Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-14
PENCILETTES.

MUCH l.. McNutt was elected Reve-
nue. Assessor for Blount county.
Mr.. James Maynard, United States |
Commissioner has u card i'm the local !
columns of interest to claimants.
A Virginia photographers can take
photographs in the night. He took l5J
from a brother artist, and was then
taken to Jail.
The snow is so deep in Nevada that
some of the merchants don't expect to
get their spring stock much before
next September.
Kansas is not a playful State. When
Mr.. Greene, of Lawrence. joculary
smashed Mr.. Aker's plug hat over his
eyes, Mr. Aker seriously fired two
bullets through Mr.. Greene's body.
A young man with too much "ben
zine aboard" attempted to hide him
self from his fellow-creatures yester-
day evening by crawling into the gut
ter at the corner of Main and Prince
streets, but some of his friends sue
ceeded in getting him out, and started
home with him.
A young gent who has been attend.
ing spelling matches, looking over the
wholesale market report yesterday and
noticing eggs quoted at l2al24 cents.
wanted to knew why they were quoted
that way, when eggs were all of the
same size. He has since become dis
gusted with the egg market.
We learn that the famous DeCastro
troupe of which so many of our South
ern exchanges have been speaking is
billed for the Opera House either on
the Odd or 25th insts. DeCastro is rep
resented as the greatest vaniriloqust
living, and the entertainments given
by the troupe are highly spoken Of
Maryville RepubAcan Wheat still
"looks splendid I" in our county, and
bids fair to yield abundantly.-The
railroad bridge over Pistol Creek was
completed last Wednesday, the bridge
bilder from Knoxville having come
down Monday morning. We suppose
train will be run on the road next
week.
The Jonesboru' Herald and Tribune
says :. +. Griffith and J. A. FEBRUARY
arrested colored man near this place
yesterday morning VINO gave his name
as Mitchell Pealer, but it is believed
that his right name is Andy Rucker
who is charged with killing a woman
in Madison county, n. c., sometime
since.
The spelling mania is taking queer
shapes. A Madison county Ull.) girl
has offered herself as prize to the one
of her four suitors who Outspells the
others. The trial Is to come off next
Saturday in the district school house,
and 25 cents admission is to be charged
the money to go towards furnishing a
house for the young couple.
Here, waiter! waiterW called Mr.
Rural, at one of our city hotels "bring
me some of Francis potatoes" The
waiter started, aud said he didn't
think they had any. "Havn't any,"
said Mr.. Rural much you know
about your trade-here, read that"
And he pointed TO this on the bill OF
fare: Potatoes q Ia Francois! :"
A Market Square grocery merchant
says he is convinced that there is nc
truth in the assertion that the human
heart is generally devoid of gratitude
for yesterday when he called a friend
in and asked him to try three of his
best cigars the gratitude of that friend
knew no bounds, and he forthwith
pulled out nickle and bought two OF
his cheapest cigars.
Officer Cain succeeded in getting
several more pieces of harness and
brides which were stolen some time
traded to parties i'll the country. The
parties, when notified by Officer Cain
that the property was stolen, promptly
brought them in. Several articles are
yet out, but they have been traced by
the officer, and will also come to hand
ere long.
Chattanooga Commercial: Corn sold
on the wharf yesterday for 49, cents
per bushel; wheat, white, $1.05; red
Sl.00.-Corn, we are informed, il
scarce in Squatchee Valley, and sells
readily at 70 cents per bushel. The
crops in maLy places were short, and
large quantities of it have been fed &c
stock. Fifteen hundred head of cattle
have been fattened and shipped from
the little county of Bledsoe.
They got up a surprise party Thurs.
day night last on young married
couple, at whose house u similar affair
was one of the social successes of the
last season. The conspirators were
met calmly but cordially at the gate
by the husband, who rested on his shot
gun, while his beautiful and accom-
plished wife, whose face and form were
visible inside the porch, said she wa;
very glad to see them, but she didn't
think she could hold the bull dog bach
more than a minute longer!
President Porter, of Yale, recently
gave the following laconic advice t.
the students in the course of an ex-
tended address Don't drink. Dom
chew. Don't smoke. Don't swear
Don't deceive. Don't read novels
Don't marry until you can support {
wife. BE earnest. Be self-reiant. 81
generous. Be civil. Read the papers
Advertise your business. Make money
and do good with it. Love God and
your feloWmen,"
An Irishman went into a gin mill
took a drink. came out. He stood q
few minutes, when "things commene
ed workin'." He grabbed his stom
ach, twisted his face out of shape
rushed back into the gin mill anC
shouted TO the bartender; "Say, 1 aXeC
We for whisky, an ye gave me tn,
wrong bottle; hand me a barrel o
water, until pour il down au' drown