Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1893 — TEMPESTUOUS TIME IN TENNESSEE. [ARTICLE]

TEMPESTUOUS TIME IN TENNESSEE.

They AH Get Stone Blind Dwwk and Johnny Filled Up the BowL An excursion last Sunday from Nashville to Gallatin, Tenn., was the wildest time the participants ever had, it is said. They began getting drunk promptly on arrival there, and by returning time were blind drunk and fighting mad. Knives, clubs, razors and whiskey bottles were the weapons used. John Ludwig had his head broken with a bottle full of whisky and will die. Dan Gowan was knocked off the train with a club and fell on the ground while the train was going at full tpeed. and will not recover. Elvin Dowell was bitten by a copperhead snake near Gallatin, and is dying.