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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29

KnoXv willie from it, dependence upon a
single line nf railroad But there is
sill another and greater advantage in
the future. We need direct cunuec--
lion between Knoxville and NashVille
BY the present and only route Knox
Vile and Nashville are 262 miles part,
via Chat auooga. BY Emory they
wouid beonlN $50 mills, u part, IL dif
ference Of 50 miles, besides shortening
the distance aud opening up country
not hithertn penetrated by railroad
whirh i one of the richest
agricultural and mineral phrtiuns
of Ile STATE. Thirty mites of
his line, from Nashville to lebanon,
arralrvady built. This proposed road
To- Emory would complete thirty five
mllrs more leaving only about ll5
miles To construct, to finish the whole
line.
As at present situated, Knoxville
with all her commercial and manufac.
turing Interests, is dependent upon
roads controlled by the same interests
and the sam setnf men BY the con
~'uctiou of the road proposed, c"mpe-
zion is created, givin.a choice of lines
in three different directions, t. the
East, To Nashville, aud 10 the South
to Chattanooga and all It's connections,
and ~ the North, riu Cincinnati. 1t
rare happens that 80 much can be
1c mpl shed by the expenditure Of
susI Admitted expenditure of money.
The conception is q happy one and It is
hoped that the interesled parties may
be encouraged TO PIT il throuGh.
PROGRcSS.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
the Kidnapped Child in philade lphia

1t is known everywhere that "a little
four.year-old boy, the sou of Mr.. c. X.
Russ, of Germantown, has been kid
naped. " That occurred on last Wed.
nssday two weeks ago. July u. The
little fellow was playing with a-brether
a year or two older on Washington lane,
Germantown, when two men ,whoyere
driving In II wagon alriig the lane
stopped to talk to the children and of
fered them sIme candy. The missing
child, understanding hat he could get
ride IN the wagon, child like, took adj 9.
vantage of the Opportunity, and with
his Older brother got in the wagon The
men then drove off with both. Some
hours later, the wagon having in the
meantime been driven into the north
eastern part of the city, the older boy
was induced To leave the wagon aud mis-
younger brother on pretence of buying
some fire-crackers, and when he re-
turned the man aud the wagon and his
brother had gone. This older boy was
soon returned To his home, but since
that time the younger child has not
been seen by any friendly eye, and his
whereabouts are unknown to the fam
lily and police authorities. There was
some delay i'm getting word to the Chief
of the Detective Police, but since he
/ first got information, we believe he has
worked earnestly, diligently and faith
fully to- get upon the track Of the child
and he thieves without intermission
/ to the present time Whether all has
/ been done with the best Judgment or
/ under the best advice, it would be pre-
mature to say at present. SO the mat
/ ter rests, without result, 50 far as we
know, down to the time when this
/ goes press.
The declared object of the thieves,
| or of those for whom they are acting,
/ is to eXtOrt a large sum of money by
/ way Of ransom. after the manner of
/ the brutal cutthroats called -" bril-
/ gands,n in Italy and Greece. Herein
/ they have committed fatal blunder,
as well as most atrocious crime
/ This is not the city in which such
business can he carried on. We have
/ had traffic made of great many ex-
/ traOrdinary subjects, but an attempt 20
trade upon thu heart-agonies of the
mothers of a whole community will
not do. There is hut one way open
/ to the brigands, and that is to restore
/ the child with the least possible delay,
and then get away from Philadelphia
: as far and as fast as possible. ..
/ PHILADELPHIA, July lS.-In the
! kidnapping case the last news il that "A
private telegram was received at late
/ hour TO night, stating that child,
supposed to he Charles Ross. had
Z passed through Bellaire, Maryland,
/ and that detectives are twenty four
( hours behind, instead of forty eight
/ LCdqer, JUY nth.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
President Grant at a Campaigning

President Grant has been doing"
Saratoga for week or more, and has
been an active participator in ali the
gaieties and frivolities of that now
active and lively summer resort. He
has been visiting smoking, chatting
and boat sailing to his hearts content
On Wednesday last he visited the
great National Methodist campmeeting
at Round Lake, near Saratoga, where
he listened to songs of praise from four
teen thousand persons, and for time
was the grand central attraction of the
occasion. After the regular morning
service Bishop James announced that
the President would receive his friends
The New York SUMS correspondent
says: In about thirty minutes Bishop
Simpson considerably announced that
the reception would be closed, as no
man could stand such an amount of
Misunderstanding. 1t must have been a
severe ordeal, for some of the hand
bakers were so anxious to show the
warmth of their feelings that they
grasped Grants hand and shook it
with II vehemence that shook him all
over. Grant looked infinitely relieved
when the bishop withdrew him from
his arduOus labor.-BdtinlOr san.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
A Queer Wager.

A wager was made few days ago
among a number of wOrkmen in a
steam planning mill in West Chester
that one of their number could not re-
main in the daying-room of the
mill, which has a constant tempera.
ture of about l49 degrees, for a period
Of one hour. The man accepted the
bet the stakes, which were only one
dollar q side, were placed in the hands
OF shopmate, aud the heated apart
ment under the mill was entered, aud
the test Of endurance began. The
fellow won his bet, remaining the
stipulated time, but the lean, gaupt,
emaciated figure required more than a
dollar's worth of prOvender to supply
the loss of flesh which the hours ex-
perience OF roasting alive had occa-
stoned ..7...
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
The WEEKLY GHRUNlULE.
FIELD AND FARM.
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
A new RAILROAD project.
A Prominent CI'izen's Views on the
subject.


Has the statement that a new com
pany had been formed to build a road
from Knoxvill to Emory, any sub.
stantial foundation in fact? The sug-
gestion is fraught with more good to
Knoxville than anything that has
been proposed for long time. What
Knoxville most needs TO insure its
further growth and future prosperity,
is additional and competing railroad
facilities. All this will be attained by
a railroad from Knoxville to Emory,
a distance Of thirty fire miles. Al this
place 1t would connect with the Gin
cinnsti Southern" and open up new
route TO Chattanooga exactly the same
length Of the East Tennessee, Virginia
aud Georgia railroads.&c. miles. 1t
will also furnish connection with
Louisville and CinclnDati--a distance
Of about 800 miles to each place. Over
the route by Cincinnati freight and
passengers between New York
aud Knoxville can be carried
In the same time they are now carried,
and by the construction Of a new road
10 Emory, new and competing line
will be opened between this place and
the principal commercial mart of the
continent. 1t will also furnish a second
line Of road connecting Knoxville with
the coal and iron of the Cumberland
mountains, and relieve the present and
future manufacturing Interests Of
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
Two women Cut to Pieces by Reaper

Mr.. VIM. Lawder, the gentlemanly
and courteous railroad agent and
telegraph operator at Anna Station,
Shelby county, informs US this morn
ing of a most horrible aud fatal acct
dent that occurred three miles south of
Minister, about o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Lawder was unable TO learn the
full particulars, owing to the intense
excitement that prevailed, but the facts
are substantially as follows:
That Mrs. Bergman and her married
daughter, Mrs Nanderbrok, had pre-.
pared lunch for the harvest hands,
and after taking it to the field, where
they were enjoying the luncheon, the
horses attached % the reaper which had
been left standing near by, took fright
and ran towards the group. The cloth
ing of the two ladied was caught in
the machine, and they were thus
dragged for a considerable, length of
time before the horses could possibly
be checked. Finally when the horses
were caught, 1t was found that Mrs.
Bergman was dead, her body being
cut and bruised in a most sickening
manner. Her body was so completely
entangled in the machinery that IL re-
quired the strength of two men to
extricate her. The fate Of her daughter
was not instant death, but her injuries
are such that not the slightest hope of
her recovery is entertained. The sad
affair has cast q gloom over the entire
neighborhood, as the parties are of ex-
cellent standing and highly respected.
Dayton Herald, July Is.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
The Virtue Of Buttermllk.

NJ. Robin,in a paper presented to the
French Academy, thus extOls the
virtue Of buttermilk Life exists only in
combustion, but the combustion which,
occurs in our bodies, like that
which takes place in our chimneys,
leaves a detritus which is fatal to life.
To remove this we would administer
latte acid with ordinary food. This
acid Is known to possess the power
of removing or destroying the incrus-
tations which form on the arteries,
cartilages and valves Of the heart. As
buttermilk abounds in this acid and il,
moreover, an agreeable kind Of food,
its hsbitual use, it Is urged. will free
the system from these causes, which
inevitably cause death between the
seventy.ffth u and hundredth
year.nG)
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29

The crop Is cut short throughout tie
State nv the long continued druu'h,
aud A. consequence many Will be
discourag. q from sowing meadows This
fall, Though they will probably have
more leisure for suitably prepar
ing The land The failure Ia ally crop
j. always serious loss, vet We 10 not
SUPPOSE that any tobacco grower will
neglect tn make ample preparation for
a crop next wear because he happened
To fail this Indeed, there l. tile greater
reason for wishing To plaut a heavy
crop. for the price If the artical will be
greatly increased by reason of the de-
mand. And we find that extra eGer.
tJous are always made 10y the cotton
planters The year succeeding Il compar
alive failure. for the same reason. Now
50 far from being discouraged by reason
of the failure in the hay crop, farmers
who have land suitable should make
extraordinary eXertions to increase the
acreage in this crop, because Of the
certainty of demand at high prices
Theinuumerable valleys Jhat lie along
the water courses of our State could,
with proper management, be- made q
source of great wealth. Naturally fer
tile and supplied, many of them, with
fresh fertliZing elements each year
from the waShings of limestone hills,
il is source of regret that their own
er-, in many cases. are attempting to
use them for crops for which they have
40 natural aptitude. These low lands,
nine cases out Of ten, should be put to
hay
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
Progress OF the Cincinnati Southern
Railroad.

lClncnnau Commcrcl July -
With the favorable weather work is
progressing finely on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad, and, it is thought,
the grading, trestling and tunneling
will be done, the rails laid and trains
started to running within much less
period than was at first contemplated.
At Kings Mountain, the great OBJ
suuction, the work of tunneling is
advancing with a success far beyond
the expectation of the contractors and
the board of trustees who let out the
job. Two main shafts and side one
have been sunk, and the process Of
digging II channel through the rock is
meeting with the best hopes. The ma
terial is softer than was expected,
When first dug it is damp and soft.
but upon being exposed to the air,
grows hard, admitting even of pol
ish, and could be used in the building
of bridge abutments if it were shown
10 withstand the crumbling of most Of
the saudstOnes when exposed to mOis-
ture. The contractors are to complete
the tunnel by July l, 1870 and the
consulting engineer of the road, Mr..
LOvett, expects that they will be able
to fulfill the agreement.
From South Dauville to the tunnel
the work is about completed, aud
thence to the Tennessee line is in fine
progress.
In scott county, Kentucky, owing
to the delay in the letting of contracts,
the progress is not 80 favorable. but
work has been well begun, and is be-
ing pushed forward rapidly.
On the section south from Ludlow,
Kentucky lthe present northern ter
minus of the road) about seventy
men are employed, and as the section
is only about three miles in length,
the execution is visible.
All along the line plenty of hands
can be procured, aud the wages offered
seem TO be very acceptable
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29

The following is highly commended
by those who have used IT. /: Dissolve a
bushel Of salt in G barrel Of water. and
with the salt water slack barrel OF
lime, which should be wet enough To
form kind Of paste. For the purpoAe
Of a disinfectant, this home made
chloride OF lime Is nearly as good as
that purchased at the shops and drug
stores. Use 1t freely about sinks, eel
lars, cutters and out houses, and In
this way prevent sickness, suffering
and expense,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
SCHOOLS IN COOKE COUNTY.
Cooke COUNTY, July 20, 1874

NUOhL OUUNIfi July VI IbIf.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: Your valua.
BILE paper, which has done so much for
the cause Of education in our etate,
seldom contains educational items
from Cooke county.
This county is not surpassed by
many counties In East Tennessee for
beautiful and fertile land, intelligent,
genial and enterprislng citizens but,
unfortunately, the people have not
enjoyed the blessings Of good schools.
The free schools have been too short 10
be of benefit 10 the children; and
another great disadvantage is the in
competency OF the teachers. County
SuperIntendents should be very strict
in the examination of teachers for the
fall schools, and II an applicant il
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
A Remedy for Hara rime..

One of the most sensible and timely
articles that we have met with in a
great while appears in the Knoxville
Chronicle of the 9th inst, under the
above caption. We have often been
amazed at the great number of idlers to
be found in every part of the State
idlers with strong arms that might he
made useful in increasing the wealth
of the State, and relieving the pres
sure now upon s.GQ TO any little coun-
try store and there will be found, day
after day, men sitting under the shade
of a tree, or shielded from the suns
shine by the covering Of an open porch,
discussing the stringency of the money
market, the laZiuess of the negroes, the
declining prices of the lands, the bur-
dens Of taxation, or the unpromising
condition of the crops. At such a
place we happened few days since,
and found eight grown men who sat
all day talking over the subjects we
have named, until the sun cTept down
| among the trees, when they departed
severally to their homes, to growl
probably, at some thing which had
gone wrong during their ABSENCE
Rural Sun.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
Opening OF a Colossal Plsce Of Amuse.
-.lf". .I . met. .. ... ~

The Coliseum, monster place of
amusement erected in Jones' wood,
New York, was opened on Sunday by
a grand monster concert, with 100
musicians and 600 singers. Six thou
sand people were within the Enclosure.
The edifice Is of Swiss architecture,
forms a hollow square, which Is orna-
mented with trees aud grass plats. 1t
has galleries and towers, and every
convenience to make spectators COM
Portable,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
/ YlrglnIa Tobaccl Crop.

The Richmond newspapers contain
dlscouraging accounts of the prospects
of this YEARS. tobacco crop in that
State The yield will be small and not
Of very good quality, In some sec
tons not one-fourth of last years crop
will lie raised. 1t may be that these
reports are worse than The facts really
warrant, but all the information re-
ceiyed indicates u short tobacco crop
from Virginia.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
Salt To a Pound OF Butter.

At recent meeting Of the Fulton
Farmers Club, Pennsylvania, the
question was asked, How much salt
should be put in pound Of butter %
One member answered, half an ounce
another gave the recipe of Bharpless,
the noted dairyman Of Chester county,
which is one ounce of salt 70 three
pounds Of butter.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29

The Ohio Farmer says 4" One of
the secrets Of success in potato growing
is in giving them ii hOeing at the
proper stage of growth. One killing
is sufficient, aud this should be given
when the vines are about six inches
high. Previous tn this, use the cultiva-
tor freely keep the earth loose on the
surface and free from weeds. When at
the stage of growth mentioned, give a
good Milling, making the mound broad
and flat on top and a little cupping.
After this do no more than to cut out
weeds. The hoeing is best done soon
after rain. Some advocate flat culture
and others two billings; but We have
never succeeded with either of those
plans, nor do the most successful puta-
to growers advocate them. Two hill-
ings viii make two settings, and re-
suit ina large number of small poia
toes at harvest time. Flat culture
may do on deep loamy soil where
the roots can rsmify and form tubers
readily: but clay soil killing in the
old fashioned way is the one most Ger
tain TO make good returns
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
On Thursday III 2 9th day Of August,
1874, at 2 O'Clock, ?, W.,

the tract Of land mentioned and described in the
plea iings lying in the }rd civil district of Knox
county. Tennessee adjoining the lands Of Vim.
Caswell and othe's, ana contairing lsO acres more
or less. Said farm is situltc both side of the
East Tennessee Virginia ard Georgia Railroad,
six miles east Of the city OF knoxville, at Cas-
wells station; is one Of the ost desirable farms
around Knoxville and for the accommodation
OF parties desiring small farms tor gardening
purposes said farm has becl divided into % small
farms, RAM ing from
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
CHANCERY SALE
OF
VALUABLE PROPERTY.

Isaac Byerly VS.. Horace Foster. ct al
PURSUANT TO AN INTERLOCUTORl
i decree pronounced in the above cause at n,
Marc term, 1874. Of the Chancery Court at Knox.
VILE, | will sell at public auction to the highcs
bidder. on the premises, ..... ...-.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29

Said sa will be made on a credit of g. r. IS
and q months, taking from the purchas rs notes
with goot security bearing interest ON date
and retaining lien rs further security said
farm will be Old in bar of the equity of red emp
ton and title undisputed.
NJ. l.. PATTERSON, C. X VI.
July p. uS74.-yi 2}w,tGdcodtds.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-07-29
Two and a half TO Is Acres.

On ,wO of the lots there is Il good young orchard.
On one containing 90 acres is a good varicgated
...arble quarry and on another containing ac es
is good water power with fail OF about-Z2 feet.
About one half Of the farm is finely timbered.
The farm will be sold a who c and in parcels
ard the sale rea ling the highest price will be
alOptei.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-21
The Russian Theater.

Possessing a voracious appetite for
amusement of all kinds, the Russians are
generous to fault to those who can en-
tertain them, and particularly those who
have the power of making them laugh.
Thus it happens that there is theater
in the Cars capital devoted to the
comic muse, whose votaries include En-.
glsh and French as well as Russian per-
formers, a medley of natonalities which
has certain attraction for the foreigner
who wisely considers some after dinner
amusement indispensable, if only for
digestive purposes The Michael Thea
ter, which is one of the four play houses
under State control, is the home of
French and German comedy and vaude-
ville but if the visitor to the City of
Palaces wishes to see and hear the
COMIC singers Of the three nations in
grand combination, he cannot do better
than to jump into a sleigh and bid the
caftaned Isvotchick drive to the Berg
Theater. Having arrived there. after
the bumpings and joltings and narrow
escapes from being capsized, incidental
to sleigh ridingin in Russian streets, which
enjoy the unenFisble nntoriety of being
the worst kept in the world the fare will
find a long, low rooted, squat building,
entered by corridors, which are fanked
up stairs and down stairs by buhfets,
somewhat akin to bars" Of similar es-
tablishments In Rngland and having
paid rouble and half -four shilings)
for chair, be will note with astonish,
ment the peculiar arrangement of the
house. The theater is an oblong build
ing, with boxes at each side, and chairs
in the center of the house; behind these
is Kind OF balcony and, stretching far
away, gallery, which is at so great a
distance from the stage that it's ocou-
pants must find it very difficult to hear
the dulcet notes of, let us say, the Eng
lish duetists. A low roof covers all; but
dsspite this architectural mistake, the
house is we'll ventilated end exceedingly
comfortable. The audience in the boxes
is principally composed of Russian Off
GERS, among whom are not few lieuten-
ants who haye yet TO become acquainted
with the smell Of powder; well made,
stalwart young fellows, capable of hold
ing their own wherever they may be-
But, looking roand the house, you fail TO
discern more than two or three ladies,
albeit there are not few persons who
might, n they we're asked, lay claim to
that title.-BelgrdUiQ.