Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-14
ALL OVER THE CITY.

dllCIlCOCk SOt ltOIll WIN LIS
stable, yesterday.
The case of al Powers viii come up in
the Criminal Court to-day
There are Representatives OF four genera
tions living in one house on Vine street.
Bob Smith, charged with larceny, was re-
leased from Jail yesterday by order Of the
Criminal Court.
A little boy named Baxterran fsh-hook
into his thumb yesterday. Itwas extracted
by DIR. Hughes.
Various ruinors as to the appearance of
the cholera in Memphis are current, but
their source is not traceable.
Last August the Maxwell House used
GASP pounds of ice. The amount ex-
pended for ice during last year was $500.
Services will be held at the Church Of
the Advent to-day, at 1890. a. NJ, and s p.
NJ, in celebration of the Feast Of the As
cension.
Anna Lewis and Maggie Thompson are
accused OF being Migrants. This charge
will be fully investigated by Judge Duling
this morning.
Two or three negroes visited the Capitol
Yesterday, to ascertain whether or not the
ghost of Kelley had really been seen about
that building.
The picnic to be given at Shoenphug's
Garden to-day, for the benefit of the school
children of the Thirteenth District, prom
ises to be a pleasant affair.
. ,ss- OF south Vine street, between
Broad and Church, cordially invite The ritz
marshal to visit thst locality about ten
o'clock A. NJ, if it's vasrant hogs that he's
after.
From our report this morning the prob
abilities are that the weather to-day will be
generally clear with winds shifting 10 east
erly and southerls, followed by threatening
weather.
A track for the purpose of running the
cars into the stable OF The Broad and Spruce
Street Car Company, is being laid down
Broad from the junction of the two tracks
at the corner of Broad and Sprtcei
Kessler. the 6eriiian who killed his wife
IN Fdgefeld last winter, was taken before
the Criminal Court for trial yesterday, but
the case was continued until the 18th inst.
owing to the absence Of two Of his wit
nesses,
Henry Ward, colored, who has been con-
fined in jail on the charge of larceny, was
sent to the County Work-house yesterday
for term of eleven months, by order of
the Criminal Court. Immediately after
his reception he was sent back TO the Court
house ard set to work with a party of
Work-house birds.
One of the most enjoyable meetings that
the Trinity Social Circle has held since its
organization, was that of Tuesday evening
O. The residence of Martin Cotton, Esq, on
South College Street. The next meeting
will be held at MIR. Chas. Sheppard's, No.
1S5 South Summer Street.
Singleton, al No. 21 Cherry street, has
received the New York Ledger, New York
Weekly Fireside Companion, Saturday
Night, Star journal, Harper's Bazaar. Lady's
Journal, Wayerly Magazine, The New Va
rieties and Sensation; for the current week,
the Comic Monthly and Peterson's for
June, and the latest New Y orb, Cincinnati
and Louisville daiiies.
Tuesday night, little girl residing on
North Market street accidentally upset a
lighted kerosene lamp in a room which was
occupied at the time by herself and baby
brother only. Her cries attracted the at
tention of her mother, who was Mortified at
discovering the lighted lamp on the floor,
but strange to say the lamp did not explode,
and no damage was done.
Duckworth & Co., corner Of Church and
Cherry, Opposite Maxwell House) and
corner Of Cherry and Cedar Opposite Post
Offce) have received the New York Led
ger, New York Weekly, Saturday. Night,
HarpeF's Bazar .Bads's journal, Wayeriy
Magazine, and Sens ton for the current
week. They always have on hand a suii
line of the comic illustrated papers and of
the leading daily papers from all the prin-
cipal cities IF the Union.
Experiments in hanging are oil the race
in South Nashville at present. aud everF
well regulated family In that portion OF the
city, boasting Of one NJ innre koys, has a
neat but inexpensive gallows erected in the
back yard. One evening this week. little
girl living on South Summer agreed to let
parry of small boys hang her on condition
that they give her bouquet of flowers.
After the moose had been skiilfullF adjust
ed, the li.tl6 girl jumped off the scaffold,
and would no doubt have strangled in a
few moments, but, fortunately, her toes
just reached the ground, and she managed |
TO support herself until help arrived.
The difficulty between Messrs. Gallagher |
and Williams, Of North College street, was |
caused by the former calling the wife of-the |
latter q ''pea-foyl,n whereupon Mr. Will |
liams introduced Mr.. Gallagher to an |
empty beer bottle. When the case came |
up for trial in the Police Court yesterday |
Judge Duling stated that Gala |
CHER had been frequently arrested for |
lounging around without any apparent |
means of support, and that he had been re-
leased few days ago upon his making a
solemn promise to ''shake" his North Col |
lege street associates at once and forever. |
The court was of the opinion that Williams
bad rendered the city a service In threshing
and therefore dismissed the cas1. |
The affectionate demonstrations of fond
Young couple who stood on the piazza of
South Spruce street mansion yesterday af-
ternoon, were very interesting 10 passers-
by. The young man handed the young
lady "a shy, gentle creature of some fifteen
summers, whose mother didn't know she
was Out,) handsome bouquet, and after a
slight show of coy resistance, the damsel
rewarded him with kiss sufficiently cloud
70 siartle the horses attached to a passing
street car. Then the fortunate youth step
ped briskly to the gate, and out on the
but returned Immediately, took
another kiss and finally tore himself away,
,hOugh with evident reluctance. By this
lime quite a number of curious people had
assembled in front of tie house, and muir
nur Of admiration and sympathy was heard
IS the young man walked proudly down
he street.