Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-12-12
NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN FRIDAY DECEMBER d 1878
TENNESSEE NEWS.

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1t is reported that rumber of families
have lately left Rutherford county for the
West.
Two murder cases are to be tried during
the present term Of tile Sire1it Court at
Kingston.
Married, in Giles county, on the 9th, r..
NJ. Sledge, of Huntsville, Ala, and Miss
Anna Lindsay, of Giles
Capt. w. z. TolIey. who was so terribly
hacked up by a negro on the I'D of Octo-
Der, las so far recovered that he can sit I'D
and use his pen.
Lemon Mcdowell, cOlored, indicted for
murder, was convicted Of murder in the
second degree iii the Criminal Court at
Murtreesbore on the 10Th inst.
The Fayetteville Observer saSsi -Four
hundred tons of coal have been received at
tayetteyille this season for winter use, of
which 2o0 came from Coal Greek, East
Tennessee, and 120 from the Sgwanee
mines.
Thomas Conner, conductor on the Nc
Minnville and Manchester railroad for a
number of years, has been promoted to the
SUPPLEMENTARY of the road; and Iyerson
ROdes has been made conductor in the
place Of Mr.. Conner.
The Pulaski CjtizeR of the 18th says:
Seven prisoners got cut Of Jail last Thurs
day morning, and seventy-fiye citizens of
Pulaski gave chase, with pistols, shot-ghns,
etc. The strange part of it is that each Of
these Seventy-five men caught prisoner.
The MOyTist0lCR Gazette Of the 10Th
says: An Interesting revival Of religion
has been in progress at tbs Methodist
Church, in this place, for some ten days
past. Numbers of penitents have protested
faith i'll Christ, and many yet crowd the
altar.
The Fayetteville Express has this item:
Officer McLain, in sTestiug Tip Stone,
cOlored, for diSorderly conduct, was resist
ed in a very violent manner by'Stofie.
Officer McLain used his six-shooter in such
a manner that Stones corporal was so
badly damaged that he had to be mended
up, and officer McLain'S head needed sur
gical attention.
The Fayetteville Express says: Mr.. Ohm
p. COwley, of the 4th district, in making
excavations for a gin-pess, found skele-
ton, supposed to be the last of some one
buried long before this country was settled.
The oldest inhabitant knows nothing of
any person being buried at the place. 1t
is supposed that some hardy trapper died
and was buried by his comrades, who have
long since passed away.
The Nc Minncule Ne,C Era Of the fifth
says: Last Monday week, in DeKalb
county, near the Warren line, Dick Tits
worth, committed suicide by placing the
muzzle of shot gun in his mouth and
firing it. His brain was filled with small
shot, and death Immediately ensued. Mr..
Ellsworth was quite an old man, being
some seventy-five or eighty years Of age
No cause was know to induce the rash act
The Memphis ArdldHche of the 10th
says: "Paul A. Cicalla, the elected Alder
man of the sixth ward, has filed bill pray
ing for writ of quo warrantO, command
ing A. C.. Treadwell and the other Alder
men to appear and plead, demur, or ans
Wer to his petition to be reinstated as Al
derman. The facts arc stated in the same
manner as in the late petition for a writ Of
mandamus which was refused by the same
court Monday"
The Kingston Ne1rs of the 9th says: The
storm on Wednesday night last was en-
phatically the storm of the season. There
was rain for hours, thunder and lightning
il profusion, and wind until the very foun-
dation Of the earth seemed to tremble with
fear. Though the raging of the elements
was widespread, tearing down trees and
fences i'll every direction, and even demOl-
ishing a number Of stables and Out-houses
in different parts of the county, no loss of
life has been reported.
The Fayetteville Observer says; Last
Thursday, the 4th, was the anniversary of
the Patrons of Husbandry. To celebrate
ii, large number Of brethren belonging to
the different oranges of the county met at
Buckeye church. 4 good many ladies hon
Ored the occasion with their presence and
smiles of approval. A basket dinner was
spread. and a plain, sensible address was
made by Mr.. T.. q. Mosely, of Bedford
county, explanatory Of the objects of tee
Order.
The Chattanooga Commercial of the
18th says: Last evening about I O'Clock,
some one entered the enclosure of the cOun-
ty Jail and called Westmoreland. An in
mate of the Jail by the name of La Van,
held for illicit diStilling, heard him and
told the iailOr, Pat Rogers, who went out,
when the man run and jumped the fence.
The jailor could not recognize him. He
fired pistol shot at him while he was on
the fence, but does not know whether the
shot took effect.
The MuTfreesboro Monitor of the 18th |
says: The noted TraylOr case Estate VS.. |
Edmund TraylOr, indicted for the murder |
If VIM Hall in the fall of 1871 was taken |
up in the Criminal Court on the I'd inst,
md lasted six days. Last December the /
was convicted of murder in the
econd degree, but new trial was granted
IN the ground that the Judge did not ex-
,lain sufficiently the difference between
he grades of homicide. Counsel for the 7
'tate-Attorney- General Caldwell and
Iessrs. Burton, Palmer and Sheafe. Coun-
ell for the defendant -Messrs. II. p.
Feeble, 7. B. DaTagh, B. L. Ridley and
/. A. Leiper. The field was warmly con-
ested by counsel on both sides. The jury
eturned a verdict Of "not guilty." The
riends Of Mr.. Traylor could not restrain
heir feelings when the verdict was an
ounced.