Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-29
STATE NEWS.

o Work has been entirely suspcn-
U dcd on the Tennessee Central rail
road.
> CoIored women about Nashville
. seem 10 hage mania for infanti-
4 eide.
; a Mr. b F. Bush suicided at
McMinnviile on Sunday last
!, Troubles OF the heart is the cause
: assigned
The late fire in Lexington has
j left that town without church
, building Of any description what
ever.
The farmers 10 various PORTIONS
Of Middle and Vest Tennessee are
cutting their corn for provendor.
Some arc planting German miliet
and rye O. make up Tor what they
have lost by the drouth.
The Lebanon Herald states that
revival is in full blast among the
negroes IN that town, which began
in tho spring OF 1865, aud has con
tinuod without intcrmission ever
| since
The Nashville Union and Amer
lean Of the 22d says: We regret TO
learn that a little girl, the dsught-
er of Capt. JAS. d. Beunatt, propri-
etor of Red Boiling Springs, Macon
county, was burned 10 death re-
Gently by the explosion % a can OF
coal oil.
The Pulaski Citizen tells anOtt-
er dry story: A hunter empticd the
fire from his pIpe on farm dowa
on Bradshaw the other day ami
burnt up two hundred panels of
fence and fifteen acres OF clover
The clever was knee high and SO
dry that it burnt like chat.
Pulaski Citizen, Aug 10th: The
residence of Mr.. Jas. Z. Perry, il
the 10Th district, on Blue creek,
was burned to the ground last FRI
day morning, together with all its
contents, and bis little son, Morris
g. Perry, aged : years, perishcd in
the flames. 4 negro man and wo-
man are charged with the crimo.
UnIon aud American: Mrs. NJ.
NJ. Hilliard, wife of a late Govern
mont officer, met With a sudden and
violent death last Sunday at the
residence of her fathcr-in law, ia
| Cheatham county. She was in the
act of mounting a horse TO go TO
her mothers, when by accident she
fell upon tbc horns Of the saddle
with such violence as TO cause her
death in few mintues.
The Trenton News Gazette states
that on the farm of Il. o. Wiley,
of iibson county, a partridge took
| possession of hens nest contain
ing three eggs and successfully
| hatched them, and is now industri-
ouslv engaged in raising three full
fiedged b0nafde wild Chickens
they arc as wild as natural born
free American partridges, and in
stead OF growing like other chick
ems, indulge in first Class efforts to
whistle Bob White, Bob Whitep
Savannah Transcript, Aug. Goth:
Last Sunday morning, while some
boys were bathing in the river near
the ferry, lad some fifteen years
of age, by the name of Jackson
Steele, and nephew OF our towns.
man w. w. Steele, jumped into the
water headforcmost, striking a rock
and tearing of nearly all the flesh
from the top portion Of his head
His injuries are Of a very serious
character.
The Pulaski Citizen tells the fol-
lowing amusing anccdote: A Pulas-
XII man wcpt bitter tears but dared
no complaint when he found his
wife had polished the stove with
his blacking brush, but his courage
was tested even unto fainting when
he found her cleaning the silver
with his toothbrush, and in his
despair and 10 soothc his nerves
he rushed frantically 20 the back
alley and curried the old SOW with
his wife's hair brush. Then there
was terrible brush in the family.
Huntingdon Peoples Paper: II
Is with regret that we announce the
suspension of the well known firm
of MeNeill & Co., of this place,
which occurred last week. This
step was made imperative by the
failure of NcNeill, Wright & Saun-
ders, of Louisville, OF which firm
Mr.. 4. G. Mcneil was the senior
partner, aud with whom they had
large business connections. Ii is
understood that the Liabilities of
| McNcill, Wright & Saunders will
sweep away the entire fortune
which Mr.. McNeill had accumula-
ted by lite of patient toll and iru-
gality.
The following sad affair is report
/ cd in the Nashville Banner: A
/ young man named Gray, living a
bout two miles from Jefferson, had
a difficulty with his father about "A
horse last Saturday evening, and
shot him with a pistol, the ball
passing through his heart killing
him instantly. II seems that tho
old gentleman owned the farm,
while the son worked it, furnishing
his own horses. The father, hav-
ing, as is alleged, a weak intellect,
made way with one Of the animals,
and was about 10 sell another when
the fatal difficulty occurred. The
son has left for parts unknown.
Marshall Lowry, Of Chattanooga,
arrested q desperate by the name
of Mat Taylor, in that city on The
| 18th, aud on the next day Taylor
attacked the Marshall with u double
barrellcd shot gun and Smith &
Wesson pistol. He attempted to
fire the gun bat failed, when the
Marshal drew his pistol and fired.
Taylor rctreated into a store, fol-
lowed by the Marshal, who aided
| by other policemen, arrested aud
disarmed the desperado. a negro
by the name Of General Houston
was mortally wounded-in the affray.
Taylor subsequently succeeded in
escaping from deputy sheriff.
Nashville Bauper. One Of the
most horrid results OF u coal oil ex-
nlosion NC have ever known TO Oc-
enrin Tennessee happened on Hur-
ricanc Creek, in Humphreys coun-
! ty, last Friday night. While Mr..
aud Mrs Adams, two aged person
were sitting up with corpse, "A
coal-oIl lamp on the mantle-pieco
suddenly exploded Quicker than