Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-18
EAST TENNESSEE NOTES,
bradley County.

bradley County.
w. w. Wood & Co., are driving q big
business with their Pump mandatory at
this place, They can make at their estab-
lishmenc $50 pumps per week, and still
they can not fill all the orders they receive.
Cleveland Banner.
McMinn County.
During thunder storm last week, the
stable of Mr.. Jos. Matthews, in the vicini-
ty of town was struck by lightning. A
horse was knocked down and injured, and
a negro boy so badly startled that he beat
the electric fluid in q fair race across a ten
acre lot.-Athens Post.
Sullivan Coanty
A LONG FIsH.-A sword fish, five feet
long, and weighing, when cleaned, twen-
ty-five pounds, was caught in a trap be-
longing to Messrs. T. ID. Pemberton and
John S. Cowan, in the South Fork of Hol-
ston, last week. We learn that it is not
usual to find this fish in the Holston. A
little negro first discovered it in the trap.
The way he made tracks for help was not
slow.-BTiStOI Courier.
Roam Coun ~.
Deputy United States Marshal w. G.
Burnett, attempted the arrest of three men
who were trafficing in whisky, in Stock
ton Valley on the 9th inst. Several shots
were fired, but with what success it is not
known. Only. two Of the party have
been heard of since. 1t is supposed that
the other is killed, but his body has not
yet been found. A wagon and two horses,
together with about fifteen gallons of
whisky were taken and have been sent to
Reconsideration Journal
James County.
IRON FURNACE.-The people of Oolte-
L.,
with the view of erecting an Iron
Furnace near the residence of Mr.. Nathan
Hinch's ineXhaustible iron beds, in the
lower part of this county. Some thirty
dollars worth of stock has been
already subscribed, and no doubts are en-
tertained but that the remaining twenty
thousand will be subscribed in a very short
time. The enterprise displayed by our
friends in James county, in this matter, is
truly commendable, and we hope they will
meet with an abundant success. Sleeve
ld1d Banner.
Rhca County.
Rhea, though not as large in territory
and population, is richer in coal and iron
than any county in East Tennessee. These
interests have already attracted the atten-
ton of capitalists to a considerable extent,
and should the Cincinnati Southern come
down the Tennessee Valley, of which we
have little doubt, they will at once he de-
veloped and made available, thus opening
up sources of prosperity that will be felt in
all directions.
Wheat beyond the river, as on this side,
is not first rate, and will yield but little
over a half crop. Corn looks well, and oats
promises an abundant yield
The court house, which was unroofed by
a storm and otherwise injured few
weeks ago, has been recovered and repair
ed, and looks almost as good as new. The
county Jail, however, is a dilapidated af-
fair, but people as law-ablding and as
as those of Rhea have very lit
tie use for an institution of the kind
AUeaS Post.
Greene County Notes.
The Sentinel and Reporter, of the I4th,
has these items:
Last week Vol Van Huss, of Lick Creek,
in this county, shipped from our depot to
the Messrs. Trent, Manufacturers, Straw
berry Plains. seven large boxes of leaf to-
bacco, aggregating over eight thousand
pounds. The weed is q superior article,
grown in this county, and we learn was
sold at figure which would make its cul-
tivation in quantity a paying business.
We are glad to welcome home again the
Hon. Sam. Milligan and family, after
their winter sojourn in Washington City.
The Judge is looking in excellent health,
and we hope will profit greatly by rest
and recreation among his homelfriends and
native scenes during the summer.
The Unaka Furnace, under direction of
Major Gleason, lately put in a new hearth
n eighteen days, the largest stone weigh
ng l 800 pounds.
Washington County.
We learn that the young men of Wash
ngton and adjoining counties are to have
l grand tournament at our fair grounds on
,he 4th of July. All are invited to attend.
Owing to the continuous rains, we hear
some of our farmers complaining of the ap-
pearance of rust on their wheat. We trust,
aowever, that their fears are groundless,
md that it will turn out all right
Philip Harmon, one day this week,
caught a cat fish in Chucky river weigh
ng over sixty-fve pounds. This is what
s termed, in ordinary parlance, "some
ish.n
SPLENDID CoAL.-We are informed
hat the company who have been making
excavations in search of coal near Johnson
City, in this county, were rewarded a few
lays ago by striking a rich vein of the
inest coal, which burns brilliantly. We
nope the report is correct, and that the
valuable deposit may be speedily develops
I'd. Our county abounds in rich minerals
If almost every variety, and now, if coal is
added, we may expect new era to begin
n our osperity.-JonesborO' Flag.
WHEAT-We have made inquiry of our