Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-24
PENCILETTES.

the most means are also the meanest of
men.
Said Pat "Faix, where wud We find
modern house that has lashted as long
as the ancient?'
An indiscreet person is like an un-
sealed letter, which every one may
read, but which is seldom worth read
ing.
"There! that explains where my
clothesline went top exclaimed an
Iowa woman as she found her husband
hanging in the stable.
81 must marry that girl said dis
consolate young man; :" she whistles,
and it'll never do to trihe with the af-
fections Of a girl that whistles"
julius Ochs, Esq, has been appoint
ed Notary Public, in accordance with
the new law, by Mr.. John L. Moses,
chairman of the County Court. A
good selection.
A Detroiter says he don't find falt
with the capital prize in the Louisville
loctery being reduced to $93, 600; what
hurts him is the fact that his ticket
didn't draw it.
Cherokee Herald: Capt. Camel Tay-
Tor, who was accused of the murder of
Moss, during the late war, was arraign-
Gu 1T lHG Oar lOT lTlal on lile lplh lllSl.,
and released under the general am
nesty.
If women are angels, what's all this
talk about Il penitentiary for females
in Indiana?-C Courier Journal That's
for the oEes who have been democrat
lied through buying Louisville lottery
tickets.
Small, ragged, bsrefooted boy to gal.
lus colored gent with valiseA" Say
boss, shall l carry your satchel for
you"' COlored gent to small boy
mo go way dare: Use gittin' quar-
ter for carryin' dis down nnyself.n
"Why is it," asks an exchange,
"that nearly every Senator's wife in
Washington is a handsome woman ,"
1t is simply because nearly every Sen
ator's wife who is not handsome wo-
man is left at home Courier Journal
An exchange says " When Chicago
man loses the respect OF the cOmmu-
nifty, he takes his gun and starts out
to kill an alderman as the only means
Of being restored to popular esteem. y
They must be troubled Win ''uuultruu
al tax" and lefty scrip Aldermen il,
that city.
a gentleman wishing TO have 5000
shingles hauled the other day stopped
a drayman, who happened TO he a son
of the Emerald Isles, and offered to
engage him. After several minutes OF
conversation as to how many loads i
would require the draymau asked :
And is it within the corporate limit
We are wanting me 10 haul?" Being I'M
formed ,he shingles were just outsidr
OF the corporation line, he replied
And laith, then, | can't he after haul
ing them, as m" license are only foT
the corporation
One of the most extraordinary phe-
nonaena we have ever heard of hap
pened in the vicinity of Harrison q
few days ago. 1t seems that lightning
struck the residence of family con.
sisting of the father and mother and
some six or seven children, and in adj
dtion to considerably damaging the
building and furniture, it crazed every
member of the family. Some, it seems
are worse than others, but all are de-
mented, and so remain without
change for better or worse. Such 8
misfortune is sad indeed, and death
would be preferable to their present
situation. Cleveland Herald.
Greeneville HteUigencer; The val
liable farm Known as the Chucky
Bend Farm has been damaged by
the freshet, says a neighboring farmer
at the least calculation $l0,000.-A
great many hogs in the county ar,
down With some new malady, but, a
yet, we h I'VE heard no serious results
-Grai lger county voted against an!
addition Il school tax last Saturday
Tile wheat fields of this county
especially those on the hill sides, hav
suffered considerably by the recen
heavy fains.--A turnpike from .her
to Msrshal, North Carolina, by wa.
of Al en- Stand unlocking the wealth
ofW stern North Carolina, is now il
orde'.
Cleveland Banner. Seed potatoes
the Early Rose, Russell, Goodrich an
Peach PlOw varieties-sell at 1925 pc
bubhel in this market.-We ar
pleased to learn that Messrs. Joe Ca
II way and l.. d. Campbell, will, in
very short time, start the steam fiOul
ilg mill, at this place, to grinding
The mail route between this place an
DuCktown has been sub-let to Mr.. Tor
Hunter, who's now carrying the ma
in a twO-hoTse hack,--The whea
fields in this vicinity are presentin
n quite promising appearance. TIL
crop appears to be thick enough upO
the ground, and it is growing off yer
luxuriantly. Present indications nj
CUR well for a good crop.
The colored citizens of Chattanooga
held a meeting on the 18th inst, i
regard to the Civil Rights Bill, and b
resolution condemned in the stronge
terms the action of few colored me
who sought to obtain accommodation
at the Read House and Commerce.
Hotel. Two of their resolutions al
AS follows
ResolUed, That we, at publ
meeting of the colored people of Cha
tanooga, hereby disclaim and disavo
any sympathy with the late atteml
of a small number of the colored pc,
Pile of the city to obtain accommod
ton in the manner they seek to obtai
from the Read House and Commerce.
Hotel.
" Resolved, That any person, viii
or colored, who will seek to obtain Il
enalty under the Civil Rights Bill