Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-04-17
TENNEssEE NEWS.
Paris wants A cornet band.
Maury county IS catching trout.

Maury county is catching trout.
Jonesboro has haunted house.
Town lOafers are preferred to fam
ers for juries at Paris, at this season
| Wheat reports are very favorable in
different parts of the State
l17,GoO dozen eggs shipped from
Bristol in March.
A bald eagle, seven feet from tip 70
tip, was killed in Lawrence county
last week.
Commodore Vanderbilt is expected
to visit Nashville in October, when the
| University will be dedicated.
Alamo has four prisoners in jail:
two for insanity, one for perjury and
one for assault and battery.
Robert Hamilton, living on Suggs
creek, Wilson county, WAS killed by
two unknown men, after dark, in his
orchard.
The spelling contests at the Howard
| School, Nashville, were made interest
| ing by the voices of 1000 children in
the SAME building.
The reports of wheat, bluegrass,
corn and fruit in Cannon county are
very good. Stock is doing well on
grass alone.
The Brownsyilie Democrat annOun-
ces that the paper will be conducted
bv Wilo Haywood and John X. Green
the former having bought out the in
terest of I. +. Weedin.
Farmers report 10 Knoxville Chrun-
icle that wheat there is looking re-
markably we'll If nothing unfavOra-
bic IS further developed the yield in
East Tennessee will be enormous.
Huntingdon Times We learn from
Mr.. John G Hin, OF Buena Vista, that
a negro woman living near that place
gave birth 10 twins on the goth ult-,
that had 10 fingers, not including the
thumbs.
Columbia Herald: Mai. John 3. Al
derson said, last Tuesday about zen
O'Clock, that he had not tasted = drop
Of liquor OF any kind in thiFty-seyen
yeou=s twenty-five days and nineteen
Gus
latest nh1'sentsl- Holm A .-e.' -
architect Of the cOuiv-,L-.,, G, spent sew
sral davs here this week, Matching the
progress and Inspecting the--Eork on
that building. He says contractor
Crandell is adhcring strictly TO Nthe
specifications.
Paris Intelligencer: His EXcellency,
Gov. James ID. Porter, spent a few
days very pleasantly with his old
friends in our city last week. He Is
looking very we'll, and bears the bur
den of State duties and responsibilities
with ease, dignity and grace.
The Press and Herald informs US that
the Peabody schools in Tennessee, to
which aid has been promised, villas
the conditions shall be complied with
be paid Off by Col. John NJ. Flem-
ing, whose address hereafter will be
Two thousand negroes in Williamson
county have the Kansas fever, and are
to leave Tennessee. Ap-
plicatiJn was made TO the captain Of
steamboat 70 convey five hundred fam
lilies from Nashville TO ST. Louis on
their way to the land Of freedom.
Huntingdon Times: The residence
Of VIM. Massey, in the 10th district,
was burned down on Sunday last
Nearly all the furniture was saved.
II was a new heuse, and was valued at
s., 600. How the fire originated we
failed 70 learn.
Huntingdon Times; The stables Of
VIM. Gregory, near Hart's mill in this
were destroyed by fire on
March 3lst- lie had a
good deal of hay, corn and fodder
slowed away in them; which was all
How the fire originated is
not known.
Upon reliable information, the Nor
ristown Gazette states that the pros
peeA very large fruit crop this
seasdS better than for many past
yeazE-N NpFe heavy frost which Visited
u slst<gsd sday night being followed by
dr3 id not d image the fruit or veg
ell3lss in this vicinity.
The Franklin r view and Joarna
says Hon. Edmund Cooper is gaining
great glory in Bedford county, by lend
ing his money out TO his poor neigh
bors; in order to save their families
from stary ryation, And TO euable them Ia
make crop. lie has already loanel
out ten thousand dollars at six per
cent. and on their honor.
The Fayetteville Observer observes
that the growing wheat is very prom
ising. Except in some low lands that
were long under water, the reports are
favorable for an unusually heavy crop.
OF course, it has to take the chances
for rust etc, but if it meets with no
disaster, plenty will be made f1r home
use and TO spare.
Morristown Gazette: One school dis
trict in Greene county has had Il ten
months school each year since the war
and but one misdemeanor case in the
court. Those people are all willing 70
pay their school tax. Take note Of
this fact, dear reader, when you talk
so strongly about the public school
system being machine for wasting
money.
Humboldt Journal: The Quarterly
County Court, Monday, elected J. n.
Mcdaniel, of Dyer Station, County
Tax Assessor, and levied a poll tax OF
one dollar, and a property tax of 10
cents for school purposes. The salary
of the County Superintendent of pub
lie instruction was not passed upon,
but was postponed to the June term.
at which time sthe amount will be
fixed.
Sheriff Alexander informs US that
Clavt Moore is busy enlargiDg his tan
yard, making vats, engaging a fresh
and large supply of tanbark, securing
new tanners, in order TO meet the le-
mand that will soon be made on him
when the dog law goes into operation.
W. B. Wood has been appointed special
agent TO collect dog hides on the north
side Of Duck kRiver.-COlumbia Herald.
Gallatin Examiner: There is cOnsid-
erable opposition to the dOg-law passed
by the late General Assembly, and its
will create 4 stir IN some
portions of the cOunty-and this in
view of the fact that, last year, accord
ing to the report of the Department of
800 sheep were killed by
dogs in Sumner county which were re-
I,orted, which does not represent the
full number by a considerable per cent.
Lord Dog is an autocrat in Sumner.
Huntingdon Times: One night last
week a negro woman who was enceiRte
was driven out of the house of ne
gro family here, and after making va
rious unsuccessful applications TO 9th
ers of her race for shelter, finally gave
birth to a child alone at IL o'clock at
night, on the East Paris street, wrapped
up her child with a part Of her dress
torn for the purpose and walked mile
or 80 in the country before sly found
shelter.
Memphis Appeal: The Gibson coun-
ty prisoners, indicted by the United
States Court for alleged conspiracy.
were acquitted yesterday by the iurv
in obedience to the recommendation
Of Judges EmmOns and Ballard. that
the evidence in the case did not sus.
tain the charge and was not sufficient
to convict. The charge to the Jury
was very important and full, and the
courtroom was jammed with citizens
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