Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-07

morning.
CRIMINAL CoURT-Hor. NJ. l..
Hall presiding.
State vs. VIM. Mathews, selling
whiskey on Sunday, two cases; mis-,
trial as to one, not guilty in the ether.
State VS.. George Graham, carrying
weapons; guilty; motion for new trial.
State vs.. Columbus Tate, assault and
battery and profanity; mol proc. on
costs. State vs. Pat Adkins, assault
and battery; defendant confessed
judi ment for costs. State vs. Taylor
Jackson, drunkenness; mol pros. State
vs. Abel James. obstructing road;
guilty; motion for new trial. State vs..
VIM. Cook, horse stealing; on trial.
Court adjourned till $50 o'clock this
morning.
COUNTY CoURT.-Judge A. T. Cot
trell presiding.
Court re-assembled yesterday morn
ing, and after passing various appro
priations, M. W. Huffaker, Esq,
clerk and treasurer of the board Of
poor house commissioners, submitted
a statement of the operations and con-
! dition of the poor house. An APP
| preparation OF $500 was made for the
supper OF the Inmate 20 for the ensuing
quarter, and $500 to purchase
farming utensils for their use.
A motion to appropriate $500
for building and repairs was referred
to committee consisting of J. T.
Doyle, w. e. Hedgecock and r. A. J..
Armstrong.
The committee appointed to regoti-
ate with Jack Jones for new road
from the south end of the bridge over
the river, reported that they could not
| agree on the matter. Mr.. Jones in
person offered for $3.50 to give the
county right to q roadway SO feet
wide and 800 feet in length intersect.
ing with the Maryvilie road. An
order was made to have the county
convicts construct the road. the owner
of the bridge agreeing to do the MAJ
sOnry.
An account fol. $35.11 for lumber, of
M. A. Walker, late keeper of the work
house was ordered paid. Mr.. Walker
asked the court to pay the bills pre-
senteG and refused the day before, pro>
ducing witnesses to prove that they
were just and correct. The matter
was referred to a committee, consisting
ofJust!css Doyle, Shepard and Con-
ner.
A petition to the Legislature on the
subject of equalizing and improving
the method of taxing railroads was
presented and adopted as an order of
the court.
The report of the jury of review to
change the road south of the river, or
assess damages, was presented and re-
jected, not being in legal form.
The committee to whom was re.
ferred the matter of damages for open
ing a second. class road through John
W. Boyd's farm reported the damages
at $500. Adopted and damages
| allowed.
Itw ordered, on petition of Boyd
& Brabson, that the legal rates of fer
riage at the public ferries in the
county be restored to the figures from
which it was reduced a year ago.
Adjourned till 9 o'clock this morn
ing. rr
| Admin TRAITORS Notice.
All persons indebted to the estate OF
r. J. Scruggs, decd, are hereby noti'
fed to come forward at once and make
settlement with the undersigned, OF
their claims will be placed in the
hands of an officer for collection, and
all persons holding claims against
said estate will present them properly
authenticated within the time re-
quired by law. This January 4tb,
1881. JNo. f. DAVIS, a-
Administrators Of the Estate of r. ]
Scruggs, Decd. i4d3s
For torpid Liver there is nothing
better than Tate Spring Water. For
| solo of Po.ar Karn3s