Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-27
PENCILETTES.
No rain of account yet.

No rain of account yet.
The summer resort visitors continue to
cone home.
Taree penitentiary convicts were pardoned
by Governor Hawkins Wednesday--two
from Montgomery County and one from
Dekalb.
Nashville's amusement season will be
opened next Tuesday with Shelby, Pullman
i uamlton's grand united mastodon circus
aid menagerie.
prohibition party was organized at
Bristol last Tuesday night.
This is an age of scoops" in various
quarters and departments of business, es-
pecially in railroad circles. The latest
scoop" we have heard is in our street
railroad, which, it is rumored, has again
changed hands, and been purchased by a
company of enterprising Knoxvillians, who
will make some valuable improvements in
the line and its business management.
A large party of laborers were brought
down on the II o'clock train yesterday and
taken out on the K. & 0. train to the new
railroad works.
". E. Baskette, of Murfreesboro, has
been elected cashier of the Third National
Bank, to be opened in Chattanooga, Sep
tenber lst
Corn meal is quoted at 81 per bushel in
the Cleveland market, and very scarce at
that.
Cleveland Herald Matt Hawk has &C
complished the feat of riding from Mouse
Greek, McNIinn County, to Cleveland on his
bicycle The distance is 81 miles, and he
made it in hours. He would stop at the
small towns on the way, and of course the
populace turned out to see his machine.
But Matt wouldn't run it for amusement till
some of them bought a bill of tin ware
from him, then he'd ride.
The shed in rear of the livery stable of
Mr.. W.SD. West, on Prince street, which
recently fell down, is being rebuilt on q
more substantial basis.
Mr. William Coffman is receiving and
opening up his large and attractive stock of
fancy hardware and general house furnish
ing goods. He IS in the store occupied By
Mr.. Joseph Wood, the jeweler, and Mr.. c.
F. Maskall, sewing machine agent.
Tom Corners, a young man, brakeman on
the Cincinnati Southern Railway whose
home is at Somerset, Ky, met with q hor-
rible death in Chattanooga Thursday, by
being crushed between two cars.
According to the Blountville Star, Mr..
John G. Lynn, who has been engaged as
ook-keeper for VIII Fl. Fain & Co, at that
place, has gone into business with his
brother, S. j. Lynn, at Sweetwater.
Aprotracted meeting has been III progress
at the Baptist Church, in Sweetwater, this
wsek, In which the pastor, Rev. W. C.
Grace, was assisted by Rev. c. H. Strick-
Ind, of this city.
Monroe Democrat The longest freight
train ever pulled on this railroad passed up
Monday afternoon, in charge of Conductor
Dl3k Yearwood, with Frank Stowe working
tle lever of the powerful Mogul engine Il
consisted of sixty box cars, some of which
w3ce loaded. As car is thirty feet long,
this would make the entire train over q
quarter of a mile in length.
ras management of that new and favorite
hltei, the Hattie House, are leaving nothing
Idole that will tend to make their house
hrst-class hotel in every sense of the
word. In addition to the many new inn
provements is added set of bath rooms,
fitted up i'll the very best and most i'm
proved style, where the guests of the house
can have either warm or cold bath at any
hour, night or day.
Our young friend, Mr.. John Fl. Davies,
formerly with the Knoxville Iron Company,
is now, as we learn, connected with the
saddlery and harness mandatory of
Michaels & Duncombe, and will likely travel
for them.
The "Condons" base ball club had a
splendid practice game yesterday evening,
and have set in with will to prepare for
the expected second match game with the
Rogersville boys next week. They will
practice again this afternoon and hope to
have full attendance.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
George LeVere, son of Rev. Ct. w. LeVere,
was driving down Gay street in the direc-
ton of the depot. When opposite Rogers
Pery's drug store, he attempted to turn out
to pass loaded wagon, when the wheels OF
his buggy caught on the rail of the street
car track and the wagon struck his buggy,
turning it completely over, breaking the
shafts and doing other damage. The drive,
escaped unhurt.
A large number of the Elk Confederate
soldiers returned on yesterdays train from
attending the reunion at Rogersyille Wed
nesday. They report good time, large
crowd, from 1900 to 1000 in attendance
and everything passed off harmoniously.