Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-05-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

General Butler has had severe bilious
attack and is still confined TO his room,
Iowa erected 1,2G6 school houses last
year. One of the secrets of Western growth
The contributions in PHILADELPHIA TO the
Louisiana sufferers amounts toover SIS, 900.
The Danish convicts, who arrived at
New York by the steamship Washington.
will he sent back to Denmark by the same
vessel.
Gov. Ames, of Mississippi, has deter
mined to put an end to duelling in that
State, and says he shall prosecute all Of
Tenders.
Hon. T.. b. Washburne, Minister to
France, is the last name mentioned in
connection with the Secretaryship of the
Treasury.
A gentleman bought piece of land on
the outskirts of Providence thirty wears
ago for $500. He recently refused SIS, 900
for the same property.
An auctioneer in western town recently
got bid of only thirty-seven and q half
cents for an elegant family Bible. The
place had just gone Democratic.
John d. Stevenson, nephew of Governor
Brown, of Tennessee, was shot and killed
by man named John w. Carter about
eleven miles east of Nashville on the 9TH
BY their concerts in London and in the
| provinces, the Jubilee Singers have Melted
| $4,000, which will be devoted to the charit-
able objects indicated in the preliminary
scheme.
In ten months and two weeks after their
appearance 100,0O0,0 900 postal cards were
used i'm this country for the manifold re-
quirements of business, gossip, and imper-
| thence.
Commissioner Douglas is very much op-
posed to the bill agreed ON by the Ways
and Means Committee, allowing tobacco
producers to sell one hundred dollars worth
| free of taxation.
| An Iowa Judge has decided that it is
| more of sin to steal horse than TO elope
with another mans wife, because there are
5000, 900 women in the United States and
| only 100000 horses.
The use of tobacco seems to be falling off
in England. The declared value of the i'm
portation for the first quarter of this year
was only $500, 3O2, against G343, S75 for the
same period of last year.
A company of gentlemen in Wilson
| county have secured a contract for furnish
ing seven thousand cords Of cedar lumber
for the purpose of laying Nicholson pave
ments in Pittsburg. The gross receipts
will amount to about $4,000.
General Siclzles, who has been in Lon
don for sometime, has left for the United
States. John Jay, United States Minister
to Austria, is in London, en- route for the
CuilSu INldttS. ne Will ltdNe 1lNtIpOCA
for New York on Saturday next.
That was asharp remark of the fellow
the other day, who, when asked to renew
in certain insurance office, said, " No sir;
| I'd rather have my house in ashes in d
barrel, wheeling it to the soapbolers for
then i should be sure OF getting some
thing.n
The Grange store started last fall at
Winona, Wisconsin, has failed liabilities
$4,000, with no assets; and similar one
at Owatonna closed up after loss of nearly
$4,000. The honest stockholders snuff
the vile odor of monopoly" in those
concerns.
The Dlethodsts of England have 1000
churches, valued at $50, 100000 gold 1900
: ministers. and local preachers, and between
100000 to 100000 church members. Up
ward of 100000 persons attend their min :
istry, and 60O,0 900 children are in their Sun
, day schools.
A New England religious paper coins the,
word superintendent" to express a JUS
tifable line of conduct when a Sunday
school finds it impossible to get rid of an
: imbecile and highly respectable, inane and
J amiable, good and good for nothing su-
: perintendent.
: The Washington Chronicle says that
Miss Nellie Grants bridesmaids will be
Miss Barnes, Miss Fish, Miss Conkling,
Miss Frelinghuysen, Miss Porter, Miss
sherman, Miss Drexel and Miss Dent.
The wedding will take place at IL A. NJ, in
the East Room, May Dist Col. Frederick
! Grant will officiate as " best man, There
l will be no prOOmsmen