Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-06
GREENEvILLE LETTER.
Plank Walk Again...Circuit C0urt...Tem-
perance Cause...Bible Society.


In my letter last week, had the pleas
ure of assuring your readers, and especial.
ly "a Lady," who had seemed disturbed
at the mud through which it was necessary
to pass from the depot, that the prospect
was frightening for solid footing. at
And now am happy to have the pleas
ure to announce to "all whom it may
concern" that a good plank valid has been
made over the whole length of the route
to the depot. And the steps now lead the
pedestrians straight up the ''bank" to the
platform at the depot. This Improvement
will give pleasure to all who wish to visit
our village as well as to the citizens.
y.t7otgr1 THE CIRCUIT COURT
adjourned on Friday, the 2sth ult., having
reached the end of the docket for the first
time since the 'late unpleasantness." One
young gent was found worthy of place
in 'the institution at Nashville" and has
gone to spend 5 years in helping to run
that department. He had been unable to
understand the extent of the command,
"Thou shalt not steal. His "help meet'
was given lodgings i'm our County Jail for
so days
TIE TEMPERANCE CAUSE
has been gaining some strength here of
late, or rather has been showing its
strength. We have fiourishing Lodge of
Good Templers in town with about 20
members. There are accessiOns to the
order at every meeting, and the prospects
are good for doing much in this great
cause. There ale only two whisky
shops'' now in the town, and these we
would like to see closed up for the want
of customers. Yet it is not likely that so
grand a consummation will be reached
soon. 0, that all the people could be
made tothink on this subject
If facts alone were looked at, the minds
of many would surely change If all could
understand what is comprehended in the
sad fact that here in this First Congression-
al District 10000 gallons of brandy have
been made this year instead of using the
apples for some better purpose. Let those
who chose make calculation of the num-
Der of red noses, oaths, family quarrels,
widows, orphans, murders, &C., d., to be
produced by the brandy from this one dis
trict. Il. e5-.g.. I1. .-..
ist3 THE BIBLE SOCIETY
for this county held its annual meeting
last Sabbath night. Rev. c. H. Wiley,
Superintendent of the Bible Society's
work in this State, was present and made
a very interesting and stirring address. He
gave glowing description of the work and
its wonderful progress. The American
Bible Society now publishes the Bible i'll
80 different languages, and the British
and Foreign Bible Society" in 80. sgg
/ He paid a glowing tribute to the efforts
of an East Tennessee lady MRS. Rhea, of
Jonesboro', y who, since her return to the
United States, has been very anxious to
have the Bible translated into the Turko-
Persian language for the HISTORIANS,
amongst whom she labored as a
missionary for several years. A gen.
tleman had given $1,000 to begin the
work with the promise of $500 year un-
til it is finished.
Mrs. Rhea has alread had the pleasure Of
receiving the Gospel of Mathew in that
language H ~ - - Z.
He then spoke earnestly i'll regard
to the work to be done here in our own
State. In one county 800 families were
found without Bible in the house. In
some counties one half, in others two-fifths
are without it.
Mr.. Wiley was followed by several of the
ministers of our town in short speeches.
The officers were then elected for the en-
suing year. It is to be hoped that much
good will be done by this society.
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