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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15
RIVER EXCURSION
On steamer R. M. Bishop.

A number of young gentlemen pro.
pose to give an excursion tomorrow
night on the steamer r. NJ. Bishop.
The Committee of Arrangements are
J. A. Payne, 10. 8 Rayl, Will Butler,
James Stephenson and H. A. McCnlla.
A String Band will be on board, and
arrangements will.be made for dancing
time generally. Plenty of refresh
ments will be provided. Faro for the
round trip only SO cents. If you want
a grand good time, be sure to go. The
boat will leave the wharf at y p. NJ.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15
Daily Weather Report.
KNOXVILLE. TRxB.. May i, 1879.

Maximum TheEmOnlsteT IL Minimum go.
B. Z. HOUGH,
Sergeant Signal Corps U. ). Army
THE eldest son OF Senator Herman,
Of New York. is studying to be a
Catholic Priest.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15
Chancery Sale of a House and Let


No. 2250 and 22j0. ..
Mary Ferrter, Admir-, VS.. A. r. Formwalt ct al.
and nj. w. Hufaker ct al. vs.. Mary Ferriter
et al a
DURSUANT TO A DECREE PRONOUNCED
L in the above cause at the March term, 1877,
and revived at the March term, 1879 of tho
Chancery Court at Knoxville, Tennessee, will
sell at auction, to the highest bidder. in front of
the court house door, in Knoxville. on Saturday,
the 24th day of Hay next. at IL o'clock a, NJ
the store house and lot N entioned and descllbed
in the pleadings lying in the LIST civil district Of
Knox county, Tennessee. being lot No: IL In
Swans Addition to Knoxville. fronting SO feet
on and running back 115 feet Said sale to be
made subject to the dover interest of Mary
Ferriter therein.
TERMS.
Said sale will be made on credit of six and
twelve months and in bar of the guilty of re-
demption, taking from the purchaser note with
approved security, bearing interest from date.
and retaining liea en- said land as further Sc
curity. tf-
aprii2sW4t MI. PATTERSON. C. l. NJ.
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ChanCeTy Sale Of lot and
school Building.

No. 2458.
The Board II Missions to the Freedmen of tbs
General Assembly of the United Prte-
bytarian Church of North America vs.
VIM. Nelson aud others. Trustees Of Shiloh
Presbyterian Church.
DURSUANT TO 4 DECREE PRONOUNCED
l. in the above cause at the January term,
1879, of the ChanceTy Court at Knoxville. Ten
nessee, will sell at auction. to the highest bid
der. in front of tho court house door In Knox
vile. on
SATURDAY. THE 18th DAY CT MAY
NEXT, AT IL O'CLOCK A. NJ.
the school bOnse and lot mentioned and de
scribed in the pie 'dinsa, lying in the !st civil
district of Knox county, Tennessee, in East
Knoxville, bounded on the north by Pine
street, and on the west by Lea street, on the
ca by lot No. SO. and on the south
by lot No. 54, and being in block No. "a. and
fronting 1l0 feet on Pine street and $50 fact on
Lea street, being lot No. So, marked 'C'' on the
map.
TERMS:
Said Sale will be made on a credit of twelve
onths, and in bar of the equity of REDEEM mpti on.
taking from the purchaser note. with approved
security. and retaining a lien on said land as
further security. April L. 1879.
aprl6-w4t M L. PATTERS0NC. M
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15

The Excursion down the river to-
morrow night will be the event of the
season.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15

If you want few hours Of unal-
loyed pleasure, be sure to join the river
Excursion tomorrow evening on the
steamer r. M. Bishop.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-15
Chancery sale of q Val
uabIe Farm

On 8HceTy sale OF q VAL
uabIe Farm
No. 3.l45.
John Black Cox and Robert Harper Trustee,
&c VS.. S. L. Gibson,
DURSUANTTO DECREE PRONOUNt ED
i in tho above cause at the January term,
1879, of the ChaDcery Court at Knoxville. Ten
pessee, vi sell at auction, to the highest bid
der, in front of the c. urt house door in Knox
vile. on
SATURDAY. TIE 18th DAY OF MAY NEXT
AT IL O'CLOCK A. M,
the tract f land mentioned and described in the
pleadings lying in the 11th evil district of Knox
county, Tennessee. about six miles from Knox.
vile. on the Knoxville and Kingston Pike road.
and bounded follows Beginning at a rock
set in the ground on the touth side Of the road
(saii pike and north of small white oak
marked ''L," thence south 281a east 137
poles and 19 links to rock on the west side of a
black oak in a field. thence south 81 west l21
poles to a stake BennePs line. thence with
said line north a712 we6t 1897 poles to a stake on
the south side of said pike road. thence along
the south side of said road north 70 east y poles
to the beginning. containing III acres and half
and Is poles. more or less.
TERMS:
Said sale will be made on credit Of 6 II and
Is months. sui ject to he equity of redemption,
taking from the purchase. notes with approve
security, bearing interest from date and retaind
ing lien on said Isnd further security
apl15w4t MI. PATTERSON, C. &M.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Legislative Divoroing.

The Divorce Com. at Dover in the large
number of applications for divorce have
before them all classes and circumstances
of life from the grave and sad to the
humorous and romantic. The cores
pondent of the Republican gives the follow
ing history of one Of the cases now pend.
ing:
The most interesting case yet before
this committee is that of Gale VS.. Gale.
Mrs. Gale wants a divorce. She claims to
have been hoodwinked into a marriage by
a man "whOse sides had never been touched
by the first principles of truth or manly
virtue" The evidence in the case is quite
vOluminous and savors strongly Of the dime
novelists. The man Gale was the beau
ideal of a lady's man. He came to Dover,
wore store clothes, kept his locks parted
in the middle, twirled the ends of a luxu-
rous imperial, and cut a dash in general.
Of money he had plenty, and lady friends
not "a few. Among the first who succumbed
was the petitioner. lie married her, and after
ward went to Middletown where he went
into keeping hotel. Here he made money,
and thinking that $4,000 was sufficient
for fair enjoyment of the worlds bland
ishments, wrote to the petitioner, that he
had bought fashionable cottage at Borden
luxurient manner, and bade her pack up
and come to him, and also suggested that
she should bring all the available funds
handy.
She packed and borrowed and started to
meet her husband. He took her to Viii
mingtOn and from there to Philadelphia
where he left her. IN "making tracks, he
''scooped in all her loose cash, confscated
her baggage and left her friendless and
pcnniless. She never saw him afterwards
! Subsequent information traces him to Lon
don where he is lying i'll and in destitute
circumstances. OF his previous history il
has been stated that he came to St. George!
a vagabond and because of this appearance
contemporaneous with the attempted bank
robbery at Wilmington and the arrest 0
Big Frank and others, it was thought tina
he was a satellite Of this noted "gang.
After his appearance at St. Georges he wa
befriended by a contractor there, D. w
Lloyd by name, and gradually elevated t,
the position of book-keeper Here in thi
position he returned the kindness of Mr.
Lloyd by roboing him Of upward of $500
1t was Immediately following his dismissa
by Mr.. Lloyd that he came to Dover ant
figured in the little matrimonial affair a
narrated above
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

We've got the disgrace, surely, but where it
was least expected"
I'VE were both to hlame," was Wills re-
ply. They say experience is good
teacher. We've all had some lessons-not
the kind we should have chosen, perhaps,
but
But I'm afraid the only kind that can
do me any good. The rest seems to have
gone for nothing. You have done some
thing. You have done something while
T.
1t was not college education that
hurt you, Gus, nor the lack of it that helped
me. Let us talk of the future. | have
enough for father and mother for the pre-
sent. Are you ready for worll-to help
make new home for them?'
"I'll do my best if can only have
another chance
And when my patents-you don know
about my patents. Gus. There's another
inventor in the family
"And he's a gentleman, too. q, VIII,
how true it is that worth makes the man.
Help me to be better ne!' and III the
new life that came to all of them there was
no room for complainings or regrets.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

QUEER DoINGs IN SUssEx.-The Mills
boro correspondent Of the Sentinel gives
the following singular doings in Sussex:
Some three weeks ago, Mr.. Samuel 2.
Jones of Dagsboro' cut his foot, and last
week he died of lock, jaw. lie was buried
on Sunday, and as the funeral cortege was
passing through the town, Mr.. j. o. Haz-
zard, proprietor of the Clayton House, who
had been dangerously i'll for several days,
got up and dressed himself and with a
knife in his hand rushed out in the front
porch where a number of men were stand
ing, and struck with the knife at DR.. G. F..
Burton. Missing his throat by about 6
inches, he then ran into the street, acting
in a wild manner, and it was some time
before he could be captured. He was finally
placed back in bed, and died in about four
hours. When he had become somewhat
quiet after his capture. he asked for some
clear, cool water, but refused to take medi-
cine.
Mr.. Thomas r. Barker, an independent
farmer, was buried on Sunday last. He
was attacked with pneumonia and typhus
fever but refused to take any medicine
He said that in January last his dead sister
told him to get ready to die, so when he
was taken sick he refused to be cured
| While he was sick he imagined his horse
was not being attended to, and dressing
himself he went to the door and ordered
the horse to be brought so that he coulc
see for himself. He was about 80 years o
age, and weighed over POO pounds.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Mr.. Gennet on Beet Culture Before
the Delaware Legislature.

On Thursday night last Mr.. Gennet de-
Aivcred an address before the Legislature
and large number of citizens on the cui-
ruro and manufacture of Sugar Beets into
sugar Mr.. Gennet proved himself entirely
familiar with the subject; discoursed beet
culture both from scientific and practical
standpoint; demonstrated its practibility
and utility and finally showed how its
culture and manufacture would improve
the land as we'll as enrich the farmer. The
gentleman was listened to with marked
and close attention; and at the close of
the address questions of a practical nature
were put and satisfactorily answered.
Among other things an assurance was given
that the Maine Beet Sugar Company would
enter into contracts to purchase all the
sugar beets that would be delivered along
the line of the Railroad at $35 per ton for
dried bcets. He stated that five tons of
bcets will produce one ton of dried beets,
and that every 100 pounds of dried baets
will produce 50 pounds of sugar. We
gather from Mr.. Gennets remarks in rela-
ton to beet root production in France and
Germany, that average land here in Kent
| county will produce, with fair manuring
and filth, from to II tons Of beets per
! acre. The practcability of utilizing our
| fIult drlers as beet preserVers was also dis
| cusscd. There seems to be a very large
and general interest developing throughout
the State upon the subject Of beet sugar.
Mr.. Gennet said that beet sugar could not
be overdone, which is good news to Della
ware farmers, as generally whenever Della
ware goes into any one specially, it is very
apt to be oyerdone. He also stated that
beet sugar could not be adulterated. Gen.
A l,.,,l
arrived from Washington where he had
procured samples of sugar from the, Aricul
tural Department that were made from
sorghum, maize, and corn-starch, neither o.
which samples compared at all favorably
with the sample of beet sugar that wa!
shown as made by the Maine company. Il
is said that parties in Wilmington viii
erect a mill for the manufacture Of bee
sugar, provided the State authorities will
assist in aiding and fostering the enterprise
-ySeRtnsL
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

A man died near Baltimore recently, who
wished no funeral honors should be paid
him, and in his will made a special request
of that nature. lie wished plain shroud !;
no flowers 'no mock display" no services
in church; no mark where he was buried
unless some child or children should be
moved to place one there; no mourning
garments for his family, as he was ''per,
suaded this has becorne a solemn mockery y
and no eulogies over his remains "If
there was one trait of my character" he said
worthy of imitation, then initiate it, and
with the last look bury all my imperfec-
tions and inirmities with my remains. "
These requests he directed to have read at
his funeral. 1t is said that the leading
traits oS the mans character were honesty
and truthfulness.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
,[rMORIES OF THE OLD KITCH-
EN-.

in my musings my thoughts h@yS been cast
Pa,sITT,b The rooms. to the pantry and hall,
o'es.t hieSsed old kitchen was dearer than all
But Ia ~. audi is table, none brighter could De,
= cR:;t.!!:s !. s,rroundings were sacred 10 me.
F1r AZ III "a in the ceiling the latch on the door
J. IIffirrej If every crack in the old kNcheh moor
,,-,bn fi-cpIace, with mouth high and wide.
rtyneI- h;,nrd oven that stood by its side,
Tat g Sllr.bich. each THANKSGIVING came puddlHgs
anu Pm rSssr;ld-cd anl daz3led my eyes
ThAl lAI.'' -, Il Nicholas. slyiy ana sun -,
Ara t a., "a rycrv christmas our stockings to fill;
= aat ''sS-,.>t Of memories I've LAID up IN store
~. lr r"ther that trod on that old kltcheh moor.
.,5 ,ay ou:. from morning till night.
d! y ,--trI were busy her heart always light;
he ned L. me, then that she knew l"t care
foI u Hsj. Wa 50 gentle her face used 10 wear;
The S1IS ,,ith pleasure what joy filed our eyes
.emeillot Ia rs the stories that children prize;
NAtu NAtuera se new every night though we'd heard them
6ei.Iy En. At the wheel on the OLD kitchen floor.
~ .be window. where mornings I'd run
'el1r ~ a. The day5reak TO watch for the sun;
A. - ,S,1.ht when my head scarcely reached TO
is ss,; sl; through the night in the trees on the
III. ,hs small Tract of ground that my eyes there
80 world that my infancy knew;
va Nai =. ,arei not 10 know Of il more.
l.lesa 4 of itself was that old kitchen floor.
.,,,>e Old visions come back at the will,
lo-i5t--, ,rb,.el ard lis music forever are still;
Bl1 Le 80 = mo,h-eaten the wheel laid away,
,5 ager tna' turned it lie mould ring TS IN clay
llr LSs--',niee, Of Childreu ring out there again.
Aaa .-T ~ nr5ugh the window looks i'll as Of yore.
ah =. Stranger feet OF the old kitchen floor.
..s.- ,onor. but this would crave
- assn The lips speaking are closed il the grave,
u, & reu would gather theirs round at their side
15d tel The mother no long s5n ago peu Y9 mo
No. -+rtjou on marble or granite coulu be
=. -1.ts ben tell oven as did ofy yore.
gte --''''' E W. J.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

A grim story of life in lighthouse comes
from the Burmah coast, and is printed in
the Rangoon Times A telegram having an.
nounced that the light on the Alguada R7ef
was not visible, a steamer was dispatched to
ascertain the cause. The captain on land
ing discovered two Of the men in the light
house dead, while a third was lying in a
precarious state. The keeper stated that
signals of distress such as 81 want i'm
mediate help" and " Man dying" had been
exhibited by him for about twenty days.
AS q last resort, all his signals having failed
to attract attention, he darkened the lights
on the Bassein side, feeling certain that
this step would not fail to attract attention
to the lighthouse. And so, with the dead
and the dying, he watched for relief which
came at last.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Far the SDyrHn TImCS.
THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND
THE FUTURE.

The past has gone it matters not
That hours of care or pain
Have marked its course, Is memory
Can only come again.
The WiSeSt they who from its years
No vain regrets will borrow,
Or spend one thought in sad remorSe,
Or unavailng sorrow
The present time is only ours,
Recorded far above;
This earth is every kindly word
OfSympathy and love.
To emulate the acts of one
Who hath said, Follow me-"
Remembering He Wept iCr us,
At sad GethsCmanC.
The future with its CONN years
May bring few hours OF Joy;
Life hath few golden moments here,
Unminglcd with alloy.
Yet cares and trials bravCly meet,
For they are only given.
To WCan our thoughts away from earth
And guide us home to leavcn.
SMYRNA, March /, 1879. M
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

An old servant enters the shop of an
apothecary, and presents him prescription
in which is ordered a potion containing two
decigrams Of morphine. The apothecary's
assistant weighs the dangerous ingredient
with the greatest care. What a shame y
said the old woman to him, with shove at
his elbow. "Come, don't be so stingy, it is
for an orphan"
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

The temperance editor of the Raleigh
IN. C.) ObSerror is responsible for these fig
ures g If the population of the state is l.
070, l20 souls, our people pay $8,500,960 for
liquor, about 81 000000 for education, and
for their religion $269,S%0. That is, they
think eight times as much of whiskey as of
Christian faith. There are 100000 bales Of
cotton grown in North Carolina annually.
These bales will average 400 pounds. At 9
cents per pound this cotton will bring ST..
100000. All the cotton grown in the state
will not pay her liquor bill.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
WHOLE NO. l,249.
MY LITTLE NEST.

A little nest ont in the snow
Nothing but SnOwbirds in it though
And of tie kind that melt away
In sunshine on the first mild day
But once there lived family there,
All happy in the summer air
mother and three tiny things
l hat nestled meath her loving wings
! loved to watch her come and 20
Now to her nest. then down below
Food hunting for the babies three
whose nome was in my window tree
One afternoon missed NY bird
Not once her tuttring wing heard.
The cries though Of her brides three
Rose shrilly now and then to Inc.
Some sportsmeI came that night to tea
And boastcd game bags full, in gcc
Beside Il Let OF cast oil game,
No gOCd,' except 10 practice aim.
no good%' And sad thoughts hcayed my breast
OF orphans in some lonely nest
Grief filed for her who from their birth
Was all their good and joy earth.
And thinking Of my brides three,
With beating heart ran to see
tthcy were safe in peaceful sleep
BeneaTh their mothers loving keep.
Alas for that which met my sight.
The poor wee birds Alone tonight
For neycrnore the loving wings
Could shield the lonely little things
The orphaned ones to raise tried
But one by one the brides died:
since Ihcn hate the man whose gun
Can Kill a bird and calls it fun!
-Egd = gcQr Ia the y }. Past.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
Father and Son.
WORTH MAKES THE MAN.

,,- c,.,r,-v is overrun With young men who aspire
va ~ reHtienen They desire riches, hut want %
+. X ~ from without s0l!ng their hands. They are
gs'5v " law SPECULATE upon the street, or even
-iir ---ii ,rk morally but they regard the honest
~ -bt lies at the foundation Of the prosperity of
~ S--, % A. ,ie-radins-aud their great aim is to
= ~ many fathers share the same erroneous
.- 49, We want literature that will inculcate
-siur,tion Here : a sketch written by Miss Z.
S';s' -. ~ IN, Christian Htegeqrer that should do
- : Sn,h cases are happening all about us.-Ed
s.-'g- ~.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

The Pope has issued an order forbidding
the sale of relics. He says that the traffic
has become an abuse "Men who are en-
emies of the Catholic faith and desirous Of
filthy lucre hunt up and steal authentic
relics and sell them, especially in Rome, to
the great scandal of the faithful, and
especially of the foreigners" lie forbids
the faithful, therefore, to sell or buy, under
any pretext, even that Of redeeming, sacred
relics, even though they be enclosed in re-
liquaries and bear the official seal.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05
A Slow Train.

We are frequently indebted to our friend
Colonel Yard, Of the Monmouth Democrat,
Illustrative of the charcter of the peculiar
people who live in New Jersey. lie sends
us this:
The Hon. G. r tells good story of
slow railroad in the northern part of the
State. lie says he went there cunning,
and came to q short line of road on which
was run a single car, the forward end of
which was parttioned off for baggage. lie
took his dog in the car with him and put
him under the seat. Presently the conduc
tor came along, and insisted that the dog
should go into the baggageroom, which,
after some alteration, was done; but here
the baggage-ma:ter demanded a fee of fifty
cents, which was denounced as "swindle,"
"put-up job, between the conductor and
the baggage.master, and that sooner than
pay it he woud tie the dog to the train
and let him 'work his passage" The con-
ductor assented, and the dog was hitched
to the rear Of the train. The dog, so T
says, Kept along easily with the train, but
the conductor began to get uneasy, making
| frequent trips to the engineer, urging him
to increase the speed of the train, and
back again to watch the effect upon the
dog. The latter began to show signs Of
| fatigue, but after a while he caught his
second wind" and was keeping along as
! before. The conductor now ordered the
engineer to hcave all the coal into the
furnace and stir up the fire, which being
done, the speed was perceptibly increased.
| The conductor again went to the rear of
the car to observe the effect, but the dog
had disappeared whereupon he triumphant.
| ly called T--s attention TO the fact. The
latter, after taking glance at the situa-
ton, quietly pointed to a crack in the floor
of the car, "and there says he, 'was the
dog comfortably trotting along under the
ear, and licking tie grease from one Gf tie arle-
6orcs E-Ed;tor's Dra~er, in Harpcr'a Mqga.
| zine for March,
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

At Washington dinner, the other day,
when somebody repeated one of the jokes
that he had read on the long sentences of
the Secretary of State, Mr.. Evarts good
humoredly replied, ooh, nonsense; don't
object to that sort of thing at all. People
who expect to injure me by calling atten.
ton to my long sentences forget that the
only persons really opposed to long SEN
tences in this country are the criminal
classes, who deserve them"
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

The talIed.of prohibition Of the importa-
ton of American cattle into England has
been postponed four weeks. This doubt
less is due to the belief that the danger is
about over and to confidence that Ameri-
can shippers will not permit unhealthy
cattle to be shipped.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

Facetious Parson Ito parishioner, who is
not believed to be a rigid abstainer, and
who has fallen on the ice)-" An, Mr..
Brown! Fools stand in slippery places, I've
heard" Mr.. Brown (the footpath was in a
frightful state)-"So see, sir; but I'm
blest if can !'-Pnnch
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

Maine prohibitionests are exultant over
a vote in the House of Representatives of
that state which, as they contend, shows
the popularity of their principles. The bill
merely allowed druggists to use liquors in
compounding medicines. but it was indefi.
nitely postponed by vote of l27 to 81.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

1t is worthy of note that the Baltimore
American reporter who reported Ingersoll's
lecture on the mistakes Of Moses, has been
converted and made public profession of
faith in Christ through the influence of
Rev. Mr.. Moody's preaching.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

In the census bill as it passed the House
it is provided that the President shall ap-
point the supervisors by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. When these
officers are nominated the Senate will be
democratic.
Smyrna times., 1879-03-05

" How much do you ask for that goose"
inquired a customer of q market woman.
Seven shillings for the two,' replied the
market woman. But want only one"
said the customer. 81 cant help it, an
swered the woman; 9" amt a-goin' to sell
one without the other. To my certain
knowledge them ere geese have been to-
gether for more n thirteen years, and amt
a-goin' to be so unfeeln' as to separate 'em
now"