Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-12-08
PENCILETTES.

Consolation for old maids" Misfor-
tunes never come singly."
A girl IL years old got married In
Hamilton county last week.
Greene county has 90 subordinate
Oranges ell with good membership
What does an honest grocer do with
his goods? He gives them away "a
weigh).
Why do honest ducks dip their
heads under water? To liquidate
their little bills.
Mr.. G.. Hunter, of Washington
county, raised lO2 bushels of corn on
one acre of ground.
An Irish doctor lately sent his bill
to lady as follows: ITO curing your
husband till he died"
1t is rumored that Ureka Furnace,
Greene county, will he placed in oper~
alton again before long.
Mr.. Joseph Rutherford, an aged
citizen of sullivan, died at his home
near Paperville, few days since.
Col Ira G. Copas has announced
himself as candidate to represent
Sullivan county in the next Legisla-
tuTe.
A new Postoffice has been establish
ed in this county, south of the river,
called Thornburgh, and J. w. Ander-
son has been appointed Postmaster.
Mrs. Johnson, wife of VIM. NJ.
Johnson, Charleston, Tenn, died on
Monday, of rheumatism. She was the
daughter of Mrs. Lorbett, of this city.
"My native city has treated me bad
ly," said drunken vagahond, II but 1
love her still" Probably" replied a
gentleman, "her still is all that you do
loven
The depot agent at Fullen's informs
the Greeneville Intelligencer that
Rheatown and surrounding country
ship over 600 pounds of butter per day
from. that depot.
Miss Jennie Tornour, the "Queen of
the Air." who performed on the
trapeze when here with Robinson's
show, was married to g. N. Robinson
in Memphis last Saturday.
Messrs. Jos. Muecke & Sons, at King
ston, have nearly completed their large
brick store building. Messrs. Haw-
kins, Butt & Co., of this city, did the
galvanized iron cornlce work.
1t is rumored that the Oakdale Iron
Company, of Kingston, RoaDe county,
is about to reorganize. We hope this
is true and that success will attend
their new etforts.-Chattanooga Com
mercial.
We learn that one day last week q
man broke into the Huntsville, Scott
County Post Office and stole S.. He
WAS brought before "a magistrate and
fined, and sold to Major O'Coner to
work out the fine.
A Tuckaleeche correspondent of the
Maryville Republican says: A short
time ago Mrs. Jonas Jenkins, of this
place, had her face badly burned, by
fainting and falling in the fire her
recovery is doubtful.
The Detroit Free Pres does up the
cold spell of last Monday thusly ::
Now tie flannel cloth around your
throat, wipe your little nose and swear
that no government but this govern
ment would perpetuate such weather.
The Bristol Courier says: mrs.
Garner, wife of Mr.. John Garner, died
suddenly last Saturday, of heart dis
ease. She was . member of the Bap-
fist Church, and an excellent lady,
and her husband and bereaved chill
dren have the sympathies Of all"
Yes, women are unreasonable, and
you may have remarked that one of
them sits down in q new silk dress on
a chair where neighbours child has
carelessly deposited two cents worth of
taffys she will go on about it just as
bad as If it were two dollars worth.
A verdant youth from the country
with his dulcena at his side were
promenading the streets yesterday be-
holding the sight of the Custom House,
she exclaimed: ala, what kind of a
house is that, Johns?" "Why," answer
ed he, that's the house of customary"
About one hundred and fifty fat
hogs were brought into the city yester-
day from Sequachee valley. There
was large number of cattle brought
in from Sequachee yesterday morning,
which brought from to p extra
good, p; sheep, %; hogs, 6 to cents.
chattanooga Commercial.
A compositOr, bleeding and bruised,
applied for admission to a Baltimore
hospital the other day. 1t turned out
that he had set up 1.-The Democracy
have an abundance of pleas so as 10
read that they had ian abundance of
fleas," And the editor said he'd have
his revenge if he went to Jail thirty
days for it,
The stockholders of the Kingston
Foundry and Machine Shop had
their annual meeting last week, and
Mr.. J. M. Dunning, declining re-elec-
ton, Mr.. Hugh Martin was elected
President, and J. r. McEwen Vice
President. President Dunning's re-
ports made a good exhibit as to the
condition of the Company.
A correspondent in the Maryville
Republican says: Tuesday morning
we started for the 14th District-Hen-
ry's. Was late getting there. A large
crowd had gathered, which raised q
yell as the Tax Collectors rode up.
Some of the crowd had their dogs tied,
ready to be led like lambs to the
slaughter. Nine large ours were ex-
ecuted, like dogs"
Flowers nearly always begin to fade
and droop after being kept for twenty
hours in water; few may be revived
by substituting fresh, but all NAV be
restored by the use Of hot water. For
this purpose place the flowers In
scalding water, deep enough to cover
about one-third of the length of the
gtems RV the tina this il cold tba