Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-20
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Knoxville Iron Company is shipping
marble 10 Cleveland, Ohio.
The Young folks at Lebanon are to have
| q picnic at the Hermitage next Saturday.
XenOphen Wheeler, of Chattanooga, de-
livers the Decoration Day address at Knox
| vile.
MorristoWn had only one whisky-mill
until recently; now she has two, with a
| third on the stocks.
The Doak family has furnished twenty
five preachers in five generations. Also
one first-class editor.
Arrangements are being made for a re-
union of East TenneSseeans who served in
the Federal army during the war.
Lager-lOving Memphis received ten car
loads of the Teutonic tipple, Sunday. She
manages to worry down about that much
twice a week.
Hon. II. Casey Young delivered an ad-
dress at the annual picnic Of the SOcieta
dURione Fratellauza Italiana, near Mem
phis, yesterday.
a young son of Frank Smith, living on
Yellow creek, Montgomery county, was
bitten by mad dog some time ago and
now has hydrophobia.
The First National Bank of GAINESVILLE
has 100000 circulation outstanding; indi-
vidual deposits subject to check, S94, 463.S6;
resources, 1888, S9O.25.
The uniform of Company A, Irish Vol
unteers, of Memphis, is grey, trimmed
with black, similar to that worn by the
Eighth regiment of New York city.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Memphis and Kansas City Railroad is to
be held at Hopefeld, Ark, opposite Mem
phis, June 1, to see what can be done about
putting it through.
''The Good Templars of this city and vi
cinity 'excuTsionize' to Coal Creek, on
Thursday" is the way the pencil punisher
of the RnOIUille Press and Herald puts il.
Excoriate him, Bob!
The operation of the new law giving
magistrates jurisdiction over certain classes
of nisdemeanors, is rough on the police
court shysters at Memphis, who complain
that their occupation is all but gone.
Clinton Clink, Memphis fireman and
hard drinker, committed suicide by taking
morphine, Saturday. His female 'friend, ;"
a Mrs. Clarke, had done the same thing a
few days before, and he felt bad over it.
On Monday, a difficulty occurred on
Main street, Knoxville, between Recorder
]. K. Love and Vim. G. Bailey, in which
the latter was knocked down and beaten
by his herculean opponent. Love went
out Of town remarking that he would
straighten it up with the Recorder on his
return.
Wartburg, Morgan county, has had jail
delivery. As the jaileF opened the door to
hand in their ratiOns, the prisoners, several
of whom were confined for murder OF rob-
berry, made rush, knocked him down and
effected their escape. Getting out Of the
average Tennessee jails is almost as easy as
falling Off log.
Another Of the nations wards, working
on section 14l, Cincinnati Southern rail-
road, west of Huntsville, Scott county,
passed in mis- checks Sunday morning.
There had been a little disagreement be-
tween two Of the laboreIs, the cheerful
crack of a pistol was heard on the Sabbath
air, and they buried him quietly 1t dusk.
The killing is declared to have been
wholly unustifiable, and the murderer
quickly left for parts unknown.
The CldrkSUilie Tobacco Leaf says Of
BristOw's whisky raid: sit does not affect
Robertson nor our locality, nor Louisville.
In every view of the case the great masses
of the people are interested in seeing that
the laws are executed. They are a great
hardship on a few interests, especially
whisky and tobacco; while, just as the
Democrats argued, the high taxes tempt
both dealers and officials to engage IN these
revenue frauds, which are almost inevita-
bly, detected. We believe our people here
comply substantially with the revenue
laws with reference to both whisky and
tobacco"