Title: Shooting in Grand Junction Saloon Last Sunday a most unfortunate affair transpired at Grand Junction in this county. A Mr. WOOD, who keeps a grocery and drinking saloon a the Junction became involved with a difficulty with his bar keeper and in course of the difficulty drew a pistol. WOOD‘s wife,
We learn from the Shelbyville American Union of the 14th, that five prisoners were confined in the county jail at that place for various offenses, made their escape on last Sunday night one week ago. Three of them are notorious horse thieves and answer to the names of MCDANIEL, MCFARLAND
In Pocahontas, Hardeman County, Tennessee on Sunday morning the 17th by H. R. DORRIS, Esquire, Mr. Felix G. ERVIN and Miss Samantha P. MULLINS, all of this county. The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 23 June 1866, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
A few days since, a young lady, a daughter of one of our best citizens, came very near meeting with a most serious occurrence. She was seated in a buggy when a horse, attached, became frightened near the depot and started off at a break neck speed. Mr. Tom JOYNER,
We learn from the Nashville Press and Times of the 7th that Mr. William DENTON the celebrated geologist of Boston, has been engaged by Milroy, Watters & Co., to make a complete geological survey of their lands. He departed on Tuesday for the locality of their silver mines in Smith
Died of consumption at the residence of his father on the 2nd of May 1866, John ALLEN, Jr. The deceased leaves many warm friends who revere his memory, not less for this integrity and generosity as a man that his gallantry as a solider. He was twice severely wounded, once
On last Tuesday, as the last Mississippi Central train was leaving Madison County, a young gentleman, Art ANDERSON, attempted to get off and fell to the ground in such a way as to allow the wheels of the cars to cut off his legs from his body. Mr. ANDERSON is at Medon
Yesterday, one week ago, during the thunder shower that visited this vicinity, the house of a freedman, surnamed JOE, was struck by lightning and somewhat “bursted up”. The electric current struck the weather boarding, passed to the inner side, embraced a gun that was leaning against the south-east corner, which
We learn from the American Union, printed in Shelbyville, Tenn; that: “Of the eight persons confined in the county jail at Winchester, seven made their escape on Sunday night last, one refusing to leave, giving as his reason that he was innocent of the charge upon which he was imprisoned.”
A locomotive and four cars were plunged into the Cumberland river at Clarksville last Friday week, by the giving away of a span of the railroad bridge. Fourteen or fifteen persons were on the train at the time of the accident, only one of whom was killed, although several persons
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