Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-01
PENCILETTES.
First day of September.

First day of September.
This is the first oyster month.
The first fall month begins with to-day.
BIRTHDAY CARDS AT RAMAGES.
II is fall in fact, but tho weather is de-
cidedly summerish yet.
The fall session of the University of
Tennessee opens with fattering prospects
to-day.
A fire at Huntingdon, the home of Gov
srnor Hawkins, last Sunday about noon,
burned Johnson's Hotel, the indicator
Office, Hefner's photograph gallery, W. Fl.
Carson's livery stable and L. NJ. Payne and
J. L. Parham's dwellings. The fire orig
mated from a defective f1ue in the hotel
kitchen. Total loss from $4,000 to
SIS 900.
A Nashville band received the other day
from the United States Mint 100, 900 cop
per cent pieces, TO be circulated among the
merchants for making exact change.
A Nashville firm sent few days ago some
fine waterrmelons to Washington for the
use of Pesident Garfield, and the gift was
acknowledged in q handsomely written note
by Private Secretary J. Stanley Brown.
Nashville had the finest circus of the sea-
son Tuesday-Shelby, Pullman & Hamil-
tons. Adam Forepaugh's great show is
booked for that place September 26th.
Ex-senator JAS. E. Bailey, who has been
sojourning at Tate Spring for several weeks,
has gone to Warm Springs. \. c., for the
remainder of the season.
Morristown Gazette: The attractive
building erected years ago over the black
sulphur spring, Mineral Hill, was destroyed
by fire last Friday night. 1t was unques-
tionably the work of an incendiary, and we
shall be surprised if the 500 offered for the
detection of the incendiary does not clear
up the present mystery. Loss $50.
The Gazette tells of the sale of about COO
bushels of wheat in the Morristown market
last week at $50 per bushel, as the result
of contest between the bulls" and
bears"
Wiley Epperson, George Mckeon aud ST.
mon Jones, Illicit whisky prisoners, escaped
from the Morristown Jail last week. Jones
was recaptured the same day, but the others
are yet at large. According to the Gazette,
Epperson is reported to have gathered up
his distilling apparatus i'll Hancock County
and moved them across the Kentucky line,
where he will continue his operations.
The gallows are being erected at Chatta-
nooga on which the rapist Lawson is to be
banged Friday next.
Eddie Anderson, son of Capt. NJ. W.
Anderson, OF Jasper, has been appointed
by Senator Castor to a scholarship i'll the
University of Tennessee.
Chattanooga Times: The day East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia train for say-
eral days past has been bringing down per
haps more passengers than any one train
arriving here. Yesterday it brought 112
passengers to this city, and about sixty LETT
the train at Cleveland, making nearly 10
through.
The Baptist Beacon has been removed
into the Lamar building, No. 2 Cumberland
street, with enlarged facilities for job
printing.
In another column will be seen a notice
of Messrs. Hoxsie g. MINIS, who will open
the grocery business opposite the city hall
These gentlemen are both favorably known
throughout East Tennessee and are practi
cal business men. We can recommend
them and bespeak success in the new enter
prise.
The University of Tennessee cadets con-
tinue to arrive on every train.
The o'clock train this afternoon will be
the last opportunity for those wishing to
thk6 III lnt NUTlOlk OF NEW 10TH eACur-
sions.
Tax payers will remember that this is the
last day to pay State and county taxes for
1881 and save costs.
The o'clock passenger train was few
minutes late yesterday evening at this place,
the hinderance being caused by the break
ing of the rod connecting the two driving
wheels ON one side of the engine.
Last night, few minutes before The az
rival of the midnight train, r. W. Lilley,
who had lot of hands to be taken to Capt
Offutts works. on the X. & o. Railroad
connection, had his valise, with clothing and
other articles, stolen from the waiting room
at the car-shed while he was asleep. A
negro man was seen by other parties going
out of the room with the valise, but it was
supposed it was his. Officer Pat Cane wa:
put on the track, and will doubtless work
the matter up.
New MILLINERY GOODS New
LACES. New NECK-WEAR and FAN
CY RIBBONS just received at
H. j. OWENS.