Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


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GLEEsON STATION, Weakley county,
July q, 1874 We are in the midst of an
unprecedented drought. Crops are suffer-
ing greatly. This morning (MOnday) it is
intensely hot, with 10 prospect of rain.
The wheat crop yielded Splendidy. but
cotton and corn are gone by the board UNI
less we have rain eOpiously and speedily.
We are blest with remarkably good
health.
n little daughter of Mr.. II. d. Atkison.
of this county, IL years old, was run over
by horse yesterday and killed almost in
stantly. a couple of negro bows had started
to pasture with the horses, when the an
imals became scared at something. threw
of the boys, and ran speedily down the
road. The little girl was in the road and
one of the horses ran over her.
We are having an interesting meeting at
this place under the worthy ministers Rev.
ii. &. Johnson, Rev. ThOs. Dunlap. Rev.
ID. ,. Cosby, and DIR. j. NJ. Davis, Of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Con-
siderable interest is manifested.
Our county is blessed with a super
abundance Of candidates, there being from
three TO seven for every office. We have
seven candidates for sheriff, four for county
court clerk, four for tax collector, seven for
register, three for trustee, and four for rep
resentatiye, viz, Solomon Pope, an old cit
izen, and for twelve years chairman Of our
County Court, J. l.. McGlOthlin and Henry
Brooks, formerly representatives in the
Legislature from this county, and prOmis-
ing young gentleman by the name Of II.
Barr. T.. ID. L.
To the Union and American
Buffers LANDING, Clay County, July
4, 1S74.-The crop prospects in this section
are anything but encouraging. We have
had no rain, except a shower here and
there, for about eight weeks. The corn
crop is being damaged very much by the
drOuth; in fact, several Of the farmers say
that some Of their corn is burning up for
want of rain, and a great many never fin
ished planting what they intended to plant.
The Oat crop is almost an entire failure.
Garden products have parched up and done
no good.
As regards the tobacco crop, we will have
none in this section. The plants have
nearly all been DESTROYED BY the flies and
died out, and if the farmers had plants now
they could not set them. l hear of few
farmers who have set a little tobacco, but
they say it is dying. think it safe to say
that there will not be ten hOgsheads raised
in the county.
About the only excitement here is the
ensuing August election. The candidates
for county offices are numerous, especially
for Revenue Collector. POSTMASTER.
To the Union and American:
NASHVILLE, July 6.-''Sec. y. That it
shall be the duty of all physicians to report
to the Health Officer, Immediately, the evil
denee of any case of contagious disease
coming within their knowledge. A failure
to comply with this section shall subject
the party so in default TO a fine of not less
than five nor more than fifty dollars
Will the trainers Of the foregoing law be
kind enough to inform us which are the
contagious diseases, so that We may not
knowingly fail TO comply with the law?
The wisest medical men that have ever
gTaced the world have failed to agree on
the subject But as the City Fathers are
notably wise men, they will doubtless have
no difficulty about the matter, and will in
their wisdom settle this mixed question for
us now and for all time, thereby doing the
doctors a favor which they are unable to do
for themselves. No more dissentiOn now,
no more pickering; the august City COun-
ell of Nashville have looked deeper into the
milestone than the man who pecks il, and
have said TO disease, Thus far shalt thou
go, and no farther
Again, as l understand il, the Health
Officer is paid 1880 per annum to keep
himself informed, and it is his duty and his
alone to ferret out disease. Must we do
his work FOX him? Must we leave our bus
iness 10 run after the Health Officer to do
what he is paid to dO9 He, sitting in his
well appointed Office, paid for by the CITY,
will have fine time with all the doctors
II wait upon him. BY what right does the
City Council presume to put duties upon
u.s. PHYSICIAN
To the Union and American:
ASH BARRACKS, NASHVILLE, July o.
lS74.-Permit a constant reader of your
valuable Journal, who likes to see his
iayOIite paper correct even in the most
tTi1ing statement, to call your attention to
a slight historic error in your article Of the
Sd inst, entitled Hollands Historic Trag-
edy.-
The passage allude to SAYS: cat this
time there was but one king in Europe,
Henry the Bearnese, the great Balafre.
Allow me TO say that the soubriquet Bala-
fire Qhe cicatrized) never was given to Henri
". Of Bourbon and Navarro. called the
Bearnese from his native city Bearn, but
properly belongs to his bitterest antagonist
and deadliest foe, the Duke Henry of
GuiSe Lorraine, whose face vas badly cic-
atrized by a sword cut. Henry Of GuiSe
was the military leader of the Holy CaihO-
lie League, formed by the Pope, the Queen
Mother of France, Catherine Of MediciS,
the King Of Spain and the Catholic feudal
aristOcracy OF France, for the purpose Of de- /
feating the pretentiOns Of Henry Of Ma
yarre to the French crown.
Yours, sine ira. SSd saUlfO cum studio,
ADOLPH SCIIERER
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