Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-20
TENNESSEE NEWS.

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yours, VIZ. KRIEGsHABER, Secretary.
TENNESSEE NEWS.
Various correspondents are having live
" debates in TIE Ms1lHmUiRe Ne1o Era
and the Fayetteville Express over the ways
and means of abOlishing alcohol.
The MuTfreeSbOro Monitor states that j.
| y. Pickett was arrested on the 18th on the
| charge &c being the murderer Of William
White, deceased, who vas -hCt in. his own
house near Eagleville, on the night Of the
Goth of last month.
The Chattanooga Times, Of the 18th,
states "thele is scarcely single case Of
smallpox in town. There are few cases
| OF varioioid, but they are all of an unusu-
ally mild character. There is not the
slightest danger Of an epidemic"
The MHdE Exchange details how K. w.
FOwlks, stock drover Of Humphreys coun-
tr, allowed himself TO be hoodwinked out
of 500 b tire tObaccO-box trick, duly
| manipulated by sWindler No. and swim
der No. 2. The Tascals escaped.
The Fayetteville Observer says: cline
boundary commission, as the result OF their
last weeks labor, place the boundary OF
Lincoln county by an air line at only three
and half miles from Lynchburg. If that
measurement destroys Moore county we
shall be sorry for it.
The KhofrMe Chronicle Of the 18th,
learns from the mail agent, that the I'M
known epidemic at Bristol is a5ating, and
| that there has not been any death from the
| effects of it for the last two days. Conf
denee is being restored among the people,
and much better feeling exists in the
community.
The Chattanooga Commercial learns
| from river men that the wheat crop along
the river never looked more promising than
| at the present time. 1t is growing finely,
and in many places is from four TO eight
| inches high. Fears are expressed, however,
that it will be injured by frost.
The Chattanooga Commercial has this:
''The ladies' temperance prayer meeting
| is held daily at P. NJ, in the Cumberland
| Presbyterian Church. All ladies interested
| in the cause of temperance are earnestly re-
| quested to attend. Do not stay away for
| fear you will be forced into ''crUsade" if
Won come. There is no danger.
The Milan Exchange of the 18th has
| this item: The calabCOse at Newburn,
| Dyer county, was set on fire before day
| last Saturday morning by unknown par
ties and completely destroyed. When the
| citizens attempted TO extinguish the
| flames, they were fired upon by some con-
cealed persons. No arrests have yet been
! made.
The Fayetteville Observer of the 10Th has
the following: s.Dick ROwlin, cOlOred, was
| shot last Wednesday night by another ne
gro named Henry Jeffries, at Mr.. Wiley
NJ. Alexander's farm, mile and three
quarters north of this place. The negroes
Guarreled, until finally Henry drew pistol
and fired. the ball striking Dick in the face,
side of the nose, inficting probably falal
wound
The Chattanooga Times learns from a
passenger on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia train that Webb, one of the
murderers of old man Reynolds and the
man who outraged Reynolds wife, was
brought into Knoxville on the 18th. He
was caught in Sartain's cellar. Sartain is
the man who killed Duncan, and it IS re-
garded as a suspicious circumstance that he
should now be assisting Webb to hide.
The Pulaski Citizen advertises a man
lost. answering to the name Of John healy,
aged 20 wears, ) feet 10 or IL inches high,
weighing about 1G5 pound, with dark COM
plexion, black hair and eyes, and peddler
of table linens, oil cloths, notions, etc.
The last seen Of him was the LIST day OF
March, in the barrens Of Lincoln cOunty,On
the South side of Elk river. InfOrma-
ton will be very thankfully received by
Brice * johnson, No. 16 Cedar street, Nash
vile.
A correspondents of the Chattanooga
Commercial writes from Athens, March Il;
"a boy sixteen years Of age was Killed IN
the edge of this town to-day by lightning.
He had been to the country, and en- his re-
turn. about 10 o'clock, both he and his
horse were stricken down in the road,
where they were both found dead by some
one passing. The boys clothing was torn
entirely from his body, down to his waist,
and scattered for thirty feet around. When
found. he was lying on his face, with one
foot in the stirrup of his saddle. He was
the son Of David Cate, poor brick mason
of this place"
The Pulaski Citizen gives the result OF
its search for the oldest inhabitant: Slew
Reed. Esq, is the last survivor Of the first
settlers Of Giles county. He was one or
the pioneers who cut the cane to reach this
colorado. Mr.. Weekly y. Reed is the old
est surviving native of Giles county, and
was the first person born within her limits.
There are older people than the latter gen
tleman, but he is oldest native born citizen.
Chas. G. Alternately, Esq, came to Giles
in 1910, and is now in his S4th year, and IS
even now surprisingly vigorous. His hand
writing is still very good and as fine as
woman's and still gets finer as he grows
older"
The MorTisto1ca Gazette Of the 18th re-
Iates the following: Friday last, on the pas
senrer train coming west from Chattanooga,
three professional three-card-monte gam
blers swindled Mississippi gentleman out
of a fine gold watch and one hundred and
eighty-five dollars in money. They left the
train at Cleveland. Sheriff GOssett, OF
Knox county, was a passenger on the same
train. found out the fact, stopped OF al
Charleston, hired horse and buggy, ana
arrested the parties, recovering the watch
and money, and returned to Cleveland in
less than half an hour after he had reeoy-
cred the watch and money. He received
the money and the thanks Of the fortunate
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