Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-04-12
STATE NEWS.


The Tennessee River News criti-
cises with great severity, the veto
Message of Gov. Brown, of the To-
cal option bill.
W. II. Wilkinson, an acting JUS
tice of the Peace in Davidson coun-
ty, died at his home in Nashville,
March 21st, of Pneumonia.
Baker, of the Dresden Democrat,
is getting hungry. He says fresh
beef would sell in that place any
morning.
The contract for a good hotel
building has been made at Bolivar.
The building is to be completed du-
ring the present season.
The Courier says an engine be-
longing to the Northwestern road
was destroyed at Union City, by
fire, last week.
Delinquent taxpayers in Obion
county are pretty numerous. The
Tax Commissioner has filed about
seventy-fve bills for the sale of land.
The steam saw mill owned by Mr..
Fuzzle, at Union City, was DESTROY
ed by FIRE on the 1st Of April. The
loss is $500.
Mr.. Brag, of Union City, lost two
fingers from his left hand by care
lessly putting it where the tools
were at work.
The Union City Courier is excess
lively severe upon Nashville business
men. There's life in the old place
yet, Handy.
The Springfield Record says the
wheat crop in Robertson county is
in much better condition than ii
was thought possible few weeks
ago.
Old Uncle Greenberry Kelly, at
the age of over ninety years, says
the Springfield Record, is splitting
rails to repair his fences. He has
been a Methodist preacher for rs
years.
Maury county, at the recent term
of the Criminal Contour friend
Judge w. S. McLemore presiding
contributed eight recruits to the
penitentiarY for an aggregate of
hfty-elght years.
The Memphis Avalanche nomi-
mates A. johnson, Of Greenville, as
the anti-funding candidate for Gov
ernor at the election more than
eighteen months off Wait.
John r. Bond, our floating repre-
tentative, and L. G. Houk, frem
Knox, upon the adjournment of the
Legislature, presented Z. @. Merrill
the lively correspondent of the
Courier-Journal, with handsome
walking cane.
The city of Memphis has granted
the Raleigh Narrow Guage Rail-
road, the right Of way through the
city. They now propose to run the
street cars of Memphis by water
power.
The Gallatin Examiner-always q
good paper-comes to US enlarged
to ten column paper, size of the
WING AND TRIBUNE, and filed
with interesting matter. Long life
to the Examiner. We know it will
prosper.
Mr.. ]. p. Taylor, of East Tonnes
see, has invented a cannon which
will be known as the Taylor Mi
trailleur, which, its said, will throw
a thousand shots per minute. He
sends ii to Vienna to the Exposition.
The storm which last week pros
trated our Floral Hall, seems to
have been pretty general through
East Tennessee, as our exchanges
from that end of the State give &C
counts of heavy blows all along that
country.
The Brownsville States says the
circus there the other day was a
sad affair. The editor went to it
and sat around to make believe
there was an audience" but even
he dispersed, and the circus col
lapsed.
The Lexington Reporter announ-
ces the destruction OF the splendid
steam mill of Capt. Thomas Bal
lew, fifteen miles northeast of Lex
ington, in Carroll county, Friday
March 28th, by fire from friction OF
the machinery. There was a cotton
gin in connection with the mill.
The Farmers Club of Maury
county is earnestly discussing the
labor problem. Some are for send
ing an agent to Germany, while 9th.
ers think the immigration associa,
ton at Nashville can do quite al
well, and still others think that the
negro is the best farm labor yet in.
vented.
The Nashville Union and Ameri-
can aud the Pulaski Citizen are al
loggerheads in regard to matter oil
taste, touching newspaper clubbing
We think any paper has a right tC
club with any other paper, if the
terms suit, but as it is a matter OF
taste, we think it very unlike thai
any discussion of the matter will
better it.
The oar bank at Wayne Furnace
In Wayne county, in which Jno. A
West and Will Barlow were work
ing, caved in upon them last week
covering them six or seven feet
When taken out West was found
quite dead, and Barlow was insen
sible. He soon, however, recov
cred.
Judge Brown, of Knoxville, haC
large sum of uncurrent bank billi
which he kept in a careless manner
in an old pocket book in his Office
He had a colored man named Ed
Staples, TO wait on his Office. Ed
saw the money lying around loose
and ct different times distracted va.
rious sums, which he sold. Or
discovery, the colored man ait OUT
for. onOfhar climafa-QnH Tins fbe