Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-19
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Irish of Memphis have organized a
society known as the "Knights OF lnnis-
fail"
The Bible Society of Murfreesboro has
presented the county jail with copy for
each cell.
The Monitor says prominent Masons OF
Murfreesboro are subscribing towards re-
building their hall, recently burned.
VIM. Spence, aged So, died on the 10th
at the residence of his son Richard. lie
was a resident of Rutherford county for
We notice in the Murfreesboro Monitor
call for public meeting to devise means
for reopenirg the Union University, recent
IL closed through lack of patronage.
The Fayetteville Observer states that the
yisld of cotton in Lincoln coucty will not
probably exceed two-thirds average. The
worm has inflicted irreparable injury.
The Gaineeboro Nelos of the 18th says:
Mr.. Speck, of Overton county, had two
horses killed by lightning on the 4th inst.
Mrs. Speck had her clothes scorched by the
same shock.
The Pulaski Citizen says: The country |
is full of negroes who love to hunt coons. |
Every negro owns bob-tailed yaller coon |
dog, and the woods are swarming with coons |
crazy to be caught.
The Gainesboro Netcs says: "When the
CookeviIle stage run through to Nashville,
it only cost 50 to make the round trip. IL
now costs since the cars lun to Lebanon
$780," Our contemporary doesn't appre-
| ciste progress.
The Kingston Neaos says: Lumber can
| he manufactured at Kingston, shipped to
1 r I'D fibatfoonnua and s0l6 at either
of these places cheaper than it can be man
| ufsctured and sold there, and yet Kingston
men are importing lumber.
| The Springfield Record says: Mr.. James
| Woodard, ESQ.,, who has been constant
attendant at Spring Creek Church, for sixty
odd vesrs, during a recsnt visit looked over
the large congregation, and found not
single companion Of his youth.
The Chattanooga Times of tie 18th says:
The mail agent, Mr. Clark, Mr.. Harbough,
and the pilot, who were on the Lucy Coker
/ when che sank on Kelley's Shoals Tuesday
morning, came to this city, 50 miles, in 3
canoe, with the mail, arriving at $50 P. NJ,
Tuesday night.
The Pulaski Citizen says: A young man
who lives three miles west Of Pulaski, was
in our Office the other day and astonished
us by executing some very exc llent music
upon a leaf in his mouth. The sound is
verv much the same as that of clsrionet
and the intonations are as perfect as that
instrument can emit. He is as much Of q
prodigy as Blind Tom.
The Fayetteville Observer says: Mr.. a.
L. Anderson, of the Commons district, this
county, sfirms that he can find water for
wells wherever it is, and at any depth short
of one hundred feet. He claims, also, to be
able to tell how deep it is TO the wster,
within q foot or two, and the thickness OF
rock, within foot, that it will be necessary
to blast. 1t is all done by the turning OF q
forked switch.
The Knoxville Press and Herald says:
Rev F. a. Owen, OF the
2 Methodist Episcopal Church South,
: is stopping at the Lamar House.
5 He rode the circuit in which Knoxville was
: a station, in 1884, sinceI which time he
has not been back to Knoxville. In lo54-0
=, he was the Book Agent at Nashville, and
r publisher of the Advocate. He now lives
in Mississippi.
+ The Morr;stown Gazette Of the 18th says
5 An esteemed friend writing on busiue,:
= from Rutledge, says: sMr. James John
s son. our mail carrier en- route from Knox
J Vile to Rogersville, died Of cholera three
q miles west Of this place on last night, 1Otf
j inst. He had been subject to chronic diar
IL rhoes for several years, and had been laDor
q ing under that disease for several days ore
81 viOus-was attacked with cholera on Mon
day and died on Wednesday night"
y The McMinnVille NesC Era says: ne
IS gro girl, who was bitten by a rabid dog
s. not supposed to be mad at the time, som
!, three weeks since, died of hydroDhobis, i
(, this place, on the morning Of the 10th inst
(, The usual symptoms, with great averslo
le of water, were marked characteristics i
q he- case. She was kept confined twenty
b four hours before her death. The do
"a which bit the negro girl also bit several ott
81 er dogs in the neighborhood.
o The Gainesboro NelsS of the 18th say!
IS We understand Clay Watkins and brothel
Q, of Cumberland county, got into sbootin
u spree in which the latter was serlousl
IS wounded. The report goes to say tn
BIZ while lying upon his death bed IS he SUI
~ posed, he sent for his brother so IS TO mai
4 friends before dying. His brother came a
IS companied by his wife, who when she ha
Is come into the dying mans presence, Ore
no a pistol from under her apron and shot I'll
10 diving man dead. We understand the
es were both arrested and carried to Burk
~ vile.
o. The Springfield Record states that Il
re tobacco crop in Robertson county has So
no fered more from worms this than any pr
~ season for wears. Many farmers have hi
Ia to alb ,ndon half of their fields in order
'e- save the other. A correspondent at For
nd Station writes: The crop few weel
tn since was the finest have seen for tfte'
ZEE years-but that everlasting pest, the no
n worm, made its appearance In troops
nus thousands upon thousands and made SUI
OF havoc as l can scarcely describe. l ha
Ill actuslly seen fields of tobacco with
ee stems standing erect reminding me OF Il
III. hare branches of an immense hacked fort
ng in June, scarcely q leaf to be seen.
IN The Chattanooga Times Of the 18th In
ISIS saws: Some excitement was caused yestt
on: day by the news that Marsh q Moore b
I'LL attached all the funds in the hands Of
IN CITY to satisfy their judgment. The
bly, PAYERS who had paid cash in order to pla
no the CITY on a solvent footing were great
ong disguised. We understand, however, Il
1ne ARRANGEMENTS have been made which
w. he contaminated before the next meeti
on of the CITY Council, to settle the Difficult
are and resume payment. This Judgment
nts Moore 81 Marsh was based on some
'na Wills Valley bonds of the city, and has
OF ready cost us $4,000, Tor which the city
ecu credit for only S2,0OO.
'oo, The Knoxville Chronicle reports a rat
lost bare-faced 'shaVe:" James Niles, bart
ons by false representations, enticed you
lese GENT from The rural districts to have 30
acn work done. The barber asked the yor
all man in, when he told the barber he had
cash. The barber then informed the you
ara man that he would not charge 1t. This
iea. Young man took as guarantee that
my work would be done free of charge, and
uU- cordingly took seat. After the Work
eys, done and the young man was about
aoie leave, the barber snatched the young ma
nes- hat. The young man begged for his
1esp stating that he had q shirt at some house
tie' town. which he would give, but was CT
the PEELED by the barber to leave his coat u
our be brought the shirt. When the shirt
ssee rived, the barber seized on both coat
ever shirt and would return neither. The 20
oulu man complained at police headquarters,
Won the barber was compelled to return
- coat.
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