Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-11
III OVER TIKI CITY.

The Board of Health viii meet this az
ternoon at 4 o'clock.
The Holy Trinity Sunday-schOOl have a
picnic next Saturday week.
They are still charging ten cents on the
North Nashville street railroad
David Vanpelt and James Wilson, de-
serters from Ash Barracks, have been cap
tured at Ironton, o.
A train leaving Nashville about 4 A. NJ.
for Louisville viii probably be put on, the
latter part Of this month.
The Water-gorks Committee and the
| special committee on the TTimble school
petition held meetings yesterday afternoon.
The Cedar street gates to the Capitol
grounds are now kept open till 8 P. NJ, till
which hour every evening visitors are ad-
mitted.
A lady whose 'modesty forbids" giving
her name sends us a brief poem. Our
modesty forbids its publication on that &C
count.
The work Of tearing down the old bridge
on North Cherry street, and building a cul-
vert over Lick Branch, was commenced
yesterday.
Sixty young people have Joined the First
Presbyterian Church during the past few
weeks, thirty-nine of whom became mem-
bers last Sunday.
Justice Baskette's docket for the o u
years and a few months that he has been a
magistrate in this city shows that he has
entered up 1908 judgments.
The meeting of the Committee OF
| Arrangements on decorating the Contede-
rate graves, was postponed from yesterday
| till > O'Clock this afternoon.
Sunday, about $50 cOlOred people were
baptized in the Cumberland at the upper
landing. The baptism was witnessed by
a very large crowd, both white and black.
The storm of Sunday evening blew down
/ the smoke stack Of the Maxwell House, but
it was replaced yesterday. A good deal OF
| window glass was smashed in various pOr-
tiOns Of the city.
The Mayer is preparing a bill, on behalf
| Of the Board Of Health, to be submitted
| to the City Council, with the view of pro
| viding the city with a system Of sewerage,
than which nothing IS more needed.
Back Tax Collector elect, Saunders, has
| instituted mandamus proceedings in the
Circuit Court to get possession of revenue
books in the hands Of the counter-claim-
ants to the exercise of the Office Of Back
Tax Collector.
The officers, Executive ana
working members Of the State Teachers
Association meet this day at > p. NJ, in
Judge Watson's Office, Bank of Tennessee
building. Business Ct great Importance
will come up.
The grand cup drill of the Knights
Templar at Chattanooga was witnessed by
Gen. ~PennypackeT, who remarked that
"the work performed by the Nashville
Knights Ohe ~victOrs) would have done
credit to a company Of welldrilled sol
diers."
The jurisdiction Of magistrates in civil
cases was increased by the recent act q
the General Assembly to include sums OF
$1,000, and in criminal cases TO embrace
punishment for vagrancy. We have heard
already Of suits being brought before magis-
trates to recover debts exceeding $500
which was the old limit; but we have failed
to hear Of a raid being made on the bat
talions of Migrants that lOiter about some
of our street corners. Let the public ser
wants who are responsible pitch in and I'll
up all the available space in the county
work-house before stopping.