Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-27
ALL OVER THE CITY.

Only fifteen dollars at the police court
yesterday.
Why is it that election day is usually
rainy day?
Henry johnson, colored, accused Of bur
glary. was committed to jail yesterday.
A few arrests were made yesterday on
the charge of selling liquor on election day.
The sheriff of Benton county committed
to the penitentiary yesterday John Bowl
inc. sentenced to one year for larceny.
The broken sidewalk in front of Wards
seminary, referred to in our yesterdays
issue. is being replaced with a new one.
Lewis White alias Peter Atkins, was
sent to Jail by Justice Neylan yesterday, on
the charge of carrying concealed weapons
In consequence of temporary decrease
of travel, one of the passenger trains ON
the Nashville, Chattanooga and 81. Louis
road has been taken off for the present.
A tomato weighing two and a fourth
pounds, raised on the place of MIR. David
McGavock, near the Lebanon pike, was
shown at this Office yesterday.
Alderman Wene, of Edgeteld, chairman
of the School Committee of that place, is
having some very necessary improvements
made on the North Edgetield school build
ing.
The six or eight colored voters who had
been occupying the city workhouse as
rendezvous, sailed forth yesterday evening
and exercised the right of freemen by cast
ing a vote or so apiece.
The following named cOlored men
were arrested and sentyt o Jail yesterday, on
the charge of illegal voting: Jno. Wesley,
Joseph Green, Wiley Dudley, John Nc
PhersOn and Simon MoOmen.
Thos. Barrett, accused of going in dis
guise upon the public highway, was releas-
ed from Jail yesterday by giving bond for
his appearance at the next tenn Of ths
United States Court.
John Smith was sentenced TO ten years
Imprisonment by the Criminal Court yes
terday, on the charge of horse stealing
Smith is a white man, some SIXTY years OF
| age, and as be is rather feeble will hardly
live to see his term expire.
Persons who drive over Broad street are
so iolted by the undulatiOns and sinks OF
that thoroughfare that incoherent mutter-
| ings of profanity escape them at every
bounce. The street committee will have
| to answer for all this immortality.
To stand out in the rain amidst drip
ping crowd and wait ones turn of vote, a;
| the Second ward sOYereigns did yesterday
| is no very distinguished prerOgative. But
when voter once got his ticket through
the bars of the workhouse window he could
go away feeling that it was In safe keeping
The Second ward election judges, while
on duty yesterday, were prisoners OF the
workhOuse and received the votes through
the grating, vet they catechised doubtful
| citizens with as much sOlemnity as if they
had been on the bench instead Of in dun
! geOn.
| An establishment in this city which deal:
| in liquors has among its attaches an ole
dog Of great dignity and responsibility
Twice a week, regularly, that dog fills him
self with beer, then takes position in from
of the house, and pOunces upon and wor
ries the first dog which comes along, though
he is, ordinarily, extremely quiet anC
| peaceable in his habits.
The shows" have a new sell, and on'
| which seems to meet with great success
| They ask an s'outSider' if he has seen thu
new greenback issue, intended TO pass thre,
pieces for dollar. To this the inteTrogat
| ed party is certain to reply, "NO. Is eacl
piece for So cents?" To which is an
| swered, s1NOt exactly. The three consist o
a half dollar and two quarters"
r kilograms remaining undelivered at thu
Western Union telegraph Office Saturday
night. Sunday office hours to 10 A. NJ
and > to5P p. NJ: Gennett Il Co., 2, r. B
Lea; Chas. Nelson, NJ. F. Seltz, Mrs. Cor
nelia Glass. Col. J. G. Burch, j. J. Oldi
ges, L. II. Lanier & Son, VIM. Duncan {
Co., Buckner * Co., Jno. Porterfield, ). L
Jones * CO., Ogden Bros, VIM. II. Har
risOn.
| A big single-barrelled hOrse-pistOl, very
much the worse for the tooth of time, hav
ing nothing but the barrel and a broker
stock, and probably picked up in some de
serted village, found its way into the curl
Osity department of the Exposition, with
tag bearing the inscription, ''ShoOtlng-lrol
used by Hector at the seige Of Iroy-dlS
covered lately amongst the ruins Of tina
city by DR.. Schliemann."
4 Young lady of this city, who owns
very attentive beau, happened 10 be on
last FRIDAY night when that devoted indi
vidual called, much to his disappointment
Early Yesterday morning note was fOun
thrust between the bars of the cage Occu
pied by the lady's canary. The note RAJ
thusly: "My darling: Ny admiration G
YOU is nothing less than jealous WORSHIP
which increases day by day. Oh, for som
blessed accident by which might sacrihc
my life in augmentation OF our felicity
Ever and ever, your adorer." a youn
man who would write such note as thai
ought to be smothered IL cream and iai
away in carefully assorted rose leaves.