Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-19
STATE NEWS.

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Gov. John G. Brown has offered
q reward of $500 for The arrest of
the negro 6end who br1tally out
ragged Mrs. Bennett Mason, at La
Vergne, near Murfreesboro, on the
2sth ult. The Northorn Radical
papers have not heard Of this yet.
Tenn. Transcript: Prof NJ. r.
Abernathy commenced the free
school at New Hope Church in the
llth district last Monday. He has
been conducting hourlshing
school at that place for the past
eight months. His success as q
teacher is unrivalsd.
Milan Exchange: When Secreta-
~ of State Gibbs arose to address
the people at Trenton last Mon
day. an old negro said: sGolly,
dar's a eolored man gwins to speak
and our talented Secretary did
speak too, with sense.
Crockett Sentinel: Last Friday
night, while the Sheriff aud his
family we're absent attending prea-
ching, the two prisoners confined
in tho Jail at this place made their
escape. One was a white boy nam-
ed Geo. Ellis, the other colored
man named Dick Spence.
Ledger: Politics in Memphis has
assumed the lager beer form or the
FIVE cent treat. In days gone by,
alasl candidates were wont to set
up a stronger and more expensive
drink, but times are hard and the
candidate has TO come down to the
level Of a beer keg.
Houk and Thornburg, candidates
for Congress. are going for each
other like blazes. They make tho
wool fly every lick. Dog eat dog
its no fight OF ours. Query
How would it do TO drop both
of them and take up a live Gran
ger.-Grange Outlook.
Brother Charlton for instance
Athens Post.
SomerRille Falcon: Miss Fannie
M. Mcclellan left Saturday MORN
ing for jackson, to enter upon her
duties in the music department Of
the Memphis Conference Female
Institute at that place, of which the
Rev. DIR. Jones is Principal. She
is a young lady of rare musical tai
ent and accomplishments, aud we
congratulate the Principal and the
people of Jackson on having sscur-
ed her services.
The Union and American says:
A brilliant wedding came off yes
terday afternoon at the Jewish
Synagogue, on Market street,
whore a large number of ladies and
gentlemen assembled to witness
the nuptials. Mr.. Lewis Marks, of
Rome, Ga, was united in marriage
10 Miss Johanna Hirsch, daughter
of n. Hirsch, of this city. Rev.
DR.. Isador Kalisch officiated and
conducted the ceremony in the
German language.
Paris Intelligencer: On Saturday
last, Mr.. J. ]. Jordan OF this cOun-
ty, was shot by Mr.. Richard Fitz.
gerald with u shot gun, and died on
Sunday morning from the wound.
Only one ball entered the body,
which passed through the upper
lobe OF the right lung. Mr.. Jordan
was a tenant on the farm of Mrs.
Fitzgerald, one aud a half miles
North OF Paris, and Richard and
Quitman, her sons, resided with
their mother on the same place
Some difficulty had arisen between
Jordan and Richard Fitzgerald, on
account of the stock of the latter
breaking into the cornfeld of tho
former, which was the basis OF the
trouble that resulted in the sad ca
tastrophe of Jordan's death.
Citizen: One of Pulaskfs gay and
gallant young beaux attended a
party the other night and met with
an old sweetheart, now q beautiful
widow. lie engaged her in a con-
versstion, which soon turned into
the channel of the past, and the
faistsdy repeated incident after in
cident of twenty to thirty years ago,
but our bachelor friend couldn't re-
member that far back. She kept
repeating dates during which our
forefathers lived and moved, and
soon attracted others around, which
almost distracted our friend, until
finally he tore himself away from
her side and went out to smoothe
the wrinkles in his troubled brow.
Banner: An evening or 80 ago, a
negro woman residing in Brooks
Alley, south Of Broad Street, open
ed a box which had a snake con-
cealed within. doubtless for the a.
musement of children, and upon its
darting in q natural manner toward
her she lost her selfpossession, and
becoming very much frightened at
the occurrence she tainted and fell
TO the ground, where, after lying a
short time, she was seized with vio-
lent fits. Eight hours after the Oc-
currence she was lying apparently
dead, no perceptible breath or mo-
ton betraying the hidden spark.
She still lives, but is yet in a criu-
cal condition.
The Superindent of Education in
Trousdale county writes as follows
to Col. John NJ. Fleming, the State
superintendent, in reference to the
murder of julia Hayden: In reply
to yours of the 2Sth, making in-
quIries concerning the killing OF Ju-
LA Hayden. mail you a copy OF
the Hartsville Sentinel of last week,
which contains an account of the
affair, as detailed by the witnesses
who were present. You will see
she was not teaching in a house
In which e. NJ. Manion, colored,
has just completed a term Of our
public schools unmolested, and with
out any interference from anv
source whatever. No one believes
the parties who did the killing to
have been instigated by any ill-will
toward the deceased, but the gener.
al impression seems to be that they
went there either to rob the house
or violate the person of the grl,
and, having been thwarted in their
attempt to get into the house, they
fred this shot more in the fury Oc-
casioDed by the disappointment than
from any premeditated design of
taking life. Our whole people are
outspoken in their condemnation
of the act, and would gladly see
the offenders brought TO account.
The Jasper Herald has the fol-