Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-12-27
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Another Christmas has come and
gone.
New Years day preparations are now
in order.
The people of Newport feasted on
'possun pie for Christmas, according
to the Sentinel.
Msi. d. KirBpalrick, a prominent
business man and wholesale liquor
dealer of Chattanooga, died Tuesday
last.
The nav car Of the L. T., V. & G. r.
r. came down Christmas day from
paying off the employees on the upper
end of the line.
The Newport Reporter estimates
that sixry-seyen horses lave died IN
the counties OF Cooke, Jefferson,
. Greene and Hawkins.
The old timed Christmas Gift :"
which used to be yelled ct q fellow
from every corner, door and window,
Christmas times, has about played out.
BEr. Z L. Goulding, the officer de-
tailed for the Chattanooga signal
office, has arrived in that city, and the
Office will be in operation by the first
Of January.
Chauaucoga's bell for the new
court house, weighing 5000 POUNDS
clear OF fixtures, and costing $40, hes
arrived, and they hope 10 have it up
in time to ring in 1879.
Chattanooga Times: John G. Carter
and Mel. L. L. Martin, Of Charleston,
have each packed about enc hundred
head OF hogs. The price at that point
l. o5e. Per pound, gross.
DE- s. W. Palmer and Miss Lizzie
Brause were married on the 18Th inst.
81 the residence Of Mr.. c. Brause, The
brides father, in Kingston, Rev. w. Is.
Brown officiating. So we learn from
the East TcaHesscCaR.
We have scarcely ever experienced
more bitterly cold day as was Christ
mas dav. Although the sun shOnt
out brightly witEou. On obstruction al
dsv.is hadn't the slightest effect, hu
It was freezing all the while.
Morgan Dispatch: The track of tht
Cincinnati Southern Railway is nov
finished 20 the Cumberland River, an'
trains may be running to Burnsid
Point by the first Of January. Burn
side Point Is sixty miles from War;
burg.
Three negro c0Dvic,s, Armstrong
Cannon and Holt, scaled the walls {
the peniteu,iary az Nashville la
Sunday and started TO escape, but wei
recao,urei. al were dangerous cha
ac.erz, and Armstrong is IN for fort,
seven wears for series Of r1bheTies
Nashville.
Al .ha Norris.own Circuit Cou
last week, IS reported in the GG7et.
I,ucv Mcbride, coloIed, was convict
Of murder in the second degree al
sentenced to ten years in the Panite
tfary far destroying her infant chill
The grand jury refused to fad II
bin against Ed Donaldson, al
c-IoreG. charged with killing q neg
woman with an az.
Wai.gzlurz Times on Saba
night, S.h inst, Mr.. Eerren And
sons s.afe, Of Hawkins county, "
broken open Gs we understand FRI
Sir. Catrou, by Matt. Boman, h
wfts.d fellow, who took as much az
could well carry IF OF shoes, jsal
calico. saracbs, rings and b-eastpt
They we've found concealed near }
Lawrau's house. B9naD and Laws
are in Rgg.rsvlI'a jail.
d.. EI3lns, recently sentenced
judge Baxter a. Memphis to t
years in tho penitenliaTy for ball
box z.rGiaE, was delivered at Ma
v..a Jas. Tuesday, The AD7cTi-
ss@z: He IS aizty-two years old a
in rather delicate health. On {
account he was assigned o place in
&osp..1I. Isis said tbatG petition
MS pardon has been Fas in the hal
% 3aa Hon. Casey Ecu-s.