The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1872-01-25
CHIPS, and THINGS.

so'oVO NuTll VI pIopNIls
Subscribers song We owe but little here be-
low, have owed that little long,
Col. Jim White, Turnpike Commissioner, was
along last week, looking after the Tclico Pike.
| Capt. l., \. TinSlcy has been elected Marshal
Of Dalton, and Warren Davis Deputy.
The residence Of John Higgins, Dalton. Ga,
was destroyed by fire on thcmorning ofthe 10th.
A woman Of Indiana died horrible death ll,t
week by worms bred by wearing iutc switches,
The Monthly Scientist predict, that the sun
will burn out in ii,3s9 years,
Five Chicago houses belonging to an iniidcI
escaped the flames Of the great onnngrnton
A dispatch from Harrisburg announces Boss
Tweed as on the wing heading westward
/ Twcnty-onc United states Senators are said to
be opposed to the denomination Of Gen. Grant.
/ Hon. Geo. r. Dennis has been elected to the
u. 5. Senate from Maryland
West Virginia acknowledges debt to Old
Virginia Of one million dollars.
This is scissored: Liberal advertisers are the
men who "mcan business" Those who don't
advertise only do n mean business.
]
call for the Reputation Of National COnycn-
ton.
The first duty Of the citizen, after the Church
and the sabbath school is TO giNca substantial
supper, to his home pepper.
The Georgia Legislature adjourned on the
10Th. Judge Warner was confirmed us Chlci
Justice.
We are indebted to the publisher Of the Phil.
adclphia Ledger for copy Of h- excellent at
maac for 1872.
The ShcIhy,llr Reese It wants to run Andy
johnson for President Hnd Gen. W. \. Batc for
Governor.
All tn" hotel, mi one .Iirof III" hu>nr-,
square IT Abbc,illr. South Carolina We, de-.
,troy"d by fire ON the 18th.
Partic' at Knoxville have applied for char.
ter for % corporation to be known as the Knox.
vile Dollar saving Bonk.
Governor Brown has accepted senator So
yer'S resignation, and ordered an election to ill
the vacancy 10 he held on the 2nth Of February
A man being found at La Crosse with seven
stabs in his back, the corOnrr's jury brought in
Published statistics show that 10000 cmi-
grant, left Germany lat yer, nearly all for the
United States.
Fcmalr compositor- "rc reported to he work
ing quit" successfully in De, Moincs, Iowa. and
some of them can earn ~ hlgh - ~ a week.
Bartholomew u. Ntou~htcuborough, Of ILL
nois, i accused Of writing hi, name often and
"rcyrr.n IL ,nuou> l"ogthlncss.'
The turn-tahc Of til" new Rock Island ridge
in Louisiana weighs 100 tons. "nd /, the most
massive machinery OF the Kind in thr world.
A Methodist congregation of eleven MrXiran>
has been Organized near La Juntl- the first Of
the kind in Mexico.
/ The military division Of the South, Of which
the late Gen. HnlIcyk W., commandrr. has been
Discontinued hy the President
/ Governor John {. Brown j. rcdu ing the "X-
pcnditnr"s in and about thu stat" Capitol, for
which he deserves communication.
TIL" smallest thing that cWwls III" Earth is
the poor devil who has no opinions Of his own,
until he his heard from everybody else.
1t j. now believed that no legislation for Oh"
resumption Of specie payments will be perfect
ed nj the present session Of Congress-
Since the President bought up the New York
Times il has not been A. vlrtuOu- rs il was in
THmmany days.
Great rcvivalS Of religion are in progress in
the Bnpti.t and Methodist Churches at Louis
willie, Ky.
Fifty thousand pounds of cheese were manu-
featured last year in Buncombc county, North
Carolina, and sold ut twenty cents pound.
The next meeting of the Western and South
western Railroad Association will be held in
AIiaht'' on the 'Ir>' iu'SdHv OF Aprl.
/ In preparing manuscripts for the new papers
write l"gihly. otherwise annoying errors will
sometimes occur.