Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-29
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The Kingston Neaos reports counterfeit
fifty cent n9.es circulating around quite
freely. 7e s
The Tobacco Leaf says the question Of
gas or no gas for the streets is becoming o
question in the GAINESVILLE municipal cleo
ton.
The Methodist Sunday Schools of Clarks-
vile give premiums of $40 gold pieces to
the most REGULAR attendants and S. gold for
the best learned lessons.
The Ledger claims for Memphis grand
mother but thirty-seyen years old. She
was married a. the age Of fifteen, and her
noble iege is but ten years her senior.
Collinsville is the name of young VII
LACE just sprineing up in Montgomery
county, about twelve miles from Clarks vile
on the south side of Cumberland river.
On Aug. 26 Thomas Moffat, Memphis
Alderman, delivered over to the Law his son
Sd Moffat, who killed young man named
hall in picnic quarrel some six miles from
the city the day previous.
The Kingston NelcS chronicles wit b
pleasure the completion of the furnace
proper of Oskdale Iron Company, the last
brick of which was laid at 5 o'clock ON the
morning of the 23d August. From pres
ent prospects the tins will not be Tonga
few short months-until Oakdale pig iron
will be passing Kingston on its way to
market.
A correspondent of the Kingston Neacs
writing from Dead Level, Morgan county,
says In relation to the called quarterly court
on the second Monday of August: "The
excitement upon the subject of public
schools ran quite high for a while, there be-
ing goodly number of persons in town,
and onr county Judge being somewhat
paralysed BY the regular "busthead' fever,
fined about half dozen persons for talking
upon the question of laying a school tax?"
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf says: The
Baptist church is near completion, only
awaits the arrival of the cushions for pews
and some minor fixtures to finish the inside
work. Ii viii require about $4,000 orna-
mental work on the outside to complete the
original design. 1t Is one Of the most ele-
gantly finished and furnished churches in
the country. The pews are made of ash Or
namented with black walnut, and are I'M
surpassed for comfort, beauty and elegance
of style.
The Memphis Register Of Aug. 81, says:
Yesterday Gus Dennis was up before his
honor Squire Winters, charged with an at
tempt to commit Ispe upon the person of
little girl. about twelve years of age, who
lives with her father on Fourth street, be
tween Washington and Poplar. Her cries
alarmed her father, v no rushed to her res
cue. The culprit fed, but was captured by
The police, aided by the outraged father.
Squire Winters fined the guilty party the
small sum of $50. M
The Memphis Register of Aug. 81 mar
rates the horrible death of James Doyle,
blacksmith, who, while under the influence
OF liquor, fell into the privy vault under
Number Four's engine house, on Main
street. It was fully ten minutes before the
iremen were able to rescue him, and when
they did succeed, life was found to be ex-
tinct. Doyle leaves wife and two daugh-
tiers, he bore the reputation of being a
Woodworking, industrious man, bis only
fault being his fondness for strong drink.
A correspondent of tho Knoxville Chron-
icLe, writing from Church Grove, Knox
county, says corn viii barely make half
crop, owing to protracsed drought. He
adds. The potato bugs are still endeavoring
to demolish our potato patches. We have
tried Lime, ashes, coal Gil, etc, with little or
no success, and we have now resorted to an
uufailDg remedy, to-wit, that OF killing
them with clubs. Tobacco worms are intol-
erably voracious this summer. l notice
they have played sad havoc with few neg
lected patches. Why don't Congress pass
law prohibiting worms from dealing in leaf
tobacco?
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf Of Aug.
81, ssys!- The school commissioners in the
town district have determined not to start
the schools for this year. The policy is
sound and sensible. To start without
money would be to incur certain failure,
and to put the schools back instead of for.
ward. The unfortunate starting Of pub
lie schools heretofore without money, has
resulted in more Injury than can be repair
ed in FIVE years. In the town, the school
party can still occupy thems Ives with get
ting UP and building fine school house at
a cost of from $12, 900 to $4,000. Clsrks-
vile is able to build such school house,
and would never fail to have school after
she got it. g.
OfTennessee minerals at Vienna, the
Kingston Neacs says: Latest telegrsphic adj
vices from Vienna state that the State of
Tennessee has received prizes for her min
erals at the Exposition. In this connection
the name of Hon. j. NJ. Thornburg is men
toned in a very fatteriDg manner. 1t
seems that when this gentleman reached
Vienna, he found the various articles Sd
carefully collected and shipped from our
State by Gen. Wilder, still lying in the
warehouse, with several hundred dollars
freight still unpaid, and no enc there who
seemed in any way interested whether they
appeared on exhibition or not. Mr.. Thorn
burg, it is stated, Immediately paid the
charges, out of his own pocket, snd.had the
minerals conveyed TO tour department" and
personally superlntended their opening and
labelling, the whole costing him about five
hundred dollars.