The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-19
Chips, and rs.

The House Of Representatives has passed a
resolution to adjourn on the last Friday Of
March. 81 -.
New York was favored with snow storm
on the morning of the 18th. ,p"abGg<t
The Cuban rebel General, Lopez, has been
captured and shot. ,,..,....
w. II. Wisener, jr., has been appointed by
Governor Senter, Attorney General Of the 7th
District. it3ah
Geo. Reddick was shot and mortally wound
cd at Nashville few nights ago by policeman
Barr. ~
DIR. Mudd has been released from the Dry
Tortugas and started for his home.
Was the maid of Athens made of Greece?-
If so, was she ever in melting mood9
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which
springs from the soul; and the heart of man
knoweth none more fragrant.
A laboring man in Washington county,
Missouri, the other day found an old shoe in
the road containing $500 in gold coin. 9 y
A prominent radical named Skinner has
been indicted in Humphreys county for trying
to play Kuklux. s.. 7.,ri
The loyal Wiseners place at New Orleans
has been given to an eX-rebel General--Long-
street. How are you, VIM. II!
] Gen. Grant is said to be a good deal more
anxious than he was few months back to
have the tenure. of-office act repealed.
In order to dispose of polygamy at short
notice, it is proposed to give the right of SUI
rage to the women of Utah. .r
The Knoxville jnnta, including Bishop
Pearne, is said to be cussing mad.
Portions of Maury county are said to be in
Tested by highwaymen. Whar's the melish
Among the later items from Washington is
one that President Grant has become recon-
ciled to the Church.
Education does not commence with the al
phabet--it begins with mothers love.
1t is reported that the Senate is getting
afraid of Grant and the military element, and
will repeal the tenure-of-office law before long.
A newspaper writer says: vWisdom and
knowledge were not born with President
Grant, and will not die with him.
Forney says that circumstances alter
cases." Prentice says that " Forney is a case,
and the sooner he is altered the better M
Whisky at Jacksonville, Florida, has ben
reduced to fifteen cents drink. Billiards free.
A Georgia merchant proclaims general
amnesty to all persons indebted to him for
goods purchased in 1866.
Wendell Phillips, referring to Boutwell, and
Hoar, says Massachusetts furnishes all the
brains there is in Grants Cabinet.
Louisiana planters complain that the freed.
men will not leave the city to work in the
fields. -u
Gambling houses have to pay $1,000 license
in Louisiana. ..3
Many valuable tracts of land were sold in
Florida recently for 81 per acre. ...
The Georgia Legislature has reconsidered
its vote adopting the 18th amendment.
The Knoxville Wing has renovated Brown
low since his advent in the Senate, and makes
him vigorous old man. .... .rrt --
Snow storms are of almost daily occurrence
in Canada.
Dan Sickles is to be made Minister to Next
Coin the place Of Gen. Rosecranz, who will
be relieved. ,.'
The Pennsylvania Democrats propose to run
Gen. Hancock for Governor at the next cleo
tion.
/ Mrs. LydiaBeecher. mother of Henry Ward
Beecher, dicd inlBrooklyn on the 18th, aged 80.
Gen. Jordan, SBeaureguard's chief of stan
during the rebellion, is in Cuba fighting in the
cause of the insurgents. r"t,'
South Carolina has adopted the 18th amend
ment. l.t.'....- rl.
The 18th amendment has passed the Ar.
kansas State Senate.
The ultimate confirmation of Gen. Long.
street as Surveyor of the Customs at New
Orleans is considered certain.
Mr.. McCarroll, Sheriff of Marshall county,
Miss, for the past thirty years, has been re-
moved-cause, inability to swallow the iron.
clad. 1u
squad of negroes tramped on foot all the
way from North Carolina to Washington, that
they might be present at the Inauguration OF
Grant. They were not invited to the ball.
Bishop Whipple writes to the Minneapolis
Tribune that the officers at Fort Wadswortll
are living in very intimate relations with In.
dian maidens.
Mr.. Stanton, it is said, wears steel collar
when he sleeps. His object is supposed to be
to protect his throat against the bony fingers
of Mrs. Surratt. g."s
boa constructor in Singapore has swallow.
ed 9youiig lady who had on a diamond neck.
lace valued at $4,000, and the natives are
hunting the snake.
Atellow in Kansas, who was ducked by q
parcel Of boys for beating his wife, sued them
for damages. The magistrate promptly sen.
fenced them to duck him again.
Somebody, who keeps the record, says that
this is the year when the seventeen year To-
Gusts are to arrive; but be thinks that they
Will not prove good crop.
The guillotine has been put In motion in the
Post Office Department at Washington, and
heads are beginning to fall thick and fast as
autumnal leaves in brooks of Vallambrosa.
A. Il. Stewart Is said to have made the tri