Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-04
TENNESSEE NEWS.

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manning as editor and Jesse.
We understand that vii, sharp, Esq;
a prominent lawyer Of Humboldt, died
very suddenly Monday night. Being
slightly unwell lac took an uvesduse OF
morphine, which proved fatal.-Milan
Exchange.
Bolivar Bulletin: The revival which
has been i'm progress for three weeks at
the Methodist Church Is still doing much
good. Great interest has been manifest
ed and even the hardcst-hearted have
felt its force. May it, blessings reach far
and wide.
The Dycrsburg Safe Gazette states that
the tobacco crop of Dyer county l. look
ing spl. ndid, and that from present in
dIcatiOns the cotton crops Of the county
for 1873 will the heaviest ever raised in
that ssCticn.
Memphis Appeal: We le1rdcd yester-
day that J. II. Mcneil, formerly of lay
lOr, McEwen 81 Co, of this city, and for
many years planter in Arkansas, near
Major Seaman, was a-sa~siuatcd on Tues
day or "Wednesday last, supposed to be the
result of ncighborhOOd feud. Deceased
was well known in Memphis, where he
had been a merchant for many years.
Aleck Stephenson. the negro who as
Q }
near Scanlon's Landing, Ark, was arrest
ed on Saturday and committed without
/ bail, he having been identified by Me
/ Neill's hands ~ the negro seen escaping
/ when the shot was fired. 1t is believed
/ that Stephenson was instigated to Kill
/ Mcneil by other parties.
Bolivar Bulletin; We hear Of some
sicknesS Ia the county Ulptheria il q
disease requiring prompt remedies, and q
/ physician has a much better chance Ol
I curing the case if called in the early
stages Of the disease than when it Is Pu
of for some time. Three or four chill
dren have died in two familicS from
diptheria in the last two days near the
town Of Bolivar.
RipIy News.-The mast is very fin,
this season, and hogs uncOmmonly
scarce. We suggest to the Changers thai
they dispatch an agent to the section re-
Gently visited by the grIsshOppcrs, tC
: buy a few thousand pUkcrs TO consume
the mast and corn in this section. They
are said to be plentiful and cheap there
| Here is a chance to knock out the ''middl,
man" and get your meat cheap.
Chattanooga Commercial: John vii
1 liams, sheriff of Morgan county, assisted
by his deputy, brought to this city yes
terday five candidates for pcnitentiary
| -four black and one white, Three o
the negroes were sent up for ten year,
for robbinS a wagon, the other for fOul
wears, for malicious shooting, and tho
white man goes up for five years, FOL
the same ofense. They stopped over il
the county Jail last night, and Will pro
ceed to Nashville to-day.
Bolivar Bulletin: The village is aliv,
again. Quoits and ball have disappeare,
and business is beginning anew. tn,
farmers who visit us are losing the eNten
sion to their faces-they arc beginnin;
to brighten up. Cotton is beginning {,
show its hand, and it Is much bette
hand than was expected. Corn is unprec
edentedly good, the ears are poking thei
noses out of the shuck. More hay Ina
been cut, cured, and stored than eve
before Merchants now shake hand
with their customers and cease to growl
All is lovely, and we will start gTits-mil
i'm about two weeks and do all the grind
ing Of corn Tor the town. .
SheIbyville Gazette: \ child of Nj
W. L. Myers, seventeen months old, die,
last Tuesday night with Group. DIR. ;. NJ
Thompson performed a skillful operation
by cutting into the wind-pipe and insert
ing a quill for the child to breath
through. In this way the child was re
lieved temporarily, but while the d0ctO
I u
| place the quill, the child knocked tn
quill out of the wound and it close
up Immediately, eflectually stopping
all respiration and killing the child in
few minutes.
OLD MEN.-TwO very old men of Eas
Tennessee have sat for their portraits a
Knoxville the object being to eXhibi
. them at the centennial next year. Mich
ael Hinkle, near Maryville, is said to b
lis years old, and is native of NOrtl
Carolina. Mr.. Grimaldi, of Knoxville,
10l, and is a native of England, being il
the British navy So years ago. The for
mer is able to chop wood every day, but
defective in memory. The latter work
at the carpenters bench, and has goo
I eye-sight. Mr.. Grimaldi was for man
years a respected resident of Lynchburg
-Lynchburg Star,
Milan Exchange 4 crazy negro wOmal
caused quito a sensation here last Thurs
day by attempting to commit suicide
She deliberately walked on the track i
this way of Il train which was backing uT
and would have been instantly killc
if she had not been driven off. Ate
the train stopped she went and sat o
the track under the box cars, out {
sight of of the engineer. lie was just j
the act OF starting the train, but wa
stopped barely in time to save her from
horrible death. She was then arreste
and sent To the poor hOuS.. We under
, stand she came from the Carroll poo
house to this place. Her name is Jan
ClOptOn.
Memphis Appeal: Sarah Gray, colorct
, yesterday instituted suit in the first Cir
cult Court against the city of Memphi
D to recover $50, 900 damages. Being tn
t occupant of house on Elliot street, sll
was ordered by the Sergeant-at-armS
law down sidewalk in front of til
> premises. Not being an owner of I'll
= property, she refused to comply with I'll
municipal order, and was therefore ARE
ted aud subjected to 4 fine as Il penalty
Failing to pay the fine, she was place
in the ADMINISTERED statiOn-hOuse TO r.
main ten days, during which time IL
was required to work and carr
rock. Hence she has instituted, an
will test the authority the city exercise
of imprisoning citizens and subjectin
them TO labor.
Paris Intelligencer: ''The facts state
in another column in regard 10 the grOwt
of jackson, show what enterprise will q
for a town. Forty years ago Paris was
larger town than jackson. Henry cOuT
ty has naturally Il more fertile soil tina
Madison, has a more healthy climate, ca
grow greater diversity of products an
Is III every respect StlllCl 10 SlSlsllh
more dense population. But see the iii
ference now between them and ask win
is the cause. jackson has more entel
prise and public spirit. IL is useless f
us To deny the fact. If we had gotten III
5 Northwestern road a we might hay
+, done, Paris would have been the equal 0
Jackson. Ii i not too late 10 remed
these things; opportunities are, or SOC
= will be, offered us to get the Cairo and a
so the Evansville road, and when we {
this, no interior town will enjoy superi'
advantages over Paris. Let us work
this end and we will succeed.
Nashville Banner: \ gentlemen fro
West Tennessee informs Us that last Sa
: urday night Shady Grove, four mil
e from Mnion City, was in the full enjo,
4 ment of spelling match. The conte
. had continued to grow more and mo-
exciting from its commencement. II
audience were intently engaged in loo
ing on at the class, now fast narrowir
- down To few, when they were startl
T. out of their seats by the sharp and SUI
don report of pistol in the midst
them. This was followed by still anot
z er report. The utmost excitement imm
diately ensued. Men jumped upon Il
seats TO get glimpse of what was passiT
l. FbefOre them, women screamed and shrie
ed, rush was made to the spot, anxio
inquiries were made, and for time ev
Is rything seemed in perfect tumult.
z was asceTtained thar young man nam
Frank Williams had come up the aisle
the pew on which James Turner W
!. seated with young lady, had placed 4
muZzle of revolver TO the back of L
7 head ard fired, the ball passing thrOu!
IT the Uranium. Turner fell forward up,
d thefloor a corpse. Williams then 81