Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-15

DR.. Maxwell, Master Ofthe State Grange,
addressed meeting Of Changers one thou
sand strong, at Rock Greek Church, Frank
/ lin county, last week.
According to the Winchester Home
Journal, there ought to be some distinc-
| tiOn in the taxation Of dogs, as nobody
ever heard Of sheep-killing 6ce.
The local man Of the Memphis Ledqer.
/ who has probably "been there remarks
/ sagely that "a cup Of strong coffee neutral
izes the effects Of strong drink"
l. Some Of the disappointed Hungarians
who shook the dust Of Tennessee of the ir
sabOts, have hired themselves to farmers in
the neighbOrhOOd Of Louisville.
When the Dyer County PrOgreSs saws.
mysteriOusly, "'Big Bonanza is her name
give her rOOm," we suspect there has
been hefty addition TO the editorial
family.
The weather for the past week has been
magnificent for farming operations, and
Tennessee's hOrny-handed tillers Of the
soil are putting in all the work that can be
got out Of man and beast.
"Half intoxicated rOWdies have ruled
JonesbOrO long enough already is the
mild way the journal puts it, from which
We infer that whole dTunks are few and far
between in that virtuOus little burg.
Reporters have been in the habit Of
smoking cheap cigars at meetings of the
Memphis City Council, as "a sanitary pre-
caution against more diSagreeable eflluyia,"
but putis Of that kind are forbidden for the
future.
Mayor Harrison, of Franklin. has issued
proclamation requesting the citizens .pf
that place to suspend business next Thurs
day and celebrate the Mecklenburg Cen
tennial. meeting has been called tOmake
the necessary arrangements.
A Bethesda correspondent Of the Frank
Tin ReUielg and Journal says many negroes
are going to Kansas, but a great many more
are going into peoples cOn-cribs, smoke
houses and hen-rOOsts fer sOmethingtO keep
body and soul together.
The copy Of the Ulster COutg Gazette.
dated Jan. 4, 1890, from which the Spring.
field Record quotes two columns Of Seen
tennial Reading Matter is a fac simile
II was gotten up, a few years ago, by in
geniOus sWindIers and sold by thousands
throughout the country.
Washington county doctors are eXchano-
ing lists OF their delinquent patients. their
own patience having been long AGO ex-
hausted at the general backwardness in
coming forward 20 pay up. Hereafter, the
rule will be-no fee, no physic.
The MUfreeSbOrO NeIrS states that an
old man named r. d. Gibson, who was
living with David Travis, in the eastern
portion Of Rutherford county, committed
suicide on Tuesday, by hanging himself
with bride rein, in an clubhouse.
The MurfreesbOrO District Conference
will begin its session at Smvrna on Thurs
day night, May 20, by a sermon from
Bishop Marvin, who will preside at the
Conference. 1t is also expected that the
Bishop will preach at Smyrna on Sunday,
May ..
II. Clay Evans, who succeeded Gen. vii
der In the superintendency Of the Rock
wood, ROane county, iron furnace, has re-
Gently resigned, and the position has been
rendered Mai. Rees, who, until recently.
filled the position Of treasurer and ag0nt Of
the company.
A cOlOred church al Salem, five miles
from Brownsville, was burned BY iucendia-
ries, Monday night. It is said that there
has been recently a very bitter split in the
church, and that it was a house entirely
divided against itself. DUST before the fire,
neigbbOrs heard loud talking in the church,
and on approaching the church smelt the
fumes Of coal oil. A strange way, as the
Brownsville Democrat says, to settle a
church quarrel.
Some two or three weeks AGO a tanuerv
near Sparta was burned by James Hatfield,
a notorious desperadO. lie male his es-
cape at the time, and was at large until |
Wednesday morning, when he was cap
tured in Chattanooga. The Commercial /
says: "AbOut two o'clock A. II. officers /
Bell and Hunt, who had been on the look |
out for the criminal, hunted down and can
tured him in KeteTsOn's building. He is /
now safely lodged in Jail, awaiting the ar /
rival Of the White county officials
The Henderson 1idrOcqte thus explains |
how the proposed new county of Wisdom /
gets its name: at was named in honor Of |
William ). Wisdom, Esq, Of McNairy |
county, one Of the pioneers Of West Ten /
neSsee, and public benefactOrtO to the coun-
ty Of McNairT. HundTedz Of citizens in /
that county are indebted 20 him for the /
homes they now occupy. lie was one OF /
the kindest-h hearted men that ever lived, /
and was universally beloved by all his ac-
quaintanees.'
The following announcement from Col. /
7. II. Reeves, chairman Of the Committee /
of Arrangements, appears in the JOResJOrO /
Journal: q saw President johnson vester-
day, and he said that, if he could possibly i
do so, he would attend the East Tennessee
Farmers Convention at JOnesbOrO. next |
Tuesday. We shall expect him, Col. /
Charlton, Col. y. G.. TAYLOR ard Grand :
Master VIM. Maxwell t. be present, as also
Hon. WA. Mcfarland, our Congressman,
and many other distinguished gentlemen
Ompeople, in some Of the counties, are
paying up their taxes with wonderful
prOmptness, hard IS are the times. The !
PUlGSk5 Citizen says: "The assessment for
Giles county for 1874 was So, 1929, and
our collector, W. c. Lewis, has collected
and paid over SCs3,6iG.Ig. Thus by q
mathematical calculation &C. will be seen
that Mr.. Lewis has collected and paid over
IS! cents in the dOllas, while the Bedford
has col ected only $ an.I Mar
shall only 81, This, 100, when he had a
much larger amount to collect than either.r
The Kingston Eat TeaneSseean learns
through one Of the attorneys in the case.
that The private sale Ofthe Oakdale furnace |
property by the trustee some time AGO
which only awaited the action Of tse Chan
cery Court in the perfection Of tisIe 20 some
OF the land, IS now ignored by the pur-
chasing parties, they backing square out Of
the arrangement. The property is under
stood to be in the market again, and, if not
disposed Of before, will probably be put up
and said to the highest bidder at the ex-
piratiOn OF the twelve months from the
time the trustees were appointed.
Thomas Bryant and bis son, residing ]
in White Horn District, HaWkins county,