Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-08-11
PENCILETTES.

Green corn JnleVeS are operating III
Blount county.
The Loudon Times tells of four
legged chicken, it did.
The Chattanooga workhouse now
contains nine prisoners.
The melon -cholly "days are come,
the saddest of the year."
South Chattanooga lost a dwelling
by fire Saturday morning.
The Chattanooga Memorial Associa-
ton excursion was a success.
The colored Baptists have organized
a new church at Chattanooga.
A rattle-snake was killed near Five
Mile Stand, 5 feet long, which had ten
rattles.
A steam thresher exploded in Maury
county the other day, killing three
men and wounding seven.
Mr.. Lamar Wallace now challenges
Knox county, as well as Blouut, to
pacing race on the 14th inst.
The store of Jim d. Williams at
Cantrell's Y Roads was robbed last
week of 500 worth of goods.
The Grangeis of six counties met
last Thursday at Telford Station to set
tie about the proposed Grange Manu-
factory.
Robert Brown, Secretary of Messy
Creek Grange, informs The Age that
that Grange has taken ten shares in
the Eastern Division Fair.
Rev. w. w. Morrison has succeeded
Rev. Fl. 4. Morton as pastor of the
Southern Presbyterian Church at
Maryville. His charges are Maryville,
Rockford and Louisville.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mullins, resident of
Hawkins county, hung herself about
one and a-half miles from her home
one day last week. Mrs. Mullins had
been insane for about six months.
Mr.. A. j. Brewer, who lives on the
Montvale Springs road, about three
miles from town, informs us that in
his neighborhood hardly half a crop OF
wheat will be saved the majority OF
farmers did not get their wheat hauled
in until after the wet weather had sat
in.-MauyvitLe Republican.
The Chattanooga Commercial says
"She is colored woman, and her
name is Malone, and she resides In
Sugar Valley, near Dalton, Georgia
and she is one hundred and fifty years
old, and tells all about the flood
Noah's-and Christopher Columbus
and the Revolutionary War. Next !!
Did she say anything about JONAH
swallowing the whale?
A diamond rattlesnake was killed
week before last, on the waters o
Coker Creek, Monroe county, which
measured feet in length and had 2
rattles. This is the second of the spe
cies ever seen in that county. Thii
snake is different from the ordinary
RATHER. His skin is a regular comb
nation of dark and bright diamonds
ne attains much greater length, live
longer, and is less vicious and warlike
Athens Post.
Mr.. Condor, the contractor for tn
Emory river bridge, on, the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad, who has been her
for several days to look at the site 70
the bridge over the Tennessee river, in
forms us that there are seven piers (
be built, and two rest pieces for tn
draw-span, all of which have to
built on solid rock. The specification
require the excavations for the pie
foundations to be sunk to solid roc
TO reach the rock will be eight feet G
more. There is about 10000 yards {
masonry in the bridge, and 1t will COZ
in the neighborhood of $500, 900, mo:
of which will be spent in Chattanoog
Mr.. Condor informs us that he wi
probably complete the masonry of tn
Emory bridge in September.-Chdttc
noogG Times.
On last Wednesday evening Morga
Lodge, No. ASS, L. o. G. t., had pull
lie installation of officers at Jone
Chapel, about two miles south of tt
river. DR.. J. II. Morgan, d. G.. w. (
t., officiating, and the following Is
list OF the officers:
F. s. Willoughby, w. G. t.; N.
King, w. V. r.; s. 7. Massey, w. {
J. p. Doyle, w. f. g.; r. G. Flenn
ken, w. t.; J. p. Freeland, w. M
NJ. A. Freeland, w. /. g.; H. Parke
w. o. e.; o. A. Clayton, w. r. II. :
II. A. Nj. Flenniken, w. l.. II. s.; n
E. Clayton, w. A. s.; r. E. Collie
w. d. M.
After the ceremony Rev. Thos.
Russell, in q neat speech, presented
the Lodge a fine copy of the HO
Scriptures, the gift of DIR. Morga
The gift, we learn, is highly apprecii
ed by the order, and the donor certai
ly has many warm friends in tn
Lodge. The Doctor deserves mu
credit for his energetic work in t
temperance cause.
MiIIerslMiIIersI!
Use "Bowles' Improved Cure
Water Wheel in rebuilding YO