Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-01
TENNESSEE NEWS.

An ice factory is to be established in
| Chattanooga.
j, Fishing is already reduced to 4 mania in
| Williamson county.
There are more than twenty prisoners in
| the Jail at Knoxville.
They had 'sbeautifnl snow" storm at
Knoxville on the night of the 18th ult.
DR.. Vim. Estill, one of the oldest citizens
| Of Franklin county, died on the 10Th ult.
The prospect is gold for sn abundant
crop of peaches and apples in Marion coun-
ty.
| ing to build new and handsome church
edif1ce.
Maj. Altman; Of Giles county, sold two
/ year old filley ! few days ago to gentle
man in Maine for $500.
The MmJreeSboro Monitor reports that
the wheat and oats in Rutherford county
present a good appearance at present.
Tom Tanning, of Franklin county, was
fatally wounded bS the accidental eyplo-
sion of gun in his own hands on the 10Th
ult.
Twenty-eight candidates for Office in Will
son county are announced in the Lebanon
Herald, only nine of whom want to be
Trustee.
A great deal Of fencing was carried aw ay
and considerable damage done to the
wheat and oat crops in Washington coun-
ty by the floods.
The McMinnriIle Ne,c Era says the
handsomest woman in that town is mar
ried; the most attractive one is single, dark
eyed, and petite:
A rich deposit of lead, associated with
baryta, has been discovered on the farm of
DR.. NJ. F. Geralds, in Washington county,
seventeen miles northwest of Jonesboro.
A large farm known as 'fSoldiers' Rest
in Hamilton county,, containing about 700
acres, has been purchased BY Nj. Richard
son, of Wythe county, Virginia, for S35, 900.
Samuel Taylor, of Claiborne county, was
called to his door during a storm few
nights ago and shot dead. A fash of light
ming enabled his wife to recognize the as
sassins, and they have since been arrested.
In Memphis Saturday night negro
named John Wade, while in fit of jeal-
ously, seized an AK and split his wife's
head open. The woman is not expected to
recover.
The caterpillars are beginning to devour
the young leaves on the apple trees in Hay
wood county already. They are also re-
ported making their appearance in great
numbers in Crockett county.
Thad. Pope was killed by Martin y.
Mclean in Madison county on April %.
Pope was moving negro family from Nc
Leans place. when the latter shot him
without provOcation. The murderer has
been arrested.
The Memphis Appedl states that Capt.
GeOfge Cheek. of the Cheek line of steam
erS, proposes to ship and deliver without
charge, to any person designated, along the
river, as far South as Napoleon,an goods or
provisions designed to be giren to sufferers
by the overflow.
The grandmother of Mr.. Bibee, of Knox
vile. Mrs. Amelia Button, OF Metcalf
county, Kentucky, is los years old, and is
still in good health and as lively as a
cricket. She has reared nine children, the
youngest among them being over 63 years
old.
The McMinnrUle Ne1c Era of April 80
saysi Mr.. QOOdbar sold and delivered to
Merriman Davis in our town Tuesday, one
yoke of cattle weighing 3,404 pounds.
Uriah Drake sold TO the same party forty
two head of cattle, weighing 1928. and
fiftyzfour head Ufshoats weighing 1896 the
whole aggregating $1,000.
The KnOIrale Chronicle says Mr.. A. B.
Mullett, the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury Department, who was in Knox
vile few days ago, favOrs the erection of
buildings at Nashville and Memphis, and
thinks the Government ought to expend
for such a purpose half million at each
point.
The JOneSbOro Echo, of April "A, says:
The few fields of wheat that had begun to
shoot" were partially damaged by the late
frosts. As general thing, the crop is very
promising, and, if nothing befalls, the har-
vest will be unusually large. The fruit
crop has suffered no material injury. A
great many blooms were killed, but there
will be an ample yield of apples, peaches,
pears, cherries, etc.
The committee on text books for the pub
lie schools of Crockett county have unani-
mously recommended the following list:
McGuffey's New Primary Charts, McGuf-
fey's New Eclectic Readers, Rays series of
Mathematics, Eclectic Series of GeOgra-
phies, Harvey's Elementary Grammars,
Venable's United States History, Eclectic
system of Penmanship, Cows Morals and
Manners, Browns Physiology and Hygiene,
Webster's Speller and Dictionaries.
The Pulaski Citizen of April so says:
To the amazement of the congregation and
his own modification, Rev. Mr.. -, "a
stranger here), in attempting to lean back
against the drop curtain of tn. stage at
Antoinette Hall last Sunday night, Just be-
fore services commenced, lost his balance
and went over backwards, and in his en-
deayOrs to retain his equilibrium, made it
worse by grabbing his coadjutor and turn
ing his heels skyward.