Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-24
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The resolutions were adopted and the
Board then adjourned.
Bolivar IS a competitor for the prospect
i've Southwestern University.
The attendance Of students at Burritt
College is larger than for several years.
A bale of cotton weighing 9j5 pounds
was sold in CovingtOn by F. L. Gee, Esq.
Andrew Cranes dwelling-hOuSe and con-
tents, in White county, were burned re-
Gently.
Rev. Mr.. McGee, of Humphreys county,
lost his house and contents by fire week be-
fore last.
The Paris dogs have an epidemic ofmad-
ness and the citizens are trying to extermi-
nate them.
The Paris InteLigeacer nominates S.
W. Cochran, of ObiOn county, for Judge of
the Twelfth Judicial Circuit.
On the 7th inst. majority of the voters
of Marion county voted to further tax them
selves for freeschOol purposes.
James Carter's dwelling and OuthOuses
in Henry county were burned with all
their contents on the 18th inst.
Benton county on the 7th of this month
voted by an overwhelming majority against
the proposition to levy a school tax.
The Good Templars Of Jasper have a
movement on foot to erect a neat and COM
mOdiOus building for their own use.
Noah Story, of White county, was thrown
from a cart, causing dislOcatiOn of a shOul-
der and hip. Both were set with difficulty,
but with success.
The trustees of the University Of Knox
vile have rendered the presidency Of that
institution to Rev. J. III. TwOmbly, ID. D.,
of Wisconsin.
S. Turner, of Humboldt, was instantly
killed in falling from train near Corinth,
Miss, and buried at Humboldt with Ma
sonic hOnOTs.
On the night of the 18th inst. Dover was
visited by the heaviest rain storm which
has occurred in those parts for many years.
So says the Record.
The GreenerHle Union SAYS The church
bells ring every now and then all through
the day, and al every ringing a pr ,yeri is
offered in behalf of the crusaders. -
Mt. Vernon furnace, in Montgomery
county, idle for the last few months, is
again in full blast, and is turning out large
quantities of iron of a very superiOrqualiiy.
The officers and members of the differ
ent volunteer companies composing the
Knoxville Fire Department, are consider
ably exercised over the neglect Of the City
Council to furnish them uniforms.
ga little cOlored boy named Tolan, who
lived on Buffalo about ten miles from
Wayerly, was shot and killed by an un-
known party, while lying asleep in che
house. II occurred on the 18th inst.
The BOliUGr Bulletin calls king cotton
''the old thief Of the soil, and praises the
farmers of Hardeman for buying more
grass seed this year than ever before-a
faet learned from the Bolivar merchants.
On the 18th inst, the wife of John Dick
ersop, q resident of Hardeman county,
while piling brush and cornStalks in a field
near the house in which she lived, was
burnt to death, her clothes taking Ere rom
the burning rubbish,
The TrOusdale county Sheriff gets off the
following 'Ifyou are going to run for the
State at large, Join the Changers; if a county
Office in TrOusdale is the height Of yOar
ambition, Join the washing machine agents;
there are enough OfthsT tG elect you"
The following IS q copy Of postal cards
to the Sheibyville salOOniSts: March 19,
1874. Sir: You are earnestly invited TO
close your saloon on Monday night noxt,
and attend the grand Temperance mass
meeting at the courthouse. w. L. NJ.
= The Columbia Herald and Mail of the
2Oth inst. observes: The case Of William
Shockley, charged with the murder Of Ned.
Jordan, was tried last week. The iury
took the case Friday evening, and returned
the verdict of not guilty, next morning at
II O'Clock next morning.
The Jasper Literary Society discussed
the question, ''ResOlved, that the United /
States should acknowledge Cuban Inde-
and it was decided in the affirm
ative. The question for the next meeting
is, s.ResOlyeA that - is tlle greatest
man, each speaker selecting his man,
Washington excepted,