Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-21
PENCILETTES.

discovered near Asheville, n. c., and
destroyed.
A colored man named Ledbetter and
two white youths had row over a
game of cards, in Asheville, n. O., and
the resul was that Ledbetter was seri-
ously stabbed.
A protracted melting is going on in
the NJ. T.. Church, South, at Sweetwa-
ter. The Pastors of the different
Churches have united i'm the work, and
agreat revival of religion is expected.
The Western IN. c. Erpositor says:
We learn that the regular train line
from MorristOwn to Wolf Creek is now
making regular trips after suspension
for some days In consequence of the
freshet.
Chattanooga has determined to have
street railroad from the river to
Montgomery Avenue. The contract
for crOsssties, &c, has been awarded,
and the company expects to have cars
on the track within sixty days.
The Chattanooga Meas says We
learn the City Assessor has his assess
ment book about complete, which
shows a taxable valuation of about
$1,000, 900, n little larger than it was
last year, with a lower real estate valu-
alton.
The growing wheat crop in Monroe
county, so far as we have been able to
see and learn is very thick and grow
ing fine. 1t is thought by some that
it looks better than it ever did at this
season of the rear, and that from pres
ent indications it will yield more per
acre than the last years crop.-ERtcr-
prise.
Rev. DIR. Martin became entangled
in some mill machinery, near Bakers
vile, Mitchell county, n. c., and was
taken out at the mill-tail-his left ribs,
both arms and collar-bone broken, and
the ball of his left eye hanging on his
cheek-bone. At last accounts he was
still alive, but his injuries are supposed
to be of IA fatal nature.
The Asheville Pioneer says: On
Tuesday last white man named Al
fred Bell was found dead in the woods
near Shufordsville, in this county.
The deceased was subject to epileptic
fits, and it is supposed that while
hunting timber suitable for chair
bottom splits, as was his habit, he was
seized with a spasm which terminated
his existence.
The Greeneville boys are agitating
the subject of forming a bass ball club
for the summer campaign, and the
american in speaking of it says {:
GOOD exercise, boys, but that's all.
Scrape an acquaintance with Mother
earth and you'll get your bread aud
meat as well as the exercise, without
the accompanying inconvenience of
bruised faces and broken fingers. Try
il.
The wife of Nelson Mcdowell, COL
ored, received information n few days
ago that he had been shot and killed
on Section LAG, G. S. r. r., and on
writing for information about the af-
fair, received letter from him stating
it was all false, but accompanying his
letter was one from the daughter OF
the contractor for that Section, saying
shat on the preceding day he fell from
a boat into a small creek, and died sud-
denly Of heart disease.
Kingston East TenneSseedn: Ac-
cording to reports from different por-
tions of the county wheat never looked
better or more promising On Sun
day night last some thief or thieves
entered the stable of Mrs. Bailey, liv-
ing about four miles east of town and
stole her horse. Parties are in search
of the thief-The new Packet boat
Emory City is decided improvement
AS far as making good time is con-
cerned-upon the old packet Hugh
Martin.
A quite serious and singular accident
occurred to a hand on one of the flat
boats now at tIe wharf on its trip
down. When just above cambridge,
the boatman in managing the cable
got his leg caught in loop. The boat
swung out and down with such force
as to cut the leg almost off between the
ankle and the knee. The services of a
surgeon were obtained as soon as pos
sible, the mans leg amputated, and he
is now in fair way to recover Chat
tdnOOga Commercial.
The Greeneville american says ::
Sixty cents has been subscribed toward
the hook and ladder company. That's
good start-into the ground.-Dr.
DOak informs us that wheat is not
looking as well as it should, about
Tusculum still, a good crop is expee-
ted. Mr.. Wiley Campbell reports
wheat as looking very well on Lick
Creek The ground is so wet in his
neighborhood that very little has been
broken up for corn as yet. Great an
ticipations of a fine fruit crop generally
are entertained.
Sweetwater Enterprise +. J. w. God
dard left here last Monday with a lot
of fine cattle for the Southern market.
DIR. w. G.. e. Cunningham, of
Knoxville, will deliver the Literary
Address, before the Female School, at
this place, at its close in June next.
The jacksonville correspondent of
the Enterprise says Corn planting is
going rapidly on in these parts. We
heard one man, last week, say that he
had some corn up. Wheat looks fine
ly. There never was better prospect
for bountiful harvest.
Meeting Esquire Laurence few days
ago, he informed us that he had some
thing he considered living curiosity
at his house, and desired US to go see
it. We found it, in the shape of a pig f.,
perfectly formed with the exception of
its hind legs and in the arrangement of
these extremities, nature has exhibit
ed rather "A strange freak by crossing
the legs and shaping them to grow up
ward over the back, instead of down
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