The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-03-14
Our Nashville Letter.

SAH 4NStShNAHAo hAelAGEs
fDIToRs COMET; Several import
ant bills are ready for final action as
soon as they can he reached on the
calander Buffers bill, changing the
name ofToylorsyiIlel to Mountain City,
passed the house .ul .a8e r..ts. 4
A bill, also passed the house, allow
ing FISH traps, with Stats Il! inches
apart, to be put in certain streams,
ID The dog law 50 Mr'has failed to ma
turo in the house. A. part Of the com
pmittce on charities visited the House
OF Refuge at Louisville. KY, last week
and returned with a very AatteIhg
account Of. that institution
1t is a beautiful institution among
about 65 acres fland, a large portion
OF tin cultivation supplying the neces-
3sry vegetables for the inmates, 1t
lras a capacityOf about 800 children
and is pretty well filed i''
The grounds are beautifully olna-
.mented with flowers and shrubbery
in abundance. -t.f
The institution is decidedly practi-
cal in its operation, dovoting 4 hours
per dayto school work, ard the re-
ma1ndor towork of various kinds and
Il due portion to recreation.
l The different departments, male,
female and colored, are sGperate one
from the other.
! The excuses are Of such an2turc, as
to develope mind, soul and body, and
4 those thus educated are armed with
the weapons necessary to fight the
battle of lie successfully. III -
The elevating and soul stirring in
fiuenceo Of music isatso brought to bear
in the developement Of character A
good choir gracos The church, and a
brass band lends attractions to thefin-
stitution on all festive occasions, thus
: giving it a home like Appearance and
dispensing the gloom and qesponden
ces that naturally attaches to such in
, situations. This institution supplies
I necessity in Louisville, long felt II
our State, viz, q place, Cor home i yQt
a please for the reformation, education
: and trainingof youthful criminals,anj
> such as are homeless and fridhdlcss.
The committee was kindly received
, and Hospitality entertained by the OF
!, ficers of the institution. Such an in
!, stitution is about being setup in GA
!. State. h'a' sf. .f" t#
The road bin as proposed is an i'm
I provement on the old one Itproyide
+ that the days work and the tax OF
property must bear a certain propotioI
/ to 4each other, thus u tax .of 5 cts o.
(, the 500, must be levied, whore 8 day
:. work arercqtlired, No cts tax to go wit
+ 4 days work, 10 cts 8 days and 20 cts
;, days and this il as high as tits pro-
:, posed to 60, either with the tax or day
. work. II requires the road to b
,t worked with rock whore practicable,
y The old registration OF marriage
T., births and deaths as of / years ago,
:. being revived. with u lee Of 10cts to IL
/ Magistrate and 1Octs to the Doctoran
Vi Gets to the Clerk, on every birth an
> deaths, and l0cts to the officiating pc
i son and Gets to the clerk for ever
+, marriage, The old law wa3not pop
~. lar H aA. .aJ HetHr. 3.E =
u The school law is not get projected
u The Railroad Commission bill, ISIS
II for 18th Of march, The contest will
I'M warm, let the result be what.it may.
4. The Legislature has decided
~, visite New Orleanson the llth to
~ gone till 18th. nt#i.a 1...a
No The Pcnitentiayy question is gro
81 ing warm. as4is.2 .aa s.a-s
,os Hastily w 'g 2a
' 'UH'an ,~ ao'HH f pEURfBuS,
We .rF,t '-.s4EIEtls .IIlIf All