Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-07-21
PENCILETTES.

"Oh! how delightful, perfectly splen-
did, so nice,n was what she said about
the moonlight, and he said, "isinhit."
Capt. Blunt, of Bradley county, is
the champion wheat raiser for 1870, in
the State, having raised 80 bushels to
the acre.
An experienced Davidson county
farmer predicts yield of eight millions
of bushels of wheat from Tennessee,
and corn crop precedented.
The Chattanooga Times published a
column on Fish Culture, from which
we note that the Tennessee River is to
be stocked with shad and salmon.
Shooting Teams will be the next
rage, and Greeneville has commenced
with two, the Irish" and the
" American"
John Lang. of Hawkins CO., while
harvesting, tainted and fell on his
scythe, cutting his hand and face bad
Iy.
A new mail route is to be established
from Fall Branch, in Washington co.,
to Van Hill, in Hawkins, distance of
10 miles.
Washington county offers reward
of 600 for the apprehension of the
patty wiz dlltlh INEu W huAh NhC
Court house some time ago.
The Cleveland Herald says that sit
is rumored that "A day laborer in that
place fell heir to fifteen thousand dol
lars in Georgia. We don't know how
true it is, but hope it is So"
Greene county has an old lady lis
years old. She remembers all the
principal events of the revolutionary
war. especially Braddock's defeat. She
should be sent to the Centennial at
State expense.
Farmers on Chucky and Lick Creek
can't finish their corn. The wet
weather has laid it by" for them. a
good deal of the late planting has been
drowned out.-GreeneUile IRteHigeR.
Ger.
The Masonic Fraternity have dona-
ted the Blountville Masonic Female
Institute to the Trustees of the Jones
boro' District High School. The
building is worth from $4,000 TO
$1,000.
VIM. II Howard and A. F. Keith,
both of Athens, while under the lnilu-
ence IF whisky, got into quarrel
which resulted i'm Howard being stab
bed. Keith gave -, 800 bond, and
Howard will probably be out in few
days.
On Monday evening his wife asked
him where he was going, as she OBJ
served him putting on his Overcoat.
81 am going TO sally FORTH" he re-
piled; and she warmly rejoined " Let
me catch you going with any Sally
FORTH
The Princess de Cont, a daughter Of
Louis XIV, expressing before the
Moorish ambassador, her dislike Of
polygamy, the latter replied: Mad
anne, plurality of wives is allowed
among us because, in our country, we
must seek in several women the charm
ing qualities which are here to be
found in one" This excels Spanish
politeness.
The newspaper, by general consent,
has come to be considered the only un-
failing advertising medium for bring
ing certain returns and large profits.
This is the testimony of thousands all
over the land, among whom is the
man who has spent his last dollar for
few hand-bills, and the firm who
have inveeted hundreds of thousands
in daubing their announcements over
the hills and rocks of the country
Union.
A rather singular scene occurred at
the deTot Friday afternoon. A lady
was going by when gentleman step
extending his hand and smiling cheer
fully. beg pardon" said she, look
ing hard at him you have the adj
vantage of me-" "Why, don't you
know nae?" he asked, amazed. az
can't remember YOU" she said. why
l used to be your husband-John Au-
gustus Henderson, you know" She
remembered him.-Ddn6ury NelOS.
The corn crop is finer than it has
been for dearly ten years. We asked
corn and he illustrated it by little
story. Said he:
81 met one of my renters, yesterday,
and asked him if he ami his boys
could get out some timbers and boards
to build big shed ?"
"Why certainly said he, and began
to look animated in hopes of big
job.
$50 1 told him to get out some tim
bers about fifteen feet high and just
build a shed over his corn field, for he
never could get the corn into crib"
Corn will average from 80 to 100
bushels per acre. Some farmers claim
over a hundred bushels to the acre on
some small tracts of land.-Chdtt0nOO-
ga Times.
The following gentlemen compose
the Grand Jury:
Geo. l.. Mcclellan, foreman, NJ. p.
Smith, John Bird, w. G. Kyle, j. p.
RAIDER, Jesse p. Michals, j. II. Walker,
Jno. Hatcher, John Hood, Henry Hol-
loway, VIM. Mcconnell, w. ID. Culver,
John ID. Smith, ]. G. Gifiin, Arch
Myers, d. H. Lowry, ]. z. Pickens, o.
p. Temple, Isaac Riseden.
The following compose the Traverse
Jury:
w. C. Owens, NJ. H. b. Burkett,
John Murphy, A. II. Keener, S. H.
Edgar, Adam Formwalt, Il. II. Head,
j. b. Raulston, Benz. Cunningham, j.
f. Huddleston, r. l.. McNabb, VIM.
Hickle, G. w. Byrd, David Stump,
w. c. Brandon, j. w. Chadwick,
Samuel Bell, j. w. Gaut, James Law
home, j. G.. Fellows, James Grisham,