Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-17
TENNESSEE NEWS.

There are twenty-eight candidates for
Tax Collector in Hickman county.
A dwelling house in Hardin county, oc-
cupied by a negro man was burned few
nights ago. The family lost all but the
clothes they had on.
Rev. II. II. Sneed, Rector Of st. Pauls
Church, in Chattanooga, was married on
the 18th inst. to Miss Halle 5. Read,
daughter of DR.. John I. Read, OF that
city.
a stranger was found in Alamo Few
(iars arn. in an inssnsible condition ron
hemOrrhage Of the lungs. lie was kindly
cared for by the MasOns, Of which order he
was a member, and sent on his way 10 bis
home in alabama.
Three very shabbily dressed boys leading
each dog passed through WaynesbOrO a
few days ago. They would give no salts
factory account Of themselves, and the gen.
eral opinion was that they were fugitiveS
from justice.
Mrs. James Evans, of Wayne county,
was bitten in the hand by eopperhead
snake few days ago. DR.. ID. y. Shipman
was Immediately called to see her, and by
the free application of hartshOrn to the at
fected part, she was relieved.
Tho AldnsO Sentinel states that brm in
Dyer county shipped one hundred and
twenty-eight crates of strawberries from
three acres of vines, which brought them
about thousand dollars. That is better
than raising cotton.
Mr.. c. z. Butler, jr., who resides on Isl
and No. "a. informs the Ripley Ne1rs that
he recently killed in two days, within
twenty steps of his house, and on about
forty wards of ground, forty-five snakes, of
all sizes and varieties. The Ne1cs thinks
the name should be changed to Snake ISL
and.
Mr.. John Bearien, Of Lauderlale eoun-
ty. accidentally shot and killed himself a
short time ago. The Ripley NelrS states
| that he had started out on fishing eXpe-
| dition, carving with him a loaded rifle,
and it is supposed he was endeavOring tC
| get off of his mule when the gun was acci-
| deutally discharged, the ball striking him
under the jaw and passing up through the
head into the brain, killing him almost in
stantly.
| 1t reported by the Alamo Sentinel that
a negro named Henry Lindsay was muir
| dered in Crockett county on the 10th inst.-
| rs he was returning home from a wheat
| field where he had been at work during the
dav. He was found next morning Will
nineteen bullet holes in his body. His
clothing. and even the flesh where the balls
entered. was pOWder-burnt. He had a dlt
| ficultv with some negroes some time since
but il is not thought that they did thu
deed. No clue to the Perpetrators exists.
A correspondent of the IFGyReSbOrO CT
izen states that a few nights previous two
narfies we've hunting deer in Lawrence
county by tOrchlight, but neither knew the
other was in the woods. Lon Smith ana
George Williams had one torch and John
Dunkall and X. F. Hughes had the other
The parties came near each other, and th'
torch of Dunkall and Hughes was discov-
cred, and being almost eXtinSlIIshed, wa;
taken for the shining eye Of deer. VII
Hams fired and killed Hughes Instantly
Dunkall saws that Just before the fatal sho
was fired Hughes suggested that they wen
in danger of such an accident, and The
words had Just been uttered when th'
shot struck him.
| The HdraesbOrO Citizen relates that
school ssnOt over a hundred miles iron
that town, taught by young man, was al
tended by some young ladies' On Gel
tain occasion, one OF the young LADIES cai
ried him a problem in mathematics 10
elucidation. Whilst he was working
out, she was looking over his shoulder a
the process. He at last came to somethln
she did not understand, and she exclaimed
CLAW. Pa. how did you get that?" Al
sense of decorum vanished in that sehoo
for some time, and the bashful yOun
school teacher blushed like the ''red, re
rose"