Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1882-12-14
NEWS ITEMS.

yellow fever in Pensacola, Fla, dur
ing the recent epidemic, contains 1877
names.
Gov, McEnery, of Louisiana, has
given the certificate of election Ia
Kellogg. I'm doing this Governor
McEnery has done no mole than was
expected Of him.
The Quakers have raised $4,000
toward the erection of a new college
at New Garden, Guilford county, N.
T..
Tobias Forbes, of Clyde. N. Y,
nearly so years old, whose father was
cousin of VIM. Morgan Of Masonic
notoriety, says Morgan was not muir
dered, but went to Melbourne, Aus
traIia, and started a newspaper.
The friends of cheap postage have
reason to congratulate themselves
that the proposition to reduce the rate
of postage on domestic letters from 3
10 . cents has now assumed form
which virtually assumes action upon
il at this session.
Denver, Dec. "details arc re-
ccivcd of the slaughter Of thirty Mex
leans and five Americans by Juh's
band Of Indians in Chihuahua.
New Orleans, Dec Cat 6 O'Clock
this morning, The steamer "MOsning
STAR" engaged in the lower coast
trade, while coming up the river and
near Belair plantation, exploded her
boilers. The escaping steanr at once
cnycloped the boat and. drove lhirteen
-of the crew intothe river. Although
the hank was not, Ovel. one hundred
yards away, ten of these drowned.
Louisville, KY. Dec. G.-John Trim
ley, a wealthy German, cut his wiie's
throat from ear to ear This morning
and them,almost severed his own head
from his body. Trinlcy came recent
ly. from Chicago, where he had re-
sided three years; but for two Years
prcvi0usly had been shoe merchant
dt New Albany, Ind. II seems !hat
Trinley, on going TO Ciicagn. lefi
nephew IN charge Of the New Albany
property aud The fStter'S failure to
manage satisfactorily gave him So
much unPasiness that liz Became
Iaving maniac.
The revision of the authorized YER
sion Of the English BibIe was com
menced in May, 1870, and is now ap-
npua IL, MIR ifc .nynI,lnI
A Philadelphia preacher told ihe
women of his congregation that Di-
vine truth could not tind lis way into
the hearts that were crampcd by cor
sets.
A Western deacon who was caught
with a deck of cards in his pocket,
tried to palm himself ofi'as an asthet-
ic. lie swore lie was always fond of
engravings.
Rev. James Beccher, a half-brothcr
Of Henry Ward Beecher, has broken
down from ovcrwrrk, and is going to
live at the Middleton, N. Y, asylum
until he has recruited mentally and
bodily.
The cold wave that struck us last
Thursday evening is reported as general
thoughout this country and the United King
dom, causing many disasters on sea and
land.
1t is during these days of business
that clergyman, OH selecting chap
ter of the Bible to read in church first
looks at the end of the last verse to
see thatno patent medicine advertise
ment is hitched on.- Puck.
Black corn has been raised in Liv-
ingston. N. Y. 1t is described as be-
ing as black as an African, as sweet
as sugar, and retains all these attri-
butes when cooked.
Farmers have often noticed that
where given apples have been left on
the ground till they rotted the grass
beneath them has been killed, appar-
emily poisoned by their contact. A
dressing of lime or ashes will correct
this acidity and restore the soil to fer
tility.
Think twice before You believe
every evil story You hear, and think
twenty times before you repeat it, es-
pccially If it is about woman. Say
to yourself, "This may not be, true or
it may be exaggerated" unless you
have proof of the veracity Of your in
formant. People sometimes tell false
hoods, they often make mistakes, and |
they may "hear wrong" There is an
auricular illusion as well as an optical
illusion. Take all these things into
consideration before you believe. AS
for repeating the story, ask yourself
il it is necessary. 1t sometimes is
necessary. Then 90 it with fear Of
God and remember the golden rule.