Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-05
PENCILETTES.

The oyster season 10 played" Aprh
was the last ST" month.
They have ripe June apples Ia some
parts of Georgia. Rather prema'
ture.
The American Union Telegraph
company opens an Office ready for
business 10 Chattanooga to-day.
The u, S. internal revenue collec-
tions in the Nashville district, for the
month of April, were SIS. 229 81.
Mrs. Nancy Warters, wife OF Mr..
Alex, Warters, whose death we noted
Yesterday, was aged SO years, end not
So as it appeared.
Tom Conners aud Bill Johnson were
boosed last night by officer DE Ar
mond, on the charge of drunkenness
and dIsorderly conduct.
Nashville ice dealers have raised
their wholesale rates from rs cents to
Sl.25 per 100 pounds, which leads the
American to sigh for an ice factory in
that city.
Rev. J. A. Lyons, Sunday school
agent of the Holst0n conference, M.
e. Church South, IL 10 assist In the
holding OF a Sunday school conven-
ton which convenes at Rheatown to-
morrow.
When boy falls aud peels the skin
off his nose the first thing he does is
to get up and yell. When girl tum.
bles and hurts herself badly the fist
thing she does is TO get up and look at
her dress. H.. Erfn
Suit for $4,000 damages has been
brought against Chief of Police Yater,
of Nashville, by o fellow who WIS
fined for vagrancy, and falling to pay
the fine and refusing to work, was
placed in the dungeon. He charges
false imprison ment and malicious
prosecution. .rrr -,s rqg.
We have private Information that
the vicinity of Grassy Cove, Cumber-
land county, was swept over by
whirlwind, or cyclone. OF considera-
bic vioencs last Sunday, which caused
considerable destruction in the way of
blowing down barns, houses, trees,
etc. Ia some Instances whole orchards
were uprooted. No loss of life Ia re-
por ed.
If you want 10 eat your meals with
pleasure, buy a Fowler's Fly Fan
They will keep the flies off the table
and dispense with one servant. They
will keep them off the baby, and ere
indispensable for a Sunday mar, and
will keep bald headed folks and
nervous people out of the lunalic
asylum. A new supply just received
at w. w. Woodruff & Co.'s.
Three or four of the horses which
were being shipped for Atlanta, broke
loose from their leaders yesterday, and
came dsshiDg along the entire length
OF Gay stree! at break"neck speed.
Some little fright was 0ccasioned, and
one-horse dray was made to run off.
The horse hadn't life enough to get up
a first class runaway, however, and no
damage resulted.
According to the Tirns', abo ut ,
dozen white men. employed as mould
era in the foundry depart ment OF tbs
WATSON car works, at Chattanooga
struck few days since, and absolute
ly refused to work any more. because
q oolored man, who had worked his
way up, had been given a job of mould
ing on an equality with them. 'rhii
is drawing fine point on the colo
line.
Kingston East Tennessessn The
Allison Bros, Robert and Uriah, have
secured the contract for carrying the
u s. river mail between Loudon and
King's Greek for four years, beginning
the LIST of July next, at 81 1896
We are glad to learn of their success
They have had much bad luck In tht
way of accidents and mishaps TO tbeil
boats. They have been faithful in the
pact, and will be equally so in the fu'
ture.
Mammoth stock of Hats at Dunbar's