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

A memorial window is to be erected in
the Methodist Church at Columbia, Tenn,
in honor of Jas. X. Polk.
Thomas J. and Geo. W. Montgomery,
of Winchester, Tenn, have been granted
letters patent for u "neW and useful i'm
provement in cultiVators." The Journal
states that the above is the first patent
ever granted 10 citizen Of Winchester.
Chattanooga News: There is consider
able excitement in Marian county, and
especially in Jasper, over the operations
and projected operations of the Southern
States Coal, Iron and Land Company, of
Battle Greek. Mr. Bowron, the repre-
sentative Of the company, which has its
headquarters at StOckton-On-Teas, Eng
land, has bought the farm Of Woods VIII
sou, and proposes to put up a furnace
and build wharf between the railroad
and river. They are now having sur
vey OF an extension of the Jasper branch,
sixteen miles above that village, to open
the company's coal lands. Things are
lively in Marian just now.
Memphis Ledger: Judge james Whit
worth, an old and respected citizen, pro-
] poses 4 plan of compromise with the
| holders of Tennessee bonds. 1t is sim
| ply to refund the present Indebtedness at
/ fifty cents on the dollar, making these re-
| funded bonds and their coupons when
due receivable for all dues to the State,
| and leaving those who refuse to refund
at this rate to be paid when the State has
a surplus of money after paying those
who shall have their bonds refunded"
The judge is leading citizen of our
| State, and an old financier; he has been
/ the president of the Fourth National
Bank of Nashville since its organization,
and his views are therefore entitled to re-
| spectful consideration. This is scaling
1 the interest fifty per cent. and leaving
the interest as it is, at six per cent. Well,
that sounds about right. Let US hear
| from the bondholders next.
A tale of love and jealousy is thus her
aided by the Memphis Ledger: On last
Saturday night Mr.. John r. Read, n we'll
known merchant of Des Arc, Arkansas,
was dangerously shot while he was I'M
dressing and preparing to go TO bed, at
the residence of relative, eight miles
out in the country. Some one fired the
contents Of a shotgun at him through
the window, and he fell TO the floor dan
gerOusly wounded. The history of the
affair, as detailed to our sensational re-
porter, is romantic and curious. Mr..
Read is the cousin of three planters nam
| ed McNeal, who reside eight miles from
Des Arc. Two of the McNeals are mar
ried to sisters, who were before marriage
known as the Misses Perrys. The young
] er brother, Il. AcNeal, was unmarried,
and was in love with a Miss Perry, an
unmarried sister of his sisters-in- law
/ His cousin, John r. Read, recently fell in
! love with her, and rumoF had it that he
was the favored sutton and was engaged
/ to her. Last Saturday he left Des Are to
visit the residence of Miss Perry, in the
McNeal neighborbOOd. On leaving there
he went to the residence of his cousin,
| Simon McNeal, 10 remain all night. In
Il I, III
as above stated, was shot while in the act
/ of retiring for the night. Soon after Mr..
Read was shot, Mr.. 7. McNeal, his IN
married cousin, who was his rival for the
1 hand of Miss Perry, was arrested on the
/ charge of doing the shooting. His shot
! gun was found discharged, and his cloth
ing found covered with brick-dust and
| stains, which were obtained while he was
secreted under his brothers house, for
the purpose of killing his rival and cous-
in, Dir. Read 1t was very clear that T.
McNeal did the shooting, instigated to do
so by that widest of passions-jealousy
The romantic side Of the affair occurred
next evening after the shooting, when
at the residence of Simon MeNeal, the
wounded man, Mr.. John X. Read, was
married TO Miss Perry, who was the in
nocent cause of the trouble. Now that
the affair has ended in family romance,
1t is not reasonable TO suppose that any
criminal prosecution will be carried ON
against young MeNeal, who is under ar
rest and charged with the crime of shoot
ing with intent to commit murder.