Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-07
Maximum thermometer 100; minimum
thermometer 60 . Rainfall 600.
PENCILETTES.

Circuit court meets at Madisonville next
Monday.
Bristol ipaugurates the strawberry Tester
val season next week.
The Herald and Tribune calls for the re-
yival of the old Jonesboro base ball club.
The Monroe county court has deferred
action on the road law till the 10th inst
Some of the colored people about Athens
are talking about emigrating to New
Mexico.
According to the Post the bacon market is
higher in Athens than either at Knoxville or
Chattanooga.
ooc. Goods at the E. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
for yourselves.
Dick Wilson has been sentenced to the
penitentiary two years for burglary, by the
circuit court at Cleveland.
Messrs Mathes 4 February, of Jonesboro,
are expecting to make 100000 brick this
season. says the Herald and Tribune.
W. E. Browning died of consumption at
his residence on the Tennessee River, near
Half-Moon Island, April %, aged 81 years.
Chattanooga's Confederate decoration has
been POSTPONED from the 18th to the 18th
inst, on account of the scarcity of flowers.
Robert Pile, of Bristol, has invented ana
obtained letters patent for a new car coupler,
which is said to be an excellent arrange
ment.
The stockholders of the Tennessee Valley
Fair Association meet at Rhea Springs to-
day to elect officers and transact other bust
ness.
Col. W. A. Henderson, of this city, is to
ti6Gyer a lecture in the university chapel, at
Athens, next Monday night, according to the
Post.
Hon. r. L. Taylor viii deliver the literary
address and Rev. D. W. Carter the alumni
address at the coming commencement of
King College, Bristol.
Athens Post: Don't ego West" nor
North. nor South, nor East, but stay where
you are, and improve the productive capac-
ity of your lands. There is no better
country than East Tennessee to live and
die III.
J. ". McGary, Esq, valuable citizen of
Sullivan county, died Saturday, april 80.
He was member of the Baptist Church,
an acting justice Of the peace, and had
been chairman of the county court and
county trustee.
Publication is made in the Post by seven
citizens signing themselves as incorpOra-
tors, to the effect that on the Sd of June
next, application vii be made t. the clerk OF
the county court for the incorporation of
the town of Athens.
The county court of Bradley county has
made each civil district road district, and
levied a road tax of 10 cents on the 500
and four days work for all amenable cit
zens. The Meigs county court took similar
action, at the same figure
The JOnesboro Herald and Tribune is in
formed that horse belonging to Mr.. Sam
uel May, was knocked down by ightnin!
last Monday, he being tied to tree within
a short distance of another tree which tn
lightning struck. Fortunately the horse was
unhurt.
John B. McGhee, of Four Mile Branch
has been elected president Of the MOnro,
County Fair Association, as we learn from
the Democrat. n. P. Hight and J. H
Henderson were elected vice-presidents H
G. P. Horton, secretary and treasurer, an,
ID. B. Grace, corresponding secretary.
Chattanooga Times: Worth Stickley
prominent stock man of jacksonville, Tenn.
was in the city yesterday; he left last nigh
for Texas with view of importing TeXa
stock to East Tennessee. He has recent
imported some bloOded Norman stock int
this section, and is now doing all in hi
power to improve the stock of East Ter
ne6see.
Athens Post The Hon. Horace Maynar
will tell the people of Knoxville next week
what he knows about Turkey and the Turks
MIR. Maynard renders every subject that h
touches interesting and as his long residenc
at Constantinople has enabled him to game
abundant material for such a lecture, w
know it will prove rich treat to all fortunat
enough to hear it.
Blountville Star Charlie Deal and Joe
Morris made their escape from Blountvill
jail Tuesday night, I'd inst, by sawin
through the floor with some instrumen
and digging under the wall. It is believe
they had help. Morris was convicted {
burglary at the last term of circuit cour
and committed to jail for six months. Dea
for Illegal liquor selling.
Brstors municipal election last Tuesday
according to the Courier, resulted il. th
election of DR.. J. A. Dickey, mayor On
opposition, and George G. Pile, John L
Thomas, W. I. Sullivan, n NJ Taylor,
d. Reynolds, and John Slack aldermen
The last three are new members. TIL
board elect a recorder and town constable
The election excited but little interest, an
only 1870 votes were cast.