Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-09-02
PENCILETTES.

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Jonesboro's ice cream saloon has VAN
ished.
Capt Ross Smith is building new steam
saw mill at Jonesboro.
Col. Jas. G.. Deaderick, of Jonesboro, is
preparing to go to California.
Col r. Fl. DUNCAN has severed his con-
nection with the JonesbOro Journal, as
editor. a position he has held for three
wears. and Mr. Chas. e. Dosser continues as
editor in chief.
Jonesboro Herald and Tribune: The
Jury in the RAIDER murder trial, we under
stand. stood 10 for Is years imprisonment
l for II years and for 10 years. No one
of the Jury thought it case of murder III
the first degree.
Last Sunday the First and Second Pres
byterian Churches, of Rogersvllle, beng
the Northern and Southern branches, after
a separation of forty years, united and
formed one congregation.
The little steamer King Fisher, owned by
Thomas Foster colored, of this city, has
gone to run between Kingston and Chatta-
noooa during the low water The East
Tennesseean reports that the little steamer
POPLAR Creek, sank to the bottom of Emory
River last week, near Cooper's Landing.
where it had been lying for some time. The
water was deep and it was almost entirely
submerged
John S. Keys was convicted at the recent
term of circuit court at Jonesboro OF an as
sault on Carson Whitehorn and sentenced to
eighteen months in the penitentiary.
petition was at once gotten up and forward
ed to Governor Hawkins, asking his pardon.
According to the Jonesboro Herald and
Tribune, an egg was recently found IN
hens nest in stable loft in Washington
County, which was about the sixe OF a
goose egg. When broken open 1t was
found to contain the white of an egg, and
another fully developed egg, about the size
of hen egg, and the second egg was per
fectly formed, with the ordinary yolk and
white.
number of the citizens of Rogersyille
have applied for the incorporation OF thai
town. Another movement is on foot also
to establish taxing district, and a mass
meeting is to be held for that purpose to
night.
Rev. A. w. Wilson and family left RoG
ersville last Tuesday, for Dodd City, Tex,
where Mr.. Wilson will take charge of {
thriving female school He is one of the
foremost educators of the country, and his
all upper East Tennessee.
Newport expects something novel to day
in the way of game of Indian ball, IN fui
costume, by band of North Carolina
Indians.
The Newport Sentinel suggests the hold
ing of general immigration convention a
Knoxville some time this fall.
Newport, Cooke County, is a point o
considerable importance III the live stocl
shipments The Sentinel notes the follow
ing resent transaction: One car load o
choice cattle to Baltimore, by Mr.. Alex
ander Stuart, Tuesday, and one OF fat hog
to the same place Wednesday. w. A. Su
song. one car load of splendid mules Tues
day and another Wednesday, to Savannah
A Chattanooga dealer has sold 36 ca
loads, $4,000 Georgia watermelons, this set
sou, besides fully 5000 home raised melons
A large number of Chattanooga bus
ness men have organized themselves into
:. Merchants Union" the alleged purpof
being to stop the just discrimination i
freights now being practiced against th
city by all converging railroads.
Eggs continue scarce and are wholesalir
at Is cents a dozen in Chattanooga.
Mr.. G. A. Reeder, of Hodges, Jefferso
County, was down yesterday, ana returne
on the evening train with coffin to bury
little child of his brother-in-law, Brig
Hodges which died Wednesday night,
cholera infantum.
A car load of very fine mules were load'
at this place last night, for shipment Sout
They were bought up by MIR. Reps Jones.
suit brought by the city of Chattanoo
against the Nashville, Chattanooga and
Louis Railroad, for the recovery of ba
taxes, involving a claim for over $500
was decided by Judge Trewhitt in favor
the city, but was appealed to the SUPPER
court This was only test case, and
the roads entering Chattanooga have be
sued If finally recovered the ent
amount will aggregate about $40, 600