Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-07
ALL OVER THE CITY.

The postal department OF the jewish
Ladies' Fair has transmitted 425 letters.
1t is next Tuesday night that the Majiiton
Comedy Troupe appear at the Opera
House.
The Hebrews are talking of giving a
series of balls this winter TO aid in the
erection of taeir new temple.
sits the vox Iopuli that did II, " remarked
a Cherry street man yesterday in discus
sing the, at present, allabs0rbing topic.
Up 10 4:30 yesterday afternoon, the strong
arm If the law, as personiiied In the Nash
vile police force, had gathered in thirty
three offenders.
A ]. Mosely, leader; Charles Luck, first
tenor; F. 2. Mosely, baritone, and Joe A.
Bishop, basso. have formed a quartette in
conjunction with The Mutuals, club re-
Gently organized in this city.
Capt. w. a. PEBBLES, formerly Of the
firm Of Boyd & PEBBLES, is about to re-es-
tablish himself in that line. He is thor
oughly familiar with the business, and is
personally known to all the leading mer-
chants of the city.
The Central Baptist Mite Society met
last night at the residence of S. A. David
son and was reorganized by the election of
the following officers: DR.. Robert Good
lett, President; Charles III. Davidson, Vice
President; DIR. 4. j. Poole, Secretary, and
Miss Anna Kirby, Treasurer.
The Jewish Ladies' Fair was not open
last evening on account of the Jewish Sab
bath. 1t viii be reopened at 6 o'clock this
evening for the last night. Everybody that
wants to buy stock of goods cheap, had
better 60 up; also everybody that wants to
see Masonic ball damned with merry peo-
pie.
There is a strong desire on the part Of
our citizens to have Miss Patterson give
another public reading in Nashville. If
the arrangement can be made, We would
suggest the propriety Of securing the Cum
berland Presbyterian church for the occa-
sion. Then put the price of tickets at fifty
cents, and fill the house.
There seems to be an impression prevail
ing in various portions of the State, that
Nashville boasts Of a regular park Of artil-
lery, as the Governor is in constant receipt
of kilograms requesting cannon to be sent
TO about half the cities and towns in Ten
nesSee, the residents whereof are very
anxious 20 burn powder in honor of the re-
cent Democratic victories.
Tomorrow Rev. j. w. Hoyte will preach
to the medical students of the Nashville
and Vanderbilt Universities, at the Second
Presbyterian Church, at IL A. NJ. At the
same hour DR.. Perkins will preach in
McClure's Hall, Cherry street, upon the
subject of wine drinking in the light of
the Bible and science.
There is something so charming and in
teresting in the sweet prattle of innocent
childhood. For instance, a little fellow
who attended Miss PattersOn's reading
Thursday night, in company with his
father and mother, and who was delighted
with the fair readers rendering of the eau
die Lecture, called out, ''Why, ma, that
sounds just Ike yOul"
Since the close of the Exposition with
its daily trapeze performances, mania for
that sort of exercise has broken out among
the juveniles, and all over the city horizon
tat bars have been erected, and thereon may
be seen boys from eight 10 eighteen years
Of age industrioUSly engaged in endeavOr-
ing to disloeate their spinal column, burst
a blood vessel, or break their necks. Some
of these boys will certainly. succeed in this
endeayor, sooner or later, and then there
will be weeping and wailiug in Nashvi lie
households.
One would have supposed, upon seeing
the general taking down of signs in front
of business houses, yesterday morning, that
a majority Of our business men had made
their pile, and were retiring in body.
This, however, was not the case, the unu-
sual activity referred to being in conse-
quence of an enforcement, by the City
Marshal, of the ordinance which requires
all signs projecting in front of buildings
to be at least twelve feet above the side
walk. A decided improvement in the ap-
pearanee of the streets will result from the
enforcement of the law.
The term of office Of Mr.. Thos. Parkes,
as Police Commissioner, expires next
month, but his friends seem determined to
bring about his reelection, and certainly
no better man for the position could be Sc
lected. The Nashville police force is I'M
surpassed by that of any city in the cOun-
try for intelligence and moral worth, COM
bined with the other qualities required in
police officers. Several of its members are
prominent and active members of the st.
Joseph Total Abstinence Society of Nash
vile, and others are frequently selected by
the citizens of the respective wards in
which they reside TO represent them in our
county and State conventions. In bring
ing the force to this high standard no one
has had more to do than Commissioner
Parkes, and he should, by all means, be re-
turned as member of the Board.
As the new walks leading up Capitol |
Hill are nearly as smooth as glass, it is |
conceded that when they are COW
cred with thin coating of ice, this winter, |
the members of the Legislature will be |
able to reach their hotels and boarding |
houses in much less time, after an adjourn |
ment, than heretofore. The gates leading |
10 the grounds viii be propped wide open,
and it will be an interesting and instructive
sight TO see one hundred dignified law
makers scOOt down the hill and thence |
along Cedar street, at the rate of mile a
minute. Then, too, friendly rivalries
might be engaged in between the Senate /
and House, as to which body could reach a
given point, say the intersection of Cedar
md Cherry, in the shortest space Of time.
And, come to think of it, why could not
he Senatorship question be decided in that
way?