Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-30
PENCILETTES.
It continues pleasant.

The musquito seems to be slow in putting |
in an appearance this season.
Two hundred and twenty five guests are
reported now at White Cliff Springs.
The building boom IN Knoxville continues
10 gather momentum with each succeeding
day.
The next session of the East Tennessee
Wesleyan University, at Athens, opens
Tuesday, August 23.
The Kr1tsch Concert Company contem-
plate visiting Jonesboro again during the
tar next fall as We learn.
The editor of the Monroe Democrat re-
ceiyes postoi cards written with pointed
stick dipped in poIkberry juice.
Rev. DIR. L. c. Teasdale, of this city, is
to preach in the Baptist Church. Cleveland,
tomorrow, according to the Herald.
A Sunday-school celebration at Telford's
on the first saturday in August, is to be ad-
dressed by Hon. A A. Tay lor and Rev. DIR.
J. b. Ford.
The public school is to be opened at
T,oudon next Monday, August l, with Prof.
john w. Hyden and Mrs Lou Taliaferro as
teachers.
An election was to have been held in
Jonesboro thursday to select q magistrate
10 NIL the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Col L. Ii. Reeves.
Toe Chattanooga street railroad is to be
extended out Montgomery avenue and
Nulteside street about Il miles, making the
whole length of the line = miles.
Cleveland Herald Inez, little daughter
of Mrs. sue Nelson, Knoxville, fell from a
tr>e top on to plcket-tence, Ill this place,
Saturday, and WAS seriously injured by a
IicAet entering her body.
The death of Col. n. L. York, of Bristol
is announced He died at his home Thurs
day evening, after an illness Of several
weeks. Deceased was of one of the best
known citizens and most prominent lawyers
in upper East Tennessee.
The Monroe Democrat understands that
there is probability of W. b. Stephens, OF
biadisonvllle, entering the ministry and ac-
cepting charge of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church ia Sweetwater upon the re-
moval of Rev. Z. J. McCroskey to Loudon.
A fine large cart mule, belonging to Mr..
James H. Mcmillan, was, by an oversight,
kept up day before yesterday without any
wafer the entire day. Yesterday the mule
was let to the water, and by another over
sight allowed to drink till it was foundered,
and died.
Mr.. T.. P. Moses left Tuesday for Colds
boro, n. c., where he goes to take charge
of the public schools of that city. His
wife, Mrs. Carrie Moses, will return to
h Ivxvile in few days to make prepare
lions to join her husband In Goldsboro
some time in September.
Jonesboro journal Rev. John Bach
man, of Chattanooga, Rev. Robert Bach
man. of New York, and Prof. Lynn Bach
man, of Sweetwater, joined Rev. Nathan
Bachman at this place last Monday, and
started the next morning to visit the ole
homestead at Kingsport.
The Monroe Democrat records the death
in McAImn County, Saturday, 23d instant
Of Allen Deatherage, an extensive stock
dealer. IS years of age, after a protracted
illness. The indirect cause of the death
was wound received some ten years ago
while attempting to arrest desperate.
The new board of aldermen of Athens
have assessed a municipal tax of 25 cents OF
the 800, and o privilege tax of 800 PEI
annum, on tipping shops or saloons. The
Pest notes very decided improvement il
the morals and conduct on the streets sine,
the organization of the corporation and APP
pointment OF q marshal
Athens Post: Five prisoners broke on
of the Athens jail last Sunday night The,
were moonshiners, and had less than on,
months sentence each. The escape wa
made from the lower department of tn,
building, and was effected by opening
window 1t is proper to state here, tina
Jaiier Standifer is confined to his bed b,
reason of injuries received in the mowin.
machine accident two weeks ago.
Chattanooga Times, Friday: NJ NJ
Diggs and Robt. Prosise, East Tennes
seeans who claimed they were from tn
Black Hills, who created such a disturbanc
on Terrace Hill Tuesday, were tried yester
day by the recorder for carrying concealed
weapons, and for assault with pistol; tn
former was fined $50 and COSTS and tn,
latter 1886 and costs. They were also in
djcted in the circuit court for similar of
fences.
County court clerk. of Greene County, V
S. Bialoney, has filed with the comptrolle
the assessment for 1881 Total valuation O
taxable property, 50, $780, showing a,
increase of SI72, 532 over 1880. He ha
also received the assessment of Sullivan
County from A. j. Cox, county court clerk
Total value of taxable property for 1881
50, 065, $50, showing an increase over 1873,
of SOL ,429.
The Athens Post learns that on Wednes
day afternoon q little girl, about years O
age, daughter of DIR. Burkett and niece @
Col. T. NJ. Burkett, was accidentally sho
and killed at the neighboring town of De
eatur, Meigs County, by small pistol, il
the hands of little brother of the unfortu
nate child's mother. DIR. Burkett's home i
in Alabama, but the family were on a yisi
to Decatur.
Our veteran Uncle Sam WINS says. in hi
paper this week: "The editor of the Athen
Post had something to do with the printir
of about the first bill for a railroad charte
in the United States. To-day, according +
recent statistics, there are more than SO, 90
miles of railway In actual operation within
the limits of this same great, progressiv
country. And the aforesaid is not q YER
old man yet hardly three score and ten
Blountville Star: James B. Cox. son O
A. j. Cox, clerk of the county court of thi
county, and who recently returned from tn
University of Tennessee, at Knoxville la
been elected principal of Boone's Cree
Seminary, Washington County, Tennessee
This is quite compliment and an honor 70
SO young a teacher. Mr.. Cox is a worth
and highly respected young man, and W
can but wish him large success in his ne,
field of honorable andresponsible labor.
John D. Donaldson, the Young saIesma
who was arrested in Memphis Monda
night for embezzling funds to the amour
of $500 from the firm of Vance Il Kirby
OF CHATTANOOGA for whom ba fo,,,, vi