Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
CURRENT NOTES.

/ Hon. George II. Pendleton has gone TO Eu-
rope. He will return in October
/ Gen r. II. Milroy is the Republican candi-
| date for state Treasurer in Indiana
Jnckson Orr has been nominated for Congress
/ by the Republicans of the sixth district of Iowa.
/ Wyoming calculates TO send female delegate
/ to the next Congress. Progres.ive Nyomingi
The New Orleans fremeu, who have been on
/ Nhlblton ut the Nor-h for some time, have rc-
! turned to their homes
/ oyer. five thousand applications have been
| filed with Collector Murphy for positions in the
| New York Custom House
Elections are to be held in all the States this
! fall, except Oregon California, New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut and Rhode Island
National Congress on penitentiary reform
| and discipline has been called tomeet i'm Cincin-
matt on the llth day of October next.
The Saratoga race, and John Morrsseys
Faro Bank are among the attractive features
/ of that famous resort.
Jerry Black ha, been 9, Texas trying rail-
! road lawsuit for which he received the snug
sum Of $4,000 for hi. services.
The late municipal election in Richmond has
been declared null and void, and another elec-
tion will be held
Baron Rothschd wa, recently drawn for
juror in the High Court OF France and falling
to attend Nyu- fined 5000 francs.
General Siegc was one ofthe speakers at the
German meeting held ut New York on Monday
night
Representative Adams. of kentucky, who has
been detained at Washington by serious illness,
! Is now couyide-cent.
An enthusiastic German at Chicago has telc-
graphed TO Count Bismarck that he will give
5000 to the captor of the first French flag.
The people of northwestern Nevada are en-
ioving the luxury Of tr-t-co-s sensation over
what is supposed TO be wild man.
There are ! a churches in Cincinnati, valued
ut SL262S1l. OF these = are Catholic churches
valued ut 81 ,@o1,275, and 2i Methodist valued at
SG3Q,92O.
Gra. sherman has information from Fort I'd
mund., near Cheyenne, Wyoming, that the In
dians in that section were all quiet. and that no
general war i, expected
The Agricultural Implement Mauutictorv of
Dodge, Rhorer " Peabody, Louisville Ken
tucky was destroyed by fire ON Friday morn, I.
ing with loss of $4,000.
Young America is as-umnga new role in Call
loruig few day since q gentleman was at
tackled and robbed i'm San Francisco by n set Of
Wgamufin boys ranging in age from 10 to II.
A bloody riot occurred at Trenton, New Jer-
Scy, last Thursday, between number of Phila-
dcphia cotton >pinners and citizen of Tren-
ton. About fifty persons were badly injured,
Colleges and schools are closed in Germany
aud the students are thrOnging recruiting Offices
l anxious TO join in swelling the rank, of the ar
my which i tu oppose the legions of France.
! Bueno, Ayres is fast approaching a state of
refined civilization. Among he latest evidences
of prugress j. duel between an army officer
and IN editor, in which the latter was Killed
a new Democratic paper Is To be started in
Washington, called the Patriot edited by Mr.
Harvey late Ministerto Portugal, and will have
II capital of SlOO,On
We anticipate lively timesin Kentucky atthe
coming State elections. BullieN in Louisville
openly announce that they viii break the head
Of the first Odd nigger' who approaches the
In the matter Of crime, the city Of 'brotherly
love- is in fair way to eclipse New York A
g.. / I
men and robbed. Three of them were arrested
, and held to bail in the sum of 5000
\ spirited controversy il going ON between
the Cincinnati Commcrciat and Enquirer as to
the relative merits for enterprise of the two jour
nal,. They both have capacity to blow their
own horns.
Gen. f. d. Mansfield, Il. d, NJ" of tho
> Cincinnati Gazette, aud Veteran Observer of
the New York Times i, prominently mention
, ed aS the Republican candidate for Congress
: from Gen. SchencI district
e The Richmond wig congratulates the Con-
+ tervative party of Virginia upon resisting the
e overtures and frustrating the devices by which
the Democracy have underworld TO secure the
alliance
young lady at Pittsburgh attempted suicide
| last week, by taking laudanum, The cause of
the rash act unrequited affection. BY
e timely use of the stomach-pump, her life was
> saved.
There is much speculation as to the course
I | England will pursue in the European war.
:. Johnny Bull always goes where he can make
!, the money. He will take the side which pays
+, | best
= Second only to the contemplated European
: war is the contest in New York between rival
ice companies Numerous iniunctions and law
!, suits of various kinds have grown ont of #. IL
: may be said there is "codncss" " existing ha-
i tween the parties.
e The Mayor of Hamilton Ohio has baeu
II soundly threshed by gentleman whose wife he
y had slandered. The gentleman was fined i've
= dollars which was Immediately paid by by
a ISLANDERS, who seemed to enjoy that way Of pun
II ishng high officials
: Quite a lively discussion is going On in South
ern Journals over the reason why the Coateder-
ates did not advance upon Washington after the
first Manassas tight. We judge that the presence
of Federal troops in that vacinity, was the prin~
cipal reason why they did not advance.
e Among many other results ofthe htc steaHl-
IL boat race on the Mississippi is SANDER stit for
2, $4,000, commenced by correspondent of tho
p St Louis RepUbiicaH, against the pilots of the
" steamer Natchez growing out ofa card publish
l. ed in answer 10 structures on poor plotting by
A. the correspondent aforesaid.
n The feeling at New York on the reception Of
n the war news was of the most varied character
e, Everybody was agitatcd. The Bulls on Wall
O. street were disguised at not being able to get up
ar a panic. The Germans We're enthusiastic, while
~ the Irish were unusually boiserous. Wild ru-
,,,nrs cirpulatal with electrical snpnd Nvhila i'm,