Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-12
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The Atlantic base ball club challenges
to play a match game with any club in the
State.
The Nashville Medical Society is TO meet
on the first Thursday of every month, from
this time on.
II is probable that the Criminal Court
will to-day get through with the present
call of the misdemeanor docket.
Minty Simpson, colOred, was arrested by
officer Kerrigan yesterday for an alleged as
sault on Z. Franklin with a knife.
One portion of the inhabitants of the
Seventh ward are called "varmints'' by the
residents of other parts of that ward.s
1t was Henry Lanier and not 7. j. Trep-
pard who was nominated a candidate for
Councilman in the Third ward Wednesday
night.
The work Of repairing the roof of the
Moore Memorial Church has been sus-
pended for a few days for lack OF suitable
material.
Willie and Mary MeDermon were throw
ing rocks in the street yesterday when
they were arrested by officer Skally and
marched off to the police station.
'Say, mister, do you see anything green?7
inquired a young man yesterday of a gen.
tleman who passed him wearing a pair of
spectaeles with green colored glasses.
"Yes, when | look at you" was the ready
response.
The best spoilers among the courthouse
attaches tackled the ~orthographicai puzzle
published in our columns yesterday, and
after a highly commendable effort, were
compelled to retire from the field with
banners trailing in the dust.
The walls of the new Masonic Temple
have been completed, and as there seems.
to be n0foundatiOn for the tower with which
it is said the building is to be adorned, the
average Nashvillian is puzzled 10 explain
how said tower IS to be erected.
The storehouse on the College street side
of the Public Square, occupied before their
removal, by the hardware firm of Macy &
Brown, is undergoing a process of general
remOdeling, after the style of modern i'm
prOvementS in business house architecture.
An Old-fashioned picture of Gen. Thos.
I. Smiley, taken about thirty years ago,
was yesterday exhibited at the Courthouse,
in proof of the fact that Gen. T., although
in some respects quite youthful, is still
somewhat beyond "~thirty-three and the
rise"
The six little boys who were arrested
last Thursday night for throwing rocks at a
watermelon peddlar, were stood up in a
row before Judge Duling yesterday MORN
ing. After a full hearing ofthe testimony,
the case was dismissed and the boys were
released with enough good advice to post
them seven weeks, if proper economy is OBJ
served.
At a very late hour last night an able
bodied dog flew past this Office with an
oyster can partially filed with pebbles at
tached TO his tail. A massive intellect and
discriminating mind are required TO sue
cesSfully carry out a little project of this
kind, but 1t is a noticeable fact that the
men who tie tin cans to dogs tails never
become Governors or Congressman.
A Nashville youth, in behalf of whose
morals a great deal Of earnest persuasion
has been expended without much effect,
insists that he can at least lay claim to the
high virtue Of being a public benefactor,
because he lately contributed ten dollars
towards defraying the city's indebtedness.
But the truth about the matter is that the
donation was made in consequence Of some
slight difference of opinion between him
self and Recorder Duling relative to the
proper construction of city ordinance.
a few days since a raw-boned, double
listed East TenneSseean lOunged into a sa-
loon and asked for a glass of beer. Hewas
accommodated, and at once threw the
liquid out of sight with a degree Of skill TO
be acquired only after long years of patient
and conscientious practice. "Gimme a Sc
gar" was the next demand, and this was
also complied with. he was then provided
with 4 match, whereupon he lit his cigar
very deliberately and turned to 90 out of
the noon, but was Intercepted with "Say,
You NIGHTS forgits to pay me for mein peer
and mein cigar by the Teutonic prOprie-
tor of the establishment. 81 never pays
for mther, and that's the kind of a man l
am responded this chap from East Ten
Eessee. "Nell, den, You PEGS a tam rascal,
and dai's De kind Of a man / am" exclaim-
cd the excited beer-slinger.