Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-22
ALL OVER TIE CITY.

The Washington Guards have disbanded,
but will reorganize at an early day under q
new name.
The Porter Rifles meet this evening at
their armory for the transaction Of impOr-
tant business.
Detective w. p. Watson went out to
Williamson county, yesterday, and recOv-
cred another stolen Nurse.
With the present arrangements for grav-
elling the streets, about one thousand bush
e's Of gravel are placed on our thorough
fares every day.
Our sanctum was invaded last night by
several grasshOppers who looked over the
Western exchanges to see when the main
army would be or.
The Stonawalls will play a match game
of base ball with the West Nashville Club,
for the champion bat, at o'clock to NOR
row afternoon, in the sulphur spring bot
tom.
On Union street, between College and
Market, there is kept hooking bird with a
strong penehant for @MOllie Darling" IL
can whistle the first seven notes Of that
afiectiOnate ballad in the most touching
manner.
Printers alley was the scene Of disas-
IiIA9 runaway 4dAoN l1lElA AAGAAAN A@Ast
cOlOred, was moving some household fur
niture in a cart, when his horse took fright
and ran away, throwing Henry and the
load of and smashing the cart. Henry had
10 be taken to the nearest neighbours for
repairs.
One day last week, couple Of young
men, well known in Nashville business
circles, went up the Cumberland on a fish,
ing excursion. Growing tired Of piscatO-
rial sport, they amused themselves for some
time in chasing a COW over a lawn. The
COW has since died, and her owner was in
town yesterday looking for the boys to set
sixty dollars.
The SeG etary of the Nashville Bar As
ISOLATION has ready for distribution 2U0
printed copies Of the Constitution and
Bylaws of the Association. AT
last accounts the Library Committee
had secured the subscription of $50 to 500
volumes for the Advocates library. The
same subscribers promise more in case the
efforts Of the committee prove entirely sue
csssful.
a suburban merchant, whose place Of
| business is located on the MurfreesbOTO
| pike, just beyond the limits Of the city,
| says that, during one Of the recent thunder
| storms, he observed a 'sball Of lightning
Of the size Of his fist fall to the ground
near his store, aud went directly to the
spot where it fell, finding a little heap OF
ashes, which he claims was all that was left
/ o. the fiery ball,
The Jubilee Singers, now in England,
were present at the annual meeting Of the
FTeedmen's Missions Aid Society which
was recently held at City Temple, London.
| They were warmly welcomed by a very
| large audience and their songs much ap-
| plaUded. Addresses were delivered by the
| Earl Of ShaG esbury, and others, but most
interest was manifested by the audince in
the remarks of one Of the Singers, +. j.
LoudiH.
The keeping Of canary and other pet
| birds bids fair to be an expensive luxury
the coming season. The canary seed crop,
| which is raised almost altogether in Spain,
| Smyrna, and Sicily, is not more than a
| third of what il usually is, and shrewd
| spectators in this country and in Europe
have bought it all up for a corner in the
market. For the last five months the price
| steadily rose from $3.50 to 50 per bushel,
and recently it made leap to So. The
| price Of seed has not te5n so high in the
| last twenty-five years, and there seems to
| be no prospect of IFS being any lower.
| About one thousand bushels Of seed are
consumed monthly in this country and in
| Europe.