Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-15
STATE NEWS.

They have laid out a public square,
and located the Jail in Lychburg.
Moore county.
The Shelbyville Commercial SAYS
the small pox is on the increase at
UnionVillc, Bedford County.
George Foster killed John STAN
ford in Hardin county a week or
two ago. Jealousy was the cause.
The Knoxville Fair Grounds, like
those at Nashville, are to be sold
soon to liquidate debts.
The early wheat in Maury county.
notwithstanding the severe winter,
is said TO look very promising.
They strichnine sheep-stealing
dogs up at McMinnvilie-ser
them right.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
has decided that rock is not dead
ly weapon!
DIR. :. 5. Porter, Sem, aged about
80 years, died last week at his home,
near Williamsport, Maury county.
Mr.. Joseph Chiffon, aged over
eighty, died in GAINESVILLE last
week.
The Gallatin Examiner says: Our
venerable county man, James Ham
ilton gave a birthday party, Janua-
ry list. 1t was his S8thi
Chattanooga has lately been in the
dark. 1t came about by a man mis-
taking the "gasometer" for a sugar
hogshead, and upsettiDg it.
The Pulaski Citizen says: Uncle
10. Hannah, of Giles county, claims
ll6 grand children and thirty-one
great grand children.
The Moore County Pioneer learns
that not less than fifteen distilleries
are being erected in that county, at
the present time.
A white deer was killed in Law
renee county the other day. IL was
entirely white, except small gray
streak in the forehead.
A man named Smith was shot and
killed by man named Duncan,
near Clarksburg, Carroll county,
recently.
Col. Il. ID. Frost has been elected
Vice President of the Mississippi
Central Railroad. A compliment
well earned.
The Presbyterian Church at
Greenville, East Tennessee, came
near being destroyed by fire few
days ago.
shelby comfy last week contribu-
ted eleven boarders 10 the State Ho-
tel near Nashville, for total period
of ihirty-nine years.
Three prisoners confined i'm the
Troy Jail, escaped last week, but
one was captured and returned to
his place in Jail.
o. G.. Bacon, formerly an Attor-
ney at Jonesborough, has left for
parts unknown, and his wife and
children are destitute, at Chatta-
nooga.
Judge w. IL. Williamson, of Leb-
anon, was married in Murtreesboro
on the 30th of january, TO Mrs.
Gen. John III Morgan, who is a
daughter OF Hon. Charles Ready.
The GaIlatin Examiner, of the
Sth, says: Rev. Mr.. Osborne the
newly elected Pastor OF the Gala
IN Baptist Church, delivered two
eloquent aud Instructive discoursrs,
Sunda. morning and night.
The Knoxville Chronicle repre-
SCENTS the farmers in East Tennessee
bring in low spirits about the wheat
crop-much Of il, il is thought has
hcen frozen out by the severe
weather.
The Lexington Reporter says a
young man named Felix Robinson,
living near Lexington was struck on
the head with a hoe by a negro,
fracturing the skull. The negro is
in jail.
The Ripley Weekly News, says;
The indications are that another
three hundred thousand dollar Con.
stitutional Convention will be call.
ed by the Legislature, for what es.
pecial purpose, nobody seems to
know.
A kentucky drover was robbed al
the Aurora House, Nashville, last
week, of $4,000, the proceeds of a
drove of mules and horses i'm the
Soath His pocket was cut and the
money taken while he was asleep.
The Bolivar Bulletin, SAYS: a
youth. aged IL years, near Lafay-
cite. Fayetto county, recently, while
packing cotton in 4 press, was burn
ed to death by some matches he had
in his pocket igniting, setting the
cotton on fire, and he persisted be-
fore assistance could be rendered.
The Lawrence Journal. says: A
Lawrence County man, few miles
from Lawrcnccburg, recently built
a turkey pen, aud ON going TO il one
morning he found nine turkeys, and
morning or two after he got tive
more.
A correspondent of the Troy
Times SAYS a child "a man child
was born at Crescent City-the new
town in Obion cOunty-recently,
which was weighed Immediately at.
ter birth, and weighed l9A lbs
That's a whopper!
They had case OF small pox In
the iail at Troy, last week. Thai
is mighty unsafe place for such q
lisease-for il has a way OF break,
ing ont which deiies bolts anC
bars.
A fellow in Coffee county says h'
is opposed TO Narrow Gouged Rail
roads, because the roads they now
have are too narrow, for when hC
gets drunk-eyery chance he gets
aud attempts TO walk them, they
don't seem to be wider than a "twinC
string"
The project of re-establislssng thc
county OF Bell-with Grand June
HON as its capitoi-is again being
acitated. a meeting iog that pur.
nose was held the other day, aud 4
determination expressed 10 night il
out 10 the bitter end.
A despcredu named Wiley Sprrk
.hut and kilicd john jean, AT 81 dis
tiliery ia Moore county last week
lie was threatening IL shoot. aut
Jean opened his breast aud told hin
Ia shoot. No sooner said than done
and Jean lies in an untimelv grave
and Speck is in Jail.
The Moore County Pioneer, says
Mr. J. 5. Bobo, proprietor OF tho
saw mill at county line, recently cui
down popular tree which wa,
eleven feet in diameter, and eighty,
nine teet to the first limb. He la,
already cut twenty cords Of WOOD
from The top, and IS going TO saw
the body into lumber, and will re
port how many feet it makes.