Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-03
PEECILETTES.
end church to-day.

Attend church to-day.
Christmas rapidly approaches.
The election occurs next Tuesday,
remember.
Only one more issue Of our paper be-
fore the election.
Garden vegetables begin to be a
thing Of the past.
This morning will be the third
heavy frost, then look out for rain.
]. VI. Davis is appointed Postmaster
at Parrottsville, vice NJ. A. Driskill
resigned.
AS Thanksgiving and Christmas
approaches, sensible turkeys are dosing
with anti-fat.
The name Of the postoffice at Pine
Knot, in Campbell county, has been
changed to Smithburgh.
Since the Western railroad routes
begin to open up the Ego west" fever
again begins to rage, and emigrant
agents are getting ready for seige
with increased v1gOr.
Rev. w, w. Bays, pastor of Broad st.
Church, will preach another discourse
to working, and especially railroad
men, tonight at o'clock. Go and
hear him.
A card received by his brother from
Mr.. Tom NJ. Salmon, a Knoxville
typo, who left here few days since,
announces his safe arrival in Mem
phis. He is picking 'em up" on
the Appeal
We see from the Cincinnati papers
that Mr.. r. @. Huston, contractor for
the completion of Cincindati Southern
railroad sent out a force of men
Thursday to ballast the track as fast
it is laid south of Somerset KY.
Mr.. G. w. Tindall, a successful
farmer of this county, takes the rag off
Of the bush in the matter of Irish
potatoes. He exhibited in our office
yesterday a half bushel of the finest
potatoes we have seen Of the Peach
Blow variety. Twenty-eight potatoes
made heaping half bushel.
A grand mass meeting Of promi- |
nent citizens was held at the Masonic |
Theater Nashville Thursday night for !
the discussion Ct sanitary measures, |
and the future growth and prosperity |
of the city. Speeches were made by |
Gov. Porter and a number of other |
prominent men.
A little girl about six years old, the |
daughter of James Minton, while |
playing in an unfinished mill belong
ing to Mr.. LOnes, on Third Creek, |
Saturday, fell from the second floor to !
the one beneath, which left her in q
senseless condition. One of the work |
men carried her home, and when last
heard from she was resting well.
Our Knoxville Relief Committee
have balanced their books, sent the
last dollar they had on hands to Chat
tanooga for the benefit of needy ones,
closed out their business, taken in the
contribution boxes, etc. They will
have a meeting soon to cast up ac~
counts, when 1t can be definitely as
certained what Knoxville has done in
the way of donation during the preva-
lence of the plague.
The railroad authorities, with char
acteristic generosity, have agreed to
convey all returning refugees to their
homes for half fare over the road.
The noble, manly and magnanimous
conduct of our railroad officials during
this great pestilential wave, although
they have suffered incalculsble loss
from the stagnation of business, etc,
deserves to and will endear them to all
good citizens, and give them place in
their memory never to be eradicated.
The rock crusber force of colored
men who have been operating during
the summer and fall ballasting along
the line Of railroad from here to Bris.
toll have been discharged till winter.
They came down on yesterday morn
ing's train, twenty-five or thirty in
number, made bee line for Mr.. Ro-
gan's office and drew their wsges, and
then what a feast the clothing mers
chants enjoyed.
Vote for WATKINS for
Congress. Election next
TUESDAY,, the 9Th inst,