Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01

N hCAAN touutJ uiu ram las
ng week-the first in two months.
IS Mr.. Nath Miller, aged 80 years
6 months and 20 days. died il
en- Rutherford county last week.
Of Drag Boats are cleaning out For
ked Deer river from Dyersburg tc
Of its mouth.
: The Good Templars hadE grand
y celebration last week at Johnson's
D. Grove, in Crockett county-sever-
al very fine speeches were made.
y w. A. Mckay, Sr., an old citizen
4 OF Williamson county died in
g Franklin last week, aged seventy
: two years
! 4 colored church and 4 grocery
: store were burned IN Wilson coun-
o ty, near Lebanon, last week. The
: grocery belonged to d. ". Chan
E dler.
A young man by the name of.
e b. Gordon, Of Coffee county, lost
his foot and ankle by jumping from
a train near Nashville one day last
, week.
Robert White, from Hanna
Springs, Alabama, was drowned
while bathing in the Tennessee
River, at Chattanooga, about
) o'clock Sunday afternoon.
On last Saturday night at Meals
grocery in Cannon county, about
half mile east af Readyville, Jas.
Gotcher stabbed man named Jno.
Moore, killing him instantly
Whisky.
The Paris Intelligence has been
shown a chicken perfect in form,
as 10 the body and limbs, but with
head having two distinct mouths,
and the brain large enough for two,
yet apparently one.
Afr. William -EFIsasssa,- Den
mark, Tennessee, was elected Prin-
eipal of the Male Academy, Of this
place, last Monday. The school
will perhaps open the first of
August. t.-SOmmervillo Falcon.
JEFF Crowder shot and killed Mel
son Carson, in Williamson county
one day last week. JEFF was the
son-in-law of Nelson, aud the shoot
ing was the result Of u difficulty
between his mother and Carson.
Michael Davis Familiarity known
as 'Goober-pea' Davis) died at his
residence in Knox county on the
18th INST, in the ninety-fourth year
of his age. He had been a Justice
of the peace for more than half a
century.
The Memphis Register: A diff
Guilty occurred Thursday at Ben
ne;t's landing, some distance below
the city, betweea DIR. Frank Foster
and Mr.. Duncan Cameron, in which
the latter was severely, and proba
bly, fatally wounded with a knife.
Suit has been brought against
Shelby county in the Second Circuit
Court by the Memphis and Raleigh
Railroad Company claiming dam
ages for $3.50, 900 on account of the
county in June last in enjoining the
railroad company from selling its
bonds indorsed previously by the
county.
The Nashville Union and Amer
lean says: Our Irish fellow-citizens
have a custom which might be
adopted TO advantage by Amer
leans. When they attend the funer-
al of "A friend, each pays his own hack
hire, thus reducing the expense of
the bereaved family, and at the
same time securing a large attend
ance at the funeral ceremonies Of
their deceased friend
Mckenzie Times: On Tuesday
night last female of the Civil
Rights persuasion, seated herself at
the dining table of mine Host Of
4he Mckenzie House. She was
politely requested TO vacate the scat
She had taken but obstinately reius-
ed until Capt. Null kindly volun-
feered to chaperone her 10 the door
with the neither extremity Of his
boot.
Murireesboro Monitor: A young
man by the name of Jas. Goacher.
killed another young man named
John Moore by stabbing him, in
saloon at Readyville, last Saturday
night. We have not learned the
particulars of the unfortunate af-
fair, but it is thought: that whisky
was the cause of the bloody TRACE
dy. Goacher fed and has not been
heard from.
Crockett County Sentinel.
Mr.. Dent II. Mifes died at the resi-
dence Of A. Buck, Esq, near Quin-
cy, last Monday. He was eighty
one years old and came from Yazoo
City, Mississippi, to this place about
three weeks ago. He had taken
every degree in masonry, from the
lowest to the highest, and before he
left Mississippi he was the oldest
mason in that State His body was
shipped TO Yazoo City on Tuesday
last.
Last Friday morning in the
Of Bristol, Mrs. J.
Bottles, while gathering blackber-
ries near her house, was attacked
by two negroes, who attempted 70
violate her person. Her cries for
help caught the ear Of her husband.
who was a short distance from the
house, who seized a double-barrell-
ed shot gun and Immediately went
10 her assistance; the negroes see
ing him approaching with his gun,
abandoned their hellish design and
attacked Mr.. Bottles, who fired up
On them, killing both Of them in-
stantly. Mr.. Bottles surrendered
to the proper authorities and was
released.
Memphis Appeal OF the 10Th: A
group of refugees, consisting of a
man, wife, and three children, at
tracted great attention yesterday.
The man trundles a wheelbarrow,
on which the cooking utensils and
other necessary articles Of house
hold comfort were piled to the best
advantage. The wife and children
followed IN regular order, and
from their healthy appearance we
Judged the life suited them very
well. The party left Shreveport,
Louisiana, during the prevalence
of yellow-fever last fall, went to
New Orleans, and are now en- ronte
to st. Louis. During their sojourn
in towns, cities, and villages, the
head of the family raises sufficient