Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-22
State Items.

Sullivan county has debt of $1,000 and
a tax of 40 cents on the 500.
Maury county has scholastic popula-
! ton of 10, 720, of which number 1924 are
! colored.
The White County Court favors the is
suance of Sl25000 stock to the Cincinnati
| Southern Railroad.
! The best and most costly private, unpro-
! fessional library in Memphis is owned by
a modest, Woodworking mechanic. He
owns the only copy of Audubon in the
city.
A young gentleman of Nashville says he
was engaged to thirteen different young
ladies last year, reports the Union and
american.
4 Nashville washerwoman, finding in a
lot of dirty clothes new fashioned shirt
opening at the back, sewed it up, cut open
the bosom and sewed on buttons, to the in
tense disgust of her customer.
The Appeal tells of Memphis lady who
wrote to a New York matrimonial agent
for husband. The agent transferred the
letter to a crusty old bachelor, who, in re
plying to it, accidentally substituted for
his own photograph that of a pet orang-
outang. The lady answered. "There is
certainly not much personal beauty about
you, but you appear to have an honest,
manly face, l accept"
The East TenneSseedn says: The sever
al gentle men who were charged with the
task of securing the right of way through
this County, for the Cincinnati Railroad,
performed that duty last week, and report
entire success, with the exception of one
or two land-holders. The friends of the
road, however, need not be alarmed, as L.
is confidently believed the road will be
built.
A man by the name of Weaver, who
says he is from near Louisville, KY, and
on his way to Harrison, was run over by
the switch engine, and two fiat cars on the
n. & c. r. r., near the a. d c. shops,
night before last, and severely wounded III
two or three places on the head and chest.
The skull was not fractured, but there was
some compression of the brain. DR.. Os-
ment was sent for and dressed the wound.
He expressed the opinion that the man
will recover. Mr. Harris sent the wounded
man to clearinghouse to be cared for
Chattanooga Times 18Th.
A little sport at the Furnace, on Christ
Inas day, resulted in q serious affair. Two
young men, named respectfully Jackson
and Winters fought a duel with tow wads.
Winters fred his three shots, and Jackson
ran up to Winters and fired. The wad en-
tered his leg Just above the knee and passed
out near the hip, leaving horrid wound.
Winters died last Friday from the effects.
1t was only little fun, but rather serious
in the end.
There has been a revival at Mt. Hebron
and at Pisgah during the past two weeks.
! There have been twenty-five conversions
at Pisgah. We are not informed as to the
number at Mt. Hebron. Services still
continued TeeneUULc NetC Era.
Miss Agnes Cooper, the beautiful and
accomplished daughter Of Senator Cooper,
died in New York city on Thursday morn
ing, the 9Th inst. Her remains were
brought home and inferred at Shelbyvlllo
on Monday.
Dick Doherty, the proprietor of the Lib
erty saloon, on DeSoto street, and the ar
tillerist who practiced so successfully on
the anatomy of Abe Brown, Monday even
ing, was sent to Jail by Recorder Winters
yesterday in default Of $4,000 bail
Memphis avalanche.
The case of J. NJ. Tomeny, charged will
embezzling $4,000 while United States
Marshal, came up before Squire Winter
yesterday and was continued until mex
Monday. BY consent of the counsel thu
case will be tried before Judge Flippin'
court.-I6jd.