Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-25
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ECLIPSE OF THE ATLANTA SUN.
Asialic Cholera in European Cities.
Omaha Burglars Given Their Quietus.
HON z NEWS.

Heavy Rains in Arkansas for q Month. |
LITTLE Rock, June 2O.-The wet wealth |
er Is unfavorable to crops. 1t has rained
every day for month in some counties.
OwINGsvILLE, KY, June 20.-The out
law Hagan, who has been arrested, gives
eighty names of the band of robbers work
ing between Pendleton county, Ohio,
through Kentucky, Virginia and North
Carolina.
NASHVILLE, June 2O.-Twenty negroes
and four whites died with the cholera yes
terday.
stephens Sun EcIipsed.
ATLANTA, GA, June 23.-The Atlanta
Sun has been merged into the Atlanta
Constitution. Hon. A. H. Stephens be-
comes corresponding editor of the Consti-
tuition.
RICHMOND, VA, June 23.-The seconds
lin the Mordecai and Mccarthy duel made
a successful effort to get bail to-day, They
were taken on writ of habeas corpus be-
fore Judge Lacy, of New Kent county, be-
How Richmond, and after hearing of the
case and argument of counsel, were admit
ted to bail in the sum of five thousand
dollars each to appear before the Grand
Jury on the 9TH of July.
General Miscellany OF Grimes. Accidents
and Losses.
PHILADELPHIA, June 20.-Hugh Smith,
who attempted to swim the Schuylkill
river, was drowned.
A brakeman on the Pennsylvania rail
| road was crushed to death between two
cars.
A negro and a white man robbed house
in Omaha, dangerously wounding the in
| mates. The people followed and killed
them both.
The people of Frankling, Mo-, hanged
| negro who outraged young German
woman.
Serious Illness of the president.
| A dispatch from Long Branch says that
President Grant is seriously sick from
diarrhpa.
PORTLAND, Me, June 23.-Mrs Roberts,
| aged 60 years, was killed, female teacher
was fatally injured, and q child seriously
hurt while escaping from burning house.
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-There were
| eleven horses burned III John Turner's
| stables near Point Bridge Park, out of
| II in the stables. The horses burned We're
Dot, Daisy and Vernon, Lady Girard,
| Safe and Brutus. The latter belonged to r.
Pension. The others burned were not trot-
| tiers. The saved were Nettie, Matte, Les
| lie, Candy and Lizzie Madison. The total
loss on stock, houses and clothing, is $50,-
900.
FOrger Arrested.
| NEW YORK, June ga dispatch from
| Boston says man named Henderson was
arrested for passing five thousand dollar
| forged check.
Jockey Clark who was injured at Jerome
Park, n. Y, by his horse, Sorrell Dan,
falling on him while practicing for the
| hurdle race, is dead.
| The Walworth case, upon motion of
Chas. O'Conner, was postponed till to-
morrow.
The trial of Woodruff and Clahin and
Col. Blood, for mailing indecent matter,
was commenced to-day.
| BUFFALO, June 23.-The canal stable,
near the Erie lock was burned with fifty
horses. 1t is supposed to be the work OF
an incendiary.
Steamer Juniata.
The steamer Juniata is expected to sail
| to-day through He'll Gate. Her crew is
| reduced from 2l0 to 100, she takes twenty.
five hundred tons of coal for the use of the
steamer Tigress. when the latter reaches
| Disco. The Juniata, also takes two steam
launches. The Tigress is expected to reach
| Brooklyn navy yard on Monday, when
the work of fitting her out will be imme-
diately commenced in order that she may
| leave here for her cruise on the 18th or 5th
of July. The Tigress will be prOvisioned
for two years.
Terrific Explosion.
While Nathan Harsh and porter were
breaking up old cartridges in Harsh &
| Bros. ordnance store, for the purpose OF
filling new ones with the contents, ter
rife explosion occurred of over two thou
sand cartridges strewn over the floor. The
front and back windows were blown out,
and two men who were sitting in front OF
the store were violently blown into the
street, but not seriously injured. Harsh
and the porter and w. Harsh's three little
sons were found frightfully injured. One
of the children was terribly dsfigured, the