Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-15
TENNESSEE NEWS.

NJ man county, most cases proving fatal.
=. Knoxville claims to be the ''heart Of til,
d hog REGION" and wants larger pork-paclxin.
: establishments.
a The new bridge over Duck river. neal
y Shelbyville, on the Shelbyville and Lynch
Z burg pike is finished.
The Wdrerlg journal suspects the pres
a ence Of counterfeit fifty dollar greenbacks in
4 the vicinity Of that place.
The total estimated number Of deaths in
Memphis from yellow fever is /, 167; Other
: causes 472. Total since the fever appeared,
: 1859. AKA ~
7 The SomerraIe Falcon records the
death of negro child by having fallen.
head foremost upon nail, sticking in a
plank,
The gold cross which had been forward
ed to Miss Loula Wilkerson fer noble ser
vices during the erideihic in Memphis and
afterwards Stolen, has been recovered. 80
The KnOIrilIe Press and Herald of the
18th says: A heavy snow storm, lasting
nearly an hour, greeted the astonished
MOTTistoWners at breakfast time YESTERDAY.
An engagementin photography took place
in Kingston few days ago between select
squads from two rival schools The Ne,cs
states that it was witnessed by vast con-
course of people.
The Memphis appeal of the 18th notes
that the incoming train on the Louisville
Railroad the day before was crowded with
returning citizens. Every seat and thepas-
saSeway through each car was full,
The ShetbyUaLe Commercial of the 18th
says: We learn that a gentleman from
Iewisblifg Wednesday stated that the
courthouse at Lewisburg was burned that
day; that when he left the roof was failing
in.
The Memphis A;1peat, Of the 18th, states
that DIR. Graves, OF the Baptist, on return
ing to his residence found that it had been
ransacked during his absence. Complaints
of similar character are made daily to the
authorities.
The CleUeIGnd Bonner publishes this
prediction: Mr.. Erb. Boyd, of Polk county,
a good hog man, who has been engaged in
buying up and fattening hogs this fall saws
the crop Of lower East Tennessee win fall
short at least one-third from that of last
year.
The charitable everywhere still have an
eye on Memphis. Among recent donations
we notice one from the letter-ca1riels of st.
Louis to the helpless of their calling, and
one Of nearly $500 from Chatham, Ontario,
Canada. Also one of 81 900 from the Super
intendent of the Express at San Francisco.
The Memphis appeal says: VIM. Fitz-
! gerald, upon learning that DR.. Doty, of New
| Orleans, has, in the last six weeks, made
more than one thousand gratuitous visits
| (on toOt) to our sick, very kindly rendered
the doctor the free use of horse and bug
| gy during the remainder Of his stay in
| Memphis,
The Au5I9e8joro Ne,cs of the 14thsays:
The prOtracted meeting which has been
going forward at the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church, for several weeks past, has
been crowned with moro than ordinary sue
cess. There have been forty-three profess
sionS OF religion and sixteen acceSsiOnS to
the church.
The Memphis Avalanche of the 18th
says: A box from New York, containing
S1,S17, was received by Chief Atlly last
evening. 1t is the collection made at the
various polling places, and was sent in the |
same manner as collected. Judging from |
the weight, it contained about $500 of |
nickels in it.
The Temperance Herald notes a sug-
gestive fact: During the late yellow fever |
epidemic in Memphis, upwards of sixteen |
hundred q, GOO people died. OF this number /
only three 81 were connected with the tenn
perance societies. The membership of the |
Temple of Love, No. l, is 150-of this
number, only two died, averaging one to !
each seventy-five members
The JOHeSbOrO HerCid and TTiblulesayS:
On Saturday morning the Sth inst, after
long and severe illness, occurred the death
OF Mr.. EnOS McNall, an old and reSpecta-
Bile citizen living near Washington College.
MIR. McFall was native of Carter county,
but for the last twenty years had resided
near Washington College, where he had re-
moved to educate his two sons, DR.. David
NJ. McFall, now of Nashville. and Capt
f. Nj. McFall. late Of the Sth Tennessee
Cavalry Volunteers.
The Kingston NelrS of the 18th saws:
The county Jail received a new occupant on
Saturday last colored man from Rock
wood, charged with stealing horse from
Mr.. MahOney, of that place. 1t seems he
had been in the employ of Mr.. Mahoney,
and on Saturday morning, after feeding the
horses, had mounted one and started forthe
mountains. Pursuit was made at once,
and he was OveTtaken within one mile of
RobeTtsville, in Anderson county, about
thirty miles from where he started.
The SOmerrilIe Falcon of the 18th SAYS:
Last week, near Lafayette, negro boy was
handling an old rusty pistol, supposed not
10 Dt iOduttl, NlleI II WIS ulSCllaEEeu anu |
the contents took effect in the forehead of
d little white girl Of tender years, causing
death instantly. The boy was arrested and
carried before Esquire Moore, who sent
him to Jail without bail. Last Saturday
night he was brought before Judge Flippin
on a writ of habeas corpus, and discharged,
the evidence showing plainly a case of &C
cidental shooting.
The Paris TDfpIi0e,cef, nf thp 18th SavS |
A difficulty occurred about eight miles East
of this place between Frank Swor and Cave
Ray. The parties having had a previous
fight, met at Harris house, and while SWor
was talking with a brother Of Ray, Cave
Ray stepped into the house and picked upa
gun charged with turkey shot, and fred on
Swor. The entire load was received in
the face and neck of SwOr, who is yet liv-
ing and will perhaps recover. Ray has alb
scented himself to await results.
The Paris Iatciligencer OF the 18th re-
cords a very provoking robbery. A man by
the name Of w. F. Cromer, boarding at the
house of Mrs. Tennessee Lee, an indus
trious and kind-hearted widow lady who
lives three miles southwest of Paris, snatch
ed a pOcket-book from the hand Of that
lady, in open daylight and in the presence
of her daughter. He started away and the
ladies followed him, begging him to restore
their money, which he did all but twenty
dollars. This he coolly retained and pur
sued his way.
The Kingston Ne,cS of the 18th says: DR..
L. w. Jordan, whose declining health we
mentioned last week, died at the residence
of DR.. J. w. McNutt, in this place, on
Thursday morning last. His remains were
inferred at o'clock on the afternoon of the
following day, at the buTying grounds adj
joining the Presbyterian church, with Ma
sonic hOnOrs. Rev. A. 5. Reid preached
the funeral sermon. A large cOncourSe Of
the citizens of the town and vicinity fol-
lowed the body to its final resting place,
and when the coffin was lowered into the
grave and the once familiar form was closed
forever from mortal eyes, the conviction
forced itself upon all that a good and noble
man had been called from among us.
AN old, rough clergyman once took
for his text that passage of the Psalms,
81 said in my haste all men are liars