The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-03-05
Chips, md Things.

to poke sticks at Father Bunkum, the i'm
migration agent l' t''ifinfi 'jil'''i
Typhoid fever Of type that bsffles the
phia. - .,.... .,,
The population Of London, at the middle Of
4e6s, was 8,i28,0S5. % ~ - . IN
Governor Clayton'slas feat consists in steal
ing steamboat and putting the crew in irons.
Cuban refugees IRE going in large numbers
to Mcxico--out Of the fryinsspsn into the
fire. ts..is
Gen. Mcclure, of PennsylvAniA, Il Bald to
have a contemplate opinion Of President
Grant since that late interview. s.'h
Gen. jackson rode to the capitol alone in
1s29--his Predecessor, John Quincy Adams,
declining to accompany him.
The Cincinnati GROUND hog isa humbug.--
Been two snow storms up that way since the
I'd Of lFeBruhryJ IL Il @ Ia III III III 0 y
A husband starved his wife to death in Jer-
scy City last week. we are happy to state he
was not Nh editor. .;,l .,.uI
Moorehead e. Co. failed at Philadelphia q
few days ago, for the trihing amount of one
hundred thousand.
The Minnesota Legislature has voted down
the woman suffrage proposition by q decided
vote. .. 81, ss,-,s,
A prominent Mississippian recently met his
death while eating oysters. gE"s5 bn&
"a fight occurred In Carroll copntylast week,
about o mule, in, which . desperate named
! Flippen was killed. ,r 40. snnl1 .rH "a
Mr.. Dennis. the contractor, is cntrgctically
at work on the "Suck,". the "Pot'' and the
'Skilletyy W udl U.q,hna2rlE ~ ~" ~
The Arkansas Legislature has passed . bill
outlawing the Kuklux. Governor Clayton is
not included Units provisions. 81 r.
ia bill creating metropolitan police for
Philadelphia has been defeated in the Penli-
sylvania Legislature. =" y" ,i.,.'...
81 The Legislature of Tennessee has voted q
resolution Of thanks to Governor Brownlow--
for what particular act is not specified.
Charleston will be the capital Of West
Virginia from the first of April, 1870. .
q Nevada strikes the word "white" from its
Constitution. There are not ten negroes in
the whole territory. .,-I .J.
There is man named Cobun out west who
is said to regard marriage and the galows as
about on par. 'iN ..+unI 20 JG 10 tgipr
Government securities are gradually creep
ing up. Gold is gradually going down. Z
The radicals Of Washington county have
declared unanimously for Stokes for Governor.
Medical men are condemning' velocipedes.-
They assert that the bicycle causes abscesscs
ruptures, and malformations. a.lat .rG .li
vicksburg has paper published by Sword
and Spears, revealing sad state Of society in
that locality. 3. M ."H ..
The Heralds Cuban special says the troops
were ordered to take no prisoners, but to shoo
them down. ~ - ~
A clock strikes its little one twice day.
; Thus does the whrligig of Time bring in hi
: revenges.
A tombstone in Maine, erected to the memo
ry Of u wife, bears the inscription: "Tear
cannot restore her; therefore weep"
The Rocky Mountain Herald heads its col
imn Of humorous and other paragraphs ''Noo
; die Soup" .'...a..ll IA .rn 1,.
There are two things in nature which nevc
sit-the sun and hen. They set.
President. Johiison's copper tariff veto i
, commended by two thirds Of the better ordc
, Of Republican papers 'p' 20 .,.,,,
, Hooper, of Boston, Wing Of the Webste
$ schools spoken of as Grants Secretary of tn
Treasury. ,...,... ,s. s,.,
The report that q man had recently beef
shot at and missed near the Coker Greek Col
Mines is not true. ri. -.
Cleveland, Bradley county, had a shar
sprinkle of snow ON the 9th. r., I'm.
The body of wirz, the commandant Of tn
, AndersonSille prison, has been given up t
his friends.
: Since Parson Brownlow left the Knoxvill
: Wing it has become very wicked and issues
h Sunday edition. p -" ~ 80" y ahE
: The luxury Of doing good may be enjoye
i by everybody: Like air and water, it Is witt
: in reach Of all. No doubt that is the rcaso
C most people turn their back upon 1t. " u
: IF no untownrd accident befalls cotto
!, catterpller fly to-day, or her children, she wi
y be the mother Of siXty-6ve thousand millio
= worms by the middle Of October. a. All
: Dewitt C. Senter was inauguratcd MS Go,
crnor of Tennessee on the 2Gth--and Mr.. Ne
9 son, the wolnaI,'s rights man, was elected
the Speakership Of the Senate. ,
h A fight occurred in Huntsville, Alabam
l. last week, between some citizens and a lot
# regular soldiers, in which three or four of I'll
:, latter We're killed and wounded. .mda
b Judging from the pleasant and endearir
is epithets which arc continually passing b
d tween members of the radical party, the, mi
l. lennium can't be great way round the corne
% Somebody who don't like Ohio Schenck, So,
y that the "whole expression of his face is
/ combination of the repusive features OF II
l. spotted toad and the sharper outline of Il
serpent" ..E-.. '
;. Col. Evans has had another fight with IL
1' Indians, killing as many as eight-at whit
T. rate the war, If vigorously prosecuted, can
Oh terminated in about seventy-fve years.
- At Concord, New Hampshire, the thermor
: etcr, on the LIST, stood at 3S below zero.
Ex-Governor Brownow and suit arrived
Washington on the first, reported in feeb