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

The latest improvement in Gallatin is
new lamp posts.
Sew. Sam. NJ. Sparks, Presbyterian min
lister, died at Jonesboro Feb. "a.
Some of the colored people of Memphis
are organizing an Episcopal church.
The bridge across Green riverat Waynes-
boro was washed away by the freshet.
The colored people of Gallatin are max
ing an effort TO establish high school.
4 Mckenzie club debates the subject,
s.Resolved, that the women's crusade is
right"
The civil docket of the Circuit Court at
Gallatin has POS cases, and the criminal
docket, 90.
To Feb. 2S there were sixty-one CONVEX
sions reported in the Baptist revival at
Chattanooga.
West Tennessee papers report very heavy
rains and considerable damage TO railroads,
etc, last week.
The death of Mrs. Rosa Allen, an estim-
able lady, resident in Sumner county, is
announced by the Gdlldtin Tennesseedn of
Feb. %.
In the sixth civil district of Henderson
county stealing has been considered so
common that it has now been considered
an institution.
A lead mine of exceeding richness has
been recently discovered upon the farm of
ODE Harris, Esq, about eight miles north
east of Gallatin.
Mr.. McElhaney, town marshal of Lou
don, in personal difficulty Feb. "a, with
two young men named Bacon, was shot in
the face and seriously wounded by John
Bacon.
The MdYyrille Republican reports a deep
religious revival at that place. There had
been 40 conversions to Feb. q. On four
successive evenings there were respectively
40, 80, II and 100 penitents.
The Changers left several thousand dol
lars behind them when they left Gallatin,
most of which went into the capacious
pockets of the hotel keepers. Gallatin
wouldn't object to them calling again.
Feb. %, the wall of church at Waynes-
boro fell just after the egress of Sabbath
school assembly. The egressiOn was rather
excited, as it was prompted by premoni-
tory cracking of the wall. A lecture was
cut short in the middle.
The WdmeS6Oro Citizen of Feb. 20,
says: The old mansion house of Mrs.
Gollaher on Factors Fork, was destroyed
by fire last week. We hear that the occu-
pants of the house lost most, if not all of
their household furniture.
The GreeneriUe Union says: "One of
the objectionable locked the ladies in his
saloon for safe keeping, while he went for
his breakfast, the other morning. We are
informed that when he returned, he found
them enjoying their Imprisonment hugely"
The DOuer Record of Feb. u, says: Will
liam and Ross Lane were arrested at Clark
Furnace Tuesday last, on the charge of
shooting John Dawson at Mt. Vernon Fur
mace, Montgomery county, last November
and for whom a reward of 500 was offered
The GdlldtiR TeTlneSSeedn of Feb. rs
SAYS: The recent freshet did considerable
damage. Some farms were badly washed,
and in many places along the creeks and
branches the fences were entirely swept
away. We learn that the wheat in some
localities has suffered much injury.
=. The Humboldt journal of Feb. u says:
| One day last week Jno. Douglas met
| George Patton in the road in the suburbs
of Milan and shot him, inficting a slight
wound. The cause and particulars We did
not learn. Douglas Immediately left the
country and has not been heard of since.
The Chattanooga Commercial of Feb.
% says: Yesterday morning about thirty
emigrants, both white and colored, passed
through from Georgia, en- route for the
| West. Mr.. Pagan returned last evening
| from East Tennessee with a party of white
labOrers, and forwarded them to their des-
tinatien.
The KnorriIle Chronicle of Feb. p says:
One of the Chinese Commissioners, attend
ed by three Chinese servants and two
guides, passed through our city yesterday
on his way TO New Orleans. He was
dressed in the usual Oriental style with his
pig-tail reaching nearly to the ground, and
walking the platform during the stopping
of the train, caused no little excitement
and amusement TO the crowd around the
depot, some Of whom declared he was a
| ku-kluX.
The people of Madison county are look
ing to their highest interests with a COM
mendable spirit. The County Court has
adopted some liberal resolutions respecting
the location at Jackson of the West Ten
nessee Insane Asylum; and mass meeting
was held recently, looking 10 a spirited
competition for the contemplated South.
western Presbyterian University. The
SynOds of Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana
Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi have
determined to found a University with an
endowment fund of not less than half {
million dollars.
The BOlirdr Bulletin of Feb. 81 says
Great damage has been done to the Missis
sippi Central Railroad by high water with
in the last few days, and the consequent
detention and iregularity of trains ar
very great. Three hundred yards of tn,
road have been washed away at Tallahat
chic and the water is now over it to sucl
an extent as to preclude the possibility o
| q.
have occurred this week on the road. 1t i
feared by some of the employees of tn
road that a break may occur during tn
present rise, in the levy across Hatchie bot
tom. Trains only run South from thi
place to Holly Springs, but make regula
trips through to Cairo, as the road North i
now all right.
The KnOIUale Chronicle says: The re
cent accident to Col. John Netherland, b,
which his hip was broken, adds one nor
to the chain of accidents that ave hap
pened his family from horses. About TIVE
years ago Col. Netherland was thrown frOI
his horse and had his shoulder dislOcated
He had hardly recovered from that fal
when he met with his last accident. Les
, than a year ago, Miss Netherland,
daughter of the COlonel's, was killed b
being thrown from horse while at ful
} speed and dragged some distance by tn
J stirup. A son of Col. Netherland, we ar
, informed, had his leg broken twice by a
, accident with horse.
5 The KROrciHe Chronicle Of Feb u says
Yesterday, as the train on the KnoXvill
and Ohio Railroad stopped at Heiskell
Station, Mr.. ThoS. GTindle, of Coal Creek
: was shot 10y Thos. Sartin, of the sam
t place, and, it is thought, mortally wounded
t The Goth of December last, man name
) Nankivlen was killed at Coal Creek, and
D was charged that Thos. Grindle fired tn
shot. At the coroner's inquest the charg
, was not sustained, and Grindle was not al
g rested. Following advice, he was leavin
the place the other morning when overtake
, by posse who undertook to arrest hin
. Sartin being OF the posse tried to preveI
4 his getting on the train, but falling to dc
fired at him with the above result.
TIE DyersbUTg Progress Of Feb. 2
d says: On last Saturday while 4 couple
negroes were floating logs in tributary
/, Lewis creek, about one and a half mile
: east Of town, one Of them, Dennis Smitl
: was drowned. The circumstances are sui
: stantially as follows: The negroes wei
i floating two legs out of this tributar
# Zones creek) inso Lewis creek. The 10:
0 were pinned together, Dennis standing o