Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-11
TENNESSEE NEWS.

lnSI.
GAINESVILLE has raised S126.25 for Shreye.
port.
The Baptist Educational Convention met
in MorristoEn on the 10th inst.
The County Court OF Asury has con-
tributed $500 to the Memphis relief fund.
There was reunion of Mexican war vet
Grams in Knoxville on the 7ih and 9Th inst.
The Herald says that jackson, up to the
9th, had given 81, 107 for the relief OF Mem
The Fayetteville Express has young
friend, who has a rooster, which has three
legs.
a new coal mine has been opened on
Walden's ridge ten miles below Cbatta-
nooga.
Rev. Green P. Jackson delivered bis fare
well sermon to his flock in Springfield last
Sunday, the 9Th. :
The Murfreesboro Ne,os of the 10Th: The
Rev. DIR. Manly preached his farewell SER
mon, last Sunday, to the members OF the
Baptist Church in this city. -
The Columbia Mail of the 9th says: We
learn that B. K. Shaw, of Carter's Creek
Station, was mortally wounded in an ARRAY
with j. Z. Polk, of the same locality, last
Tuesday.
Waverly Journal: Mr.. F. A. Holland
brought us an egg last week which was
about the size of small marble. Mr.. Hol-
land informed us that it WAS found inside
of a hens egg.
The Knoxville Press and Herald of the
9th says: About o'clock last night, Charles
Douglass, lad of about fourteen years of
age, was shot in the stomach by James
Rule, a boy Of about the same sge.
Chattanooga Times of the OH: Alfred
Murray, colored man, was found hanged
dead, near the cross roads in the 18th dis
trict, about half mile north Of the Half
way House, on The mountain road, at B
O'Clock yesterday morning.
The GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf gives the
result Of the recent election in that city as
follows: For Mayor, George a. Lyon re-
ceived 362 votes, Mr.. Harris, the present
incumbent, $50. Lyon was elected by 103
majority. For school tax, 1856; against
school tax, 65; majority 22l.
Memphis appeal of the Sth inst: At the
corner of Main and Winchester streets, yes
terday morning, white child was run over
and severely injured by a dray. Several
citizens arrested the negro driver, whose
name is Simon White, and conducted him
to the ststionhouse.
From the Wayerly Journal: We learn
from Mr. E. F. Cullum, Of oar county, that
he killed sheep on the 9th of September,
that had six tape worms-one twenty-five
feet long, one nine feet long; the other four
from four to six feet long. The sheep was
il good order, about six or seven months
old.
Says the Chattanooga Times of the ST.:
Prof. Cox, State Geologist of Indiana, ar
rived in our city yesterday, and will remain
in this vicinity for few days for the pur-
pose of making an examination of our min
eral resources for the benefit of several cap
italists who are awaiting his report before
making contemplated investments.
The Jackson Herald of the 9th: The
West Tennessee College opened on last
Monday under the most fattering auspices.
The first day about one hundred students
were enrolled, and many others have since
come in. DR.. E. l.. Patton, the former
President, is still retained in that position,
assisted by Professors Glsdney and Swami.
From the Memphis appeal of the 9th
inst: We learn upon reliable authority,
that there is not less than twenty dead bod
les lying in the "potters field" unburied, the
stencil from which 1t is feared by those liv-
ing in the neighborhood will induce the
spread of yellow fever in that section. The
graye-diggers had abandoned their work,
owing to some misunderstanding, or inters
ference.
The Waverly Journal of the 9th says:
On Friday night last the grocery store of
Harris & Edwards, of this place, was bro
ken into and the cash drawer rotbed of
about forty dollars in money, together with
two or three Thousand dollars worth of
notes; some of the notes made payable to
T. U. Harris; some assigned to Il. u. Har-
ris; some paysbleto Harris & Edwards, and
some TO A. S. Edwards.
From the Murfreesboro Netcs of the 10th:
The fair at Macon, Ca, this year will be
the leading fair in the South, and as a good
many OF our citizens have expressed o de-
sire TO attend it, we will state that arrange
ments have been made by which those az
tending will have their own cars, both bag
gage and passenger, and tickets good for the
entire trip and return will be sold for $40.
This is less than One-third OF the regular
rate, and enables excursionists to remain
during the entire fair and return at their
leisure. A party will start about the goth.
The Dresden Democrat of the 10th says:
About week ago eight or ten men, citi-
zens OF Weakley county, some of them
married, went to the house of citizen liv-
ing on Knob creek five or ten miles from
BoYdsVille, and took negro girl out into
the woods, and each In turn outraged her
person. They were all armed to the teeth,
and were so bold that they did not attempt
to disguise themselves, and carried their
victim tut short distance from the house.
She was found after they left, most horri-
bly, mangled with life extinct.
From theI Tennessee Riuer NeaCs of the
It'll inst: Last Thursday, at Clifton, a Mr..
Miller ended his existence by drinking
laudanum. He entered the drug store of
Montague & Hughes and called for arsenic,
but as they hsd none of the article he pro-
cured q tWo-ounce vial of lsudauum, and
taking out the cork, drank about half of its
contents. He walked around for some
time, and quoted extensively from Millions
"Paradise Lost" and other distinguished
poems, after which he entered house and
breathed his last. He was a native of Vir-
ginia, and on his way, in company with
others, to Texas.
From the Dresden Democrat of the 10th:
Ayoung lady of respectable psrentage, liv-
ing,in this county not far from Dukedom,
asst Friday or Saturday, went over to rela-
tives and was taken sick. Her father was
sent for at first, but the girl continuing to
get worse, it was deemed advisable to send
for DR.. Terry, of Dukedom. When be ar
rived and had made an examination, he in
quired for the rest of the family. They de-
MED that there was any additional member.
He made close examination of the pre-
misses and found new born babe under the
side of the house. It had been dead some
hours. The back part of the head was
mashed in. The mother of the child, that