Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-05
GENERAL NEWS.


Mr.. Packwood, of Montague county,
Texas, raises three crops of potatoes in
year.
At Rev. Aaron Burleson's mill, in
Mitchell county, y. c., the other day, a
Mr. Perry, from Tennessee, was dis
emboweled by one Conley, who after
wards escaped.
Tuskegee ala News: Reports come
to us from all parts of the couRtry that
negroes are leaving by the hundreds, and
even here every one that can get away
goes, and in many instances farmers can
not get supply of hands sufficient TO
run their farms, or at least on as large a
scale as was originally intended.
The Hon. Gustave Schleicher, Of Texas,
delivered speech in the House of Rep
resetatives Saturday at Washington in
favor of a speedy return to the coin basis,
which, he held, could alone give that con-
fidence necessary TO secure the invest
ment of capital and the increase of bust
ness.
Lieutenant Bishop, with $50 men of
the Seventh cavalry, on the 25th attacked
an Indian camp probably Osages)
Three Indians were killed and several
wounded, and the whole band dispersed.
The Indians are said to have stolen fifty
head of cattle about 35 miles south of
Camp Supply, L. L.
At st. Louis, Saturday, the Hon. d. W.
Voorhees, spoke in defense of William
Mckee. 1t is said that he took up each
witness in turn, analysed his testimony,
and poured forth such a stream of inYes-
tive as perhaps has never been heard at
St. Louis before.
r. f. Mcdonald, postmaster of Char
lotte, n. c., has been arrested on the
strength of an affidavit made by a boy,
named Jshn Hood, who has been in Jail
on the charge of robbing one of the post
office boxes. Hood swears that he com
mitted the deed at the instigatiOn of
Mcdonald. The latter has been released
on $4,000 bail.
Bracken (Ky.,) Chronicle: Col. J. R.
Wilson of this city, whilst aboard of one
of the river packets en- route for Cincin-
natl, had the pleasure of seeing a dog
(setter) that cost the owner 81 200 in
gold. He had besides him, some two or
three that he refused $500 eaolP for; he
was going to the dog show to be held in
Chicago. The owner of this dog was
named Burgess, from Mason county. He
told Col Wilson that his 81, 200 dog
Yields him about $500 annually. How
is this for high2 especially in dogs.
Greensboro (Ky.,) Examiner: The en-
tire community was shocked on Monday
morning last to lsarn of the unfortunate
calamity which, in the twinkling of an
eve, befell the family of DIR. COttreu in
the tragical death of his little boy. The
little fellow, in gleesOme mood and child
ish sport, was playfully running about
the house, holding in his hand toy flute
of tin, when, in his gleesome play, he
fell upon the object with which he had
sought TO amuse his little heart, and put
out the tender spark of life. In mis- fall,
the instrument penetrated the cheek
from the outsitc, ranging upward, bend
ing and passing out at the eye, destroy
ing that organ and killing the boy in
stantly.
A dispatch from New Orleans reports
that in the House, eN-AayOF Witt, OF
New Orleans, denied any acknowledge
of any document going to show that SEN
atOr West procured his election by means
of bribery and coTrupting members of the
Legislature by which he was chosen.
We publish elsewhere the statement
which appeared in the New York Trib-
une The Joint resolution for the inves-
tigation of Senator Vests election was
passed on the Sd reading. Amendments
offered, including the names of Messrs.
Pinchback and Eustis, were lost after 4
lengthy debate.
Speaker Kerr has written letter TO j
II. Rsall, of Philadelphia, in which he
saws: 1t is not my desire in any degre e
whatever that my anne shall be used in
connection with the national ticket of this
wear. The Indiana Democrats will pre-
sent to our national convention another
of her sons as 4 candidate for the prsiden-
CIV, Governor Hendricks, in whose ad-
vocacy for that high place l will stand
with them in hearty cooperation. Ny
Judgment is that our friends this year
can not do better (if so we'll than TO NOM
mate Governor Hendricks
Hopkinsville New Era: Il is srid that
during leap-year the girl who counts all
the gray horses she sees, until she mas
got Gp to a hundred, viii be married 10
the first gentleman with whom she shakes
hands after counting the One-hundredth
horse The Hopkinsville girls. Of
course, are all keeping lists, and there
will be 4 wonderful sight of hand-shak-
ing after I while. In the meantime,
weak and hoarse from calling, we can
hear them crying-b-r-i-n-g in a-n-o-t-h-
e-r h-O.r-s-e!
GAINESVILLE Ca Gazette: We saw in
the office of DIR. r. V. Reid, of Zubulon,
last week, quite a freak of nature in the
form of 4 child, born without any brain.
The body was well developed, being
rather larger than usual, while the bones