Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-19
PEECILETTES.


Such weather! Such weather.!
The ice has about all disappeared
from the ponds and streams.
Somebody got left, but then it's inn
possible for every body to hold office
DR.. Henry, a mesmerist, has been
stirring up Chattanooga with his ma
gician-like performances.
Memphis appears to be overrun with
tramps. Fifty OF them FROSTED" In
the station house one night last week.
Mrs. Henrietta Chanfrau will ap-
pear in 1.-The Woman of the People"
in Chattanooga next Thursday night.
The election by the people is past,
now comes the contest before the new
Board for policemen. The candidates
are legion.
The Common Council of Nashville
has abolished the office of Water Tax
Collector, after a fierce fight over it
for some time.
The saloon keepers had holiday
yesterday, and most of them put in
the day Logging for their friends in the
aldermanic contest.
A small wooden building belonging
to Col. Ken. Wheeler and occupied by
a colored family was burned in Chat
tsnooga Thursday.
Chattanooga new three thousand
pound court house bell was swung into
position Friday, and is tolling the
ours for the surrounding country
J. Fred Talley has resigned his con-
nection with the Newport Sentinel
leaving the paper under the exclusive
editorial control OF Andrew ], Thomas.
The noon train western bound yes
terday was truly q combination train.
1t comprised all the grades from load.
ed stock cars to a Pullman palace
sleeper.
Local option petitions were posted
in conspicuous places at all the voting
points yesterday, with the request for
signers. They were comparatively I'M
frequently signed, however.
The annual meeting of stockholders
OF the Tennessee Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Chattanooga, last Wednes-
day, elected as directors, l.. SchOtield,
Sr, ThOs. O'COnuer, j. w. McGrath,
L. SchofieIJ, Jr., and A. F. Barnett.
Knox Martin, the negro suspected
of the horrible double murder of John
Whittemeyer and wife, near Nashville,
few nights since, has been captured,
and made a full confession of the
crime. He is now in custody at Nash
Vile.
Senators Ewing and Bledsoe were
appointed as the Senate portion of the
committee provided by the Tennessee
Legislature TO investigate the East
Tennessee University, especially the
Agricultural and Mechanical depart
ments.
Chattanooga NeIUs The Knoxville
Tribune insinuates that The seeker
after truth would find himself deserted
in Chattanooga. That is q mistake.
All the really bad liars are sent to
Knoxville to be editors of the daily
papers there.
The ladies of the various cOpgrega-
lions of the city are invited to meet
Mrs. Julia Hayes, of Baltimore, Pres
ident Of the Central Mission Society of
the Methodist Church, South, at
Church Street Church, at 8 o'clock
this afternoon.
The Morristown GdzcttC's Nashville
correspondent says most of the good
looking members of the Legislature
are from East Tennessee, aud men
tions, as the most prominent, Col. R.
K. Byrd, Hon. r. r. Butler, Senator
Patton and Capt. Tom Cain.
Newport Sentinel, Thursday: Just
after crossing the bridge above this
place yesterday morning, the dump,
carrying the mail, ran over a dog, and
was thrown from the track, but for
tunately no one was very seriously in
jured, though Capt. Tate was cspsized,
mailbag and all, but his Injuries were
slight. You bet, they killed the dog.