Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-07-09
PENCILETTEN.
Chew. Jackson'sBest Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Too hot to live.

Too hot to live.
No court in session now.
Ice for salea John Hudiburg's. .
This is sunstroke season. Beware
of exposure to old Soils rays.
Each recurring day seems to grow
warmer and more sweltering.
No wonder July is so hot. It's one
of the months of the year that has an
''l'' in it.
Only two weeks more in which to
learn cart Craio." Now, girls, is your
chance to become artists.
Pumping too much cold ice water
into hot citizen is about as danger
Gus an operation as pumping cold
water into hot boiler. ..r...
After storm comes a calm. The
4tb of July visitors are all gone,
everybody is rushing away to the
springs, and We are settling down to
the regular summer dizziness.
1t was a gloriously refreshing and
drenching shower of rain which Wis
tied US about noon yesterday, the best
we have had in this region for over
six weeks. 1t was of short duration,
however, and the scorching rays OF
the sun which followed pretty well
neutralized the effects
The boy that to his mother says,
As he the pantry passes.
And sights the tempting syrup-eup,
ooh! gimme some moIasses ~
Advanced to ripper years. still cries,
When Wean-ed from his classes,
And Longing at some wat'ring place,
"Oh give me summer Iasses !-EG.
Kingston HQt0keye: A recent trip
up the country, via Lenoir's Station.
revealed the fact that corn is suffering
terribly from the drought along the
line between this point and Knox
Vile Some fields of oats we saw also
looked like hard times, standing
scarcely twelve inches above the
ground.
The notorious TODD " Sharp is at it
again, strange to say, drunk aud dis
orderly, for which she sntied before
Recorder White yesterday to the tune
of S. and costs" TODD says that's
all Squire White knows. She will
enter Tom FIynn's chain gang this
morning, and remain till the same is
liquidated. She's been there before.
The freight clerks at the depot have
not yet gotten over the effects of The
4th. The Increased shipments of goods
in all directions are still pouring in
upon them. and g. busy scene is pre-,
scented. But, even in the duliest sea-
sons they are always kept busy and an
immense amount of goods are handled
daily at this depot. A simple glance
thereat from time to time, should, il
seems to US, be sufficient REPUTATION
of the "hard times" croaking con
stantly heard about our streets.
Considerable commotion and excite
ment was created on the street yester
day by the efforts of Capt. Walker
keeper of the work house, with the
assistance of Policeman KinZel, and
some others, TO take "Btack Cat" s
colored woman we'll known in police
circles. She is about as tough a Gus
toner as policeman ever struck, anC
no one man, be he ever so much of {
man, can handle her. She was finally
put into a wagon, after much worry
ing, and conveyed to the county work
house to serve out term.
The Kingston HaaOkeye of last Sat
urday devotes one whole page, three
columns of that blanket Sheet" t.
giving Knoxville goss and writing
down our 4th celebration at stingins
rate. IT'S true there were many fea
lures which could and should have
been improved on, especially thu
shabby treatment of the Kingston
band, but, with the meager amount o
space at his command, no doub
Bro. Brause's readers would hav
gladly put up with little less o
Knoxville abuse and more of variety
Of reading matter.
Memphis appeal: A large numbe
of Memphis people are summering il
East Tennessee. At Austin Spring
are the families OF Messrs. M. E
Trezevant, r. D. Rambaut, Weave
Kendall, John Anderson, w. Fl. Hor
ton, A. L, Newson, L. w. Wells
Camille Toledano. At Rogersville, J
P. Finnie, Mrs. Emma Tucker. A
Knoxville, Mrs. Sam. Tate and Mrs
Sallie Meason. At Messy Greek, MI
n. Furstenheim. At Johnson City
Mr.. Lewis Harrison. AT Lookou
Mountain, Mr.. D. Z. Ferguson. w
learn that they are all delightful
situated among hospitable people.
WakeshaW Water, at