Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-30

Che gil aspille asAis,
Knoxville, Tenn, December 80, 1868.
Direction Labels or Tags
Printed at the Wing Job Office at 81 90 per taou-
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SHEET Music MAGAZINES, sc, bound in every
style at the Wig Office
AMAN named james Asbury, was shot and killed
st Chattanooga on Friday, by John Lowell.
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BLANK Books, RECORDS, EXECUTION DocKErs
Sc made to order at short notice in any style Of
binding desired The trade supplied at New York
prices. hLl l
FOR sALE--A Hoe Cylinder Railway Printing
Press, guaranteed to be in perfect working order
Also Hoe Paper Cutting Machine for sale at the
WHO Office.
CLAY NEwLAND left here on Christmas day for
Washington, with the vote cast by the Electoral
College Of Tennessee fer President and Vice Presi-
dent. ~
SHOOTING AFFAIR AT Messy UHEEk-Robort
Blevins became involved in difficulty with VIII
liam Nolan, at Messy Creek on Saturday last,
which terminated on Sunday morning in the for
mer shooting and mOrtally wounding the latter
THAT SUPFER-The Good Templars are making
every arrangement for making their festival on
Thursday nightR complete success. The manage.
ment Of details IS in competent hands who know
nothing else but success.
POPULARITY, Demand for any article is the test
popularity, and never, perhaps has there been
such demand for a cooking stove as there was
last season for the celebrated Excelsior Cook.
Everybody admires it.
All who have triedit Ike it.
Tidy housekeepers buy IT,
For sale by Atkin s. CoGman
FIRE.-phe residence Of Mr.. David Logan, some
six or seven miles west Of this place, was consumed
by IRE on Saturday night, rather Sunday morn
ing A portion Of hH furniture was saved but the
greater portion lost Che greater loss sustained was
about one hundred dollars in cash, which was
burned. Mr.. Logan is an indussrious farmer, and
the loss falls heavily apou him.
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TEMPERANCE MEErHG.-The Knoxville Auxil-
larry Temperance Society will hold meeting at
Temperatures Hall, in East Knoxville, on Friday
evening at g o'clock. Short speeches will be made
by a number Of gentlemen, and tho exercises, we
have no doubt viii prove both pleasant and profit
sble Rev. DR.. Saltmarsh will be the principal
speaker on the occasion.
HEAP ~ CLAPPe-These gentlemen have recently
opened an establishment in the building formerly
occupied by Col Z. c. Hoss, which, for a variety Of
splendid articles for housekeepers, excels anything
Of the kind ever opened in this city We viii not
presume 10 enumerate but refer our readers to their
advertisement Go and see for yourselves, and find
that all they say is true and that great deal
might be said. You will find polite and obIgng
aaesmen VINO win take pleasure in exhibiting their
splendid stock Of goods.
TIE AMERICAN ENToMoLooIsT is a thing that we
have heretofore urged upon the attention Of farmers
as something that will be found exceedingly well
worth its 81 a year. The number for December
contains a long and minute description Of tho sew
euteen year locusts that swarmed upon Us so last
summer. 1t also gives full account Of the grass
hopper that eats up Kansas and Nebraska, Of the
hellgrammite ly and Of the twig-girder The il
Illustrative cuts =. q numerous and correct
RUNAwAY.--A pair of horses attached 70 the car
riage Of Mi. Church, became frightened last Sab
bath near the Episcopal Church, and ran down
Cumberland street opposite the residence Of Colonel
5need, where Mrs. Haugh, who was in the carriage
was thrown violently out into the street and serl-
ously injured The horses became detached from
the carriage and ran up the RntOdgo road near the
Fair Ground, before they stopped. Medical
attention was at once procured for Mrs laugh, and
at last accounts she was recovering.
DIFFICULTY Ar MARYvmLE.-W. 7. Parham
and VIM. II. Finley got into difficulty at Mary
villc on Saturday, growing out Of business trans
action which resulted in Finley shooting Parham
Hard words came first, then blows, when Finley
drew a small pocket pistol and shot Parham IN the
Iight arm, the ball entering the wrist and
ranging toward the elbow. The ball was extracted,
and Mr. Partisan, we learn, is doing very WELL while
the probability is that he will not be permanently
injured.
SMITH & LYoNs.-These gentlemen have recent
ly removed their jewelry establishment from the
corner OF Gay and Cumberland streets TO the first
door South Of the First n ationa Bank, being the
house recently occupied by DR.. Foucae>. Here
they have received quite addition TO their Stock
consisting of fine gold and silver watches fine gold
swelry, plated goods spectacles &c, in fast all de-
sirablo goods usually found in establishment OF
the kind In the matter Of repairing, they offer
superior inducements, having in their employ COM
potent worknlen, 50 that their patrons may at all
Zines rely upon having work executed with care,
skill and promptness.
SrovFs-We have now on hand large sssort-
ment of stoves of all descriptons-stoves suitable
for churches school houses shops, dwellings, store
houses and Offices. The Southern STAR manutac-
tured nj Knoxville and for sale exclusively by
Cbas. w DePue Gay street. is suitable for every
farmer of East Tennessee; cooks perfectly and Is
sold twenty per cent. cheaper than any Northern
stove TIE celebrated cooking stove Protector is
now ready also manufactured at Knoxville and Tor
sale only at the above place; cooks TO perfection
burns coal or wood every stove warranted, ana VIC
are selling them twenty-five 9ty cent. cheaper than
any Northern stove can be solA
Those wishing stoves, castings or unware cal
and examine the stock. noYl9u
How often do you hear the complaint from moth
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