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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-11

We are indebted to a special friend for
the following newsy communication from
Athens. We commend it as a sample,
spirited, spicy and satisfactory news letter:
ATHENS, Tenn, April 8, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Yesterday an
epoch occurred in the history of Athens.
The worshipful County Court of McMinn,
then decided to build a new court house,
in accordance with the design submitted
by the accomplished architect of Knox
vile, Mr.. Bruce, to that puissant body.
The plan adopted will give us the most ell
egant and cOmmodious structure of the
kind in East Tennessee. The estimated
cost of the building is twenty-five thou
sand dollars. This will not include the
clock, which the corporation of Athens
propose donating, or other furniture which
must be in keeping with the beauty of the
architecture, that will be without rival
in any neighboring county. In testimony
of their appreciation of the magnanimity
of the court, the ladies::of Athens, to-day,
feast their worships, who constitute the rep
resentative wisdom of our eighteen civil
precincts at the Town Hall, where tables
are being spread with the best the county
affords.
The Athenian friends of the projected
Central University, caught the spirit of
enterprise inaugurated yesterday, within a
few hours after it was announced that we
were to have new court house, subscrib-
ed several thousand dollars to purchase
grounds adjacent to the E. T. w. Univer-
sity, located here, and which it is now
thought will be merged into the great
Central, the institution which brief time
since Knoxville and her aspiring rival of
the swamps, were eagerly contendting for.
But the rosy expectations of towns often
'gang away" Athens will not be salts
fled with the new court house and Central
University, however. A magnificent Fe.
male Seminary is now contemplated.
Athens is at last wide awake and moving.
Her aroused citizens expect to invest one
hundred thousand dollars to start ma
chinery upon the lands of her Estanaula.
Ultimately Athens may absorb both Knox
vile and Chattanooga, should they con-
tinue to expand in her direction.
PROGRESSION.
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April.

The Pen and PJot0 has been looking up
the origin of the calendar and says that
according to the ancient Alban Calendar,
when the year consisted of ten months,
April was the first, and had thirty.six
days. According to the calendar of Rom
illus it was the second month, and had
thirty days. The twelve month calendar
of Numa gave it the fourth place with
Twenty-Five days but when Julius Cesar
reformed the year it was again given thirty
days, and has SO remained till the present
time. April is the fower-producing
month of showers and sunshine. Hence
The proverb: april showers make May
fioWers0 aeitrt
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-11

A married Johnny went marching home
blind drunk the other night, and thought
he was climbing into the window of his
houJe, but got into the hog pen instead
where fat porker lay quietly snoozing.
Taking off his clothes ne hung them over
the trough, and laid him down beside his
Betsy as he thought. After grumbling
awhile at Betsy for breathing so loud, he
began feeling around for the cover, and
soliloquised
"Mighty Gurus. Kiver must a fallen on
er fioor-prob'bly under. bed. l say, OF
CONAN, how y'r got yourself fixed? Bess
feels Offel curus-brissels zis is ermark-
able coincicurence! Old gal 'as sadly
changed sins las we met WINNER werez-
cred. Gets hold of the hogs tall Ha-
ha-hic-I say, Bess, how y'r got y'r hair
fiexed? Beats all-twis'ed, squirled-hic
like heather Chinee. Les unwrap it.
It's tighter'n 'ell-so m 1. Disgustin'i away
to wear hair. Dom care d-n if its style
or not-'s got to come down. Say, where's
y'r nose? Strange-you had nose. Now
look y'r, old CONAN, this-hic-d-n fool
ishness's perceeded. fur nuff Perduce that
noseor III ki-hic[yo you outer bed % ~
The mans wife, attracted by the noise,
appeared upon the scene at this critical
moment, and managed to get her in ebri-
ated lord into the house, he muttering the
while: sg.nl sit al-T - q g1iIsEo T,a az
Oats not right, Bess-take vantage
my feeble cOndishun to turn me outer
house an home. Be sorry for zis WIN y'r
-get-hic-sOber." 81 "a
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wAsHlNcTon.

WASHINGTON, April O.-Gol. 6cruggs,
of Georgia, was appointed Minister to 30.
gaia, to-day.
Capt. VIM. N. LETTERS was appointed
Chief of Ordinance of the Bureau of the
Navy, vice Rear Admiral Case, who will
command the European squadron. a ~
The accounts of postmaster iOsg0od, of
Savannah, have been audited and show no
deficiency. vv7y1
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Gen. Butler and the Salary Question.

A would-be sharp wit of Port Hudson,
New York, wrote TO Gen. Butler the other
day, requesting the immediate payment
of the three cents due to him as his share
as tax payer of the so-called 'sSalary
steal" abiding, of course, to the Gener-
aPs computation of the amount of addi-
tional taxation imposed by the expense OF
the increase of salaries. The reply to this
letter was characteristic, and virtually as
follows: - e Z q X
= WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1, 1873.
My DEAR SIR: You will find the three
cents due to you oh the outside Of the en-
velOpe which conveys this epistle to you
from siers aa sll BENZ. F. BUTLER.
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MARKETS..
New York.

New YORK. April 1O.-Money closed at
saa pei, diem. Sterling, small business and
higher. Gold, ST 1Ss. Governments firm
with slight advance. States very quiet.
Cotton quiet and steady: sales, 6, 507
bales, at 19sa20B.
Flour quiet and steady; common to fair
extra, S. loaS %; good to choice, S. 4Oa
II IS. Whisky 91a914 Wheat firm, better
export and milling demand, white West
ern, 81 97a200. Corn steady, yellow West
ern 64laa65. Rice quiet and firm Pork,
mess ST. 81. Lard steady.
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have been changed ina day OF two, which
would have enabled the trains ffom the
Danville Road to pour through to The South
and was to be done in the interest of the
Pennsylvania Central.
SAVANNAH, GA, April 1O.-Arrived,
thebrig. Frank Clark, from New York |;
the schooner Ida Richardson from Balti-
more. Cleared, the ship lady Bufferin for
Liverpool and the bark Loyal for Cron&
stadt sailed, the steamship General Barnes
for New York.
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Charles Francis Adams account as Ar
'bitrator forthe United States at the &C.
neya Tribunal was closed Monday at
for Just one years service. He was al
lowed the same pay per annum that he re-
ceived as Minister to England, with an
additional sum of 5000 for travelling ex-
penses, .eefe 'q q
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Louisville Market.

LOUISVILLE, April 1O.-Flour quiet and
unchanged extra family, 500. Corn in
fair demand, 52a5f, sacked. Pork $780,
Bacon, steady, unchanged I, 9a9I, packed
Lard Sia9 in tierces;; s9Ia10 in kegs S}aSs
for steam. Whisky steady SO. ssffg :
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st. Louis Market.

ST.. LOUIS, April 10.-Flour dull and I'M
changed; business small. Corn quiet and
unchanged, 33l; No. 9 mixed, east track,
Al sacked. Whisky dull round lots are
not salable at S5!. Pork quiet, S16.S7Ia17.
for sellers in June. Bacon easier, Z, II, o., 81
a9s; clear rib, 0 for the last half of the
month, Lard firm steam, s.
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Cincinnati Market.

CINCINNATI, April 10.-Flour dull. Corn
steady, 40. Provisions firm. Pork NOM
inal and unchanged. Lard firm, St for
steam kettle, 81, both held at sai higher.
Bacon quiet and firm, 2, 81, %, q 81. : Wits
ky steady.
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baltimore Market.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-Flour, improved
demand and favors buyers. Wheat firm
and unchanged. Corn active and firm,
white, IS; yellow, ,63a64.l Oats active,
Southern 46a50. Provisions dull and nom
inal mess, 17a17!. Lard S9a9. Whisky
nominal 90I. aslsyg:lgsgpsa
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The following epitaph is said TO be in
circulation in Paris :-"Here lies sAdoIph
Theirs, sIeall bnrgher, President Of the
French H&public, who glorified the first
Empire, jpstified the second, prepared the
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-11

Important News from the Rio Grande.
SAN ANTONIO, April 10.-Aa San Anto-
Mo letter states that seven regiments are
now on the Rio Grande, and Sheridan,
Belknap and other military officers are
there in constant consultation, leadinggto
the belief that some important military
movements on foot. IT,. Sid. -T -
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Athens AnImatei, and Aspiring.

We are indebted to special friend fol
the following newsy communication from
Athens. We commend it as sample
spirited. spicy and satisfactory news letter
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-17
Recent Publications.


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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-17

PAINT FOR ROUGH BUILDINGS. = The
cheapest is lime-wash, which may be colored
by ochre, or even by sifted rcad-dust. II re-
peated every two or three years, 1t will be-
come more dermanent, and will contribute
materially to prevent the decay Of the wood.
Another wash which we have employed on
rough buildings with success is made of
ground water lime, made into wash, with
as much fine, clean sand as can be applied
with brush. But all "washes'' absorb wa
ter in storms, and crack off more or less by
freezing. A waterproof paint is therefore
best The cheapest Of this class is crude pc
troleum, put on with whitewas brush. 1t
may be colored with small admixture of
ochre, but this will be long in drying. The
best for plaped surfaces or for unplaned sur
faces OF the better sort, is to apply petroleum,
and in few days or weeks paint over the sur
face with Averill paint, which sticks better 10
an oiled surface than most other paints. The
iwhole forms durable coating, the paint hold
ng the oil in the pores OF the wood, and re-
naming long time.-Cultiudtor.
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STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND, SIS.
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan Webb
Attorney OF the United States of America it having
been satisfactorily made to appear to me that the
said applicant is duly authorized agent of said
United States to MAKE the same, and that the mat
tiers of fact therein set forth true and that
tains accurate description of the lands proposed to
be purchased by the United States for the erection of
fort and battery, together with the names of all
known OF supposed ow ers of said lands, it is
Ordered, That notice of said application be given
to all persons interested in the lands therein de-
scribed, and especially TO Benjamin B. Dyer therein
named as supposed owner, requiring them to come
forward in the Supreme Judicial Court 10 Portland
in the County of Cumberland, on Tuesday the eighth
day of April, A. D. 1878, being the second Tuesday
their objections If any they have. to tn proposed pnr
chase by the said United States said scr bed lands
by publication Of true and attes ed copy of the
same application and of this order thereon once in
each week for the space of four months in the Port
land Daily Press, a newspaper published in Portland
nearest to where said land lies the last publication
be at least week before said eighth date of April
Dated at Portland in the County of Cumberland
the tbirtieth day of Oct ober. A. d. 1872
G. w. WALTON,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
true copy of application and order of Court
thereon. -
Attest: Ek4
D. w. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
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Save the Best Fowls for Breeding.

1t is the worst possible policy to kill all the
best and handsomerst fowls, and save only the
mean and scraggy ones to breed from. This
is precisely the way to run out your stock; for
like tends to breed like, and the result Is.
that by continually taking away the best birds
and using the eggs of the poorest, your flock
will grow poorer and poorer every succeeding
year.
1t would seem as though this was too plain
to be insisted upon, but, in fact slime upon
line" is needed. 1t is the crying want OF the
poultry upon the farms the country through
this careful ard intelligent selection of the
best for breeding. rs
8 Nothing is lost by little selfdenial to
start with. The extra pound or two of poul-
try flesh that you lave on its legs, instead Of
sending it to market, is as good seed, and
will bring forth ten-fold and twenty-fold in
your future broods. Save your best stock for
breeding.-The Poultry World.
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A CHEAP DIsINFECTANT.-One pound Of
green copperas, costing seven cents, dissolved
in one quart of water, and poured down 3
and steamboats,, about hotels and other pub
lie places there is nothing so nice to purify
the air. Simple green copperas, dissolved
under the bed in anything that win hold
water, win render a hospital, or other place
for the sick, free from npleasapt smells.
For butchers stalls, fish-markets, slaughter
houses, sinks, and wherever there are offen-
sive putrid gases, dissolve copperas ana
sprinkle it about, and in few days the smell
will pass away. If cat, rat or mouse dies
about the house and sends forth an offensive
gas, place some dissolved copperas IN an opsu
vessel near the place where tine nulsance 's'
and it will soon purity the atmosphere.
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PORTLAND PUBLISHING co.,
Portland DaiIv Press

The largest and fullest daily paper publishedK.n
Maine, and In the future In the past, the Pubsh-
ers propose to mako it beyond question, tho
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.IOR PRINTING neatly executed a. thi.
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have found nothing yet which requires
more courage and independence than to rise
even a little but decidedly above the par of
the religious world around us.-Dr. J. w.
Alexander.
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A DEATH KNELLi-This is what neglected
cough or cold proves to millions. II you love
life arrest these premonitions of Consumption
with Hale's Honey Of Horehaund snd Tar. De-
lay is perlous. Fl5 to the only sure remedy.
Sold by all Druggists.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE %. 1852. VOL. IL.
TO LEI.
To Let.

A FEW GENTLEMEN can be accommodated at
"A at 16 Myrtle street, corner OF Cumberland.
Also table boarders, teh25. I'm
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Booksellers and StatiOners.
MOYT, FOGG s. BREED, No. 81 Middle
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in faFavyaTuass,. Mass, attempted to kill his
motber.;n-low los rx.s;Eed mild sentence
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Gentlemen's spring hats have been intro
duced. They do not differ to any great ex-
tent from those worn last year.
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I'm PRESS NEARLY READY.
sTRAUSS'S DANCE MUSIC. Violin and Piano. IL
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Navigation school !

"A 15a Exchange street, March Sd, to be under
the charge of Capt Edward Breen and G. II. Farley.
INSTRUCT will be given every afternoon by Capt.
Farley. The course will begin with DECIMAL arthme-
tic and well comprise Plane, Traverse Parallel Mid
and adjustment of Nautical Instruments; Latitude
by Sun and Stars, and Longitude by Chronemeter.
Lunar observations will not be included in the
but will he taught if desired.
The evening instruction will be given before the
whole class, when the various problems involved in
and illustrated by suitable diagrams and apparatus,
and the and adjustme It of instruments explain
ed Subjects collateral to navigation such Mete-
orolgy, Ocean Currents, &C., will also be introduced
at the evening sessions. For terms, apply to G. H.
Farley, No. Exchange street. feb19tf
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A circuit preacher was revled in Somerset,
Ohio, when he sad he had travelled 165, 900
miles to lead his hearers to righteousness
But he was applauded and treated with the
greatest respect when he warmed up and
said he ''could lick his we ght in wild cats.''
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Grace Greenwood says with Gen. Banks
will go out the stateliest dramatic element of
the House.
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JoB PRINTlNG.-Every description " Jos
Printing executed promptly, and at the lowpe.
prices. at the Daily Press Printing House, 1s
Exchange St. WIN M MARKs.
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STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND. IS.
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan We,,h
Attorney OF the United States of America If bayin5
been satisfactorily made to appear to me- that the
said applicant is duly authorized agent Of tile said
United States to make the same, and that the mat
ot Iact therein set forth true and that COLI
G Jams an accurate description of the lands proposed to
t by the United States for the erection Of
Inoxvn az a uattery, together with the names of all
OJaJ ua JSetPposed owners of said lands IT is
II, o Su at notice of said application be given tn
an persons interested in the lands The, ;n descihT
anu especlaliy to George G. Thomnson tIare;,,
named as supposed owner requiring them ~ eno11a os
forward in the supreme Judicial Conrf Il; vo GoIne
in the County Of Cumberland on Tuesav ,h orsand,
day of April, A. D. 1873, being the second edgn.n
April next at eleven o'clock in the forenoon a az 9i
their objections, if any they have, tc the nrn g
purchase by the said United States of said descrbed
lands by publication of true and attested COPY Of
the same application and of this order thereon once
in each week for the space of four months in the Port
land Daily Press, newspaper published IN Portland,
nearest where said land lies, the last publication
be at least one week before said eighth day of April
next.
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland,
the thirtieth day of October, A. ID. 1872.
C. w. WALTON,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
a, true copy of application and order Of Court
Attest:
r---r D. W. FESSENDEN, Clerk.
ho'o oawW4mt apS
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Doctrines are of use only as they are prac-
ticed. Men may go to perdition with their
heads full of truth. To hold the truth and
fight for it is one thing; to be sanctifed
through it is another.-H. L. Hastinqs.
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T THE PRESS
MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 17.1s7a
Gossip and Gleanings.

1t is reported that son OF Brigham Young
is going to marry newly-established female
seminary.
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round collar. The small, flowing sleeves
were trimmed with alternate founces Of the
different fabrics used in the costume, set on
very slightly full. In addition, this costume
was finished with cape or scarf Dolman,
trimmed with twisted silk fringe of the two
colors in the dress.
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Pixies Toothache Drops cure in minute
tN mar14-eod1w&w1t
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THOSE sxeptieal of the virtues of SMoLAS-
DER's BucHU for the positive cure OF kidney,
bladder and glandular diseases, mental ana
physical debility, loss of vigor. diabetes, gravel
lack of nervous energy, female complaints ana
ma,adies of the urino-genital organs inconfin-
ence and retention of urine, have ous "
minister few doses OF this vaiuaoi. 'ss'"'''
.',.s ',:s;,,o ond their doubts will vanish.
ii'e'''' mar11-eod1w
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FOR all the complaints peculiar to females
DUPoNco's Golden Pills, are invaluable. .r
mar12-eod3t&wlt
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Wanted

A SMART, active Man to take the entire charge
~ OF the sale of new article iu the State Of
Maine. To the right person unusual Inducements
will be offered. For particula address THORN
TON q TURNER, 562 Washington street, Boston,
Mass meh1 4eod3t
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WANTS, LOST, FOUND.
Lost.

TN or about the Maine Central Depot a Ladies'
Il PORTMONNIE, containing considerable sum
OF money, also mileage ticket on the P. & o. R. r.
containing the owners name. The finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving the above at d. W.
True & Co.'s. Commercial street, or at the Maine
Central Depot with E. Higgins. !. mch14eod1w
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An over-sanguine gentleman having haz-
arded the remark few days since that ''the
back of the winter may now be consider ID
broken," was met with the rejoinder that sit
ought to be, considering the tremendous load
of snow it has had to carry"