Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-04-11
STATE NEWS.

A lodge Of good templars has
been organized in Pulaski.
( Bolivar is moving heaven and
earth to secure the South Western
University.
Saulsbery, Tenn is just now Ella
ted over the completion Of fine
school house.
A son of VIM. Owen, of Henry
county, was bitten by q mad dog
last week.
A contemporary announces that
Mr.. Tipler is the leading merchant
in Ubet, Hardeman county.
Mr.. Richard Fitzgerald is aunoun-
ced as candidate for the legisla-
ture for Henry county,
The Memphis Water Works Com
pany has instituted suit against the
city for s10,925, amount and inter
est due on account.
The Rev. J. II. Twombloy, ID. D.,
of Wisconsin, has been rendered
tho Presidency Of the new Metho-
dist University, to be established
at Knoxville.
Paris Intelligencer: Mr.. Postleth-
waite, with competentcorps of as
sistants, begun the instrumental
survey of the Cairo and Tennessee
River Railroad yesterday. The
survey will be prosecuted with Wig
or through the county.
Two men, Monaghan and Gillian
were drowned in Clinch river, near
Kincaid's ferry, on the 21st uIt.-
They were descending the river in
a fiat boat loaded with corn, when
the boat sunk and they were
drowned.
The Shelbyville Commercial,
which supported Mr.. Johnson for
Congress in 1872, says: NO true
johnson Democrat will pay any at
tention to Colyar's meeting which
he proposes to get up in Nashville.
Athens Pos: The revival meet
ing at the Methodist Church South,
Charleston, Tenn, had resulted in
about sixty conversions up to the
Both, when the meeting was still
continuing with undated interest.
Morristown Gazette: We under
stand quite number of delegates
from this county are to be present
lst of May next at the Convention
at Bulls Gap, called by portion of
the colored voters of this Congress
sional district.
In view Of the monetary strin-
gency and the fact that long, dull
season is at hand, tho Memphis Ty-
geographical Union, at the regular
monthly meeting yesterday, reduc-
ed the price of newspaper compost
ton from 65 to 60 cents per 1000
ems, to take effect april 4th.
Winchester Home Journals: A
young man named Mason was tried
in the Circuit Court last week for
killing horse, with malice afore-
thought. During the progress of
the trial his young afiianced came
into the bar of the Court room,
where her hearts idol was seated,
and INDUCED in a serious fusilade
of lip-smacking with as much sang
troid rs if they had met in one of
their mountain trysting places. We
will leave the reader to imagine
the effect on those who witnessed
this scene.
An Iowa man by the name of
DeBoard, and who pretended to be
a devout christian, settled in Lin
coin county last August. He mar
ried a Miss Martha Griffith, daugh-
ter of a pious widow who worshiped
in the same church with him, in
January, and deserted his wife last
week, taking with him all tho val
uables he could come at, and leav-
ing his wife destitute. He is about
fifty years old, the devoted wife on
ly twenty and quite handsome. 1t
is thought that DeBoard has anoth-
or wife in Iowa, and that firing of
the last, or being man who re-
CARDS variety as the spice of life, in
as in other matters, |
has gone back to the first
Morristown Gazette: NJ. Y. Nor |
ton was sentenced to five years I'M
in the penitentiary, on |
The 2lst ult., in the Federal Court
at Knoxville, for dealing in counter
felt money. On the 23rd, Nick
Sharp went for seven years. On
he 25th, Hugh Harper for one
year. On Friday, Geo. w. Weav-
pr, for passing and having posses
sion of counterfeit money, was sen
fenced to one year. The case OF
Jas. 0. Senter, for Withholding
money as claim agent from the
claimant, the jury rendered a YER
iict of guilty; but there being doubt
n the mind of the Court whether
he prosecution could be maintain
I'd, the defendant was allowed to
inter q recognizance for his APP
oearance before the Supreme CouI;
If the United States, and was turn
I'd loose
Appeal 5th: The friends Of the
proposed road from Memphis to
will hold q convention
in this city on Wednesday, April
22d, at which Gov. Brown, Col. !
Rose and Judge Jones, of Pulaski;
Coils. Holman ard Lamb, of Fay
ettevillc; Judge Morris, of Wayncs-
borough; Hon. c. b. Davis and /
Judge Nixon, of Lawrenceburg,
and Hon. 2. Staub, mayor of Knox
vile, as we'll as other distinguished
gentlemen of Middle and East Ten
nessee will be present. All the
counties on the lines of the Mem
phis and Knoxville railroad, and of
the Henderson and Paris railroad,
and of the Brownsville and Ohio
railroad, are requested to send del
egates.
Franklin Review and Journal
The preliminary examination off.
G. Bliss, before Jordan A. Malone,
Esq, charged with procuring the
burning or attempt to burn, his
store-houso in Franklin, some time
ago, was concluded at , o'clock, p.
m, last Friday. The evidence was
mostly circumstantial, bat very
strong against the prisoner. Wit
nesses were here from jackson. !
Tenn, and Guthrie, Ky. The de-