Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-07
TENNESSEE NEWS.

DR.. NJ. Roberts and Z. II. Kelly, of
Jackson, drew prize of $50 in the Lou
isville lottery.
The Jackson fair grounds will hence
forth serve the double capacity of fair
grounds and park.
Jackson cOngratulates Lexington for
raising $4,000 by private subscription to
assist in building the Jackson and Tennes-
see River railroad.
The GGllGtin EEOnineT reports an exO-
dus of oolored people from Summer county
to Indiana. ''GOOd wages" are the load
stone which attracts them.
Jackson is reported to have two heirs,
Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Wolf. to the estate
Of the late John Hopkins, of Baltimore.
TIE estate is said to be wolth SIS, 100000.
There was a grand temperance rally in
Knoxville the night Of the 2nd inst. When
a call was made for all to raise their hands
who had determined mot to drink another
drop of the accused stlh,7 quite number
did so.
a Jackson lawyer, who wanted to DO
Just what was right. in dividing tract Of
land embracing twelve hills, between two
heirs, after giving the problem much study,
suddenly hit upon the happy idea Of count
inc the hills and giving each claimant six
hills. The division was satisfactory.
The accession Of new enterprises to
Chattanooga is steady and must be very
gratifying to the people Of that city. The
last establishment set agOing there is
pump factory, now complete in all its re-
quirements, and ready to begin the manu-
facture of the water filters.
The CldrksriIIe Chronicle records the
death Of a venerable citizen. Mr.. Thomas
Harding Oneal, who died of apOpleXy,
March 26, 1874, at the advanced age Of 92
wears, 4 months, and % days. Mr.. Oneal
was born in North Carolina, and came to
Montgomery county more than y years ago
and reuiaiRed until his death. He was
highly esteemed by all who knew him.
The Jackson Wig and Tribune Of April
g. saws: After weeks and months of horrible
suffering, Mrs. WitherspOon; the lady SO
terribly burned in an accident on the Mis-
sissippi Central Railroad, on the 9TH OF
January last, died in this city on Tuesday.
Both OF her LEGS were burned to the bone,
and in her lingering death she suffered be-
yond the power of language to describe
The GreeneUille Union declares that the
ladies Of many sections Of the country sur
rounding Greeneville are in a rage because
of their reputed encouragement to the
whisky war in that town. From what II
can learn they are almost sOlidly opposed
to the crusade. "One thing the crusade has
done-it has arrayed the country against
the town, and is fast cutting of the busi-
ness of the town."
The Bolirar Bulletin gets mysterious
and declares that there will soon be estab-
iished I'm that place branch of one Of the
most ancient aid honorable orders known to
the civilized world. It's cardinal principles
are as pure and perfect as truth, and so
expreSsibly delightful that the mystic
brotherhood have chung to them With
most wonderful tenacity for ages upon ages
We might think the Bulletin has reference
to a Democratic club. tEft it says Masonry
is youthful compared TO Il.
The GdHatiR Examiner of the 9Th inst.
saws. Last week as Mr.. Daniel Z. Ans
brooks was crossing the wOOdslOt Of Mr..
James Brvson. on Bushy Fork, when he
came upon . human skull and a few arm
bones scattered near. There was not yes
tige of flesh on the bones. Shreds OF cloth
ing were also scattered around. The de
tuented boy named Lee, who disappeared
last November in that neighbOrhood was
meyer afterwards heard of and it is supposed
thai tl.esg were his remains. 1t IS surmlsed
that he became erItaAsled in thicket and
starved TO death.
The Dresden Democrat states. vincent
Brsnn. respectable citizen Of Weakley
county was. accidently killed lew days
AGO. He, John MCDANIEL and another gen
were returning from turkey hunt,
when McDauiel's gun, being thrown over
hic shoulder muZZle forward, and the ham
nier being brushed against a limb, was
fired. dischareing the entire contents OF
one Of the barrels into the body OF Mr.. |
Brann. The charge passed in under the |
and produced death imme-
diateIy. Brann leaves a wife and two |
Mr.. McDaniefs distress is in !
tense.
Tie Dorer Record of the 2nd inst. says; |
A little son of Henry Sykes was riding a
blind horse last Saturday when the horse |
stumbled and fell upon him in mud hole, |
his feet and head alone prOtruding from |
under the animal. In this condition ne
Law sometime. unable to eXtricate himself. |
Some parties heard his cries and fastened |
TO his relief. With no little trouble the
horse was cot from off him-eold and
chilled almost to death, the little fellow |
was picked up from the mud and tainted |
away, He was conveyed home to his |
rather's. His injuries, though we failed to |
learn the extent, seemed to be internal; |
the soft mud is all that saved him.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune describes
a Iudicrous occurrence as follows; some
laws AGO, and not far from Jackson, snort
gentleman with ample breadth OF Walstcoat
ToOd upon the platform of certain depot,
-alise in hand, conversing gaily while the
rain stood hard by. Shortly the cOnduc-
or cried s.all aboard and the train moved
nicIxIv away. The short gentleman lin
.ered too long talking, but pitched out vlg-
,ronslv in catch the train. Missing the
ast car. he struck out in the middle ol the
rack at a furious pace to overtaAe tne
rain. The speed Of the train increased,
md so did the speed OF the short Sehtlel!ah'
he Latter putting louder than the engine
Al the lower end of the yard, Where Ihe
Dad entered a field, was cattle7gap nIeu
With muddy water, over which the tram
,assad safely, but into which the short gen
leman plunged just as he reached Ior the
lindmost railing of the platform.
A Rogersville correspondent writes TO
ba En6rrilIe Press and Herald: Joseph
Iuffmaster, Esq, after lingering liihess,
lied this morning at five O'Clock at his res
dence in this village. virginia, Aprlt Il
80. and lacked but three days OF being
,inetv-two years old at the time OF ms
Ieatb. He was married to Elizabeth Welt-
el. in Virginia, in 1905, and removed 20
ROcersville the next year, and has resldeu
M fine same lot from about that day TO the
ime of his death. He promptly responded
q the call of his country during the second
var with Great Britain and was Lleuten-
mt under Gen. Jackson at the battle Oh
he Horseshoe, in 1914. Mr.. Huifmaster
connected himself with the Presbyterian
Church in ROgersville, about the COM
of the ministry OF the Rev. MI
GalIaber and served for many years as an
slder. He was universally esteemed by sll
Who knew him. for his unflinching deyo-
ion to honor and principle and in all the
relations of citizen. neighbOr. friend ana 1
christian, was exemplary. His influence
was ever for the right. Mr.. Hufimaster
was the father of twelve children, some OF
whom survive him. He had sixty-seven
and children and thirty great grand