Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-14
TENNESSEE NEWS.

"Alask2 souvenirs" Is the kn0xVllle name
for liquid refreshments.
Lawrenceburg rejoices in new butcher
shop aud fresh meat every day.
The Tobacco Leaf claims that Clarks-
vile is the healthiest town on earth.
The State Supreme Court will open its
regular fall term at Knoxville on Monday,
Sept. s.
The citizens of Chattanooga, on the 10th
inst, vote on proposition to issue $50, 600
in bonds in aid of schools.
If San idle brain is the devils workshop"
his majesty has more places of business in
Knoxville than all its citizens combined,
says the Chronicle.
Despite cholera scare, hot weather and
hard times, the Chattanooga Times counts
forty new dwellings in process Of construc-
ton, besides several manufactures.
The Lawrenceburg Journal says bible
society IS badly needed in that county, al
though it reports twenty-five conversions
during a revival just closed and only one
marriage for the week.
Mr.sSamuel c. Croft, large tobacco
grower, has recently put up on bis farm,
near McMillan's Station, Knox county, a
large and complete manufacturing estab
lishment Tor working tobacco.
Gen. Quarles has taken charge Of large
class of Bible students in the Baptist Sun-
day-school at Clarksville. The Tobacco
Leaf says: There is a great deal of good in
him if it can only be gotten out of him.
A man in Lawrence county, during the
late oat-harvest, while cutting oats, fell into
bumble-bees' nest. He went home that
night, and the next morning the only gar
ment he had that would fit him, was bis
umbrella.
The Lawrenceburg Journal of the S:h
inst. says: As DR.. j. Ii. Sykes aud Mr..
John Wells ofthe CroWson Mills, were COM
ing to town last Saturday evening, they
The house of The priest. They arrested the
man and turned him over to Father Gels
meyer, for safe keeping.
Here is the way the ClarksYille Tobacco
Leaf greets Capt. Frank Duffey, formerly
of the Hartsville Vsdette, now farming ne2r
HadensVille, KY: He is "the A l best fel-
low ever lived" with keen sarcasm, ready
wit, and treDchsnt pen, ready to talk, write,
fight or "cuss"-a genuine free hearted,
whole souled Irishman and natural Feaisn,
real PhHnician.
The farmers of Montgomery had meet
ing at Whites Chapel on the 9th, and pro-
pose to have mass meeting at Dunbar's
cave on Sept. IS, to org inize grange. The
Tobacco Leaf intends to vary the exercises
by allowing its.paid, up subscribers to vote
a gol watch and chain to the most popular
lady, Gen. W. A. Quarles CALAMITY con-
senting to make the presentation speech to
the selected queen of love and beauty.
The Kr oxVille Press and Herald, Aug.
u, states that one night last week, negro
named Henry Scruggs, went to the house
of a woman of bad reputation, In Maryville,
named Snyder, and because she would not
submit to him, knocked her down and beat
her. In addition, a dog which accompanied
the man, flew at the woman and bit her
severely. The fellow was arrested and re-
leased on $3.50 bail TO await The result of
the woman's injuries.
The much talked of suit for damages for
character, by Rev. Z. A. Massey, against
the First Baptist Church Of ClarksVile, has
been Instituted at last. The suit is brought
against the committee of publication Of
phamph ct entitled "Defence." Tue claim
for damages is laid at S25, 900 Messrs. Bat
ley and LurSon and II. W. Watts, counsel
for the plaintiff, Messrs. Quarles and Dan
iel, House and Campbell, and 7. III. Riley,
for the defence. The decls alton is not yet
filed. The Tobacco Leaf understands from
one of the counsel that the suit is based
upon the charge of figuring 'EcoDspicuously
in stirring up strife between Clsrksville and
Spring Greek churches" etc.
SICK WHEAT.
A correspondent of the CaIksville To-
bGccO Leaf, writing Aug. S, says: The
Coroanville mill has ground several lots of
sick wheat this season, the -four of which
makes a person desthly sick to eat it. The
sickness is described as eeing something
like that caused by tobacco. This is said
to be the first sick wheat that has been
Some of the grains have red ends, yet seem
to be perfectly sound. The wheat is sickly;
can you account for 1t
THE CHOLERA.
The Troy Times learns from reliable
source that two women living on Capt.
Rogers farm, in District No. 3, died this
week with the cholera. II seems that this
dread disease is spreading throughout
Obion county, aud 1t seems to be fatal in
majority of cases.
The Clarksville Tobacco Leaf says: The
deepest sYmpsthies Of our city are with the
afflicted people of Erin. The cholera has
made its second appearance there, and is
dong its work of d1ath. We have just
heard John Broom was dying. There are
four cases now within OUT knowledge-nine
deaths up to this writing. No cholera at
the hotel. They use cistern water at the
hotel, and SO far haze escaped entirely.
IN the report of the city physician of
Chattanoogs, for the forty-eight hours end
ing at P. NJ, of the 11th i1s'., we notice
two deaths from cholara-Mrs. Mary Ann
Hickey and Jerry McMahan.
The citizens of Knoxville, according to
the Chronicle, have ceased to discuss the
possibility of having cholera siege, and re-
sumed the argument of "Who struck Billy
Patterson"
x We clip the following paragraphs from the
Knoxville Press and Herald of the 18th;
The train from Chattsnoogs, which reach
ed our city at O'Clock on Sunday morning,
brought negro who was evidently suffeif
ing from severe attack of cholere Unseen
by any one, he crawled under an old plat
form just above the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia depot, where he lay until
late in the day, when be was discovered by
Assistant Chief Marshal Pat Kan, who was
Immediately struck with his painfal condi.
ton. Fearing the case might spread the
disease in the city, Pat hired convey nee
and had him carried TO the country.
A large portion of our colored population
assembled st the depot on Sunday noon, to
meet and properly inter . corpse, expected
from MorristoWl. The corpse, hoysyer
failed to arrive, and the dissPpoin' nent was
intense, The expected cc..ose was that of
negro who died nfI cholera on the previous
day at Morrit.S..own. 1t was his dying re-
quesf. mat he be brought to this city and be.
buried amidst the scenes of bis early youth
The scenes of youth, aDd all dying re-
quests amount to very little, however,
when one dies with the cholera, for he is
buried Immediately and in very hallow
grave.
The Canadian Credit MObilier.