Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-01
GREENEVILLE LETTER.
Farming, Corporation Matters. Peti-
ton to the Legislature, Bur-
glary, Etc,
From our Regular Correspondent.

From our Regular Correspondent
! GREENEvILLB, March 20, 1889.
Mr.. EDITOR: This is beautiful
weather and our farmers are making
good use of the time. Conse.
quently business in town is dull,
and news items scarce. Greeneville
has felt the effect of hard times in
the depreciation in the value OF
real estate and stagnation in bust
ness; but we believe that the worst
is over, and as compared with last
wear there is some improvement.
Now that farmers are at home and
( business in town dull the citizens
are making good use of the time
in making garden, building, fencing,
and beautifying their premises.
The peach trees are now in
full bloom, and although we
had white frost few days since,
the peaches are unhurt, and unless
they are killed hereafter we will
have an abundant crop.
Our town charter is still in the
hands of the merciless Legislature,
and reports say that the bill to re-
peal the town charter only lacks |
one reciting in the House and the |
Governors signature to become a
law. In case this bill passes our
two grocery keepers, Mrs. Ward
and Harper say they will open
drug stores and have physicians to
furnish prescriptions and they will
invite a liberal patronage from their
former customers. Perhaps instead
of /" whisky straits - and " brandy
smashers" We may then have intro
duced as inventions Wards Smile
producing EIixer, or Harper's
Cordial.
We are all anxious for the Legis-
lature to quit their foolishness and
adjourn. We expect 10 settlement
Of the State debt question, or the
passage Of any law which will be Of |
any benefit to the people. However,
some citizens Of our town have got
ten up petition which will, no
doubt, attract attention. 1t has
received a large number of sigma
lures, and will be forwarded to Col. d
Savage to>night, with the request c
hat it be Immediately brought be- q
ore the House. The petition is as q
ol0ws:
10 tile Honorable body Of Repre-. ]
sehtatjces Of the State Of Ten a
ReS8ee: Il
1--WE, the undersigned, being tax o
payers of the county Of Greene {
md town and suburbs of the town t
ireeneyille, would humbly pray Il
our honorable body to enlarge the V
Of the town of Greene n
lille, Tenn, 50 as to include Paint o.
Rock, on the Warm Springs CT
cad, thence southwest to Evans v
ross Roads, thence a straight pt
ne northwest to Midway, thence eI
, the bank of Lick Greek, thence al
ortheast with the meanders of said az
reek to Clear Spring Academy to L
lc!ude kheatoWn, thence south on pi
line with Earnest's Bridge to the eS
,p Of Bald Mountain, thence south N
est with the top of said moutaiu to al
lc beginning, Also to add one IL
ore day to the month of February, re
I'd as il is too hot to cut and bind te
heat in June, have harvest changed tt;
October Also to be certain to OF
peal the ten commandments, and
I'VE the oolored people white WI
lshed. NJ
up. SIN each district of said fol
unity, when milk is scarce, to ais su
" one distiIlery for making their do
yn whisky. Also a mint to each
strict to make good nickels sufi- WI
ent to pay off the State debt. St
lso an act giving the Town Con- IS
able power to arrest 4 man as we'll VIC
zen he ant as when he is. or
And your petitioners will ever hi
ay, &c" ci'
Of course there are some persons
xiOus to see the action of the OF
agislature on the petition. ne
Our tailors, Woolford & Schweik- m(
d, had the bad luck to have their ito
op robbed a few nights since. TIN
lere were in the shop a number of In
liable pieces of cloth belonging ga
customers, all of which were OF
2len, as we'll as a pair of shears
ID some private clothing. 1t is the
opposed that the theft was com en-
tilted by couple of tramps who che
re seen in town the day before, the
It have not been seen since.