Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-03

9oc. Goods at the E. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
for yourselves.
Several drenching and welcome showers
yesterday, accompanied also by hail storm
Our clever young friend R. H. Bell is to
be found by his friends as clerk at that pop
1llar hotel, the Atkin House. Dick is a
courteous polite and aifable clerk.
Young lady, if your sweetheart fails to
take you to the great go-as-y Ou-please walk
ing match next Saturday night, you may
mark it down that he doesn't love you.
Nine splendid wakes have entered for
the race to come off next Saturday night at
the Harris Pavilion" Read the list else
where. Remember proceeds go to the IN
dustrial Home
The Nashville Evening Herald has failed,
and the proprietor, James Browne, has
made an assignment. Liabilities S2,513.
He turns over all his Office, fixtures and APP
purtenances for the benefit of his creditors.
The family of Mr. VIM. Haun, consisting
of wife and son, arrived in the city Tues
day night from their former home, Selma,
Ala, and have taken rooms at the Atkin
House. Mr.. Haun is assistant to Mr.. J. Y.
Johnston, paymaster and purchasing agent,
for the E. T., V. q G. Railroad.
The remains of Mrs Leiber, mother-in-
law of our fellow-t Ownsman Mr.. Abe David,
whose death was announced in our last issue,
were taken on yesterdays noon train to
louisville, Ky, for burial Miss Leiber,
daughter of the deceased, and Mr.. Z.
Samuel accompanied the corpse.
Our enterprising tOWnsman Mr.. RObt II.
Ellington has, as we learn, secured the con-
tract for constructing the masonry for a
bridge on the Selma, Rome and Dalton
branch of the E. T., v q G. Railroad. The
construction of the bridge consists of 1000
yards of masonry, and Mr.. Ellington has
gone to commence it.
The Knoxville & Ohio train yesterday
evening took out good lot Of hands for the
work on the connection. Messr5. J. L.
OHUtt. NJ. J. Costello and J. A. Gaboury,
who are contractors, also went out to the
works. Mr. n. J. Hogan, a clever young
printer of this city, went along also to keep
store for MIR. Martin Shea Oh his works.
John Welsh, notorious "moonshiner."
who has been operating extensively on
Walen's Ridge, Rhea county, was captured
last Sunday morning by Capt. J. NJ Davis
the famous revenue raider from the Nash
Vile district and posse of men. He was
to run but was shot through the shoulders
by Davis, seriously, and captured. Hender-
son was handcu!fed, but escaped. Welsh IS
the fellow who left Davis for dead in Put
nam county some time, cut his horses
throat, and stealing his rifle Lit out for other
parts. He was taken to Nashville for trial.
City council tonight
The rain holds out we'll
The temperature is very little improved
by the showers.
The Chattanooga Times boasts that new
census Of that city Just taken by Norwood
d Kline Brothers, shows a population OF
u, 164, an increase of 16I per cent. in one
year. This is rather large figuring.
Tom Jackson, colOred, waiter at the
Read House, Chattanooga, formerly of
Knoxville, has been jailed on the charge of
carrying a pistol. 1t grew out Of d row on
Lookout Mountain, in which jackson shot
at another fellow.
A Chattanooga man has huge alligator
lust from Florida feet in length and
weighing 10 pounds.
Two acting justices of the peace in Chat
tanooga, J. W. Leigh and Henry Knox had
fist fight Wednesday about the assessment
of some property, and were to be tried be-
fore the city recorder yesterday for fighting.
From our friend Capt. Robt. Kittrell we
learn that a new post-office has been estab-
Iished at Burton's Mills, near the mouth of
Fork Greek, Loudon county, to be known
as . Kittrell" Robt. II. Burton is ap-
pointed postmaster.
The cambridge Waterman and Reporter
has information that Maj. Henry Heiss, OF
the Nashville American, intends changing
business soon, He viii be at Wolf Creek in
few days where he intends buildinga sum
mer dwelling, and will raise sheep for a
livelihood