Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-08-13
Letter From Sullivan County.
EDEN's RIDGE, Tenn.

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EDS. CHRoN1CLE A few items from
Sullivan, in addition to those given by my
friend Henry in q recent letter to the
CHRONICLE, may be relished by some of
your widely circulated paper.
Quite number of refugees from the
much scourged little town, of JonesbOro'
are scattered through the country, but /
hear of none having the prevailing
though some of our timid citizens are APP
prehensive of their spreading the disease.
Physicians report good many cases of
tiuX in the country, which, no doubt, are
caused by imprudence, as nearly every:
body eat any and all seasonable vegetables,
and drink as usual of the cold limestone
water that our country is so abundantly
blessed with.
Rev. VIM. A. Rice of the Second Pres
byterian Church at Chattanooga, is here
with his family. Mr.. r. has almost en-
tirely recovered from his attack of chol-
era in Chattanooga, and preached at
Gaines School House on Sabbath the Sd
inst. He is to preach Mt Arcadia next
Sabbath. He expects to meet the Presby-
terry at Floyd Creek which is to convene
on or about the 22d of this month.
A PRoTRACTED METHODIST MEETING.
Rev. Mr.. Walker has been laboring for
more than n week at Kingsley's Church,
On the Reedy Creek road, and the meeting
continues with interest. As the fruits OF
his labOrs there have been some fifteen OF
eighteen conversions, and an equal mum
| Der are enduring "what they shall do to
be saved" Truly "the harvest is ripe and
the labours are few" Mayithe good work
| go on until the very hills shall lift up their
voices in praise to their Almighty Creator
REASONS sULPHER WELL.
| This water cold and strong comes from
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many virtues. 1t is much used and high
ly recommended by all that have tried it.
| The greatest objection is, it gives one too
| ravenous an appetite for the cholera times
| 1t Is destined to be favorite summer re
| sort, but there are no accommodation
| whatever at present. If some enterprising
citizen would put up some summer quar-
tiers there, | have no doubt he would fine
it money well spent.
NOTORIOUS TREE.
About three-quarters of mile from thu
| "well" is an ancient looking beech tree
bearing the following inscription: I'D
Boon, killed Bar o the tree, 1775." | un
derstand there is a similar inscription up
on n tree in Washington county, date'
"1760.n He must have killed these Bar
on his route from North Carolina, to hi
much loved State, Kentucky.
FARMING AND CROPS.
The farming interest of the country
gradually looking up. 1 can see decide,
improvement over four years ago. Whea
| will by no means compare with last year
crop. Oats are a very fair crop. The recen
rains have been very beneficial to the corr
and think we will have an average croI
Meadows are good. The farmers are nov
very busy threshing their grain, and t.
king care of the hay harvest. l motto
some have been blowing for wheat.
Yesterday morning while III. c. Hick
} James Grain and James Dunn, of tn
/. place, We're unloading their cart load
oats, which came near being their last fO
, ever, and finishing off stack, larg
, tree that had been some days, purposel
set on fire TO have il down an
out of the way, fell very suddenl
: and unheralded right into their yer
E midst, MASKING the grain carriage OF II
e wagon into fragments, literally knockin
r off the horse, every particle of barnes
g breaking tough oak names into sewers
D pieces and strange to say injuring ver
I slightly either of the three men, one of IL
|, horses had its shoulder hurt and its nos
broken.
At Big Moccasin Gap Scott county, vi
: ginia eight miles from here, on yesterda
4 n man by the name of Vineyard shot al
instantly killed another named Wilco.
1t seems their difference was of year
standing, that Wilcox who had just, a fe
weeks since, been returned from Sin
4 Sing prison, where he was serving ont
s term of finn prisonment for robbing the mai
s met up with Vineyard near where Wi
}, cox lived, and at once began the attacl
:. shooting at Vineyard twice, hitting hi
:, once in the head, when Vineyard drew h
n pistol and with one shot did the fatal dee
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