Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-06
Maximum thermometer 70 minimum
thermometer 60 .. Rainfall 0. 80.
PENCILETTES.
City council tonight.

polo games.
Don't forget the grand concert by the
Knabe Orchestra at the Opera-house to-
night.
ooc. Goods at the E. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
for yourselves.
The Kingston East Tennesseean comes to
us this week in new drees, and with de-
cidedly improved appearance.
Jefferson county is making an effort for
a normal school to be opened at an early
day, says the Waterman and Reporter.
Chattanooga opens the strawberry festival
season tonight They expect an immense
crop of strawberries in that neighborhood.
Mr. A. NJ. Stokely, of Big Greek, Cooke
county, and Miss Kate Murphy, of Bridge
port. same county, were married April 9th.
Among the nominations confirmed by the
United States Senate Wednesday was that
of Col William Mullenix, to be postmaster
at Bristol
Died, near Winters Gap, Roane county,
Tenn, April 10th, 1881, Mrs. Martha Col
let, wife of Samuel Collet, in the 62nd year
of her age.
The ROgersville Press and Times states
that little daughter of Dan Eyerhart was
seriously hooked while milking cow few
days since.
The annual literary address before the
student of Mosheim College, Greene county,
will be delivered by Hon. H. 81. Ingerson,
of this city.
The first normal school for Cooke county
will open June 20, under the supervision of
Rev ID. F. Smith and Mr. Lucian Smith, as
11-a laor,, f,oD, tba Naxvpo,t GaD+ipaI
A movement is on foot, says the Ameri-
can, to establish large pork packing estab
Ishment in Nashville, and four acre tract
has been purchased for the purpose.
Congratulations ara in order for our friend
Mr. Jno. c. Lord. 1t is a precious little
angel daughter, and prouder papa and
mama are not to be found in the city.
The Chattanooga city council, at recent
meeting, appointed committee to receive
and entertain the Tennessee Press Associa-
ton, at its meeting in that city June 18th.
Nashville Banner: Miss Ida Mountcastle,
of East Tennessee, a graduate of Wards
Seminary, is stopping at ITO South Spruce,
the residence of her uncle, F. E. Williams.
Miss Kate Lea daughter of Judge B. J.
Lea, who is we'll known in Knoxville society,
was married at Brownsville, Wednesday, to
Mr.. John C. Sanders, editor of the Lebanon
Tribune.
cambridge Waterman and Reporter Mr.
Peter Kern, the wholesale confectioner of
Knoxville, was in town last week and car
ried off one of our energetic boys, Finley
Patterson.
Miss MolGe Pope, aged Is years, sister Of
Mr.. ]. G. Pope, county court clerk of Roane
county, died near Kingston, ON the LIST inst
Mr.. Popes aged mother died only a few
days before.
Married, April 25th, 1881, by Rev J. R.
Burchtield at the residence of the brides
father, J. H. Burchfield, Mr. l. H. Renneau
and Miss Annie E. L. Burchfeld, all of JEFF
fersOn county.
The Spectator reports the failure OF
Slayton Co., merchants at Rogersville
with Capt. G. H. Spears as assignee iabili
ties about $4,000, with assets sufficient t
almost pay out.
cambridge Waterman and Reporter
The lead mines in Jefferson county ar
working about 30 hands and the zinc mine
about the same number. The slate QUAR-,
will soon open with about 100 hands
Roane county, as we learn from the Eas
Tennesseean, was divided into four roat
districts by the county court, last Monday
a tax of 10 cents on the 800 levied, an,
the labor tax fixed at five days in the year.
George Curtis Bradley died at Rogersvill
last week, having been born there in 1902
and lived a long life there. The Spectacle
says he was for sixty-fve years in the posta
service, and was for many years mail con
tractor.
cambridge had her first match game O
hoCa ho1 SotI in ~
"Lightfoots were beaten by the "Maur,
Reds" by score of 100 to 80. Not muci
of game of nine g endings," as the Watch
man prints it.
Rogersville is to have grand concert OF
the night of the 18th inst, in which Misse
Kate Deaderick and Ella Wicks and Messrs
E. W. Crozier and Will Price of this CITY
and Misses Fannie and Bessie Brown, o
Greeneville, will take part
Kingston East Tennesseean: The 12O
acre tract of land lying in the vicinity @
Emory Gap, this county, was sold again b,
chancery court on Saturday It was knocke,
off to Ed E. Wyie, of Coal Creek, a
81 $50. This is the third time the tract ha
been sold, bringing less each time.
A vacancy was created in both the Knab
Orchestra and Philharmonic Band, by tn
departure from our city of Mr.. Will G. Hunt
who has gone to Condon's railroad works
and who was valuable member of both
1t has been filled, however, by Mr. Mortime
Thompson, late of Morristown, who IS
valuable acquisition. He is one of the bes
cornetists and altoists in the city.
The stockholders of the Lookout Noun
lain Railway, the contemplated line fror
Chattanooga to Rome, Ga, met in Chatta
nooga, Wednesday, and reelected the oil
board of directors. The contract of r. G
Huston & Co., made year ago, to bull
the road, was declared to have expired Ma
18th, and the directors are to meet ON tina
date and arrange to re-let tho contracts.
Nashville Banner: The State library ha
just been presented with fine column o
East Tennessee marble by Ex-Gov. Jas. d
Porter. This column was given to Gov
ernor Porter by his many Knox count
admirers. The column was donated to tn
library, with the desire that the bust of VIM
Strickland, the architect of the capite
building, should rest upon it. This is on
of the many generous acts for which Gov
ernor Porter is well known.
Mems Low Shoes, Hess and Ziegler'
e. Ho,co,,,s oil Lott ctylac