Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-13
ALL OVER THE CITY.

The cotton market about collapsed herr
| yesterday.
James 7. Patterson, Revenue Collector
says he would like TO have the people come
up and pay their taxes.
| NJ. B. TorbeJt. Well and favOrably known
| in this city, is a candidate foTsthe office Of
| Assistant Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives.
All the ladies who took part in the late
! Jewish Fair are requested to meet in the
Market Street Synagogue, at O'Clock this
| evening.
The West End Mite Society meets at the
residence Of DR.. J. II. Bunch, corner of
| HAYS street and Williams avenue, next
| Tuesday night, the 18th inst.
The concert given for the benefit of St.
AIMS Church, Edgefield, is to be repeated
at McCluro's Hall, on Cherry street, in this
| city, Thursday night, December II.
The members of the Panathen9a Club
] held a meeting last night, and made ar
rancements for their second entertainment
of the season, to be given the latter part OF
the present week.
Received at City Library: "The Blue
RibOn," "UrbaD and his Friends" "The
| Initials On the Heights" personal Rem
inis senceS of Gen. X. Z. Lee" and all the
lie magazines for December.
The case of Upton and others, hackmen,
against the Mayor and City Council, to
test the authority by which the plaintiffs
are compelled to stand, when idle, in any
particular part of the city, is set for next
Wednesday in the Circuit Court.
The Executive Committee and officers of
the State Teachers Association are called
to meet at the Office of the State Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction in the Cap
itOl tomorrow at II A. NJ. A full attend
ance is desired.
The City Attorney moved yesterday in
the Circuit Court for a new trial in the
case Of Margaret Graham VS.. the city, in
which Judgment was obtained q short time
ago for 5000 damages for the death of
plaintiffs husband in consequence of fall
ing through a plank sidewalk. The mo-
ton was Overruled, and an appeal to the
Supreme Court ken.
City Marshal Pittman yesterday notified
the officers of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad 10 remove the distractions on
Summer, Crawford. High, Vine, Spruce,
McLemore, Gay, Pearl and Cedar streets.
The Instructions consist of spans put up
to support the trestle work Of the road
between the Louisville and Chattanooga
depOts.
When our fire alarm telegraph is COM
pleted, half Of this dragging Of our engines
all over the city in consequence of false
alarms, will be done away with, and the
business man who resides in the suburbs
viii be relieved of the terrible fear which
comes upon him when he hears an alarm
when away from his wife and little ones,
dreading to find that it is his dive ling
which is burning, for by counting the
strokes Of the bell at the central station, he
will at once know the district in which the
fire is located.
The following kilograms remained unde-
livered at the telegraph Office last night.
Sunday office hours 9 to 10 A. NJ, and
) to5P. NJ: W. II. Cornelius, Geo. f.
Akers, VIM. Duncan, (twO,) Nashville
Savings Company, I. Cooley, o. +. Noel,
G. II. StOckell S. II. Bell, Tafiard q Bel,
g. @. Steinheimer, G.. l.. Allen, Z. Wig
gers, Standard Car Roofing Company, w.
B. & r. l.. Armistead, NcCrea * Co., w.
Hooper Harris, j. NJ. Csrsey, Son * Co,
J. q. Fisher, Gilbert, Parkes * Co,
OwO,) ID. II. Caswell, l.. Winter, Watson
* Bro, I. johnson, Q. E. Hillman & CO.,
a. G. Ewing, Cheatham & Kinney, Maj.
b. S. Rhea, Sperry g. Co., Qhree).
A party of men were standing at the cor
ner of Church and High streets yesterday,
closely examining one of the signal boxes
of the new fire alarm telegraph. 81 doa't
see anything to catch hold of and jerk"
exclaimed one puzzled individual. a tel
egTaph operator who was passing at the
time, stopped and explained that upon uR-
locking the box with key which would be
left in a store near by, little knob would
be disclosed, upon touching which, all the
bell-strikers and gongs connected with the
circuit would sound the alarm instantane-
Ously, indicating the number Of the box
from which the alarm had been turned on,
and directing the engines to almost the ex-
act building on fire. "And bow many
times must fellow push the knob to ring
all those bells and things" inquired the
chap who failed to see anything to catch
hold OF and jerk. "Only once was the
reply, whereupOn the questioner collapsed
with an astOnished Swell, by thunderm