Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-05-04
TENNESSEE NEWS.

There was heavy snow storm at Jones'
boro on the 25th ult.
The army worm has appeared in some
portions OF Greene county.
There will be but a very small crop Of
peaches in Sullivan county.
There was quite storm NJ hail and snow
at Greeneville on the Z65h ult.
The cut-worms are doing good deal Of
damage to corn in Moore county.
g reeneville has an organization known
as the aKnighis Of the Broken Lance"
The peaches in the vicinity of Greene
vile were nearly all killed by the frost.
A considerable amount of hail fell in and
around Somervlle Sunday night, April 81.
The Hon. VIM. L. Starkey, who died re-
Gently in Washington, was born in Knox
vile in 179S.
Many fruit and wild cherry trees in the
vicinity Of Greenevile are covered with
large black caterpilars.
The ordsr Of Good Templars is in a
ilourishing condition in ClArksville, and is
Going vast deal of goo1.
There are about one hundred and twen-
ty-five students in attendance upon Tuscu-
lum College in Greene county.
The store of LDckhart & Erin, Houston
county, was robbed of q number Of valua-
BILE articles on the nigh. of the 24th ult.
Jim Snow (colored), who had his foot
badly crushet by moving train at Jones'
boro, about ten days ago, has since died.
The measles is prevailing in Jonesboro
among the children TO such an extent rs to
seriously diminish the number attending
school.
The ministers who Joined the Tennessee
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South in 1914, are holding reun-
ion in Clarksville.
Rev. J. M. p. OTIS, pastor OF the Pres
byterisn Church at Columbia, has accepted
a call from the Presbyterian Church at Will.
mington, Delaware.
Il is estimated that between 90 and so
barrels of whisky are manufactured daily in
Moore county, and yet the demand is great
er than The supply.
Two negro cabins and two corn cribs, in
Guiding contents, were destroyed by fire on
the farm of Mr. W. Z. Stainback, of Fayette
county, few days ago.
Ths Whole number of cases of small pox
sent to the pest-hOuse at Knoxville during
the past winter was fourteen, of whom five
q ied-two whites and three negroes.
z Some cattle in Greene county have been
attacked with a disease similar to that
which affected the horses last winter. Some
have already died from the effect Of the
disease.
Some members of the family of Mr..
Ross, of Washington county, were pois-
oned by eating apple butter, which is sup
posed to have been impregnated by the
vessel in which it was kept.
A petition has been presented 10 the
board of Mayor and Aldermen of LaGrange,
signed by a large number of citizens of that
place, asking that body to suspend all Off
clal functions for the future. They allege
that the corporation tax is exorbitant and
unreasonable. Merchants pay sixty-fve
cents on the one hundred dollars. Hence
they ask that the corporation suspend all
authority over the citizens.
Lincoln county has brought suit against
Moore county, to have the action Of the
Commissioners appointed under the act to
establish the county set aside, claiming that
the Constitution of the State and the act
itself vas violated by the Commissioners.
The bin ks that the whole territory origi-
nally taken from Lincoln be restored to
that county, and that all the magistrates of
Moore, and the other Cficers-particularly
the tax collector-be perpetually enjoined
from exercising jurisdiction over said terri
tory.
The Mckenzie Times of March says:
We had quite a severe rain, wind, hail,
thunt er and lighting storm to visit us on
Wednesday afternoon and night of this
week. which terminated in detriment to q
good many Of our agricultural friends-es-
pecially those living a little south Of us,
this side of Trezevant We learn from Mr..
Barn 5, living near the "red tank" that
ferci was destroyed promiscuously, and
cotton aud corn fields were damaged
amazingly with the food.