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


mated Tor Mayor Of Nashville
/ The Nashville Exposition open
cd Oh "Wednesday last.
Hon. It. &. Wblythoruc has been
re nominated :or Congress in the
18th di-trJct.
The Knoxville Wing will be re-
viyed in a short timr under the
editorial management of Senator
Brownlow.
The Rev. ". T. Boiiug, OF This
place has recently bcen appointed
State Lecturer for the United
Friends OF Temperance. Tho APP
poinlmont is a good one. Hum
boldt Journal
Gazette: The Directors Of the
Dyer county Agricultural aud Me
cbanical Association, held meet
ing Monday last, and decided, after
I some discussion, 10 abandon the
! idea Of holding IA Fair this fall.
Monday morning, about o'clock,
/ SOmuel Hosham was murdered with
an AK at the clearinghouse o.
VIM. Gattlin in this city. Gattliu
was arrested as the alleged murder
er, and, after a preliminary trial to-
dsy. usa- Sound over TO the Crimi-
nal Court in bonds af $500
Why does not the United States
Marshal of Memphis and his depu-
ties undertake 10 discover and ar
rest the brutal negroes who robbed
the store and outraged the family
of Mr.. Durant on the Pigeon Roost
road last week. These Wilkins
we're negroes, aud not white meu,
and this accounts cor the milk in
the cOcoanut.-Ledger.
Banner The General Association
OF the Baptist of East Tennessee
will meet in Chattanooga Oct. 10.
Introductory sermon, by Rev. J.
ii. l.. Burnet. There are more
than forty thousand Baptists in
East Tennessee. The denomIna-
ton is most numerous in East, and
most wealthy in West Tennessee,
being fewer and poorer, in compar-
ison, in Middle Tennessee.
In the three conventions held at
Memphis on Tuesday, Jno. Over
ton, Jr., and a. B. Haynes, were
nominated for Senators from Shell
by; Peyton j. Smith, of Upton, for
Senatorial Floater; Jno- NJ. Gala
way, of Fayette, for House Floater,
and George b. Peters, George r.
Powell, Jno. A. Roush, Hugh ID.
Greer, George r Wynn and J.
Harvey Mathes for Representa-
tive.
Gailatin Examiner: We are again
called upon to chronicle "A bloody
and fatal difficulty. On Tuesday
evening last man by the name of
Wilson Appleton, residing near
JOyner's tOll-gate, on the Tyree
Springs road, in this county, be
came involved in dispute about
some laRd with one Tom Johnson.
The grounds of the quarrel we did
not learn. but it seems that there
had been an old grudge between
the parties for many years. APP
pletOn took offense at something
Johnson said, and advanced upon
the latter with drawn knife
Johnson quickly Jerked out his
own knife, and stabbed Appleton
twice, once in the abdomen and
once in the shoulder, which shortly
proved fatal wounds. johnson i'm
mediately gave himself ~ to the
officers of the law. He was taken
before Esquire Cruuk for hearing,
but what disposition has been made
OF the case we have not heard.
The following appointments OF
the Presiding Elders OF the jackson
and Dyersburg districts are taken
from the Western Methodist: Den
mark circuit, at Denmark, Sept.
20 and 27; Jackson station-First
Church, Paine Chapel and Mission
Oct. 3 and !; Tabernacle circuit,
Oct. 10 and IL; Adamsville circuit,
Oct. II and Is; Rock Spring cir
cult, Oct. "a and %; Purdy circuit,
Oct. 81 and Nov. l; Miffiin circuit,
Nov. 7 and 8; Humboldt station,
Nov. II and Is.
". T. HARRls.
Dyersburg circuit, at Rehoboth,
Sept. 26 and q; Bells and Alamo
station, at Bells, Oct. and 4;
Lanefield circuit, at Cypress, Oct.
10 and II; Friendship circuit, at
Friendship, Oct. II and Is; Ripley
and Durhamville station, at Ripley,
Oct. "a aud 25; Bethlehem circuit
and Ashport mission, Oct. 81 and
Nov. l; Trinity circuit, Nov. and /
and 8; Trenton stotiOB, Nov. II and /
Is. BENZ. A. HAYES.
Banner: Miss Katie Einzler, resi- /
ding at No. 365 North Summer St,
was fatally burned at $50 O'Clock |
yesterday morning, by the exPlo |
son o: a coal oil lamp. The lamp |
had been allowed to burn all night,
ald when Miss Einzlcr rose she at
tempted to blow it out by blowing |
through the burner, when the chin
ney broke and instantaneously the
lamp exploded, the flames envelop |
ing her head. She cndeavOrcd to (
extinguish them by throwing
cloth over her head, but not sue
ceeding in the attempt, she was
soon enveloped in sheet of fame.
Assistance was soon rendered her,
DIR. G. Schiff called in. She suffer
cd terribly, being burned from head
to foot, and finally died at O'Clock
last night. She was from Louis
vile, Ky, and was q sister-in-law
of a. Wagner, joiner and showcase
maker, Church St, atwhOse house
the deplorable accident occurred
She cried piteously for her mother,
who is in Cincinnati, who has been
telegraphed for, until death ceased
her terrible sufferings. Miss Einz-
Ter was only nineteen years old,
and was loved and esteemed by all
who knew her.
The Cant OF ImPOstOrs
It is so obvious that physical and consti-
tutiouaI vIgor is the best defense against
disease that even the vendors OF drastic I