Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-03

W. slocum's drug store.
Braeing weather
An ice harvest in prospect.
The second month of winter sets in well.
The callers had splendid weather for it
last night.
A new post-offics, Seaton, has been estab-
lished in Blount County.
The Times is a new weekly paper at
Nashville q Republican paper, published by
eolored men.
We regret to learn that DR.. NJ. NJ. Alex
ander's little Charlie, nine years old is very
sick with scarlet fever.
Mr.. John S. Van Glider was yesterday
elected president of the Knoxville and
Jacksboro Turnpike Company.
Dewitt & Shepherd, of Chattanooga,
have been appointed general attorneys in
Tennessee for the Erlanger Railroad Syndi-
cate.
Mrs. Moore wife of Congressman W. E.
Moore of Memphis, is said to carry off the
palm for beauty il Washington society this
winter.
The Knabe Orchestra, within the next two
weeks, will give concert for the benefit of
the Public Library. Some excellent selec-
tons will be given.
MIR. David Patty, successful trapper
living near Doyle's Springs, captured ten
wild turkeys in pen, one day last week.
Not a good day for the turkeys.
The same crew now runs through on pas
senger trains on the Cincinnati Southern
Railway, from Cincinnati to Chattanooga,
the transfer at Somerset being abolished.
There were IS marriage licenses issued
from the office of County Court Clerk J. L
j. Lewis during the past week. During the
year 1881 there were issued All.
County Court Clerk Lewis has received
the new tax assessors books for 1882 which
will be given out when the assessors are APP
pointed, not until the April term of the
court, however.
Mr. John Martin, the timer, about whom
q little smallpox excitement was created
Saturday, was at his work as usual, in the
shop of John Donahoe agent, yesterday.
Not much smallpox there.
The late j. W Lewis of the firm OF
Lewis i Calhart, was member of Pioneer
Council No. 81, American Legion Of
Honor, in this city, and his widow will re-
ceive 200 benefit
Nashville American Clerks who hole
comptroller's warrants for fees on land salei
for the years 1889, and also census emu
H6fdtOfS,
ton to the State treasury.
With the veteran auctioneer, 7. Joseph, IL
a bran new suit of Clothes ,,as crier, Deputy
County Trustee ]. A. Swan began, yester
day morning, in front of the courthouse
selling the property of delinquent tax
payers. All were bid in, however.
Atlanta is no better than Chattanooga OF
the street question. According to the Con
70 no I,-1l,
of the wheels, Saturday, SO that the loaC
had to be taken off before it was extracted
Come up, gentlemen, if you want to SCI
good streets i'll bad weather.
There will be only two eclipses during
the year 1882--a total eclipse of the sun
MAY, II, and an nnnular eclipse November
II, both invisible in>North America. Th
transit of Venus over the suns disc occur
December, 6, partially visible.
The application for a charter of tn
Knoxville Water Company was filed in tn
County Court clerks Office last week. TIL
incorporators are Peter Staub, John II
Brooks, L. NJ. Loweree, Joseph L. McFeer
Hector Coffin, Alvin Barton and Fl. III. In
gersou.
Nashville Times: Hon. l. F. Norris,
member of the Tennessee Legislature iron
Shelby County, has been appointed b
Walter p. Brownlow, doorkeeper of tn
House of Representatives of this Congress
to position in Washington at 5000 per al
mum.
The case of DR.. A. H. Weir, who is j
jul for forging the endorsement on not
for 1000 and getting it casled at til
East Tennessee National Bank, will CON
up at this term of the Criminal Court, tn
prisoner having been bound over by Justic
King.