Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-02
STATE NE WS.

State NE WS.
i The Trenton Gazette says Mrs.
Martha Robertson, of Gibson county,
is a hale, healthy lady of los years
DIR. P. h. Mitchell, who formerly
! represented Gibson county in the leg
islature, died at his home there last
week, after long and painful illness.
The Union CITY Courier says a
young man named Aicham had one
of his arms broken in three places
one day last week, by being caught
in thresher, on the farm of Mrs.
Henderson, few miles from there.
The Humboldt Journal has changed
editors and propristors. 1t is
now published by Rivers and El-
iott-D. l.. Rivers editor. We wish
them pleasant and profitable career
/ as editors and publishers.
We regret to learn that Mai. Jas. r.
I Bruce, of Nashville, who has been
long and laboriously engaged on news
papers in that city, AID who has been
for number of years in very bad
health, recently lost his Oldest, II not
his only son, by death, aEsd that the
circumstance so pressed upon his
mind, that he Is now deranged. .-
Jos. VIC. Bryant Of Murfreesboro
has been appointed Internal Revenue
Collector for the 4th District, vice
James Mullins, deceased. 90 lid
There are only forty candidates for
magistrate in the Nathviile district to
ill one vacancy We notice our
friend r. 3. (Dick) Cheatham among
the number.
With ''maliee toward none,T but
kindness for all, we would mildly
suggest to the editors Of the Colum-
bia Mail and the Lebanon Herald, q
few flashes of silencen ON their little
criticisms upon each other. Stop be-
fore it becomes unpleasant.
In consequence of the recent pre-
valence of cholera in all Middle Ten
nessee, and the apprehension result
ing therefrom. the Giles County Fruit 4
Growers Association will hold no
meeting this year, but promise to be
ready with all necessary buildings in
time for 1874.
NIessrs. Fisher & Holshouser have |
control of the Upton Record.
Hick Cain, colored, confined in the |
Jail of Hamblin county on q charge Of |
murder, died In that institution the |
other day of starvation.
Twelve white and thirty-five color
vile during the recent visitation.
The Morristown Gazette says that |
place continues to enjoy good health. !
The only case of cholora there was |
brought by person who vas attacked |
with it at Greenville. 90
The yield of corn and oats in East
Tennessee this season, will be almost |
unprecedented.
Anderson county has just made the |
discovery that there are sixteen thou
sand dollars more of her bonds ahoat
than were ever legally issued.
Mr.. Vol. Jones, deputy CLERK and
Master of the Ohancery Court st
Greenville, died of cholera few days
since.
The Morristown Gazette reports
that work will be very soon conmenc-
ed on the walls of the new court house
of Hamblin county. "A
The milIers IN East Tennessee nav
81 25 per bushel for red, and 81 35
for choice white wheat. 70
They will shortly commence work
on the beautiful Masonic Temple in
Memphis, and push it to completion
without unnecessary delay.
The Raleigh road was finished last
Sunday, and a rousing celebration on
that day was the result. 1
- They are building large addition
to the Exposition building in Mem
phis.
Human brutes around cities amuse
themselves this hot weather with
shooting pigeons on the wing for |
wager.
Delightful showers every few days |
make the farmers happy. T
The Avalanche says BrinkIey Col
lege, where the pink ghost made It's
appearance, is now the scene of & |
comet-like ghost fitting through the
premises. |
The Nashville Union says that the |
Pension Agent in that city the other
day, paid Mrs. Bybee, widow of Col.
Jas. 7. Anderson. in accordance with 1
an act of Congress, the sum of 81 800 |
pension money-the largest amount
probably ever paid to any person in
this State. She is a resident of Shell
by county,
S. B. Davidson, who was instantly |
killed at Nashville last week by being
run over by a locomotive, was an act
ing magistrate in Davidson county |
for forty years. s
The rattIesnakes are uncommonly |
long this year. the Ripley News
chronicles the killing Of one last week |
near GIimpville, Lauderdale county,
which measured nine feet in length, |
and had sixteen rattles.