Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-09
EAST TENNESSEE ITEMS.
Sullivan county.

sullivan County.
VIM. Jefferson, one of the depot thieves |
sent on to Blountville, turned States evil |
dence, and has involved quite number of
other parties not heretofore suspected.
Jno. tWalthalps case was continued until
the July term, Sweeping changes have
been made in the subordinate departments
OF the Tennessee depot.-BristoL Ne,0s.
Greene County.
The first cast of the season was made at
Unaka Furnace on Thursday.
The sparks from a passing train set fire
to John Marshalls barn Yesterday noon,
and the building with its contents was
speedily consumed.
We notice the peach trees are filed with
buds, and many are already Towering.
From the vacillating character of the
weather lately, we fear they are out too
soon.-SentioeI and Reporter.
Hawkins County.
There have been over one hundred con-
versions at the protracted meeting at the
Presbyterian Church, under the charge of
Revs. Bachman, Caldwell and Park. 1t
| still RogersUtne Reporter
ROane County.
| Some twenty or thirty laborers passed
| through Kingston, one day last week, en-
route for Oakdale.
| Cur farmer friends seem to be getting
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| the weather has been 30 bad all spring
that they have scarcely been able, as yet,
l to make start. ~ ~
A large number of produce boats have
passed Kingston during the present rise
in the river. One loaded with grain and
green apples, was sunk in Clinch river by
another boat which struck it, breaking its
gunwale near the middle, causing 1t to
sink in q few minutes. The entire cargo
was lost.-Edst 9ennesseedn.
Monroe County,
The Enterprise says that the shipments
Of freight from Sweetwater depot for the
month of March, amounted to sos ,10S lbs.
Isl ,06363. sale OF tickets, local. S2SI. 40.
A. A. Boyd and family of Madisonville,
and Mr.. NJ. Il. Goddard and family, have
become citizens of Sweetwater. The for
mer having purchased the dwelling for
morly occupied by Thos. G. Boyd.
We understand that there are parties
now on Coco Creek, prospecting for gold,
and have within the past few days made
rich discoveries of the precious metal.
There is gold in abundance in the region
of Coco Creek.
Madisonville has no provision for any re.
ligious services on fifth Sundays. When
the almanacs are so unlucky as to have 0
month with five Sundays in it, the people
are obliged to go dnrepresented, on the
9Th, by preacher.
The Sweetwater Enterprise has a column
of Madisonville items, from which we take
the following:
Several horses in this section seem t.
have taken a relapse of the epiZooty, anC
the last state seems to be worse than the
first. However there have been no fata
cases yet, though some few, it is thought
, will not recover.
Efforts are being made to have Metho
dist Church built at this place. We under
stand that something near the necessary
amount of means for its erection have beer
8 subscribed and that the work will prob
ably be commenced sometime this sum
! mer, or as soon as the lumber can be pro
= cured.
We are informed by Sheriff Houston
= that the growing wheat crop looks tinel!
D on the upper side of our county. 1t is no
so promising Immediately around thi
= place, ht.ving, to some extent, been frozel
out. Notwithstanding the late coli
weather the peach crop has, so far, been bu
. little injured in this vicinity.
t Messy Creek Items.
During the recent terrific storm, whicl
. swept over East Tennessee, the roof Of III
fine store house of Col. b. NJ. Branner, O
Messy Creek, was blown off. John Cruz
and Tom Seay soon had it back again.
There like to have been q must fearful
catastrophe at Messy Creek of another sor
at the same time. The terrible gale ha
; blown an empty car along the switch unit
: it capsiZed on the main track. 1t was nc
> ticed till within few minutes of the ar
rival of the western bound train after night
; r. III. Ashmore discovering it, got a Ian
tern, hurried up the road and stopped tn
= train in time to prevent the disaster whic
y would have followed. There would hav
! been q complete "smash up'' but for thi
timely action on the part of Mr.. Ashmore