Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-29
ATHENS
Interesting Items.

Christmas is over. There has been an
unusually brisk trade in strictly holiday
goods. and the shelves and counters of
those dealing in these articles here look as
though an earthquake, or nihiEstic charge
of dynamite, had struck them and knocked
the bottom out" The day itself was a
genial, pleasant one, bright and warm, and
was celebrated in the usual mixed way by
different classes of the population-din-
ners, Christmas trees, fire crackers, toy
pistols, suppers, egg noggs, ''drunks and
disorderlies." Business was mostly sus.
pended,
the Presby terian Church, in the way of
appropriate services by the Sabbah school,
followed by plueking the ripe and album
dant fruit from large
CHRISTMAS TREE,
and distributing the same to happy recip-
tents in the audience Everybody and his
wife and children were there, craming the
house to overfowing, and having very
enjoyable time. Superintendent Mansfield
was leaned" on behalf of the school, by
Rev. Mr. Ramsey, the popular pastor
Meantime supper and dance was pro-
crossing among the colored people at
Cleage's hall, on public square. Here a
disturbance occurred from the intrusion of
some badly intoxicated negroes, and
an attempt at their expulsion.
In the brief, but spirited strug-
gle, knife was freely used by some one,
resulting in the mutilation of much wear
ing apparel several slight wounds for the
belligerents, and the severe cutting of one
sober negro who was endeavoring to pre-
serve order. He was cut in both thighs and
required surgical treatment for the dressing
of his wounds.
TWO ARRESTS
were made and the parties committed to the
lock up to sober OFF and appear before the
mayor to-day.
taken place in our town. Mr. VIM. S. Nc
Gaughey was ma ried to Miss Howard, both
of this place. The ceremony took place at
the residence of the brides mother where
/ the newly married couple will make their
home. No cards. The bride is sister of
Mrs. JAS Reeder, of your city, who is now
on visit, with her husband, to Athens.
Up to Sunday last there had been five
new cases of
/
aals SMALLPOX
in this county, all negroes and all origina-
| ting from the first case which came here
from Chattanooga This makes seven cases
in all, six of them being now under treat
ment, and all in a colored settlement about
fifteen miles from here in the 18th civil
district. The building in which the
first man died has been converted into
| q raSt bpr1sa yubithar tho
conveyed as fast as the disease makes its
appearance No great apprehension of any
spread of this scourge beyond the injected
locality is felt, as strict measures of quaran-
tine have been instituted there. There are
no cases at all in any of the towns of our
county, though A hens came very near ex-
posure only the other day. The widow of
a colored man, who died of smallpox in
| Chattanooga recently, and whose former
home was here, eluded the vigilance of
THE QUARANTINE
authorities and took train coming in this
direction. The mayor of Chattanooga tele-
graphed this fact to our officials, and steps
were at once taken to prevent her debarka-
ton at this point. She passed on up the
road seeking more congenial cline.
We are glad to note the success of Cleve-
lands spoke factory, rejoicing in the manu-
featuring progress and growth of all our
sister towns of the South. This is what all
need, and Athens is not behind in this en-
bryonic stage of the development of
| SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES.
Our steam Touring mill is running night
and day and has been for months
shipping large quantities of bread
stuffs south. Our furniture fac
tory is running to its full capacity. and has
now the offer from prominent organ man
ufacturer of the North to enter into con-
tract for the delivery of organ cases to the
extent of from one to four hundred per
month as may be found practicable. This
means business-it means Southern timber,
Southern ingenuity and Southern muscle
converted into Northern cash. Our two
machine shops are doing good business,
also. One of them, the old Athens foun-
dry, passes into the hands of new owners
on January LIST, who will manage it them
selves, and are abundantly able, financially,
to increase its productive capacity and
make it more profitable for both them
selves and the town than it has for many
years under the system of lease by its man
ayers. MAGNOLIA.
December 20, 1882.