Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-23
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Jackson has large number of new. build
iIies in pfocess'of contraction. Gu
The Trenton Neaos claims that the Glib
son county Fair was 8 grand success.
Chattanooga now has city hospital I'M
der charge Of the Hamilton County Medi-
cal Society.
It is said that the Towards in Memphis
have S21 nurses employed, at an expense OF
nesrly $1,000 per day. c
The lodges of the Odd Fellows in Mem
phis have been drsped In deep mourning for
the dead of the order. m
A number of aForrests Campaigns"
have been donated by the General, to be
sold at auction for the beDedt OF the needy
in Memphis.
The Trenton Neags of the 18th says DR..
r. A. Hicks was severely hurt few days
ago at the Fair grounds. While riding for
the premium his horse fell with him.
The Chattanooga Tines chronicles the
death of Mr.. Geo. d. Foster, of that city,
which occurred on the night Of the 18th.
he, was elected to the State Legislature in
1866. He had reached bis 18th year when
be died.
The Chattanooga Times of the 22d inst.
has the following: Cotton is passing through
here from Alabama and Georgia, at the
rate of about two train loads daily. 1t
comes over the Alabama and Chattanooga,
Western and Atlantic, and Memphis and
Charleston roads and mostly goes east, to
Norfolk and Baltimore.
The Chattanooga Times of the 18Th has
this personals Mr.. Edward King, of Scrib-
neT's Monthly, is in the city, stopping at the
Commercial. He is preparing the material
for an article upon Chattanooga and Ten
nessee, to be published in Scribner's, as one
Of the series of articles upon the G eat
South.
The Memphis Appeal of the Dist says:
Mrs. Jessie NJ. Tate, one Of the best and
most devoted of the ladies OF Memphis,
one who was always foremost in every good
work, leading member of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, died of heat
disease on Sunday morning, induced by
fatigue brought on by nursing kinswoman
sick of yellow fever.
The Chattanooga Commercial of the 22d
has the following note: On yesterday the
Chancellor refused to dismiss the bill of V.
A. Gaskill and the heirs of j. Whiteside,
deceased, against j. P. Boyce, j. @. STAN
ton, and others, upon demurrer. The bill is
AtOu W I0COfSI q Oue-iOuIlU luLSIcSb III b1C
land heretofore sold by Boyce to Stanton.
1t is thought the litigation growing out of
this bill will result 10 postponement Ofthe
sale of the Stanton land for the satisfaction
of attaching credirors' debts, until after the
next regular term of the Supreme Court.
In voting for the State officers in Cincin-
natl, the other day, number of valuable
ballots were boiled for Memphis. The
appeal of the 21it ssys in regard to 1t: A
peculiarly shaped box, such as is generally
used at polling places on election day, was
received yesterday by Major j. j. Busby.
On opening The box it was found to contain
every kind of currency, from nickel to a
five dollar bill. Inside the box was brief
memorandum to the effect that the contents
had been collected on election day IN Gin
cnnai last week, for the benefit of the
Memphis sufferers. and had been forwarded
Just as contributed. On counting the cur
renee it was found that the total amount
was $1,9Sl05.