Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-17
STATE NE WIS.

Fayette county, in 1873.
Carroll county had two hundred
and twenty-five marriages in 1878.
Pork was selling at Bolivar last
week at : 81 cents per pound.
Hardeman county has fixed the
tax for county purposes, at 80 cts.
The poll tax IS one dollar per head.
Green Williams, aged 81, died at
his residence, five miles east of
Humboldt, on the 9th.
Marshall county has about So 900
in cash in its treasury, and don't
owe a dollar.
Happy Giles county! She is out
of debt, and has ten thousand dol
lars in cash. Happy Giles.
over in Humphreys county,
there were ono hundred and fifteen
marriages in 1878.
The OveIton Hotel, in Memphis,
is recommended by the Shelby
county court, for Court House.
The Banner says the county court
Of Davidson county costs about $50
per hour, while in session.
The Second National Bank Of
Nashville has gone into voluntary
liquidation.
Jas. w. Bryant was last week
confirmed as Collector of Internal
Revenue for the fourth district Of
Tennessee.
Jno. II. O'Neil, who had been
for twelve years an Express mes
senger, died at Nashville, Of Con
sumption, on the Sth.
VIM. Orman shot and killed
Robert Cunningham, ut Rally hill,
on the 3lst of December. Both
drunk. Orman fled.
Judge James d. Porter, of Paris,
has rendered his resignation as
Circuit Judge to Gov. Brown. We
hear no reason assigned.
Rev. w. Il. Hall, late pastor of
the Christian Church in this city,
commences protracted meeting
at Huntingdon, to-day.
Alexander ID. Nelson, Of the
mercantile firm of Nelson Il Bro,
died at his residence, at Bolivar
last week, aged 50 years.
Coffee county amt populating in
the good Old way very fast-at
least there were only SO marriage
licenses issued in that county last
year.
The County Court of Hardeman,
at its session on the 4th, voted
tax of fifty cents upon each Of the
dog population of Hardeman coun-
ty for the year 1874.
Robertson county-where they
make so much mean whisky-had
two hundred and ten weddings last
year, against one hundred and
eighty-two in 1878.
The new assessment blanks, for
the use of revenue Assessors, will
be generally in the hands of the
County Clerks by the LIST of Feb
ruary.
Joe Wyman, boy fourteen
years old was killed in Memphis
last Saturday, by be ing struck upon
the head with a billet of wood, by
Il man named Henry Benders.
The Nashville Banner learns that
Hon. Thos. II. Coldwell, of Shelby
Vile, will be an Independent re
publican candidate for Governor at
the November election.
A man named Denman Bills,
aged 63 years. was recently mar
ried in Marshall county, 10 girl
named South, aged 20. December
TO June.
The Marshall county Gazette
says: In obedience to an order OF
the Chairman of the county cSurt,
the tax collector paid $4,000 To
the Trustee, at one payment, few
days ago.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says
some incendiary fired and burned
down the slaughter house of w. j.
Lindley on Sunday the 18th. He
had another up and in operation
on the 10th.
W. d. Hicks, Esq, for sixty
years i citizen of Murtreesboro,
and for thirty years Justice of
the Peace in Rutherford county,
fell dead at the door of his resi-
dence on the 9th inst.
The Mckenzie Times says =
stone two inches in length, and
three inches in circumference, was
successfully taken from the blad-
der of little son of j. c. Herring
ton, of Humphreys county, the
other day.
The Mississippi Central railroad
last week, paid into the State
Treasury, in past due coupons, on
it's interest account, the sum of
S35,935; and the Mississippi and
Tennessee road paid S26, 335.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle learns,
from what it regards as reliable au-
thority, that Hon. r. J. Morgan,
Chancellor of the first Court in
Memphis, will be candidate for
Governor next fall. He is man
of character and capacity.
The bale of cotton presented by
Greed Taylor of Arkansas, for be-
nevolent purposes, in Memphis, in
ITS various sales, Melted S3,425 IS.
That amount has just been distrib-
uted to the various charitable insti-
tutions of Memphis.
1t is proposed to hold State
convention in Nashville, Feb 22d,
of the soldiers who composed the
Army of Tennessee during the
late war, for the purpose of put
ting on record the acts and doings
of that army in an authentic shape,
Somebody dominates l.. J. Duprcc.
of Memphis, as historian.
On the Goth of December a man
named Ryan was killed by young
man named Snow, in Obion county.
RYAN was under the influence OF
whisky, and tried to kill Snow, but
Snow was too fast for him. Snow
had an examination and was &C
quilted.
Chief Justice Nicholson announc-
ed from the bench Of the Supreme