Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-13

of Blount county, January 4th.
James A. Mitchell, Esq, was re-
elected County superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction for Loudon county, for
1875.
The Loudon journal says Tho
wheat crop IL looking remarkably well
for the time of year, and bids fair ~
make large yield in this vicinity.
A "brste Of husband " patronizsi
an itinerant glue vendor, yesterday, H.
the tune of twenty-five cents, saying
he wanted 20 keep his wite's mouth
shut.
The Maryville Republican say:
Sheriff dmoudson left "Wednesday
morning fur Nashville, with the tirt-
prisoners sentenced Ia the peuit@'s
tiary by the last Circuit Court.
The Maryville Republican -sv-
The taxpayers ut Blount county Az
coming up promptly and settliue their
taxes. Mr.. Chandler j. such "a Gle, -
MAJ that the people love Co. irin-7',
business with him.
Sunday the night PASSENGER triira
were taken of the road, ~ announced
in the issue of jan. 9Th OF the DAILA
CHRoNICLE, but there viii hr uo
change in the schedule at the r,gula-
mail trains which will run ~ hereto
fore.
Frank A. Moses, ESQ, Aa-istau.
Clerk of the Tennessee House of Req
resentatives, ia in the city. We hear n
rumored that he stopped 81 Chatta.
nooga To ascertain who "Ih of tl-
Commercial il, aud that he l. looking
after witnesses i'm the Hobbs case.
The Cherokee Herald says The la,t
account we hav" had of Mai. j. =. An
derson'S corpse of Engineers CA tl-
Hiwassee Survey, was, "Ihat they
were in Towns county, Ga. The people
mistOok them for "A crowd of Revenur
officers, and were locking their doors
and taking To the woods at their an.
prOach."
The Cleveland Banner says Ton,
Cowden, our prophet, was In town on
Monday, and we interviewed him ire
regard 10 the coming peach crop, auof
learned from him that we would have
no peach fruit next summer. He cay
that when il il clondy and misty on
! New Years morning, il il pretty csr
tqin all the peaches will br killed.
\ correspondent to the Chattan.-,-
Sa Commercial sBys: Many Of uUr
colored friends are losing much 10y uut
attending the meeting now being held
at Warren Chapel, African NJ. r.
| Church. Despite the inrlemency uf
the weather the meetings are well ~
tended, and peuitent souls are hUwr1
AZ the anxious seat pleading Ivr
mercy"
The Luulon Journal says: Mes-rs.
Lowery. Hamhright 4 Co., shipped
from this place, on Wednesday of Ibis
week, ear load of cattle, which
weighed over twenty-one thousand
pounds. They weEe raised by Messrs
| Huff, Kline and Johnson, of this Vi
entity, and were well fattened. They
were Intended for the southern MAJ
ket, and were extra beef cattle.
A letter was received by mail yest-r.
day addressed a. follows:
To Archie breckenridge,
Down in Eastern Tennessee
Down to the town of Knoxville
This letter send for me;
He il going there to College
At the University
And for that very purpose,
Did he 60 to Tennessee,
Nearly all the candidates for Alder
men were thrown into condemnation
| Saturday by receiving anonymous
communication To the effect that 81.
cret meetings were being held in eY-
| cry ward to defeat them. Each candi-
date, of course, took il As "A personal
matter and that he was the man to h..
I defeated, hence their CONSERVATION,
| There were tou many of them,
! however, and the joke leaked out.
! The Chattanooga Commercial say
| Corn was stiff on the wharf yesterday
at 81 cents, and e?en at thar price he
demand was greater than the supply.
| Unless there Il "a very great increase IN
receipts during the next few Gays the
chances are that the price will contin-
ue TO advance. Wheat L. dull, sales Al
from $l.05 to liz, according Ia quality.
Oh the wharf, with no indications Of
change.
The Bristol Courier says: \ Pres
| byterian Church will be organized in
Goodson at al early day. II will b.
composed, principally, Of members
| from the Bristol Church, and viii he
long to the Abingdon Preshylery, and
that will bring that Pre-bytery ;u
closer connection with Bristol, King
! College. end Holston Prr~bytery.
Rev. &. Il. Vaughan will bee the Pa--
| tori
! hf. llAS' ~ bIOhh, LTtaSultf 81
1t. Johns Church, made his annual
report 10 IA vestry meeting at the Rec
tory last Monday night, showing
! that the total collections for the wear
| including pew rent was over $500.
/ The church has adopted the envelope
system for the present year and it
! promises TO be very successful. The
/ Nestry voted DIR. } Howard-Smith a
salary of 5000 and rent Of parsonage"
! The Greenville Mtciiigcncer SAYS:
The temperance men Of Knoxville
are discouraged. In GTrenville. whau
men are discouraged, obey generally
take drink" This - altogether a
mistake. The Temperance men OF
/ Knoxville are considrrEhly encouraged
! aud not at all discouraged. There are
three Lodges nf Good TrmplaIs in the
city, and one Division uf sons of fem.
peraucr, all in flourishing condition.
ilol-t0n Lodge, |. q. G.. r., has about
one hundred and fifty memhcrs ~
good standing and Ar, ta l. ipu iu Tgnn