The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Chips, Il Things.


Col. Jesse f. Bsyless has been appointed
postmaster at Louisville, Ky.
A National Capitol Convention Is to be held
at St. Louis in October.
The Senatorial election in Tennessee will
take place on the 1lth Of October.
Senator Grimes, of Iowa, has resigned. TO
take effect the first of October.
The Maxwell House. Nashville, IL to be
opened for the reception of guests on the 10th.
Jesse f. Brown, of Memphis, is announced
a. candidate for Comptroller.
The two greatest living travellers are U. s.
Grant and the Smiling Colfax.
The illness by which the French Emperor
is afflicted is rheumatism.
the Rhine, and astonishes the natives.
A critic says of certain singer that she
sings q few airs and puts on great many"
A "poor but honcst' mechanic recently ran
away from st. Joseph. Kansas, with married
woman and S2S,OO0 of her husbands money.
"Bittcr-enders" is the appellation now be-
slowed upon the impraeticable extremists both
North and South.
The young ladies of Dover have formed
society for the redemption Of young men
whose habits do not suit them.
An exchange thinks it is pretty evident that
the champion liar Of the world has gone into
the business Of tclcsraphing.
An Iowa paper apologies for hardness Of
issue, having been ''retardcd slightly by the
arrival of an extra mail"
An Indiana woman adverti.cs for her truant
husband, stating that he may be identified by
a scratch along his nose.
A fire occurred at Goltsboro, North Carroll
ma, last Saturday night, which destroyed pro-
perty to the amount of $4,000.
Five citizens of Chickasaw county, Miss,
are under arrest for serenading Radical Of
tice-holder with tin pan.
| The leg drama has been tabooed at Augusta,
Ga. Exhibitions in that quarter hereafter
must be conducted on the "high moral"
Under the decision Of Attorney General
Hoar, the test oath will not be applied in Vir-
ginia.
Among our later items is one, which says
Stokes is rs badly defeated at Washington as
in Tennessee.
Postmaster General Creswcll declines to re-
move the present postmaster at Nashville at
the instance of Stokes.
B. +. Butler is candidate for the United
States Senate. from Massachusetts, AS against
| the present incumbent, Henry Wilson.
Another case of interviewing'' is that of
the PARENT of the President by Cincinnati
Bohemian.
Senator Fes-cnden has been dangerously i'll
for some time, and his physician despairs Of
his recovering.
Mr.. Sarah Boyle and daughter were found
in basement in New York City, starved to
death.
| by refusing TO pay the creditors of the Gov
crnnent. it is made \ anpcar that the public
go. = reduced.
Ashley. the impeachcr, had q cool reception
in Montana. He'll probably not hold that
place long.
A negro named Moses hopkins is running
on the Mississippi Central Road as Route
| Agent
| lee formed two inches thick on Mt. WASH
ington, New Hampshire, Oh the morning of
| the ID
Horace Greeley is strongly urged for the
mission to China. The Herald says he pos
sesses all the necessary requisites except II
pigtail.
| A wolf was killed in McLennan county,
! Texas. that measured twelve inches across the
top Of the head from ear to ear. 1t had Just
killed full grown cow.
The negro BARRIERS of Washington are FORM
ing conspiracy to close all BARRIERS shops
there oil Sunday. They want to Use their r,l-
zors in another way one day in the week.
The total amount of claims filed against the
Government for the capture and destruction
Of private property during the late war
is three million dollars.
James Dunbar, negro, aged 60, went into a
strange house to sleep, in Philadelphia, and
woke up in the street with his throat cut, and
all his money gone.
Judge Mcdonald of indianapolis, who died
few days ago, was confirmed spiritualist
and his spiritualistc friends now claim TO be
in direct communication with him.
The disastrous drought IN Virginia and the
consequent inevitable scarcity of provisions
next winter Essays the Richmond Whig) will
drive thousands to more favored regions.
Every married employe of the Des Moines
Register has been presented with baby, with.
in the last two weeks, by the persons authori-
zed to do such things.
A festive horseman in Kansas City, No.,
rode his horse up three flights of stairs, and
then hired six negroes 10 carry the animal
down again.
Two rattlesnakes were lately shot in Geor-
gia, Zone of them being nearly old enough to
VOTE" says II universal suffrage paper of that
State.
Wells g. Fargo's coach, which left Helena,
Montana, August 20, was robbed by highway.
men at Malade Summit, Utah, on the night of
the 3lst, of nearly $4,000 in gold.
Religious Notice.
The undersigned will hold protracted
meeting ia the Masonic Hall, Athens, Tcnnes-
see, beginning Saturday, Sept. 18th, at lOh