Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-14
PENEELETTES.

Chew JacksOn's Best sweeI Seyy Tobacco.
st. Valentines day.
City Council tonight.
Lager beer is Is cents glass in Key
West, Florida.
Some OF the streets are being put in
good condition by the scraping brig
ade.
The Journal is in high glee over the
fact that Jonesboro' is soon to have
real clothing store in her midst.
Judge John Baxter has gone from
Memphis to Cincinnati, to open the
United States Court at the latter place.
Ex-policeman d. NJ. Taylor re-
turned yesterday morning from a
visit OF few days to the upper East
Tennessee counties.
One hundred aud eighty.
mules were sold inside of an hour at
an Atlanta stable the other day.
Pretty lively business.
Who wouldn't be postOffice delivery
clerk about valentine times. It's 60
nice. a fellow don't have much
chance to get lonesome.
The JonesboTo Journal learns OF the
death of Rev. II. c. Atwater, at his
home, Elizabethton. He was pastor
of Presbyterian Church there.
In the trial of Nat. Baxter in Nash
vile, for the killing of s II. BELL,
after the consuming of ten days the
evidence was closed Tuesday, and the
argument commenced.
Our boards were posted yesterday
with the very attractive bills announ-
cling the appearance of Billy Emer-
sons Minstrels next Tuesday and
Wednesday nights.
Mag. Billiard and her sister, brace
of disreputable females who inhabit q
hovel in East Knoxville, greatly TO
the disturbance of that nejghbOrhoGd
were cent TO the workhouse by Justice
Allison yesterday.
We learn from the Msryville IqdCC
that AIr. 10. NJ. Hood has secured the
position permanently Of conductor on
the MaryvilIe train, and that Captain
Sam. Davis, the present conductor,
will probably remove 10 Atlanta, Ga.
The demand for Valentines this sea-
son seems to be enormous. The deal
ers report largely increased sales over
any former year. Ramage & Co, in
order to keep their retail business sup
piled, yesterday had TO stop filling or
ders for country merchants.
There are only twelve prisoners now
confined in the county jail, after the
two women sentenced 10 the work
hOuse yesterday are taken Ou,- This
is the same number ezscJy IS was
left there after the adjournment of The
Criminal Court isst February.
A decided drop in the temperature
yesterday, aud it was rather whit, rish
again. Railroad men report tbs there
was considerable snow storm ~ Bris-
tol last night. IL was also showing
pretty rapidly at Coal Creek when the
train lett there yesterday morning.
According to the Journal, the fol-
loving business was transacted by the
E. T., V. and @. r. r. at Joneaooro
during the month of January Ship
ped, weight, 277, l5S pounds this roads
proportion, S557.67. Received at Jones.
bOro', weight, 15l,150 pounds; this
roads proportion, 1924 SIS. Tick ct sales,
1854 Is.
Maryville Iadcr Our enterpTising
townsman, Gen. r. n. Hood, we I'M
derstaud, has made arrangements for
combining wagon and foot bridge
with the Knoxville and Charleston
Railroad bridge, and will push on the
work as soon as estimates can be made
for the cost. He has been TO Nashville
to make ARA engagements for the bridge.
Says the Atlanta Constitution of
Wednesday: George E. and Frank
Walker, two deaf mutes, of Athens,
Tennessee, are canvassing the city in
the interest of The Royal Path of
Life" This work is highly spoken of
and is a book of SEQ pages These
young men are worthy, and We hope
they will meet with great success"
These young men were students at the
School for the Deaf and Dumb, in this
city, for some time.