Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-12

week or two, are all now returning
o Nashville.
w. w. Murray, Esq, Of Hunting
lon, has been appointed u. 5. Dis
riot Attorney for the district of
Vest Tennessee, in the place of |
Judge Hudson, deceased.
r.. L. Weakly has been elected Su-
of Public Schools for |
Davidson county, with a salary of !
.welve hundred dollars attached.
The Tennessee River News an
nounces that G.. w. Harris, who re-
sides near Coffee landing, has been
elected Superintendent of public
schools for Hardin county.
The Crockett Sentinel says Alamo
needs a good boot maker very much.
They ere building a new aad ele-
CANT jail at Alamo, the site OF Crock
EFT county.
Nashville, Gallatin, Lebanon. Muir
freesboro and Shclbyville, arc now
said to be entirely free from cholera.
Long may they remain so. for they
have been severely scOurged.
Gen. Dewey who recently died
suddenly at Knoxville, of heart dis
case, was Attorney General of his
District and Gov. Brown has APP
pointed Z. G.. FulkersOn, of TaZe,
well, to fill the vacancy.
The Savannah, Tennessee River
News says Mr.. De Ford killed a rat
tlesnake last week near Savannah,
which measured six feet five and a
half inches in length, and four and
1--WE eighth inches through the laTg-
est part of the body.
S. A. Cunningham. who has con-
Quoted the Shelbyville Commercial
with considerable ability, has sold
the establishment to Il. G.. Russ,
who is no stranger to the newspaper
fraternity of Tennessee. We cor
daily wish prosperity to the retir-
ing and incoming editors.
Our old friend Maj. +. A. Tyler,
editor-in-chiof of the Memphis Reg
lister, was last Monday elected Su-
perintendent of public schools for
Shelby county, with n salary of 81,
200 per annum. He yields the edi-
torial helm of the Register to Gen.
Marcus j. Wright, who is hencefOTth
responsible for the political charao-
ter of that paper.
The Alamo Sentinel says the res
idence of j. ID. Kersey, on the Bells
and Gadsden road was destroyed by
fire, June 26th, and is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary. Mr..
Kersey had five hundred gallons of
pure grape wine, of his own make,
in the house, at the time, all of which
was destroyed by the flames.
Rev. Henry NJ. Hutton, a faithful
minister of the Methodist Church,
whom the writer of this paragraph
has known for more than fifty years,
departed this life near White Bluff
Dickson county, July 9TH, aged
about 80 years. In our early child
hood Mr.. Hutton was n citizen of
Franklin, and is well remembered
by us.
Capt. James f. Bright, of this
city, and so well known as the afla-
BILE and accomplished Conductor
on the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
for years past, has been assigned to
duty on the Memphis end of the
Memphis and Paducah road, and is
running the passenger train from
Memphis to Covington. He is the
right man in the right place.
Allen Ward, the negro charged
with burning the house of Thomas
ii. Bond, near ThOmpson's Station,
Williamson county, was taken from
the custody of Mr.. Bond and the
officer in charge, by about thirty
masked men, with the evident in
tent of hanging him; but, becoming
aware of their purpose, he made a
desperate effort to escape, and broke
to run. When about twenty-five
feet from the party three pistol
shots rang out on the night air, and
Ward fell, but instantly rose and
ran at great speed, and it being dark
all trace of him was lost. This was
Wednesday night. On the follow
/ ing Sunday citizens were attracted
by seeing buzzards flying in q circle
over a cornfield, and upon going
there found the dead body of Ward.
AsIATIC CHoLERA.-Perry Davis Pain
Killer is an excellent regulator Of the stom
ach and bowels, and should always be kept
on hand, especially at this season of the
year, when so many suffer from bowel com
plants. There is nothing so quick TO re
lieve in attack Of Cholera. Sold at only >;
cents n hottie nv merchar,ts 0eupraIlv