Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-22
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The health CT Haywood County is not
very good.
Brownsville is crowded with refugees
from Memphis.
The taxable property of Chattanooga, &C.
cord.Dg TO the treasurer's recent report, Is
valued st $5,421, 1l9.
There is not enough money In Covingson,
says the Record, to buy all the cotton that
goes TO that market
A passenger, on the steamer Geo. w.
Creek fell overheard and was drowned near
Memphia recently. Name not known.
The Savannah Nesps of the 14th reports
the close of schools in Hardin county, say
ing: Forty eight school teachers are thrown
ont of employment, and forty-eight schools
have stopped. g
The Covington Record says: So far as
we can learn, there have only been nine
deaths In the corporate limits Of Covington
since the first day Of January last--a Pc
Rod Of nearly ten months.
The Trenton Gazette says the PROPOSE
ton to commence the public schools of Glib
son county the first Monday in November
next for . FIVE months term, meets with
general favor in the county.
The Memphis Register says: Chief Athy,
Acting Recorder, fined notorious charac-
ter named j. w. iMadigan. four bund ed
dollars for stealing quantity of bed cloth
ing. He didn't have the money.
Last week, says the Brownsville States,
an alteration took place in Haywood
comfy between two neg. oes, Edna VIII
liams and Lucius Murrill, in which the lat
ter was shot and killed. williams was
arrested and imprisoned in the Brownsville
jail.
The Covington Record of !hs 18th, an
nounces the death of three of the most re-
spected citizens Of Upton County: A. A.
Templetop, W. j. Rogers, Esq, and Thos
B. Caraway. The last mentioned died OF
bilious fever of very malignant type. The
9th two died of yellow fever, contracted
by visiting Memphis.
The Savannah Neacs deplores emigration:
81. r. Hinkle, Esq, and Capt. r. d. De
Ford are making their arrangements to start
to Colorado about the LIST Of November.
We dislike to hear the substantial men Of
toe country talking of seeking homes in
other countries, as we learn they are going
with the view of looking out situations to
move to.
The Brownsville States has the following:
There are four or five can idates out for
Mayor Of Brownsville, and each one be-
lieVes himself to be the most desirable man,
and are doing their level best to convince
the people of the fact. Unless there are diff
fereRt arrangements made, Garland Ware,
Esq, the nominee Of the Radical party, will
be elected.
Tbs following item is from the Savannah
Meas: There will be from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred bales of cation
grown on Edgar Cherry's farm this year.
There will be produced near three thou
sand barrels of corn on the same. His farm
embraces about two thousand acres OF the
best land on Tennessee river, Of which
there are only about six hundred acres in
cultivation.
The Ripley Neacs Of the 18th furnishes
the following: We learn that the church
of the colored people, near WoOdville, was
burned to the ground by some incendiaries,
on last Saturday night. Two young men
from this neighborhood, w. L. Savage and
Riley Chism, are accused of the crime, and
were accordingly arrested soon after the
burning and placed under guard, but sue
ceeded in effecting their escape, and have
not sinee been re.arrested.
The Memphis appeal of the 10th inst,
states that an inquest was held on the 18th
over the body Of Nat johnson, col1red
man, who died at the corner of Gayson and
DeSoto streets, in drunken fit. He had
been employed By the Howard association
as nurse, but on the first display of bis
weakness tor the good things provided By
that institution for suffering humanity, be
was discharged, and sfter excessive drinking
and exposure died as above stated.
The Memphis Avalanche gives the fol-
lowing item: AS q part of the history Of
the ravages of the scourge in North Men,
phis, we place on record the fate of the in
mates of the boarding house known as the
Mississippi House, corner of Market and
Front streets. The landlord is Joe San
ford, whose family consisted of o wife and |
Gwo children. In his house were eighteen |
boarders. Ofall these, there we're only ice |
Sanford and one boarder who survived, all |
the rest, twenty, died.
The Ripley NeaoS of the 18th has stir
ring description Of personal encounter that |
took place not long since in that usually |
peaceful burg. The matter was no less |
than this: Old .nsn Partridge, with a
gun, and lady Partridge |
with cow-hide went in pursuit of their re- |
spected townsman, CAPT. w. 81. Foster.
They found him and ere he was aware OF |
the situation his flesh was being tortured |
by the weapon IN the hands of Mrs. Part |
ridge. He collected himself snd blew her |
In the countenance By striking out from |
the Misunderstanding her to reel and tot
ter. Mr. Partridge now prepared to give |
the proper range TO his piece in order to
forward vepgeful projectile TO q bloody
odgment in the Captains frame; but he
was prevented ~ the Captain, who man
aged to stick a knife in the old artillery |
mans back. An armistice here took place
which is likely to merge into profound