Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-23

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tally.
BARBECUE AND To-day,
Friday, the good people Of Henderson
are indulgiRg the old fashioned but ever
grateful luxuries Of barbecue. Maj. r.
B. Hurt, of this City, was invited to be
present and address the people on the sub
ject Of Railroads, which he accepted. We
wish all hands jolly time.
TIE NKw HoTEL.-The Hotel building
Of Perkins 4 Morgan is large and well ar
ranged. Contains about forty rooms, and
is well ventilated. II has not yet been
rented out and Mr.. Perkins, who has con.
troll Of the renting, proposes to rent it now
before finishing the house, so that It can be
finished up in style TO suit the renter
Whoever rents it has it in his power to
make money by the investment. 1t should
be open in time for our great Annual Fair.
READ Tive desire to direct attention
to an advertisement, in this issue, Of James
O'ConnOr. For the reason that his mercan.
tile business has so grown and increased as
to demand his undivided time, he has con-
cluded to sell or lease his large and com
plete Tannery in the Southern suburbs Of
the City. This Tannery has always made
money, and in the hands Of an experienced
and competent man, who will give it his
entire attention, viii prove a first class in
vestment.
MONDAY NIGHTS SoiREE.-We had the
pleasure Of attending on Monday night the
Il Cot a.
Madam DeLarranaga's Dancing School. In
truth we can say, that no teacher of this
graceful art has ever better deserved the
patronage of our citizens. The ease and
grace attained by her pupils, from the
youngest to the Oldest-is almost without
a parallel IN the history Of jackson dane
ing schools. We learn with pleasure that
she will continue her school in this City,
and bespeak for her an Increased patronage.
SALARY OF THE MAYoR.-Considerfn9
the present size, growth, and the future OF
Jackson, we are OF the opinion that the sal
AIRY Of the Mayor should be Increased. In
other words the office Of Mayor should be
one that any good and able citizen would
feel honored to hold, and one that would
pay good and able citizen to devote his
time and talents in discharging its vital
duties. We shall have more to say on this
subject at the proper time. In the mean
time let our citizens think Of il.
WEST TENNESSEE CoLLEGE.-We I'M
derstand that the Board of Trustees of this
Institution having consolidated with the
Free School system Of the 18th Civil Dis
trict, on the 21st, elected as President Of
the College, DR.. West, of Clarksyille, Ten
nessee, who will come to US with a reputa-
ton as a skilled educator of youth, and
they also elected DR., Patton Professor in
the College, gentlemen we'll know to all
in this community. Other professors win
be elected IN due season for the next ses-
sion OF the college. All classes below the
collegiate branches will be free, and tuition |
in college proper has been reduced to two |
thirds Of the former charges.
Oh! How sAD!LThe above exclamation |
occasionally wells from our heart and
gushes from our lips as some kind friend |
informs US that so-and-so didn't like such |
and-such an article in our local. Our grief /
and dispair reaches the magnitude of a |
dark and rushing flood when some virtu- |
Gus, modest and pious soul threatens to |
stop mis- paper because our Local columns |
are not filed with the Proverbs Of solomon
and the Psalms Of David. On such occa-
sions we feel like an exile in weary land /
where there is no great rock in whose
shadow to rest, In cur wretchedness we
wearily wander to the graveyard, the
silent, slunabering city Of the dead, and for
hours sit on moss-coyered grave stones and
contemplate with envy and yearning visit
fullness, some three thousand dollar mar
BILE monument. Oh how sad!
ODD FELLOWS FEMALE CoLLEGE.-This
institution is located at Humboldt, Tenn,
a.le of the most pleasant and contemplating
towns in the State. 1t recommends itself
to the members Of that most worthy Order,
and will be sustained by them in a manner
ereditable to that Order in this State. The
President OF the College, Rev. G. w. john
sten, we know to be without superior in
the State as an educator. He is assisted by
an able and experienced Faculty, and can
but achieve fer himself and assistants, in
creased fame in his new field. If the Odd
Fellows Of Humboldt and the State second
his efforts as they should, he will build up
school there without a superior in Ten
nessee. We part with him with regret, but
wish him success although Jackson is not
directly to be benefited.
See Card in another column.
GRANGEs.-On the 18th Of July a Grange
Of the Patrons of Husbandry, with twenty
four members, was organized at Moriah
Church-Alexander Thompson, Master;
j. A. Donell, Secretary-Post Office at
Humboldt Tenn. On August LIST, at
Hopefeld, Grange OF thirty members-E.
R. johnson, Master; R. A. Cathey, Seere-
tary-Post Office, jackson. Also, on the
9Th Of August, at Pleasant Plains,
Grange Of tWenty-six members, NJ. V. B.
Exum, Masteri j. Frank Jones, Secretary
Post Office, Jackson. Mr.J. L. Fly, at
Piekettsville, Gibson county, will take
pleasure In giving any information desired
with regard to the organization of Oranges
in Madison county. Interest in this great
movement Of the farming classes is stnl on
the increase in this section, and that 1t will
be a powerful element in the next State
election no one .conyersant with ITS prog
ress. will doubt. In all things really pro-
motive Of the agricultural interest, in all
honorable and worthy effort, we wish the
movement success. Changes there should
be-reformation is needsd-a agriculture
should be fostered by the State, and in ali
these aims the Oranges have our sympa-
thies.
SECRET SoCIETIES-N NEGROES AND TIE
LABOR QUEsTIoN.-We have reason to
know that secret organization exists
among the negroes OF this City and County,
the object Of which is to regulate, in their
own interest, the labor on farms and in
families. Jackson is the head quarters of
this Society, and during the big meetings
of the past few weeks, large additions have
been made to the Order. Sometimes these
meetings continue through the entire night.
but the time is not all consumed in reli-
gious exercises. Explaining the objects
and necessity of the Society above mention
ed, and initiating new members, occupies
much oftheir time. The colored preachers
are thought TO be at the head OF 1t. It's
objects may be briefly summed up thus
they intend, If strong enough by the close
of the year, to refuse all offers to crop on i
shares or for wages, but to force landhold- /
ers to rent them land and stock. To raise !
the wages of household and kitchen work, |
and TO classify all house labor-that is, il |
ouf. hires & diEing-rOom servant or cham |