Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-18
FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.

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Fines 10 the amount of s9s.50 were i'm
posed by Judge Duling yesterday.
Two handsome brick houses are being
built on North Cherry, near Crawford.
A fine mocking-bird "makes music all
the day. al the Stoekell engine house.
The members OF the Firs. Baptist Church
have mt vet settl6i upon a site for their
rev building.
The ground occupied by the McKendree
Church is large enough for splendid block
of business houses.
A splendid stone crossing is being put
dS%h from the east gate of the courthouse
yard to the sidewalk opposite.
On the 10Th inst. that valuable property
on the southwest corner of Spruce and
Church is to be sold at auction.
From our report this morning. the pyuba-
bilities are that the weather to-day will be
generally clear with rising temperature and
light to fresh winds.
The remains of the building heretofore
| occupied by Rannie's confectionery estab-
lishment are being removed preparatory to
the erection of a fine building.
a Church street confectiUrer filings to the
hreeses a placard announcing 'sice cream
| to-day but leaves us in painful uncertainty
as to whether he purposes screaming to-
morrow.
Two conductors and two passengers were
seen on one Spruce etTeet car yesterday.
The car was not what you would call a
large one, and n of the passengers was
travelling dead head too.
Ladies who have occasion TO use the
Spruce street cars growl a great deal about
sovereigns splitting on the floor of said cars.
This is a Tree country, and tobacco ehewers
will insist upon their rights.
4 fortune is In store for the eTtefprising
man who will establish a good restaurant
at the corner OF Broad and Summer, where
people who come in from the country can
get a good square meal at a fair price.
1t is a fact which ought to be more gem
orally known among producers, that tobacco
can be shipped TO manufacturers through
the Nashville warehouses at a less cost by
S1.15 per hOgshead than when skipped d.
rect.
The congregation worshipping at Christ
church purpose selling their building and
erecting a larger church in a more desira-
bic locality. The noise and confusion OF
Church street ere found TO be very objec-
tionahle.
lDt INST AGAI CfEl 1CAu " bhC ANAASS Vi
Nashville was held in the year 1S4S, IN the
building now occupied by the Stockell fire
engine. 1t was held for the purpose OF
raising the sum of $500, for the benefit of
the firemen OF Nashville.
The colored people have commenced the
erection of a $4,000 church at the corner of
Franklin and Cherry streets, to be known
as st. Pants chapel. Let the good work
go on. The more churches and schools we
have, the less need for lails and work
houses.
The various floors of the Methodist Pub
fishing House are being substantially
supported by timbers resting on the
'Ebed rock preparatory to a removal OF
the north wall of said building. This very
serious and dangerous task will not be com
menced until the weather becomes settled.
Hats for the members of the police force
are about to be ordered from New York.
The names of the men and size of their re-
spective craniums were taken yesterday.
The new hats will range in size from num-
Der seven to seven and three=eighths, Sergt.
Tignor being the only man on the force
wearing a hat of the last named size.