The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1868-11-06
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friend. VERY short, very short, my dear sir
Don't reach half up the tumbler."
The First Presbyterian church In Philadel-
phia has chosen and set apart five ladies to be
Deaconesses in the church. nNr JyF'
Time is said to be money; but there is
! vast deal of difference between ten dollars
and 10 oclock-you bet. rtiH 's.H
! The down-east cotton Mills are going back
to the eleven hour system, and IRE notifying
their employees to that effect. The latter are
protesting, but viii have to succumb
! A locomotive exploded on the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad is miles below Cncinna-
| ii, killing the conductor, fireman and three
boys. iraar W .f.H....lgt '.l'. uI
Reports are current that Brownlow will va
cate the gubcrnatorial chair by the list of
JANUARY. .3
| They have proposition in hand at Louis
vile. KY, to build a canal around that city,
At Nashville the other day Radical pro-
cession took down the national colors, and ran
upas more appropriate ensign. earpct-bag
There are twelve New York city clergymen
receiving over ten thousand dollars n year for
their clerical services.
| Brick Pomeroy is seriously ill. Overworkcd
during the canvass. d..
| Every man they say has to cat peck of
dirt. The Lynchburg Republican says he
would prefer to take his in filthy lucre.
Neal's State Gazette talks about fellows who
sit fiat of their "E Pluribus Unum," when
they should be at work. ,....
Dyer county has grown a pumpkin vine
this year from which one hundred and three
well developed pumpkins were gathered.
The cotton crop in Texas is likely to turn
out larger than was expected. ,.sr..r
The largest wholesale Dry Goods House in
Tennessee. or in the Southwest. is that of
Cowan, McClung & Co., Knoxville.
Gold bearing quartz in large quantities has
been discovered in New Hampshire. The
eastern end of the Appalachian range is said
to be rich with the precious metal. -.a
The Memphis thieves are now robbing the
orphan asylunls of that city.
! Christianity is the special academy of pa
thence. wherein we are Informed, Injured and
trained up to bear all things.
1t is reported that slight shocks of earth
wick county, England.
Short mcter-The nearest way to your sweet
hearts house.
Many who have wept upon the mountains
of Zion have sung aloud in the valley Of the
shadow of death.
Twenty-Five thousand Irish left Ireland du-
ring the quarter ending June last.
The growing wheat crop is said to look very
promising throughout the State of Indiana.
San Antonio, Texas, is to have a cathedral
to cost 100000.
| George w. Childs, of the Philadelphia Led
ger. has given II deed of lot in Woodlawn
Cemetery. which cost him $4,000, to the Phila-
dclphia Typographical Union.
dred and fifty thousand ..... 20.
If there is any truth in reports fearful
condition Of things exists in Arkansas, but
we suspect the larger portion of them are
ecctoneering lies.
The Presidential election now being over we
Nuuil pIbbdbii HtUi VI ltNtl OutluStS III luc
South through the columns of the radical pa
pers.
At Fort Scott. Ark, the inhabitants pro-
cure their coal by grading the streets, where
it is found in great abundance.
1t is SAID that the leaves which fall from the
trees at this season are invaluable as Il fertli-
ger, besides protecting the ground from the
bunctul influences of frost.
London lately observed n meteor so bright
that it caused the street gas lights to cast Il
shadow on the pavement. ...... .,..
Good Thing-a rainy Saturday, when your
creditors can't get about to dun you.
A New York jeweler has made a gold chain
worth one thousand dollars for the President
They are talking about erecting grand
monument in Washington, commemorative
of the chief actors in the late war.
The notorious Gen. Fitzpatrick was Missed
down ut political meeting in Massachusetts,
last week. ,;. .. . .."
The Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad has
been completed to Rome, to which point the
cars are running.
The original John Smith is now living at
Nashville, in this State, and looks as hale and
hearty us he did five centuries ago.
/ A jealous cuss named Grimes killed his
sweetheart in Garrard county, Kentucky, last
week by shooting her in the head.
Scarlet fever is alarmingly prevalent at Co.
lumbia. No deaths have, however, yet occur.
rem.
A negro man was killed near Spring Hill
in Maury county, last week. 1t appears that
he had stolen horse, and was shot by Il Con.
stable while attempting to escape.
There was revolt among the boys confined
in the Meridien, Conn, Reform School, on Sat.
urday. The overseer was beaten and several
boys escaped. ......
Since the close of the war, 100000 worth Of
land has been sold to immigrants within RI
dius of ten miles around Warrenton, Va.
A correspondents curious to know how peo
pie will look in 1868. With their eyes we fancy
Three men in New Haven have been arrest
ed for contracting for $1,000 to kill Mr.. Cor
hahn, and then attempting to fulfil their con-
tract.
| 1t now appears that Congressman Kinds O