Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-12-06

OVER 81 STATE.
4Carksyille is to be lighted vi

attack of malarial fever.
THE residence of Geo. Edwards
flour miles from Maryviile, was de
stroyed by fire last Friday night
Coy, Bate appointed p. D
Hancock, Of, Mmfreesboro, Chan
cellor Of the Fourth Division.
The removal of the county
seat of Dickson county, from Char
lotte to Dickson station, IS being
agitated. 20
"A specimen Of wood sent to thu
Louisville exposition was the means
of a Giles Co., mill getting an order
for 100000 feet Of lumber; 4.
An investigation claimed to b.
Thorough, in Maury county, estah'
fishes that there is more money In
sorghum than any crop raised in
this country. .sdtnom esTd as4 II
Henry Spray, aged IS, Of Lin,
coin county, was drowned while
crossing the river. Was, drunk and
missed the ford. a.tT@.h IA H7| ~.
Winchester has had a fire and
now 3offeourse3 theyoare INDUCING
in the Usual talk about a. fire en-
CINE and a hookando ladder truck.
:" 4Al destructive fire occurred at
Wayerly IA efew? days ago, burning
a number of houses Loss was
about $65, OOO. re-
At a short-horn sale in Clarks-
vile last week twenty-six ,heifers
brought s. 1880; Nineteen bulls
$3.50; total sale s4,41o, an aver
One Of the Knoxville pest>house
buildings was burned by an lncen-
diary last week. Wehaye not
any reward for the incendiary yet.
+. An agreed case testing the liza
bility Of distilIers FOR the privilege
tax on wholesale dealefsE Millcome
up before the Ssupreme Icourt. at
Nashville this week. 1881 eal
A Clarksyille burglar was shot
all to pieces while conf oneaofI his
jobs last week. The Chronicle gave
full account with apicture Of the
dead burglar. Such enterprise is
rare amongiT Tennessee newspapers
AJaek Porter, col, 7 sagedi about
10 years,eo of Moore county,giwas
jailed on Monday for attempted
rape Of "a colored girl Of fi13 years
nearsO Oregon oa a3idH siH9sHiIa
; .sevier7ille Enterprise: Sheriff
'Rolen went to- Knoxyi1Iei Monday
nd will 60 from there to Augusta,
Ga, Iringing back Charley Bryant,
who killed james Dickey, ard
made his escape from the county
Jail three years ago. - :
The seviervillea! e -ntte,rrpIsriisse.
records the death at the Gatlett
House, Of Mrs. Mary Emma Hen.
dprsonr wife Of DR.. ,JasaA. Hender,
son!isShe leayes, a sweet little baby
boy, an affectionate husband and a
hostn of relatives and friends to
mourn her loss.y linen !;
Is Newport Sentinel :,d A colored
individual, giving bis-name as !. 8.
McDaniel, has been traYelingpoYeri
lowerSEast Tennessee pretending to
organize lodges knowhia as Sons and
Daughters .sofpJaeob. He collects
all the money he can and then
sbipsl before the organization is
completed. risi 10 ssr.r,,it5
= -Southern Euinmberman: beIhe
spirit of progress still animates the
residents Of Union City, Tenn. Her
Woodworking establishments, and
the many sawSmills in the ifnHe-
date vicinity, are all In active operS
alton, and the town itself is being
rapidly built up and additions made
to its population dallye The best
Informed citizens believe that in
two years its populntion will exceed
10000 people. '!H'.i
Southern Lunberman: The best
output of iron ever made in one
week in the South was made by one
Of the furnaces at South Pittsburg
the first week in November. In the
seven days the furnace made 705
tons, seven-eighths of which was of
the best grade of product.
Southern Lumberman: The lar
gest ore contract eyer made IN the
south was closed two weeks ago be-
tween. Col. A, NJ, Shook, General
Manager of Che Tennessee Goa, Iron,
and railroad company, and Messrs.
G.. T. Crutup & Co: The contract
runs over a period Of six years, and
is for mining SOC, 900 tons of ore
Understhis contract the ore is mined
at Is cts perton, and costs from 81
to S1.O5 delivered to the furnaces
of the company at Cowan and south
P~lttsburg. Hl<kYI9
-Foursmiles from sDyersburg,
Tenn, Ga planter, MS Sorfel and
hisson were stabbed several times
as is thought fatally, with a pocket
knife, by a negro named Jackson.
Sorrel had employed jackson to
work for him; at dinner Jackson
said the plate given him was not
clean, and became b~oisterous. When
invited to leave he took out his
knife and commenced his bloody
work. ~ .ff as.
Tine frmsof s. B.. Lowe and
Lowe &TKirk haye made an assign,
ment. Theyaggregate liabilities are
about $4,000; assets about 100000.
Lowe q Kirkowere in the foundry
and machine business, and >. b.
Lowe was the manufacturer ofthe
metallic paints and was engaged in.
a general IRON business. The cause
of the future was too much busi-
ness and too little capital, About
half Of The liabilities are held In
Chattanooga and the balance abroad
among dealers in machinery:
Southern Lumberman: The
iron railroad bridge spanning the
Caney Fork river, built by the
Louisville Bridge and Iron Cons
pany, for the Sparta extension of
the McMinnville & Manchester
railroad, has just been completed,
tested and accepted: 1t Is abeauti>
full iron structure; eight hundred
eoo4 Il, lan ond ooct no1,lu-