Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-06-04
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A Chapter Of Crime in the Metropolis.
Arrest Of Two Of the Bender IurdererS.
HON & NJ EWS.
Damage by Flood in Kansas

TOPEKA, KANSAS, May pa dispatch
from Emporia, says that the Neosho river
has overlooked its banks, causing extern
sive damage to the crops. The trains on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
are delayed at the bridge across big John
Creek, south of Council Grove. The water
is running around both ends of the bridge,
destroying the embankment. The Cot
tonwood Valley is completely overlooked
and the railroad track inundated. The
bridge at Cedar Grove is gone. The dam
age is immense.
MILWAUKEE, May 2S.-A large silver
mine has been discovered i'm this vicinity
The yield is four thousand dollars per ton.
Gov. Washburn proclaims that the Mil
waukee and st. Paul Railroad Company
has forfeited the st. Croix land grant.
New YORK, May 2S.-There was no gen.
eral strike of the carpenters. Work on
stock is fully forty per cent. The joiners
cannot get work.
Twenty-nine thousand dollars of United
States bonds were found on an arrested
burglar. They are held for identification
The dispatches from Virginia City re-
port the Spruce mountain Indian scare as
groundless. The Indians, who were drunk,
have gone home and resumed their usual
avocations.
Tweed's Trial Postponed.
NEW York, June Judge Davis
granted this morning an adjournment of
the trial of VIM. NJ. Tweed until October.
A letter from the Spanish Internatonals
states that they have elected eighteen
members of the Cortes. The Information
ais here will petition Aldermen 10 pass a
statue abolishing the contract system and
establish City Labor Bureau.
The Express states that Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher to-day wrote statement eXoner-
ating Theodore Tilton from all blame in
connection with the late scandal with
which his name has been connected. Tho
statement of Mr.. Beecher will be printed
states that the man who lately made public
the Tribune statement, is Samuel Wilkin-
son.
A Chapter of Crime.
The Captain of a scow, on East river,
threw his wife overheard, remarking he
had had enough trouble with her. A po-
liceman rescued the body.
Mr.. Clapp, who keeps a sailor house on
Water street, opened the head of a boarder
with a cheese knife.
William Shaw, while drunk, split his
wifes head.
Vincent Blood, colored, cut William
Thompson's colored, throat Thompson
was trying to bite Blood's nose off.
Isaac Laureus accidentally shot himself
to-day.
a mad dog, after biting a man and boy,
was shot in Harrison street.
Humorous Presby tcrtans.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.-The delegates
to the United Presbyterian Assembly were
banquetted by the Philadelphia churches.
Three hundred were scattered. Some of
the speeches were highly humorous.
There was music by the band during din
ner. 1t was about ten o'clock when the
vivants reached their homes.
MACON, GA, June 1.-The body of
Charles Basweldbald, who disappeared
some two months ago was found. He had
hanged himself on the top of high tree
while drunk.
CINCINNATI, June 1.-The dwelling of
Alfred Loudon and the store of Loudon d
Kautz at HigginspOrt, were burned on
last Saturday. Loss 81 300.