Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-01-19
Grundy ounty.
Cor. Nashville World.

MoNT EAGLE, Jan. 12.-The cold
snap prevented many parties from at
tending the Quarterly Court at Alta.
mont. The Eleventh and Twelfth
districts were not represented in the
court. Squire Garreston was elected
chairman for 1884. The question of
giving the removal of the county site
was lost by ten to four, Several who
would have voted for it were kept
away by the cold. This is considered
a 6nality and Altamont is to remain
the site of Gruday for all time. She
is to have new courthouse, built of
stone and fire proof, with vaults for
books and papers. This is the deciS-
ion of the court and it meets with ap
probation in the most remote districts
in the county--the Eleventh and
Twelfth, Your correspondent Gos
interviewed more than score of the
tax payers, finding only one who dis
sents. A tax of 10 cents on the 500
worth of property was assessed for the
courthouse last year, and 20 cents is
assessed this year. Another year Of
20 cents will more than build and
furnish it. We, however, need a Jail
The court assessed Is cents for school,
in addition to the 10 cents required by
the State. They also added fly cents
to each poll for schools-assessed ali
privileges for schools to an amount
equal to the State tax. There WIS
also tax on privileges for the court
house. This will perhaps close some
of the saloons at Tracy City. There
being five, it will hardly pay all to in.
vest over 800 each a year in a license
the corporation tax being 5000. 1t
is thought by W. j. Thomas, Esq,
that the law enacted and approved
March 8, 1888, allowing tipplers to
take out licenses quarterly, was repealed
by the general revenue act, approved
March 20. The two acts are certainly
in conflict. Clerks all over the State
would perhaps do well to look into the
matter, lest some of them get into
trouble. The pauper tax has been con
siderably reduced, coming down from
about $3.50 to about $500. The whole
tax is only about Sl.15 on the 500
worth Of property. The town Of Alta,
mont will improve now, as one man
is pledged to build a house to equal in
value the new court house, and Others
have said they would build. There Is
no saloon there now, and it is thought
there will be none for long time tc
come.
The cold weather has caused stand
in the way of improvements in al
kinds OF labor here. The registration
was down to Is degrees below zero
lacking only three or four degrees OF
the cold snap seven years ago. The
only thing going on here to attract al
tention is the number of squirrels and
rabbits brought in by the hunters
There have been fifty.six squirrels and
eighty.four rabbits killed here within
the past few days; also quite Il number
Of birds. A large buck las beer
chased near town, and flock Of wilC
turkeys have been scared up; none o
this larger game have been killed ir
this end of the county; two deer are
reported killed farther up. 1t is als'
reported that there has been Il large
number of the game killed in the neigh
borhood ofTracy City. Your CORES
pondent was in that town yesterday
where he received from Mr. r. B
Roddy, Grundy county's efficient
Clerk, the report from the recent court
There is one industry there which
seems not to be retarded by the colo
weather. That is the shipments O.
coal and coke by the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad Company. They
sent down six trains yesterday.
There is one man at Tracy City VIII,
does vast amount of work for small
pay-Mr. W. j. Thomas, Tracy,
Postmaster There are about 1,2O(
inhabitants in Tracy City, beside
those in the neighborhood, who call OF
him for their mail This office does Al
immense amount Of business in the wa,
Of registered letters and money order