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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
HORRIBLE mURDER.
Dick Woods Has His Hesa Mash ed 50
Jelly and is Robbed.

Dick Woods Has His HesA Mash ed 50
aJeiIy and is Robbed.
DAYTON, TENN, Sept. Is, '79.
Mr.. EDITOR: We learned yester.
day the particulars Of one Of the most
horrible and uncalled.for murders and
robberies that we have ever been called
on to chronicle. From what we can
gather, the facts are about az follows {:
On last Saturday morning about /
o'clock, some unknown parties called
at the saloon of Mr.. Richard Woods,
at Robbsville, en- Whites Creek,
Roane county. Tenn, and wanted
some whisky or beer, 1t 10 thought.
Mr.. Woods went into the cellar to
draw the beer, and on his starting out,
1t Is supposed, was hit In the head
with q car coupling pin and
killed, but the fiends in
human shape, not being satisfied with
one lick, which would have been suf-
ncient to have killed him, continued
to ply the licks till bis head was
AAn6hCA AAto OOA4 PAOkO lGltIf 010
mashed out Of all semblance OF hu.
man. Then they proceeded to rob
him OF what money he had, about
they helped themselves to what they
wanted In the shsps of whisky, &c.
Then they turned the faucets and let
the balance run out on the floor, after
which they left for parts unknown.
We learn that the citizens, as soon as
it was known, turned out and are
securing the country for the devils in
human shape, and IL is hoped that
they will be caught up, with, and that
speedy justice be allotted them.
Mr.. Woods came to Wartburg at
the com mencement Of the Cincinnati
Southern Railroad and stayed there
till the upper part Of the work was
completed, after which he moved
down to Robbsville, and has been
there ever since doing business, and
was we'll known throughout the whole
section Of country, and was well liked
by oil who knew him, and 1t was
| thought that he was q man that had
not one enemy, for he had always
treated every man az q gentleman and
would 90 as far and do as much to ac-
commodate a friend as any man we
ever knew. We have heard a great
many of the railroad boys say, "Poor
Dick, TO be killed like . dog, 1t Is toe
bad. He had heart In him rs big as
any living man. As hard az his was,
would be the fate of the ores that
took his life. II the railroad boy's
friends should be the ones to ge,
them.
Mr.. Woods was an unmarried man,
about thirty-fve years old, and we
think he hss q brother In New York
but are not sure. An inquest wai
held over him yesterday morning. but
we have not been able to learn Ii they
arrived ut any clew as to who did the
N 1rder. A coffin was brought ar
[ from Chattanooga on . hand Car yes
terdsy. ". N.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2.-The Military
Convention met again yesterday,
with General Beauregard, First
Vice President, in the chair. A
bill framed to meet the requirements
of the military service was taken
up and discussed. The bill now
pending before the House Committee
on Army Affairs..was discussed, and
it was the sense of the Convention
that it should not be materially
changed. The bill was submitted
to a committee for revision. The or
ganization, under the Constitution
adopted yesterday, is called Ma
tional Guard Association of the
United States, and the object was
declared to be to secure military
efficiency and united representation
before Congress.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
Markets BIZ TELEGRAPH.
New York MarkeG
N-ry V1n- -

New YORK, Oct. 2.
Money active at TAI 1.32. Exchange
dull, weak, $4.S1a4.8l9. Governments
strong, higher; new SIS, 1034; four
per cents, 1.05S; four-and-a-half per
cents, / 02. States, dull.
Flour-Southern, firm; common to
fair extra. SIS 50a6 90; good to choice
do, S. loaf 35 Wheat, opened 4s8c
higher and closed steady with the al
vance Lost; ungraded winter red, $1.19
a1.28; No. 8 do, S1.l9a.2o; No. 2 do.
81 272s1.282. Corn, a shade stronger
and fairly active; ungraded, 524a544c;
No. 2, 52s53a3c. Oats, shade lower
and moderately active, 354c; No. 3.
36c; do. white, 35&s36c. Coffee, very
firm and good demand. Sugar, quiet
and very stroug; fair to good re-
refining, 65s7sc; prime, 7Ba72c; re-
fined dull and weak; standard A, 8sa
84c; grauulated and powdered, 82c;
crushed, 9sc. Molasses, quiet and
firm. Rice, fair sale and steady prices.
Potatoes, quiet and about steady.
Pork dull and easter; mess, on spot,
S9.5Oa9.75; Novemb ber, So 40; middles,
steady; long clear, SC; short. 64c;
long and short clear, 6sc. Lard,
quiet, without quotsble change.
Whisky. nominal, $l.l0.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
TELEGRAPHIC.
YELLOW FEVER.

MEMpHIs-noon, Oct. Mot a
single new case has been reported;
yet there has been one death since
last night-Mrs. Maggie Stewart,
at the old Barney Graham's Place,
just beyond the city limits. The
weather is oppressively warm and
sultry.
LATER-Mrs. w. G. Nicholas,
residing 4 miles from the city, on
the fernando road, was stricken
with yellow fever lsst night.
Special to the Nashville American.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 30.-The fever
has again taken another squirt.
There is an increase, both in the
number of new cases and deaths,
which is accounted for by the re-
turn of few absentees, and the
continued high temperature of the
weather.
The fatality of the fever during
the past week has been remarkable.
Of the 43 new cases of whites re.
ported between a given period Of
seveu days, % have died. The av-
erage length of sic ness has been
FIVE days. The avs age period Of
sickness to conval SC nts is IA days.
Seventeen new cases were re-
ported to the Board of Health to-
day, seven of whom were colored
The following are the whites:
Sister Agnes, Mary McDermot,
James Rice, Susie Lucas, Margaret
App, Adolph Rosedale, Annie
Worne, Leo Worne, Mary Bacon,
Martha Milburn.
In addition TO these the following
were supplied with nurses by the
Howards, to-day:
Mrs. Ruth James, Miss Kate
James, Mary e. Stewart, J. v
Blanton.
The death roll is as follows
isaac Lacrolx, aged A near the
stock-yard Chelsea Mary Bacon
aged 81, 320 Main street; Marth,
Melburn, aged 70, corner 0
Orleans and Tate streets; Charles
Dargis, aged IA, Howard Orphan
Asylum John Petite, colored, age,
5, corner of Auction and FourtI
streets; Lucy Munston, colored
aged 3 weeks, 361 Beale street.
New YoRY, Oct, "A Green.
vile, Miss, dispatch says: The
fever at Concordia has taken a
fresh start, and in all probability
will continue to spread until al
avaiIable material is exhausted
There were four new. cases reported
to day, namely: Mrs. Herndon and
three colored persons. Sheriff
Wilson's condition has not i'm,
DroYed
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
NEW YORK.

New YORK, Oct. Mrs. Babe,
young and handsome Italian wo-
man, was found murdered in her
house, IA Rose street, to-day. Her
husband is charged with the crime,
and Jealousy is ascribed as the
cause.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company reduces all tariffs above
$500 to that figure. After No,
vember 1st all offices will send and
receive half-rate business instead of
only large ones as now.
The American Express Company
has bought the Eastern Express
Company at the reported price of
half million dollars.
New York, Oct. AT the an
nual meeting of the Trustees of the
Peabody Education Fund, DIR.
Sears, General Agent, was read
and adopted. It states that there
is a necessity for the general Gov
ernment granting some aid to the
Southern States in their efforts to
educate the ignorant classes, greater
now than ever before. AS the
evils that grow out of popular ig-
norance spread over the whole
country, with its two millions of
children still without instruction,
the danger of the situation is appar-
ent.
New YORK, Oct. 2.-The Joint
Executive Committee have voted in
favor of an advance in bound
rates to the basis of 35 cents on
grain, 40 cents on fourth class, and
SO cents on live hogs from Chicago
to New York, to take effect October
18th.
A fire broke out in the building
which extends from 180 to 49,
Avenue c., this morning. Before
the fire department could get to
work the fourth and fifth stories
had burned out. The building was
used as mandatory of tin toys
and was we'll filled with stock. L
was owned and partly occupied by
Leo Schlessinger & Co. Loss OF
stock $4,000. Damage to build
ing fully insured. The cause of the
| fire is unknown.
The steamship France brought
six hundred thousand dollars il
twenty franc pieces.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The Di-
vision Superintendents of the Rail-
way Mail Service to>day adopted a
resolution suggesting that the Post
master General issue an order in~
structing the Postmasters in first,
second and third class offices to en-
brace within their postoffice stamp
the hour Of mailing and receipt
of letters, in order that delays
may be more readily traced, 1t
was determined that each Division
Superintendent should conduct the
compilation of a list of local and
names of the postofices in the sew
eral Divisions and forward it to the
Land Office for final arrangement.
A resolution was adopted request
ing the issuance Of a general order
to postmasters directing them in all
cases when complaints are made
affecting delays IN the delivery OF
letters, to obtain, if possible, the
envelopes covering such letters and
to note thereon the date and hour
of their receipt at the postofice
and of their delivery to the
person so addressed, and tc
forward them to the Division
Superintendent of the railway mai
service for his information and &C.
ton. The propriety and feasibility
of the Government owning its own
postal cars was considered, and
the views of each of the
Superintendents were expressed,
the sentiment of the majority be-
ing against the proposititlon. Ad
journed sine die.
| WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-Amone
the arrears OF pensions claims paic
to date there were $1,479 settled
through the Knoxville Agency, anc
aggregating S928,868. It is esti.
mated that six thousand or sever
thousand pensioners are entitled t,
arrears who have not yet been paid
that the twenty-five millions appro-
priated will cover them all.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
Y, "a. C. a. Meeting To- Bay

The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association
will be held this evening, commencing
promptly at 7:30, in the Office of Mr..
Jno L Rhea, on the east side OF Gay
street, between Church and Clinch.
Final decision will be taken in refer
ence to the rooms, and other matters
OF Importance will come before the
meeting. The delegates 10 the State
Convention, which closed its session
in Chattanooga, Sunday night, will
submit reports. The Convention was
full of interest, as the reports will
show. A full attendance of the mem.
hers is requested. A cordial invita-
ton is extended to all other young
men 10 meet with them.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
JON ESBOROs CENTENNIAL AND
WAsHENGTON COUNTY FATR.
Openinx Day-Namber Of Enarfes
Large. Beth I'm 'sho Fair ana Cea-
sennaaI Departments.

oPeninE Day-Namber Of Entrfes
Large. Beth in 'she Fair and Cea-
senaiaI Departments.
JoNEssoRo', TENN, Oct. !. 1879.
The eighth annual exhibition of the
Washington County Agricultural and
Mechanical Society commenced to-
day, and will hold three days. The
Secretaries and The assistants
were kept busy eli day In
making entries In both branches
OF the Exhibition. We were informed
that over twelve hundred entries were
made In the department Of the Fair
proper. besides huudreds in the Gen.
tennial collection, and the work still
going on. The officers and friends OF
the Fair are leaving nothing undone,
and right nobly are the people re.
spending to their efforts. The ladies
too seem to vie with each other in
lending their aid, as the many articles
In their departments show.
The farm products on exhibition are
up to the standard. aud far beyond In
great many instances.
Al AA SkSES H1S1s4AA S11o"B
however. has received the greatest
share Of attention. You would be
surprised to see the many articles that
are here, brought together within SO
short q time. all speaking volumes
in themselves. They must be seen to
be appreciated. The lives and services
OF early settlers and patriots, long
since gone, loom up In our mind on
beholding them. Here can be seer
on exhibition the portrait of our first
Governor, John Sewer, which has
been well preserved also one OF Sam'l
Doak, the founder Of Washington
College, In this county, an eminent
| Christian gentlemen, and among the
foremost educators OF his day. These
and many others have been identified
with the early settlement Of Washing
ton county. Here on exhibition car
be seen numerous manuscripts, hoary
with age and pregnant with historical
facts. Besides these are numerous In
dian relics-swords, guns, drums, etc.
handed down from sire to son, and IL
fact many heirlooms of various de-
scriptions.
Conspicuous among the many arti
cles of interest Ia the chair and dest
used by the venerable DR.. Ramsey, o
your city, when engsged In writing
bis valuable book, the "Annais o
Tennessee. Also o watch once tn,
property OF Henry Clay can be seer
on exhibition.
The people Of Jonesboro' anticipate
q large number of visitors on the las
day, and good time is predicted. I
will tax them to their utmost, how
ever, to accommodate the crowds
that will be here and re
main over Thursday night. TIL,
whole aim Of the citizens seems t.
be to make all who may come al
comfortable as they possibly can.
Capt. James Sewer, the gentleman
ly and urbane proprietor Of the Wash
tngton House, notwithstanding th
great pressure made upon him. neve
tires of taxing his energies in MAXIM
the stay of those he entertains rs pleas
ant as they might wish.
No rain up here yet, and the dus
still rising. Oh, for some street sprink
lers.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
ROSfni Club Bali,

The ball given by the Rosini Club
Thursday night was grand success.
The club is composed of some of the
best men in the city, and it will be
safe to say that some of the most re-
spectacle ladies and gentlemen a.
tended this entertainment, which is q
very rare thing among the colored
people of this city. The guests were q
little fashionable and did not begin to
gather until 10 o'clock, when, in q
short time, the house was filled and
dancing was kept up until late hour,
and when day began to dawn it waa
with regret that the last couple de-
parted for home. The club intend to
give ne of these entertainments each
month, aud propose to make them
equally as Interesting as this one.
7. II. A.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

GEN. VIM. PRESTON, of Kentucky,
who was Major General in the Con-
federate service, and life long Demo
crst, lays Of President Hayes admin
istfation
as has been remarkably good. [
have no fault to fad with il. He has
been just ard fair, and exercised a
cJucnlatory spirit [ only wish that
his Kindly disposition had been more
heartily r-c!procated by the South.
anu his policy mere generally approved
by the Nortn. Between the two sec
tious he uas had many difficulties to
encounter. aud give him credit for
doing #e!l under all The ciIcums an
ces."
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
HERE ASIs THERE.

The President will return to Wash
iDgt0n on the 9th.
The ex-Khediye spends $4OO day
in telegFaphing.
Horatio Seymour was fireman in
Utica in lS4l.
Havana has suffered more from yel-
low fever this Year than Memphis.
Q leen Victoria recently decided on
the abolition of banged hair aud high
Ieeis al court.
A murderer in Texas who doesn't
succeed in escaping justice is alluded
10 as IAN uHfortuuste gentleman"
Nine. Modjeska, the distinguished
actress, has translated Ruskin's
Modern Painters" into Polish.
The English penny postage STAN p is
to be changed. The design has been
used forty years.
In the city of New Haven As, 900
cOTst Is are made weskly. That place
oer,aihly has great staying powers.
a sarcastic. English writer affirms
that ''the American women are the
most beautiful in The world, anu also
The most useless"
TheckeFy, The novelist, never reads
novels. L am pastry cCok," he
says, II bake taIts and sell them.
don't eat them myself | eat bread
and butteT.'
Sergeant Bates, who "cariied the
htg' ; through tue South, has taken
the stump ia Ohio. Even his Democ
Southern outrages.
A london correspondent of the
Boston Post says that: Mrs. Woodhul
and Tennie G, Clafiin are s0on tC
marry leading members of British
arislocracy."
The Democrats of one of the Boston
wards have organized Long Club, to
be dsroted to the election of Lor g
tne Republican candidate for Gov
ernOr.
a Massachusetts, man recently offer
ed prize for the best essay on "Hcn
es'y." OF the twenty-three ESSAYS
~ III number were partially stolen
ald one was stolen outright.
The fac that Brigham Younp,s
grave is neglected. and he has not even
a stone to mark his last resting pIaca.
only serves TO call attention to the
eVanescence OF family greatness.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
Gen Cooper's Trip 10 Kansas.
The following we clip from a recen
issue of the Wichita (Ks.) Beacon

. ~--F
issue of the Wichita ks Beacon
"Gen. J. A. Cooper, Of Knoxville.
Tenn, is visiting this section in the
interest of several families living Ia
aud near Knoxville, who desire to lo-
cate somewhere in the West. He is
now on tour of inspection in the Ar
kansas and Walnut valleys, for the
purpose of locatir g and purchasing q
thousand acres of land in one body, II
he can be suited The families are all
comfortably we'll off. and will be able
to farm to advantage. They will be
followed by large number of others,
as the Western fever st ems to prevail
quite extensively in East Tennesse e.
Gen. Cooper is favorably impressed
with this county, and will so report to
his principals. The General was a
Union soldier during the late war,
having entered in the service as Cap
tain of g company in the first regiment
of Tennessee Volunteers, and was
mustere out with the rank of Brevet
Major General. He left for Augusta
on Monday, and will go through the
Walnut Valley, after which he will re.
! turn to Wichita"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
Bogus Certificates.

1t is no vile drugged stuff. pretend.
ing to be made OF wonderful foreign
roots, barks, &C, and puffed up by
long bogus certificates of pretended
miraculous cures, but simple, pure,
effective medicine made of we'll known
valuable remedies, that furnishes its
own certificates by it's cures. We refer
to Hop Bitters, the purest and best OF
medicines. See "Truths" and "Pr0v>
erbs,n in another column.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
The New stock specuIations.

The new combination method Of
operating in stocks, which Messrs.
Lawrence & Co., Bankers, New York,
have einaugursted,i is attracting unusual
attention in financial circles, by reason
of its remarkable success. A Gu -
toner in Providence invested nine
times and made over S5 900 in three
months. by usiOg from $50 to $500
'pital. By this system, orders from
thousands of customers, in various
sums, are pooled into one immense
capital, and operated as a mighty
whole, thus giving to each sharehold-
er all the advantages of vast capital
and shrewdest skill. Profits are di-
vided every thirty days. Any amount
from $40 to $75 900 can be used in
Messrs. Lawrence & Co.'s combina-
tions with equal proportionate sue.
cess. SIS will make $75 profit in the
month. 5000 will return ST. 800, or 8
per cent. on the stock, and 30 on as
the market varies. The new circular
gives 1.-TWO unerring rules for success, u
and shows how any one can operate
profitably. Mailed free. Stocks and
bonds wanted. Government bonds
supplied. Apply TO Lawrence & Co.,
Bankers, 81 Exchange Place. New
York.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
Ltcture Tomorrow Night.

The people of Knoxville will have
al opportunity tomorrow night to
hear very interesting lecture at the
Reading Room. by Fl. NJ. Dosk, Esq,
Of the Nashville american. Hi ssub-
ject is Supernatural SoIicitings," and
we can pledge orr readers that they
will never regret the time they give to
hearing the lecture. Mr.. Doak is one
OF Tennessee's coming men. He is q
scholar and student, and In literary
accomplishments and general informa-
tion has few equals and still fewer gu,
periors in the State. We bespeak for
him full house.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

IF any body wants to purchase lot
OF secondhand platforms they can
obtain them at very low terms by ap-
plying to any Democratic head
quarters. Platforms of all kinds, from
s0ftest to hardest money, and from
the loosest States Rights to the closest
Federal, can be procured cheap and
with SIX, nine and twelve months
credit. Ten per cent. discount for
cash in advance.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03
A Deer Hunt.

On Thursday last the following gem
tlemen left here fora deer hunt in the
Smoky Mountains: Hon. j. Harvey
Msthes and Capt. r. G. William oa
aud Mr.. @ ligley, OF Memphis; Mr..
l.. B. Scare, of Cloudlani, n. G !;
Capts. J. M. Greer and w. II. Kirk. of
Maryville. Mr.. Searle and Capt.
Greer visited Thunder Head Moun.
tain, with a view of looking out sit
uation for a summer hotel. Mr..
sealle Is proprietor OF The Cloudiand
Hotel, Roam Mountain, N. G. The
party have returned.-MdryUile Dem
Ocrdt.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

INDIANAPOLIS, October John
Treadwell, a German, killed his
divorced wife to-day, by stabbing
her fifteen or twenty times with a
tanners knife, and afterward COM
mitted suicide.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

INDICATIONS For Tennessee and
the Ohio Valley, cloudy or partly
cloudy weather, colder westerly winds
and stationary or higher barometer.
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MINOR DISPATCHES.

OMAHA, Oct. 2.-The Republican
Convention last night re-nominated
Gen. Amasa Cobb for Supreme
Judge.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

SEND Us one dollar and fifty cents
and get The WBIG AND CHRONICLE
until after the Presidential election
In 1880.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

Puck has ascertained that the man
who finds pocket book with cash In
it doesn't look at newspaper for three
weeks.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

TWENTY FIVE cents will pay for the
WHIG AND CHRONICLE to the first of
January, 1880.
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.h. Meeting .s Ch.reh street,

The meeting at Church Street
Church is still continued. Services
tonight at " o'clock. All are cor
daily invited.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-10-03

The fac that Brigham Youne's
grave is neglected and he has not even
a stone to mark his last resting place,
only serves 10 call attention to the
eVanesceDce of family greatness.