Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-03
NEWS AND NOTES.


gineers ''Knights of the FOOt-board."
The Grdphic says: The proprietor and
the manager of the Union Square theater
announce TO the public in card, that they
have determined to withdraw their adver-
tisements from the Herald in consequence
of an attempt on the part of that paper to
cOerce them into inserting advertisements
Of a larger size than they chose to publish.
The round house in East st. Louis of
the st. Louis and Southeastern railway,
which was recently burnt down, has been
entirely rebuilt on the fire proof plan.
St. Louis having established soup
house, the Globe argues that if Mayor
Brown is able to furnish two hundred and
fifty men with good square dish of soup
at an average of only three cents apiece,
therefore something is radically wrong in
paying thirty-five TO sixty cents a day for
the food of every prisoner in the work
house and in tile county jail.
The Cincinnati "InternatiOnaliSts" de
clare that they will support only such pa
perS as support them.
The lectures of Ann Eliza Young in st.
Louis on the subject of polygamy, have
been largely attended.
\ few members Of the late Palaris crew
met in New York on the 30th Ult. and
signed a memorial to Congress asking adj
ditional compensation because OF the ina
bility of most Of them to gain livelihood
in consequence Of the hardshipS endured in
the employ of the Government.
The Cincinnati Gazette furnishes these
interesting stat sites: According to the re-
port Of the S3rgeant=ai-Arms,t there are
ready for Senat )rial use l22 dozen Of toilet
soap: one box Kitching's crystal soap; two
boxes of CASTLE soap; sixty-five soap and
nail-brush dishes; three dozen nail-brusheS;
four quarts each Of bay rum and cologne,
and thirty-two dozen towels.
\ surprisingly large number Of papers are
receiving special kilograms from Wash
ingtnn, giving 4 review of the history OF
the Virginius, AL of which specials" me
precisely alike.
The indications are that the railroad
strike is nearly at an end. Has any good
been accomplished thereby?
Old Mr.. Dent, says Washington gossip,
was a Democrat, like his distinguished SON
iR-law, and never changed his opinions. 1t
made no difference TO him that his dauSh-
ter was the wife of a Republican President,
and that he was himself the inmate of the
White House.
Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren has issued
book on Washington Etiquette" instruct
ING the uninstructed who have not the hap
pines to live within sight of the Capitol
how they must behave when they Get into
fashionable and official circles. The book
has some sense in it, but more nonsense,
which is the natural result OF any attempt
10 write OH soc al etiquette, the subject be
ing itself composed of three parts OF follytO
one of good Sense.-BdltimOr AmericGH.
When Chief Justice Chase was on the
Bench, his eldest daughter, Mrs. Senator
SpraSue, used 70 boldly have receptions on
the same afternoons as those Of Mrs. PreSI-
dent Grant, and rs there were music,
dancing and well spread buffet at the
residence of tie Chief Justice, no wonder
that the young dancers were attracted there
rather than TO the inhoSpitable and formal
saloons at the White HOuse.-NelC York
Herald.
Lolita recently telegraphed $50 to the
Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia,
where she recently played a brilliant en-
gagement, to give a NeW-Ye ears supper to
the stage hands.
\ correspondent of the St. Louis Globe
has this to say of Oakley Hull, the man
who barely escaped the penitentiary: What
a swell Mayor Hall is, and how i'll the pen
itentiary garb would become him. He is
the dresSiest man in town. know of no
one who changes his suits so frequently.
/ e appears in different one every day.a
his clothes are of all the colors of the rain
bow. His neCkties are white, black. brown,
yellow, green, blue, purple, red, drab, gray,
pink, violet, and every other color under
the sun. His coats and trowsers and vests
are equally variegated, and Ofthe most daz-
zling hues. In fact, Mr.. Hall is a sort Of
human butterfly, so bright and fantastic is
his outer garb.
A Chicago nan has suggested twO-cent
postal cards, which will enable a man to
receive an answer without costs to the
man who writes the reply. 1t would cost
no more to pr mt two cent cards than the
present style.
The Ne,c Orleans PicdJpnle speaks of
roses blooming and oranges hanging in
clusters in that vicinity, and wonders when
winter is coming.
And now Bret Harte is having trouble
with book publisher OF kleptOmaniacal
prOpensitIes. The Nelo York Tribune
says: Bret Harte has begun a suit upon the
equity side of the Supreme Court against
Robert NJ. Dewitt, a publisherin this city.
From the bill of complaint on file it ap-
pears that the defendant has caused to be
printed, and is publishing and selling
a novel called "MliSs," which is stated to
be the work Of the plaintiff, his name ap-
pearlnS In prominent type upon the cover
and back of the book. Plaintiffs counsel,
Stephen \. Walker, claims that the publi-
cation is fraud and injury to Bret Harte's
good name us an author, and to his rights
as the owner Of a copyright edition of the
genuine sketch. Judge Ingraham. on the
application Of Mr.. Walker, has granted a
temporary injunction restraining Mr.. Dewitt
from selling copies of the work, or from
dispOsing of those on hand until the arqu-
ment for a permanent Injunction can no