Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-27
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Wltnln ten days Memphis will have an
unbreken railway route to Texas.
The Lawrerceburg Journal reports dis
temper among the horses at that place.
Humbelt rejoices over The building of
new gin house and patent press to be run
by steam. ~
The Lynchburg Pioneer learns that great
deal of sickness is prevailing throughout
Moore county.
Tee Sparta Inder reports q mao COM
mitied to jail for trial on the charge Of steal
ing IS cents worth of goods
Frem all parts of Crockett county. the
Alamo Sentinel learns thu cotton crop is
much better than was expected.
So far as we can learn says the Lawrence
burg Journal the cotton crop Of this county
is doing finely and promises rich yield.
The Sparta Inder says: Esq. Brock rails
ed forty bushels and one peck of wheat on
two acres, on his farm six miles from
Sparta. -
The Brownsville States understands that
the Hon. Jefferson Davis has been invited
and will address the people at the F air in
October.
The Mckenzie calaboose, being out of re-
pair, with no living occupants, seems to
| have go9e into the ghost business, accord
ing to the Times.
The Lawrenceburg journal states that
Mr.. The. Vaughn of Knob creek raised a
cucumber Is inches in length, its size being
in proportion. --.c. -,
The LaWrenceburg JoufTldl states that
Mr.. Jas. Garland, of Scottsboro, was badly
| dog bit in the breast few days ago by
| dog supposed to be mad.
One nan and woman in Obion had the
courage to marry last week. The Troy
Times hopes their example may be emula-
| ted by all who are eligible.
The Trenton Gazette understands that it
| is contemplated to divide the Public School
| fun 1s Of that District between Melrose In
ssitute and Andrew College.
The Lawrenceburg Journal says: Judge
Nixon is going to send specimens of the
| marble and iron ore, which was lately dis
covered in this county, to England, for ana
| lysis.
The Brownsville States says: Our cot
ton factory is rapidly approaching compile
ton; and the hum cf the spindles and roar
of its machinery will soon be heard in our
midst.
The Trenton Gazette of Aug. %, says:
| The Baptist Association of the .colored peo-
pie has been in session hereishis week, about
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| tendance.
The Mckenzie Times says the number of
mad dogs are increasing in Carroll county.
Mr.. Joseph Hastings informs the Times
that several pore have been killed in the vi
cinity of Manlyyille.
The Trenton Gazette of Aug. % states
that she colored woman Mary, charged with
infanticide, was convicted of murder in the
| I'd oarEonaad 70 hn Dapi
Tertiary for ten years.
Tie Trenton Gazette says the country is
infested with horse-th:eves, from Corinth
to the Ohio river. We are informed that
four horses were stolen from Birchgrove
Church, in this county, on last Sunday
night.
The Lawrenceburg Journal complains:
There is some bad management of the
mails between this place and Nashville. A
letter mailed here on Friday, for Nashville,
does not get to its destination for at least
four days. What's the matter?
The Humboldt journal says the meeting
of fruitgrowers on the 10Th inst. was well
attended, considering the short notice given
of the meeting. The next meeting will be
held at Gadsden on the 18th of September,
at which time q permanent organization
will be effected.
The Savannah Nelcs Of the 10Th says: A
party cf men were working on the road last
Friday when Pink Quinn, white man,
and jim Woods, colored, got into an alter
cation, which wound up by Quinn drawing
knife and cutting Woods across the back
and arms. Woods will recover.
TIE Lynchburg Pioneer says: Mr.. J5hn
F. Baxter has shown US specimens of rad
ish and pepper grown from seed sent him
last fall by the agent of thu Agricultural
Bureau, az Wssbington, D. c., that is ahead
CT anything of the kind we have yet seen.
The radish weighs one pound and fourteen
ounces, and the pepper two ounces.
The Savannah Nelrs states that work on
the courthouse at Purdy is progressing
slowly. The nlan of repairing it will make
a substantial building, but will fail to give
the exterior a progressing appearance,
The only means Of access to the court
room will be by 3 flight of stairs on the
outside.
A Huntington correspondent of the Nc
Ke1Zie Times writes: There is large
amount of sickness in the country around
here, Judging from the fact that our phys
icians are all kept busy. We hear Of quite
a numbnr of cases of fux recently, east o.
here in Judge Humble's neighborhood. A:
far as heard from no deaths have as yet re
, suited.
The Mckenzie Times says, that crops il
, that section may now be considered made
The wheat crop was not an average one
J The hay crop was splendid, but the continu
, al rains rendered it very difficult to save it
Corn and cotton both look well, and bid
,, fair for q good yield. The fruit crop is very
fine, especially peaches, which are abund
, ant.
! The Alamo Sentinel Of Aug. % says
, Some one having moved the steps from the
, door of Cypress church, a young man fell
out of the door and broke one of his arms.
|, We failed to learn his name. We learn o.
some bad actions on the part of some young
men at this church, such as cutting saddle.
and fighting, during the lae protracted
meeting there. The Grand Jury saoulC
deal with them.
A Henryville correspondent of the Law
renceburg Journal writes: We had pro
tracted meeting of or 6 days by Revs
Spivy, Blake and Locke, of the Christian
church. There was dimensions; aud on
the 10Th there was church organized Of
5 some % members at Henryville, and thei
aim is to build church house this fall, 81
a Henryyflle will have three churches, to-Iit
: Methodist, Catholic and Christian.
e The Inder records the death in the vici
i nifty of Sparta, on the morning of the 15tl
8 of August, of Mrs. Milly Dibrell, in th
e;ghty-third year of her age. She was th
a daughter of VIM. Carter, and was born oil
g New River, then Wythe county, Va, Oct
r IT, 1870. In early life. she moved with he
father to Wayne county, KY, and wa
maj ried to Anthony Dibrell, April q
i 1911.
Q The Lawrencebnrg Journal of Aug. q
(" states: Messrs. Boswell, Cover, ant
b Crews, arrived In town last night, froI
IT Waynesboro, bringing two men named al
i kinson, who are charged with attempt t
= commit rape, for which they are tried
this court, on a change of venue. Subse
n quently one of the prisoners made his es
r. cape. A party was Immediately made u
to pursue him, but at last accounts they ha
d not brought him in.
D. OF crops in Obion the Troy Times say
Farmers begin to think there will be somt
n thing like an average corn crop gathered
Is Cotton never looked better, and We are re
IL liably informed that the crop will be owe
$, an average. The stalk is not so high as
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