Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-17
PENCILETTES.

inee for Mayor OF Chattanooga.
The earthquake shook up Maryville,
the only place outside of Knoxville,
20 far as we hare heard, that it wa,
felt.
A Baltimore servant girl the other
morning tried that good old time
honored plan of lighting the kitchen
fire with kerosene. Nothing has
benzine of her since.
Mr.. L. b. Holt, patentee of the
Prairie Corn Shelter" is in Chatta.
nooga to make arrangements to have
it manufactured. He will do well to
give Knoxville a call.
A fine mare was stolen from Mr.. A.
NJ. Line, of Weir's Cove, Sewer coun-
ty, Tenn, on the night of the 4th
inst. AT latest accounts. the animal
had not been recovered.
Mr.. II. Delaney, who lives half
mile from Bristol, had his barn burned
Tuesday night, losing a valuable mare
and mule. besides feed His loss is
from 81 200 to 81 800. 1t was the work
of an incendiary.
+. p. Kelly's saloon, in Cleveland,
was entered o.. Saturday night and
robbed of some little change, and 9TH
er articles. The thief, negro named
Dowell Jackson, has been arrested and
confessed his crime.
A mau named johnson, who stole
$3.50 from ]. A. Brooks, in Newport,
last week, and for whose arrest re-
ward of $50 was offered was arrested
in Cherokee county, n. c., and all but
$50 of the moEey recovered.
A robbery was being committed in
l., 81, 4
being discovered by Mr.. johnson, the
on aud wounded him in the thigh.
The parties have been arrested.
Last week n msu 10y the name of
Beck killed Mr.. Shamlin in Chattooga
county, Georgia, and u few days since
Mr.. Harris killed Mr.. Cook III Ring
gold. If these occurrences continue
North Georgia will get bad name.
The store house of Mr--ra. W. II.
Tibbs & Co. was entered by hurry are II
few nights ago. A well-direrted pistol
shot caused them to decamp without
booty. People eau not be too careful
about seeing to their fastenings before
retiring for the NATURALIZATION Enter
prize.
Mount Zion Baptist Church. in tn e
lst civil district, this county, near
Best's Mill, was destroyed bS fire on
Sunday night, 3lst ult. 1t WAS SET on
fire by some scoundrel. We learn that
man was arrested on suspicion, but
subsequently escaped.-Maryville Re.
publican.
We learn that John Bull, who was
tried in Morristown some months since
for the killing of woman, and W no
was acquitted, was shot and killed a
few days ago near Clinch Mountain,
by the prosecutor in the case. No
particulars of the difficulty are fur
nished us, further than that the Kill.
ing was done in self-defense.
Robert Armstrong; wool-carding
machine, six miles east of here, ON the
railroad, was burned down on Wed.
nesday at o'clock II. NJ. He lost the
entire machinery, and quite lot Of
wool. All that he saved belonged tC
his customers. His loss is estimated
at 81 800 He says that he will rebuild
this winter, and be ready for mex
season.
Cleveland had another housed break.
ing on Tuesday night, the third in the
last two weeks. Mr.. H. SHERMAN, {
German citizen, had his house entered
during the absence of the family anC
robbed of $500 in silver coin, quite {
quantity of gold iewelry, and some
clothing. The thief or thieves have
not been captured. This looks rather
bad for Cleveland.
The Chattanooga Commercial says
A Mrs. Grimes, living in the suburb,
of the city, came very near losing hel
youngest child, n pretty little fellow
two years old, by "A mistake OF its eide
sister, who gave 1t a dose of laudanun
instead of cordial Fortunately
physician was called in time, and th,
child's life was saved, though no
without considerable difficulty. Par
ents can not be too careful with medi
cines, aud should never allow them Il
be administered by young children.
He was a Knoxville boy, who hat
determined to be Tevenged on tn
school teacher, for throwing severa
toys of his in the fire, because he hat
disobeyed the rules in displaying then
on his desk during lesson hours. $
yesterday this toy with which he wa
amusing himself in tossing it up ant
down, was paper ball containing
quite little quantity of powder. Tn
teacher saw the toy ball, and Hike al
other toys, to the flames it was con
signed, and the next thing in oTde
was an explosion, flying of stove lid
and sich like, and general stamped
of scholars for the door. The enter
tainment doubtless concluded with
regular jig dance in which that you'll
played the principal part.
The Chattanooga Commercial says
Nv. G. Carson, of Rhea county, claim
10 be the champion Tennessee cor
grower, with record of one hundre
and fifteen bushels to the acre. Thi
is goodly country There are tw
brothers in Monroe county who wi
not give in to Mr.. Carson's claim. NJ
b. p. Henderson raised 1876 bushel
and sixty pounds TO the acre, and Nj
Thomas Henderson raised LAT bushe
and ten pounds. Mr.. Carson shout
have read the CHRONICLE, and b
would not have put forth claim [
being champion. Yet his lis bushe
to the acre is worthy of mention. Th
Cleveland Banner is also respec
fully referred to the abov
item, as 1t also announced Mr.. Caro-
as champion corn raiser.