Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-01-03
ARIETIES.

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zil during the month Of Novemb BEL
from smallpox.
Philadelphia has shut down on Sun
! day performances. principally, 1T Is
! believed, to keep Talmage away.
George Washington will be hanged
at Louisville on the 22d of February
| for brutal murder committed last
| fall.
Considerable alarm prevails in New
York city over the spread of scarlet
fever. There were over 200 deaths last
week.
The Washington correspondent OF
the New York Sun says that the Ohio
Democrats will nominate Senator
Thurman for Governor whether he is
willing or not.
"Old Hickory" was a hard-mouey
man, through and through, and yet
the Ohio fiatists have the impudence
to celebrate the Sth of January. An
Initiation of cheek, but not of sense.
The New York Star says that Blaine
is working to have GRAFT placed on
the retired list of the army, and Grant
will place Blaine on the retired list OF
Presidential candidates, without work
ing at all.
There are now in New Orleans the
members OF the Yellow Fever Com.
mission, and the Potter sub-commit.
tee, and there will shortly be added a
subcommittee from the Teller Com
mittee.
The Treasury started resumption
with 1925, 600, 900 in coin, 5000 900 600
in gold and $26, O0O, goo in silver. Sec
rotary Sherman has long since main
tanned that it would be safe TO begin
with 500, 600 600.
Lord Falmouth, the English turf
man, won $193 900 in this seasons
races, and since 1869 his horses have
gained for him about $500 600. Pre-
vioIs TO 1869 he was constant loser.
and his good fyItuUs may turn bad
again.
The Democratic party is like great
army, of which the rank and file is
brave and well disciplined, but its
commanders utterly incompetent.
That the party has lost is not the fault
OF the average voter, but Of the lead
ers.-W TT. II. Roberts IN NeIC Orleans
Times.
st Indianapolis, the other night,
Theodore TiIton attended the theater
aud saw Bessie Turner act her part in
" A Celebrated Case" It is possible
that the sight OF her brought back to
him some recOllectiOns and reEinis-
ceDces of another " celebrated case"
in which both he and Bessie bore a
conspicuous part.
Il is said that nearly all of the South
ern cities will default on their Janua-
ry interest. Old Ben Wade's advice
to the South was brief and wicked.
but it was good. Said he, "The South
will never prosper until it raises more
corn and cotton, and less hell" Corn
and cotton will pay interest On bonds,
but nobody seems to be able TO con-
vert the other into cash, except Bob
ngersoll.-C Chicago Tribune.
The New Orleans Times, of Christ
mas morning, Gays: ION Monday last,
for the second time within a ye2r, the
crowds of ladies and children shop
ping on Canal street were exposed to q
fusilade of pistol shots fired by GRIM
inals with intent tn murder. In other
cities, whether OF the South or North.
such deeds of violence are perpeirated
in slums and back streets, hence wo-
men and children are comparatively
safe; but in New Orleanc the custom
now obtains to have these brutal bat
ties on our principal boulevard, and
to send the bullets flying among our
daughters, wives, and babes. A citi-
zen complains to US that twice within
twelvemonth have the lives of his
family been put in jeopardy In this
disgraceful manner. We beg to ask
the authorities who are charged to
keep the peace, how long this thing is
to be permitted"