Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-30
EAST TENNESSEE NOTES.
Greene County.

public.
Two special premiums for the prettiest
baby will be awarded at the fair this fall.
Work on the narrow gauge railroad will
be resumed.in few day The estimated cost
is about Sl.7OO per mile.-ScntineL and Re
porter.
BradIey County.
w. w. Wood & Co., pump manufact-
turers, at this place, received an order one
day this week from Jonesboro', Ga, for a
car load of their pumps. Don't this look
like business? -,
SCATTERING PoIsoN.-Some mean devil
has been putting poison in bread, meat and
cheese, and throwing it in on the premises
of some of our citizens, and broadcast over
the streets for the purpose of poisoning
dogs, Some forty or fifty dogs have been
killed by the operation. This is very
dangerous and mean proceeding. A little
chlld might pick up some of this poisone ed
bread and cheese and eat it. which would
produce instant death. We call the atten-
ton of the Grand Jury to this matter, at
the May term of our court The offender.
we think, can be easily found and punish.
ed as his conduct deserves C1ev. banner.
Monroe County.
The Madisonvilie local department.
which is new and admirably manged
feature of the Sweetwater Enterprise, 1n-
der the management of Mr.. H. G, p. Hor-
ton, contains the following. After mem
tioning an interview with f. J. NInmford
a cattle dealer, he says: ' No one can
justly say but what cattle will paw better
than corn and hogs, and better, or improy-
ed breeds and more roots as food, wiliena.
bic our farmers TO show less area i'm sage
fields and old field hickory.n
Monroe County Court having refused to
take any action on the new road law at its
last session, certain legal gentleman has
taken the matter in hand with the inten-
ton OF carrying out the letter of the law.
lie dismissed lot of hands the other day.
who were working the road under the Old
law, by informing them that they were
not obllged to work any more, as the law
had been repealed, &C., when every man
shouldered pick and shovel, about-faced.
and vamoosed the rancho, the overseer
following suit.
MINERAL WEALTH.-W noticed one
of our live citizens sending off, on Monday,
a specimen OF ore for General Wilder to
forward to the Worlds Exhibition. IT is
solid block, one foot square, weighing 95
lbs. We cannot but think we have in
Monroe county as much, If not moro GOOD
iron ORC than any county in the State !; vet
there is not pound of iron being made,
and iron ore is selling for S12.O0 per ton i'm
the mountains in Missouri, and transnort-
ed to Cleveland and Pittsburgh for manu-
facturers: Let our people not feel discour-
aged: We viii be appreciated as the good
qualities Of our ores will invite capital and
r.-'St0cet0dter Enterprise. IS. .
.-. Washington County.
Our Schools at least seem to be alive on
the subject of Temperance. They have
both resolved themselves into quasi tenn
perance organizations, and have exercises
OF that character periodically.
Il -f,,, IL.
bought property and organized at Union
Depot for the purpose of erecting and car
rylng on cotton mandatory.
Mr. John c. Blakely, who resides on
Horse Creek, about eighteen miles from
this place, and who is now forty years old,
and has lived in the same settlement ever
since he was child, made his first visit to
j Jonesboro' last week. He had never seen
a Railroad or train of cars. He admired
and said it could "blow its horn louder
than COW could bawl. ."-Herald and Trt- |
Junc. /
Jno. w. Slagle who got into a difficulty |
with Moore Strickland and stabbed him
last week, surrendered himself to Sheriff
Griffith, on Saturday last. He was taken
before Esqr. A. c. Collins who continued
the case, the defendant giving bond for |
his appearance in the sum of $500.
Favorable Indications have been discov-
cred at the foot of Buffalo Mountain, near
Johnson City, in this county, which 20 to |
prove the existence of bituminous coal in |
large quantities. A company has been or |
yanlzed, and are now at work sinking a /
shaft for further development. We are as
ured by those who have visited the |
grounds that there is no doubt as to the \
presence OF coal, mica has also been discoy- L
red near the same place, and a company
VII be organized to work it SOON. Iron ore /
.iso exists in abundance.-FYdg and Ad- /
ertiser. . ...... ...... .' II -"
Jefferson County. ...-u
There is revival of religion in progress
t the nj. T.. Church in cambridge, which
; bidding fair to accomplish much good. /
Al the different denominations have
oined in this revival and seem to work to- /
ether harmoniously with but one end in
lew-the salvation of souls. Quite a
lumber of conversions have been made,
nd the interest continues unabated.
The County Court of Jefferson county
las levied tax of 20 cents on the hundred
oliars, and one dollar additional on every
oll, as well as privilege tax equal to that
eVled by the State, for common school
purposes. DIR. Sam. Anderson was elected
,ounty superintendent of public instrue-
ion.
There was heavy snow storm in Dan
ridge on Friday afternoon about O'Clock,
I showed for about half an hour, but melt
d as fast as it fell.
The Wheat Prospect in Illinois.
y correspondent .of the Bloomington
'dntdgrdDh has recently been through
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