Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-12-06

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about nine columns of land sales for
non-payment of taxes.
Farmers of Sumner county arc
sowing more wheat than usual this
fall.
A splendid new church is soon
to be erected in Chattanooga by
the Episcopalians.
Pork is selling III Dyorsburg at
8 cents per pound, delivered. Corn
SO per barrel.
The Gazette says that scarlet fe-
YER is prevailing in Gibson county,
East of Trenton.
A prOtracted meeting is in pro-
gress in the Baptist Church at
Trenton.
Pork is selling in CleaveIand at
4 to 5 cents per pound, net. More
wheat is being !sown in that section
than usual.
The Brownsville States exclaims:
"What has Brownsville done, that
the Press Association meets here
next June"
Panthers and wolves, says the
News, are killing pigs in Gibson
county, near Trenton. Two-leged
varments we opine.
Three hundred and sevcnty-sev-
en- arrests were made by the Nash
Vile Police-in the month of No
vember.
On Saturday last Bishop Quin-
tard confirmed twelve persons in
the church of the Advent at Nash
vile.
Mr.. James NJ. Burnup, of Lon
don, England, has purchased of
Col. w. A. Hoskins, of East Ten
nessee, near Chattanooga, large
track of iron lands.
The Paris Intelligencer says that
an unusual num- Der of bad looking
men are prowling around that
town, and adds, look out for rob
bers.
A man named Green Shefileber-
ger, while getting out lumber in
Dyer county, near Dyersburg, was
killed by the limb of n tree falling
on his head.-Trenton News.
Wages have been reduced on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad,
from 10 to 10 per cent, and the EN-.
ployes quietly submitted to the re-
duetion.
Town Creek Cotton Mills, five
miles from Winchester, was burn
cd last week. Loss $4,000; insur-
cd for $500. Mr.. a. Butterworth
was the proprietor.
Criminal prosecutions in David
son county annually cost the State
100000 or $4,000. Those is Shell
by only about $4,000. How is
this?
The Nashville Banner says that
the meeting of the State Teachers
Association, which will be held
here next week, promises to be
very largely attended.
A negro boy fifteen or sixteen
years of age, robbed tho cash draw
Of j. +. Firth's store In Nashville,
on Friday the 2Sth ult., of 500 in
cash, check for $1,000, and two
notes for $500 each. He escaped
with his booty.
\ meeting was held in Louis
villo, Tenn, on tho 22d of Novem-
Der which memorializcd Congress
to remove the obstruction in Ten
nessee river, between Loudon and
Knoxville; thereby giving uninter-
rupted water communication be-
tween Knoxville and Chattanooga.
Wyley Blakemore, city Marshal
of Dresden, came very near being
killed by his own dog last week.
The animal seized him by the
throat, jowned him, and came near
choking the life out of him, and
would have succeeded but for time.
ly interference. The dog had no
teeth.
Says the Trenton Gazette: ave
learn that Mr.. Ferguson, of Kan.
sas, has taken the contract to grade
the Tennessee Central Railroad
from this place to Milan. Judging
from the energy which he has dis
played in his work thus far, he
will have his work done according
TO the contract.
The Nashville Banner says: The
Comptroller has entered motion
in the Circuit Court against Robt. |
Caldwell, Revenue Collector, for |
the recovery of $4,000, the amount |
of taxes due on condemned proper
ty, which the defendant failed to
sell at the time specified by law"
The Winchester Journal says
"On Monday night last our clever |
and peaceable fellow citizen, a. !
Jourdan, was shot by a man from |
Lincoln county, named Richard.
son. Mr.. Richardson was arrested |
and bound over to court" Lucid |
statement of facts, amt i.
The Appeal, of the Sd inst. says: |
About six o'clock Monday after
noon, when the incoming freight
and accommodation train on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad
was mile beyond Moscow, Tenn,
Il coupling pin gave way and caused
Il collision between the cars. The
train was composed of thirty-fve
ears heavily laden with cotton, and
so great was the force-of the colli-
sion that the track was torn up for
oae hundred and fifty feet, and
bales were hurled distance Of F..
twenty yards. One brakeman
from the train, but was
crushed to death by car falling !
upon him. The other hands on /
no train received severe but not !
atal injuries, and the majority of
he passengers were more or less J.,
bruised. The passengers remaiacd
It Moscow during the night, as it
vas impossible to clear up the )
rack and remove the wreck. We Il
i'd not learn the estimated damage d
ustained by the company. I'd