Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-12-20
GENERAL NEWS.


GENERAL NEWS.
Columbus, Texas, still las the
yellow fever.
Congress is flooded with tempe
rance petitions.
The President has nominated Sam
Bard for postmaster at Atlanta.
The prospects of the Texas Pa
cifc Railroad, are brightning.
EOutstanding legal-tenders, 1884,
O65, Ol9.
The public debt has increased
since the 1st, of December, $780,
900.
Judge c. b. Thomas, of Licking
ton, Ky, died on the evening of the
18th.
The Farmers movement, is grow
ing in importance and power all
over the country.
The British navy has two thou
sand vessels at sea in the different
parts of the world.
Boston celebrated on Monday, the
one hundreth anniversary, of throw
ing the tea over bOard-which act
inaugarated the first revolution.
The Hon. Alfred Dockcry, of
North Carolina, a distinguished
politician of the old school, died at
his home in Richmond county, n.
c., on the Sd, instant.
Pennsylvania politicians say the
Philadelphia ring will not be able
after all TO defeat the new cOnstitu-
ton.
Eight hundred Oranges in nli-
Hois, and ,S3S in Iowa, were repre-
sented i'll convention at Chicago,
last week.
David A. Gage, city treasurer of
Chicago, is short in his accounts
with the city, to an amount which
will reach nearly or quite 100000.
A man, wife and child, were muir
dercd near Little Rock, Arkansas,
on the 18th. Their names were
MOOrc-and that's all that is known
about them.
The Rev. DR.. Sunderland, chap
lain of the Virginia Senate, has been
gently informed by the Senators,
that his prayers are too long. Long
prayers are super1uOus.
SAN Francisco, Dec. 15.-The
Democratic caucus at Sacramento,
tonight nominated Farley Demo-
craft for the long term to the United
States Senate. lie is claimed to be
an anti-railroad man.
The prize for the best bale of cot
ton at the Vienna Exposition was
awarded to Mr.. Greenwood and Mr..
Mccall, of New Orleans, on a bale
raised in the State of Mississippi,
Nalabusha county.
The Richmond Wing of the 18th,
says: We have noted with much
pleasure the large number of Eng
fish immigrants that have perma-
ncntly located III Virginia, within
the last few months.
The large manufactures in Phila-
delphia, have resumed full time, but
at reduction of wages from 10 to
10 per cent.
David ID. Kimball, of No. 10 Com
mon street, Boston, killed his wife
and step daughter, and then killed
himself.
The Indians are again raiding on
the Nucccs river settlements, and
several collisions between the saw
ages and the whites have resulted
disastrously to both sides.
\ san Francisco doctor has re-
ceived legacy of one million francs
from 4 French testatOr, whom he
relieved from an apOplectic attack
in 4 railroad car, \ year or two
since.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Dec. l2.-The
Jury in the case OfLeWis +. Parsons
against Richard Busted, Judge of
the United States District Court, for
false imprisonment, gave the plain
tiff $4,000 damages.
4 wretch by the name of Charles
Louis Alton, employed as school
teacher in Warren, Michigan, out
ragged the persons of IS young girls,
within year and 4 half. None
were over II years of age.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-The number
of hogs packed here to date is seven
hundred and nincty-six thousand
one : hundred and ninety-seven,
against four hundred and twenty
nine thousand four hundred and
thirty the same time last year.
The Independent South, of Holly
Springs, Miss, says:
The iron on the hOsciuskO branch
of the Miss. Central Railroad, has
been laid from the Central across
the Big Black, and is going down At
the rate of half mile day.
At consultation between lead
ing Democrats in Washington some
days ago, it was decided, after
proper consideration of the subject,
that an earnest effort ought to be
made to reOrganizc the party, and
that 10 more OppOrtume moment
could possibly present itself than
now, at the organization of q new
Congress.
The Nashville Union and Ameri-
can of the 18th, gives an account of
the rObbing Of an express messCn-
ger, by the name of Wood, in Frank
lin, Ky, on the night of the 18th.
Wood was severely beaten; the KEYS
of his safe was taken, and the safe
robbed OF about So, 600. The money
had been sent to Franklin by Hart /
II Hensley, of Nashville, to pur-
chase hogs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12th.-An applic--
ton was made to-day to Judge Far (
well, of the Circuit Court, for an
injunction restraining that Rev.
Chas. +. Cheney, lately appointed
itinerant bishop for the West, by
the reformed Episcopal church. The
application Is made on behalf of
several members of DR.. Cheney's
church, who have opposed his course
for some time past.
The new Constitution for the
State of Pennsylvania, has been car
ried, by a large majority. In com
menting on the result, the Louis
Vile COurier-JOurnal says:
result settles the fate of the
delphia ring, and nuts"
vicious sys'
which
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