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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
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81 had been sick and mise,ahIa .o
long and had caused my husband so
much trouble and expense, 10 ona
seemed to know what allied me, that I
was completely disheartened. and dis
outraged. In this frame Of mind ]
got a bottle of Hop Bitters and used
"lem unknown to my family. 1 soon
Degan to improve and gained SO fast
mat my husband and family thought
IL strange and unnatural, but when I
700 them what had helped me, they
sald' "Hurrah for Hop Bit ere: LONG
may they prosper, for thew have mode
mother well and US happy. The
Mo.her.-Home Journal.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
COLD WEATHER.

TORONTO, Dec. 10.-The meteoro-
logical department this morning says:
Since yesterday morning an area OF
high pressure has moved down from
the north to the lower lake region,
bringing very cold weather, the tenn
perature at Parry Sound, Ont, fall
ing to 26 degrees below zero.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
TELEGRAPHIC.
XLVI. CONGRESS.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10.

WASHINGTON, -. C., Dec. 1O.
The committee on appropriations
at the meeting this morning agreed
upon the pension appropriation
bill and instructed the chairman to
report the same to the house at the
expiration of the morning hour to-
day. The bill appropriates $50,OOO,-
900.
Mr.. Hubbell, of Michigan, from
the committee on appropriations, re-
ported the pension appropriation
bill printed and recommended. 1t
appropriates $48,400,000 for the
payment of army pensions
81, 100000 for the payment OF
navy pensions; $250,O00 for payment
of fees to examining surgeons, and
$250,000 for the payment of salaries
etc.
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, from the
committee on the judiciary reported
TIE back bill allowing marshals anc
deputy marshals to take bonds OF
certain cases. Referred to the house
calendar.
Mr.. Bicknell, of Indiana, called VI
the privileged question which wa'
the senate electoral count concurren
resolution, but the house refused tt
consider it and went into a commit
tee of the whole on the private cal
endar.
A number of private bills for tn
relief OF various individuals wer
passed, and several unimportan
communications were laid before tn
house by the speaker. The hous
then adjourned until Monday.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

CARDIFF, Dec. 10.-A great explo-
sion occurred this morning at Peny-
greig, a new colliery in the Rhondda
Valley. It is believed eighty-seven
persons have perished. An explor-
ing party has just discovered sixteen
corpsess. The search is impeded by
the after damp and debris. It is
about mile from the scene of the
great explosion in Dennis colliery, in
the same valley, on january 18th,
1858, when about sixty persons, lost
their lives.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
Sherif's Sale.

BY VIRTUE Of an order of sale issued
from the circuit court of Knox county,
Tenn, in the case of w. w. Bell VS., Ed
ward Ellis ct al, l will, on Tuesday, the
2lst day of December, 1870, in front of the
court house door, in the city of Knoxville,
Tenn, within legal hours, offer for sale, 70
the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the
following tract of land belonging to the
said Edward Ellis: Said land situated
in the 9Th civil district of Knox county,
Tenn, joining the lands of John Bell, on
the north; Alfred Caldwell, on the south;
f. NJ Bell, on the east; and Urish Crider,
on the weat--containing I06 acres, more or
less-levied on to sstisfy this order of sale
in favor of plaintiff and not subject TO
homestead, being for purchase money.
This, Nov. 18Th, 1880.
w. r. GIBBS, Deputy Sheriff
nova va.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

SENATOR LAMAR Is In very feeble
health and l.e will not be able to take
his seat in the senate during the pres>
ent session Of congress. His friends
fear he will never be able again. His
malady is in the nature of paralysis.
and it is understood that be has al>
ready suffered from three severe pros
trations.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

THE Nashville American denies
that Governor Marks has decided the
election for representative in the leg
islature from Polk and Bradley to be
tie.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

THE Charleston News and Courier
advises the democrats Ia congress to
promptly pass the appropriation bills
providing for the payment of super
visors and deputy marshsls under the
election laws. OF course The world
moves.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

JOHN E. HELMS, Esq., OF the Nor
ristown GszbIte, is a candidate for Sec
retsry of state. II In the course Of hui
man events it should prove impossible
for republican to be elected, we
would as soon see Mr.. Helms have it
as any one, though he is an incorrie |.
bic democrat.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

A NASHVILLE correspon eat OF the
COur er-JOurnal says that it does not
appear likely at Ibis time that any
prominent democrat who has figured
extensively in state affairs can be
elected sens tor. If they win at all it
must be with dsrk horse and COM
promise saddle, AMI scrub stock at
that,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

SENATOR INGALLS,, of Kansas,
has introduced bill providing for the
issuance of not over ten millions in
fractional currency, Of the demoDina-
tions of ten, twenty-five and fifty
cenfs
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

JUDGE STRONG, of the supreme
bench, has prepared his resignation on
account ofilI health. 1t is stated that
Attorney General Dsvens will be bis
successor.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

IF the young gentlemen who are
holding the democratic party up by
the tail, should fail to have party
candidate nominated for mayor, the
consequences cau not be foretold.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

Col. A. Z. MCCLURE will make an
extended tour through the southern
states and give his Impressions
through the columns of the Philadel-
phia Times, of which he is editor.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

CONGRESSMAN FELTON,, OF Georgia,
who was defeated for reSelection in
November, says that southern bourN
bonism Is an organized fraud" Eel
ton is "fiOpper."
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

Tonight there will be ser ices ct the
Eir't M. E. Church, cor Quoted by
NsV' l.. B. Caldwell. The meet,np q
"ss constantly growing In numbsrs
nto u interest. At the close of the SER
,Th me- last night four requested pray yers
o,ae te Will be prayer meeting in the
''"Ss ON hi: morning at 81 O'Clock
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

MRS. GARFIELD has refused to allow
her photograph to be sold or her like
ness to be engraved and for this she ia
commended by sensible people.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
ATKIN HOUSE.
HATTIE HOUSE.

VIM. e. PULLEN, Fowlerville, Mich
igan. says: I have not rested bette r
for months than did last night. The
"Only Lung Pad" has helped me
wonderfully" See adv.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

1T ia at last definitely stated that
Kate Chase Sprague has. through her
counsel, prepared bill asking for a
divorce from her brute of a husband.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

GEN. ORD and his friends are not
pleased at his retirement from active
seryice in the army by the president.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11

1T is a fact that a great many dem-
ocratic politicians are not pleased with
president Hayes last message.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
FIRST EDITION.
11.3O p. NJ.

GEN, HAzEN, the new chief Of the
signal service bureau, has bean giving
US pretty cold weather.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
AT THE HOTELS.


AAc AOAIOWluS ia D llsL Va hKCisAAa 81
the city hotels for December 10th.
LAMAR HOUSE.
VII Clayton, Ga. Thos r Evans; Phil
adelphia, Pa. Chas A Apple. Washing.
ton. D. G. a F Davenport, N. Y. Jas L
McQuown, Clay City, Ill. Miss Julia A
Hunt, Miss Helen keimer, Miss Lizzie
Reimer, Miss L Shannon, Miss r Healy,
Mr. Giles Shine, Thad Shine. Chas r Blake,
w II Gould, JAS Larkins, Ii S Hunt, L D
Hunt, Ion A Arnold, Julia A Hunts dra.
matte company.
ATKIN HOUSE.
J E Gardner, Messy Creek. VIM I
Peake. Chattanooga. j B Barrett, Wythe.
vile, Va Jno A Mckinney, Rogersvilie
J 81 Curd, yalaps. J G Sands. Lawrence,
KS. w B Robinson, Newport II Davis,
Savannah, Ga. Hugh Taylor, Leadvale.
w 81 Cochran, Athens. g l. Linsey,
Hendersonville. N. G. j S Raine, Allan
ia, Ga. Geo f Varey, Ashevlle, n. q.
w III Wiley, Saltville, Va. w r Spani-
hew, Ulysses, Beb. A Savin and family,
Chicago.
HATTIE HOUSE.
E A Reed, Oliver Springs. q Shwsb
Nashville g Hemenway. II Q Pome.
roy. N. Y. il Howard, Rochester, N. Y
L Foster, Columbus, o. j S Lester, At.
lanta, Ga. E Fl Tiff, Atlanta, Ga. w G
Crawford, Baltimore. q T Gates, Mary
vile. j N Cowan, cambridge.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-12-11
Chancery Sale of Valuable
Lands near Knoxville.

No. 329S.
Robt. Ewing. Receiver, ETC., ct al. vs.. 4.
G. Scott and wife ct al
PURSUANT TO A DECREE P2e-
nounced in the above cause at the June
term, 1890, of the Chancery Court at Knox
vile, Tenn, I will sell, at public sucaoa,
to the highest bidder, in front of the ccsrt
house door in Knoxville.
ON SATURDAY, THE 11TH
DAY OF DECEMBER NEXT,
AT II O'CLOCK, A. M.
the tract of land mentioned and descrihed
in the pleadings, lying in the End civil dis
trict of Knox county, Tenn, adjoining the
lands of T. A. r. Scott, james C. Karnes.
S. Ssltmarsh and others, containing %
acres. more or less.
TIE MS.
Sid sale will be made upon credit cf 6
and II months, and in bar of tie equity OF
redemption. taking from the purchaser
notes with good security, ard retaining a
lien as further security.
This November 10th, 1880
NJ. L. PATTERSON, c. s. n.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
II LADY l LOVE.

The Indy / cling II ma charming ne Spring.
Town that | love the dear Lady | alnR;.
Ehe II gay. she IL sad, she IL COOL. che Ia fatrA
Ehe lives In a Number In 49, square.
III IL not Al, II Ia not "a
You never shall get AT her number from, me-,
III yntt. did, very econ you'd be mounting the
stair
OF humber tho matter whatU - square,
They sav che ia clever. Indeed II ia sa,u
Eha III making Il novel right out ~ her hsatl
THAT poor little head II her heat were to
spare
I'd break and I'd mend Il in square.
i've i heprt II BY v ana, IL prose ae in
This il,art has been fractured n good many
An a%yealiant heart. III " In sorry repair
Little Friend. may I metd tin aluafe'
swhat nonsense you taikr' Yes. but still l am
one .u -,
VIII FEELS pretty grave when he seems tuil O
funs
Borne uepple nre pretty, and vet full ~ care
And Come One ie pretty In siaafe.
know | am singing In cid fashioned phrase
The music that pleased IN the old fashioned
Alas, | know. too. I've m old fashioned air
IFrederick L1ekYer Ia the Psrisian.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11

ter having won the belt In two previous com
petitions. A grand race etistied, reetllting Ia
a victory for the S~eDtehman, Dickinson,
whose time was 4 min. 10 40 see, only 0 sec
oada behind the best time on record.
A week ago, IN New York. Eugene Bngardus
won the rifle cham ptonshin for the Winches-
ter medal, breaking N balls In 100. Adam
Hogardus now Announces thai his sou Eugene
is the champion nlass-hall shot Of America
with the Winchester rifle. Out In California
DR.. John Ruth claims the rifle Championship
uf the world, and PROPOSES 10 come East In
the spring and 'teaeh Eastern rlilsmnen how
to break glass balls"
In the recent great pedestrian contest nj
Madison Garden for the Roee belt, Hughes
the Topper travelled farther than my record
In the last four days OF tile rnee. Fitzgerald,
the Amerieai %Iiazael, In n desper tie attempt
to beat Hughes, ran the last twenty-five mills
III the race, from aga to 53n mileH, without y
halt, anti az y arned mora stlggestite OF n
twenty-fnur hour than a sIx-day race, krohne
and taher. who walked almost all the way,
ard gained nothing by their awk ward at
temp,s at running, travelled bg5 aud 3D. miles.
far ahead Of oil walking records.
Daniel 0Leary wa IN New York Inst week
aud hsvltR read In the Iiuf, tieli md Ftrm
TINT Edward Pavann Weston WAS the uulV
man IA America pHttahle Of winning the Asst
ley belt from Iiuwali,' Daniel replied by let.
ter that he did not wish to underestimate Mr.,
Westuu's powers but wual,i not consider
Weston hia superior until he had been beaten
by hin. DLeary SAYS: u have baaten him
twice, and ! think ! can do 1t again FOR any
sum he or you may name After all the
tournaments with which the public has been
satiatpd, a match between Obeary and
Weston would prove quite interesting.
The wonderful and unprecedented scores
made by eight of the competitors In the recent
siS-lny gu-as. you please contest for the
American international championship belt of
the world offered by MI. DE, Rose, nre guess
toned. aud many elaim TINT Hart. kttphne,
lfaher and Pegram's big scores were not
made. The 1lUf. Field und Firm. throws cold
water on the performance, and publishes an
article from which the following IL an ok
tract "fhe assurances ufeeveral members III
the press vi this city are offered as a guarRn
tee that the scores were faithfully kept aud
while we do not question the yerHctty OF the
Representatives of these ipurnals, wn do not
tho records " the match. Report
era Or tile daily ana weekly papers
are not delegated to n walking match 10
keep the scores, and ii is extremely doubtful
If the scores Of this contest were exclusively
handled hy the representatives If the press,
We cannot. therefore. help duutttnn the cot
rertness OF the GcGres, and Will question the
records until some positive aitftavtts are
made by responsible gentlemen who were In
charge 1T tho books. Many Incidents CON
1acted with tho match pptut to crunkedness,
and II was openly avowed by some Of the COLI
t%eatauts' friends that everything was not
talI riphtti'
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
The Delightful Sensation of Hanging.

lVbtttllH, ~. To-. oHE'bls-I
A remarkable accident, which came close to
being fatal in is consequences, Is reported To
have happened yesterday morning to u lad
living Mt No. ego Columbia street. The boy
Is about eleven years of age, and named
Doyle. Young Doyle was out In the back
yard waiting for a companion named Hughes
TO come over with u pigeon, with which they
were ta have some fun. In the yard WAS q
revolving circular clothes-llne, with arms,
aud which stood on n platform. Young
Doyle was on this platform. and was whirling
the clothes rigging around when n section of
the line dropped down, and, catching the lad
around the neck, lifted him from his feet. He
was unable to get down, and hung there in
mid-air, as 1t were. The position was one OF
extreme peril. Slowly tho lad was choking
to death. 1t would not have required u mo-
ment's more time to nave converted him into
n corpse. Fortunately, as IL turned out. q
little girl Of Mrs. Hughes, living next door,
happened out and saw the boy hanging in the
manner described. She ran in and alarmed
her mother. who FASTENED out and took the
little feliow down. Ii was just In time, too.
He was partly unconscious when rescued, but
speedily recovered. The only unpleasant re-
minder now OF his narrow escape from a SIN
gular death Ia o red ring around his neck,
where the rope chung to 1t, and a sunken look
to the eyes. The lad, In describing his feel
ings, said he felt splendfd-"just as though
he was way, way up in the sky, and just sail
ing In the air"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
THE PIRATES or PENZAsCE.
Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan's Latest Work
Its Points of Resemblance to Pinafore.
Now York Hernld.l

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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
A Question Of EtInmette.

New York Commercial Advertiser.I
A reader writes to the Boston Transcript:
(Which Is the correct form of addressing a
letter to a minister's wife? Is 1t proper to
George NJ, or simply Mrs. George NJ n
You shouldn't address a letter to a minister's
wife at all. You should address 1t to the min
lister himself, and let him read 1t to her.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
There used to be a diamond smuggler In

There used to be a diamond smuggler In
New Yofk-probably there are plenty there
now-who worked for a long time without bel
ing caught. He was constantly going back
ward and forward on board and from a ship;
they always searched him and his baggage,
and never found anything. He used to twit
them on not being able to detect him, but he
was caught at last. He hid the diamonds in
the homework OF his stateroom, inserting
them In small holes, which were then filed
up and painted over. He engaged the same
stateroom for a voyage back. and just before
sailing he took out the diamonds and gave
them to his wife, who came to see him of.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11

Young women cannot be as ambitious az
they would like at the English bar. The
Council of the Incorporated Law Society he's
ungallantly replied to a lady's application
that they do not feel themselvesat liberty
to accept the notice OF any woman" A re-
quest OF another young lady to be admitted
to the preliminary examination for solicitors
at one OF the inns of court has net with O.
direct and emphatic denial.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11

A little bit OF girl wanted more and more
buttered toast, till she was told that too much
would make her sick. Looking wistfully at
the dish for a moment, she thought she saw a
way out of her difficulty, and exclaimed ::
"Well, give me annuze piece and send for the
doctor"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
any leas distinguished author than Alfred
Tpnnyson,
from the Standard. December 1911

We're anything Ia the nature of adverse
comment not unaraolo,is, II might he said
that the rough witticisms of "Filippo' do not
prove very telling. There is. hewever, SO
much to be grateful for In this tender aud pa
thptir idyl that we must not venture To criti-
else slight faults. The effect of such a piece
can only be to purify and elevate tile English
tbpnirp
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11

Small girl: "When I die / shall be singing
with the angels" land after a thoughtful
pause) t.but I don't think / shall sing much,
for I don't know anything but q song or two
In spinafore.u
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-16
Genffhe Wrong Bill.

The Times, published at Perryville,
Ark, says that a young farmer living
near that place last week committed a
mistake that cost him his sweetheart.
He brought in two bales of cotton,
sold the staple and paid his bill $780, II,
the majority Of the items being for
whisky, tobacco aud snuff. He then
wrote a note to his adored one, re
que5ting her company for church the
'ollOwing Sunday. By some hocus
pocus or other, he by mistake sent the
whisky bill instead of the note. He
quickly discovered his mistake aad
hurried to straighten up the matter
1t was no 60, however, for she said
she would like to see his bills for the
next two years before she became his
wife.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-16

be completed in six or eight weeks.
The gates Of two of thelocksare about
completed, and work on the third viii
be commenced this week. These locks
will bold boat 200 feet long and IS
feet wide. 1t is estimated by this
route tho distance to the bayou Teche
will be shortened nearly three hun
bred miles.
The collector Of customs at Vicks-
burg has been by the New Orleans in
spectors to notify all steamers TO
which outfits have been ordered, to
provide the outfits ordered 50 that
their certificates can be completed.
The collector has notified all masters,
and unless they comply as notified
they will be reported by him as the
law directs.