Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-30
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September, continuing three uay7'
The Rutherford county Fair, at
Murfreesboro, commences on the
24th and closes on the 9th of Sep
TENDER.
The Wilson county Fair, at Leb-
anon, commences on the 18th OF
September, and continues through
the week.
Davidson county State Fair, at
Nashville, commences on the 29th
of September, and closes October
the 10th.
Paris voted almost unanimously
last Saturday for the Cairo and
Tennessee River railroad. They
subscribe for $4,000 Of stock.
The Courier says the cholera has
disappeared from Union City, and
that all absentees may now return
home with safety.
The Lebanon Herald announces
the death of Mr.. T. ]. Thompson, in
that place, Aug. goth. He had
been citizen of Lebanon half a
century.
The Westinghouse Air break has
been attached to nearly all the pas
sehger trains on the Nashville and
Chattanooga and the Northwestern
railroads.
The venerable Henry Compton,
died in Nashville, on Monday 18th
of August, aged 80 years. He had
been sixty-two years a subscriber
to the Banner.
Capt, J. P. Rexford, who died in
Nashville two or three weeks ago,
by his will bequeathed $4,000 to
the Baptist Theological Seminary
in North Nashville.
The inevitable "frst bale" of new
cotton, has been received at Mem
phis and Nashville. The Nashville
bale, though rated as low middling,
sold for 35 cents.
The Bristol News says a valuable
deposit of mica has been discovered
on the farm of John Wagner, four
and half miles west of Union De-
pot, Sullivan county, East Tenn.
Col. A. T. Nicks died very sud
denly, at his home in Lincoln coun-
ty, Aug. I4th. He was for several
years Post Master at Fayetteville,
and was a good citizen.
Railroads leading into Nashville,
and the hotels of that city, have a.
greed upon reduced rates to dele
gates to the farmers convention,
which meets in the Capitol, Septem-
Der 10Th.
The barn of l.. II. Mosely, Just
out of the corporate limits of Frank
lin, on the Carriers Greek pike, was
burned down about two weeks ago,
together with large amount of
provender.
Joseph @. S. Davidson, admins
traitor of S. B. Davidson, deceased,
who was killed few weeks ago by
being run over whiIa CROSSING the
track of the Chattanooga railroad,
has brought a suit, laying damages
at $4,000 against that road.
Mr.. J. E. White, who resides near
ellis station, a short distance from
Memphis, is now in Jail in that city
on q charge of horse stealing. Sew
eral horses, believed to be stolen,
we're found IN his possession, and
one or two which ne had sold, were
identified as stolen horses. He has
heretofore been much respected.
The Banner says: "On the first
day of August there was in bond,
in fhis district, 249,278 gallons of
whisky, valued at STA, 494 Co.
Take it out of bond, and perhaps
one hundred persons will be killed,
and two or three hundred men plsc-
ed in bond.
The Brownsville States not only
opposes the Oranges as being anti
democratic, but is opposed to the
meeting of the farmers of the State
in Convention, which is called to
meet in Nashville on the 10th of
September. He criticizes the call
of the convention by Gen. w. Fl.
Jackson, with considerable severity.
The Columbia Mail announces
the death of Mrs. Mary Cox, wife
of VIM. Cox, near Hampshire, Nau-
ry county, Aug. 18th, aged rs
years. She was the mother of 10 |
children, II of whom reached their
majority. She was the 22d child |
of her parents, and it is tho't there
were younger ones of her fathers
family. She was a member of the |
Baptist church.
One night last week, while Mr..
A. B. Calhoun, of Covington, was
handling a small pocket pistol, by
some accident it was discharged, |
the ball taking effect on a negro |
man named Ben Ecl1ford, who had |
long waited upon Mr.. Calhoun, and !
it adds poignancy to the pang Mr..
Calhoun feels at the unfortunate ac-
cident, that it should have depriv-
ed of life, one whom he had always
found faithful and true, and whom
he accordingly esteemed above his
fellows.
The Tennessee Press is becoming
prolific of preachers. B. F. Haynes,
late Junior editor of the Franklin
Review, is now a successful preach
err, and will enter upon the travel
ling connection at the Conference,
in October; and now we notice that
Thomas b. Malone, editor of the
Lawrence Journal, at Lawrence
burg, has been licensed to preach.
tbs but a change of name. A good
editor is a perpetual preacher, and
has larger audiences than any min
lister who is only heard with the ear.
Capt. w. R. Handy, editor and
publisher of the Union City Cou-
rier, gives notice in his last issue
22d inst.-that he will remove his
materials to this city, and COM
mence the publication of the Jack
son Courier about the 10th of Sep
TENDER. Capt. Handy is not with
out experience as journalist, and
enters upon his new field Of opera
tions with buoyant hopes and high