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soon be published by Mr. L. D. Ham
ner.
Huntingdon Vindicator: In abou
one month Carroll county will be il
a condition to pay cash on all her war
rants.
Ben Everett. colored, last week Gu
his wife's throat and then cut hi
own near Lebanon. A family quarre
was the cause.
The time of meeting of the Tennes
see Baptist Convention at Browns
vile has been changed from Octobel
81 to November IA.
The Nashville negroes are still
booming for Kansas. About one
hundred and fifty left there last week
for the new Canaan.
Suits have been filed in the David
son chancery court against property
owners in that county who are ill ar
rears for taxes aggregating over $780,
600.
The Presbytery Of the Western
district of the Presbyterian Church
convenes at Jackson on the 2Sth inst,
and the West Tennessee Synod on the
thirty-first instant.
Chattanooga Times: 1t is reported
that Senator Blaine, of Maine, will
pay our State a visit in November
and speak at Chattanooga, Memphis,
Nashville and Knoxville.
The Knoxville Scrubs" challenge
any club in the state to a match game
of base ball, to be played at the
Knoxville Fair, which holds during
the 2Sth, 29th and Both of this month.
The Manchester Guardian reports
the new paper mill now in process OF
erection at that place rapidly nearing
completion, and part of the machinery
already received. The mill will be in
operation, it thinks, within a few
weeks.
The Sweetwater Democrat says
that at the recent fair premiums
were awarded for a yield of 1882
pounds of hay from one acre of
ground. One acre of bottom land
produced 1879 bushels of corn, and an
acre of upland 1723 bushels.
Clarksville Tobacco Leaf: Last
Saturday Mr. Chas. D. Bailey, deputy
clerk, issuek marriage license to a
couple, the woman of which had been
married four times, to three men, all
of whom are living. She has now
been married five times to four men,
and has four living husbands.
Western Methodist: The Rev. j.
H. Witt, Presiding Elder of the Paris
District, Memphis Conference, will
debate with a Universalist-whose
name we have not-at Center Point,
Tenn, Oct. 9th an1 following days.
The truth will be we'll maintained by
j. H. Witt-this we do not doubt for
a moment.
Hartsville Sentinel; In a strip of
country two miles by three in Clay
county fax is running IL very fatal
course. In few weeks there have
been 26 deaths, and within the sound
of one dinner horn there has been
about 10 deaths. When fux is about
over it runs into fever, which ends
In death very frequently.
Knoxville Tribune: The marble
from the quarries of Knox and other
counties is attracting general attention
of dealers throughout the country.
Shipments from Hawkins county re-
Gently have been unusually heavy.
Yesterday FIVE carloads of Hawkins
county marble were forwarded from
Rogersville to New York.
Chattanooga Times: Wednesday
night, upon the assembling of prayer
meeting, it was discovered that the
Baptist church had been robbed. The
two pulpit chairs, two pulpit lamps, a
glass pitcher. two bible-room chairs,
and perhaps few Bibles, were made
away with. The pulpit chairs were
fine and very valuable. No one has
yet been arrested, nor can any idea
be formed who the miscreant is.