Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-17
FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.

The Criminal Court meets again on the
first Monday in May.
Fines TO the amount of SO were i'm
posed by Judge Duling yesterday.
''Please keep of the ratings" remarks a
placard which was posted up on thes uspen-
sion bridge yesterday.
The clock in the tower Of the Ninth-ward
School-house will begin to "toll the hours
of departing day" the first of next week.
Most CT the houses which were unroofed
Tuesday night, and where no other dam
ace was done the building, are now ready
for another ''blow." =
Mr.. Joseph Carols, the popular chief
clerk of the Nashville poStoffice, was SUI
perceded in that position yesterday by Mr.
Loudan, DR.. Hasslock's son-inlaw.
A family, consisting of four grown per-
sons, came in from the country, perched on
a big pile of furniture, on a wagon drawn
by a mule about the size CT a Norway rat.
When circus men spread their canvass in
Nashville, they are taxed $500 per day for
each day they exhibit. The average Ten
nessee legislator is not at all partial to cir
Gus men.
The police committee have changed their
minds about the summer uniforms for our
police force, and the only change that will
be made will be in requiring the men to
wear blouses and Panama hats.
In collecting information with regard TO
the flood and the late storm, the Banner
reporters are conveyed about the city in
e~rimsonlined barouches, drawn by four
horses, and attended by foOtmen in livery.
If you own a carriage, or buggy, or cart,
or draw, or Y~hse!barroY, and the tire thee
of is loose, you can tighten 1t up by rum
ming yaur vehicle into the back water.
its an III wind that blows no one good.
A handsome wire fence is being erected
in front of Wards Seminary. The gates
are not made as heavy as they would need
to be at a private residence, as the young
ladies of the school are not allowed beauX.
The buildings now occupied by Totem
& Bros Grocery Store, Greenfield, Atweil
q Sneed's Furniture Establishment, and
Leasher's Mattress Factory, are TO be torn
down in July to be replaced by a splendid
three-story building.
a careful examination Of some of the
walls which were blown down Tuesday
night. discloses the fact that the contractor
who erected the buildings was remarkably
economical in the use Of lime, substituting
sand and clay therefor.
A Nashville man who has a weakness
for hOrseflesh, was asked, a few days since,
to aid in building a new church out in the
country. s.Ill give $50 on condition,
he replied, sand that is that You buy a
share of stock in the Nashville Blood Horse
Association, which VIII cost you $50"
Something less than a hundred carpen-
tiers were seen yesterday on a building be-
longing 10 a brother knight Of the saw and
plane. buisly engaged in replacing the roof
which had blown VI Tnesday night, which
service vas with them a "iabOr OF love"
Qaite correct.
Owing To the general disarrangement OF
the municipal government OF our ~neiShbor-
ing city, DogtOwn, our magistrates are ire
euently called upon to settle little difer-
enceS between her citizens. for inslaneei
Justice CaSsetty, yesterday, lined B. 81.
| Garner. Esq, five dollars for assauitlng
Phillip Clark, Esq.
Messrs. Consadine, Martin, TOwles and
| Berlein. are the four out of seven members
| of the Fire Committee who needed the
gentle admonitions of City Marshal Pit
man Yesterday, attended the called meet
inc Of the committee, and signed the fire
alarm telegraph bill.
Now that Nashville and Edgetield are
oyerrun with burglars and sneak thieves,
this clipping may prove valuable 10 our
readers: "a burglar at Fort Smith, Ark,
OF leaving a house which he had robbed OF
$500, stepped into a bucket Of soft soap I'M
der the window, so that be was easily
tracked and captured"
The suggestions of the UNION AND
AMERICAN have great weight with our
charitably disposed citizens. After read
ing our account of Mr.. Hinston and fam
ily. whose house was blown down Tuesday
night, a gentleman Of this city rented a
house for the unfortunate family, and gave
them quite a sum OF money. Several
other persons also rendered them valuable
aid.
There has been a general changing about
among the proprietors of stores on the east
side of Cherry, between Church and Union,
during the past two months. None have
left the block, but all have made as much
by the change as did the two Yankee.bOys,
who made themselves wealthy by shopping
jack knives whilst locked up in a closet to-
gether.
The fire alarm bill was signed yesterday
by the Presidents of the two Boards Of the
City Council, and four members Of the Fire
Committee, that being the number present
at the meeting OF the committee last ever
ING. The bill provided that the bill should
be signed by the Mayor in conjunction with
the Fire Committee, but the former didnt
.'conjunct'' worth a cent, as he claims that
bill was not passed legally.