Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-24
ERE AND THERE.

The Hood fund which started with
such a boom has barely reached Sc 600.
A call for arms-The baby's wild yell
in the middle of the night.-PhiIadeE-
Ohia Bulletin.
Fourteen "com boys" in Texas had a
fight about some grass. Twelve of
them were killed.
the next walking match is to be hell.
Why, in Lapland, of course.
Why are young ladies like the dead
letter office? Because a great many
"Miss". directed letters are sent to
them.
President Hayes house at Fremont,
Ohio, is prim, small, red brick, two-
story building, with its gable end to
the drive.
A mob tarred and feathered comic
singer out West for clipping with an
other mans wife. His manager bills
him now as the Great Feathered
SoDgster."
The Fredericktown (Ohio) Free
Press was so elated over the election
of "Calico Charley" that it printed its
edition of October 18Th on orange COLI
| ored calico, in honor Of the merchant
| Governor.
Ernest Y,upg. son Of Brigham
| Young, who figured somewhat con-
splcuously in the late suit of heirs
against the executors, WAS found dead
in bed at Salt Lake City on the 8.h OF
this month.
Orson Pratt, q leading Mormon
goes in for roasting every Gentle who
says anything against his institution
More than that, he offers to furnish
the wood and light the fire. Orson il
evidently very liberal man.
Sylvester M. Hickey, the would-bt
Romeo to Mary AndersOn's Juliet
lived with his mother, an aged Irish
woman, at Valley Stream, L. l., unit
he went into the theatrical business
He is said to have realized $50, 900 a.
his share of the profits III Miss Ander
sons tour last year.
Gaspsroni, brigand, who in hi
day was the terror OF all Italy, and o
whom all manner of strange and re
mantle stories have been told, is deat
at last, at the age of ninety years
Very peaceably did the old man die
sin the poor-house at Abbiategrasso,
, says the telegram from Rome.
There is a man in North CAROLYN
who some years ago married tn
widow of his own son, and she wa
| also his own niece. The woman ha
had children by both husbands. No
long ago, when one of the daughter
was married, the happy brideg room
demanded and received tabulate
pedigree of the young lady.
1t is said by those who ought
t know that the Princess Louise is goin
home because she is about to that i
she will soon-in other words, befor
long somethiDg-What We mean
] say is, that she is-to put it s'lghtl.
= differently, the Marquis of Lorne wi
soon-it is to be understood that Quee
e Victoria will before great time be
g gr-well, if anybody asks you, tell Ell
L we don't know.
s A fresh description of Charlt
s Reade says that he is big and mani
g looking, not fat, but large framed an
L, muscular. He is very fond Of phys
cal exercise, such as rowing, riding
J cricket, swimming, and, notwiti
g standing his hair is grizzled, bis sta
n wart body shows no signs of decs.
He is neat, though careless in b
= dress, and Iesem bles in his rnddy fac
Il easy gait and unconventional mann'
IS prosperous farmer. He likes COZ
genial company, but not formal 81
IS ciety, which. as a rule, he takes pair
+ to avoid. He enjoys himself with
y lot of good fellows and actresses Ov'
It pipes and bowl of punch, but is IL
y dissipated nor sensual. He has
wholesome degree Of animalism,
It has most of his countrymen, bat /
:, takes all bis pleasure in moderation
Il He Is a bachelor, but has spaciou
e pleasant house in the suburbs of LoI
don.