Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-19
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Fayette county Is entirely out of debt.
A large crop of cotton will be planted in
Fayette county.
The wheat in Bedford county Is more
promising than was anticipated q few weeks
ago.
Daniel Rosne, an old soldier of the war
of 1872, died in Maury county on The 10th
inst
The County Court Clerk Of Rutherford
issued ITO marriage licenses between the
LIST of January and the 1st of April.
| A clock, costing from 1900 to 81, 400,
has been ordered for the courthouse In
Shelbyvile. H
A very rich bed of iron ore has been dis
| covered on the lands Of the Messrs. Ham
bright, in Bradley county.
The steam sawmill, in the vicinity Of
Ricsville, McMinn county, was destroyed
! by fire last Friday night, the 18th inst.
Jefferson county has levied tax of ten
cents ON the 500 of taxable property and
| ST on each poll for school purposes.
Pleasant Price killed Pearce Songer In
Sequatchie Valley on the 4th inst. The
killing was done with an axe. Price made
his escape.
The house of q negro man named Nelson
Ketchum, in Fayette County, was destroy
ed by fire few days ago, and his infant
child was consumed with it.
Mrs. Jane Smith, wife OF Maj. VIM. D.
Smith, formerly of McMinn county, died in
Benton county, Arkansas, in March. De-
ceased was daughter of the late Col. VIM.
Lowry, of Athens.
Thetop story of the court house at WASH
ington, Rhea county, was blown off, and
the building otherwise damaged by the
storm which prevailed couple Of weeks
ago.
Knoxville Is making rapid strides in sub
stantial improvements at the present time.
New and elegant dwellings are going up in
all parts of tie city, and several very large
buildings on Gay street, are contemplated.
A man named Keith, was stricken
speeches. on the 18th inst, in Knoxville,
while engaged at his daily labor. No cause
has been assigned for the sudden attack.
The Cleveland Banner of the 18th inst.
says: The weather for the past week has
been delightful for farm work. Corn plant
| ing has been the order of the day, and we
are glad to know that our farmers are get
ting up with their work. The wheat cropis
looking well.
At the late session of the Criminal Court
at Murfreesboro, the grand jury found true
bills as follows: Larceny, 2; passing coun-
terfeit money, /; malicious shooting, 1; as
sault and battery, 6; carrying concealed
weapons, 2; gaming, Z; tipping on Sunday,
J.; tipping without license, /.
Rev. Geo. Beckett, of Columbia, who
expects to go to the Vienna Exposition this
summer, had secured passage in the steam
ship "Atlantic," which was recently wreck
ed near Halifax, and six or seyen hundred
passengers lost. He will go in the Ocean
ic," another ''Star Line" steamer.
The Somerville Falcon of the 18th inst.
says: Several colored East Tennesseeans
left town on the train, without notice to
their employers, last Monday morning, for
parts unknown. Of course they were all
in debt. The emigrants brought here from
East Tennessee, in majority of cases, will
not do to trust.
Several rich veins of iron ore have been
discovered near Riceville, in McMinu coun-
ty. A sample from one Of them, assayed
by DR.. Addelberg, of New York, contains
heavy per cent of silver. Parties are
now at work testing the extent of these
deposits, and are much encouraged with
the prospect. In other words, they think
they have "struck good thing"
The Knoxville Chronicle learns from
gentleman from jamestown, Fentress coun-
ty, that rumor was current in that place
that man named Briant-who was travel
ing in the interest of King 81 McElwee, cot
ton manufacturers-was found between
Crossville and Sequatchie Valley, with his
throat cut and his pockets rifed. A num-
Der of merchants had paid him their &C
counts, and It is presumed he was mu1-
dered for the money he had on his person.
The cotton factory at Pinewood, HEX
man county, which was destroyed by fire
about year ago, has been rebuilt, and is
now doing fine work. There are more
than eighteen hundred spi0dles and forty
looms running, with all the machinery nee;
essary to card the cotton, spin and spool
the thread, and weave and dress the cloth.
There is very fine -four mill on the lower
floor, and sawmill, blacksmith and ma
chine shop connected. The machinery
and building are all the best that can be
put up for the business, and far exceed the
old works. ....
Aterrible tragedy occurred about two
weeks ago in the neighborhood of Pine
weed, Hickman county. The house of
Charley Easley, colored, and bis wife and
two children were burned in the daytime.
All the evidence goes to show that he muir
dered his wife ard children, and then set
fire to the house. The woman had been
sick for some time, and Re had been heard
complaining that he could never make any
thing while they were in his way; and all
his subsequent actions prove that he muir
dered and then burned them. When the
neighbors got to the spot, they could zee
the woman and children lying on the floor,
with the flesh burned off. The white bones
crumbled in the fire before the housetop
fell in. The woman's heart did not burn,
but was taken out of the fire with the shat
tered bones. The man, Easley, has run of
to escape punishment.