Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-02

DEATH OF AN AGED NAVAL OFFICER.
Terrible Tragedy in Marshall County,
kentucky. es' - 4
A Latter Day Saint Made a Martyr of
in Georgia.
HOME NEWS.
Falls to Pay.

NEW YORK May LINE broadway
Bank, to-day called in ST. 200, 900 on ac-
count of the payment of the interest and
maturing bonds of the city. = g9SAf
The May interest on the bonds of the
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad Compa-
nv has been defaulted. The President of
the Company in a circular, however, says
it will be paid soon.
ST. Louis, May 1.-The Supreme Court
has declared unconstitutional an act of the
Legislature, establishing what is known
here as "West City Gmits,n and which
has since been added to the city as the 18th
Ward. The act also provided for a Board
ofPark Commissioners, with power to pur
chase or condemn land for Park purposes,
to issue bonds and levy and collect taxes,
all of which have been done and will now
have to be undone, leading to many com
plications and much vexation.
Fire In Chicago.
CHICAGO, May There was fire at
IS West Washington street. Fairbank,
Nose & Co., scale dealers lose $50, 000;; Pc
ter Smith, dealer in notions $40 900.
- ~ The Strikes. EA &s
Boston, May 1.-The striking horse
sheer, who assailed the non society men
was sentenced to six moHths imprison-
meat, XIV MsE EA ~ r-z
NEW York, May 1.-The strike of the
Crispins was successful. The men are work.
ing at new rates. , bt5E OIL
Death of an Old soldier.
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-Wm. Smith, COM
mander of the frigate Congress when sunk
by the Rebel Ram Merrimac, died to-day,
I'D Terrible Tragedy.
Advices from Marshall county, KY, give
of fcrr 10 ;,,f fn&
county a few days ago. 1t appears that
about year ago James Dougherty mar
ried the daughter of HOWELL Smith, and
that they lived unhappy and finally sep
arated on Sunday last. Smith told
Dougherty he could settle the difficulty be-
tween him and his wife, Dougherty in
stantly shot the old man dead and fed SUBJ
sequently. He was captured and was be-
ing taking back to Marshall county when
a sou of the murdered Smith, being one of
the capturing party, fired on Dougherty,
wounding him in the hand and arm, after
which he dubbed him with his gun and
the end of it crushed Dougherty's head
intoa jelly. tE us.d - tz
A Prophet I'm Trouble.
AUGUSTA, GA, May Joseph Il. Cur
ry, who styles himself a prophet of va
buck, divinely commissioned to teach the
new dispensation, was convicted of forni-I
cation at. the last term of Columbia Supe-
rior Court, and sentenced by Judge Glib
son to imprisonment for six months in the
county Jail, and to pay fine of five hum
dred dollars. Curry had ample opportuni-
ty to escape, but prefers to be made mar
tyr of. He is now i'm Jail in Columbia
county. as
Suspension Financial
NEW YORK, May LOTS D. Swan & Co.
have suspended. 81 ! - s5asg
The Chamber of Commerce held its an
nual meeting to-day and reelected VIM.
E. Dodge, President; Geo. Opdyke and
VIM. M. Vermilleye and Samuel d. Bah
cock and Scion Humphreys, Vice Presi-
dents and A. A. Lowe, chairman of the
Executive Committee. ta l
A Woman Knle6.by her Brother I'm. Law.
CINCINNATI May lat Bremen, Ohio,
last evening, Mrs. Killenberger was shot
and instantly killed by her brother-in-law
John Schemelger while attempting to re-
lease some of her icattle, which the latter
had impounded. Mrs. Killenberger was "a
widow and had large family. Schemel-
ger is in Jail. - ~ ~ 8 -
Railroad Meeting. rJ.T -
COLUMBIA, s. c., May 1.-The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the G., & c.
r. r., was held to-day. The reports of the
President and Superintendent were salts
factory to the stockholders. President Ma
grath was unanimously reelected, and the
vacancies filled i'm the board of directors.