Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-21
TENNESSEE NEWS.

.Whooping cough is very prevalent in
Huntsville.
The health of Gallatin and surrounding
country is reported good
j. ID. GOodpasture, of OvertOn county. is
candidate for Congress in the fourth dis
trict.
There will be a grand Grange barbecue
at Port Royal, Montgomery county, on the
4th of July.
The CiTksrWe Chronicle reports a
very large sale Of reapers and mowers ar
that place this season.
Col. ID. VI. Wisdom, Of the Jackson
Wing and Tribune, has announced himself
as a candidate for Congress in the eighth
district.
Thomas c. Muse, of Madison county. is
a candidate to represent the Eighth District
in Congress. He processes to be the candi-
date of no party.
The GTeeReriiIe AB,eIicGa reports that
cholera mOrbus has prevailed to "A cQRsid-
cradle extent during the last two Or Three
weeks in town and country.
The CGiro Sun reports that shipment
Of wheat from Madison county i'm this
State, was sold for the fancy price of S4.2j
cOlOred man.
Taylor Crook, the Negro iiend that viO-
lated the person OF little twelve wear Old
white girl in Henderson county, some
month or two ago, was arrested in PIlrdy
last week, and is now in Jail in Lexington.
Thomas Lane, one OF the oldest citizens
Of Greeneyille, died on the 10th inst. He
was born in Maryland Sept. 4, 1875, and
came to Greene county i'm 1906. He was
elected Register of the county in 1871, and
has filled the Office uninterrUptedly from
that time until his death.
1t is stated by the Sparta Iadef that
there are fOrty;six candidates for the vari-
Gus offices in White county. Eighteen Of
these are anxious TO collect the taxes.
About half the remainder want 10 handle
the funds after they are collected.
The Sparta Ildcr stateslhat an unusu-
ally large number Of indictments and pre-
sentiments were found at the June tenn of
the Putnam County Circuit Court. Two
were for murder in the first degree, and
quite a number for Ku-Kluxins.
For fOJT consecutive years a pair of
wrens have nestled in bag of cotton sus-
pended in Mr.. Henderson Keathley's smoke
house, in White county, and having been
treated with uniform kindness, they have
become almost dOmesticated. Mr.. Kcath-
ley will not allow the cotton to he re-
moved.
The Jackson Wig and Tribune has
been shown a kitten that had eight well
developed legs and feet, two tails, two
bodies UP to the breaSt-bone, where they
joined, forming a single pair Of shoulders,
with four legs growing out at right angles,
and one neck and head. IL lived but a
few hours after its birth.
The Lexington Reporter states that
Henderson county had mOnStrosity i'm the
shape Of pig with one imperfect and two
perfect mouths. 1t could use either of the
perfectly formed mouths, which were close
10 each other. u had three well-fOrmed
eyes, two in the natural position and
third in the centre of its forehead. This
freak of nature lived over twenty-four
hours.
The GGlldfia TeRneSSeeaR states that the
bridges ON the thirteenth section Of the
and Ohio Railroad have been
let to Pagan IL Dunse, who are at work on
them. There ae two bridges1on this sec
ton, one across the DUfier Branch, the
other across BledsOe's creek. Both bridges
will perhaps be completed by the last Of
August 3 Mr.. Wilson, the contractor on the
tunnel is progressing very well with his
work
This incident is related by the Jackson
IIhig and Tribune \ white teacher of a
cOlOred school in Madison county recently
called at the residence OF a wellknOwn
cOlOred citizen of this city, and asked ac-
for the night. The colored
citizen hesitated 10 extend the requested
and asked, ''why this wOuld-be-
guest didn't 20 to hotel, or to the house
Of some white person" The reply was,
''that he had no money. and that he pre-
ferred the society of oOlored people to that
of his own race The cOlOred man, who
by the way is a Shrewd. high-minded fel-
low, replied. "A white man that prefers
the society of colored people to that of his
own race, is either unworthy Of his own
people, or he is a knaye, and in either case
is no fit associate for a c0lored man who
respects himself and desires the elevation
Of his race
A negro man named Bill Dunn was muir,
dered in Madison county few nights ago.
The Jackson Wing Oad Tribune has
learned the following facts in regard TO the
tragedy: Five white men without any dis
Cuises surrounded Dunn's cabin about 10
O'Clock. His wife, who was returning
from neighbOrIng farm, accompanied by
one Steve Smith, (cOl.,) was ordered under
penalty Of death TO have the cabin opened.
This she did, and the murderers rushed in.
Dunn SuSpic.Oning foul play, ran into
shed room and hid. But Ne was soon dis
covered, carried into the backyard, told 10
hOldU his arms, that an oath might be adj
and as he did So, five navy pIstOl
balls were shot through his head and body,
either Of which would have been fatal.
Dunn dropped dead instantly, and without
a .rOan. The wife Of the murdered mau
seems 10 be the only witness 10 the terrible
crime, although her Young sister was i'm the
cabin at the time of the murder. Steve
Smith claims to have left III hot haste ON
first seeing the men. Dunn's wife swore
before magistrate that she recognized two
of the murderers, and named one Widen
house and Young man by the name of
RObt. ClantOn as the men. ClantOn was
arrested and tried before Esq. Leonard, but
proved an ''alibi, and was discharged.
it IS reported, has fed the
country. Another theory for the murder IS
based on the existence OF bad blood be-
tween Dunn and Steve Smith, the negro |
that was with Dunn'S wife on the night of
The murder. Ii seems thas Smith had az
cused Dunn of ..cOnjurins' his wife. How
ever that may be, it is a little strange that
Dunn'S wife and Smith should be together !
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