Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-14
TENNESSEE NEWS.

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Tennessee was rpbed with snow.
jackson has discovered that it has heirs
TO an estate in Texas worth $4,000.
James Oldham was elected mayor recent
" at the Ripley municipal election.
Isaac MUIR, near Maryville, vas married
on the 9Th inst.s and was a corpse on the
7th,
The new opera house in Jackson is near
ing completion, and is said to present q fine
exterior. GHtt
Miflin, in Henderson county, has raised
$4,000 to secure a railroad connection with
Jackson.
Memphis husbands Joke grimly of in
augurating a crusade against the dry goods
dealers.
We learn that Humboldt is the success
ful competitor for the West Tennessee In
ane Asylum.
The OddFellows' anniversary al Clarks-
vile wiz be giaced with a banquet and hop
on the evening Of the oath inst.
10 is claimed that Crockett county is to
have a courthouse second to none in the
State, thai of Bedford net excepted.
The GdllGtiR Examiner observes that VIM.
Doris had a fine horse stolen from him IN
Cages Bend, on Sunday night, the 5th inst.
Knoxville is TO have a Third Presby-
terrain church, TO be built this year. twill
be one of the handsOmest churches in tie
place.
Moore county has eight Oranges. The
movement was slow to win popularity in
that section, but is now steadily coming
into favor.
East Tennessee is said TO be shipping
large quantities of its excellent marble
eastward, where it is used extensively in
ornamental work.
Sundays Chattanooga Commercial re-
ported the banks of the Tennessee river full
and the water slowly rising. An overflow
was not expected
The Receivers of the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad have determined TO
u only a ~tri-weekly train. They are two
months behind in paying the employees.
The Alamo Sentinel assures its readers
that a history of the early settlement of the
Forked Deer country, by Isaac NJ. johnson,
Esq, will soon begin its appearance in the
Sentinel columns.
Crockett county claims 10 be foremost in
the collection of taxes for 1878. Thirteen
fourteenths of the county tax and twelve
fourteenths of the State tax have been COL
lec.ed and paid over.
Aa ON OHANS tDOiAA1 SANiLCA lNuECS VI
the wheat prospect every year by, which Of
two gum trees in his yard blooms first.
This year he says the wrong tree has
bloomed first and there will not be a good
crop,
A credible observer states that there is
more land in grass, oats and wheat in Madi-
son county than ever before. He also states
that there is more labor being performed on
the farms, and that there are gratifying evi-
denceS of thrift and improvement every
where.
The Treaton Ne1rs-Gazette of the 10th
inst. observes: Last Sunday morning, about
me O'Clock, the residence of r. b. b. Nc
Gee, a short distance west of this place, was
burned, with all its contents except a piano,
a sewing machine, a trunk, and one or two
feather beds.
The Montgomery County Court made
the following levies for the present year:
For county purposes, 80 cents on the 500;
IailrOad tax, So cents on the 500; school
tax, ) cents on the 500, and 81 on polls.
Fol county purposes las; year the tax was
- cents per 500.
The pluviameter at Knoxville indicated.
for the rainy DAYS of last week, a rainfall
Of 5.13 inches. The average monthly fall
IL TIKI StaifD4l Ids UcCl. GCCDIuluH 10 l1t
Press and Herald, 40 inches. The chan
mel of the Tennessee has now an immense
flood to convey, which will hardly cOnfine
itself to the channel.
The AlGhO Sentinel makes the following
note: "An earnest move is on foot to have
a Conservative convention here at an early
day, for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for the various county offices. There
= o11, q w,---a -, e.. - - -
meeting of said element, looking to the
selection Of 4 candidate for Governor, and
also a candidate to represent this district in
the next Congress- 1
The Sparta Llder relates: George
Sparkman, aged 50, aud his wife, aged TG,
are both living at the old homestead IN the
northern part Of Van Buren, county. They
have Y children. 50 grandchildren and 20
great-grand-children, making in all 147
persons, all but ten Of whom are living.
Two Of the grandchildren were born at
different houses, last Monday, within If
teen minutes of the same time.
The CldrksUale Chronicle has a letter
from Carbonate with the information that
during the heavy storm on the night Of the
9th inst, the lightning entered the tele-
graph Office at that place, ruined the switch
Bb1ih- iliAttQ AtC AlObAiAA NAAC anu oCb Lit
wall on fire. The noise walked the operator
in time to ~extinguish the flames before Sc
rious damage was done. The instruments
in the Danville and Big Sandy offices were
also damaged and communication stopped
on the wires during the night.
The LyRchbuTg Sentinel of the 10th
inst. notes a serious difficulty: w. j. Glea-
son, a o and p. J. Ellis were in a sa-
Ion tarashar. lrsnGfn- ul,ap haaOnafnr IN
tOXieated, they got into a fight. Gleason
stabbed Ellis three times-through the
muscle Ofthe left arm, in the right side,
and across the abdomen. Mr.. Ellis was
removed to the hotel and medical at
tendance summoned, and is now lying
there in a very critical condition. Glsa-
son made no attempt TO escape, but sur
rendered himself to Sheriff Norman. Fail
ing to give bond, he was placed in Jail at
Fayetteville.
4 Celina correspondent writes to the
Sparta Index: Miss Ferguson, formerly of
Clay county, but recently of Kentucky, was
visiting relatives near Celina, and on the
18th inst, Bailey Butler, ST., paidh her a call.
During the evening, he showed her a pie
ture, andshe not content with a glance,
made an effort to snatch il, and in doing so
struck the muzzle of a loaded pistol in his
breast pocket. An explosion followed,
two balls going off at once, one carrying
the middle finger off the left hand of Miss
Ferguson and taking effect in the lower
jaw OF Mr.. Butler, the other, striking the
ramrOd, reversed its motion, and took effect
in his right leg.
The Brownsville Suites tells this story:
a singular termination to a couTtship oc-
CURED at Stanton, in this county. A ger
tleman from North Carolina who, many
4 years ago, knew a lady now living at Stan
ton, wrote to the lady, after an absence of
fifteen years, asking her to marry him, and
to keep it a profound secret. She com
piled with his request, and was making
the usual preparations when he came from
the Old North State the Other day to carry
out his part of the transaction, and on ar
irving at Stanton, he met a gentleman who
congratulated him upon his approaching
happiness. The aged North Carolinian
became wraihy, went to the hotel and
wrote his afianced a note, Withdrawing
from his engagement. The trouble with
the old gent was that she had noe kept it a
secret as he requested.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune reports
a terrible accident which occurred in Nc
Marry county, near Purdy on the 9Th inst.
ESQ. j.. w. Stumph with his wife and three
children were out buggy riding. While
driving along rather swiftly, the buggy
struck a stumn in tine road. throwing Es-