Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-01-10
COUNTY COURT.
Fifth Days Proceedings.


Appointment Of JurOrs-Forty-Five
Dollars Wanted-The Late Justice
Hines-COunty Bonds-The County
Asylum Again-The Railroad cues
tiOn Argued at Length, but no Con-
cIusiOn Reached,
FRIDAY, Jan. 9, 1SI4.-County Court
met pursuant to an adjournment, Judge
Ferris in the chair and sixty members pres
ent.
BURYING PAUPERs.
The following was adopted:
Be it ordained by this court that his
Honor, the Judge, in connection with the
pest house committee be and are hereby or
dered by this court TO advertise for sealed
proposals for furnishing collins for paupers
of Davidson county for 1874, awarding the
contract to the lowest responsible bidder.
JUIORs FOR THE CIRCUIT COURT.
The following list of jurors was appoint
ed:
First District. r. W. Adams, Henry
Richards, Jas. 3. Parrish. Second Dis
trict. NJ. c. Whitworth. Third District.
A. J. johnson. Fourth District. James
Binkley. Fifth District. Jas. w. Bigley.
Sixth District. T. ID. Morgan. Seventh
District. A. PEBBLES. Eighth District.
G. W. Spain. Ninth District. A. II.
johnson. Tenth District. Jas. NJ, Ulison.
Eleventh District. G. b. Chickering.
Twelfth Distric'. p. @. Sullivan. Thir-
tenth District. John Murphy. Four
teenth District. J. w. Porch. Fifteenth
District. 7. c. Clark. Sixteenth Dit
trict. j. L. Wright. Seventeenth District
Jno. Harlow. Eighteenth District Jas.
Irwin. Ninteeth District. VI. VI. Gee.
Twentieth District. j. II. Galbreath.
Twenty-first District. A. Mathews.
Twenty-second District. Jno. G.. Marshall.
Twenty-third District. Jno. Dunlap.
Twenty-fOurth District. j. L. Phelan.
Twenty-fifth District. C. c. Swaggart.
A PATHETIC APPEAL.
Under the head of Road Business, the
following communication was read:
To the HOnerble County Court of this
county Davidson and State of Tennessee
We the Citizens of Dist No - of the said
Proud county would most umbly once
more ask of this Court a small appropria-
ton TO build bridg a cross a Deep Run
that crosses the road that runs from the
Elm hill * Stones River Road to the Leb-
anon IL Nashville turnpike road gentleman
this Is the only way that the Public Trayle
can get to X from each of the above named
roads n is the only way that the children
can get to the - Schoolhouse from the
Lebanon p. h. al any time without wading
Browns creek we have a good school and
also q Fine sunday School that LAYS over
anything in the county or suburbs of the
City and daily / am asked by old IL young
ladies Why it is that we have no bridg a
cross this Galley so as they may 90 to our
sunday school my answer can only be that
we are not able to build it then
they say What and WHARF is
OUR PROUD COUNTY COURT
Cannot they do something L can answer
this that l2l1 Section Of the Code which
law we are now governed by Reads that
the OverSeer may cut Polls to make bridges
But you Bet a man could not cut a riding
switch on or about this Road for it is not
thar and have not as overseer neither man
or means TO make this Bridge ii the court
will appropriate 400 dollars to Get the
Material | will Put it up myself and Prom
ise the court not to ask for anything more
until we absolutely kneed it all Of which
is Resp submitted J-&
| Evry Body
The amount asked for was allowed.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.
The following resolutions were adopted
| with 4 rising vote:
| Whereas, since the meeting of this WOr-
| shipful Court in October. 1873, is has pleas
ed the Great Dispenser of human events to
] remove from our midst Barney Hines, a
member of this court, who died on the 23d
day of October, 1873, at his residence in
| the Thirteenth District. Esq. Barney
| Hynes was a useful citizen, benevolent
man, kind husband and indulgent father.
II becomes us therefore to show our respect
| for our deceased friend and associate; there
| fore,
BE it resolved by the County Court Of
| Davidson, that in the loss of Barney Hynes
| this court has lost one of its most worthy
| members and associates.
| Be it further resolved. That we hereby
| tender to his bereaved family our sincere
coincidence and sympathy in this their sad
| bereavement.
Be il further resolved, That 4 copy Of
| these proceedings be furnished his family
! by the Clerk Of this Court, and that the
same be spread upon the minutes OF this
! Court. MARTIN hERRIGAN,
JNO. III. BASKET,
J. c. WANDS.
Committee.