Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-11-18
PENCILETIES.

City council tonight
The trains were on time yesterday.
Cheap JOB PRINTING at Kamage's.
Kentucky is said to have 5000 Odd Eel
lows.
Ii public school at Kingston closes this
week, having been in session four months.
The Chattanooga Times dubs Maj. L. A.
Cr.tz. of this city, the Carl Schurz Of the
Democracy.
Business is dull about the court house
now. No courts are in session, and there
are no taxes to collect
Cha. anooga will send an excursion to the
Atlanta Ex position next Tuesday night, III
charge OF Maj. G. c. Connor.
Mr. j. w. Brown, of Rogersyille, has
goue to Nashville to accept position under
DIR. Jones in the post-ottice, according to
the Press and Times.
company of Nashville capitalists, among
them Cot Jas. l.. Gaines, have obtained a
charter and will organize and introduce the
Brush electric light in that city.
Hugh Murray, formerly depot agent at
Rogersville, mas been appointed mail agent
on the Rogersville and jefferson Railroad.
Ed. Ross is the new depot agent.
The house of C. J. Matthews, in the 7th
district of Bleigs County, was destroyed by
fire last Friday morning, with nearly all its
contents, says the East Iennesseean.
henuptials were celebrated in Atlanta We'd
nesday or Dlr. Jas. r. Gray and Miss Mary
Human, daughter Of Mr.. W. p. Inman, all
OF Atlanta. Rev j. H. Martin ottciated
Mr. John NJ. Currier, late clerk in the
pension Office, has accepted a position as
express messenger on the railroad, and went
up yesterday evening for his first trip to
Bristol.
The Rogersyille Press and Times records
the return to his home in Hawkins County
OF Capt L. j. Berry, Clinch, - from Mon
tana. lie had enough of the ''far West"
and was glad to get back to his native East
tennessee.
Nashville American John c. Hellner,
formerly agent at Hickman, Ky, for the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis Rail-
way, Is now III the employ of the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad, at
Knoxville.
The Kingston East Tennesseean learsu
from County Trustee Guenther that, for the
first time in several years, Roane County is
entirely out of debt. County warrants are,
and have been for some time, worth 100
cents Oh the dollar.
Chattanooga Times Mr.. Louis Seilaz
left yesterday for Knoxville with his family
Mr.. Seilai came to Chattanooga nearly q
year ago aud went into business, but not
wItnstanding the fact that he prospered, his
ia nily d. sired to return to their relatives at
their natlye town.
The Constitution notes the arrival in At
lanta Tuesday night of the following men,
beers of the Tennessee Press Association ::
John Z. Helms, Morristown Gazette d.
i. Grace, Sweetwater Democrat; j. Ill.
Bean, knoxville Tribune; W. L. Brown,
Kogersvelle Press and Times.
N3,,hyille has a curiosity il the shape of
O child, not quite three years old, weighing
l30 pounds 1t is q boy, and measures al
inches around the waist &c inches in the
chest, 26 around the thigh, and II around
the ankle. 1t halls from Kentucky. At
birth ii weighed 8 pounds, and at 20 months
IS pounds.
Ro4ersvile Press and Times: A block OF
marble measuring 1875 cubic feet anc
weighing "a, 470 pounds was taken from
Chestnut x Bros, quarry aud brought to oul
dtnot last week. Ihe block was the largest
by one foot that has ever been taken out il
Hawkins County. 1t required the strength
of twenty four mules to draw it.
Death to rats and verrnin, Parsons EI
term natOr.