Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-24
ALL OVER THE CITY.

Twenty dollars was the sum realized by
the sale Of reserved seats at Judge Outings
matinee yesterday.
A large quantity Of cedar poles, upon
which our new Fire Alarm Telegraph is to
be erected, have been purchased.
The National Bank of Commerce gained
suit in the Federal Circuit Court yester-
day. against the Mayor and City Council of
Nashville.
The walls of the immense warehouse
now in course of erection on the corner of
North Market and Gay streets by Mr.. Byrd
Douglass, are being erected on an entirely
new plan, by which their strength is greatly
increased.
GThe first river fight of the season oc-
CURED yesterday at the wharf. Two dar-
keys went for each other, and bruised each
others faces considerably. They will be
presented 10 the Recorder tomorrow.
Queery-respectfully addressed to the
City Council: What has become of the bill
introduced by Councilman Lindsey two
months since providing for the appointment
of three commissioners to take charge of
the streets of Nashville?
The residents of South Spruce Street,
f:om the railroad crossing to the corpora
ton line, are anxious to receive a visit
from the chairman of the Street Commit
tee, accompanied with few hundred carts
filed with bnoken stone.
The Sanatarian for June has reached our
table, and sustains the high character ofthe
work. The first article treats of the ''Dis-
posal of the Dead"-a subject intimately
connected with sanitary arrangements in
all cities. A. Y. Bell, NJ. D., editor, New
York. Price three dollars year.
The ladies who have charge of the ar
rangements for the day ard night picnic, to
be given at Weitmuller's garden tomorrow,
for the benefit of the Church of the As
sumption, are doing all in their power to
make the affair a success. There Will be
prizes of fine boots, meerschaum pipes, etc,
awarded for ten pin rolling. The enter
tainment begins at o'clock, P. NJ.
A three year old Nashville boy was given
by his mother yesterday some strawberries
from which the stems had not been re-
moved. These he skillfully concealed
from human view, and then clamored for
more, when he was handed a number of
fine specimens, minus the stems, mo,
don't want that kind,o said he, Il want
some with handles to them.
kilograms remaining undelivered at the
Western Union Telegraph Office last night:
Sunday Offie hours-9to 10 A. M.and 3 to
to PM. II. c. CaTron, Geo. F. Akers, Gordon,
Rankin & Co., Cline & Bernheim, l.. Z.
Lester, Ordway, Gordon & Mcclure, Harris
x Co, J. II. Maury & CO., Irvine K. Chase,
Holding, Wilkes & Hancock, Thompson,
Bro. s. Kelly, Rhea, Smith & Co., 0. F.
Noel, J. r. Barry, j. J. Embry, Brice q
johnson.
Nashville young ladies who wish to be
familiar with the marriage service in the
hope that il may be read for their special
behoof some day, will be interested in
knowing that the Reformed Episcopalians
have refused to make any change in the old
service. One minister wanted the phrase
Il plight thee my troth" stricken out; an
other desired to have the words, ''as Isaac
and Rebecca lived faithfully together re-
stored. but consent was refused.
Reuben Conway and Jack Cartwright,
both cOlored and both sentenced by the
Federal Court, the former TO eighteen
months and the latter 20 three years in the
were 10 have been removed
from the Jail within new quarters last
evening. Conway's Olfense consisted in
his having endeavOred to obtain pension
belonging to another person, while Cart
wright endeavored to pursue the same
game with reference to a certain bounty.