Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-16
LATEST STATE NEWS.

Mr.. John w. Burton is the choice
of Rutherford county for Governor.
Col. NJ. G. Check, is candidate
for the legislature in Henry county.
Gallatin has three thousand in.
habitants.
Mad dogs abound in the vicinity
OF humboldt
Mad dogs are numerous in Hen
~ county.
Horace Maynard was in Knox
vile during the early part of the
week.
The crops in southern and wcs-
tern Hardeman, were damaged by
a hail storm on Sunday the Sd.
Coffee county wants to nominate
Gen. Frank Chcatham for Cover
nor.
Winchester is profoundly stirred
by the question Of purchasing a
hearse by subscription.
The democratic State Executive
Committee, meet in Nashville on
the 2lst.
\ negro by the name of Mellow
ell Crawford is a candidate for tax
collector in Williamson county.
Bernard Bernstein, a prominent
merchant of Nashville, died in that
city on Monday.
A couple of dead infants were
found IN Nashville, on Sunday
morning last. Crime and mystery
Holmes Cummins, Representative
from Upton county in the Legisla-
ture, is urged TO become a candidate
for reelection.
The residence of d. ID. McClana-
han, near Columbia, was burned last
week Caused by lamp cxplo-
sion.
Two children o. Mr.. Hearu,
living in the Eastern part of WeaT-
ly county, were bitten by a rabid
dog last week.
Jarrett Milan was shot and bad
ly wounded by Tom Davis, in Stow
art county, few days ago, in a
personal difficulty.
VIM. Darden was killed in saw
mill near Union City by u belt
breaking and the end hitting him
on the head, on tho 5th inst.
A woman named Susan Rory
died in Memphis on the night of
the Sth inst. from the effects of n
coal oil lamp explosion the same
night.
Nashville Banner: Mr.. Carr, a
Granger, living near Brentwood,
had horse to fall upon and break
his leg about two weeks ago. Since
that time the forty members be-
longing to his Grange have Como to
work and put in his crop.
Nashville Banner. The names of
ST. conyicts are now registered up
on the penitentiary books. The
highest number yet reached was
SS1. 1t may be safely calculated
there will be 1000 by January LIST,
1875.
Troy Signal: Obion can boast of
a County Court that dispatches
business in hurry. They met last
Monday at 9 O'clock, a. m, and ad-
journcd TO Court in course at 5 p.
m, having transacted all the bust
ness that came before them.
Lebanon Herald: A eve, on the
farm of Mr.. T. J. Drcnnsn, IN the
southern part of this county, re
Gently gave birth to 4 lamb which
had eight we'll formed and perfect
ly developed legs. 1t only lived 4
short time.
Paris Intclligoncer: IT'S Just one
year yesterday, since one-third of
the business portion of our town
was destroyed by fire. To-day
every house has been replaced with
a larger and handsomcr building,
and the town looks so per cent.
better.
Athens Post: Mr.. Chrisley Ba-
ker, of this county, is now in his
Tooth year, and is believed to be
the oldest man in East Tennessee.
Though feeble and frail, he is still
able to get about and reads without
the aid of glasses. There are two
other citizens in the neighbOrhood
aged 81 and 9S respectively.
Nashville Banner: Capt. John
w. Bridges made an assault on the
person of 4 man named Robt.
Lee, Sunday afternoon, and shot
him twice-once in the back and
once in the right side. The wounds
were not considered dangerous.-
Cause, whisky.
Dresden Democrat: The body of
E. G. Bradbury was found dead
three miles northeast of Dresden,
last week. He left home the night
before, about y o'clock, intoxica.
ted, and was found IN the woods in
a nude condition, stark and stiff 10
death. An inquest was held over
the corpse by J. J. Drewry, Coro-
ner, the verdict was, "came TO his
death by drunkenness
We learn that there is great ex-
element in the vicinity of Dresden
in relation to mad dogs. A num-
Ter Of rabid dogs have been killed.
4 child of Mr.. Caleb Brasfeld, re-
siding a few miles South of Ores
den died a few days since from the
bite OF a dog. Another child
whose name we did not leaFn, it
was thought would die.
The Knoxville Press and Herald
says: The closing scenes of the re-
cent Diocesan Convention held in
this city we're varied by an incident
which was very gratifying TO the
Bishop of the diocese. The Clergy
and parishes united in giving an
expression of confidence and affec-
ton by presenting the Bishop with
an order for full set of costly E
piseopal robes.
One Sam Surber, of Mckenzie,
got drunk in Huntingdon on Sat-
urday the 9Th, and in an attempt of
the town Marshal to arrest him,
drew six shooter and fred around