The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1874-04-24
Chli.s, mud Things.

for Chancellor in the Nashville District.
Governor WashLurne has been elect
ed 10 tho United States Senate from
Massachusetts,.
Tho Knoxville Chronicle has found II
necessary TO purchase new power
lpress-of superior capacity and speed.
The weather. gaugcrs report that niue
} and half inches OF :ain fell during
iast week.
Hon. A. III. Stephens has returned TO
bis home in Georgia TO recuperaie his
health.
The Chattanooga Commercial says
Gov. Baxter, Of Arkansas, Is brother
OF Col. John Baxter Of Knoxville.
A dispatch from Mississippi says the
water is so high that no planting can be
done In the Yazoo Valley for some time.
A bill is IN progress in Congress for
the relief o! persons suffering from the
overflow of the Mississippi river.
S. ID. Cole, one Of the oldest and most
respected citizens OF Knox county, died
last week.
The President has not yet signed the
currency bill and. what ia worse, will
not tell what he Is going TO do about IL.
The Stanton House. Chattanooga, Is
being rcfurnished. and will be opened
for business by the 10th of May.
Judge J. L. Gardenhire 10 a candidate
for the State Senate Ia the Sparta Dis
trict.
The Methodist Church at Columbia.
Tennessee, was totally DESTROYED by
fire last Monday. Loss about $4,000.
Col. L. Chastain, of Morganton, Ga,
and formerly member to Congress
from that State, was drowned a few
days ago.
The West Tennessee Wing and Tri.
bune is authority for the remark that
Judge Snead will not be candidate for
Governor in any event.
The Evansville Undiana) Courier
states that corn can be bought in that
city the year round at eight cents per
bushel--which is probably a mistake.
Two competing li"oo from Louie ,iiiu,
Kentucky. have reduced the fare to one
cent mile to Washington, Baltimore
aud New York.
We don't remember that a single can.
didate has ever been elected to Office In
McMinn county who failed to announ
his name in the PosT.
A Mrs. Perry was fatally shot few
nights ago, near New York City, by a
masked burglar who in his haste 10 es-
cape left his hat.
Governor Brown offers reward of
$500 for tho apprehension of John l..
Anderson, the murderer Of John II,
Breckenridge. -
Up to date 1852 Tennessee State
bonds have been registered, and 4,38S
funded, making In all 1920, or $l5,-
100000.
The President can hold the Currency
Bill until next Monday, at which time
he must either sign it or return ii to the
House in which il originated.
The Western North Carolina Rail.
road, rolling stock, franchise, &C. has
been decreed to be sold at public auc.
ton, to satisfy mortgage ofSl, 100000.
A fire occurred at New Glasgow, No
va Scotia, on the Goth instant, which de-
stroyed forty-thrco buidings--loss estl-
mated at $4,000.
The Farmers State Convention &c
Oregon met ut Salem last week, and
nominated a fall State ticket--in oppo.
sition to the old party organizations.
VIM. Il. Washburnc, who has been
elected to I'll the vacancy in the U. 5.
Senate occasioned BY the death OF Mr..
Sumner il 81 years of age.
A substitute for Summers Civil Rights
Bill has been introduced IN Congress-
the difference between which aud the
original is simply the difference be-
tween twee3ledum aud tweedledee.
The Cincinnati City Council have re-
peaivd the Sunday liquor law, and the
dcnizens may now get drunk or etay so.
Der, just as they please, upon Gods holy
Sabbath day.
There are said to be hundreds OF Ten.
nessee families in Arkansas and Texas
anxious % return to their ancestral hills,
and that nothing prevents them but q
lack Of means.
The Knoxville churches were not
well attended last Sabbath-wheroupon
me OHTOnIClc .NtIiHh'cs inhb pUHNHt
rains are more dreaded than those that
fall when tho theatre Is IN town.
A letter 10 the Knoxville Chronicle
says the sanitary condition OF Greene.
Vile IL not rs good as il was last spring,
and fears are entertained OF reappear-
ance of cholera during the SKINNER.
w. +. Tolley is a candidate for Con.
gress in the Fifth District. and has al
ready taken the stump. lie is cheap
man--and proposes 10 work for four
thousand dollars n year.
Joseph A. Carter, n candidate for Reg.
lister in Jefferson county, is 30 years Of
age, about four feet high, and weighs 70
pounds. lie is an expert with the pen,
and possesses strong and vigorous in
tellect.
Railroads In Wisconsin.