Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-29
TENNESSEE NEWS.

A. man named Alexander Green was
drowned in The Cumberland river near
Gainsboro, on the 18th inst.
The Brownsville States of the Goth inst.
reports protracted meetings In progress in
several portions of Haywood county.
A man named Henry Cannon, who lives
In Lawrence county, walked thirty-six
miles on the 22d inst. to get his marriage
license.
7Ayoung son of Henry Measter of Chat
tanooga, was drowned in the Tennessee
river near that city, while bathing on the
10Th inst.
The Manchester Democrat of the 18th
inst. says: The health of our town and
vicinity is reported to be unusually good for
this season of the year. CIR
The second annual fair of the Coffee
County Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
ciat.on will be held at the Fair Grounds,
near Manchester, Oct. l, 2 and 8.
The recent County Court of Sumner d.
rected the County Superintendent to ,llect
81 from each applicant as teacher of public
schools to be credited on his salary.
The Gallatin IeianesSeean of the 26th
inst. says: We still hear of good deal of
fux in the town and immediate surround.
ing country-noDe, however, very violent,
The Trenton Gazette of the 26th lost,
says: There were three deaths in our CITY
this week-all colored. One from con-
sumption, one from accidental drowning,
and one from being shot.
The LawrenceDurg Journal says: A lit
tie "three-year-Older" of this place, after
looking at couple of finely dressed female
fifteenth amendments, exclaimed to his
father, "By the gray-goat, who is 'em?"
The Manchester Democrat of the 25th
inst. says the farmers of Coffee county be-
gin loudly to complain of the protracted
dry weather, saying that unless it rains
very soon corn will not yield half crop.
The Brownsville States of the Goth inst.
says: The crops in the country have sort
of yellow jaundice look, that must make
the farmers feel bilious. The crops, on &C.
count of the drought, threaten to be total
failure.
Mr.. VIM. LoVin, of Trenton, states in a
note to the Gazette of that place, that he
pulled on the 21st inst. from one stalk of
the common Indian corn forty years, aver
aging four inches in length, each having
perfect cobs and grain.
The Loudon Journal says: In passing
q postoftice recently we noticed badly d.
rsCted letter in the window. The postmas-
ter, not being able to read the direction,
wrote Immediately unde', "Hel for Direc-
ton" Very appropriate.
@ The Lawrenceburg journal says: Mr..
Ben Crews, of this county, recently put his
hand into hens nest and found therein q
chicken snake, which he drew out and
killed, and which measured seven feet five
inches in length and weighed five pounds.
On Friday night, the 18th inst, most
crime was committed near Rip
ley, Lauderdsle county, by a notorious
negro named Chris Titus, upon the person
of a widow named Kirkpatrick. The
negro has been arrested and lodged in jail.
The Trenton Gazette states that Mr.. Dris-
kell, of Gibson county, has an old horse that
devours young chickens and ducks with the
avidity of an alligator. The horse has hith-
erto been classed only with the herbiverous
animals, but it appears that he is also car
niyerous. @
The Knoxville Press and Herald SAYS:
The overseer on the Agricultural College
Farm, reports that hs has gathered 22I
bushels of wheat off of sixteen acres.
This is what may be termed splendid re-
suit. The fact is not overdrawn bat is &C.
,ually true.
The Trenton Gazette of the 26th inst.
lays: On last Saturday little girl, daugh-
er Of Jake Haste, aged about seven years.
was drowned. 1t seems that while out
ishiDg with her grandmother, she happened
% get separated from her, and fell into the
,reek. which was DOT over two feet deep,
md drowned before assistance could reach
ler.
The Dyersburg Progress of the 2 ith inst.
'ays: We had good rains here last Friday
md Friday night. There were good rains
but north and west OF Us, but Mr.. Archie
Wood informs us that at his place, four
miles east of town, there fell scarcely any
ain. He says the crops in his neighbor-
hood will be cut very short unless there is
fall of rain soon.
The Dyersburg Progress says: The
young ladies' Of Dyersburg are in trouble.
They have company every night and nearly
al day Sunday. They would not mind this
30 much if the young men did not stay so
ale. The young ladies and their parents
who have to sleep in the day to keep awake
1t night, complain seriously of such unwar-
-antable conduct.
The Maryville Republican OF the Goth
inst. says: There have been few cases of
cholera norbus in Blount county this week,
but worry few of them virulent. The gener-
Il health of the county is good; fevers are
scarce; summer complaints among the chill
1ren being the only prevalent disease. There
are yet few cases of whooping- cough in
our town; most of which are OF long stand
ng.
The Gsllatin Examiner OF the 10Th inst.
says: The farmers are now engaged in
,hreshing out their wheat. We expressed
\ hope some weeks ago that the crop might
be an average half one, but our recent in
formation leads us to the ccnclusio that it
may fall largely under that estimate.
, majority of sections the yield has been
scarcely fourth.
A Greeneville letter to the Knoxville
Press and Herald, dated July 25, says: A
difficulty occurred yesterday evening about
seven miles from Greereville, near Timber
Ridge, between VIM. SusoDg and James
Henry, in which the latter was shot in the
head with an army musket charged with
bird shot. The wounds are said to be Sc
we're, but it is thought Henry will recover.
Susong fed and has not been arrested.
The Lawrencebu5g Journal of the oath
INST, says: On Sunday, the 18th inst, at
Cherry-Hill Church, in this ounty, George
made an assault on w. G. Hardy,
and after cutting at him few times, drew
bis pistol and began firing indiscriminate'y
1t the crowd of persons who we're trying
70 arrest him. Williams, we learn, is q
desperate character, and is a nuisance and
terror to the community. Williams was
arrested.
The Dyersburg Progress Of the oath inst.
says: We understand that on last Friday
there were several cases of cholera, or dis
Ease with all the sy mptoms of cholera, at
and near NewberD, and that the estimable
lady of our countyman, L. III. Williams,
died with 1t. Newbern is a very healthy
place. The excellent health of Dyersburg,
where no cholera has appeared, is sttribu-
table to her splendid cisterns more than to
any other cause.
The Trenton Gazette says: A colored de-
batting society in this county has Just de-
bated the question, (which Is the most
profit to man, money or education?" Ore
Of the debaters argued that if it had not
been for education the world would not
have been half so large as it is. This
clincher was met, however, by the irresisti-