Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-21
ALL oyERsfHE CITY.


Real estate 10 the value A$25, 750.50
changed hands during the past week.
Eighteen marriage licenses were issued
during the past week-eight white and ten
colored.
a squad of men mas been at work on the
South Nashville street car track, and the
road is nov in better condition than for
some time past.
The City Hall was brilliantly illumina-
ted Thursday night, there being twenty
four wax candles in each window, and the
effect was very fine indeed.
Nashville society is interesting itself with
this conundrum: "There was blind fd-
dler who had brother who played on the
flute, but the flute player never had a
brother"
A portion of the wire, boxes and bell
hammers to be used for the fire alarm tele-
graph arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing, and the work Of placing them in posi-
ton will be commenced at once.
All persons who were connected with
the late Jewish Ladies' Fair are requested
10 meet at the Synagogue, on North Mar
| ket street, at 7 O'Clock tomorrow evening.
None will be admitted except those who
assisted at the Fair, as business is the OBJ
| Jet of the meeting.
Thursday night seven lav'-abiding per
sons were lodged and fed at the city work
house, because they were without funds
and had no place to 20. Five Of the num-
Der were from Evansville, two being clock
makers who had walked all the way from
that point, paying for food and lodging by
repairing clocks.
sYOu're gittin too many in thar, warn
ed brother hackman at the Exposition
building Thursday night, as Elias Polk,
president Folks old body servant) slowed
Mr.. Kerr, Gov. McEnery, and several other
prominent gentlemen, in his hack. 81
can't put too much o. dis sort o. Democra-
CIV into my hack" responded old Elias
proudly, as he carefully fastened the door OF
his elegant equipage, and ratified down the
street.
The Nsshville,small boy has hit upon a
new game. He places a marble directly in
front Of post or wall against which he
shoots his ''taw," expecting it to hit the
other marble onthe rebound. The chances
the small boy has Of accomplishing this
are in about the same ratio with the
chances of his being struck by lightning.
However, when he does succeed, he be-
comes a hero at once.
81 confess l was enthused at the speak
ing last night" said one of our most highly
respected middle-aged ladies yesterday, but
they tell stories on me, l did waYe my
handkerchief, and l did split my gloves
clapping nv hands together, but | didn't
lean over the railing of the balcony and
cheer the speakers. But then felt like
doing it," she added, ''for havn't been SO
happy before, since the beginning ofthe war.
Those two cannon on capitol hill, the
presence of which was proclaimed to all
the people of the city and suburbs in thun-
der tones Thursday, drew large crowd OF
boys and youths to the capitol, who be
haved in such manner as to attract the
notice of the State-hOuse people, and ex-
cite considerable criticism. Ii is the same
crowd We alluded to yesterday, in noting
their treatment of the intoxicated man,
whom they discovered to be helpless and
went for like ''dOgs Of war, let Slip
When they had gone, the landscape garden
er found the grass east Of the capitol Sc
! trodden and sOiled that he made a single
moral observation, uttered with all the
earneStness Of his nature-'If you want tC
collect herd of damphOols up here, just
bring up cannon and shoot it off"