Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-20
PESCILETTES,


Easter egg shells are scattered every
where.
It was anything else but Easter weather
Sunday.
The mountains are still! covered with
snow, but ii will soon come out now.
Tennessee bonds sold in New York yes
terday at 734.
Chattanooga has determined upon proper
celebration of the coming fourth of July.
The display of Easter bonnets and hats,
made by the ladies at church and on the
streets Sunday, was gorgeous.
The Carter county Sunday school conven-
lion will be held in the NJ. Z. Church at
Eizabethton, May and Z.
Track-laying on the new railroad at Eliza
bethton is reported by the Mountaineer as
progressing rapidly.
A religious weekly, the Christian NJ onitor,
is soon TO be started in Chattanooga. 1t
viii be the only religious newspaper in the
place.
The United States circuit and district
courts met in Nashville yesterday Judges
John Baxter and D. NJ. Key presiding.
o9c. Goods at the e. T. China
House for 65 cents. Price, and see
fOr yourselves.
Messrs. F. P Bishop, of Whitesburg,
and JAS r. Burrow, of Eizabethton, have
been appointed to clerkships in the pension
department at Washington.
The burning of a corn-stalk pile in East
Knoxville caused an alarm of fire late yester-
day evening, but it was soon found to be a
false alarm.
Among the magistrates commissioned by
Governor Hawkins. last week, were John
H. Ashley. for Sewer county; John FL. Ro-
rex, for Blount county; ". A. Howell, for
Hamblen county.
There was a considerable frost in this vi
cinity Sunday morning, but it soon melted
before the warm sun of the day, and no
damaging effects were noticeable.
Governor Hawkins has appointed Mr.. J.
w Austin superintendent of the capitol in
place of Mr.. John L. Brown. whose time
expires May l.
Rev j. s. Hill, pastor of the NJ. f.
Church at ElizabethtOn, had the misfortune
to spran his ankle a few days ago by step
ping on a loose brick which turned with
him. He was unable to get out for some
days, as We learn from the MOuntaineer.
Bishop H. w Warren, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who lectured in the First
VI. E. Church in this city last Wednesday
night, stopped in Athens and lectured in the
chapel of the T. T. w University, Thurs
day night He preached in Chattanooga
Sunday
One of the best indications we could have
of the growing importance of Knoxville IL
the business world is the gradual increase il
the hotel business, as is indicated by the list
of arriyyls published by us from day to daT
The arrivals are heavy and the hotels all full
and doing thriving business.
special from Memphis to the Nashvill.
American, of Sunday, says Il. c. Jackson
superintendent of the railway mail service
b. K Sharett and H. Il. Gibson, post-offct
inspectors, arrived to-day. They have bee,
ordered by Postmaster General James to in
vestigate the river mail service ccnterirg n
this point, and also the Memphis pOst-Ofhce
charter of incorporation for the ''Eas
Tennessee Stock Breeders Association" il
Monroe county, was registered by the scGre
tary of State at Nashville, last week. Ais
the charter of the Knoxville and August;
railroad. The incorporators are Hiram
Slbley, H. w. Sibley, G.. J. Foreacre. 5
WILDER and i. n Hood
summer Openiug---French HiIIinery,
On next Friday and Saturday, April 22d an.
23d. Trimmed Hats and Bonnets. and man
New Novelties not exhibited at our Sprin
Opening. Our Spring Opening was such
decided success we have concluded to have
Summer Opening, something never hereto
fore held in Knoxville All are respectfull