Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-21
STATE NEWS.


August
Nashville Banner Judge FerTiss
has fifty applications now on file IN
his Office for orphan children. He
s.ns that nine out Of every ten of the
applicants desire them for adoption. "
We learn that deer and turkeys
are thick in the hills adjacent TO the
Mississippi bottoms, having been
forced ont of the low lands by high
water.-Dycrsburg Gazette.
A proposition has been made to the
CITY Council of Memphis to pave the
streets with Paducah gravel at 81 50
Der surface yard. warranting the work
for five years. The proposition is I'M
der advisemcnt.
Crockett County Sentinel Our
friend, Mr.. John Archer, Of Browns
Vile, was chosen last Monday as the
superintendent of the building of our
courthouse, and we are decidedly of
the opinion that the commissioners
acted very wisely in making this seiec-
ton"
Gallaiiu Examiner: THE wheat
crop In this county was never more
promising than now. With no mis-
hap there will be larger yield than
for many wears past. An increased
amount of land has been soWn, anu
as far as We have observed it was
pIowcd in with more care than usual.
Troy Signal. "In this issue we an
nounce the name of Col. Geo. T.. Por-
ter, as n candidate for Congress in the
9th Congressional District. lie Is a
gentleman of acknowledged ability,
and is eminently fitted for this posi-
ton of trust"
Brownsville States mind how
you handTg ON snUu-Isrrrr5. on tine
farm OF Mr.. Robert Taylor, OF this
county, Thursday evening, a colOred
boy, aged about fourteen; was care
lessly handling an old shotgun that
had been standing in the corner of the
cabin for twelve months, when it fired,
killing another cOlOrcd boy instantly.
Athens Post eve are advised by
Rev. ID. HOckett, who is largely inter
ested in the Taylor gun, that the
Messrs. Remington, of Connecticut,
have accepted the contract for the
manufacture of that extraordinary
arm. Success has at last crowned the
efforts Of the inventor, and there is
no doubt that his ingenuity, skill and
labor will reap a rich reward
Milan Exchange: ''Harry Kemp, II
negro man who lives at Hope Hill, in
/ this county, was in town Tuesday and
/ bought pair of shoes from Mr.. Nc
Kelvy. Harry is one hundred and
/ twelve years old, is able to pick cot
ton and do u great deal of farm work.
He remembers the revolutionary war
very distinctly, and, Judging from his
looks, is good for several years more
yet"
Knoxville Press and Herald The
search for Duncan and Webb, the al
legged murderers of Richard Reynolds,
has not yet resulted in the capture of
either of them. There was q rumor
current last evening that Webb had
sent in word that if he would be pro-
tectcd from mob violence and be al
lowed 10 turn States evidence, he
would give himself up and conduct
the officers of the law to Dmcan's
hiding place"
Humboldt journal "A committee
appointed short time since, by Pres
colt Lodge. No. 1l6, I. 0. o. F., for
the purpose. of Identifying the en-
closure around the College building,
have had the grounds laid off after a
plan drawn by Mr.. Nathurst of this
place, similar to the plan of the Crys-
tai Palace garden, London. The COM
mittee are at present busily engaged
in having.shrubbery, flowers, &C, set
ont, and Odd Fellows Garden is fast
becoming the most beautiful place in
/ the State"
I Greenville letter, III the Knoxville
/ Press and Herald 'sThere is nothing
worthy of note to record, and the sit
uatiOn is unchanged. Mrs. Ward has
/ received an addition to her stock OF
liquor, presumed to have come from
Knoxville, and 10 little money is be-
/ ing sent her. AS 'Borneo' might say,
her castles strength may well laugh
/ the siege to scorn. Still the ladies
are resolute, and are daily, and all day
long, encamped before her saloon.
I CampbelPs saloon is also continually
/ besieged, but he has also obtained an
additional supply of liquor, and i.
obstinate and defiant"
/. Ripley News: All over the State
active preparations are being made
/ for the Fall campaign. Judging from
I the tone of the press generally there
is one point that is pretty well settled
That is that there is to be nothing
I like DISCRIMINATION in the ranks oil
! the Democracy. The convention sys,
/ TEN will be strictly adhered to and
disorganiZers choked off. The disas.
tiers of last year were not without
their lessons and will not be repeat
ed. The papers which opposed Con.
! ventions then, are now the warmcst
advocates of the system.
Dresden Democrat: The reported
wOmans movement on Mckenzie was
all hoax. We predict that it will
never be attempted in the South to
any great extent. Southern men dc
not let their women go ON any sucl
crusades, for they cannot go witt
them to protect them from insult. Ii
the North the rabble pelt the Ia.
dies while Mt prayer and use al
kinds of obscene language in theil
presence. In the South their hus
bands, brothers aud friends would
put a head ON the rowdics if they
were thus treated.
The following little tale is from the
Paris Intelligencer: There are two
ladies in Henry county, one aged g.
and the other 63 years, who have late
ly cut their third set of teeth. Mrs
Culbertson, the yonger. has only fou
of these new pet teeth-two allow
and two below, in front. A Mrs. Chap
man, Il widow, has full set above anC
below. About six months since she
had the remnant of the old teeth re
moved by q dentist, preparatory t
having an artificial set put in. WheI
the dentist came to tvke the cast TO
the artificialS he found a full new Sc
of naturals inst coming through tn,
gums.
The SOmerville Falcon of the I2ti
inst. says: Saturday night an explo
sion of coal oil took place in the housr
of Mr.. j. NJ. Cullbreath of this place
Mrs. Sims removed the chimney from
a bnrning lamp, lighted candle an,
was in the act of replacing the chin
ney when the lamp exploded with
loud report. Mr.. Culbreath who wa
writing on the table which held tn,
lamp was severely burned on the RICH
wrist, and received a severe cash il
the right cheek and on his right ear
His clothing caught fire and will
great difficulty was extinguished. y
the same time the skirts of Mrs. Sims
dress caught fire and Threatened t,
destroy her life. By the aid Of Mrs
Culbrcath she was saved >
Mckenzie Times Con last Satur
day Willie Ridley, Esq, laid upol
our table large ball, the outside o
which rcsembled black rubber, an,
with nearly the same elasticity to tn
touch. The ball weighing one poun,