Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-27

plaster.
Two cooling SWANS from the rural
accompanied by their sweets
hearts" called at an old ice cream
stand yesterday and gave tne'r order
for four dishes Of cream, These must
have been warmly atlectionate.
The Chattanooga Times says: A
man was arrested here last evening
chorged with committing a murder at
Meridian, Mississippi. He claims that
he IL entiraly innocent OF the charge,
and we for the present withhold his
name.
There is grur old party who lives
Opposite To "A church where the mem
beers Of the choir meet twice week to
practice, and who says If the singing
affects Heaven, as 1t affects him,
there'll be no use of going there for
happiness.
The National Union gives an ac-
count of difficulty between two men
named Hale and Rollins, near UnakR
Furnace, in which Hale was seriously
stabbed. Hale, who is said to he bad
man, was the attacking party. He ~
said to be in critical condition.
The Greeneville American complains
that we forgot to credit some items to
that paper, and that If it occurs again
there will be first class funeral In
Knoxville; Beg pardon, but il was
the fault Of the printer who neglected.
to put all the items under one credit bs
ordered But be careful, an at.empt
to make first class funeral in Knox
vile might result in II second class one
in Greeneville,
The CHATTANOOGA Commercial says.
The Cocker brought in a full cargo
yesterday of corn. which went off
readily on the wharf at SO cents, some
lots we are informed going "a high
rs 0l.-The interest in the religious
revival at the Baptist Church contin.
ues to deepen. The house was full last
night. Six persons Joined the church
aud numbers of others came forward
to be prayed for"
a milk man who happens to have
very poor eyes, while on his round
yesterday, was answered at the door
by rather deaf gentleman, who, APP
preaching the milkman, applied ear
trumpet, which was unfortunately
mistaken by the darymau Of dlDS
sight for the milk-can, and according
l,
causing an unpleasant sensation in
the deaf gentIeman's ear. The above
was reported to IA, but we can't vouch
for II.
A gentleman was looking into the
window of toy store the other day,
when two boys halted, and one re-
marked: Say, Jim, don't you wish
we had ten cents to buy present for
I,.., at, f,,n faA
that he did, and the gentleman pulled
out a shinplsster aud said he was glad
to be able TO assist them in such "a
praise worthy enterprise. He met the
same boys half an hour afterwards
and each had his pockets stuffed with
popcorn balls.
The year 1874 was marked one for
| the Baptists. Their increase was most
remarkable. Not including the minor
sects of Baptists, the net gaiu of the
| regular Baptists was 1870, 600 communi-
cants in the United States, during 1874.
| When it is remembered that the Bap-
lists in our country gain less from inn
migration than almost any other de-
nomination of Christians, this gain
seems all the more wonderful. In
| Tennessee there are l04, 900 Baptist
communicates, and their net gain for
1874 was upwards of 5000.
From the lockwood correspondence
oftheKingstonI Independent we clip the
| following: 1.-THE recent cold weather
has interfered very materially with
ore mining at this place. Aside from
this, business is good. Cobb d Co.,
Littlefield d Co., the Roane Irion Co.,
and other of our principal merchants
and manufacturers haYe just finished
invoicing their respective stocks, and
have commenced the new year with
encouraging prospects. Furnace No.
| l, which for several months has been
under repairs, is again in blast, aud
will make from 20 to 80 tons of iron
per day. No. , is blown out for re-
pairs.n
Pennsylvania has 1864 common
schools, with 1892 teachers, and an
attendance of S50,774 pupils, Nine
million dollars were expended last
year to support the schools. The
school property is estimated TO he
worth twenty-five millions aud half.
| This shows what is being done for
! the cause of education in other States,
while Tennessee il still far behind in
| the work of educating the masses. We
! LfuSl ludt the liG-tliI Leg lrlhNhltt IL
stead of passing some act calculated TO
cripple the schools in their efficiency,
will guard we'll the educational inter.
est of our State, and that soon she will
rank with the best, in this respect.
The Sweetwater Enterprise says
| 1t is rumored that cotton factory is
| to be erected in Sweetwater. We fear
there is more talk than anything else.
We understand that certain par
ties intend erecting large brick ware
house and Touring mill on the site Of
the old steam mill.--The work at
the Taylor Bros. machine shop Is pro-
crossing finely. George Hurd, the
moulder, is working away getting
ready to cast stoves, pot vessels, &c.
In few days they will make blast
We learn that on last Thursday
night two young men named Upton
and Webb, met at a house somewhere
on Conasaga creek, in the upper side
of this county, and that a difficulty
arose between them, in which Upton
shot Web, who lived about one hour.
particulars.