Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-20
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Athens P0St Claims Ior tnst DOrg q
"two-storv omnibus
Six wagons passed through Savannah on
the 10th from Giles county,en route for Ar
kansas.
According to the Herald, the Mobile and
Ohio rsilrosd have begun building locomo-
tives in Jackson.
The Savannah NelCs states that the "De-
mopolls Wooden Mills" have paid their OWL
ers about thirty five per cent. on the invest
ment this year.
An uuoccupied dwelling in Athens, be-
longing to DR.. W. w. Alexander, was re-
Gently incendiarized and burned down. The
house stood alone and lad not been used
for some weeks.
The Athens Post says "there is going to
be too much emigration from McMinn
county this fall" and gives the names of
eleven substantial citizens leaving one sec
ton of the county for Texas.
The Athens Post learns that competent
party is about to lease the farm on the Hi
wassee river, known as the Savanna, with
view Of going largely into the manufsc-
ture of butter and cheese.
A balloon was found by Mr.. Haynes g
few days ago in the neighborhOod of Wal
nut Grlve, in Hardin county. 1t was alb )ut
six feet in length. The supply of gas had
been entirely exhausted.
A Perryville correspondent Of the Savan.
nah NelcS writes: Peanuts are about one
fourth OF a crop. The acreage is one-third
less than last year. It is thought that there
. i'll rot be more than enough for seed for
mkt year.
The Kingston East TeYlneSSeeGn Of the
18th says: James Tsliafsrro, living near
Pond Creek, in this county, accidentally
shot himself on Friday last. The ball en-
tering the arm a. the elbow, passed up
and came out near the shoulder, grazing
his head.
The Cleveland Banner says the corn crop
in the vicinity of Benton, Polk county, is
rather short, owing to the want of rain at
the PROPER time. Money is tighter in that
locality than we have ever found it before.
Hogs sell at A cents, gross-beef cattle p
to q cents, on foot-crop fair.
The Herald says: Jackson continues as
healthy as North Carolins tar-kiln in the
center of pine woods. Thu settlers Of
this Fork-d Deer country brought with
them from the Old North State some OF
the ssluhrious influences of the Neuse and
Tar rivers.
In5 OIV1OuAu N6tUS says
from Indian creek few days ago DR.. Bu-
chairman of WaynesbOro, was overtaken by
night, and having to travel small path lost
his way. He dismOunted and was feeling
for the path when be fell from bluff some
ten feet bruisiDg him considerably.
A correspondent of the Paris IltelligeRcer
whites that about midnight Of the 18th, j,
W. SWor, about ten miles northeast OF
Paris, had his mill burned to ashes. As
there had been no fire about the building
for several days, il is supposed to have been
the work of incendiaries. Losses estimated
at about three thousand dollars. No in
suraIce.
The depot at Messy Greek, on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road, was
burned down early on the morning of the
18th. Luckily there was but little f,eight
in it. Incendiarlsm to cover burglary, is
suspected, an old gun barrel that may have
been used as a crowbar to effect an entrance
being frund nesr by, while keg Of liquor
has disappeared totally, even to the iron
hoops.
The Savannah Neovs of the 18th says:
| While the TAILOR and his family were attend.
| ing church some two miles from town last
Sunday, two men went to the Jail and
| broke in through the residence part of the
| building, and opened one Of The cells which
was secured on the outside by large pad.
| lock, and liberated one Moses Solomon,
| who had been confined for sometime for a
very frivolous offense. Two other prison
ers were in the same cell, but made no
| effort 10 escape. Nobody regrets the liber-
/ alton of the immortal Solomon.
| ]. N. Patterson, of Cleveland, has patent
| ed new style of three-bladed propeller
called the "eagle- wing" The blades are
concavo-convex, wholly avoiding the latera
| di, placement of water which does not aid
propulsion while wasting a large percentage
of the power in other wheels. The water
| is forced directly back, attaining the same
! speed with slower revolution, thus adapt
ing it for ocean-going vessels, and the same
| feature of forcing the water directly back,
obViates the wear of canal banks, which has
hitherto been the great objection to steam
navigation on canals.
| The negroes of East Tennessee are exter-
minating each other. The Kingston East
Tennesseedn OF the 18Th has these items:
| We learn of difficulty between couple oi
colored men, which occurred at Oakdale on
| Sunday evening last, in which one was
knocked down and nearly, if not quite kill
ed. 1t appears they got into quarrel about
a girl, when one struck the other on the
head with club, which knocked him sense
| less for some time. He subsequently raj
lied, but still lies in very precarious condi
| ton. "a man shot on hlleys
Greek, twas the announcement on the street
Tuesday morning. A colored man, while
engaged in serenading, probably his dulci
ray was fred upon BY some one, and Sc
| rionsI7. IL not fatally wounded.