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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-03
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Trenton has a debating club called the
0Platonian."
Knox county is to have a number Of new
schOOlhOuses this year.
There are a number of deer inthe region
of Fountain Head, Sumner county.
The new Baptist Church of Troy, il is
said, viii be an ornament 10 the town.
The Knoxville ladies propose to raise
$1,000 for the improvement Of the Confed-
crate cemetery.
A cat fish weighing 12T pounds was
caught out Of the Forked Deer in Madison
county recently.
Some of the tenements at Beaverdam
Springs, Maury county, have been bdSned
by i~ncendiaries.
The Humboldt Journal of the 30th ult.
SAYS Mr.. T. b. Black, Of that county, killed
a pig which weighed so pounds.
A little daughter Of Mr.. John B. Baker,
of Gallatin, was run over 4 few days ago
by a wagon, but was not seriously hurt.
Changers are said to be getting a strong
hold on Crockett county. Many Of the
best citizens are said to be joining the
order.
The Sumner Cotton Mills of Gallatin,
which were burned in 1872, are being re-
built and will be in operation in the
spring.
McMinnviHe has had a public meeting
for the purpose Of raising the requisite
stock to secure the establishment of a
wagon mandatory.
The Columbia Herald and Nal states
that the putrCscent body Of a negro was
lately taken from the river at Duck River
Station. 1t was supposed to be that Of the
negro drowned above a month before.
The GGIldtin Ta3HcsseedH Of the 31st ult.
saws: The revival at the Methodist church
continues with U~nabating interest. Fifty
accessions have been made TO the church,
besides several to other churches.
Mr.. b. Bacon, a citizen of Madison
county. died near Macon, Ga. the other
day. He was picked up severely injured
from a railroad track and it was supposed
that he had fallen from the cars. His fam
iIy were notified Of his death by telegraph.
We learn from the Sparta MdeJ that a
case of infanticide has come to light in
White county. Julia Axendine, a privi-
Iered and favored servant in a respectable
family. gave birth to a child and concealed
il in a trunk, where twas afterwards found
dead. She was Of a very low origin, but
had been DrOu2nI up Dg a SeIieleiHdu Vi
wealth and benevolence.
The Sparta Inder of the 10Th ult. says:
Last Sunday evening. at Reagin's store, in
the northern part of this county, aMr. Ter
~. of Oyerton county, was shot by Bill
Williams. of Clay county, who is said to
be a fugitive from justice. 1t is said to
been accidental. The shot took effect
in Terry's ann, inflictins a severe flesh
wound.
The Jackson Courier ofthe 31st ult. has
this note: The Circuit Court, the entire
week. has been engaged in empanneling a
10 try the sixteen negroes. the alleged
murderers of J.. II. West, near Denmark,
and about which mention was made in our
last weeks issue. As they are jointly tried
and their counsel did not see fit to sever
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THE CITY WORKHOUSE.
Four Inmates Skip Lightly Away, I'm
the Silly HOurs of the Might

When the night Waterman at the CITY
workhOuse opened the sleeping rooms of
that institution yesterday morning, he
found entirely vacant the one which had
been occupied by Thomas Leslie, Henry
James, alias John Graham, Bob Ridley and
Frank Carter, the two latter being young
men of color. The room has two grated
windows at the rear, which open out to the
yard surrounding the workhouse, and are
about ten feet from the ground.
Upon examination it was found that a
bar, which had been cut nearly through on
some previous occasion, had been sprung to
one side, and the prisoners by means of the
aperture thus made, had managed to effect
their escape, letting themselves to the
ground with their blankets, tied together
and used as a rope.
A large pile of wood had been thrown
ove- the high wall, upon which the four
men clambered and got upon the wall, from
which they descended to the ground by
mean of a piece of scantling they found
in the yard. A little negro boy also got
out into the yard, but was unable to get up
on the wall and he clambered back into the
cell again.
The two negroes were ordinary work
house characters, but James and Leslie
were hard cases, the former having been
lodged in the workhouse late Saturday
night, on the charge of robbing Squire Tay-
lor of money and bonds. He had been re-
leased from the penitentiary but a few
months. Leslie was fined by Judge Du-
ling for throwing an iron weight az a boy
Saturday morning, and was arrested again
Saturday afternoon for assaulting an old
man by the name Of Cortes, whom he in
jured severely.
At latest accounts hone of the four who
made their escape had been arrested.
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The Discoveries The- Make,

The pireotcry CanvasSers employed by
Wheeler, Marshall * Bruce, discover, in
making their rounds, that the following
named streets appear in duplicate, viz:
Pearl, Jefferson, Clay, Union, Cav, Carroll;
Franklin, Park. Robinson ard Washing
ton,
The foregoing are all real nice names for
streets, and no well regulated city should
be without them, but there is no real ne
ceSSity for their appearing more than dice
on the plat Of this city. AreSolution look
ing to tie correction of this nuisance was
Introduced in the City Council several
months since, but no action has been
taken on it since. viii some public spir-
tied city dad look Into this matter, and
cover himself all over with glory by a cor
reetiOn of an evil which affects every resi-
dent Of Nashville?
Said ~canvasserS discover another fact, to
which We respectfully call the attention Of
our city lawmakers, and that is the large
proportion Of houses to which no number
is attached. There is a city ordinance
which requires the owners of buildings to
have the same indicated by a number, and
this ordinance is not enforced as it should
be.
They have also discovered that on Roll
ing Mill hill there are more dogs to the
square rod of territory than in any other
portion Of the State. How would it do TO
turn Pittman's Hog Brigade loose in that
locality, with instructions I'd kill dogs as
long as they found dogs 10 kill?
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a Needed

Dun municipal authorities should make
two Improvements. First, A lookup
should be provided for arrested parties. in
close proximity to the police station, for
the safe keeping of all persons arrested and
who have not been tried.
Second, The police station and police
court room should be removed to the lower
end Of the markethOuSe. Under the present
arrangement, ladies %patronizing the Edge
field street cars, the stores on the south
side ofthe Public Square or who have occa-
sion to visit the mayors, water tax collec-
tors or city recorders office, are liable TO
be greeted at any time with the sight of
drunken men or women being brought to
the police station. If that institution were
removed othe lower end Of the market
house, a lookup could be Luilt on the
ground floor at but little expense.
We trust our city authorities will con-
slider this subject, as it is n worthy their
attention.
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Was il Murder?

Last Friday, Robert Harris. a colored
waiter al the Maxwell House and residing
II the corner Of Cedar and McLemore. was
arrested on the charge Of severely burning
with a red-hOt poker, a little child he had
taken to raise, his mother-in-law being the
prosecutor. Harris claimed that he had
been lighting his pipe with the poker, and
that the child got hold of il after he had
left the room. He was released at that
time, but the child dying Sunday morning
he was re-arrested and a preliminary trial
had before Justice Campbell yesterday af-
ternOon, which resulted in Harris being
bound over in the sum of $1,000, to await
trial in the Criminal Court. Failing TO
give h required bond, he was sent to iaiI
last night.
Harris was employed as a waiter at the
Maxwell, for about eighteen months. but
was discharged some two months since. A
few days ago he was again employed. upon
his representing himself and family to be
III very destitute circumstances. He had
the reputation of being one Of the quickest
walters in the hotel, but it is said that his
dispatch in filling an order was due. TO
some extent, to a habit lac had of taking
dishes from other walters, as they We're
about to enter the dining room.
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pARAGRAPHIcAL.

An Iowa paber says 1yesterdsy the cold
! wind went whistling up the trousers of
many a ioafer, asking him what he had
been doing al summer"
stamping done on short notice" So
reads a new sign ON the Public Square.
Thee was some stamping done at a ball on
Criddle street the other night without any
notice at all.
An exchange p~repounds the following,
and considerably gives the answer: s'What
is the difference between a cloud and a
whipped baby? One pours with rain and
the other roars with pain"
II was Immediately after picking his way
over a muddins crossing that the 50. Louis
Joly7idi man wrote this: sit is a great pity
that the preachers cannot induce Mayor
Brown and our city authorities to take
charge of the broad road which leads to
perdition. Under such administration the
road would socn BECOME impossible to even
the most tonshened sinner"
How often have we seen the blooming
maiden upon whose face smiles danced
like moon-beams upon the bosom of a
sleeping sea, and whose life gave prUmise
of happiness unalloyed and hope unrequit-
ted, sitting in the sanctuary with a huge
wad of gum in her mouth, and her beauti-
full chin rising and falling like a wave upon
the ocean, while the meekpastor endeavor-
ed to point her to the New Jerusalem
Exchange.
This beautiful romance is clipped from
the Terre HdIfe Express: 'She couldn't
see it in that light. She didn't want to
marry him. but he was bound she should.
She refused to listen 70 his courting, so he
grew desperate. 30 he went off to the West,
and while out there persuaded a friend to
write a letter, saying that he was dead, and
asking, as his dying request, that she
might, if she ever went out that way,
stop for q moment and toss a weed
Or perhaps a flower on his lonely grave.
This was tender, but it didn't take worth a
cent, and she wrote back a letter to the
friend saying that if he had any ~coasidera-
ton for her feelings at all TO Send her the
dead lovers watch and chain, his money
and al his valuables. To carry out his
plans the dead man sent home his brass
jewely and other effects, and she immedi-
ately proceeded to don the trinkets, and
started to siDging-schOol with the chosen
'~.felier" of her heart, On their way
home the pair were startled by the
apparitiOn of the lost lover, clad
in ghostly white, but with the
old lineaments intact. The young man
fed, but the girl stood still, and putting up
a paw which resemhled an elephants foot,
nsiyely inquired if the ghost wanted to be
kicked to death 10y a mule. To which his
shOstship replied: "Lord! Lord, Jerusha,
beC l come all the way home to find you
falSe?" "YOU bet" replied The fair one,
for she had discovered that it was really her
Lover, and she was so disguised with the
other fellow for running at sight of the
ghost that she Immediately began prepare
ton to marry the ghost.
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More Distinguished Men from Overton

To the Union and American:
l see in your issue Of Jan. 81, a notice of
the distinguished men produced in OvertOn
county, all of which /, as a son of OvertOn
county, take great pleasure, and l may say
pride, in stating is correct, except that the
list is not sufficiently large. The number
of Congressman exceeds the number given
by you. The late Adam Huntsman is not
included. Governor Beverage, of Illinois,
is not included in your list. l as one of
his students, take great pleasure in giving
you his name. As your list does not in
clude the distinguished ministers of the
gospel born and raised in Overton county,
permit NE TO furnish yOu with the follow
ing names now fresh in my memory. OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church: Elder
John w. Phillips, of Texas, Elder T. p.
Holsman, of Mississippi, Elder Harris, of
Missouri, Elder Hicks, of -, Rev. Den
mis-. Ofthe Episcopal Church: Rev. Chiffon,
late of West Tennessee. Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, Rev. James Mcdonald,
late of Texas, Rev. b. W.. Mcdonald, D..
d. l. L. D., late President of Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn, Rev. A. c.
GoOdpasture, of Springfield, H., Rev. T..
W. PendergrasS, of Springfield, Mo-, Rev.
A. 5. Hayter, of Texas, Rev. w. d. Chad
lex, ID. D., of McMinnville, Tenn, Rev. T.
T. Bates, of Murfreesboro. 3.
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LATEST MARKETs BIZ TELEGRAPH.

GALVESTON, Feb. Cotton dull and
in light demand; good ordinary 13tc; mid
dlings 1870; net receipts 400 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain 5,3T1 bales; coast
wise 1881 bales; sales 1,S00 bales; stock
114,494 bales.
MOBILE, Feb. Cotton dull; middlings
15c; low middlings l4tc; good ordinary 49,.
net receipts 3,2I2 bales; exports coas.wise
81 bales; sales 100 bales; stock 1861
bales.
SAVANNAH, Feb. Cotton nominal
and nothing doing; middlings 15.c; net
receipts 4.165 bales; exports TO Great Brit
ain 2,56S bales; to the continent G24 bales;
coastwise 1856 bales; sales 1,11G bales,
stock 9S,4T6 bales.
CHARLESTON, Feb. p Cotton steady;
middlings 15a15!c; low middlings 14sc;
good ordinary lie; net receipts 2,933 bales;
gross receipts 2,943 bales; exports to France
2,SSI bales; coastwise ia bales; sales LOO
bales; stock 57,470 bales.
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MEMPHIS MYSTERY.
Disappearance Of n Young Lady at a
y5as0uaraHa


Masquerade.
The Memphis AppeIl Of the 31st ult.
SAYS: Among the many visitors az the Con-
federate Relief Association Ball at the Ex-
position last Thursday night was q certain
gentleman who was accompanied by his
wife and her sister, a beautiful young lady.
The latter was dressed in costume. and
owing to her many agreeable social quail
ties, had quite a number Of admirers. Time
sped quickly by. and the Young lady became
50 much enthuSed that she begged her
brOtheT-in-law 10 let her remain longer.
As a nice young man promised 90 take her
home ri the nrnrer hour the bro.her-insiaiV
granted her request, and then left with bis
wife for home. The parlor lights were left
burning, and as the young lady did not re-
turn after the lapse Of several hours. her
sister and brother-in-law became alarmed.
Hours passed by and day dawncd, but
the Young ladv had NIT returned.
Since then her brother-in-law has searched
in vain for some trace that might lead to
her discovery. The very fact that a Young
lady should disappear mysteriOUSly from
the sight Of her friends and relatives in
this city IS enough 10 create some excite
ment and cause no little comment. Ii is
whispered that this young lady, being IA
tiCueG with dancing. was induced to drink
a glass Of wine. Whether the wine was too
strong For hCr nerves, or druggsd, t Is not
perhaps known. She drank, and was soon
in the power Of the tempter, who bore away
his prize beyond the reach of her friends
and kindred. It IS believed she is some
where in this city, and there are vague Tt-
mors that n young man Will be arrested to-
day for her abduction. The young lady's
reside in Shelby county, and she is
Of excellent family, is quite beautiful, and
very much admired.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-03
AnONNiIIe.

We clip the following from the KRorUale
Press and Herald of the LIST inst:
"a number of our citizens called at our
office, yesterday, and obtained extra copies
Of the Press and Herald, containing the
appreciatiye description OF Knoxville, from
the NASHVILLE UNION AND AMERICAN.
The papers will be mailed to friends in va
riOus portions of the country, with a view
OF giving a favorable impression OF Knox
vile to many persons who are contempla-
ting removing to this city. One public
spirited gentleman informed us that he has
for some time been ~endeavoring to bring
here the proprietor Of a large iron estab-
liShment in a distant city, and Is hopeful
Of success. The article about Knoxville.
he Thought, would do no little to aid i n
the consummatiOn of his wishes in this re-
spect.'
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-03
The EdgeneId Town CIock.

The committee appointed to make ar
rangementS for an entertainment to raise
funds to purchase a town clock for the new
~schoo[house in Edsefeld, met last night at
City Hall and elected J. \. Brooks Chair
man, John Morrow, Jr., Secretary, and A.
,. Williams, Treasurer. On motion of
Mr.. John Frizzell, the Chairman, together
with Messrs. i. 5. Williams. John Nor
row, Jr., aud Capt. J. NJ. Thatcher. were
elected an executive committee. with full
power to act in all matters pertaining to
the various entertainments proposed. Mr..
Green Morrow, W. Matt Brown, Jr.. and
Joe b. Patton were appointed as a sub
committee TO make arrangements for a first
class minstrel entertainment. to be giyenat
McClure's Hall at an early dav.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-03
New Advertisements.

In the notice for rent Yesterday Of the
fine grocery house at the corner Of Broad
and Cherry streets, occupied by Reed *
1arhrough. the name oC Hughes got into
The business by a mistake Of the printer.
The Orner is well known and desirable.
Apply TO J. NJ. Reed.
Cook and house girl wanted at 1916 y.
College.
VI. J. this office wishes to rent a farm.
Board at reasonable rates az Is South
Cherry.
Boarders accommodated at 295 South
Summer.
Lindsey & Co, real estate dealers have
desirable lots in Edgefield for sale at a. bar
gain.
VIC. Ewin. County Court Clerk, notifies
merchants to renew their licenses.
). q. Mathews * Co, formerly prOprie-
tors of the Battle House, have dissolved
partnership, the business to be continued
by 5. @. Mathews.
Benz. w. Hitchcock, Of New York, adj
vertiseS twenty pieces Of sheet music for a
dollar.
Winstead, Shields & Co.. sell at 10 A. NJ.
to-day, an invoice Of dry goods.
HOStetter'S Stomach Bitters.
Elsewhere in this issue will he found the
advertisement of c.. II. Stockell x Co.
dealers in farming implements, machinery.
seeds, lime. etc. This firm is well estah-
iished, and fully deserves the extensive pat
ronage they are receiving. Those desiring
goods in their line will DO well TO send for
their catalogue and price list.
ROsenheim X Bro. have removed their
wholesale tobacco house from p South
Market street to their newly Feftted
and extended house, No. % North Cherry
street.
Browns TrOches for coughs and colds.
See advertisement Of Kentucky Library
Drawing.
Geo +. Akers is sole agent forLog Cabin
tobacco which is selected from the finest
leaf tobacco grown in Virginia. and manu-
featured by w. a. d F. II. Brown, Dickin-
sons, Va.
Thompson Bros. & Kelly have greatly re-
duced the price Of their black silks.
The sale Of oil paintings by Winstead,
Shields x Co. will be closed this evening.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-03

The Tribune Almanac for 1871 is ont.
We need hardly call attention to the
usefulness ofthis little compilation as q
manual Preference. Il is q condensed re-
view Of the events Of 1873, containing the
public laws Of Congress, statistics of trade.
industry, and State and National indebted
ness, besides a copy Of the Constitution Of
the United States and the new constitution
Of Pennsylvania. 1t has a record of great
many other matters Of Importance. The
Almanac may be had bay addressing the
Tribune, New York, for 20 cents.
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Residence Des1roved nv Fi-e-

The residence Of Jesse Collins at Tank.
in the 18th district Of this county, was
destroyed by fire about / o'clock SUNDAY
morning, and the family barely had time
to get out with what they had on, Mrs.
Collins not even saving a pair of shoes or
stockings. The house was a two story
frame in front, the rear heiuG brick. All
the contents were destroyed, including a
piano, and parior and bedroom furniture.
bedding, clothing, etc. Mr.. Collins is a
machinist at the Chattanooga depot, and
an industrious, worthy citizen. WHO by
this disaster has lost nearly everything.
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THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT.-Two misdemeanor
cases from Davidson county were taken up
by the first section, and the second section
on the Putnam county docket. The case of
Chas. NJ. Stewart VS.. the State will be heard
by the first section to-day.
CRIMINAL COURT.-A jury emTaneled
in case of Jerry Stokes, charged with the
murder of Mrs. HOusden, and testimony
will be commenced to-day.
LAW COURT.-Levi Coleman VS.. E. S.
Green. pending. W. G. Harding VS.. James
NJ. Hill and others, judgment by default
and writ of inquiry. G. p. Coleman vs.W.
T.. Dauley, and j. W. Kimbrough, dismiss
ed. Litterer q Cabler VS.. G.. p. Henry,
judgment confessed. Daniel Miller vs.. w.
b. - ) and Others, levy.
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Blank O. indicates no report; cipher (O) sta
tiOnary; minus u tendency TO fall; plus ID ten
deney to rise &C Fo2D, Observer.
The river continues to recede at this
point, with Is feet On Harpeth Shoals.
The Laura l. Davis arrived from ST.
Louis, loaded down to the guards.
The regular Paducah packet, Ada He'll
man, arrived and departed, well loaded
both ways.
The new steamer Laura l.. Davis re-
turns to s.. Louis to-day at II o'clock.
Capt. o. w. Davis is the experienced COM
mander.
The Eddyville from above is expected,
and is advertised for return trip Wednes-
day evening.
1t is reported that the Bolivar II. Cooke
unlike her nameSake, however, who is
dyed in the WOOL will take a new depar-
ture, going above next trip.
DIR. ThOs. J. Griffiths, Surgeon in Charge
Of the L. 5. Marine Hospital at Louisville,
reports the following as the condition of
the Hospital under his charge during the
month OF January, 1874:
No. patients remaining last DAY Of December ia
admitted during month OF Jan. 81
" treated during the month. IgI
discharged during the month";. III
died during the m~Onth#.... 1
remaining last day OF month";. 63
No. outdoor marine patients treated during
No. private patients treated during the month q
sJohn Mitchell, deck hand, steamer Kate
Kinney.
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SINFUL SIFTINGS.

Jue Jones, a well known street walker of
the lcwe-t grpS was sent ont L the County
Asylum Sunday, upon an order obtained by
officer Davies.
Ann Conner, whose name has frequently
embelished these e~aluwno, Was taken be
fore Justice Everett yesterday. on a new
plis.ge. Ann wanted a new dress, and this
perfectly natural desire she gratified by APP
propriating n some one else had paid for
She was sent to jail,
john Aleir, Charles Hingie and Frank
Frits- three blacksmiths of Teutonic origin,
were arrested early yesterday morning on
the charge Of having engaged in a triangle
lar fight. They We're tried before Judge
Duling, Meir appearing as prosecutor OF
Hingle and Fritz. and Hingle IS prosecutor
Of Meir, The court divided a five dollar
lire evenly between Meir and Hingle, and
dismissed the case against Fritz.
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Personal.

Mr.. Jesse F. Brown, who has been here
several weeks as a member of the legisla-
tive committee to investigate the affairs of
the Bank of Tennessee, left for his home
in Memphis yesterday.
We see, by a late number of the CGdiz
(Ky.) Democrat, that our handsome and
witty friend Col. L. W. Saffarans, has be-
come connected with that journal in a pro-
prietOry way. We wish the Colonel all
the success he may deserve.