Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-01
sTATE NEWS.

county, has performed the rites Of
matrimony over $50 couples.
Trenton votes to-day on propO-
sition to subscribe 500, 900 10 the
Tennessee Central Railroad.
The Brownsville Bee notices The
failure OF the house OF Hill aud
lloinby, week before last.
John G. SAKE. the Yankee Lccrur-
81. is TO lecture in Nashville on the
s0th of March.
The Trenton News reports the
death OF old uncle 10 Overall, at
Horkville, at the age Of l0I years.
The Clerk of Henderson County
Court issued last year, two hundred
and fifty marriage licenses.
The Springfield Record leafns that
the wheat crop of old Robertson
will be n very short one the present
season.
The Jurors for sin.l lie term of
the Robertson County Circuit Court
Tho February term-cost $9O2.-
80 says the Springfield Record.
The Ripley News mentions the
death Of SIR. G. w. Farrell and his
wife, of Ripley, of Pneumonia,
within day of each other.
Nashville will hold another grand
Exposition in May. The Hail will
be open for the reception of arti-
cles, April LIST.
The Huntingdon Republican an
nounces the death of Martin Dill in
that place, last week, in his Goth
year.
There is TO be Convention of the
Druggists OF Tennessee, at Nash
vile, May 18th, to secure laws for
the regulation of the Drug business.
The Bulletin complains of bad
roads about Bolivar. That is the
complaint our whole people make,
and are down with, hereabouts.
They have built pesthouse at Boil
lVar-not that they have any small
pox,-but like prudent people, have
prepared for any emergency.
Richard 3. B. Cannon, ESD, died
at his home in Williamson county,
Feb. 18th, in the 62nd year of his
age.
Mayor Stratton and Robert En-
met Thompson, of Lebanon, shot at
each other the other day. Thomp-
son plugged StrattOn through the
nose.
1t is said that they 'throw the
lead" in the streets of Brownsville
as mariners do in the sea, to ascer-
tain the depth-but here IL is the
mud, and not the water.
They are in high hopes now, that
the Memphis aud Raleigh Narrow
GuaSe Railroad will be completed
and in running order by the 3rd day
of June.
The editor of the Trenton News
met with an accident last week
II was boy-the third in success
sion, and he wants to swap il for a
girl with weak lungs!
Mr.. Thomas Smith, who resided
near Dover Furnace in this State,
recently accidentally shot himself
in the right arm, from the effects of
which he died.
The Marshall Gazette says an old
negro man died on the 18th of Feb
ruary at Mr.. Thomas Parks, in Mar
shall county, at the advanced age of
los years.
Chancellor Soners, of the Paris
district-says the Intelligencer-
who has been quite sick of an at
tack OF Eresypelas, is now in n fair
way to recover.
Mr.. David Canada, who resides
three or four miles Northwest of
Troy, is AZ years old, and is as ac-
tive as most men at forty or fifty
So says the Troy Times.
a personal difficulty occurred at
Dresden last week between Rhodes,
Il saloon keeper and Williams. q
farmer. Rhodes attempted to shoot
Williams, and shot himself through
the hand and Williams in the thigh.
The sportsmen of Maury county
recently sent two lobby members to
Nashville to engineer a bill through
the legislature for the protection
OF game nd game fish in Maury
county.
In our items last week, we stated
that there had been one case of small
poX in the Jail at Troy. The Times
Of last week says there were three
new cases in the Jail, but none out.
side.
The Ripley News says there are
two cases of small pox in that place
though being isolated, it is thought
the disease win not spread. There
were also two cases on the farm OF
MIR. Rice, near Durhamville.
The Paris Intelligeneer announ.
ccs the death, at his residence, five
miles North of that place, ON the
18th of February, of Mr.. Henry Al.
len, Sem, in the S0th year of hi;
age.
The Nashville Union records the
death of Capt. Jack Hinton, or
White Oak Greek, Feb. z, aged
about so years. 1t is said he killed
aboat eighty federal soldiers during
the late unpleasantness.
The Circuit Court of Obior
county will commence at Troy next
Monday. The Times thinks The
Judge will not want. to try many
criminal cases at that term, as most
of the criminals have now first rate
cases of small pox.
Our old friend DIR. David Bright
is about to build a fine brick hotcI
at Troy. We wish we had some
such man in Jackson. If Troy
needs 4 hotel at all, Jackson ought
to have at least two first class hou.
-cs for the accommodation of il,
numerous transient visitors.
a correspondent OF the .fpgca
Prnpu-C~ 10 give tu GOV. Alcuti, o
Mss. .,n't dion, W. " Vaughan.
pUua, ,InIicr, Ia token o. their ser
wees IA obtaining an appropriation
10 huild a Custom House, Post or
ace aud Court House in Memphis.
Marshall couuty-though in IN,
ceslars-latelV voted handsome
subscription 10 the Duck river val
lev railroad and TO the Cumberland
and Ohio railroad The first bv 3
majority OF 5i7, and the iast hv q
majority of $50 votes.
The McAIinnville New Era LA.
the following cheerful paragraph
about somewhat notorious char.
acter the world over; The man who
can't afford to take newspaper paid
three dollars for another dog a few
days since, and was drunk in town
Saturday. Put him in his little
bed"
Brooks, ct the Lexington Hepor.
ter is learning tho printing business
he says franklin was printer.
and Horace Greeley was n priuter-
and he is learning. les; but,they had
commenced making tame, before
they had reached your age while
YOU have still TO learn.
Tho Athans Post ,ncut;.,,,. 81 .