Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-28
PENCILETTES.
Holiday week.

Holiday week.
New Years day is next in order.
Atlanta wants a mandatory of
marbles.
The Loudon high school has taken
vacation for three weeks.
$4,000 worth of Shoes at Cost, at
Gossett. Ford s. Bro'e. xii28d5t
Two Sundays in succession is the
way it appeared--at least to neWspa-
per man.
Parties on the noon train reported
enow about six inches deap at Bristol
yesterday morning.
According to the Loudcn Journal,
Sweetwater has "hfteen beautiful,
sweet, marrisgable, young ladies'"
The prisoners in the Jail at Chatta-
Of ''spirits" as Christmas treat.
There was almost an entire supen-
sion of business and Industries of va
rious sorts in Knoxville Christmas
day.
Russell, of the Loudon Journal,
takes a half column to tell how he
killed nest of mice in his editorial
drawer.
The glass ball and pigeon shooting
did not take place Christmas day as
was announced, on account OF the
weather.
Two carloads of horses and mules.
and one of fat hogs, were shipped
south from this point on yesterdays
noon train.
The regular freight trains Saturday
were suspended to give the men
Christmas holiday. They are having
plenty to do now, however.
The Berger family, with an entire
new company, said to be an excellent
organization, are on q southern tour.
We hope they will take in Knoxville
on their trip.
AS one indication that people do not
write letters on Chris tmas day, the
postoffice clerks report that on Satur-
day night there were less than 100 let
tiers to be sent east, and not single
letter was mailed for the western
mail.
Mr.. Sam. Strauss, of Chattanooga,
has received a patent on new mail
bag, which has also been adopted by
the postoffice department, and ordered
in all branches of the service, roy-
atty of thirty cents being allowed on
each bag. This will be Stat take" for
Strauss for many years.
We regret tc learn from the Loudon
Journal of the lth. Wednesday, 22d
inst, of Mr.. D. r. Kennedy, the vet
eran postmaster at Philadelphia, at
the age of 49, He was indeed q vet
eran, an honorable and universally re-
spect9d citizen, and one OF the oldest
postmasters in the country.
Loudon Journal The W .fe of VIM.
Evans. on the little Ten essee, is the
mother of fifteen children. Bills
sweet potatoes are so large this season
that two of them make a meal for the
family NV. G. Duff is carrying the
mail and passengers to Kingston by
hack, until ths new steamer, Perez
Dickinson, is ready for duty. He
makes daily trips, and the line con-
meets with the Cincinnati Southern.
Chattanooga Commercial: Friday
noon, two little boys named Mann and
Jones respectively, were given half
gallon of whisky to carry home, and
on their way they drank such large
quantities of it that young Mann died
as soon as he reached home, and Jones
was barely saved. The dead child's
features stiffened into q ghastly, leer.
ing smile and were terrible to look
upon. This is the only instance OF the
kind on record, we believe.
The initial number of the Greene
vile Herald has reached our exchange
table. 1t is a very respectfully appear
ing paper, made up of well-selected
matter, republican in politics, and the
subscription price is ST. IS per annum
Mr. J. B, Stal0V son OF Chancellor w
is an energetic young man, possessed
of the experience and ability to make
an acceptable journal of it, and VS.
hope to see him succeed abundantly.