Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-11-08
STATE WIS.

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on Tuesday, Oct. 2Sth, by being
caught between two freight cars.
A sister and brother, who for
merlv resided at Henderson, KY,
passed through Nashville last
week, on their way to Birming-
ham, Ala. The sister is q years
old and weighs 1872 pounds, and the
brother is Is years old and weighs
585 poun DIS.
The Somervillo Falcon learns
that Rev. Mr.. Long has accepted
the pastoratc of the Presbyterian
church at that place.
The Paris Intelligeucer declares
the late Henry county Fair, at Par
is, a failure, and expresses the be-
lief that under present manage
mcnt, another fair will never be
held there.
The Conference known as the
Northern Methodist Conference, re-
Gently met at Tullahoma. A
preacher from Mississippi, with a
negro wife proposed to join them,
and all but three members voted a.
gainst him.
The Columbia Herald has an APP
prentice only fifteen years old,
who weighs $50 pounds, and is six
feet three inches high.
The Roanc Iron Mills at Chatta-
nooga have stopped for n month at
lcast-perhaps till next Spring
Capt. II. Il. $. Ruswurm, late
Circuit Court Clerk of Sumner
county, died in Rutherford county,
Oct. 25th Of consumption. He was
twice elected principal Clerk of the
House Of Representatives Of this
State, and was Secretary of the Con
stitutional Convention in 1870
lie was SO years old, and a native
of Williamson county.
The Gallatin Examiner says the
farmers of Sumner county are gen
orally done sowing wheat, and it
has come up generally, and is look
ing well.
The GallatIn Examiner says the
market for hogs has scarcely open
cd yet, farmers being unwilling TO
accept offers of 4 cents, and are
holding.
A correspondent of the COlum
bia Herald, conceding to West
Tennessee the right to furnish the
next Governor, pays high and
well deserved compliment to Hon.
j. l.. Il. Sneed, by naming him as
the proper man for the position
Let us make haste slowly in tho
matter of stirring politics AT this
time.
The Franklin Review says MIR.
Il. l.. Raulston was painfully hurt
in Ewingsville, opposite Franklin,
by falling from the roof of house
he was covering, last week, break
ing his thigh in two places. Mr..
Ben Fly, at Brentwood, fell from 4
housetop he was covering, breaking
both wrists, and bruising his head.
Tim Sexton, an Irishman who
had been living with Jos. Chad
we'll, six miles South o. Franklin,
in drunken fit, was frozen to
death in the woods near home last
Saturday week.
Mr.. Wm. f. folly, who was 50
badly cut up by a negro with an
axe week or two since, in Lin
coin county, and whose life was at
one time despaired of, it is now
said is in fair way TO recover
The negro who did the ehopping is
in Jail.
State Superintendent Fleming
decides that the Tennessee scholas-
tic year, under the Free school law,
commences September LIST, and
ends Aug. 3lst.
One hundred and hlty students
have matriculated at the Medical
College at Nashville. 1t is the
largest number ever matriculated
so carly in the season, since the
war.
The collections Tor revenue in
the city of Nashville to the lst of
November, have been 100000 less
than at the same time last year.
Mrs. J. &. Harrison, the mother
of Hon. IL. Ill. Harrison, the men,
Der of Congress elect from the
Nashville district, died Oct. 30th,
mt McMinnville, her home. IL. II.
Harrison sailed that day from Liv.
erpool, for his home.
The extensive distillery OF Wiley
Woodland, of Robertson county, was
destroyed last Saturday at IL
o'clock. The loss is estimated at
$1,000. No insurance.
Business has been entirely sus.
pended on the East Tennessee, Viz
ginia and Georgia railroad in con-
sequence of the refusal of the En-
gineers 10 run the trains, because
the Company, in view of the strin-
gency of the times, had determined
to reduce the wages of all Its off.
GERS and employees. The Engi-
ncers refused because the proposed
reduction reduced their wages be-
low the standard prescribed by the
Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis railroad Company, owing
to the stringency Of the times, has
been compelled to make Il rcduc-
ton of its working force, and ac-
cordingly at the close of October
about thirty employees were dis
charged.
The Crockett county Sentinel
has entered upon its second half
year, under circumstances which
render it certain of a permanent
existence. If Crockett county is
as wise as she ought to be, she will
give tho Sentinel liberal support.
Alderman Cicalla, who was act
ing Mayor of Memphis, while May
or Johnson was down with Yellow
fever, has got himself into an ugly
scrape by drawing rations ON Il
forged signature, in the name of
destitute widow. He attempts an
explanation of his conduct; but the
explanation only makes ii look
worse than it did before. 1t is an
ugly little business as it stands.