Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-02-08
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The ninstrels is what fetches 'em.
Mr. Stops, of the skating rink, closed for
the minstrels last night
A homestead and building association has
been organized by citizens of Nashville.
Schubert received yesterday a new patent
carving table for his European Hotel.
The dust was actually flying on Gay street
yesterday, the first for over two months.
1t is hard to conceive of more beautiful
weather than that of Sunday and yesterday.
Snow foot deep was reported at Glen
Mary, on the Cincinnati Southern Railway
last Friday t-s -
A splendid new pavement has been laid in
front of the elegant new business. house of r.
S. Payne d Co.
Col. W. Y. @. White, a prominent citizen
of Abingdon, Va, died suddenly at Abing-
don yesterday morning.
The McGhee building, corner of Gay and
Asylum streets, lately occupied by r. S.
Payne & Co., is being fitted up for occu-
paney by the East Tennessee National
Bank
The Chancery Court has been adjourned
till 10 o'clock Wednesday morning Judge
Staley is holding Criminal Court. There
remains but little business in chaneery be-
fore the close of the term.
The eminent singer, Phillip Phillips and
his son will give service of song at the
First II. E. Church next Saturday night
Don't fail to hear them. The admission is
90, reserved seats rs cents. r.l
Mcintyre, Heath Il Belmon's Minstrels ar
rived Sunday afternoon from Dalton, Ga,
and took rooms at the Lamar House, about
20 in number. They paraded the principal
streets at noon yesterday with their splendid
brass band, and made a fine exhibition.
Lieut. fhos. S.. Plnnket, of the United
States Navy, Brother of DR.. ]. ID. Plunket,
of Nashville was drowned while skating, at
Erie, Pa, last week. He was master aboard
the steamer Michigan. The remains were
taken to Nashville and buried Friday last,
with appropriate ceremonies. -...-.-.-s
Three days of delightful weather.
A new opera-house is rumored at Chatta-
noega. &
A few days of such weather as the past
would start the railroad works to booming
again.
Nashville's new custom house will be COM
pleted ready for the furniture, by the middle
of next month.
Chattanooga Times: There were fully
500 laborers at work last week on the Red
Clay & Ooltewah Railroad, and the work is
progressing rapidly, and viii be finished by
June. Tracklaying will not commence
until few days before the work is COM
pleted. The work was scarcely damaged
by the rains.
A special from Memphis to Monday
Nashville American, says Thirteen cases
of smallpox have been reported to the
Board of Health within the past forty
eight hours. Fifteen cases in all have
been sent to the pest house, three of whom
have died.
Chattanooga Times: G. K. Patterson,
formerly of the East Tennessee road, but
now conductor on the Texas Pacific divis-
ion ofthe Alabama Great Southern, passed
through the city yesterday en- route for
Jonesboro, where he contemplates spend
ing several days among friends and rela-
tives.
1t is rumored, says the Chattanooga
Times, that the Cole Syndicate has bought
the Griffin 4 Carrollton Railroad and would
build it through to Rome, using that route
to Brunswick instead of going to Atlanta
The Export is that Cole will build the
Macon & Brunswick road on to Atlanta, az
the law authorizing its sale demanded, bu
instead of building from Atlanta to Rome,
he would run from Monticello, point be
tween Macon and Atlanta, to Griffin and
Carrollton on to Rome.