Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-25
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Catholics of Boston have subscribed
$4,000 for a new Episcopal residence.
The Maine Legislature is debating n spe-
| cial act to put down gambling on railways
| and steamboats,.
Auburn New York; State prison con-
tains twenty-three convicts under sen
| tence of imprisonment for life.
1t il now said that $4,000 worth of the
State bonds lately In charge of the ex-Sec-
rotary of the Virginia Board of Public
! Works are missing.
According to the Publishers Circular,
the number of volumes published i'm Eng
lish in 1878 was 100000 The number of
new books issued is given at 3,46S.
Local rumor has it at st. Louis that
! Colonel w. M. Grosvenor is to ioin the
editorial staff of the Chicago Trib,,,,e-
making tariff articles speciality of that
paper.
a carrier-pigeon arrived in Bridgeport,
Conn, recently, which was sent up from
the deck of a steamer bound for Florida.
1t was seven hours making the flight from
Cape Hatteras.
The Republican journals of Massachu-
sctts seem to he heartily in sympathy with
the spirit which has prompted the repeal
of the Sumner resolutions of censure in
the Legislature.
1T is probable that the ranking privilege
will be returned to Pub Docs, seeds from
the Agricultural Department, newspaper
exchanges. and weekly newspapers in the
counties where printed.
Columbus (Ga.) FRguriCy: "The State
Agricultural Convention is composed of
iine-loolling, intelligent men as a rule, but
we don't find many horny fists, and fewer
home spun clothes. Mr.. j. Henley Smith
is acting rs assistant secretary
Vhp Richmond EDyy,jr;r,, coy-s tl,ot Tt,,,
eral Malone has promised to build a
branch railroad from Christansburg to
Blacksburg, distance of ten or twelve
miles, if the county of Montgomery will
subscribe $4,000.
The New York Catholic Rcric2g says it
IS the determination of many of the lead
ing Catholics of the United States to inau-
gurate pilgrimage to Rome, and that the
proposition meets with the approval of the
Archbishop of New York.
The London coffee circulars show that
the price of that commodity l. still up
wards in England, and as the crop is light
in the producing countries, and the i'm
ports so far have been materially in excess
Of those of last year, it is not i'm
probable that prices may advance still fur
Their.
The "farcy," or horse distemper, which
has prevailed among the horses of the
New York city car lines for the last two
weeks, is rapidly disappearing. 4 prepa-
ration of soda, of which a tablespoonful is
given twice a day, and wash of sulphate
of iron or carbolic acid applied to the af-
iected parts, rarely fails to cure the sick
brute.
The aggregate amount in the legislative
executive, and Judicial appropriation bill
is Sl9,3Y3, sol. The salaries and compensa-
ton of Senators, Representatives, and del
egatcs are $2.065, sol, or 100000 dollars less
than the estimates, which were made be-
fore the repeal of the salary bill Treasury
Department, s., $50, 900, or about S7JO,0G0
less than the estimates, $500 600 being for
postage; Department of Agriculture, S175.
$50, or $4,000 less than the estimates. The
for the other departments are
in all about SO, 100000 from the
estimates.