Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-13
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Kingston is moving TO have fifth
school.
There is an unusual quantity of oats
being sown in Rutherford county this
spring.
A little daughter of Mr.. A. Spears, near
Lawrenceburg, was burned to death on the
9Th inst.
The 22d of February, five miles from
Troy, NJ. w. BIcGangh's dwelling-house
and its contents were burned.
A residence in Pulaski, worth $1,000,
and insured for 81 200, the property OF Esq.
Alexander, was burned the night Of the 9th
inst.
Another company Is being organized in
Chattanooga for the purpose of erecting a
blast furnace, under the title OF Lookout
Furnace Company"
A young man, named Pullen, OF Law
rcncebuFg, in shoeing an animal had his leg
broken By a kick. He took lOckjaw and
died the next day.
A little daughter Of VIM. Bromley, OF
Hadley creek, Wayne county, had her hand
caught in the feeder of the saw mill. on the
18th ult., and so crushed and lacerated as
to necessitate amputation.
At the Pulaski courthouse an clipping
couple fr1m Alabama we've married few
DAYS sge. Afler the ceremony the couple
shopped aroiird little while and started
back to their native State.
The Fayetteville Express observes mai
| in the case of the State VS.. Wiley Tolley,
colored, for assault with intent to kill, the
jury failed to agree, and were discharged
without rendering verdict.
We learn from the Kingston NeIcs that
Mr.. F. A. Whiting has resigned the Presi-
dency Of the Oakdale Iron Company, and
that DR.. Dwight Smith, Of New York City,
has been elected TO fill the vacancy.
Gen. Wilder has resigned the Superin-
tendency of the iron works at lockwood,
and goes to Smiths X Roads, where he
will take the entire control Of the extern
sive works to be established there.
. The farmers of Lincoln county are
alarmed on account of an epidemic among
the cattle. On Cane creek, where it Is be
ginning to rage among the herds, several
farmers have lost some of their finest cattle.
J. NJ. Dyer, rear Petersburg, informs the
Fayetteville Express that he lost five head
in less than twelve hours after they were
first attacked, and several of his neighbOrs
have been equally as unfortunate. The
animals, when first attacked, experience
great difficulty in breathing, and show
signs Of much physical prostratiOn. These
symptoms are rapidly followed by conges-
ton of the lungs and death. The lungs,
which seem TO be the sole part affected, are
-eorged with blood, the air cells being en-
tirely sealed by some transparent sub
stance.
BY an act of the Council, the public
square of McAIinnville is to be converted
into city park. The Nel0 Era says;
''The work of iDclosing and embellishing
will be commenced at once. 1t is the de-
sign to enclose the square by a handsome
fence, set the grounds in shade trees and
shrubs, and have a perpetual fountain Of
water playing near the centre Of the park.
The shady hooks are to be intersPersed
with rustic seats, and the whole grounds
seeded to grass. When completed, there
will be no park in the State to compare
with it in beauty and magnifcence Of de
sign, and viii afford delighted retreat for
the children Of home people and those who
come to our delightful city to escape the
annual scourges that visit less favored
localities