Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-09
THE METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
Fifty Thousand Raised aud Submitted.
The Location TO be Fixed To-Day.

| The Location TO be Fixed To-Day.
The citizens of Knoxville met last night
at the Board of Trade Rooms for the pur.
pose of hearing further reports from the
various committees soliciting subscrip.
tions.
A. r. Humes and w. w. Webb, each
gave $500. Jno. @. Chiles, Heald & Locke
E. j. S., agent, r. I. Wilson, G. M. Rob
erts and w. T. Osborn each gave 500. O,
G.. Vanderhoof, Jno. L. Rhea and J. B.
Flournoy, NJ. J. Childress, and I. n.
Hacker, each gave S25. Ristine & May
gave $50.
Two gentlemen each doubled their one
hundred dollar subscriptions, and three
others each gave five hundred, swelling
the subscription of yesterday to S42, 200,
making the grand aggregate of money sub
scriptions S42, 900.
SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION.
In addition to the above the Committee
from Jos. A. Mabry 100 acres of land for
a site, worth at least $4,000, making the
total offer of the citizens over FIFTY Thou
SAND DOLLARS. r
On motion of Col. John Baxter, w. w.
Woodruff; President of the Board of Trade,
for the citizens of Knoxville, was authorize
ed to present the above amount of sub
scriptions with the site offered, to the Lo-
eating Committee of the Church, to be ac-
copied by them on the proposition Of the
Board of Trade made by its committee at
Chattanooga and to assure said Committee
of the Church that the citizens of Knox
Vile would use their earnest endeavors to
raise the subscription list to fifty thousand
dollars.
THE COMMITTEE AT NEW MARKET.
The Committee took the Thursday
morning freight train and went to New
people of that enterprising town. They
met most cordial reception from its PEG.
pie, were most Hospitality entertained and
in every way kindly treated.
The proposition of the city was present.
ed and amounts in the aggregate in the
shape submitted to FIFTY Six THOUSAND
dollars. In this sum is included the
grounds of the Holston College at
$4,000. In it is included several
letters from various parts of Jefferson
county promising or pIedging quite lib
eral sum. The offer is certainly an ex-
ceedingly liberal one from the citizens of
New Market and Jefferson county, and re-
fleets great credit upon them. The COM
mittee have the proposition in writing.
They returned on the night freight.
In accordance with the announcement
made yesterday morning, large congre-
CATION assembled In the Methodist Church
last night to hear an address from DR.. e. o.
Haven, of New York, the Secretary of the
Committee on Education. Owing to the
fact that business meeting of the citizens
was necessarily protracted at the Board of
Trade rooms until very late hour, many
of our people were deprived of attending
at the church, as under other circum.
stances they would certainly have done.
The Locating Committee will meet this
at the Board of Trade rooms to
receive the proposition of'Knoxville. 1t
was prepared last night, reduced to writing
aud delivered to DR.. Cobleigh, President Of
the Committee, at late hour. Meantime,
all citizens who feel able to give additional
sums or who have not yet been waited
upon, should understand that the lists are
still open and the purpose and hope of the
committee is to raise the full fifty thousand
in subscription.
The committee expect to leave Knox
vile to-day, but not, we sincerely trust,
without final decision of this important
question. A postponement would be most
unfortunate and disappointment to the
friends of the cause who have labored
for it. Its enemies could wish