and the Knights Of Pythias have done
likewise.
The Pulaski Citizen says: Last week was
the best week for fishing that the Oldest in
habitant ever saw in these parts. Every
body fished all the week and nobody caught
anything.
The total tax in Hamblen for county,
railroad, courthouse, and school purposes is
81 25 on the 500 of taxable property. The
school tax was fifteen cents last year; this
year it is only five cents.
A few days ago Messrs. Woodward &
Moore, of Springfield, shipped forty barrels
of their Robertson county whisky to Waco,
Texas. Robertson is becoming famous all
over the country for its fine, pure whisky.
On the night of the 18th inst, the store
Of j. L. QuilleD, at Whi.esburg, Hawkins
county, was broken into by burglars and
number of articles stolen, among other
things missing being large quantity Of ba-
con,
The Pulaski Citizen says: We have reg
ular services at three churches in Pulaski
every Sunday, and sometimes as five, but
the square is always lined with men, old
aud young, during services. They ought to
attend preaching somewhere.
The corporation Of Murfreesboro has lev
led a tax Of seventy-five cents on the SlOO
of personal property belonging to mer-
chants, while that levied on other citizens
is only forty cents. The city fathers must
be trying TO tax the merchants out of the
place.
The residence of Mrs. R. <. Pitts, near
Molino, in Lincoln county, was destroyed
by fire on Tuesday, the 8th inst, together
with the smoke-house, two wagons, har-
ness, s ddles, brides, lard, etc. A part OF
the furniture was saved. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 to $1,000, with no insur-
anee. The fire caught from stove.
THE Pulaski Citizen records the killing
of Peter Black, colored, on Friday night,
April IL, Just as the freight train upon
which he was brakesman was entering the
tunnel at Lester's Station. He was scuf-
fling with another negro, and in attempt
ing to jump from one car to another fell
between them. His body was torn almost
to pieces.
The Pulaski Citizen of the 18th inst says:
Mai. Geo. T. Altman and his splendid stock
farm are becoming extensively knoWD, ana
are deser7etly popular. Only a few weeks
ago we recorded sale Of tiEe colts, one to
Maine and two to Georgia, and now we ind
that the demand for his thoronghbre DIS has
reached Mexico. He sold Watson flly to
Mexico the other day for $3.50, the raising
and keeping Of which cost no more than 3
mule or q scrub.
The commissioners appointed for the
purpose, have examined the Lincoln eoun-
ty jail, and pronounced it Insufficient for the
safe keeping of prisoners. The building
was erected only four years ago,at cost oil
$4,000. The Fayetteville Observer says:
'SWindling or Incompetence must have CON-
trolled its erection, no other conclusion can
be arrived at, because facts inevitably point
that way. Unfortunately for the county,
the contractor was an adventurer "a car
pet-bagger-who, having no permanent In
terest with US, made the most Of his oppor-
tunity." The people of Lincoln had better
patronise home mechanics.