Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-28
OVER THE STATE.

Sunday morning the river at Sevierville
was frozen over;
There were sixty arrests in Nashville
Sunday, most of which were for drunken
ness.
man named Mahoun was KIN, cked
down in Chattanooga with sling shot,
Christmas night, and robbed of $40.
MIR. Jones, who lives near the top of the
Iron Mountain, caught four 'coons, few
nights since7 two of them weighed sixty
pounds. -Taylorsville Reporter.
At Lucy Station, Tenn, Emanuel Black,
colored, was shot in the back of the head
while attempting to escape arrest. The ball
did not kill him, but was found under the
scalp, mashed fiat.
MIR. VIM. Mitchell, living six miles above
town, killed 148 head of hogs last week,
average weight ESQ pounds. This is the
largest lot of hogs we have heari of in Sc
vier County.-Seviervil Enterprise.
little child of Burl Floyds, across the
river, fell into hot oven Wednesday
morning and was burned almost into q
crisp. When it was taken up all the skin
and part of the flesh off its legs remained
in the oven.-Sevierville Enterprise.
A Memphis magistrate lately fined 9
young man $40 who got drunk at a fancy
ball while personating George Washington.
The judge said that if he had not thus dis
graced himself while personating that august
character the fine would only have beer $5.
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There is considerable talk all over the
county In regard to the propriety of moving
the county seat to lockwood, and then cut.
new county, with Winters Gap as the coun
ty seat. This would throw both county seats
on the railroad, lockwood Republican.
TULLAHoMA, December 23.-Matthew
Watson, dealer in live stock, now residing
at Coliey's Spring, about three miles west o.
Tullahoma, was shot this morning by
young man named Gibson, who states tina
his gun was discharged accidentally I
| appears that Mr.. Watson had bought som,
! hogs from Gibson, and hence some infe1
that there was a misunderstanding. DR.
| Farris has just started out and knows n,
|
| still lives
A special from Memphis to the American
of Saturday, says:
| This afternoon at 5 o'clock, as tn
steamer Fulton, which plies between her
and the mouth of the Hatchie River, wa
within thirty miles Of Memphis on he
downward trip, negro rouster, nance
Oscar Martin, began to make trouble witt
| some of the crew. Capt. w. 81. Wake
and his mate, Shade s. Lewellyn, bot
ordered Martin to keep quiet, when, with
out warning, he drew a bulldog pisto
from his pocket and shot the mate. Tn
ball entered just below the left nipple ant
is considered a mortal wound Martin
after firing his pistol, ran along the guart
of the steamer, and in his hurry to reacl
the hold kaocked overheard negro decl
passenger named William Underwood, wht
was drowned before assistance could reacl
him. Two Of the crew went into the hole
and brought out Martin, who, on arrival O.
the steamer tonight, was lodged in tn,
station-house. Lewellyn was member O.
the DeSoto Boat Club, and has for Ions
period been connected with river interests