Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-03-25
EVENT and COMMENT

I
FOSTER has followed his victim, a
Irast. let us hope that he has. Or
Friday last he was hanged in the
New York Toombs for the murder o
Putnam in 1871. Mr.. Putnam hat
two ladies under his charge ant
Foster, the conductor of the stree
car in which they were travelling, USED
insulting language to them. Mr.. Put
nam, it seems, demonstrated with hin
and when he got Of the car Foster
struck him with a car hook anc
killed him. He seems to have had g
terrible dread Of dealt. and on the
scaffold he had hardly fortitude suffi
Gent to stand up. Is it not horrible
to haze to take the life of a mora
coward? Yet the law. or Foster,
had to die, and society preferred law.
to the drunken conductor who slew
his peacible passenger.
TENNESSEE has passed an act,
called the Anti Tipping Law. The
Tenn. papers say it uas offered by the
"Senate Tipling Committee" but we
do not think tipping committee,
would have "done so.' Under the
bill, no man can sell whiskey in the
State of Tenn, after the lst of June
next, unless at an election to be held
each year on the LIST Saturday in
June, the majority of the voters vo-
ting any civil district or incorporated
town shall vote to allow it. He
shall not then sell to minors without
an OF der from parent or guardian, nor
to an adult who may be intoxi-
Gated, nor to any man provided
the wife or any one depending
on him for a support shall notify
them not to do so, under penalty of
$50 to 500 and costs, with imprison>
ment until paid. 1t also prevents
the sale of all bitters which viii in
toxicate, and all medicinal liquors by
druggists, unless upon the certificate
of physician.
THE new revenue law for Tennes-
see fixes the rate of taxation at 80
cents. 1t is contended that this will
yield revenue of two millions, OF
which 100000 will run the state
government, leaving S1400;000 TO
pay the interest under the new fund
ing bill. The Memphis A0alanche
denolnces the funding bill and the
AgpeM laudss it. State bonds have
already gone up to 50 cts.
UNDER the new school law Sulli-
van county will have elected by the
County Court, at the April or July
term, County Superintendent who
shall be man of literary and scien-
titir attainments, aud after the first
year he shall be elected biennially and
hold lis Office for two years. No
member of the Court shall be elligi-
bic to the position. Does the legis-
lature mean to insinuate that the ma
terial of which our Sullivan County
Court is composed is. not scientific or
literary Rise Capt. Denny and ex-
plain.
Tom Scott has met with defeat in
tie legislature of New Jersey. The
people Of the Northern states have
arisen against the great monopolist.
and have determined that they will
assert their power Of self protection.
CoMoDoRE VANDERBUILT has given
to Bishop McTyere, of Nashville, a
half million of dollars to establish a
University in Tennessee. So says DIR.
Deems. If so that University should
be called Vanderbilt University.
boutwell, has been seated in the
Senate and Judge VIM. a. Richard
son has been appointed Secretary OF
the Treasury. The effort to have an
appointment from the South was
stubbornly resisted by the president.
THE SHARP-BARD trick at Chatta-
nooga has failed. The nomination of
Sharp has been withdrawn and Kin
drick has been reappointed Post mas
ter. We hope the matter will remain
for awhile in its present adjustment.
We are rather disguised with having
Chattanooga continually before the
foot lights.
THE Nashville correspondent of the
Courier Jownol says, the new fund
ing bill will cause Tennessee bonds
to advance from so to 80 and 100 on
Wall street. Upon the whole Tenn.
has been well served by the present
legislature.