Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-20
OVER THE STATE.

An Anglo German settlement is TO be
established in Fentress County, this State.
The budget for ordinary expenses of the
city of Nashville for 1888, has been fixed at
total of S4ll, 400.
''Texas or bust' was written in bold let
ters on a canvassed wagon that passed
through Somerville few days since.
lockwood furnace No made ~ tons of
iron on Wednesday last, being the largest
run ever made in one day by this furnace
Thieves are on the rampage in Nashville
Three houses in that city were robbed Sat
urday night, and it was not much of a night
for thieves either.
Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, is
becoming great peach orchard. Numer-
GUS investments have been recently made in
its lands for this purpose
The st. Louis papers record the death, on
the 29th ult., of General George P. Doris,
of that city, worth something over mil
lion dollars. General Doris was born in
Robertson County, Tenn, Oct. 16, 1907.
The. three men who are in jail at Loudon,
charged with blowing open and robbing the
Loudon County safe and stealing nearly
$4,000, confessed on Saturday of having
committed the crime. They viii be tried
the 2eth of December
The Lynchburg Sentinel says Moore Coun-
ty has dog, owned by VIM. Bruce, that crows
like rooster. That's nothing strange, Madi
son County has two legged dog that can
crow like rooster or talk like man. I'm
fortunately nobody owns him.-Jackson
Sun.
The Southern Wire Works at Chattanoo-
ga turn out 2,000 pounds of barbed wire a
day, the city's blast furnace makes forty
two tons of iron, and its handle fact ory
250 dozen wooden handles of various kinds,
and the South Tredegar works 10000
pounds of rails and spikes daily.
At the internal revenue collectors Office,
tax paid spirit stamps were received 10 the
amount of $283, 500 yesterday. This is one
of the largest amounts of tax stamps ever
received. The collections yesterday at the
same office reached the enormous sum of
$64, ,O4S. S.S1.-Sunday' Nashville World.
A Tennessee law prohibits the sale of
loose cotton between sunset and sunrise, the
object being to protect planters from the
theft of their cotton by night. Under this
law thirty indictments were returned against
G. N. Trust, doing business near Memphis,
who had been buying loose cotton at night.
The post office at Union City was entered
Saturday night at about half past l O'Clock,
the safe blown open and rified of its con-
tents. An entrance to the building was
effected by prizing open the rear door with
chisel or some other piece of hard metal,
the imprints of which are left in the door.
The burglars secured about two hundred
dollars worth OF stamps They also car
ried off three pocket books containing
money and apers.
Capt. Ed. Cox, who was recently par
doned by Governor Stephens, of Georgia,
passed through Chattanooga, Saturday,
en- route for Atlanta. He was accompanied
By his wife, who carried the pardon to him
at the Dade coal mines, where he has been
at work foe three years. He has served
part of life sentence for the murder of
Col. Robert Alston. The case has attracted
universal notoriety on account of the high
standing of the parties. Cox is a good
looking man, heavy built but wore the
garb of miner to-day. His hands and
general appearance indicated that he had
been hard at work. The meeting between
husband and wife was very affecting.
On Tuesday night last two ipe hogs were
stolen from Rev. A. A. Baker, of Concord
nelghborhood, and the next morning they
were tracked by the blood to the house of a
negro living in the -neighborhood and one
of them was found under the bed The
negro was arrested and brought to Colum-
bia Wednesday night by Hamp Joyce, Lit.
Beard and Mr.. Baker. 1t is said that when
the party reached the jail the negro asked
If that was the jail and some one replied
yes, and he had better get al the fresh ac
he could before he went in, when he cooley
remarked, Good evening, gentlemen" /" and
skipped. Several shot were fired at him
but without effect. Herald.
1t has now been about three months
since the Department notified the postmas-
ter at this city that upon proper prepara-
ton by the city authorities free delivery
of mail would be established here. The city
council was promptly notified, and there
the matter appears to rest. No progress is
being made toward plating the town and
numbering the streets, SO that it will be
possible to put on carriers. Knoxville is
actively getting ready, and it seems as if
the usual comparative degree of enterprise
in the two towns has been reversed in this
case. 1t is rumored that the recommends
ton of the department will be soon with
drawn, in view of the fact that the city
does not wish the carrier system introduced.
Chattanooga Commercial.