Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-06-28
WEEKLY CaRONrCLM


Harvest is over as to wheat, and the grain
well dried, SO that many farmers are stack
ing, and some are even threshing. Rich
ardson 4 Hutsell started new steam
thresher on last Friday, OF the farm of the
latter, about five miles southeast of town.
The engine now In use by them, while they
are waiting for the twelve-horse power Or
dered from the factory, is a ten-horse trac-
ton which was on exhibition at the Atlanta
Exposition. 1t pulls the thresher and
water tank over our rough roads nicely and
with ease, climbing hills without difficulty.
This is the third steam thresher starting
out from Athens within the last twelve
months--one last year and two this season
and it is reported that one or two others
have been taken from the cars at Mouse
Greek. The result of the threshing at
HutseDs has not yet been reported, SO it is
impossible to give the yield.
Oats are being cut, and SO is hay. The
frequent and severe rains which set in
during harvest have "let up' for a
sea-o on, and several hot, dry, sunny
June days materially facilitated
haying and other farm labors For
a short time the outlook, on account of wet
weather, was bad, and farmers began to fear
for grass and wheat, but this seems ended,
and everything is promising.
There Is an evident uneasiness in the
Democratic camp here, over the bolt, +"
though the effort is made to suppress all
signs of anxiety. The town is practically
solid for Bate, or any one else, to get into
power and GUST the Republicans. But there
are those here who are dissatisfied, and but
partially conceal their disgust. 1t is not
pleasant to some of the State credit element
of the party to know that Sloan weut to
Nashville with McMinn in his pocket, and
voted her In the convention Just as he
pleased. 1t was an unpleasant dose to them
when the county convention here was run
to all intents and purposes, by the lew-tax
faction. And Sloan made himself particu-
larry noisy; but this final officiousness OF his
Is superlatively worse to them. Two years
ago tie delegates from this district, in the
county convention, withdrew from the meet
ing, after being set down upon" by the
Wilson men, and the county Democracy
went for Wilson, while the town gave al
most solid vote for Wright, Now it is
amusing to note the servility with which
these same men, (who stood
SO steadfastly upon their honor
Readjusters, as signalIed at Nashville, and
the bland way III which they assert Bates
certainty of election because Athens is
solid for him." Gas far as Democracy goes
is charming. AS goes Athens SO goes the
State seems to De their motto, and we say
amen, for the town is certain to vote for
hawkins by handsome majority, and SO
Is the county. The fact is that principle is
buried and local bourbonism is echoing, in
sl ohtly modified form, the old ralying
cry, ''An> thing to beat Grant" This, too,
from many Democrats who openly express
ed themselves as satisfied with the 60-3, 4,
and settlement, when it was consumma-
ted at Nashville, declaring that the debt was
now out of politics. and we should get
rest on the subject.
The probabilities now are that we shall
make clean sweep in the county election.
With the exception of one or two of the
candidates., the matter resolves itself into a
certainty, and the chances for those here
tofore doubtful are Frightening daily
so We now rely confidently on old Nc
MINI rolling into line, as of old, with an
unbroken Republican majority all around
Our cotton factory, so confidently report
ed as an established fact short
time ago on the streets, seems
not to materialize with CO.
ierity, and some skeptics there are who go
SO far as to doubt whether it ever will focus
At any rate it is not yet an established fact,
and great deal of gas about it has evapcra-
ted into thin air, notwithstanding that some
solid men assert their readiness to take hold
of the enterprise if others will lend sufficient
aid
Health of the community good Mrs.
Daniel, wife of DR.. E. Daniel, of Athens,
died yesterday, after an illness of many
months, of consumption. The town is just
now very dull ana Efeless, farmers being
busy at home and not coming in to trade
Thermometer registers about 80 for the last
few days. MAGNOLIA
June "a, 1882.