The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-07-24
Chips, and Things.

Inc senate confirmed the nomination OIL MI.
Evarts of New York, as Attorney General of
the United States.
OF three hundred convicts in the Tennessee
Penitentiary, sixty are sick with dysentery.
A bloody Indian war is anticipated in Ari-
zona
The Direct Trade Convention at Bristol was
large affair.
The corner stone of new Masonic Institute,
at Taylorsvlle, Tennessee, was laid on the
Goth.
The yield of wheat in Greene county is said
to be good.
Somebody wants to run Judge Chase for
President and Tecumseh Sherman for Vice.
The Louisville Courieris out in new dress
at Il cost of five thousand dollars.
1t is generally believed that the Supreme
Court of Tennessee let bird go ut its recent
session in the Western District.
From the evidence published, Deputy Mar
shall Oswald, of Rome, Ca, who beat Capt.
Wood to death, is not only murderer, but q
thief.
"Come here, my dear, want to ask you all
about your sister. Now, tell me, truly, has
she goot beau?' ''No, its the jaunders; the
doctor says so.'
A herd of 1000 beef cattle, worth $4,000,
were stolen some three weeks since from Mr..
Gary, living on the Rio Pecas, New Mexico,
by the Apache Indians.
A husband complains sadly at the price of
"ducks." His wife recently bought three for
S226, viz: A "duck" of a dress, "duck' of
bonnet, and a "duck' of parasol.
Nashville had grand ratification meeting
OH the 10th.
John Hart, a notorious thief and cut throat
stabbed and killed black man who was as
sistng in his arrest at Nashville few nights
ago.
John Rhea was killed by lightning at Gala
tin, in this State, one day last week.
-Four more cases of sun-stroke near Nash
Vile on Saturday-two of whom died.
A man named Link shot his wife at Nash
vile on Sunday morning, installing her for a
burglar.
A Jury at Memphis the other day, rendered
Il
gree. The man who was murdered afterward
turned up alive.
A Radical newspaper out West asked an ex-
change to apologize to Gen. Logan for saying
he "looked like dog" The latter replied
"Well, we dO-to the dog"
! The death of q schoolmaster In the Palati-
nate town Of Xatzveller has broken the hearts
of two atfectionate storks who lived on his
school house.
! There are not so many papers in this coun-
try by one'hundred and fifty, as there were
five years ago.
The London Times Uses 20 tons of paper
and two tons of printing ink week.
A lealer in Boston receives and sells GOO
frogs legs week.
The gulf stream Is said to be filled with ice.
bergs-which will account 10 doubt for the
immense warm weather.
Because young chap can draw cigar
swing a coat tail, thrust his brassy impudenct
into every woman's face on the street, and
talk very bad profanity, it doesn't follow that
he is a man.
The Columbus prisoners find it an exhaust.
ing process to live in their cells both day and
night in this extremely hot weather. They
have but very little air aud are never permit.
ted any recreation.
There are 5000 Jews and six synagogues in
Chicago. They pay annually 100000 for re-
ligious purposes, and have just finished q hos
pital at an expense of $4,000, which sum they
raised in two days.
i Capt. Chas. Macauley was murdered by
some unknown person at Kansas City, Nilsson
ri, the other day.
In Milwaukee, the other day, a gay old Cir
of eighty -four was united in wedlock to sus
ceptible youth of twenty.
Marriage is single blesseduess doubled, an,
very badly doubled sometimes.
Pearls are sometimes found among swine.-
Sorry for the pearls. - r..
Frank Leslie wants divorce from his wife
who, he says, isanaughty woman.
: Miss Hildreth, neice and ward of Genera
Butler, is the next Senatorial bride, accordin
to gossip, and Senator Conness, of California
is the happy man.
An exchange says that hen has a capacit
of laying six hundred eggs and no more. A
r most of these are laid during the first fou
: years of her life, it is thought to be econom
4 to cut off her head when she is four years oil
3 and sell her to clearinghouse keeper for
e spring chicken.
: At Munich, on June 9th, Count Chorinsl
was found guilty of completely in the poisol
ing of the Countess Chorinski, and was SCI
fenced to twenty years. Imprisonment in 70
/ tress, and to exile if he survives.
Governor Seymour is ffty-seven years
age. Frank Blair is forty-eight years of 40
A young lad named Casteel, living ne
Knoxville, stabbed and killed his brother in
fit Of passion last week.
A scalawag member of Congress from Nor
q Carolina is missing, and his friends fear ,
h has been checked through on some other 70,
than the one that leads to Washington.
c A fatal epidemic is prevailing among fl
mules in portions Of Louisiana, killing Jor
numbers.
l. The Israelites at Memphis are orranizi,
l. heavy against Grant.
The banking house of Thos. f. Morris Wa
street, New York, was robbed ON Wednosd.