Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-28
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Fhe Humphreys County Fair opens ON
the TIN of October.
: The Jacs son Wing and Tribune reports
large number of cherry and other fruit trees
in their second bloom, but the blossoms lack
Inn Walsh. a Memphis Alderman. who
is also an undertaken, has been fined $50
for failing to report to the Board OF Health
! the number of bis interments.
ssAs free as water' Is an expression in-
comprehensble in Gainesboro The Nelos
saws: ssWe have to go only one mile to
water stocB, and have to haul water two
miles,"
The Fayetteville Express of the 18th
inst. says Fred Douglass has accepted an
Invitation to make sn address at The Lin
coin County Colored Fair, on the Sd of
Octebsr.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle relates: During
a furry Of wind last Monday evening, a
horse tied to hitcbing-stone made off with
the stone. The maker of that bride de-
serves more than passing notice for bis
good work and material nsed. '
The Jackson Wing and Tribune OF the
27th inst. says motion has been made for
new trial in the case of Pat Joyce, who
was convicted of voluntary manslaughter
and sentenced to the penitentiary for eight
years.
The jackson Wing and Tribune of the
27th says: Ambrose and Mack Reed, the
two young men charged as being accesso-
ries before the fact, IN the murder or John
Hamilton West, were tried this week be
fore jury Of their countrJmen and &C
Quilted. acc as - go i-
The jackson Wing and Tribune, of the
27th inst. saws: rhos. B. Anderson has
lust returned from Texas, whittier be moved
q few months siucs. His experience in
that State was not satisfactory, and his lot
hereafter will be cast amo g the people of
old Madison.
The Memphis Appeal says: Father
O'Shea, late Of Louisville, has arrived IN
the city, and takes the place vacated Dy the
late Father Daily. The reverend gen uenan
did not lose a moment on his arrivsi, put
entered upon bis duties at once, and already
has attended many death-beds.
The Fayetteville Express says: We un-
derstand that few Fayetteville ma.rons
have organized what is called q "Marr.ed
Ladies Ciub"-th chief object of which is
to train up husbands in the way they should
90, so that when they grow old they will
not depart from home at nights without
leave. fa
The Jackson Wig and Tribune says:
Over 100000 worth of building has been
done in Jackson sincs January, and thai
much more will be done before the end IL
The yesr. In truth the growth of jackson,
for three years past, has no parallel IN Inc
South. She bids fair to be The Southern
Chicago.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune OF the
9th says: Twenty-one persons-l9 blacks
and whites indicted by the GrSud
Jury last week for the murder, or being ao-
cessories to the murder of John Hamilton
West. We never before heard of Sd many
persons indicted and tried for the same Of
tense in Tennessee. A -
The memphis Register of the 26th inst
says: Last night, on the alley running from
Second street, between Madison and Mon
roe, two hearss drivers Baned Charley
TAYLOR and I ON Young fcalled Tom Pinch)
had difficulty, which resulted in Young
firing five shots, two of VIII ch struck the
other man, onesf them hitting him on the
right side OF ths-6ack, about the region OF
the tenth rib. The wound was probed but
the ball could not be found. The wound
may prove dangerous one.
The Dyersburg Progress OF the 18th says:
At called meeting OF tie Mayor and
Board of Aldermen, held 81 the courthouse
on MonGay night last. provislIn Was mad
for the payment of the intere4t on The SOU
600 worth of bonds issued to the =. aud Nj.
railroad by levying tax Of 45c on the one
hundred dollars worth of properly. The
tsxable property in the corporation amounts
to S350,000, and seventeen hundred aid
fifty dollars nett will have to be raised by
the 10Th day of November next.
The DyersbWg Progress of the 25.h re-
lates sad story: Mr. J. a. Humes was Ia
ken with violent case of hemorrhsge OF the
lungs on last Saturday morning while walk
ing along the steet. He fell on the pa9e-
ment from exhaustion aud Gied in few
moments. His only child died last week
and his wife left here for st. Louis to pur-
chase stock of millinery goods only a few
houIs before he died.
The Manchester Democrat gives the re-
suit of this years assessment IN Coffee
county as follows: Acres of land 263 $40,
worth 81, $40. POI; number of town lots G.lo,-
worth Sl4S, 755; and personal estate S24l,-
O9S-a total of Sl,9l1,074, and showing an
increase over 1872 Of S25S85 We regret
the figures are not given by which We might
learn if any increase of "rcreage' is report
ed this year over last. The total of taxes
to be collected is 23,6l7S1, distributed &C
cording to the following rates: State Acc;
county 40c; courthouse 13c; poOrhouse &c;
State school tax 10c-a total of Sl.l0 on the
hundred, besides 81 of poll tax to State and
county.
The Usrksville Chronicle of the u inst.
says: On last Sunday morning, Mr.. Len.
FL. johnson, an old and highly respected
citizen of this county, got up and attempted
to Eight candle, and it is supposed the IRE
come in coDtacs with the bed clothing, from
which he received severe burns. He had
bis door securely barred, and when his cries
reached the ears Of those about the prem
ises, the door had TO be cut down to rescue
him. He must have inhaled the flames
causing great internal injury. He died
Monday morning, at the advanced age OF 10.
The Sparta IldeI of the 18th inst, says:
The lightning struck house in Cumber-
land county on the 18th inst. It ran down
the pipe of q cooking stove and leaped from
the har die CT skillet, striking woman on
the right side about the waist and running
down the right leg to the floor. The woman
was severely burned, the skin in the track
of the lightning being blackened and crisped.
It seems almost incredible that one could
survive such shock, but we are informed
that homes of recovery are entertained.