Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-15
PENClLETTES.

Heavy fall of rain yesterday. ~
Look out for spell at cold weather, af-
ter this rain.
gone.
The live stock market continues quite
lively, notwithstanding the bad weather
Morristown Gazette: Married, Decem-
Der 9th, W. G. Wester, Esq, officiating, at
the residence of Joseph Jarnagin, in Grain
ger County, Mr. Jasper Boatman, aged Is
years, and Miss Mollie Lacy, aged II years.
Prof Yennor, the Canadian weather
prophet, predicts as follows: ID to II.
Very cold and blustery period, with SNOW
falls where these were experienced in 1879
and 1880, the 10th and Goth probably being
the days most marked in this respect; il :
tense cold in Canada and the New England
States.
Notwithstanding the rain quite number
of visitors could be seen at Cullen 4 New
mans examining their stock and maxim g
purchases. Their stock of vases and fancy
goods, suitable for holiday presents, is SIM
ply enormous, and has never been equaied
before. and being articles, useful as well as
ornamental, of course will find ready sale.
These goods must be seen to be appreciated,
and we must confess we were much sur
prised when we took look through the
establishment, for we had nosidea of the
quantity and variety of their stock.
A Mr. Hampton, of Chattanooga, had his
pocket picked of a $3.50 gold watch and
chain in Atlanta Monday.
The various job offices are now engaged
in getting up Christmas and New Years
cards in elaborate and elegant styles.
The express men begin to feel very sensi-
bly, the effects Of the Christmas trade.
Packages begin to be shipped to and fro in
all directions.
Atlanta had the electric light introduced
in her midst for the first time last Saturday
night. The union passenger depot was
lighted up, and the effect was magical.
At brilliant entertainment given by
Miss Matte Gordon in Nashville last week
Miss Ora Miller, of this city, and Mr..
Lewis T. Baxter, were honored guests.
At the railroad conductors convention in
New Orleans last week, r. Z. Brown, of
the Louisville & Nashville road, was elected
president. The next annual meeting will
De held in Milwaukee.
Yesterday was 'dog day" at the Atlanta
Exposition, and there was commenced
parts of the country. This is something
new in the South 80
Saturday night a passenger coach, with
baggage apartment, on the Wilmington ant
Weldon q. c.. Railroad, took fire and wa,
consumed, with baggage worth 81 500. Thu
passengers escaped unhurt
The warehouse of the Chester and Lenoi
Narrow Guage Railroad company, at Ches
ter, S. c., containing 100 bales of cotton
and other freight, was destroyed by fire from
spark from locomotive Saturday night
Loss about IS, 900.
New curbing has been laid along half tn
block on Gay street, from Ramage's corne
north. MIR. H. L. Bradley has had new
pavement put down in front of his prop
erty, and the other pavement, will also b
renewed.
The missing hospital steward, Leande
Haywood, who stole horse and buggy AM
rar away from Chattanooga with his owl
wife-which is the strange part of the al
fair-has been unprecedented at Calhoun, an
will be returned. Chattanooga has anothe
missing man, ex-Policeman Montgomery
who shot prisoner last week, resigned hi
position, and has not been heard of sine
Saturday
Kingston Cyclone: Sam Miles, youn
man about q years of age, met a fearfu
death Thursday, by the caving in c
Hench's ore bank, near Thief Neck.
few minutes before he had seen larg
piece of ore commence to fall, but b
escaped from the mine unhurt. He the
returned and commenced work again, an
Immediately the ore fell again, and crushe
him to death