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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
HORSE TALK.

Pools on to-day's trotting races at Pough-
keepsie, n. Y, went off quite lively at the
Merchants Exchange last night.
The entries for the 2:31 class sold in the
pools as follows: CaTollton, $40; Proctor,
$3.50; Ellie w, $3.50; Little Mary, Sll
so; Enigma and Matt Tanner in the field
for 81,
The entries for the 2:22 class brought the
figures following their names: Thomas
Jefferson, $2l; st. James, SLABS; John II,
SlI 75; Lady Banker, 800; Parks Abdalla,
Sl2; Huntress, Sl0.5O; Sensation, SlO.5O; G.
B. Daniels, Sl0.25.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
OVER THE CITY.


South Cherry street, from the City Gem
eteTy 10 The corporation line, was repaired
yesterday.
There We're but few offenders in the
Police Court yesterday, and all aTTsigned
Oh trivial charges.
A meeting Of the Sisters of the Cross
sill be held IN McKendree Church this
afternoon az $50 O'Clock. A full meeting
is desired.
The "B. Il. Cooke Base Ball Club" viii
have their new suits in about two weeks,
and then they propose TO make it lively Tor
some of the other clubs around town.
Jim Harris, colOied, was bound over by
Justices Cassetty aud Creighton yesterday,
in the sum Of $3.50, TO keep the peace for
one year toward l.. b. Humphrey, cOlOTed.
The Hebrew ladies of the city will give
an evening picnic al Weitmuller's GARDEN
next Thursday, for the purpose Of raising
funds to purchase. a carpet and altar cloth
for the new Jewish Temple.
II. r. Coleman, Esq resident Of the
18Th District, beyond Mt. Oliyet Cemetery,
iefC al this Office yesterday half cOzen
specimens Of well grown sweet potatoes Of
the varieties Southern Queen, Bermuda and
StrasbUrg.
AS TO being cOnillcted withthe govt, said
Mrs. Darlington, singh living don't bring it
on. Il is inCOherent in some families, and
is handed down from father to son. Mr..
Hammer, poor soul, who has heen so long
i'll with it, disinherits it from his wife's
grandmother"
MOllie Pride, cOlored, was fined g and
costs by justices Cassetty and Creighton
Yesterday, on the charge of asSaulting
l.etbs Wright, colored. The latter also
swore out peace warrants against Moilie
and her husband, John Pride, but the suit
was dismissed.
The fire Of yesterday morning in brick
dwelling on Union street, owned by John
Kirkman, damaged that building and the
one adjoining, to the extent Of $3.50. u
The houses were insured in the Nashville
Commercial Insurance Company for 500
each. Most Of the furniture in both houses
was fully insured, and consequently the
I occupants sustained little or no loss.
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THE COURTS.

CHANCERY COURT.-NichOl X Nc
Gavock VS.. Steger, guardian, ct al; appealed
to Supreme Court.
SAWYER. Wallace * Co. vs. JnO. Koran ;
final decree.
AR. owen VS.. Brien X ThaXton, VIM.
Beatty, administrator, etc, vs.. same, ana A
B. Goodwin and wife vs.. Brien q Wood
ard motion TO dissolve injunction over
ruled.
Williams VS.. Sperry & Co. ct al; com
plainant's bills as to firms Of Sperry x Nc
Crory and }. n. Sperry < Co. dismissed
and Judgment against Nelson * SPerTy,
who appealed.
Knox vs.. Haralso0; appealed to Supreme
Court.
Hite vs.. Parkes ct al; report of Clerk
ana Master confirmed and appeal to Su-
preme Court.
Whitman, administrator, vs.. Ryan ct al;
reference to Clerk and Master.
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sTHE HEALING ART.
Meeting OF the Nashville Medical
Neutrality-suspicious. 20 the COnsfi-
tuition - The Society Hereafter 10
Meet Twice a Month.

SOeiety-Ameudment 10 the COnsfi-
tuition - The Society Hereafter 30
Meet Twice a Month.
The Nashville Medical Society held its
regular monthly meeting at s O'Clock last
night, with the following members present:
DIS. Z. N. Hughes, \. Blitz, r. ID. Win
sett, j. w. Morton, Van S. Lindsey, Il. r.
Freeman, n. q. Tucker, W. d. Haggard,
(. X. Cullom, j. Saudek, J. w. McAlister,
q. ". Currey, w. J. McMurTay, w. A.
AtchisOn, d. Eve and Paul (. Eve. The
meeting was attended by DIS. w. S. Sneed,
w. w. Gray, and Mr.. Robert Steger, as Wis
itors.
Or. Van S. Lindsey presided, with Dr.
r. ID. WiIsett as secretary.
DR.. Z. r. Cullom was unanimously
elected a member Of the Society.
DR.. Lindsey nominated DR.. W. w.
Gray for membership. The various COM
mittees made their reports, which were re-
ceived. Several amendments to the con-
stitution were adopted, the most important
one being to have the meetings of the So
Ciety held on the first and third Thursdays
in each month.
DR.. Blitz offered the following:
Resolved, that the annual dues Of this
society be three dollars, to be paid quarter
IL, aud any member who shall fail to pay
his dues for one year shall be dropped from
the roll. The resolution was adopted.
The following amendment to the bylaws
was adopted:
Resolved, that any member who has
been appointed by the President to read a
paper before this society, and fails to do so
for Two successive meetings, shall be fined
five dollars.
DR.. Van 5. Lindsey reported some very
interesting facts connected with surgery.
Dr.. w. A. AtchisOn was appointed essay
ist for the next regular meeting, the third
Thursday night in this month.
The society then adjourned.
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THE sUTTEE.

Another case ofsuttee lately occurred in
a small village in Lucknow, India. The
following are the details Of the case: Hav-
ing bathed and dressed, the suttee went to
the burning place, accompanied by her re-
latives and number Of loW-caste HindOOs,
who were in charge Of the dead body.
Wood being scarce, the funeral pile was in
part constructed of other fuel, which was
heaped around the woman as she sat with
the head of her deceased husband in her
lap. The pile was then covered with straw,
her nephew handed the suffice a lighted
torch, and in a moment the whole mass
was on fire. The ChOWkeydar and the
policeman, when they arrived, found only
a heap of ashes. About thirty persons, in
Guiding the village headman and the
wOman's relatives, have been committed
to the Sessions on the charge of having been
directly or indirectly guilty of murder.
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New Advertisements.

A select hop will be given at Weitmul-
ler's Garden on Monday evening next. a
good time is promised.
twenty-five years Of trial have strength
ened the popularity Of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters.
A regular meeting Of Camp and Council
No. 3, Order Of Pa.e Faces and Knights Of
Honor. viii be held this evening at hall,
over Fourth National Bank.
J. BlOOmstein, trustee Of y. Friedman,
notifies all persons indebted to said Fried
man to make immediate settlement, and
all persons having claims TO present them
Immediately.
Two hundred pieces Of beautiful new
fa'l prints have been received at the South
crn Palace, III and 113 Church st.
The steamer Eddyville starts on a down
-ivar trip on Saturday next at o'clock
P, N.
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LOTS BOUGHT AT TAX SALES.
Proceedings TO EDjOin n Purchaser
from POssessiOn-An Important De
cIsiOn by Chancellor Cooper.

fr0m POssessiOn-An Important De-
eIsiOn by Chancellor Cooper
AR. Owen and several other parties
filed bills in the Chancery Court, by their
attorney, 7. w. Haley, Esq, to enjoin NJ.
NJ. Brien, ST., from taking possessionof GER
tain real estate, purchased by him at tax
sales. Judge Brien answered the bills in
the case of Owen and one other, and enter
ed a motion TO dissolve the injunctiOus.
Chancellor Cooper in concluding his
opiuion upon the motions said: SIN addi-
ton to these general principles, which are
conclusive Of the motion, there is paTtie-
MAR charge, sustaining established equity,
not met by the answer, and that is, the
charge evidenced by the exhibit TO the bill,
that the figures intended to show the value
of the property and the items of tax are
without any words or signs showing that
thew stand for dollars or cents. This Is a
fatal defect, as held 10y our Supreme Court,
in Randolph vs.. Metcalf, 6 Coldwell, 400;
and by the Supreme Court of the United
States upOn tax laws similar to those OF
this State in Woods vs.. Freeman, l
Wall, sos. The defendants in their
answer deny, it is true, the fact
thus charged and exhibited. But the aux
Hilary evidence OF the IecoIu regularly CG
tilted is sufficient to sustain the bill against
the unsupported denials of the answer, Or
vs.. Lituefeld, ! Wood, Is. 1t was incum-
bent upon the defendants to have supported
their denial by a more perfect transcript.
The denial of the answer only meets the
equally solemn averment Of the bill, and
the certified exhibit turns the scale"
From this abstract Of the opinion, II APP
pears that these tax titles are fatally defec-
tive, unless Judge Brien can show, as he
claims he can, that the copy of the judg-
ment exhibited is not perfect.
This introductory decision of Chaneel-
lor Cooper is an item Of considerable inter
est when it is known that Judge Brien has
purchased at tax sales great many pieces Of
real estate, and has, or may have upon de-
mand, writs of possession 10 GUST the own
ers and take possession.
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PUBLICANs AND SINNERS.
Atlanta Constitution.

There were three of them sitting lazily
upon the platform, looking like cast-iron
tobacco 81 gns. "Dere's goin' to be anoder
'publikin paper here purity soon, de foxes
say" said ono. San We all niggers got to
subscribe, kase de lection is coming nigh
unto hand, said the other. 'SScribe nothins :"
SAID the third one, as he loOsened up his cot
ton suspender; 'I'm done wild dis 'publikin
business, ] is. Didn't I hear de preacher
readin' in de Bible bout de 'publikins?
Why, when de Lord hisself was on de
yeurth dey used to set in de high places at
de front gates Of de towns, an take up
taxes, an 'sesSments from de folks. An
now desc 'publikiGs dOin' de same ting,
don't yer see? Now, dey don't git no more
'seSsments Outen dis niger for no 'leCtions,
'scribins an nOthin'r'
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06

Mr.. J. &. MeiningeT, the musical com,
poser and teacher who, with his lady, is
rusticating during the summer season, de
sires to inform his patrons through our col
umns that he will be on hand at the open
ing Of the fall sessions Of the schools, re-
freshed and reinvigOrated for the prOsecu-
tion Of his calling. Dir. Meininger'S supe-
rior talents are greatly appreciated here,
and he will no doubt have as much as be
can attend to when he returns.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
DECLARED A HOAX.
The Reported Horror in OVertOn
Couuty-NObOdy Murdered There In
1rE,-aa Vaara

To the Union and American:
LIVINGSTON. OyERTON COUNTY,
Tenn, Aug. l., 1S75.-The story publish
ed in your paper Of the 29th inst, concern
inc the murder of peddler named Foster,
Is q hoax. so far as this county is concern
ed. There is no truth in it. No such
murder has been committed in the upper
end nor in any other part Of the county.
There mas not been a murder in this coun-
ty for more than three years past. There
is not a more peaceable and law-abIding
county in the State. Nor is it true that
ten dollars is considered large sum by the
people of this county, though 1t is admitted
that times are hard and the people, many
of them, bankrupted by the war.
As your paper circulates more largely
than any other in this county, and as your
story is calculated to do the county mus
lice I hone YOU will correct it, and set us
right before the public.
Yours, etc. w. W. I'll.
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Eastern Fast Line, eT-
cept Sunday .......
Eastern EXpre,sr, daily.
Eastern Night Express
except Sunday.----...
NJ. Sterling Mail, eE-
cept Sunday...----....
L ,xingtOn Express, eX-
cspt SUndsy.-.......-.
Lagrange AccOmInOda-
ton, except Sunday.
Lagrange AccOmmOda-
ton, except Sunday
81 EbyTille Mail, except
SJn1aT....- ---...-..
helbbyVille Express, ex-
Cspt Sunday...........
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CnrnberIapd University.

One Of the editors Of this paper was pres
ent at the commence ment Of Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn, last year, an
account of which we gave at the time. We
could not attend last June, but judging
from the splendid orations delivered before
the seventy-five graduates by Darby.
Breckenridge, Riddle, Tarrer, Martin and
IindsIey-iust published in pamphlet form
the occasion must have been, in truth, a
feast Of reason and flow Of soul
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
SLAUGHTER OF TIE INNOCENFs.

The enormous mortality among infants
in New Y OTk is attracting much attention.
In one week, recently, there were 934
deaths, of which number 64S, or nearly 20
per cent, we're children under five years of
age. OF this number sos died Of cholera
infantum or diarrheal diseases. The
greater portion Of this mortality has &C.
cured in the districts of the city which
abound in tenement houses, in which fam
lilies are packed away at the rate of nearly
100000 persons to the square mile. A re-
maTkable feature in connection with this
excessive infantile mortality IS the fact
that large prepOnderance Of the deaths
appears among the children Of German pa
rents. Of6iS children who died during the
week mentioned, nearly 40 per ceEt. were
children Of Germans, 2S per cent. Irish, 10
per cent. other natIonalitieS, and p per
cent. the offspring Of natives. The Ger
mans form only about 20 per cent. Of the
population, so that, in proportion
to their numbers, the mortality is
very high. Although the Irish-bOrn
exceed the German element il our city,
it is believed that the married Germans are
as numerous as the married Irish. The
former, as a rule, get married at a very
Irishmen who arrive here unmarried do not
enter the married state in such numbers
and at so early an age as The Germans.
The Germans, too, have larger families,
and their wives are not, taken as a class, OF
such robust constitution as the Irish moth
ers. The difference in the rate Of mortality
between these two classes is certainly re-
markable. Taking the childrsn in both
classes as equal N numbers, there must be
some latent cause for the excessive mortal
ity among the Germans The mortality
among the children Of native parents is low
considering their proportion to the entire
population; but this low mortality arises
from the fact that the death-rate among the
children Of the wealthy classes, the great
majority of whom are Americans, is very
small indeed. Where the infant population
is well cared for, where there is good and
wholesome food and a suticiency Of Il,
where the houses are well ventilated, and
where defective drainage does not exist,
there the mortality will be found below
the average.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
Additions 10 the Corps of City Teach

At an adjourned meeting Of The Board Of
Education night before last, the following
additional teachers were elected TO posi-
tons in the city public schools: Miss Sarah
Hunt. Miss Matte Shepherd, Miss Hattie
r. Cotton, Mrs. A. d. OtteTsOn, and Mr..
Tbos RraOnan
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ruiamaH Palace DraWng-rOOm and Sleeping
Oars from St. L,0uis, Cincinnati and Columbus
TO Washington and Baltimore without change
OF cars.
Through tickets and further information can
b3 obtained at the principal Ticket Offices
throughout the West, Southwest and North
west THOS. P. BARRY, Western Passenger
A Iy.r.t- Cincinnati.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
A WINNING Project.

At McClure's Hall, Edgefeld, on the
evening Of the 18th inst, an ice cream fes-
tival and dancing sOiree will be given by
the ladies Of st. COLUMBIA Church for the
benefit Of their choir. Tickets admitting
gentleman and lady, or ladies, fifty cents
4 good string band will be on hand and a
fine time is promised, tripping the light
fantas ic and eating the cooling cream be
tween sets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06

NJ. T. BOwDEEI school-teaeher at st.
James, La, tiled a pocket with advertis-
ing limitations Of greenbacks, and when
somebody at the village store offered to bet
on something, be drew out a hendful, say
ing, snake it $500 and I'll take you"
Most Of the by-standers saw the character
of the supposed money, and laughed at the
Joke, but not so Karl Ahlberg, an ignorant
Swede, who regarded the bills as genuine
and the amount as a fortune. He there
fore enticed BOwden into a stable, where
he murdered him with a shovel, secured
tine worthless roll Of paper, buried the
body, and fed.
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FOUR .aTTE.FTKOT!
THE UNION AND AMERICAN
IsPrePaTed to execute every description Of
JOB PAINTING
IN THE BEST STYLE AND ON FIRST
CLASS MATERIAL.

THE PTTRIIJ MAKE A GRAVE MIS-
tg.xe when they 20 OF send North and East
for work that can be as well and as cheaply done
chants viii find upon comparison Of work and
E,rices. that they can do better in the Job Rooms
r. The Union and American than they VIII DO
nv going abroad, and that Il Is great mistake
~ lsss1r9s that work done at q distance Is neces
ssriIV better than they can obtain at hOms.
TbeJ should remember thatthe more work they
have performed by their neighOOrs, the better
able will their neighbOrs be 70 DO tine work. and
the more they do abroad, the more they Will
have to do abroad, because there viii be Moth
ing to induce hrst-class printers to come and re-
main among us.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
Recovery Of n valuable Animal.

Detective Sam Fields returned home yes
teTday from Dixon county, where he recOv-
cred a fine mare, stolen several months ago
from Anderson CEeatham, cOlored, living
about two miles from the city on the Muir
treesbOrO pike.
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M AnnIc Trade Id HIc.mnn.

This year the country surrounding
Hickman, KY, has produced an unusually
large amount of apples, and that place is
doing q driving business in this fruit, it
being estimated that more apples are ship
ped from there than any other place on the
Mississippi river. A very excellent kind of
an apple can be bought there for $3.50 per
barrel. The train that left Hickman yes
to-day morning brought several carloads TO
Union City.
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GOOD TEMPLAR NOTES,
Dedication OF the Hail I'm North Nash.
willie Postponed.

The dedication of the new Good Temp
lars hall in North Nashville did not take
place last night, in consequence Of the
Grand Worthy Chief Templar not coming
out. A note was received stating that he
would be out at 10 O'Clock; but he did not
get there, and at IL the Lodge adjourned
without the hall being dedicated. Wander
bilt Lodge, No. 70, the one that meets in
the new hall, last night elected J. L. Wells
as regular and Geo. H. Thomas as alternate
delegate TO the Grand Lodge.
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The gauge marked Is feet at 3 P. N. yes
49, 80 IL -.--.-- -...---- .L---l--

The gauge marked IS feet at 3 P. NJ. yes
terday, with the river rising slowly.
There were no arrivals or departures.
The Eddyville is advertised for Cairo to-
morrow at p. NJ, as usual.
PTTTsBURG, Aug. 5.-River Il feet 6
inches, and falling fast here and at points
above. Weather clear and pleasant.
CINCINNATI, Aug 5.-River "a feet 2
inches at 10 A. NJ, and rising at the rate
of one inch per hour. Weather partly
cloudy.
EVANSVILLE, Aug. 5.-RiveI 80 40
feet on the gauge, and rising slowly.
Weather partly cloudy; rain this morning;
clearing up tonight. Mercury 20 to 81.
CAIRO, Aug. 5.-Riyer A feet inches;
risen 6 inches since 7 o'clock last night.
Heavy rain last night. Weather clear and
warm.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5.-River fallen 1 foot
and has declined p inches since it began
to recede. Weather cloudy and warm.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
AN ELEPHANT PICKS A YOUNG
WOMAN's POCKET
Correspondence Kansas City Times.

Correspondence AdlAea. lily ALluEe-
On Tuesday the entire population, ex-
cept blind woman and Rouse, went over
to see Queens great show and have a nice
time. \ young lady from across the Jersey
took her sutton and an Opera-glass. The
young lady says she thought the perform
ance real romantic until she stopped to see
the elephant.
She wore one of those pockets behind, in
which, besides her handkerchief, she had
deposited an apple, a handful of peanuts,
quarter of a pound Of gumdrOps, little
bottle of ammonia, and some other tTifleS.
She and her swain, af ter admiring the com
plexion of the huge beast, turned their
backs upon him 10 watch the monkeys and
the live kangaroo, and gaze into each 9TH
er's eyes; to do this the better they leaned
back against the rope which inclOSed
the stately monarch, who saw the
apple protruding from the pocket Of the
unconscious fair one. He hesitated mo-
ment, and was lost to all sense of honor or
self-respect, for with shufiiing movement he
emUlated the example of our common
mother, plucked and ate the fruit, returned
to the pocket and scOOped out the gum drops
and peanuts, with a sly wink at his nephew,
who was looking on with anxiety az the
proceeding. But in the last mOuthiUl the
majestic beast took in the ammonia bottle
by mistake, the cork came out, and
about an ounce of hartshorn ran
down the throat Of the Greedy
beast. This beverage is said - have q re-
viving and stimulating influence, and iB
this case it proved its power, for az
revived elephant was never seen - Lore
With a wild yell he grabbed - Al earth.
ance behind the lady WI' sne protuber-
cause of his DISC In had been the
bacIn some be- -.OeT; she was ''pulled
trunk ys"' .Ore, but as the exasperated
ali = .-.ked at the hustle and accessories,
-Ormer attempts at that style of wearing
gear seemed pale and sickly; everything was
'pulled back until the young woman
looked like the statue Of Niobe in blue
calico. The young man with great pres
elce Of mind shouted ''shOO," and the gen
tlemanly clerk Of the elephant, with long
prod, persuaded the beast to let up. But
the fun was over for the day; cake had no
charms, and soda no balm for these two
souls, who walked home with but a single
thought about wild animals,
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Am Alleged Tim.TaPPer In Limbo.

J. b. Hayes was arrested by officer WO-
mack last night, at the instance Of Joseph
Blum, on the charge Of en- attempt to COM
NIT robbery. 1t is said Hayes was In Mr..
Blums store on College street, and when
the proprietor stepped ont for a moment,
he made an effort TO tap the till, and that
when he tried to pull open the drawer he
was astonished-Oy the ringing Of a bell,
which led to his detection, He Was locked
up in the wOrk-house to await an investi-
CATION.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
C..ttoI Hin Concert.

The Post Band will discourse the follow
inc select pieces this evening at the Capt.
tOl:
l. Fifth Regiment Quickstep.
?. Song, My Poor Heart is Sad with Its
Dreaming.
3. Selections from Martha.
/. Love Among the Roses.
3. Birthday Festival, Polka.
6. First Schottisch.
:. Over Land and Sea, GalOpade.
The band viii, as usual, give its Sunday
evening concert at the garrison.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-06
The Mississippi At Hickman

The Mississippi river is now as high al
Hickman, KY, as it was during the big
flood last spring, and is still rising. There
was a very heavy rain storm at that place
Wednesday night, and the water did much
damage, not only TO crops, but III various
other ways.