Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-14
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Chew JacksOns Best SWeeI Navy Tobacco.
It was threatening and little show
cry yesterday, but there was not
enough rain to do much good. - E-.
The preliminary steps have been
taken for the organization of a Presby-
terian church at Wartburg, says the
Dispatch. ..=r % s-cl aT -=l5--
On the night OF the 22nd and BIRD,
at the Chapel of the Second Presby-
terrain Church, a social entertainment.
Art Gallery and festival will be held.
The fire department was out with
the two steamers on practice yesterday
evening. They were throwing water
AZ the junction of Gay and Cumber-
land streets De-.
The initial number of the Blount
county Democrat, published at Mary
willie, hiss reached our exchange table.
1t is very neatly printed and wen
gotten up five column paper, Demo
cratic in politics, aud will no doubt
receive good support by that party.
The East Tennessee Sunday School
Convention meets tomorrow in Mary
willie and will contin ue in session two
days \ special train is TO be run from
Knoxville over the K. & G. road, leav-
ing here at g O'Clock, for the accom-
mediation of delegates AID visitors.
The employees Of the Knoxville Iron
Company are making quite extensive
arrangements for their regular annual
picnic, which will occur ON Saturday,
2+.h inst, at which time they viii 60
on railroad excursion to Maryville.
II will be pleasant occasion, ali may
rest assured.
We are requested to state through
our columns that the new parsonage at
Salem Church, south of the river, on
the Little River Circuit, NJ + Church,
was built by the people of the whole
Circuit, and not by The people of Salem
Church, only, as was made TO appear
in q recent issue Of our paper.
The Sunday School scholars and
members OF the Second NJ. E. Church
on Clinton Pike, are to have a picnic
next saturday at Inskip Station on the
Knoxville and Ohio railroad. They
will have the child orator, Eddie Hsw-
kins along with them, which will add
much to the attractions.
We are panied TO learn that Mr.. Ja-
cob Benziger, who has been at the |
residence Of his father-iH-law, four or
five miles east of the city, for few /
weeks, with the hope of improving /
his health by country life, is in the |
last Stages OF consumption. We learn |
from parties who visited him yesterday
that his death was expected a. any
moment.
The JOnesboro Times learns that
Mr.. EnOs Kinche!oe met with the /
misfortune of having his saw-miIl |
burned on Monday of last week, !
through the carelessness of little |
colored boy, Who was carrying some |
fire out to the meadow, and in passing 1
through the saw mill, dropped some of
the fire on some shavings, which set
the mill on fire; and the flames spread
so fas. that nothing could be done to
check their progress.
According to the Chattanooga Times,
Mrs. d. NJ. Key and her two eldest
daughters, Misses Emma and Katie,
have gone from Chattanooga, and will
spend the summer months at the old
LeuOir homestead near the Station,
the younger members Of the family
being already there with Mrs. Keys
mother. Probably the Postmaster
Generals family will not return to
Chattanooga until they come back
with the Judge 10 remain perma-
neuliy.