Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-10
PENCILETTES.

Inc eplZOOtlC mas naut lIS appear
ance among the horses in this city.
Hawkins county has five or six first
class Touring mills in operation.
Hog cholera is prevailing to a Sigh.
extent i'm Greene and adjoining coun-
ties.
Chaucery Court commences in
Jonesboro' on the 4th Monday of this
month.
Mr.. Henry Hoss has just discovered
a fine mineral spring on his premises,
one mile north of Jonesboro'.
to another years work in the Kings
ton Presbyterian Church.
The Centennial Committee of Chat
tanooga have raised $500 and expect to
make it $1,000 before they quit.
JIG. Fowler, of the Bristol News,
was elected as Representative from
Washington county, Va, In the late
election.
Colonel Betterton's store at Coopers'
Landing, Roane county, was broken
into few nights ago and robbed of
$50 worth of goods aud money.
Geo. Giles, little colored boy, fell
from horse in Bristol the other day,
fracturing his skull, from the effects
of which it is though he will die.
John Eldridge, colored, shot Henry
Cartrell, colored, at Philadelphia, Ten
nessee, the other day, all about love
affair. The wound is not dangerous
William Williams and Frank Scott,
colored, are to be hanged on the oath
of December, the Supreme Court bav-
ing affirmed the decision of the Grim
inal Court of Shelby county.
A colored man was arrested at Rock
wood the other day, charged with
murder while on McQuinn's Work.
He was taken to the Morgan county
jsil.
A traveller called for mint-sauce ut a
hotel the other day, aud the waiter
said that they had none, adding: "Our
cook makes all the mince into pies, not
sauce.h
1t wssa Gay street Granger who was
looking through Market SquaIe gro.
Gerry store yesterday aud misloOk some
coarse oat meal for small-sized shoe
pegs.
Mrs. L. Odds millinery shop, in
Cleveland, was broken into Friday
night and robbed of $50 in cash and
about 5000 worth of goods. No clue
to the thief.
Why call him the "groom" as eight
out ten people do? A groom's busi-
ness is TO look after horses. A brides
groom's business is to look after his
wifes mother.
The Monroe County Agricultural
Association have reelected the follow
ing officers: Colonel H. b. Yearwood,
President; b. b. McCrosky, Secretary
and Treasurer; G. B. Woodward, Cor
responding Secretary.
The Hawkins county editor of eth
Morristown Gazette boasts of five or
six Touring mills in that county.
Washington county has more than
forty mills, and most of them are doing
good ork.-Herald and Tribune.
Mr.. Watson, an old gentleman,
while returning from Good Templar's
meeting Thursday night in the 10th
district fell off Beaver Creek bridge
and sustained serious injuries. He
will recover, however.
my dear" said husband, in star.
tied tones, after walking his wife in
the middle of the night, 81 have
swallowed a dose of strychnine ?''
"CIlt W. AOi BOOohCSo ooNS AAN
still, or 1t may come up"
Governor Porter has appointed Col.
T. II. Reeves, of Jonesboro', as a dele
gate from the LIST Congressional Dis
trictof Tennessee to the National Rail
road Convention which meets in St
Louis, Missouri, the 23d inst.
Captain" said a son of Erin, as
the ship was nearing the coast in in
clement weather, have we an al.
menik on board ?" "No, L haven't
"Then, bejabbers, we shall have t.
take the weather as it comes"
We are informed that Alexander
Armstrong, colored, living in the
third district of this county, came to &
tragic death on Saturday last. 1t seems
that he was landings heavy piece o
timber, which fell upon him, with the
above result.
The wife of VIM. Mellow, colored
was accidently shot by her son on Sat
urday, at her home, about six miles
from Chattanooga. The ball passed
through her arm and lodged in hel
shoulder, and was extracted by DIR
Wight, near the neck.
An old negro woman named candy
Carter died lately at Big Spring, Ken
lucky, aged ll5 years. To her credit
be it said, she claimed 10 acquaintance
with either Julius Caesar or George
Washington, and she owned W
squarely that she took no active par
in the antedeluvian transactions.
Monroe Martin, a blacksmith, whC
has shop on the corner of State anC
Vine streets, while melting some leaC
in his shop yesterday evening, poured
1t into vessel containing few drops
of water, which caused an explosion
and the hot lead was spattered all ovel
his face and in his eyes, giving hin
considerable pain, though 1t is to bl
hoped the injury is not serious.
"Is Smith dead?n shouted printer
while taking "dead" pay locals from
the " forms" in the process of "mak
ing up" Yes" answered the edltol
from the sanctum, where he sat con
versing with a well~known physician
"Smith dead !" exclaimed the discipl,
of Esculapius, leaping from his chair
"Good God, When did he die! Why
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