Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09

cholera, in 6Iurfreesboro on Fri
day, July 18th.
Trenton, for the third time, has
voted 100000 subscription to the
Tennessee Central railroad.
The Huntington Republican be-
leves the late rains have about
made the early corn.
The Bolivar Bulletin reports
crops in Hardeman county greatly
improved by recent rains.
They have recently had little
touch of cholera at Winchester,
Franklin county. ea
Dir. JAS. B. Murfree, in answer to
calls, has consented To serve as
Mayor of Murfteesboro, if elected,
though he does not seek Office.
The Paris Intelligencer of the
3lst of July says mad dog was
killed six miles from that place q
few days ago. y .-eo o.
A store house at Gardner, in
Weakly county, the property Of DIR.
Saudek, OF Nashville, was destroy
ed by fire a few days since.
Mai. H. P. Cleveland, the Post
Master at .ShelbyyiIle, died on
Wednesday; July Both, after long
and painful illness.
The Bedford county Fair will
take place near Shelbyville, COM
meneing Tuesday, Sept. both, and
continue through the week.
The Morristown Gazette says the
average wheat crop of East Tennes-
see is only little over six bushels
to the acre.
Maury county Fair commences
September 23d, and continues thro'
the week. Maury always has good
Fairs aE
Sundry citizens of Paris have pc
titioned the city fathers to submit
to tho citizens proposition to vote
upon the Cairo and Tennessee riv-
er railroad.
Frank Walker, son of P. Walker,
while drunk, over in Gibson coun-
ty, without provocation, shot and
killed a negro man named Henry
Clark, the other day.
The Avalanche thinks the July
rain saved the crops, and made
them an hundred per cent better
than they promised at the close of
June.
Two brothers, named George and |
Reuben Kendall, while bathing in
Sandy river, near Paris, last week,
were drowned. Neither of them |
could swim.
The Columbia papers of last week
announce the death of the venera-
BILE John Cheatham, aged 70 years,
at his home, near Culleoka, Maury
county, of fiux.
Prof. w. X. Jones, who was the |
principal of Melrose Institute at
Trenton, year or two ago, is a.
bout to open a dourishing female
school at Pulaski.
The Winchester Home Journal
announces the death, by cholera, of |
Solomon Hopkins, fopr miles north
of that place, on the 18th July, in
the ODD year of his age.
The Bolivar Bulletin records the
probable fatal stabbing of Cave
Caldwell, by his brother, about six
miles northwest of Bolivar, last
week.
The McMinnvilIe New Era rep
resents the corn prospect in War
rem county as being very good, the
recent rains rendering an average
crop certain.
J.K. Morris, who was defeated
for Mayor of Nashville last Sep
TENDER, by the present Mayor, Ker-
eheval, is again a candidate, and
KerChsval is his opponent.
Last Monday night week Mon
roe Baker, Sipes and PUNK, pris-
Oners in the Henderson county Jail
escaped. and so far as we know, are
still at large. 7s
Col Thomas j. MoultoL, for ma
ny years an honored citizen of Will
Hanson county, died at his home in
franklin, Wednesday, July Both,
in the 5sth year of his age.
A personal difficulty occurred be-
tween Chas. Colder and Carroll
Rummage, near Rally Hill, Maury
county, last week, in which Rum
mag was killed by being stabbed
through the heart. I
Bob Cowardin got into a drum
ken spree at Gardner station last
week, and stabbed seriously Hall
Wilson, got himself knocked in the
head with weight, and left on the
train.
We learn from the GAINESVILLE
Chronicle that Gov. Brown has ap-
pointed G. w. Tyler of that city
Criminal and County Judge tor
Montgomery county, in place of
Hon. I. W. King deceased.
Jonesboro, Washington county,
East Tennessee, is tcrribly afflicted
with cholera. Quite a number
every one who has been attacked
died, and all who were able have
left the town. $3.50
Gov. Brown has committed the
sentence of death by hanging,
which was passed upon one Early /
J. Eason, by the Supreme Court in
this city at its last sitting, to impris-
onment in the penitentiarv for life.
The Paris Intelligencer of the |
3lst ult., gives an account of the |
killing of a snake of an unknown
species, about FIVE miles North of |
that place last Sunday week, by
Messers. BundFidge and Mum, as
sisted by others. He was six feet
four inches long, and fourteen inch
es in circumference.
Leonard G. Ballew, tae Tailor of |
Williamson county, rose one morn
ing last week as usual, went up
town and got some medicine for
one of the prisoners, returned homo /
and DreDared the mediaine and /