Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-09
TENNESSEE NEWS.

! Farmers are beginning TO plant corn.
I Knoxville has had its aolde folke's COZ
certe.n
The school st Waynesboro is in a fom
1shing~ condition.
; Ripley is exercised about getting a cot
ton factory built there.
The young men Of Waynesboro are abou
to organize a debating club.
). II. Tunbow, of Wayne county, die
March %, of consumption.
Memphis has twenty-five alumni o
Washington and Lee University.
Prof. j. Z. Millen, formerly of Browns
vile, died in Huntsville, Ala, about two
weeks ago.
1t Is stated that the Christian church o
L~ynchbufg will build q new and elegant
house Of worship.
The new steamer ALT Stevens, made IFS
flrst appearance at Dyersburg a week ago
creating quite a sensation.
Judge Jas w. Deaderick, Of the Supreme
Court, will make his permanent home foI
the future at Jonesboro.
Our country exchanges from all parts Of
the State are incesSant in their Fluctuations
over the prospect Of an immense wheat
crop.
The Dyersburg Progress says: One of
the Penitentiary ccnvicts at work on the
railroad near this place, made his escape
last Saturday week, but was arrested
again.
The Brownsville States observes: The
averages Brgwnsvillian now stands with
hands in his pockets and looks at the ruins
OF the late fire in the intervals between
breakfast dinner and supper.
The LyRchburg Sentinel reports the
suicide Of a horse belonging TO Major
fishef. He put his head through a crack
in the wall Of his stable and broke his
neck. Cause: Lassitude from service In
the revenue department.
The Sparta Index states that a number
Of citizens Of White county happening to-
getfer at the postoffice in that place, called
the meeting TO order, and resolved not to
support any candidate who should fail TO
announce his candidacy in the county pa
per.
The Jymcy5urg Sentinel of the Sd inst.
says. The ~f1althouse attached to the dis
tillery of Messrs. Toiley Of Eaton was con-
| sumed by fire on Wednesday night Of last
week. The building had just been erected,
and had not been put in use.
Brownsville has q volunteer fire compa-
ny Of about fifty mentors. It was organ
lied a little over a week ago. The compa-
ny confidentially looks forward to the day
when the city will procure an engine and
ladders. That's putting the team behind
the vehicle, as 1t were.
The Mckenzie Debating Club last dis
cussed the Question Of equally educating
the sexes, arriving at an Affirmative deei4
sion. They next debate the question: @Re
solved, that our State tax should be re-
duced to twenty cents on the hundred dol
lars worth Of taxable property"
The J0HsSb0r0 Herald and Tribune de-
clares that two young men OF. that place
have, each, executed 4 bond Of 500; legally
drawn, binding themselves to get married
before Jan. /, 1870. They did this regard
less of any contingency, such as the consent
of the young ladies whom fortune has TINS
cruelty doomed.
Mayor Stsub, Of Knoxville, has been
universally End warmly congratulated for
his recent energetic measures 70 preserve
the peace; particularly for the heavy bonds
required Of the Sauins. One Of the Sartins
has made acknowledgements to the Mayor
for the stringent action.
The Jeekssf Werol9 gives the following
as a legal notice found posted on tbs ourtA
house door: "All those in Diet to --
Estate ar herby command to come toward
And setl them fourth with and thoes Hay-
ing CLANS TO present them as the Law Re-
quire this the Is of March 1874.
G. Administer
The WdgHeSbOro Citizen records that an
old gander has formed a peculiar attach
ment for Col. s. of that place. He sta
tions himself in front of the Colonel's bus
iness house, and attacks every one that ap-
proaches, and when his mate starts out he
follows elise n his heels, expressing his
joy by his shrill cries, 70 the great annoy |
ance of Col. s., and the amusement of the
boys on the streets.
The MaryriHe Republican states that
VIM. Van Wagner, a boy fifteen years old,
is in iail there for robbery. He was in the
employ OF Capt. 3. n. Greer. Claiming to
have come from New fOfk, and being III a
destitute condition, Greer gave hin EN-
ployment. During the family's absence at
church one day, ha stole a small sum Of
money, appropriated a horse and moved off
TO Knoxville, where he was arrested.
The HQrtSclle Sentinel remarks; At the
last meeting Of tie County Court, in jan
uary, it was decided By a fiajcrltf 81 the
magistrates present to impose a tax on all
dogs in excess Of n TO each household,
and the money raised by that means wa to
be appropriated for school purposes. 1t was
afterwards found, however, that It required
a majority Of the whole OF the magistrates
TO impose such d tax, and consequently it
was not levied.
The LynchbUrq Sentinel remarks: Lynch
burg is now in a most fOurishing cOndi-
ton, and property holders should begin to
show their liberality by Offering induce
ments to strangers to become permanent
settlers among us. Chesp building lots
and reasonable prices for homes will do
more toward developing our material re-
sources than almost anything else. Cheap
homes is what is mos needed.
The Ladies' Benevolent Association of
Knoxville holds its annual meeting on the
5th inst. The establishment of a home for
destitute girls was projected. It is proposed
to take from the streets the little beggars
and pine-sellers, place them under the moth
erly care Of a matron peculiarly fitted for
the Office, teach them to cook, wash, iron
and sew, and train them in all other knowl- |
edge that a young woman can need to make
her useful in a home.
The Knoxville Chronicle of the 9Th inst.
adds a bit to the story Of the Reynolds
murder: "We learned yesterday from a re-
liable source that a gentleman of the 18th
district has Just received a letter from a
man in Missouri, who left this county short
" before the murder of Reynolds, stating
that Ayers had offered him $500 to commit
the crime before he LEFT. This letter has
been handed over to the proper authori-
ties"
All FOOLS Day was observed in McKen-
zie with great "pomp and circumstance"
One admirable trick is said to have been
practiced by common consent on a Mr.. B.
during the whole day. He was accosted
regularly throughout the day, by a differ
ent party each time, with "Mr. B., Iunder-
stand you wish to see me-" B.-"No sir. |
l think you have been April fooled" Mr..
B. would then retire to enjoy a laugh
over the supposed discontinue Of the
party, while the latter would return to his
companions who would have a laugh at
Mr.. BIS expense.