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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13
The Cnld snan.

The recent cold weather was terribly Sc
we're in the North. In addition to the facts
given in our dispatches Monday and Tues
day, we find from our exchanges the fol-
lowing additional items: At Albany the
thermometer stood at fifteen degrees below
zero; at Toronto, Canada, twenty-five,
and at Hartford four and one~half.
OF the New York ferries the exchanges
of the 9Th say the weather continues i'm
tensely cold, and ice is increasing in the
rivers and harbor. The South and Ham,
ilton ferries to the southern part of Brook
Ign have ceased running, and the other
ferries are much impeded.-The North
river has large foes of ice in it, and YES
sells arriving do not anchor in the stream
for danger of being cut through. The eff
fects of the cold are severly felt here by
the poor people, drivers of teams and 9TH
ers obliged to be out of doors.
One of the South Hamilton boats re-
mains wedged in ince near Brooklyn since
10 o'clock yesterday morninS. Several
trips to and from Brooklyn to-day occu-
pied from one to two hours, and to Will
liamsburg even longer. The average trips
to Jersey City and Hoboken are from halt
an hour to two hours in length.
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unosbil aaleekIp Chronicle, aalsonespap, artb 49,
Chestnut Grove Farmers, Club.

DANDRIDoE, Tenn, March, 1872.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: You are requested
to publish the proceedings of q meeting of
the Chestnut Grove Farmers Club, held
in their club room on The I'd DIZZY of March,
1872, which are as follows:
CHESTNUT GROVE FARNERE' CLuB,
March 2, 1872
To THE PUBLIC: At an annual meeting
of the Farmers Club of Chestnut Grove,
to be held at this place on the second Sat-
urday of November, 1872, we will give pre-
miums on the following articles, Wis
/. Best two and one-half yards home-
made jeans. ...
3. Best five yards homemade flannel.
4. Best homemade blanket.
5. Best patch work bed quilt, home
made.
6. Best double-wove white counterpart,
homemade.
z. Best homemade shirt.
s. Best machine-made shirt. ......
9. Best specimen country butter, five
pounds. E@ D.. -3 .-1.
10. Best specimen country cheese. a1u
IL. Best specimen country lard. --s-..
~. Best specimen canned fruit.
13. Best sample hard soap, five pounds.
IA. Best sample soft soap, five pounds.
Is. Best half bushel dried peaches, peal
ed and unpealed. 81. s..s..f. ......l-- 81 u
16. Best half bushel dried apples, pealed.
IL. Best assortment of green apples rails
ed by one man.
Is. Best half bushel dried pears. 10.
Best half bushel timothy seed. 20. Best
| half bushel clover seed 81. Best bushel
white wheat. %. Best bushel red wheat.
%. Best bushel corn. "a. Best bushel oats.
25. Best dozen beets. 90. Best dozen
parsenips. "a. Best dozen turnips. %.
| Best half dozen cabbage. 90. Best dozen
| onions. 80. Best dozen Irish potatoes. 81.
Best dozen sweet potatoes, 80 Best boar.
33. Best sow. l-sa a& 4ttttss
or. ne ~.,. .uu largest fat hog,
80. Best calf under one year old. szE
SO. Best pound Of homemade tobacco in
the hand.
81 The largest amount of wheat raised
on one acre.
SO. The largest amount of wheat raised
one one-half acre.
80. The largest amepntof corn raised on
one acre.
40. The largest amount of corn raised on
one-half acre. aHa aeHsF .--ea .aE
Al. The largest amount of oats raised on
one acre.
AZ. The largest amount of oats raised on
one-half acre.
43. The largest amount of sweet potatoes
raised on given amount of land.
A. The largest amount of irish potatoes
raised on given amount of land.
45. The largest amount of hay raised on
one acre. -
as. The largest amount of clover seed
raised on one acre. EH a-
AZ. The largest amount of timothy seed
raised on one acre. rr-rI
Come one, come khEM #F|
w. II. COLE, Secretary.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13
Dream children.

"An Old Bachelor in Rdrper's Bazaar
under the above head, tells of the expert
ence of an acquaintance of his the follow
ing:
She was early and happily married but
one after another of her children had died,
and all at the tenderest age. Some fate
seemed to be set fast against those inno-
cent young lives, and while still in the
nursery they died. So the young mother
was totally bereft. Still she felt herself TO
be mother; but her sweet family were
dream-children only. Their nursery re-
manned unchanged. The toys, the little
tables and chairs, the torn picture-books-
they were left as the last of the lost dar-
lings had left them, and the last had died
thirty years before / saw the mother.
She, meanwhile, had passed from the
young wife to the matron, and the brown
hair with which the baby fingers had
played was gray now, and covered with a
cap. There was no morbid or querulous
complaint in her manner or in her life
no cynicism or false gayety. To most per-
sons she would seem merely grave and
tranquil lady who had had probably some
sorrow. But those dead children nodded
her whole character. A sad gentleness,
am endless sell -sacrifce. a sweetness of
charity that shamed calumny and in
spired generous judgment, made her life,
as had always heard one of the noblest
of influences. She bore with her and diff
fused an ineXpressible human tenderness.
And the source of it was that unchanged
nursery and the children who prattled and
played there long ago-the children who
are children only forever.
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Enoch Arden In Kentucky.

From the Murray (Ky) Gazette.
A most strange and thrilling romance
in real life has Just eliminated in this
county, and we hasten to lay its details be-
fore our readers. 1t appears that short
time previous to the breaking out of the
rebellion young married man named FL
bridge Miller, with his wife and two very
small children, emigrated from Galloway
county to Arkansas. When the war came
on he enlisted in the Confederate army,
and soon after was taken prisoner in ac-
ton, and sent to Chicago prison. After
remaining confined for some time he was
released on condition that he should go
West and fight the Indians. He had not
been in the West long until he was taken
captive by the red skins. After a long
and weary captivity of years, he at length
made his escape and returned to Arkan-
sas. Meanwhile his wife, surprising him
to be dead, had left there and Joined her
relatives in Henry county, Tenn. And
here, after searching for her. in vain in
Arkansas, the long-lost husband came,
some two weeks ago, in quest of her and
his children. A man named VIM. Schra-
der a widower with nine children, and for
merly q Galloway countian, had become
enamored of her in Arkansas, and follow
ing her to Tennessee, and finally prevail
ed upon her to marry and remove with
him to this county. Finding her again
married he did not seek to induce her to
return to him, but merely laid claim to
his children. These were refused him and
he instituted suit to recover them. The
case was to have had q hearing on Mon
day last, but on the Sunday previous, at
the woman's instance, there was private
interview between her and her first hus-
band, which resulted in their clipping to.
gether, leaving Schrader in the lurch, and
going, it is supposed, back to Arkansas.
Schrader does not seem to take his loss
very greatly to heart, but says his wife was
perfectly right in going off with her first
husband if she loved him best. -.
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Republican State Convention.

The State Central Republican, Commit
tee of the State of Tennessee, at their
meeting held in the city of Nashville on
State Convention should be called to meet
at the city of Nashville on Wednesday the
18th day of May next, to elect delegates
to the National Republican Convention
which is to meet at Philadelphia on the
9Th of June, and to transact any other
business connected with the interests of
the Republican party, which may come
before the State Convention.
1t was unanimously resolved by the
Committee, that it be recommended to the
County Conventions to be held in each
county to select delegates to the State Con-
vention, to adopt the Republican vote in
the last Presidential election, as basis in
fixing the number of delegates to the
State Convention, and 1t was unanimously
resolved that each county be entitled to
one delegate to the State Convention, and
one additional delegate for each 300 Re-
publican votes cast in the last Presidential
election, and one for each fraction over
one-half of 800 of such votes. .-
Under this the counties in the State will
be entitled to the following number eff
delegates: Anderson 8, Bedford 6, Benton
2, Bledsoe 2, Blount 5, Bradley 4, Camp
bell 3, Cannon 2, Carroll 5, Carter 8, Cheat
ham 1, Claiborne 8, Cooke 4, Coffee j, Cum
berland 2, Davidson IL, Decatur /, DeKalb
3, Dickson z, Dyer i, Fayette 8, Fentress
l, Franklin /, Gibson l, Giles 8, Granger
4, Greene 4, Grundy l, Hamilton ). Han
cock 2, Hardeman 3, Hardin 3, Hawkins
4, Haywood 6, Henderson 8, Hickman L,
Henry 2, Humphreys l, Jackson 2, Jeffer-
son s, johnson 3, Knox IL, Lauderdale l.,
Lawrence 2, Lewis i, Lincoln l, Macon 9,
Madison 2, Marion q Marshall 1, Maury 2,
McMinn 8, .A1cNairy 4, Meigs 2, Monroe
4, Montgomery 4, Morgan ., Overton 2,
0bi0n l, Perry l Polk 2, Putnam l, Rhea
e, Roane 6, Robertson 2, Rutherford 4,
Scott 2, Scquatchie ], SEWER 3, Shelby IS,
Smith 3, Stewart L, Sullivan 8, Sumner 3,
Upton 2, Union 3, Van Buren, !, Warren
2, Washington 5, Wayne B. Weakley 8,
White 2, Wilson 4, Williamson 8.
Each new county formed since 1868 will
Ike entitled to one delegate. r.......
We hereby call said State Convention
to meet at the Capital at Nashville on
| Wednesday the 18th day of May, 1872, at
IL o'clock noon of that day, and we earn
estly recommend to Republicans in the
different counties In the State to hold
county conventions at an early day, to
| nominate delegates to the State Conven-
ton. HORACE III. HARRISON, Chm.
MOSES II. JOHNSON, 80. ~
l.. b, EATON,
w, w. MURRAY,
GEORGE ANDREWS,
MEN. N. WHEELER, = -rs.
! State Central Republican Committee.
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Anderson County Items.

Circuit Court convened at Clinton on the 18th
Instant, with u cases upon the civil docket and
80 upon the State TO be disposed of-two of the
latter being for murder.
There is a booming tide in Clinch river Just
now-the second of the season. Large quanti-
ties of logs, grain, produce, ETC., will now be
transported TO points below. W..
The County Court Clerk reports marriage Ii
censes as duh SALE a rr- ....r .E 81
Berry Hudson, the vertable Berry of the
Metropolitan Hotel at Clinton, is on hand as
usual, and his voice is still for more customers
and better customers
Old Anderson has q number Of aspirants for
the offices 70 filed in August of which are
for Sheriff, Constable Gibbs, Deputy Sheriff
Dali and Esquire Precise.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13
BRUIN AROUSED.
Encounter with Rear ON Unaka Noun
tain.

tain.
The Jonesboro' Flag and advertiser con-
tains an account of an encounter between
party of traders and bear, a few days
since. While crossing Unaka mountains,
between North Carolina and East Tennes-
see, the other day, they were overtaken by
a Tremendous snow storm, which so
blockaded their road as to prevent their
further progress until the snow melted
sufficiently to allow them to pass. In
some of the gorges through which their
road passed, the snow had drifted to the
depth of ten or twelve feet. The traders
making the best of their precarious di-
lemma, took their rifles and proceeded TO
look after game. 1t was not long until
they aroused huge bear-broaching him
in his den. Bruin, it seems had been
some time without food, and showed dis
position to take his visitors into glowing
embrace" when an animated ROW" be-
gan between them. One man shot at him,
but only slightly wounded him, whilst an
other with his faithful dog, attacked him
in the rear. The latter assault upon his
bearship proved annoying to him, and he
turned upon his foe with q horrid growl,
and event for him - ferociously. Now
came hand to hand tug-the man plung-
ing Bowie knife in him with all his
might and strength. Bruin advanced up
on his antagonist erect upon his hind
feet, with his sharp claws extended, open
mouth, and grinning teeth. They closed,
and tumbled over in the show-drift-when
the situation of the trader became critical
Just at this moment the second crack of
the rifle of his companion resounded
through the mountain forest, and Bruin
rolled overload, his crimson ,,,fe-blohd
staining the white snow f.. varas around
The attacking party were very fortunate
- sene, on OH TTiph but few scratches. The
bear Weighed upwa;ssdta. of two hundred
pounds. 1t is thought he had left lis wiis-
ter quarters too soon, thinking Spring had
really come. tl o.E &C.
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In Chancery Court at Taylorsville

ORIGINAL AND INJUNCTION BILL.
Mary f. Shown, CompPt. vs.. David T. Shown. Resp't.
1T APPEARING TO THE CLERK AND MASTER
from the allegations in compliments bill, which il
sworn to, that the respondent, David Shown. To- q
non resident Of the State Of Tennessee Tor has so alb
seconded that his residence unknoWn) II lie therefore
ordered that publication be made for four successive
weeks in the Knoxville Chronicle. pubshed in the
ent II appear at the court house In Tayorsy 10, Ten
term Of the Chanoery Court then and here 70 be held
for johnson county in the lst Chancery District in said
bill or the same will be taken as confessed and for
heang parte. And respondent is also epioned and
inhibited from, in any manner whatever. dBpOgng OF
the rsOna pro perty and estate mentioned il he
bill Of mPlaint and from controlling in any manner
whatever the children Of complainant, nnt the fur
ther urd0r OF this honorable Court, tsh 20, 1872
ml3Wi J,H. SMITH, e. an.
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Among the Mormons,

Redfeld, of the Cincinnati Commercial,
is out among the Mormons. He writes
from Ogden as follows:
over one quite large store, containing
dry goods, groceries and furniture, I saw
this strange sign, painted in large charac-
ters: Holiness to the Lord. Zion's Co
operative Mercantile Institution" The
first four words were in circular form, and
under them was the picture of large eye.
j could not understand what such sign
had TO do with the retail dry goods and
grocery business, and made inquiry.
was told that 1t was Mormon sign, show
ing that Mormon kept the store and that
Mormons were bound to patronize him.
They were prohibited from trading with
. Gentiles," and no Mormon would pa.
tronize n store that did not have such q
sign. Upon looking further, / noticed
that One-half the stores had the sign out
all of which seems strange and unreasona.
BILE. Wishing to make some purchases, i
bought what / wanted without regard tc
the "sign on the outer wall.n / found
that " Holiness to the Lord" and big
eye under it, did not lessen the price o.
dry goods.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
LIST OF LETTERS.
Advertised march II. 1879.

Persons calling for these letters will please "Ad
yertised" and give the date of this list If not called
for within month they will be sent to the Dead
Letter Office One cent will be collected each letter
when delivered ~. ..t
A-Alfred Anderson, B II Allison, wm. + Atkinson.
B-W Brown. Mrs Matte Bell Mingo Beard,
Miss Matte Brazelton. J X Barnett, John Bosley,
Jackson Barnett, G w Billingsley. 49,.
C-B Coulta az Co., Jane Campbell, Jerry Clark.
j Clark, Mrs Pheba Cate Mrs S f Carr 2, Thomas
Cox, W ii Covington.
D.Thomas Draper, r Dryman. James Durin, e Il
Dewitt. -. = NJ. t--..
civilian Eddie. -s
F-Wm Frees. Foster, Harriet Farmer (eol'd).
G-Mrs VIM Given, w II Graves. a.. IA
H-Wilam Holly, Thos Hardy, Samuel Kitten,
Joseph Herring. John Harris Jas i Harrell John
Heskell L Hgfaker, e ii llults. Hull Darien, )
J-Wiliiam johnson. Rebecca johnson, Up
Jackson.
:, K-Mrs = Kennedy, Miss Louisa Kidd. I
Krous, 2. .t.. ~. f =.
. - M17Alexander Mass. Manlovc, Richards MedOr.
VIM McGhee. #t .t.r. ..
Nj b Netherland Miss Josie Nance. Il.
Mrs Julia Porter, William Perkins. r.
RIM A Robertson.
S--Miss Addie Siler (colored). II j Snyder, John M
Strong, Miss j Stewart Miss Sallie Sykes.
TO f Thompson. -. 49,. co..
Mrs K Wheeler. ..
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In Chancery at Huntsville, scott
County, Tenn. -

Frederick derding, Laura V. Gerding Charles Hani-
1ot, Alexander Pelvey, and Frederick Grshausen
We. James Il. Coll
TN THIS CAUSE. IT APPEARING FROM THE
allegations in the bill which sworn to, that the
defendant James f. Coll, is justly indebted to the
plaintiffs and is nonresident of this State 80 that
the ordinary process of law cannot be served him
and an original attachment has ing been sued out re
turna BILE TO said Chancery Court AZ Huntsville and the
is ordered BY the Clerk and Master that pHbsatien
Idle a newspaper published in Knoxville. Tcnnesst Q.
ndinE the said James r. Coll to appear before
said court al the court house in Huntsville the 4th
Monday of june 1872 to make defense to said bill,
the came will be taken for confessed and set for hear
ing ex ptrte. February "a, 1872.
lnchl3wst - j. NJ. VIEWPOINT, G. Il NJ.
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HOME CIRCLE.
THE WIND AND ROsE-AN ANCIENT |
APOLOGIZE.

BY JOHN O. SAKE.
A little red Rose bloomed all alone
In the hedge by the highway side,
And the Wind came by with plying moan,
And thus TO the flowret cried
" You are choked with dust from the sandy
ledge EWES"
Now see what friend can do
/ will pierce hole in the tangled hedge
And let the breeze come through"
" Nay let me bel am we'll enough
Said the Rose in deep dismay,
But the Wind Is always rude and rough,
And of course he had his way
And the breeze blew soft on the little red Rose
But now she was sore afraid,
For the naughty boys-her ancient foes
Came through where the gap was made.
~ see,n said the Wind, when he came again,
And looked at the trembling flower,
You are out of place; 1t Is very plain
You were meant for lady's bower"
" Nay, let me bein said the shuddering Rose,
No sorrow ever had known
Till you came here to break my repose;
Now please TO let me alonel" .... ..-
But the will of the Wind is as strong as death,
And little he rocked her cries;
lie plucked her up with his mighty breath,
And away to the town he flies.
o, all too rough was the windy ride
For Rose so weak and small,
And soon her leaves on every side
Begin to scatter and fall.
Now, what is this?'' said the wondering
Wind,
AS the rose in fragments fell
This paltry stem is all find
I am sure meant il well"
It means just this-that a meddling friel e
Said the dying stalk, 81 is sure
To mar the matter he aimed to mend,
And kill where he meant to cure "
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13

The Poet at breakfast table gives this
vivid description of the manner in which
girl of the period makes ready to play
and plays her grand piano:
III was young woman, with as many
white muslin fiounces round her as the
planet Saturn has rings, that did it. She
gave the music-stool a twirl or two and
fluffed down on to it like a whirl of soap
suds in hand basin. Then she pushed up
her cuffs as if she was going TO fight for
the champions belt. Then She worked her
wrists and her hands, to timber 'em, /
suppose, and spread out her fingers till
they looked as though they would pretty
much cover the keyboard, from the growi-
ing end TO the little sgueaky one. Then
those two hands of hers made a Jump at
the keys as If they were q couple of tigers
coming down on flock of black and white
sheep, and the piano gave great howl as
if its tail had been trod on. Dead stop--so
still you could hear your hair growing.
Then another jump, and another howl,
as if the piano had two tails and you had
trod on both of 'em at once, and then a
grand clatter and scramble and string of
jumps, up and down, back and forward,
one hand over the other, like stampede
Of rats and mice more than like anything
| call music.
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"The Evening Bells. s.

Many of our readers are no doubt famil-
lar with Thomas Mooreis beautiful song of
"The Evening Bells,n but they may not
be familiar with the incident which sug-
gested them. The incident is as follows !:
In the Cathedral of Limerick there hangs
a chime of bells which were cast in Italy
by an enthusiast in his trade, who fixed
his home near the monastery where they
were first hung, that he might daily en-
10y their sweet and solemn music. In
some political revolution the bells were
taken away to some distant land, and the
maker himself became a refugee and exile.
After some years he found his way to Ire
land On calm and beautiful evening,
as the vessel which bore him 1oated on
the placid bosom of the Shannon, sudden
~ the evening chimes pealed from the
cathedral towers. His practiced ear caught
the sweet sound, and be knew his lost
treasures were found. His early home, his
old friends, his beloved native land, all
the best associations of his life were in those
sounds. He laid himself back in the boat,
crossed his arms upon his breast and list
ened to the music. The boat reached the
wharf, but still he lay there silent and mo-
tionless. They went TO him, but his spirit
had fed. The tide of memories that came
vibrating through his heart at the well
known chime had snapped the silver cord
and set him free. 1t was this incident
which suggested to the poet the lines which
are appended :
!Those evening bells those evening belsl
How many q tale their music tells
Ofyouth, and home, and that sweet time
When last heard their soothing chime
Those Joyous hours have passed away,
And many heart that then was gay
Within the toOmb now darkly dwells,
And hears no more those evening bells.
And fhua itur;ll he ,,ha, + m, ,,o,o .... !.
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In Chancery Court at Jacksboro'.

Frank Richardson and others We. Mary Green and
... .....E. others. ...f. H....
1T APPEARING FROM THE BILL, WHICH is
sworn to- that the names Of the heirs Of Mary Green
and the names and residences of the heirs of john
Richardson Of Mary Wilson, and of Nathan Richard
son, are unknown, and cannot be aseertained upon
diligent inquiry; and that Mary Wilson, James NJ Wiz
son, William Richardson. ir, - Ramsower, Mary
Ramsower, Lucinda RchardsOn, Joseph Susan. Eliza
RE and Salie p, Elizabeth A., Ellen W. Susan W
and John NJ. Preston all of whom are respondents.
are all non residents of the State of Tennessee:
II is ordered by tSat said respondents enter their
appearance in said cause at the next term of said
be held at the court house Jacksboro the
Sd Monday in April next, and plead. answeror demnr
to said bill the will be taken for confessed and
set for hearing Parte and that copy of this order
be published for four successive weeks in the Knox
vile Chronicle. r.-.a-er
A true copy. Attest: -
US. LINDSAY, Clerk and Master.
March 4 1872 nI3w4t
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13

THF BosroN JUBILEE.-The first pile
for the foundation of the Boston Coliseum
was driven on Tuesday, February 81. Mr..
Sears, the builder, says that he IAN finish
the great work in so days. A band from
Hungary is the late-t novelty announced,
Number of choruses thus far registered,
ll3. Mr.. Gilmore's health, at the date OF
the last reports, was as good as usual.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-03-13

Two little school girls were lately pratt
Ting together, and one of them said ave
keep four servants, have got six horses,
and lots of carriages. Now, what have
you?p With as much pride the other ans
wered "We've dot skunk under our
barn.