Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-16
TENNESSEE NEWS.


Allghs STOW fell at Ripley on the 9th
inst,
The Thermometer stood at SO at Troy on
the 9th inst.
Afew fakes of snow fell at Mckenzie on
the 9th inst.
Ripley viii be constituted money order
Office on the 1st of July.
The Carroll county spring fair will come
off at Mckenzie on the 10th and 18th OF
May.
Capt ]. R. Alexander and Edward Elan,
both old citizens of Upton county, died re-
Gently.
r. Alex. Douglass has been appointed
Postmaster at Huntingdon, vice Martin
Dill, decd
% The tax for school purposes in Gibson
county is fixed at twenty Cents Oh
S100 of taxable property.
Haywood county has levied a tax of
twentyIcents on the 500 oftaxable proper
ty for railroad purposes.
The wheat crop in Obion looks back
ward, and the probability is there viii
not be an average amount raised in the
county. coos
The railroad tax collector of Lauderdale
county has collected $1S,200, aud coupons
on the bonds of the county to that amount
Cancelled. e ~
Baffalo gnats are reported as being in full
force in the cinity of the river in Lauder
dale county. Several mules have succumb-
ed to the attacks of these most pestifercus
iDsecis.
There are several cases of smallpox at
TrezevaDt, in Carroll county, two of which
have proved fatal, The school at that
place has been suspended on account of the
prevalence of the disease. d
BaIlew's steam-mill, near Clarksburg, in
Carroll county, was destroyed by fire on
the 18th ult. About 400 bushels of grain,
10 bales of cotton, sev( raj outfits of ma
chinery, ETC., were destroyed by the flames.
Their engine was uninjured. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
The first white child born in Lauder ale
county was Capt. Ben Porter. Captain
Ben lives in the same house in which he
was born, never lived in any other, and yet
he has lived in five counties. Perhaps If
the reader will study the old maps of Ten
nessee he may be able to solve this riddle.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune says:
Isaac Lane, colored, of jackson. was cho-
sen one of the Bishops of the Colored Meth
odist Church South, at the late general con-
ference in Augusta, Ga. Isaac Lane is an
honorable, pious man, and one of the most
eminent colored preachers in the South.
He is worthy of the honor conferred.
The Ripley NeoCS says: Gen. Conner,
whose character for veracity is well estab-
lished in this community, relates rather
singular phenomenon recently observed by
himself while out surveying. He found on
the place of Mr.. Ed. Anderson, four miles
from Ripley, dogwood bush TWO inches in
diameter growing out from poplar root six
inches in diameter.
This Union City Courier, seconds the mo-
ton of the Hickman Courier for a conven-
ton at jackson, Tenn, to be composed OF
delegates from the counties of Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Mississippi, to be embraced
il the proposed new State, to take into con-
sideration the best plan of procedure, and
for the purpose of securing concert of action
iu the organization of the State of Jackson;
and suggests Tuesday, July 1, as the time
for the meeting of the convention.
The Mckenzie Times states that during
the inclemency of Tuesday night, the 9Th
inst, the residence of Rev. r. L. Brown
was discovered to be ablaze, having caught
tire from the deposit of a box of ashes in
the cook room by servant girl employed
in the family. Mr.. Brown has large fam
lily, and had about eight or ten boarders,
who are in attendance on the schools at
that pl CO. The children, six in number,
were just recovering from attack Of the
measles, and during the burning were COM
pelled to 'eave the building with not even
the clothing thew wore the day previous
having lost their all two beds, sewing
machine and saddle were all the articles
saved from the devouring element. The
citizens of Mckenzie baVe made up purse
of nearly 5000 for the relief of MIR. Brown.