Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-12
LATEST STATE NEWS.

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Coffee county.
Wise a. Cooper, Esq, was nomi-
mated for the Legislature at Trenton
on Monday.
RIPPLE News: Lauderdale is try
ing to make up in turnips this year
what she will lose in corn. The
largest crop ever known has been
sOwn.
Hon. Emerson Etheridge made
a speech, or rather commenced one,
at Dresden the other day. At the
end Of five hours he paused, and
has not set resumed his discourse.
Memphis Ledger.
Haight's Southern Circus broke
up la Memphis last week. Twrn-
ty-two attachments. =nIunting in
all To $4,000 va, the cause. Woo
ten 4 Andrews m-nagcric follow
ed the example at Lou inn, Tenn,
a lew days ago.
Pulaski Citizen: Ms Foster,
wife Of Asa Foster, E-q. w!p lives
near Minor Hill Ia this county.
committed suicide by -hro'i.s her
self in the head with a pl>r,' uu IA o.
26th of August. She vas 1hpugn
to be partially insane.
Aberdeen Examiner: o. Mon
day morning an ARRAY with knives
or razors, about a woman, occurr-
ed on Mr.. W. Williams place, IA
the northwestern portion Of this
county, between two freedmen,
lack Ewing and Simen Cosby, in
which the latter was killed.
( Murfreesboro News: The pas
sage Of stay law is being advOca-
ted by some persons at the next
meeting Of the Legislature. 1t is
said that if the present mortgages
are ioreclosed, a majority Of farm
ers will be unable to make a crop
next year.
Ripley News: a good, sober tail
or, who understands his business,
cam find a good opening, by COM
iug to Ripley. We have no tailor
and there is plenty Of work in that
line TO do. Our exchanges may
confer 4 favor upon some deserving
man by giving the above notice cir
culation through their columns.
Lexington Reporter: \ protraet-
ed meeting, under the auspices OF
~ = missionary Baptist church clos
ed al Wildersvilie last Tuesday
mdrning, after continuing ten days,
With good results. Eleven acces-
sions were made to the Church o,
that place. 1t was conducted by
Rev. Mr. Hall.
The Democratic and COnserya,
tive Convention of Davidson cOun-
| Il last Saturday, nominated Jas. D
Wade for the Senatey Henry r. Blu
chanan, Joint Senatorial Represen
tative for Davidson and Wilson
counties, and Judge John NJ. Lea
John Henderson, Judge Edward
II. East, aud Carl {. Giers for the
Lower House.
Courier Herald: Messts. Kosci
Kimberlin and Cloyd McEwen
two young men who have beer
working in the Courier Herald Of
fee since its foundation, have gone
to seek their fortunes elsewhere
carrying with thqp the kindes
wishes, for successful life, OF al
who knew them. ~, do not know
of two worthier or bnere deserving
young men.
Ripley News: We had the pleas
uro OF call, on Wednesday, from
Rev. Joseph Il. Borun. He in
formed Us TINT he hal jest closed 4;
very gracious protracted meeting a
Ellen Church, near Double bridges
which had continued for nine days
aud resulted in forty accessions L
, the church. The revival spiri
seems TO be rife in this section
We hear of meetings on all sides
resulting in much good.
= Bolivar Bulletin: 1t is though
by many gentlemen, who certainly
know what they are talking about
, that the crop of cotton in thi
county will not be more than thirC
of the usual yield. The corn crol
is also exceedingly short. 'HarC
times and worse a'coming, is tn
tune most universally sung in thi;
section at this particular time. b,
enomical, don't spend any none!
foolishly, SOW turnips and We may
all pull through safely yet.
Memphis Ledger: Two of tn
most damhable cases of rape wert
recently committed by negroes up
on white women in Middle Tennes
see, and the perpetrators made gooC
their escape. The Northern pa
pers have not heard of these Outra
ges' at all; they are looking on the
other side of the color line for some
thing that will make political CAPT
tai. A hundred such cases might
occur in a single county, and they
would not think of asking the Pres
ideAt to send troops there to prOtec
white women and assist in ierreting
out the criminals.
Falcon: A revival has been il
progress at Phillips church, eight
miles south of So nerville, for ter
days past. The meeting has bee 1
conducted by Revs. Messrs. Mill
ken and Bateman, of the Baptist
denomination, who have been as
sisted in their labors by Rev. David
Leith, of the NJ. E. Church South
Rev. Mr.. johnson, Of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, and 9TH
ers. There had been about forty
conversions up to Sunday night
and numbers of penitents are still
crOwding the altar.
Ledger: Last night a crowd oil
rufianIy negroes from Central
Point attacked the grocery store oil
Mr.. Durant, on the Pigeon Roost
road, half mile from the corpora
ton line. Five shots were fred
by the negroes at Durant, who es-
capped. They entered and plumber
ed the store of lot of whisky, etc,
Mrs. Durant was beaten by these
black fiends and another white la
dy was severely stabbed. This
took place at two o'clock this morn
ing, Such outrages by murderous
negroes must be prevented at all
hazards, or else human life in the
suburbs Is not safe. 1t is to be