Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-07
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I'D CARPENTER.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, Aug. Ed. Car
penter, OF this city, Is building q large
slaughter house near the depot. Ed. is a
great cattle man; he ships within year
large number Of cattle from this place.
JAS H. JAMESON,
Of this city, has purchased the property that
once belonged to John Hough, Just below
Court-square, and in a few days viii COM
mence building a livery stable which will
be two hundred and five feet deep. 1t will
be sn "Up-up" stable something on the
Pentecost order.
COUNTY COURT
was in session last Monday. There was a
large crowd in town th It day.
CITY HALL.
Jno. Brown will commence som buil9-
ing city hall on South Main street, one
door below C,urt-square.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Nearly every street in our city is now be-
ing worked or. Several new streets have
been opened.
NEW HOTEL.
Mr.. Adolph Nelson, of your city, opened
last Monday the new hotel at the depot in
this city. The house is new, and every
thing about it is new. NJ. Nelson has been,
until last week, running the hotel at Pleas
ant Grove. He has procured the services of
Bonnie billiard as first clerk, which is
good selection.
ARCHIE CHEATHAM,
Of your city, is spending q few days here.
He looks IS well as in days Of yore.
JAS. HAYNES
of this city, has been up Duck river for the
last five weeks getting cedar timber, and on
yesterday landed at this place 44,O0e pieces
of cedar. While up the river Jim had his
left foot badly poisoned; he is now going
around on a crutcb, one foot bail and plug
hat on.
CORPORAL HENDERSON
of the "Dqmfree's Navy" who lives near
Rose Hill Cemetery, in this city, has rock
fence four fee long al it is not only white
washed on the side, but on top it is IS
white as "Mary's little lamb"
ROSE HILL CEMETERY.
Sunday lsss we paid a Wis 70 the above
burial ground, and we noticed while there
several lots which were beautiful lY orDa-
mentej, among others that of DR.. Har-
rison, which has received the especial at
tention Of the sexton, Esq. Tom Mcguire.
FRIDAY EVENING NEWS.
This is he title of anew paper that is to
be started in this city, the first of Septem-
Der.
BARBECUE.
The United Friends of Temperance are
to have barbecue at Mt. Nebo eight miles
from this city to-day. Distinguished speak
ers will be in attendance.
PRISONERS
Sheriff Latta will salt to-day with the
e. Eka ToSk
Hotel in your city. Messrs. Gush Math-
eEs, 10. Dew, Mac Caller, Sam Walker,
and James Mathews, are the guards. Be
low give you the prisoners names:
WHITES.
CHARLEY Mason, robbery, picking ladys
| dress at a circus-10 gears.
r G. Grogan, fraudulent breach Of trust,
/ year.
COLoRED.
Lula Craig, larceny, years.
Alex Gardn r, larceny, 2 years.
Willis Webster, assault with intent TO kill,
5years.
Sam Mitchell, same offence, two cases,
81 years.
w. s. FLEMING,
is improving his lot in front Of tho Preshy-
terian church, by erecting three neat offices.
sERENADING.
| Monday last certain gentleman of this
| city was serenaded with bass and kettle
drum and FIFE. Ton THUMB, Jh.
Memphis Needed a Fashionable Board.
ing House.
The ST. Louis Republican tells that
Memphis has just had sharp boarding
| house laudlady experience which has bIi ,ht-
! ened Up its ideas, produced good deal of
merriment, ard is likely to make more.
Mrs. J A. J. Leighton is very fair, very at
| trsclive, and thirty thle5. She still wears
the fire. hest kind Of roses 10 her cheeks,
AID flashes the mildest kind Of summer
light out of her blue eyes. It was very
easy matter for her-S sufferer from the
Chicsgo fire--to 60 to Memphis and lay her
plans before few gentlemen who bad the
means to help her start frst-class fashion
able boarding house, She found the right
people, aud il required BIZ Lite persuasion
10 induce them TO second her plans,
for Mrs. Leighton was pretty, and
blonde and sunshiny, and Memphis
wanted fashionable boarding house which
| wonld mbine the social air of a family
with The luxuries OF fIst-class hotel. A
resi- estate man, furniture dealer, an up
holsterer, cutler, who had the ability to
| help the poor, burnt-out woman, all thought
they would give her q lift and then Fill her
house with .oarders. Some of them agreed
/ to become boarders themselves. The house
was furnished and ou fitted aud started and
| filed with boarders, and all was happy in
! the Leighton mansion. She was a mag
uifcent laEdlsdy, and grOceIs aud hucksters
and butchers and bakers al favored her
With magnificent credit. The real es-
tate man and the merchants and
] .radasmen were q Wiling to wait, and
they did wait. Mrs. Leighton was as
yet never known to have paid any,
thing to any body. All her trsnsac-
tions had been income. The other
day boardars came home to dinner as usual,
| but there was no dinner. The magnificent
landlady conld not be found. Her trunk
was gone, many household articles bad
doubtless been turned into money and
were gone, and it flashed suddenly upon
those hungry diners that Mrs. Leighton was
gone. Then th5 creditors began to collect,
and AL Mrs. Leighton's acquaintance were
| creditors, and there were over twenty-five
of them. They looked stupid at first, but
finally began to seize upon the household
furniture, every fellow for himself. The
house was soon emptied, and that is the
way Mrs. Leghton's fashionable boa,ding-
house was broken up. The telegraph
found the lady al Decatur, on the Illinois
Central railroad, going north with mock.
ing bi in cage, and at least $1,000 OF
Memphis money in her pocket.