Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-10
TENNESSEE NEWS.

the premonitiOn.
The Odd Fellows Of GAINESVILLE vii
celebrate the next anniversary Of the Ordei
by ball the night of April "a
1t is said that successful deer hunter O
Stewart county wears his clothes wIonl
side out for luck when he goes on chase.
G, ". Swinebroad, an old citizen o.
Bolivar, died the 10Th ult. Also Rev. John
Myers, of the vicinity of Bolivar, on the
I'd inst.
A Lauderdale county candidate wishes
the temperance hurricane would swecpover
that section, as he thinks it would save him
a vast expense in treating his electors.
Jno. Bacon who assaulted Marshal Nc
Elhaney, of Loudon, has surrendered, and
entered into reeogniKance to appear before
the Circuit Court.
The JOResbOrO Echo says, if the rage for
Office in Washington county continues,
| there will not be enough men exclusive of
| the candidates to hold the election.
The LOudOn Journal states that very
rich deposit of iron ore has been discovered
in the vicinity of Morganton. A company
of capitalists has taken charge of the prem
ises TO develop the hidden resources.
A man named Waldron was arrested at
Camden trying to sell horse which he had
| borrowed for few hours use in another
county, but which he rode away to Cam
den apparently without intention to return
him to his owner.
The Mckenzie Times of the eth inst.
says: A party passed here yesterday morn
| ing having in charge two men suspected of
being concerned in the attempted express
robbery at Hickman. The arrest was made
at Huntington about daylight Friday morn
| ing.
The BOlirdr Bulletin of March @ says:
We learn that the recent flood in Hatchie
bottom caused the death of hundreds of
cattle, hogs, etc. One gentleman says that
he counted sixteen cows and oxen in the
overflow between Jack pond and the hills,
west of the railroad.
1t is rumored that the whisky crusaders
are soon to give Jonesboro a visit, and es-
tablish their war-tent against the sale of
whisky. a mass-meeting was held there
the night of the 9th inst, and much enthu-
siasm was evinced in favor of temperance
measures.
The JdckSOR Wing aud Tribune records
the death of Old Jude, faithful mule of
Mr.. Alex Person, in the 35th year of her
age. Jude had served several masters
during her long life and all faithfully. She
was hOnOred with decent burial. Good
bye Jude.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune SAYS:
Recently well known Magistrate in the
Western portion of Madison county, killed
foTty-siX crows at two shots, with a single
barrel shot gun, all in one day, and it was
bad day for crows.
The Mckenzie dealers have been served
with the following notice: "Dear Sir:
Knowing, as we do, the infinite trouble,
crime and vice that the sale of intoxicating
liquors produce, We earnestly and solemn
" beg Of you to stop the traffic in it. If
this is not needed, a committee will call
upon you within few days, and offer UP
prayers to the Great Ruler, asking him TO
forgive you and change your heart, so that
you can see the great evil you are commit
ting. LADIES COMMITTEE"
The Columbia Herald and Mail says;
Uncle Bacon Anderson has placed US under
many obligations for another old relic to
be added to our cabinet of curiosities. 1t
is an old pipe made of. some hard material,
very much resembling flint. 1t is square,
and has upon one side the square and COM
pass, on another the common gavel, and on
the bottom the Roman cross. Ii was plow-
ed up in what is now Lewis county, more
than thirty years ago, and may, for ell We
know, have been left there by one Of De
Soto's men.
The Jackson Courier of the 18th inst
says: News has just been received of the
death of J. P. Crow, of Henderson county,
in this State. At the time of his death be
was perhaps the largest man in Tennessee,
weighing 400 pounds. His death is sup
posed to have resulted from apoplexy. Near
the same neighbOrhood, Miles Darden died
in 1855. He was thought to have been the
largest man in the world. Some years be-
fore he died he weighed 1,040 pounds, and
at the time of his death was much larger
than when he last weighed.
One Of the most reckless cases Of Practi-
cal joking was acted in Ripley lately. A
man assumed the fictitious role of clerk TO
an inn of that town, and by way Of fooling
the landlord collected several bills for din
ner in advance. Having been arrested for
obtaining money under false pretences, it
was with difficulty that he proved that he
was only joking, but he did it, and was re-
leased. He had to 90 to the trouble of
making out an eXtempOre biography of him.
self before the court, in order to satisfy that
tribunal that it was really joke. Expen-
sive joke, that.
The night of the 9th inst a buIrlesque
crusade was waged in Chattanooga by a
party of men. The Commercial SAYS:
"The chaplain had the book for sigma
tures-made Of the backs of an old book
with deck of cards distributed and pasted
upon the inside. Each signer would select
his favOrite card and sign his name. They
visited all of the saloons, and upon enter
ing would sing Dot leetle Gemn Band
the chaplain would call for signerS, after
which they would all take a drink, singing
%, how / love Jesus and then join in
prayer" The shocking mOckery ended in
row and fight. The knife was promiscu-
ously used, but the parties were arrested be-
fore fatal wound was inflicted. One of
them was found to have large pistol con-
cealed about his clothes.
Mr.. c. NJ. Alexander of Pinson, sends
the Jackson R-hiQ and Tribune two bugs
of the scarabeus or beetle class, in a cage,
that put to shame the bed-bug that was
lately discovered by one of our contempt
raries in this city; and which is said TO have
bUnked with Gen. jackson. Judging from
their size and the tougmeSs of their shells
they might have slept with Noah in his cele-
bIated cruiser. The magnitude of the bugs
induced Mr.. Alexander to box them mp and
send them to us, and they are now on
exhibition at this office. He concludes a
note accompanying these huge beetles in
the following words: '.You can turn them
loose in your garden and put them to work,
and if they fail to do good hands part in
blowing up the ground, please inform me of
the facl."
Of Madison county the Jackson Wing
and Tribune makes this complimentary
notice: Building new houses, or adding
to and renOvating old ones, is the order of
the day. Every description Of farm build
ing, from stable, cabin, to farm house
erected within the past two years, is far
superior in every respect to those of ante
bellum times. The fences are also better,
many of them being plank, while those
around yards and gardens are frequently
as fine as any TO be found in the city. Be
sides there is marked improvement in
the appearance Of the land. Old red, or
broom-sedge fields are giving place to good
pastures, and the dull mOnOtony of I'M
broken cotton fields, to diversified crops"
The Jackson Whig and Tribune has the
following: "One day this week a young
gentleman of this city, while hunting in
Forked Deer bottom, found an aged beech
tree upon which was carved the following
inscription: $1,000, underneath this
the figures and words, 20 # west Just