Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-25
UNION AND AMERICAN.
TENNESSEE NEWS.

its capacity VIII soon be increased TO I'VE
thousand.
Bacchus ard Bish, the two desperadoes
who escaped fiOm jail at JonesbOrO las
week. were recaptured by a posse Of col
OTed men.
Mayor Huff, of Macon, Ca, has been in
specting the Chattanooga Gasworls with
view 10 the erection Of similar works in
the former city.
Tie taxpayers Of Greene county are
clubbing together, and propose testing the
cOnstitutiOnality Of the dog law, by carrying
it to the Supreme Court.
The building now occupied by the Mem
phis Chamber Of Commerce and Cotton
Exchange is to be torn down and one bet
ter adapted for the purpose erected.
Washington is entitled to the honor Of
having Just instituted the first County
Grange in East Tennessee, under the new
Constitution for sIch organizations.
DR.. Hcerner, Of Memphis, who is now in
Europe. has sent back TO the German CAST
no of that city all elegant banner, represent
ing the national c0l0rs Of Naterland.
The merchants Of Gadsden, Crockett
county, have sold cut two stocks Of goods
this spring, aud are now getting rid Of their
third. Not very suggestive Of hard times,
this.
Two Memphis amateurs have a pigeon
shooting match this week for $500; thirty
single birds, twenty-one yards rise, eighty
yards boundary; ten double birds, eighteen
yards rise.
Mrs. Alice Kennedy, wife Of Thos. G.
Kennedy, dropped dead in Chattanooga,
Saturday morning as she was getting out Of
bed. A POS -mOTtem examination showed
that she died of heart disease.
DR.. Linvilie II. Mynatt, a prominent
Radical politician, who served in the State
Constitutional Convention Of 1866, and
was a member Of the Legislature Of 1867
Is. died in Knoxville last Saturday.
The election for officers and county seat
for the newly formed county of Bell takes
place on the 18th Of June. Grand juno
ton, La GRANGE, Salisbury and other
points will contest for the county seat.
The third murder committed in Lauder
dale county within three weeks is chrOu-
icied by the Ripley NelCS. James ThOmp-
son killed Crockett Gimp in a rencounter
growing ont Of depTejations committed by
the latfer's stock.
Under the new charter Of Memphis, Al
deTmen ana Councilmen are not entitled TO
paw. vet & motion made by a Councilman
not TO paw such salaries was voted down.
last week. which would look as if the City
Fathers intend collecting pay in violation
Of the charter.
Inc distinguished gentlemen who have
Ieen so anxious about the state Of Judge
=. z. Gillenwaiers' heallh-thOugh not, of
course, with any view TO tie succession
viii be delighted 10 learn that he is well
again, and has resumed his seat upon the
bench.
The Memphis wateT-w0Tks sale has ended
I'm a muddle which has produced a prolific
crop Of iDiUuCti0ns a. the iuStigati0u Of
rival bOndh0lders and wOUld-be owners Of
Wolf river Water. Memphis, the Ledger
says. is not especially interested in the fight,
as the waterworks have so far proven a Ia
mentaOle failure in every respect.
After having interviewed several men,
beTs Of the Legislature. the editor of the
LOU30R Times says be is not able to find
ssOHe who voted for the dog law. the jury
law, tie fence law. the law regulating con-
tracts, the squirrel law, the path law, the
fish law, the partridge o. HCachers' law
Perhaps q copy Of the journals would be in
order.
Henry Names. of LaUderdale county, in
forms TIE Ripley Nslrs that he sbeaged,
last week. % pounds 81 wool from four
lambs. The Nelrs says: This wool Is, at
the lowest calculation, worth fifty cents a
pound, and As it costs next to nothing to
raise the sheep it is easy to see where the
profit comes IN. If the dog law is enforced
sheep raising can be made profitable in
this section
Query by the Chattanooga Times: as it
possible that the fact that the construction
of the Cincinnati Southern Railway may
give Mr.. Garrett, Of the B. and D. r. r.,
an opportunity to break up the monopoly
enjoyed by Nr. Z. Scott, Of the PenRsyiva-
MIA Railroad, has anything TO DO with the
opposition to the Southern Railroad by the
Cincinnati Commercial and some other
parties i'm Cincinnati who are interested in
Mr.. SCOTS welfare
The editor Of the Chattanooga Times
has received q letter from Gen. G. G..
Dibrell, in which be states that, in Cbedi-
ence TO request Of the Secretary Of War;
he has recommended John L. GOCdall, of
White county, for app0iutWeul as a cadet
at West Point, vice ". NJ. Alexander, Of
McMiun. rejected. He received notice of
the vacancy two weeks agO-tUO late to
convene a hoard Of examiners. rs the can
didate must be at West Point June 10.
Black marble has been discovered on
ChiIh0wee Mountain, near the Little Ten
nessee river, in BlOunt county. The
MWuUe Republican says it has been test
ed Ly 81. Louis experts, who pronounce il
genuine and Of q superior quality. The
vein is iueEhaUstihle, and so situated that
the Little Tennessee can he used as
means Of transportation. Steamboats, run
up that far Nlurng the boating seasons.
Messrs. j. VI. Greer ard !. G. NJ Boyle, of
haTyvilie, have purchased several hundred
acres Of the marble land and will COM
mence work Immediately.
Alamo las had o gold sensation, of
which the Crockett County Sg.'iHi gives
the following account: "a gentleman came
to town aud told Of The finding Of from
$1,000 TO 5000 in gold on Pie McLamuTe
farm about seven miles tron Bells, part
of which farm lies in this and part in
Madison county. H. seems that about d.
600 in gold was buried by Mr.. Sugars Nc
Lem0re during the war. and he died with
out telling any one OF The barred treasures
locality. The amount reported 90 lave
been found was under the roofs rf cherry
tree"
We End tLe following announcement IN
the HrHIaI# journal: ell. ErAt meet
inc of De West Tennessee Pathological
Society will be held at Gads'en, og Sat
urday. Tile 18Th instant. Sc are requested
90 state shat al fruit growers, whether
amateurs us growers for profit, in West
Teunes>ra, are cordially invited 90 connect
themselves With this association. /. Will
. cost them almost nothing, and the benefits
tobe derived are obvious enough. Meet the
association at Gs5sa-r the -H-h. au3 con-
meet yourself with 81, ala vCW Who ale az all
interested in the raising Of fruits ia West
Tennessee
"Hog Law. or no Hog Law" is The mo-
mentous issue that now aEigates Knoxville.
The mav0rial back is up, and il has been
decreed that every vagrant porker shall 90
TO the public pen. Staub, the Press and
IIeru15 declares, is "about the last man in
town 80 be scared from the performance Of
his duty" by such threats as ihis-a sample
of several auouym0us letters recently re-
Ceivcd by His Honor: "TLe Grst hog that
will he pened up y0u may look out for the
burning of your Dwelling house It is ina
tireal TO Us If al your famaly is i'm the
house they viii have The same chance to
get burned as the burning viii be don by
night there Is TO time specified we will
watch our own time.
According TO the Memphis La7ygr. the
editorial corps of the Hgg'meLe is com
p0spd of drinking men. eyraut two ono IF