Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-13
PENCILETTES.

LOOK out Tor snow ana squaIy weather
about Christmas.
Hogs are being purchased in Greene
County at cents gross.
Rustic motto frames in abundance, and
variety at McCrary & B1anson's.
The Nashville school teachers excursion
to the Atlanta Exposition has been
abandoned
The Tennessee Minstrels" is the name
of home organization of Ethiopian talent,
at Maryyille.
Thos G. Boyd bought 343 head of hogs
at Sweetwater one day last week, averaging
go pounds.
Gen. John Portrum died at his home IN
Morristown on the 7th inst, of pneumonia,
aged about Sc years. Nj
N f. Carter, son of Capt. r. c. Carter,
of Greene County, died December 4, of ty-
phoid fever, aged IL years.
Mr. Andrew Mccall, of Knox County, and
Mollie L. Goodin,- were married by Rev. j.
C. Barb, at Mosheim, Greene County, No
vember %.
Gaines Harrill has put team of two
mules, instead of one, to the United States
mail wagon, which plies between the post
Office and railroad.
Nashville had IS deaths last week, Il
white and colored. There were 81 births
reported. In Memphis there were IL
deaths, white and 10 colored.
Rev c. H. Strickland, D. D., of this city,
is to preach series of sermons at Mt. Leb-
anon Baptist Church, on Little river. this
: week, according to the Maryyille Demo
crat
Capt Nc H Dooley, claim agent for the
f. T., V. i G. Railroad, is pretty badly
crippled up with rheumatism in the hips
and could scarcely get around for the pas
day or two.
The old J. W. North foundry property
or Broad street, was sold at Chancery sale
yesterday by Clerk and Master Patterson
and was purchased by Col. J. NJ Thorn
burgh, for 81, $50.
The CHRONICLE acknowledges tbs receip
of an invitation to grand hop and sociablt
to be given at the Tate House, by the young
men of AIorristown, Friday evening, De
cember Is, 1881.
Our latest information from Mr. DayiC
Clesge, at Athens, who was taken with con
vulsions and stricken speeches. last Thurs
day, was that he was somewhat better, bu
still i'll a critical condition.
We are glad to learn from Hon. J. NJ
Meek, that his father, A. K. Meek, Esq
Of Jefferson County, whose serious lines:
was noted by us few days since, is mucl
better, and is now on fair way to recovery
Messrs J. A. Goddard and Robt. 2
McReynolds. of Maryville, shipped IL
hogs, and Capt. J. G. Hale, of Brick Mill
Blount County, Is hogs, all to Knoxville
during last week, according to the
Democrat.
John Taylor, who killed Capt. John
Fletcher, steamboat captain, al Chatta
nooga several months since, was convicted
Saturday of involuntary granddaughter end
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary
without infamy.
Rev. Thos. II. Pearne, ID. ID. of the NJ. L.
Church, a former resident of this city, now
presiding elder at Dayton Ohio, is visiting
at Chattanooga, accompanied by his wife
The doctor breaches at the Methods
Church there tonight, and will lecture to
morrow tonight.
Ex-Mayor S. b. Luttrell is having thirt
story added to the building occupied by hi
hardware house, and will otherwise improvt
it 10 meet the demands of his large and in
creasing trade. 1t is valuable business
house, and was recently purchased by Mr.
Luttren from Mr.. Z. j. Sanford
car load of birch lumber was received
yesterday and delivered by Gaines Harrill'
teams to the opera-house. 1t was shipped
by Mr. G. ". Stops, and is to be used il
laying q new floor in the corner room O
the building, in which Mr. Stops will thi
W elk open his skating rink, moved from
G .attaIOoga
George Kaylor, treasurer at the Nashvill
and Chattanooga Railroad depot, in Chatta
nooga, who mysteriously disappeared las
Saturday uight, had not yet been heard 0
mp to Friday night A deficit of about S.,
900 has been discovered in his accounts
which amount is covered by his bond.
The family of Mr.. r. d. Flippin, geners
auditor of the coal system of railroads, VIII
have recently removed here from Nashville
have a pretty parrot, which is somethin
new in the neighborhood of their home
and it furnishes considerable amusement fo
the neighbors with its Gathering.
The splendid new business building bein
erected by Col J. W. Lillard on Gay street
south of the asylum, is rapidly approachin,
completion. 1t will be fitted up i'll mode
style under the personal supervision c
Colonel Lillard, and is to be occupied by th
notion house of Messrs. Fletcher, Hall
Brazelton
The E., T., V. L G.. Railroad Compan
have recently added to their rolling stoc
three powerful new engines with thre
drivers each, from the Rogers works. The
are capable of doing an immense amount {
work Nos ''7Sn and ''79" have been OF
limbering up on trial trips. The third on
is still in the shops here.
GreenyilIe Democrat: The store of Nh
B. f. Stephens, at Chucky Wooden Mills. i
this county, was entered on last Saturda
night and robbed of $40 in money, pisto
and watch. Anderson Houser was arreste
on suspicion of having done the robbine
and was brought to town and upon sufici
ent proof of his guilt was placed i'll jail t
await hearing at court. We understan
the stolen articles have been found in
barn on the farm where Houser was EN-
ployed since his arrest
Christmas goods in abundance at M,
Crazy and Branson's
A party of Hungarians about half doze
each of men and women, and about 2
small children, all near the same size, wer
at the depot all day Friday, on their wa
out t. the Is. and o. Railroad works A
but one family left on the K and O. trai
that evening. That family remained in tn
gentiemen's reception room all night, an
Yesterday morning the roll-call showed a
increase of one in the number of children
They remained again all day in the room
and sought boarding house last night.
There was another busy day at the Ea,
Tennessee China House yesterday, th
store being crowded with ladies' The hol
days drawing near causes the ladies to |
looking around and Messrs. Cullen & New
man have taken measures to be thorough
prepared for them. Their stock of silve
plated ware, vases, and goods of that nj
lure was never so complete, and the wa
they are selling them shows that their goot
are beng generally appreciated.