Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-16
STATE NEWS.

a sulphur Well OF 04C0llOnL Wa
ter, has been discovered in Will
Hanson county, near Brentwood.
Weakly county, on a small vote,
refused By majority of 500, to
vote additional school tax.
The FAIR of the colored people
of Maury county win be held near
Columbia, commencing Oct. 22d.
H. C. Campbell, warden of the
Nebraska penitentiary, died at Lin
coin, in that State, last week.
The M6rristowH Gazette denies
that they have ever had case of
cholera originating in that place.
The Gilbert Sisters are in Middle
Tennessee, and may be looked for
in this anew State" country abont
October.
The Gallatin Examiner says the
hay crop of Sumner county the
present season, is extraordinarily
good.
The Moore county Pioneer, pub
lished at Lynchburg. Tenn, has en-
tered upon it's second volume. Sue
cess to it.
Mr.. Jas. Bedford, an old and
highly respectable citizen Of Moore
county, died at his home near
Lynchburg, Aug. I'd.
George w. Cass, brother of the
late distinguished Gen. Lewis Cass,
died at his home at Dresden, Ohio,
Wednesday, 9th inst, aged SO years.
Mrs. Eliza NJ. Marshall, wife of
Rev. NJ. NJ. Marshall, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Trenton,
died July 31st.
Mr.. Buck Wright, who resides a
few miles West of Trenton, died,
suddenly, of hemmorage of the
lungs, Sunday, Aug. Sd. !
The Lebanon Herald announces
the death of Mr.. Robt. ID. Cartmel,
in that place, on Saturday, I'd inst,
of consumption, aged SO years.
The Columbia Mail says active
operations will soon be commenced 4
on the Narrow Gauge railroad be-
tween that place and Lewisburg.
Col. Geo. Edgar Grisham, editor
and proprietor of the JonesbOro
Flag, died at his home IN that place,
Monday, August 4th of cholera.
Maury county, at the recent SEES
sion of her Criminal Court contrib
uted ten recruits to the army of O.
yer seven hundred cOnvicts already !
in the ponitentiary.
President Grant, in an interview
with Col. r. w. Hughes, the repub-
lican candidate for Governor Of /
Virginia, assured him of his sympa-
thy and support, as far as his Off
cial duties would allow. .1-
The Trenton News records the /
sudden vamousing of one of the
contractors on the Miss. Central /
railroad, leaving some of the bust
ness men of that place "the bag to
hold" to the tune Of 50 or SO, 900.
The Dresden Democrat says "the
county superintendent of education
for Carroll county, spells decision /
'decession,' and calls for the second !
class in spelling" That is rather a
bad spell.
The Athens Post says that either
the corn crop of that section prom
ises unusually wei, or the hog crop
is smaller than common, as il hears
much inquiry for hogs for fall fat
tenlng.
The Nashville Banner is after
the newspaper beats"-peopIe who
read papers that others pay for
with sharp stick. If little more
life were infused in the Banner,
perhaps more people would be will
ling to pay for it.
Miss Mary DAVIS, an estimable
young lady who resided near Tab
ernacle, Upton county, the other
day attempted to kindle the fire by
pouring coal oil from a can on tho
fire. She was burned to death, as
consequences of her folly.
The Franklin Review says John
M. Cayce has put his Spring Power
gas fixtures in the Presbyterian /
church of that place, and will this
week put them into the Methodist
church. 81
Baker has fallen. He Joined the
Sons of Temperance lately, but the
last issue of his paper--the Ores
den Democrat[says q certain man
in that town fixes up the coolest iu-
leps in Dresden. We feared he
would fall.
Mr.. A. j, McKimmon, who is
training horses at John Overton's,
six miles South of Nashville, last
week killed negro man he had
employed, in self defence. The ne
gro was going for him with a pitch
fork. 80
The Winchester Home Journal
denies the rumor which obtained
currency, that several deaths from
cholera had taken place in that
town. 1t says not a single death
had occurred from that cause, there.
The Columbia Herald says a la Z
dy in Lewis county the other day
killed two rattle snakes at cabin
ealied Cecil's camp. One was in
side the cabin where some hunts
men, returning home, had slept the
preceding night, and the other Just i
nataiAa tho dAnx ApaabaI So
ty one rattles, the other eleven.
The democracy of Ohio, in con
Vention assembled, at Columbus,
last week, nominated Hon. YIN. i
Allen, Rn old, popular and lie long /,
democrat, for Governor, and Hon.
Barnabas Burns, another of the 6
Same sort, for Lieutenant Cover I