The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
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,&IA pM loQaaa, w&o .@osX 4p at 4. III.
ce'nSef tArM Uf,pta MleSylbsuis CsuHyp ~
been p..r4opea out Of tAq pe4itsntiNyr
iThc nl4p0B ofumili tlaYcp, NOW IN camp 1t
the rate 81 sao, 0o6 paf niShth.. 11h 1',n''nI
''MeMphfs bta@ Of n sfKe,SlsArraea, kerSck
pcdc, warranteaSdssalbw oJlF rough places.
AaronIJonea, t,,s prize, fighter, died near
ii3ssSsfTRr2r n n1'!sHn \ 'hAa'hh Tee4taUqQaqI
The insurance companies Of the eotlhtry
pald to tho sovefnmSNt lxx ytar q tax Of
siyegbRb.thH" ~,issosa"p nTaro,.b
Some ~ the p,xhtesse 81 Gcofgih ind AiGba.
ina are ploughing up good 'hclds'cf wheat. to
put In cotton. Which argues that the race
Of fools has not entirely run out.
Deacon Bradley jenkins and wife, Of West
Barnstabit, Mass.. 4 IN, ~ srectivtiy hged o.
and 02 years. They have been married II years.
DsNnstl,o psN MsiysarS. &aa6vsksge,
one man has been killed in every nine days
while walking % ltins on the tsck Of Massa-
chusetts railroads.
,asx&sLfeIha Mes ofAdraiiyy9 bus 9hc
diversity that brings sugar up to twenty
cents n pothidr makes the swest@ning come
rather dear. No .,
1t cost English railroads one and three quar-
ter million dollars 10 pay for personal injuries
done in 1867.
1t IL proposed in, Congress, to discontinue
the oGicsiof Gencrd, did continue Lieut.. Gen.
eral Of the Army. =. 81. -. ~.
W ha homestead law u south Carolina has
been deelmed .uncosstitutionahtn, regard to
..sYestcd rights gaT ,aLaltTt
=, The proposition in, Congress, TO tcrritorializc
Mississippi has been Abandoned c.I ~
p The President and family viii Sacate the
white. House on the third Of, March. and WIN
hprobably leave Washington on the 6th,W "a
Capt. Hcydt. who USED. to figure about the
Tennessee Capitol. is running q saw-mill In
West jersey (which mays he nnnsirisTed step
upward.y IHT5I, iTIYIHq T. woo
The stockholders Of The virginia md Ken
lucky Railroad are, to meet, at Bristol 1.-The.
Line, March 24th.i rJ"ti 49,, rrpy- ltl',a~
jerks has discovered that Mrs, Grant is
cross-eyed.T Which isnothiug.if the temper is
all right. ati-t"ld .rH ?ipu'rt q -
~ "A second regiment Of militia has been or
-ganized At Nashville. ''qpNr 0url M gd
One Of the most interesting features Of daily
Journalism seems to be making statements one
day and taking them back the next. q NH'1.
The State Senate has declined to pay Buck
Lewis for boot blacking round the Capitol in
t1ss1. -, .'i =, W ,',,Ii,3l., ,1,i,
b. John @. Breckinridge returned to Kentucky
last week. 'b.a Hiii NIu t'p<'li. taa.., u,J
The fiftieth anniversary Of tho Independent
Order Of Odd Fellows occurs on the e6tli Of
April. ',. ',i w., ,,'F :, VIZ,
According to the Nashville Banner, 10 law
yer Of that city Is implicated in some stock
speculations Of a not very crcditable character
A vast coal field has been discovered near
dalton, Georgia. Ofcourse, Daltpnisexcited
We lesrn through Mr., Bokum, Immigration
agent that thcrci large ''number Of people
IN the North waiting for information.."
The greatest constitutional lawyer;iof tn,
age Is Senator Wisener. Vide his report abou,
the spcakership. Ntn lirHon 2mH,a ~
House resolution to tlisband MI but foul
+ companies of the Militia, has been tioored In
the Senate. y. t''5 ,'ui Hhl -
Thefrst lesson Of a student on the yeloci
pede in Providence cost him S225. He went
through show window. >, .l e. "ll'r
Glasgow thinks it has the tallest chimney IN
the world, land 10 must be admitted that 45(
! feet isprctty well up "2'i -iit 'aAitsA \
Il Generally the first act Of carpet-bagge,
elected to Congress Is to take the temperance
oath. The second is to get drunk. o.r'd
Hon. u eos w. Jones and, Gov. HI. s. aFoott
have been relieved by Congress of political
and civil disabilities. = .i7ul .IqnJ,,s 4t' I =
The imports Of gold at New York last weei
exceeded the exports $40, 76s. All ri tr,az,
T., The body Of Joe Copeland, the horse-thief
has been found in the West Fork Of Stones
River. f.yi rasl N .l,tr
WIN, Jackson, negro, was shot and killed al
Nashville, OH Friday last, by Sam. Sweeney
white man, Self defsnnfee. 3yYu NAV
|, 'EX-Secretary Stanton is reported to be dan
gerously Ill. ~ "a i't''i'4
bt ,Tlos., .sIesaard thS Memphis .forgor, slls.
heep committed to prison in that Gity.,iv yr
~ Three desporadoes who attempted h rob Q
pay train on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, have been sent over the river. .sgnt
Campbell county. East Tennessee, Is threat
encd with the publication of u Radical papel
to be printed at Yacksborolr
II Mr., Ghas. Axt, a German grape growerneal
tCrawfordville, Ga, was found murdered n
his house, on the 18th. His son is in Jail
charged with the crime. Z, a mi ! ~
An old, gentleman named Rodgers started
TO Washington airfew days ago to. represent
Tenpesseeein Congress-, He's the 'isiembsl
forthe State at larSe.b n y W "a ~
A big joke--tha Legislature Of Tennessee,
adjdarhihg oversba account Of the xhniversa
ry Of Washington's birth day.
The State Auditor Of North Carolina wa,
compmitlel tel jfl On ysatuydS by tho su
fpreme Judge for contempt of Court in refus
ipgfo eunlhySith an ordsr'of tho eoirt.F
A negro, ,fioprishlng \ pistol in Nstcbex
Mss, The other day; shot himself Though IN,
heart ana then gracefully yielded UP the ghost
The atoms called triohine spiralis,; or spi
rules, are said, by some medical men, TO %,
la A. -. IL