Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-04
FEECILETFES.


The coal pile disappears with alarm
ing rapidity this weather.
A broom factory has just been put
into operation near Rogersville.
The Rogersville Spectator reports
the Holston river frozen over.
Cleveland and Athens each have
their municipal elections to-day.
The savers of ice continue the
abundant harvest of this season.
SIEVE raj cases of pneumonia fever are
said to be prevailing in Jonesboro'.
Only one more business meeting of
the present Board of Mayor and Alder
men.
The Jonesboro' sporting gentry are
amusing themselves shooting glass
balls.
Our gas was miserably bad last
night on account of the freezing of the
pipes.
There was less drunkenness in Cleve-
land during the holidays than any
preceding occasion of the kind for sew
eral years, according to the Her0ld.
The famous Mrs. Betsey Ward, of
Greeneville, was married in the Cath
Ollie Gnu rch in this city last Sunday to
Mr.. Doolan.
The river was running full of ice all
day yesterday, not to such an extent
as to impede the progress OF the fer
ries, however.
Who would be street car driver
this kind of weather? They certain
ly deserve the sympathies of all CONS
fortably situated people.
The glass windows and fronts on
west sides were beautifully and ex-
quisitely ornamented with frost work
by Dame Nature yesterday evening.
Cleveland Herald: a serious affair
occurred here week before Last, which
resulted in JEFF. Montgomery shooting
and wounding 10. Easkins. Com
ment not necessary at present.
The Cleveland Herald estimates that
Cleveland sportsmen have killed no
less than one thousand rabbits during
the last two weeks. Sam. DeArmOnd
claims to have killed IS in one day.
The publication of the Cherokee
Herald, at Murphy, North Carolina,
has been revived by the youthful
firm OF McNelly & Singleton. They
get it up in very creditable shape to
start on.
Last Saturday, at Sparta, Tenn,
two Mcpherson brothers attacked Joe.
DibrelI, sou of Congressman Dibrell,
when he killed one instantly with q
shot gun, snd dangerously wounded
The other.
There are in Moore county, n. c.,
twenty~eight gold mines. six silver
mines, eight copper mines, nine or
ten iron mines, and general assor,>
ment of other mineral "fnds," says
an exchange.
Last Saturday the thermometer in
Dictated one degree above zero at Ath-
ems, according to the Post. At Cleve-
land the same day, according to the
Banner, it was eight above zero. Cold
est of the season in each locality.
JongsboTo Journal: December and
May have again locked arms st the
hymcnial altar. Mr.. James Pritchett
and Miss Julia Willburne, aged re,
spectively G3 and %, were married
Tuesday night at the residence of the
brides father.
Rhes Springs Ne10s: A negro, while
intoxicated, fell from the steamer "R.
NJ. Bishop" a short distance below
our wharf last Thursday and was
drowned. Every effort was made to
save him, but as he was beastly drunk,
he sank.
Prof. II. Presnell has been appointed
postmaster at JOnesboro, Uice Mr.. w
w. Bowel. Prof. Presnell, in taking
charge of the Office has retired from
his position in the public schools, and
Rev. w. B. Stradley will assume en-.
tire control, says the Journal.
At a municipal election in Jones.
boTo', last Monday, the following
were chosen Aldermen, as we learn
from the Journal. DR.. VIM. R
Sewer, J. F. Grisham, J. G. Smith, r.
l.. Blair, Michael Slower and E. L
Deaderick. Col. DUNCAN and Prof
Presnell tied.
A party who was in the colored
meeting Wednesday night for the pur-
pose of selecting a candidate for May
or, informs US there was a mistake in
the minutes from which we made an
item yesterday morning. He says
four Of the committee voted for Mr..
Charlton and for Mr.. Kennedy. Also
that there were votes against Is for
receiving the report of the committee,
and the same 6 out of 81 still voted
against making the vote unanimous
for Mr.. Charlton.
Says the Cleveland Banner: Tho
store house CT McCulley Brothers, at
Blue Spring, six miles south of this
place, was destroyed by fire on Thurs.
day night of last week tOUefher with