Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-24
EAST TENNESSEE NOTES.
Greene Comfy.

Greene County.
The commencement exercises of Tuscu-
lum College, will take place on the 9th
prox. Rev. E. o. Tade, of Chattanooga,
will deliver an address before the students.
Morgan.
The Department at Washington, upon
application, have determined to grant
semi-weekly mail from Kingston to Wart-
burg, which goes into effect the 1st of June
next.
McMinn County.
The fly has appeared in the wheat in
this county, according to the Athens Post
and the crop is expected to be short. For
oats only moderate prospect Clover not
full nor generally good. Corn backward,
though the farmers are about through re-
planting.
Carter County.
A Mr.. Johnson, met with serious acct
dent last week. By some means he fell in
frert of his wagon and both wheels ran
over his legs. One of them was broken in
two places. The wagon was heavy four
horse one and it had heavy load on it at
and rode two or three miles to a surgeon.
At last accounts he was doing WELL
Bradley County.
The amenities of journalism are now be-
ing pracbced by the editors of the Banner
and Republican at Cleveland.
The Banner reports but little trade in
corn, which is worth 60 cents per bushel,
but not active-the trade being principal
ly regulated by the home demand. Corn
| meal dull at IS cents. Bacon now sells
| very readily at 10 cents per pound, hog
round, by the wagon load.
Cumberland County.
| A correspondent of the Kingston East
| Ie,lneSseedn says that wolves are SO
| troublesome that it is almost impossible to
| raise sheep. A few days ago number of
| the farmers organized themselves into a
| vigilance committee with the view, if not
| determination, at least retaliation, upon
| them, and upon their first sally succeed
in annihilating five. The indignant far
| mers are still on the war path, and hope to
clean out the ravenous beasts before they
| stop.
Roane County.
The East IenReSSeean states that a few
nights ago party of disguised men visited
house in the in the neighborhood of
| Winters Gap in this county, or in the
edge of Anderson, ON the hunt of man
by the name of Bluford Braden, and after
finding him took him out and gave him an
unmerciful pounding, in the most approx
ed style. The affair was altogether of a
personal nature and politics had nothing
to do with it,
A public meeting in aid of proposed
rolling mill will be held at Kingston on
the 3lst
| Sullivan County.
| A friend, who has farm close to Bris-
toll, being greatly troubled by the depreda-
tons of crows and ground mice OH his
young corn, soaked some corn in arsenic
and placed it handy for them. The reme-
dy was very affective.
There is much complaint in this section
of the depredations of the cut worms. A
friend watched his tomatoes, cabbage, and
| potatoes go with the utmost complacency,
but when the depredators commenced on
his "ingin" patch, he shed great tears of
grief
MIR. Lewis is perfecting his arrangements
for the immediate construction of his
wooden factory The bqildinS vii vi de Is an
having it ready for business by the first of
| next January.
This section was blessed with a much
| needed rain on Monday night, which was
| accompanied by an unusual amount of
| tightening and thunder.
A new church, (Mt. CarmeD of Jones'
boro' circuit, will be dedicated next Sab
bath by Rev. David SulIins. = Bristol
| Courier.
Washington County.
On Tuesday morning last, Mr.. Nathan
COpass, well known citizen residing near
douglass Shed, in the northern portion of
this county, while attending to his stock
In his barry ard, fell dead, suddenly 1t is
| supposed he was attacked with heart dis
ease, as he had been occasionally subject to
it.
On Monday last, a thunder storm passed
over Jonesboro, which for the time of its
duration, was as severe as we have ever
seen. The water came down in perfect
torrents, and many of the houses of our
citizens were flooded with water. Consid-
cradle damage was done by the overflow of
water.
A man and his wife, named Caravan,
who resided near the Roane mountain, in
Grab Orchard, Carter county, Tenn, we
learn, few weeks ago, died from using
poisoned milk, from animals affected by
eating poisonous vegetation They were
both buried in one grave, leaving one small
child. The disease is generally known
among the mountaineers as "naik sick,n
and is said to be occasioned by vapors inn
pregnated with arsenic settling on vegeta-
ton, which is eaten by the cattle.
There are families who have lived in
that neighborhood for years, that have be-
come, as it were, "acclimated," whom this
kind OF milk never affects.
There is said to be a small vale living
between the Roane and Blue Ridge noun
talns, where the bones of dead animals are
SO thick they can be walked on for over
mile. These bones are said to be those of
| poisoned animals !-Jones6or Flag.