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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23

man, aud the conductor, are but slight.
ly injured. H. $3.50
The damage To the road is consider
able. The engines are almost n total
wreck, aud two ~ the cars were de-
stroyed by fire. The goods were seat.
tered IN every direction, coffee aud
snuff laying around loose in the great
est abundance, and 1t Is thought aside
from what was destroyed 10y the fire,
large quantities have been carried off.
Our informant does not vouch for this,
but only heard q rumor to that effect.
The conductor in charge of train
No. D voluntarily makes the follow
ing statement
KNOXVILLE, Dec. 2.h, 1871.
Yesterday morning, train No. ),
left Bristol on time. | was conductor
in charge of the train aud {. &.
Trainham was hauling my train with
engine 10. We had "A heavy load, but
left Nances' about on time. We had
to double over Rutl"gu's grade, which
put as behind time. | don't rrcnllet
what time we left Union, but had am
pie time To- make Carriers to meet No.
q, but we We're detained bv the engine
sippiuS as We passed. up tnlpn Sfaue.
As we came down Crocket's grade
Trainham told me to get on the Fire
mans box and watch the time aud he
would run. Trainham did not look
at his schedule but depended on me to
watch the time. Trainham remarked
to me that if we got short of time We
must stop and flag, but told him we
had plenty Of time to make Carriers for
No. q. calculated that No. 4
running on its 80 minutes delayed
time would not leave Carriers until
$40. In this was mistaken and the
consequence was that collision oc
CURED about one mile east of Carriers.
j commenced running on the road
as train-hand in 1867; commenced
running As baggage master in the lat
ter part of 1869 or early in 1870. | have
been running as conductor in charge
of freight train about three years. ]
have, hundreds of times, been in
charge of trains running behind time
to make meeting points with trains
running in the opposite direction. /
can not tell how it was that / made
the mistake. In view of all the facts I
feel that j alone am to blame for the
collision.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
A.mosT A FATAL Ao,lDEv a..
AYrung Lady Fats Out of window
To the Ground.

Thursday, while Miss Christine
Burger, daughter of Policeman Burger,
was attempting to open a window in
the second story of their house, in East
Knoxville, she by some means lost her
balance and fell out of the window on
the ground beneath, n heighth of some
ten feet, and received serious injuries.
She being a young lady not classed
among the light weights, the fall stun
ned her severely, and she was picked
up in an unconscious condition, and
for a time was thought to be dead.
But we are glad to state that she recov-
cred consciousness in few moments,
and the physician who was called eX-
pressed a hope that her injuries We're
not of nature likely to prove fatal,
although he said it would be impossi-
bic to tell before to-day how bad she
was hurt. Her hands are terribly
swollen, having fallen ON them. Near
the spot where she fell a sharp pointed
stick or stubble in the ground caught
her dress and passed through it, and
had she fallen on it, it would have I'M
doubtedly passed through her body.
1t was certainly a narrow escape from
instant death, as she fell just at the side
of the prefecture, and we will hope for
the best and that her injuries will not
prOve To be Of serious nature.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
A CASE OF DEsTITUTION.
A woman with Three children In
Destitute Circumstanccs.
From Knoxville Daily Chronicle p,c.l7


From Knoxville Daily Chronicle, bee. u
Yesterday as the Eastern bound
train stopped at Knoxville, a woman
with three children got oil, two Of the
children being 81 weak from sickness
IA TO have to be carried. luquiring
into the circumstance we got the fol-
lowing statement
Her name l.. Whey Smith, wife of
John Smith, formerly resident near
the mountains nf North Carolina. not
far from Sevierville Last spring her
husband, herself aud three children
went To Sumner county, Southern
Kansas, with view of betteriug their
condition. But the dronth ami grass
hopperS caused a total failure of crops,
and the result was they with number
less other families were left in desti-
tute condition. They resolved to re-
turn to their former home, and putting
their three children ON pony,
about all the properly they had left,
and they themselves walking, they
started on their long, weary journey.
After six weeks uf toll and tramping
they arrived within five miles
of Shelbyville, where the two
oldest Of their children took
down sick with typhoid fever. They
remained there several weeks, until
the children recovered from the fever,
when they took the chills and fever.
They then resolved To make another
effort - reach their former home, and
some kindly-disposed person brought
them in wagon to Tulahoma, where
the ticket agent gave them ticket for
the woman aud three children Ia
Chattanooga, and some one else gave
them i've dollar bill, which, at halt
rates, paid their fair To Knoxville.
Her husband failing to sell the horse,
will come on horseback 10 Knoxville,
where he expects to meet his family.
Some persons interested themselves
in her behalf, and attempted to get
her.. the industrial Home, until her
husband should arrive. but found no
provisions for such cases at this insti-
tuition. She was finally furnished
with rooms at Mr.. Dunn's boarding
house, Mayor Staub pledging that the
city would nay her board, and the
sum of $3.50 in money was raised
from several citizens to help her on
her way to Sevierville. DIR. Tadlock
called on them last night, and gave
medical attention to the little suffer
ers. Policeman DeArmond deserves
credit for the interest lac manifested in
her behalf Should any meet her hus.
band when he arrives In the city, they
will confer favor by referring him Ia
us, or 10 Marshal Claiborne, or police
man DeArmond, who will give him
information rs to the whereabouts ot
his wife.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
PeuclIetten.

Tons of postal cards without address
es are destroyed i'm the Dead>letter Of
fee, because people write their mese-
ages first and then forget to address the
card
It is said that bells attached 10 sheep
will keep dogs off rflactualy. one bell
TO every ten sheep Ia the rule. The
destruction OF sheep by dogs j. enor-
worth trying on.
+. Il. Strong, OF Strawberry Plains
has opened "A store on the west side OF
Market Square, where he keeps Dry
Goods, Groceries and General Mer-
chandise. Country produce is bought
aud sold. and his country friends are
invited to give him cali
Stranger, will YOU try hand with
us at puker?' Thank you, gentle
men, but there are seventeen reasons
why can not accommodate, you now
Seventeen reasons for not paving
cards Pray, what are they why,
the first is. ! haven't any money.
Stop! that's enough; never mind the
other SIXTEEN
In our notice in regard t. the cleo
| ton of a delegate to the State Grange,
we were misinformed ~ "a the time
| the election would take place. We
stated that it would take place ON the
second Tuesday in January, when it
| should have read the first Tuesday.
Masters of Oranges will take notice.
4 beggsr applying for relief to
/ gentleman was sent by him to the
Relief Association" The flag over
/ Sanford, Chamberlain & Alhers con
tains the words " Harts Relief and
was of course mistaken for the sign of
| the headquarters OF the Relief Asso-
! ciation," but he found it wasn't the
kind of relief he wanted.
We learn that pr NJ. l.. Rogers aud
| Mr. j. b. TURKEY have purchased the
Six Springs on the Boyd farm as
well as a few acres of ground arounC
| them, and we understand they pro
pose to convert the Springs into an
aquarium for the purpose Of breeding
the finest of fish. 1t seems to rs thi,
could be made paying business,
The Cleveland Tanner says: Mr.
Erby Boyd, who resides at the mouth
of Oeoee river, in Polk county, iattened
and sold at his pens l02 hogs which
averaged 2G2 pounds for = cents per
pound gross The l02 hogs Melted
him $3.50 each, running up the grand
total to over $1,000. Pork il not 80 ac-
tive as it was two weeks ago-dull at
cents net. Lard is worth from II to lG
cents per pound, by the can. Wheat
has been more active for the last few
days than it has been for sometime
Several lots of white have been deliV-
cred in this market at Sl.l0 per busheI
red commands only 81. The prize
of corn has rather downward tend
ency i'm this market II il now dullat
I 20 cents per bushel
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Further Particulars of the collision
of Freight Trains.
From Knoxville Daily Chrjnic'c, D c.


From Knoxville Daily Chronicle, d c. .
From one of the mail agents Oh the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, who has made some inquiries
we learn the following additional facts
in regard to the sad accident on Sat
urday. The cause of the accident was
that the conductor had made mis-
take in his time. The engineer and
conductor had agreed that the conduc-
tor should run the time and he would
run the engine at his direction. Be
fore leaving the station the conductor
pulled out his watch and said we have
eleven minutes to make Carter's sta
ton and we can make it. AS it turned
out they had only one minute.
In answer to our inquiry as to the
cause of the two men who were killed
and the conductor being on the train,
he informed us that the agent at Bris 70
tol had employed Grouse to fire to
Knoxville, as Henderson had hurt his
hand aud was not able, Henderson,
however, staying on the engine with
him. Arriving at the heavy up grade
1 beyond the scene of the accident, the
conductor and Bill Wyatt got Off the
I train to sand the track to keep the
wheels from slipping, and as the en-
/ CINE passed them in pretty good speed,
and fearing they would not be able to
get in caboose, they jumped on the
engine. which act proved so fatal tn
Wyatt.
Before the doomed engineer came in
sight of the up train a beautiful girl,
Miss Julia Whailen, daughter of a
widow lady, whose husband helped in
/ building the road. heard them blow
brakes on " as they started down
grade, and seeing the up train coming,
she FASTENED out aud tagged her down.
/ Staub, seeing this, at once blew
"brakes on" and reversed his engine,
stopping her sufficiently for all on
board to jump of; and thus their lives
were saved, Had this girl not tagged
| them down the two trains would have
met at full speed in cut, and doubt
| less all on board would have persisted
We understand that Capt, Jacques
learning of this, presented the girl
with fifty dollar bill, as slight TO-
ken of gratitude, and we understand
she will be handsomely rewarded by
those whose lives she was the means
of saving. This comes in good time
as we learn they are not classed with
the wealthy, or, in other words, they
are poor.
Grouse was caught by one of his legs
under the tender, and the leg bad &c
be severed from hi1 body, before he
could be removed. We did not learn
whether he was dead at the time oil
not, but presume he was. We learn
that engineer Trainham is considered
out of danger, and unless something
occurs not looked for, he will recover
from his wounds. Henderson, fire
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Obituary.

James Murphy, only child Of NJ
and Mrs. Thomas b. McLemore, pass
ed from earth through the pearly gate
of the " Heavenly Eden on the morn
ing of the nth Inst. lie was bright
and promising child of II months 0i
age, and was the idol OF their home.
When in the arms of their physician
he began 10 sink into deaths cold ON
brace, and was surrounded by nuns
Der Of weeping friends who mingled
their tears of sorrow with those of hi
fond parents which were wrung FROM
their almost breaking hearts by such "a
scene.
A short funeral service was held a.
their residence I'm MechaDicsVille, o.
Tuesday morning, by Rev. J. F.
Goldman, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Thomas
after which was sweetly sung, Watt
ing for Thee"
The body. which was laid In silver
mounted coffin, upon which was IN
scrbed in the center, "Our Darling,
was conveyed TO the residence of James
NJ. Murphy in the country, where
Rev. Mr.. Goldman preached a short
and impressive funeral sermon which
was replete with words Of tenderness
aud comfort to the mourning friends,
From there, the remains were followed
to the family burying ground near by,
where the officiating minister read the
( beautiful burial services of the Metho-
/ dist Church, when his angelic form.
was committed to the dust.
] Ere sin could blight. OF sorrow fade,
Death came with friendly care,
Tho opening bud 70 heaven conveyed.
And babe 70 blossom there
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
4 Terrible Death.

We learn that a few days since Il
colored child was burnt to death in
Middle Brook, three miles from the
city. The mother, whose name we
failed to learn, had been called out
10y neighbOr to do something for her,
and she engaging a colored girl to take
care of her children, left them in the
house. It seems that the girl after
wards left the children alone, and the
fire burning down, one of them took
her apron full Of chips and threw
them on the fire. While in this act
her apron came in contact with the
flames, and she rushed out of the
house screaming, but no grown person
was near to render any help, and she
burned to death Her body was after
wards found some distance from the
house burned into crisp.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Mhn,,he Orange 4. Doing

The best merchants see that prices
must come down. r.. ;. Payne 4 Co.
are probably the best merchants in
Tennessee. Look at some of their prices
since the Grange started; Boots and
Shoes Is per cent. off; Hats and Gaps,
- per cent Off; Ladies trimmed Hats,
80 per cent. off, and they have a splen-
did lot of them. We never saw any
thing likeit. Ladies' Furs, 50 per cent
off. 1t is q sight worth seeing to go
through r.. :. Payne d Co.'s immense
store, packed with goods from the first
floor to the top. They sell goods in
eight States.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23

Rcv.w Perkins nj the second Prcsby.
terIau Church.

Rev. w. Perkins, editor Of the Good
Tcmplar, preached a temperance SER
mon at the Second Presbyterian
Church on sabbath morning. His text
was. wine is "a mocker and strong
drink is raging, and whosoever is de-
ceived thereby is not wise" Prov.
2O:l. Drink no longer water, but
use little wine for thy stomach sake
and thine often intirmities." lst Tim,
5:23. The speaker proved conclusive
ly from the Bible thst the wine in
question in the latter part of his text
was the pure juice of the grape and
not adulterated or fermented wine
used at the present, which is intoXi-
eating and polsonuAs, His sermon
was clear and convincing and no doubt
good was affected. His audience as far
as we have learned was well pleased.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued from the County Court Clerks
Office, during the week ending Satur-
day. December 18th, 1874:
VIM. r. Stephenson and Kate Cake.
NJ. l.. Glenn and Sarah Lee.
]. II Stansberry and Elizabeth j..
Fowler.
Jas. +, Rudder and Florence }. Rud-
der.
VIM. Middleton and AngeIine Dot
son.
r.. W. Auit and Seddie Philips.
Robt. Fain aud Josephine Neal.
Jas. NJ. Anderson and Mary +. Fer
guson.
d. +. Fisher and Nancy &. Willhite.
Jos. w. Perry and Maggie ]. Smith.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23

The following are the real estate
transfers recorded in the Office Of the
County Court Clerk for the week
ending Monday, Dec. 2lst, 1874:
John w. Bailey and wife to J. II.
Mynatt A. acres for 500.
J. NJ. Garnell ct ux. to Samuel Wat
son; acres for 5000.
Luke Wilds to Margaret Cruze lot
for $500.
John NJ. Harris to Hayden and Year
gin; lot for $3.50.
NJ. MCGOWAN ct uX. to Sidney l..
Giles interest in tract of land for
$3.50.
William Bell to Bailey and Turley
intere-t in tract Of land for 500.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Died

Thursday morning at his residence
on Crozier street AZ lO:4j O'Clock, priu-
cipally from the effects of old age, Mr.
John A. Aurin, i'm the 74lh year ofhis
MI. Aurin was a native of Germany,
and came to this country about g
years ago, and first settled in Morgan
county, but for number Of years has
been resident of this city. lie was
skillful cabinet maker and an honest
man in the striclest sense of the word,
raising his children To follow in the
footsteps Of their father, and Ivy honest
toll, several of his sons have accumu-
lated considerable property. Last An
gust Mr.. Aurin and his aged wife, Gel
ebrated their golden wedding, having
lived together in peace and harmony
for 80 wears. His wife still lives 70
mourn the death of the partner Of
haIfa century OF her life. He was ii
consistent member of the Lutheran
Church. and practiced the religion hr
professed. His death was that of
Christian and he literally fell asleep
in Christ.
Thursday evening, 7:ij o'clock,
William Wallace, infant son of Nj. :.
and ii. f.. Mcclellan, aged . months
and days.
At Athens, Tenn, Dee. 18th, after
an illness of five days of pneumonia,
Mr.. Luke Dean, aged 81 years and g
months.
He was born in Massachusetts,, but
apent most Of his active life in the
State of New York, and had resided in
Athens about year and . half at time
of his death. Until old age made him
infirm, he was a very active, public
spirited man. He leaves two soDs, Or.
M. S. Dean, of Chicago, and DIR. j. y.
Dean, President Of the East Tennessee
Wesleyan University, to mourn hiN
! loss.
At the residence Of Mrs. Thos. \
! r. Nelson in this city at > O'Clock 4
NJ. of Dec. 10, of dropsy, Alex. VII
liams, eldest son of the late Judge
Nelson, aged lhirty-three years
The remains were taken 10 Jonesboro
on the early morning train, where
they will be inferred to-day In the
family burying ground at that place.
/ We tender The bereaved family our
sincere sympathy in this sad atilic'ion
! of Divine Providence.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Masonic.

At stated communication of strawberry
Plains Lodge, No. 462, +. \ A, NJ, the fol-
lowing officers We're elected:
j, II. Caldwell, w. NJ; Is, r. Strong s.
W. o. b. Driskell, j. W.; j. W, Trent
See; j. Il. Davidson, Treas; j, 5. W. Neal,
Chaplain; VIM. Woods Vance, S. d.; il,
C.Vance, j D.; James Underwood, Tyler.
Installation takes place in the NJ. +.
Church, South, on Monday, the 2sth inst,
at . P. NJ, The public generally are in
yitel 10 attend
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Good Drawing.

Mr.. Charles A. Lones, who has taught Il
good school at Middlebrook, in the 18th
civil district, for the past four months, yes
terday showed ms some excellent maps
drawn by Miss Lizzie MaTys, aged four
teen. The maps are well drawn, and show
a talent that should he encouraged. The
people Of Middebrook should organize u
good subscription school for Mr.. Lones,
now that the public school is out.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Personal.

We learn Mr.. Rolfe 5. Sanders re-
fused on the 10th, an offer of 81, 800
for Dazzle Golddust, one of the superb
and magnificent young trotters he re-
Gently purchased from Mr.. Dorsey of
Kentucky. The offer was made by a
party from New York, who saw the
mare ON the streets and was captured
with her elegant appearance and fine
action.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23

Buy your cloth and take it 20 j,
Couturier, French Tailor, two doors
east of McGhee's Block, Gay street.
He will make you a suit of clothes and
do repairing for low price. Cleaning
also done cheap. Xii3d&w3t
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
Ladies' Trimmed Hats

Furs and Shoes, Ribbons aud Cloaks
we will sell all of these at % per cent
less than the regular price for the mex
80 days. r.. :. PAYNE * Go.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-23
EQEE Machine Needles y, ID . 50 Q
Icts. per dozen. Sam
. . u h@ @E plies free. Send stamp
Real Estate Transfers.

xi2jwtf 5. P. ANGEL, Knoxville.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-28
Mysterious Murder.

On Monday the corpse of Il woman was
found in the water at Weymouth Landing,
Mass, sunk by a tailor's goose attached to
a cord. The head and shoulders were
covered by Il carriage blanket. Later ac-
counts state that She has been identified
us Julia Hawkes., u native Of St John. n.
g., where her husband died Mrs Hawkes.
has recently resided i'll Hanover, Mass,
and had friends at Mount Wollaston whom
she occasionally visited. Within Il few
days prior to her death She left their house
to 60 to Boston to draw money which she
had on deposit in q savings bank. intend
ing to apply it to the purchase OF house
IN Hanover for which she was to pay the
sum Of 5000. Since that time she has not
been seen alive by any of her Wollaston
friends, There are strong grounds for the
belief that the unfortunate woman had a
male acquaintance in Boston who was
cogniZant of her intentions in regard to
the money, and that she was waylaid,
murdered and robbed Mrs. Hawkes. was
not known to have any relatives in the
States. She is described as an industrious
person of correct habits and amiahlc dis
position.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-28

The Spaniards charge 1 $ Minister
Cushing with taking sides in the party
quanels OF that country
The House has passed q bill 10 admit
New Mexico As 4 state, and folks that have
flags may prepare to add another star
Congressman Mellish. OF New York.
who was recently taken insane. died last
weet in IN asylum.
The Massachusetts Legislature has
voted 10 abolish the State Police. The
force got to be too much ike the last syl-
liable of its name.
The Womm's journal SAYS that of the
press OF Michigan, eight are against wo-
man suffrage, and thirty mine in favor
and it gives list OF the papers shat is
very strong showing
The New York Graphic publishes a
portrait OF Senator Eaton of Connecticut
lie has a solid, conservative look and bears
the face OF man who will never dabbe
in any Credit Mobilier transactions. Such
men are needed in Congress.
Even poor Mexico has appropriated
$4,000 to forward her products to our
centennial. And grave statesmen in Con
gress say We are too poor to aid in max
ing the occasion creditable
Senator elect Eaton, of Connecticut
= an advocate Of woman suffrage AS a
member OF the Legislature he last week
advocated the raising of Joint select com
mittee on the subject, and the resolution
passed
The Supreme Court of the United
States has recently made decision that in
States whore the constitution does not for
bid municipal aid to railroads, the Legis-
lature may legally authorize such aid. II
sets at rest q long yeyed question.
The Changers propose to take a hand
in the Centennial Exposition The Master
of the National Grange has appointed +;
committee of seven to aid and the order
will raise $40, 900 towards the expenses o
the Centennial
At Woodford's Corner, near Portland
they have cornered chap with three
wives, and are going to run him through
the courts Better make HIM live with
them all in the same house. That woulc
warm him up