Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19

Now the quarrel at Nashville is,
whether the cholera they have been /
having in that city was Asiatic or |
native. IL matters little which II |
was; il speedily made way with over !
six hundred human beings.
We regret to learn, rs VIC do from
the Franklin Review, that our old
and valued friend, Rev. Henry G..
North, Of Williamson county, had
the misfortune to break one of his
arms last week.
Mrs. Mary Harrison, widow Of
the late VIM. Harrison, former Shcr-
if Of Williamson county, died at
her residence on the Columbia pike,
on Tuesday the Sth inst, Of fluX.-
She was in her 58th year.
Miss Margaret DIETER known as
aunt Peggy McCOwn, died at the
residence of her sister, Mrs. NiChol,
in Franklin week before last. She
was over 40 years OF age.
Dixon County Court decided the
first Monday in this month that the
vote taken sometime since upon the
removal of the county seat from
Charlotte to Dixon station was illc-
gal; and so Charlotte remains coun-
ty scat.
According to the Appeal, the
County Court of Shelby county has
reduced the county indebtedness,
since thc first Of January last, from
$50, $50 81 TO S37O,763 Of. The re-
duction is $2OS,S23 80. Well done
for Shelby.
The Record does not report IA
vorably on the wheat crop OF old
Robertson. But 10 would be a safe
bet that Archic's pig will be often
filed with its accustomed food and
physic, whether they have bread or
not.
The Trenton News records the
death of Mr.. VIM. Turner, who re-
sided near Eaton, Gibson county,
| While returning TO his home he was
thrown from his horse, his foot
hanging in the stirrup, he was drag,
ged some distance by the frightened
horse, receiving injuries from which
he died.
On Thursday, July 10th, the Unior
| City Courier says very sad anC
I unfortunate affair occurred there re
sulting in the shooting, at his resi-
! dence, of DIR. Massengill, from pis
! tol in the hands of Mrs. DIR. Evans
The wound is in the head, just be
low the temple, and is a very seri
/ Gus, though not necessarily a fata
one.
In common with a number of gu
| exchanges, we recently published
that an old man named Elijah HaT
Dor, a resident of Hardin county
had committed suicide. The Ten
| nessee River News says he is still
alive and never had a suicidal no
ton.
The Tennessee River News "goe
for" the McNairy County Court 70
fixing the salary Of the Superinten
dent of Public Schools at $500 pc
annum. 1t says: eff we desire {
put the system to q fair test, W
must pay competent men to do il
and a salary of that amount Ofrere
as a compensation for a Superinten
dents labors is a bid for anothe
startling failure"
The McMinnville New Era men
tiOns the presence of Mr.. Thos. kel
in that town last week, wearing
pair Of cotton pantalOons, spun an
woven bv his wife more than fift
years ago. They are represented a
being perfect in all their parts, wit
no rent or patch; and apparent
good for twenty-five years more Q
service. Mr.. Kcll is SO years old
but walks as spry as a young man O
forty.
The Appeal of last Friday weel
contained five columns of the CORES
/ pondcncc between Cole and Winter
! smith, touching a matter of littl
= personal difficulty between then
looking to Iblood by the "code."-
Happily, the good sense of partie
to whom the matter was referred
, settled the matter without the effU
sion of blood. We greatly fear on
or both of the parties were not a
! sober as they ought to have been, o
= no correspondence would have bee
Z necessary.