Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-13
PENCILETTES.
Hot as blaZeS.

be late getting start.
1t IS said that it costs $50, 900 a year to /
print the postage-stamps of the United |
states
Toncsboro small boys employ their time
seeking after bull-frog legs, according to the
Herald and Tribune.
The Do, River Wooden Mills at Elizabeth
+or, carrier county. are said to be turning
out some very fine goods.
Bob Burtlette the Hawkeye man, has
ha40 Obliged to cancel his engagement to
lecture at Nashville, having gone home sick.
The supreme lodge of the knights of
Honor l., in session at Minneapolis, Mimi.
D.. J. Bunting. of Bristol is III attendance.
99c. Goods at the E. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
Tor yourselves.
According to the Spectator the fruit crop
IN Hawkins county gives promise Of beng
the most plentiful yield known for years.
The moonlight now continues the entire
night, and the nights are perfectly delight
ful and enchanting out doors, much more
pleasant than Cay time.
During the year 1880, there arrived IN
Tennessee. in fOrty-four counties, Z, PA per-
sons to make our State their future home.
30 We learn rom reports Ilett III TIE O-4tCV
81 Commissioner Hawkins.
Newport Sentinel: Maj John F. O'Brien,
r}eIiutendent, and Maj. Z. K. Huger, mas
Ter of transportation of the Z. l., V. u G.
Railroad. passed down the road returning
from Wolf Greek, ON Saturday.
John Lynch is having the fronts of his
business houses on Market Square repainted.
sanded and grained. 1t adds very much to
the appearance of the buildings. Alb.
Smith is doing the work.
The farmers. their wives. daughters,
cousins and aunts have about all left us.
Come again, gentlemen. We are glad to have
Won visit our beautiful capital city of East
Tennessee.
The Farmers Convention has come and
gone. The next public gathering III Knox
vile will be the Episcopal Convention,
which assemblies in St. Johns Episcopal
Church next Wednesday, 18th inst.
Nashville Banner: Prof William G.
Bren of this city, has been invited to de-
liver the annual address at the coming COM
lnencement of the State University at Knox
Vile The invitation was extended by Prof.
Jovnes, in behalf of the faculty.
Wheat and oats. according to the Jones'
boro Herald aud Tribune, never looked better
,
and the prospect for large yield of both
was never better.
i party Of fifteen gentlemen from Chat
tanoo-a Athens. and Loudon chartered the
steamer Water Lilly at $50 day for fish
ing excursion up Emory River They
passed here Monday evening, and will oc-
cupy several days in piscatorial sport.
The Southern Association of General
I,,r
session at the Stanton House, Chattanooga
of the Z. T., V. 81 G., WAS present, as
president of the association.
cambridge Waterman and Reporter
Nelson Acof, a deaf and dumb boy of
Knoxville, spent three days in cambridge
last week, canvassing for the Story of the
Bible. Very near every family in town pur-
chased It copy OF the book. and Nelson
was kindly received by every one.
The contract for the conversion of the old
Webster foundry. at Chattanooga into a
freight depot for the E. T.. V Il G. Rail
road Company, has been awarded to Adams
Bros. The work, amounting in ali to near
II $4,000, will be commenced at once.
Says the Nashville Banner: Col George
{. Harding, the well-known newspaper
man, who died few days since at Indian,
apOlis, Ind, was born near Knoxville il
this State, in August, 1928"
DIR. y w Wilson. one of the foremos
educators of East Tennessee, has resigned
the presidency of Rogersville Female Col
Iege, from a sense of duty to himself, as h
says in a card published in the Rogersyill,
papers
Nashville American. Wednesday: Mis-
Julia A. Doak, daughter of State Superin
tenicnt ". S. Doak, arrived here yesterday
and viii assist her father in the work of hi
office. Miss Doak graduated with the de
gree of y b, at Greenevile and Tusculun
College, i'll the class of 1879.
Kingston East Tennesseean The steame
Dickinson returned Thursday morning from
her excursion to Knoxville, and we belevt
all agree they had a splendid time The,
are ali profuse in their praise of Col Dick
inson's hospitality, and think his Islap(
Home a miniature paradise.
Glass clothing house in Chattanooga wa
burglarized before day Wednesday morn
ing and robbed of about $40 and som
clothing by beardless youth named A
EtEnger, who drifted there from New Yorl,
and had been employed a short time IN tn,
house, but was discharged. He was az
rested on his way to Atlanta.
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune: Rev. P. D
COwan and wife, of WELLESLEY, Mass, are OF
a visit to East Tennessee, and have beel
spending a week in JonesborO among Ok
friends and relatives. Mr.. Cowan preached
to his old congregation last Sabbath witt
great acceptance. They left yesterday TO
Knoxville, via GAINESVILLE.
JOnesboro Herald and Tribune: TIL
store of Messrs. Huss Il johnson, at Fal
Branch, was partially destroyed by fire las
Saturday evening. 1t would have all beer
entirely destroyed, but for the fact that the
were moving their goods into another house
and had got about half done on Saturday
intending to finish on Monday, when b
some means one of the houses caught fir
and burned down, with all its contents.
Chattanooga has a sensation in the natur
of the killing before day, Tuesday mornirZ5
of Alex. Zwalde, Swiss, from South Pitts
burg. by Policemen B. Schwartz white, AM
i, +. Thompson, colOred, They claim tina
lie was drunk and attempted to shoot them
Both officers were arrested and a trial com
menced, and they were held in a 81, 50(
bond to await the conclusion.
The German May festival and moonlgh
picnic, given under the auspices of thu
Knoxville Turn Verein. at the beautiful
and attractive suburban grounds of Maj
L. Gratz, north of the city, tomorrow
evening and night promises to be mag
nificent success Our German friend,
always make a success of these under