One night last week the large store house on McKenzie and McCloy situated at Mason’s Depot, on the Memphis and Ohio railroad, in the edge of Tipton county, was burned to the ground. The house was full of dry goods, groceries, wares, etc., all of which were totally lost. There
The whole number of voters registered in Sumner county up to the present time, foot up to one hundred and five. Before the war, the vote stood at three thousand. The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 29 Sept. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Following is the aggregate of deaths from cholera in Nashville, as officially reported for the past seven days, by the Mortuary Committee: Monday, 51; Tuesday, 56; Wednesday, 43; Thursday, 29; Friday, 33; Saturday, 55; and Sunday 54, making a total 321 deaths for the past seven days (Nashville Press and
There have been 793 voters registered in Smith county, about 175 or 200 of whom are Radicals. The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 29 Sept. 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
In our last number we announced the success of the Tennessee Orphan Asylum Society, in purchasing the noble mansion of Thos. MUNFORD, Esq., near Clarksbille. We have now to record the munificent donation of $2,500 from the Ladies’ Southern Orphan Aid Society, of Boone county, Missouri. This is not the first gift from Mo.,
For the past week the cholera has been raging at a fearful rate in Nashville. A large number of persons have fled from the city. From forty to seventy deaths are daily reported. The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 29 Sept. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.
On last Tuesday there were sixty-two deaths in Memphis from cholera. We are credibly informed that the disease is on the decrease now, and, it is thought, should the good weather which Memphians are now enjoying hold on for a few days longer, that the disease will almost if not
As a young man named Seth CORLEY was getting out of a buggy near Smith’s Mill, on Mill Creek, on Tuesday, the accidental falling of a pistol from his pocket caused the discharge of the weapon, the contents penetrating his heart and producing instant death. He was a young man
It is stated in Giles county only about eighty certificates of registration have been issued by the Commissioner. The impression is there will be but few more, if any, issued, form the fact that there is no ground upon which citizens can claim them except that of loyalty during the
In the city of Memphis on Wednesday the 26th day of September 1866 at 112 Jefferson St, after a short and agonizing illness of cholera, William H. LANCASTER, aged twenty-four years and thirteen days. The deceased was a native of Franklin county, Alabama. He was a member of the Baptist
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