Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-04-12
WASHINGTON COUNTY NEWS.
Legal, Nuptial, Political, Professional, and
A &tEE Miscellaneous Items.

JoNEsBoRo', TENN, April 10, 1871.
10 EDITORS CHRONICLE: The zquiet that
has reigned In hisancientvillage for some
weeks past, has been to some extent broken
| to-day by the large crowd drawn thither by
the Circuit Court, now in session. The
streets really presented business-like ap-
pearaneeTseyerals bindings being under
process Of erection in the business portion
of the town, the sidewalks literally jam
med with throngsf of the honest sons of
toll In their Sunday clothes, " and with
| the chatter of men, the rattle of wagons,
and the ring of the trowel, sombre Jones'
| boro' wore an air of life and energy that
has not been her wont for perhaps many
| months xk@ hSsfsssakA 9fAAA
Forty-two lawyers practice in the Circuit
Court OF this sountynors at least they at
men Of less than ten years practice. The
criminal docket, with the exception of two
cases. WAS gene rthroughT ~ ith! to-day
Judge Gillenwaters don't let his business
drive him-he f1ttsbes It.
Tomorrow a cause will be tried that has
created considerable excitetement among
| the good people of well-behaved old WASH
ington, the case of the State ys. ,Nelson
Brockwell for the alleged murder of Geo. !.
d. Hale: Several gentlemen, eminent 10
| the profession, have, been retained for the
defence, and Major Pettibone, with others
will assist Attorney Gen. Hacker. Our
present Attorney General and former
predecessor form such aestriking Fesen1>
1 blance to each other thatit iswith diffical-
| ty that some of the unthinking yeomanry
can distinguish them, and to-day, when
| Capt. Hacker rises from his seat, in behalf
of the State afdsnt old Britson menn
battling for the interest of their State, anG
they even go SO far as to congratulate
Hacker for Britton upon his. success, ,sbut
both of the gentlemen being so widely
knowhi for their personal pulchritude, they
take it all in the best of humor.
The Holston Presbytery of the new and
old school Combined, hasnbeen in session
| for several days at their church I'm this
| place, and, as matter of course, we have
been highly entertained with some excel
| lent sermons from some of the learned
Gm.i'e1 inn e1s5 WE Sie Tfftf'fsf9NUis9' Tfft'sf 9''' '
| Several young ladies of Jonesboro', at
| tending the Western Female Seminary at
Oxford, Ohioy have, sent telegraIns of
thankfulhess to their friends for their mar
row escape from death in the burning of
that institutiepsswhich took place few
| nights ago.
DR.. Young, good citizen and an esti7
| mable gentleman OF this place died last
| night at his residence near Limestone
depot. .a.s-... .s.,xs lsx,,
and one of the pillars of the county, who
has been, as it were, in the very jaws of
death for a month, is rapidly recovering,
and his friends confidently expect very.
soon to see, his fami liar face once more on
the streets.f ae 90 &sNSE1sS
Jonesboro' merchants are rapidly filling
their empty shelves with new and stylish
spring goods James Slemons, of the firm
of James H. Dossen 81 Co, started this
evening for New York city to purchase
their stock of summer goods.
For five years past Jonesboro' has had a
| wedding about once year, but since the
dawn of eighteen hundred and seventy-one
such rapid suecessionw that we mon no
longer marvel at them as things of Won
der. But we had wedding last week
that must be noticed, a lawyer was mar
ried. Now we are, not amazed twhenta o
merchant, mechanic, or farmer thinks
he can support q wife, but for q lawyer in
Jonesborol-yes, in upper East Tennessee,
that can have the courage to face the bat
tie of life, with woman to care for, de-
serves the admiration of every disciple of
Blackstone, he has what Beecher would
call pluck. / expect it is very much hoped
that he will do well, and should
wonder ifhe had not been persuaded by his
brethren to try. it as sortsof an ex pertinent,
as he was one Of the most promising young
lawyers in the upper counties anyhow,
and if he succeeds, wears better clothes,
keeps out of debt, that is SO nobody knows
| it, buys him house, goes to house keep
| ing, or living with the old folks, and they
don't charge him for board, some more of
the legal fraternity, viii be for trying to
delude some bewitehing damsel into the
belief that he is succeedingly admirably
and will soon be a miilionaire.ai - ss'2sn q
i Marrying and politics in the same COM
munities seems little too far apart to mix
well, but we must say, that the music so
soft and tender that rolled along up and
down the Connecticut valley, gathering
as it went, was sweet sound to the ear of
the East Tennessee Republicans. We
want more of it but little better. The
Republicans up here stand o. unit, square
ly by the eadministfation; they all feel that
Mr.. Sumner has made the length of his
tether, The CHRONICLE is household
word in Washington. Lookout, we will
Club fno you before eS long; ng;r..0 HENay TNSsy 4
SCRATCHES IN HoRsEs.-Take pure, dry
white lead, pure oxide Of szines glyeerine,
of each hal an once; fresh lard, Tree from
rancidity,) one and a-haif ounces. Mix
the white lead, oxide of zinc and glycerine
TO uniform, smooth paste, then add the
lard, a Ettles at q time, till asuniform,
smooth ointment is formed. Wash the
parts with CASTLE soap and water, and dry
with cloth, then apply the ointment two
or three, times daily with the fingers
Wash once in, two or three days,,and dry
well before dressing again.
The horse should stand on plank floor
kept clean and dry; and If used, all dust,
sand and dirt should be washed off SO that
the affected parts may remain clean If
these directions are strictly carried out, it
will seldom, if ever, fail to cure the worst
cases within reasonable time. -
I<Weu1d be betterto have t]leeint s
prep&fed by an apsthecary,z and IN warm
weather substitute simple cerate for the
laraa rraaI4a aoxl Ge5f f1s fz1fsHnFr14nl
| RAISED .W3fFa One pint 81 sweet