Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-26
EYE LONG AGO.
something of Former Nashville Not.
abIes,


ables.
Inquiries have frequently been made of
those who some years since made quite a
figure among us. There are number of
them, and as mems motives are sacred, re-
ference shall only be made to them as per-
tanning to matters Of information to those
| interested. Some pains as we'll as some
| pleasure have been taken to find the where
abOuts of those remembered gladly as well
as sadly, in our city and by our citizens.
| First On the list we will take
MR.. ROBERTS.
In connection with this name, who of our
citizens does not remember the Sewanee
House ON College street? Connected with
that hOSpitable landlord and noble gentle
man, who, in 1S4S-49, when Carter and
Thomas were running the stage ftoIn Louis
vile to Nashville, does not remember Tyree
Springs? Well, Mr.. Roberts is one of the
most prominent citizens of Buchanan
county, Missouri, living under the vine and
shadow of his own fig tree, near eight
miles northeast of st. Joseph. He is the
father of our worthy fellOw-citizen, Clay
Roberts.
JAMES c. RoBsRFs.
This gentlemen, one of the noblest and
most influential citizens of Buchanan
county, owning a magnificent farm six
miles north of st. Joseph, is a son of the
former and a graduate of Franklin College
near this city. He is eloquent, able and
sincere. His is the scholars, soldiers,
writer's pen, tengtie and sword. He most
worthily represented the Democracy in the
Missouri Legislature, and contributed as
much as any one to the recent Democratic
triumphs in Kansas, and the depletion of
Radical majorities in the Northwest, All
honor to him.
COMMISSIONER STONE.
This gentleman will be recollected by
our people as holding forth some years ago
on Cedar street as the Chief Justice of the
Municipality, assessing and RENTING fines
at will. Not long since he was seen in
Washington City in subordinate capacity
of the Census Bureau.
JUDGE CAREY.
This gentleman succeeded in 1868 in Sc
curing the nomination for Circuit Court
Judge, and was elected, holding the same
for some time. He now represents an in
surance company as solicitor, III Chicago.
SILAS F. ALLEN,
the City Attorney during the years Of 1868
90, will be remembered by every one. He
is heavy-set, low-browed and plethoric, and
divides his time between practicing law
and playing ''pitch." His office is over
Masten'S Bank, on Main street, below
Fourth street, Kansas City, Mo. He is a
man of extraordinary talents, and although
poor as a church mouse, he never refuses to
strike when he is struck, and reluctantly
consents to take drink every time he is
invited. There is an outcome i'll that man
yet.
Il. +. SHERIDAN.
As you 90 from West Kansas City to
Kansas City proper, and near the Lindell
Hotel, you find lodging house, marked in
big black letters. A." Sheridan House." You
need not expect to stop there, for it is
clOsed-banBTUpt, it is believed. Possibly
our citizen taxpayers may have faint
memory of oneB. F. Sheridan, who issued
certificates of slOvaltyn upon which to
vote, and who dwelt for a time in the
"Club House" on North College street
and who prospered and grew fat from the
gathering of titheS in our midst. Now it
came to pass that the Sheridan Aforesaid also
went to Kansas City, where he yet abiceth.
He engaged in the stOne-quarry business,
and, like Tasso's Jerusalem, not delivered,
has been left without one stone upon
another. He is poor indeed.
GRANT.
This man, though no kin to Ulysses S.,
will be borne in mind as chairman of the
County Commissioners, and as having
something to do with the Nashville and
Chattanooga Railroad, while InniS was Re
ceiver (and he did receiye). This Grant,
whereof we speak, is at Independence,
rs. He evidently feathered his mes: by
very hard strategy. He drives his team
and is well fixed. So much for that sort of
in-(well, we won't say what).
THE MEMBER FROM SUMNER.
Mckinley, of Sumner county, is not UNI
known to fame. He it was who, in the
days of the disfranchisement of the white
men, was livelier than gunpowder in his
Radicalism. He is now dealing in coal on
Fifth street, few doors west of Wyandotte
street, Kansas City.
METROPOLITANS.
One of the former Metropolitan police
force, whose name our informant cannot |
now call to mind, is engaged in the furni-
ture establishment of Woods 81 Alternately,
at Leavenworth, KS, and another is making
an honest living by tilling the soil near the
same place.