Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-04
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PENCILETTES.

Delightful moonlight evenings.
Summer has now evidently come to stay.
The strawberry festival season has opened
in Chattanooga.
The Georgia Press Association meets at
Rome on Wednesday, 18th inst
o9c. Goods at the e. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
for yourselves.
Our young friend Mr.. Charley Read, has,
we notice, accepted the position of mailing
clerk at the Tribune, vice Sam Mitchell
Charley is a live, business boy, and We wish
him success.
A considerable squad of workmen, white
and colored, arrived from lower East Ten
nessee on yesterday evenings train, and
went out on the K. & o. train to the new
railroad work
Nashville has received the first installment
of Herdic phetons, which are to be put on
the streets to run in opposition to the street
cars. The Herdic is an unique kind of a
cab, which will accommodate eight persons.
A car load of fine beef cattle, bought up
by Mr.. John Ule, were loaded at this place
snd shipped on yesterdays noon train to
Charleston, s. c. There was also another
car of cattle on the same train, shipped
from up the country. .--
We are glad to notice that our clever
young friend Mr.. John NJ. Ross, of the
popular mems furnishing house of Ross
Bros, is able TO be at his business again
after a tedious confinement from his Grip
pied leg. He is yet on crutches however
Deputy Sheriff John Black Cox is the
officer designated to wait upon the grant
jury of the criminal court Deputy F. M
Turner and constables Alex Bales of the
22d district, and Warwick of the Doth dis
trict. assist Sheriff Gossett in serving the
court.
We understand that the steamer ''Watel
Lily" which is carrying the mail between
Loudon and Kingston while the "Pere.
Dickinson is ON its Knoxville excursion
had a slight collision yesterday morning
with the tug-boat ''Tellico," but very it'll
damage resulted and the Water Lily wen
on her run.
From Mr.. J. A. Newton We learn that tn
county court of ROane county, at its meet
ing in Kingston Monday, divided the count
into five road districts, and fixed the numbe
of days for each citizen to work in the yea
at five. They were on the question of tn
tax when he left Kingston, and we have no
learned what it was fixed at
Mr.. r. H. Bell, for some time past tn
efficient and obiging day clerk at the La
mar House, is no longer to be found at tn
desk of this popular holstery. Dick is
clever and straightforward young man, anC
we wish him the success he deserves
wherever he may cast his lot He desire
us to return thanks to his friends for man,
acts of appreciation and encouragement
Mr.. W. NJ. Graham, an experienced hote
man, and one of the proprietors, is da
clerk, and Mr.. John Brazile continues nigh
clerk
The residents in the neighborhood c
Main street, East Knoxville, were treate
Sunday afternoon to a lively matinee be
tween pair of soiled damsels, who inhabi
the locality of the famous Weiser lot. The
seemed to have grievance of some sort an
began by showering upon each other wolfe,
after volley of epithets anything but refine
to ears polite. Then they clinched il
each others wool and gave an exhibition 0
striped hose, &c, hanging on with the te
nacity of prize bull dogs, SO that it was wit
much difficulty they were separated.