Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-18
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GENERAL NEWS.


Gen. Bragg is at the head Of new col
ouy in Western.TeXas.
The contributions 10 the Lee memorial
fund In Richmond, Va, amount nc pres
ent 70 near 81, 200.
The impeachment trial of Judge Mont
gomery Moses is now Ia progress before
the South Carolina Senate.
Boston temperance folks are trying TO
introduce free coffee, but the topers say
coffee Injuries the nervous system.
Mrs. d. \. Doud, of Humboldt, Iowa,
has just given birth TO her twenty-siNth
child, the oldest OF whom is less than
nineteen. She gave birth 10 twins on
seven different occasions.
Fifty thousand dollars have been offer
ed by a Philadelphia Bohin for the privi
lege of sweeping and keeping in goOd or
der the floors of the different Centennial
buildings.
There are 1900 white men In Florida
who have not voted since the downfall of
the Confederacy-enou To insure a
Democratic triumph at every election.
Mad wolves are creating. something Of
a panic in Medina ntyssTeXas. Quite
! number of cows and dogs have been
bitten, and, exhibiting hydrophobia
symptoms, were destroyed.
Two darky preachers of the Methodist
Church North are endeavOring to eXcOm- 4
municate the coiored MethOdists from
church in BOnham, Texas, and to coniis-
cate their church property, on the charge
of their being Democratic negroes
Mr.. Johnston Jones, of Raleigh, y. g,
has in his possession the sword OF his
wife's grandfather, Gen. Thos. Brown, of
the Revolution. The sword was brought
from the battle Of MOOre's creek, stained
with Tory blood. Gen. Brown was the
Marion of North Carolina
The Hon. Zephanish Turner died at his
home in Rsppahannock county, Virgin
Ia, last week. Mr.. Turner filled the
Speakers chair OF the Virginia House of
Delegates during the stormy days OF re-.
construction, and made a most excellent
presiding oiilcer, discharging the dutiss.
Of the chair with impartiality aud hdei-
ity.
The Baltimore Gazette runs on in this
fashion about Mrs. Grants 81 900 watch {:
''The watch has crystals on both sides
cut from solid Brazilian stone. This
gives it hard ease-Which is like 'Rufe;
but the watch holds its hands before lis
face, and we rather think 'Rufe' doesn't.
'Rufe' has probably taken for his motto
watch and pray. N
Miss Susan +. Dickinson, says the Phil
adelphia Times, who is now at her home
in this city, is TO furnish Exposition corr
respOndence TO number of journals
She mas written considerably for the
Graphic and other New York papers, and
is as talented in her way as her sister
Anna.
Padueah (Ky.) Tribune: Mr.. J. Wash
burn, road master of the II. and NJ. rail-
road, is collecting q full force of laborers
and will commence the work Of extend
ing the line from Tremble station on to-
ward Dyersburg, Tenn, next Monday
We trust the work viii be prosecuted Yig-
Orously until the gap of about thirty miles
Is filed, and the road completed.
The Chariot u. ca observer tells a
bout an clipping couple in that place, the
bridegroom being a lad Of sixteen sum
mers, and the bride a blushing maiden of
thirty. The stern parent of the lady
chased the youthful swain around the
cOw-pen with a pitchfork. But what
were the prongs of pitchfork 10 Cupid's
arrows? An elOpement was the denOue-
mcnt.
Macon Miss Beacon: Quite a num-
Der Of citizens, about forty we under /
stand, were arrested in the northern part /
Of this county for a violation Of the in |
forcement act, many Of them for some !
connection with the sending Of Philip /
Green, colored ex-justice and ex-cottOn 4
thief, out Of the county in a summary 4
manner. The maIshals are also making 1
some crooked-whisky arrests I'm Colfax
and other counties.
Paducah CKy.) News: \ quadroon
named Ben Greer, 10 years old, applied |
at the clerks Office of Marshall county,
.fr.rN
He lives just across the line from that
county, in Graves, and, il is said, can
make as many fence-rails In a day as al /
most any man in his neighbOrhOOd. He |
remembers many important incidents of /
the revolution, and had personal ac- /
quaintance with Gen. Washington. lie /
should be furnished with free. transpOr- |
tation to the Centennial for himself and |
his new wife, and be allowed TO tell his |
lifs-yarn together with other centenna-
rians.
Danville CKv.) Advocate: The news Of !
the Belknap trouble has produced pro- |
found sensation all over the country, but /
we presume nowhere is the interest more !
intense than in this part of the State, /
where Mrs. RelSnap is so well known
She was the youngest daughter Of DR..
John TOmliusOn, prominent physician
of HaTOdsburg. Her maiden name was
Amanda, and IN her younger days she
was recognized and hOnOred as one Of So
cieties brightest bellies. During the re-
bellion she strongly advocated the Union
cause, and in many ways testified 10 her
devotion for its defenders, frequently
lending aid and succor 70 the suffering
soldiers.
Even Texas judges indulge I'm those
pleasant peCuliarities for which the cow
boy earned national recognition. The
substitution, however, OF knife for the
common used six-shOOter marks the dis
tinction in this case. A Texas exchange
says: "Wednesday, while Probate Judge
Bancroft, of TeXarkana, was arguing
some trivial case before Squire Bush in
that city, some hard words cnsucd bs-
tween the parties. Bush stepped from his
desk, saying: 4 adjourn this court TO give
YOU licking at the same time knocking |
Bancroft down. After he got up hc re- /
pearcd rhc blow, knocking him over a /
bench this time. Bancroft drew knife |
and cut Bush twicc-Ouce in the face from 1
forehead TO chin, the other time in thes
stomach. Ii is thought he can nGt re- /
cover"