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Wednesday, march 3. ists.
TERMS OF KI'RM'RIPTIOX.
One ropy, ore ymr t-
One roi-y, ii month M0
Ten covip. me yer '
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Or all natural powers water is the
most appaling and destructive. An
earthquake is a more frightful mani
festation of force, but it is limited in
its extent, and not of frequent occur
rence. There are other natural phe
nomena, that are exceptions iu many
respects, but the frequency, extent
find character of freshets considered,
it is safe to adhere to the statement
first made. We have of late had
great destruction of life and prop
crtv by tires. Chicago and l'.oston.
and Chicago in its second
visitation bv the hre hend. are
friiditful examples ot the destructive
ami almost irresistible power of fire
Hut man's ingenuity has devised
means for contending successfully
with it. Those wonderful little ra
chines t hat pour a torrent of water to
any height, ami on the shortest no
tice, have made it possible tor an
experienced organization to hold
within limit the worst tire we nave ever
had on this continent.
Hut what ingenuity or human pow
er can control or resist the angry,
swollen, swift, rolling sea ot water
that once, at least, in every decade.
sweeps down our valleys and out into
the Great Father of Waters ? Degin
ning high up in the coves and
mountains of Virginia and East Ten
nessee, gathering momentum and vol
ume at every rivulet, creek and river,
who can picture the consternation
and destruction the freshet leaves in
its path? On it sweeps, down our
rich valley, over our fertile bottoms,
past thriving towns and populous cit
ies into the Ohio and thence down
the Mississippi, over its broken
levees, o.it into the rice and sugar
plantations of Louisiana, through the
crowded streets of the Queen City of
the South and into the Ou'.f of Mexi
co. For a thousand miles, into a
hundred thousand hearts it bar, carried
terror and suifering. The fisherman's
hut by the river bank, the miller's
peaceful home by the still .'.owing
stream, the farmer's house on the fer
tile river bottoms, the crowded tene
ments on the busy levee in the cities,
all tell their story of loss and anxie
ty and suffering. The loss of
bridges, and railroad tracks,
and mills, and mill darns,
Mid lumber yards, and miles of fenc
ing, and more valuable property in
the growing cities, from the head
waters of the Holston, v.vA Clinch,
and French Iiroad rivers to New
Orleans will foot up to millions. The
Bufferings of those who .have lost
much will be known, but in many a
cabin on the rivers and creeks tiie
waters have carried off all the tenants
owned, and their story will never be
heard. Hut few, perhaps, cf the thou
sands who have watched from our
bridges and river banks the wreck of
houses swiftly carried by, have fully
appreciated the anguish and surfcring
this great storm has caused. The
hour for anxiety and dread has pass-
ed here, but for a week or more there
are others South of us who must ex
perienee, in an aggravated form, all
the most afflicted of our people have
endured. This is the track of the
trreat freshet, that only months, and
jerhaps years, of labor will r-pa
itions has, from that time to the pres
ent, loen accepted as the highest En.
glish authority on the subject. It
has gone through numerous editions.
and he has had the manhood to ac
knowledge where he has been wrong,
and to correct any errors into which
he had fallen, and even to abandon
pet theories when he found that the
facts seemed to be against linn. In
othor'words he kept pace with the
rapid advance of his science, so much
so, that the later editions of his
works bear no sort of resemblance to
the first. It was this fairmindedness
that made him so much respected
and referred to as a man of science.
He visited this country twice, once
in 1S41 and again in 1 1", and exam
ined critically the geological forma
tion of this continent, lie wrote an
account of both visits, and they con
tain much that is of interest to the
American scientist, lie died full of
years and honors, but remained ac
tive to the last. It ha,s been w ithin
last the three years that the last edition
of his Geology was published, and
he personally supervised the revision.
what he thought ought to be done
with him. said : " I ought to bo put
where I can not do such things." He
evidently has a clearer conception of
his case than the judge and jury, who
have ordered that ho be swung oh" in
to eternity. Insanity, trumped up for
the occasion, has doubtless created
such disgust, that juries look, with
suspicion on the plea whenever it Is
put in ; but there is danger that we
may run to the other extreme, and
while there may be many McFarlands,
wiio are deserving oi a murderers
reward. still at large on the plea of in
sanity, there maybe such irresponsi
ble persons as Jesse Poineroy, who
ire deserving of our charity, and
care, and protection, instead oi a
felon's death.
WHAT KNOXVILLK COULD HE.
When the United States Govern
mint appropriated the agricultural
lands to tiie several States the grant
required from them a legislative act,
assenting to the conditions upon
which the donation was made. One
of these conditions was that the State
should inviolably provide for the in
terest upon the bonds in which the
fund should be invested. The State
of Tennessee has a large portion of
this fund. It is invested in our Agri
cultural College, where it is of great
benefit to our people. The Legislature
not only by positive enactment but
by every principle of good faith is
obliged to provide for this interest.
We are glad to see that the Legisla
ture proposes to pay the interest past
due. As it is evident that the State
will not be able or does not expect to
pay the interest on its debt for some
time, we hope it will see the necessity
and justice of making an exception
in the bonds of this College, and pro
vide for the payment of the interest
as a preferred claim. It is a debt
of honor. It is a debt deserving
recognition as among the very first to
be paid, and if the Legislature does
its duty it will so provide.
The new law of the German Par
liament is an important step in the
secularization of the Empire. It le
galizes marriages solemnized by a
civil registrar, and does not make
baptism obligatory. A woman un
der twenty-four or a man under twen
ty-five must have the consent of the
father, or the mother, if the father is
dead. A person divorced for adul
tery can not marry his or her para
mour, and widows can not re-marry
for ten months after the death of the
husband. Any clergyman who mar
ries a couple wituout trie previous
performance of the civil registration
can be fined $7.-, or sent to jail for
three months. All jurisdiction of
marriage and divorce is taken away
from the clergy, and priests, monks.
and nuns may legally marry ll tnev
ph-ase.
The South llend (Indiana) Trihunf,
of last week, publishes a very volu
minous review of the business and
manufacturing transactions of that
city for 1874. From it we learn that
South Hend has in all, lf3 industri
al establishments, employing an army
of men, and turning out. in 1874,
nearly $5,500,000 worth of products."
The population of South Hend is
about 12,000 (less than is claimed for
Knoxville) and this production is
nearly $."i00 to each inhabitant and
is, perhaps, a better showing than
any city in the country. We also
learn from the. Tyi'miies fctatement,
that there were erected during 1874,
within the city limits, lot) buildings,
all of which, with eight exceptions,
were tlfrltin'js! Such statements as
these should awaken our citizens to a
proper realization of what Knoxville
may become by a display of energy
and a development! of our natural
advantages. All things considered,
we believe 'that our city is more fav
ored bv its surroundings, natural
wealth, &c, than is South Hend.
At last the Tonnessec Legislature
lias niiwlo an effort to get up some
thing tangiblo on the question of the
State debt. A special committee is
provided for, to which everything per
taining to finances is to be referred.
Hut it is a matter of serious uncertain
ty. We doubt if it is possible to pre
pare anything on that subject upon
which the Legislature can harmonize.
There are too many conflicting opin
ions among the solons who compose
that august body. There arc too
many men there who fancy tney
know a great deal about public
finances, who know nothing on that
subject, and very little on any other.
There are n half-dozen men in both
Houses, who, if left to themselves,
could and would inaugurate measures
for the relief of the people and for
the protection of the honor and credit
of the St.iU ; but they are compassed
about with "dead-weights," and whose
power is entirely neutralized, it is a
preponderance of the animal over the
mental of blood and llesh over
brains, and brains will not win in this
case, we fear.
Is the Senate last week, when the
Poslofllce appropriation bill was un
der consideration, a motion was made
by Senator Robertson, of South Car
olina, to strike out a paragraph ap
propriating $080,000 for official
stamps, and inserting a clause restor
ing the franking privilege. The mo
tion was tabled by a vote of ,T2 to
25. Of those who voted against re
storing the franking privilege, 20
were Republicans and 3 Democrats.
Those who favored the proposition
were 9 Republicans and 10 Demo
crats.
VIVISECTION.
SIR CHARLES LYELL.
Our dispatches a lew mornings
since, informed our readers of the
death of this eminent geologist and
scientist. In his death Great Hrrtain
loses her foremost and oldest geolo
gist ; and the world of science a man
to whom it is indebted for much that
is fixed in its knowledge of geology.
He was born in Kinnordy, Polar
shire, on tiie 14th of November, T'i7.
lie graduated at Oxford in ll!i and
entered upon the study of law, and
even began the practice of his profes
sion, but the teaching of Dr. Ruck
lard had instilled such a love for the
study of nature into his mind, that
he threw up his legal pursuits and
turned his entire attention to geology.
In January, 1830, he published his
first extensive -York, ' The Principles
of Geology," which in its various el-
We have once before referred to
this subject in these columns, and we
only call attention to it again1 to
bring to notice a little book by Dr.
Dalton, on the subject that has leen
ailed out by the discussion. Dr,
Dalton is Professor of Physiology in
-New lork, anil ot course speaks ex
t'Jifiirti, and being a man of ac
knowledgcd honesty and integrity,
his statements can be relied on. He
instances the important discoveries
that have been made by experimenta
tion 011 living animals. Our knowl
edge of the circulation of the blood,
and the elucidation of many ob
scure lKjints in the digestive func
tion are due to vivisection. Nearly
all our knowledge of the nervous
system comes from the same source
The regeneration of bone, after it
has been exsected, and the process of
cure after fracture, are understood
only by a study of the processes in
the living animal. These are only a
few of the. points touched upon, and
study of the book can only call
forth the remark of the Sutton that
"to protest against and denounce a
tlnng, while profiting by it, not
only illogical, but base."
Tin: boy -murderer, Jesse Pomeroy
has been sentenced to be hung by the
neck " until lie is dead, dead, dead.
The details of the heart-sickenin
acts committed by this boy ate no
doubt fresh in the minds of most of
our readers. The excitement it ere
ated throughout the country at the
time was, in some portions of it, very
intense, and his case was made the
theme of several medico-legal treatise
Latterly, however, we have heard
nothing from hiin, until this brief
paragraph in the newspapers informs
us of the view the law takes of his
case,
Very many persons have serious
doubts of his legal responsibility,
and not a few are thoroughly satisfied
that lie is a fitter subject fur an asy
lum than the hangman's noose. Hut
circumstances were against him. The
principal of these f irctnu-t u:i' -s is
that he was the sou of a poor worn
It seems to us impossible that the
boy should be decntcd at :.!! respon
sible for any acts he might cnimit.
He is but little remove-1 from an
idiot, and the. manner and circum
stances under which the acta were
committed, show conclusively that he
could no more prevent the
execution of the deeds than
he could voluntarily stop his respira
tion. When questioned in regard to
his crime, he confessed, anl said he
could not help it: and wi.ci a-ked
The ICt-CHll or ttinlmrr Jay.
A t-pecal vVu-hingtoii dispatch to
the New York Trilntne cays :
' It seems that at last Mr. John Jay
Is t tie superseded as I idled ."spites
minister to Vienna. The administra
tion became dissatisfied with Mr. Jay
two or three years ago, and he would
have been removed at tiie time, but for
the fact that it was deemed that his f x-
perienee at that mission would he of
special value to the government at the
leunaexposiuon. subsequently Mr.
Jay returned home on leave, and
while he was at Washington it was
arranged that he should atonee resign
What prevented his retirement at
that time is not known, but he was
permitted to return to Ids post. The
rresnlent has now tendered the mis
sion to the Hon. Oodlove S. Ortli.
member of Congress at large from In-
Paua, and the present chairman of
the committer on foreign affair. His
name will lie sent to the Seriate after
March 4, and h" will leave for his new
duties as soon thereafter as possiole."
tmerlrnn Nnrgcry.
To the EdituTi of tht Chronicle:
Home Englishman Is said to have
isked the following question : Who
ever reads an American book 7
Whatever that personage might
have thought of Americans, and their
books, matters not. As an offset to
such a query, we will quote some ex
tracts from an addrs delivered by
Mr. Kiickse-i at the University Col
lege Hospital In London, on his re
turn from this country. This address
Is a well merited and gmeefully deliv
ered tribute to tbo American medical
profession.
Mr. Ericksun traveled in the United
Slates laat summer, und visited a large
number of our cities.
This gentleman is un eminent Sur
geon, residing in London, and it is
gratifying to know of the impressions
lie formed while In our midst. Sur
ery In the United Suites, he thinks,
stands at a very high level of excel
lence. Not only in the large cities, but
throughout the country, the standard
of Operative Surgery seemed to him
very high. The Lent of the mind of
the American Surgeon is, he saj s, like
that of the English Surgeon, prac
tical rather than Scientific;
in fact be Hi. ds a (drinking similarity
between American and Hritish Sur
gery, l lns be attributes to the fact
that we have both drawn our knowl
edge from tiie same source ; that the
names or cooper huh me jeus, 01 1.1s
ton and of Hrodie, are as familiar to
our earn us to those of bis own coun
trymen. We should not forget that
the literature of the two countries is
nractieallv the same that every En
glish writer writes for a public of
eighty millions. 11, as iinroui
says, (an eminent Ueinum writer),
English Surgeons stand highest, and
English Surgical literature is the best
iu the world, we should be gratified
bv the favorable comparison. The
truth is. American .Surgery does stand
very high, and other countries are be
ginning to realize the fact.
The reform in hospital construction
has also found England somewhat behind-hand.
The experience gained iu
our late war has given us the lead in
this movement, and the enterprise of
our Physicians has produced a vast
variety of structures which in the
light of future experienoe will go far
toward solving the dilllcult problem.
Mr. Ericksen thiuks the Roosevelt
Hospital, in New York, " without ex
ception, the most complete medical
charity, hi every respect," that he has
ever seen.
In times past, American Physicians
and Surgeons have not been so wide
ly known as those of many older n 1
tions. Whh the present facilities of
transportation, we are daily brought
in closer contact with all parts of the
world, and the fault will be ours if the
profession does not take that stand
which the merits of our country men
are Undoubtedly able to give it Bos
Ion Med. fc Su;. Journal.
In no department of literature or sci
ence, is there a mine intimate inter
change between t he United States and
Europe, than in Medical and Surgical
publications.
The journals published upon both
continents, circulate freely and exten
sively. All new suggestions and im
provements made und effected upon
either side of the Atlantic, are soon
made available at the bedside. A tariff
may be laid upon books, but the ideas
are common property- As iu medical
science, so in everything. Americans
are wideawake, and do not fall behind
the old nations beyond the sea.
The leading cartoon in the current
number of Jlirjirfs IIV,.-' 7y is by
Nast, and is devoted to the Pacific
Mail Subsidy. "Matron Columbia
is designated as remonstrating with
the " Children," who are tampering
with the Treasury, and telling them
to ' stop putting those dangerous
irons in the fire," or "somebody's
fingers are sure to be burned." It
appears that somebody's fingers were
burned. Every man connected with
this transaction, who has rendered
himself liable to criminal prosecu
tion, should be prosecuted ; arid if
found guilty, should be sentenced to
the penitentiary with other thieves
and rogues. It is entirely too com
mon for felons to escape their ju-d
deserts because they or their fViends
happen to have money. Public opin
ion should demand that all mm are
on tiie same level before the law, and
that If a man who has weal'h or posi
tiou in society turns thief or robber,
he should be punishc 1 as quickly
as the half-clothed, half-fed Kretch
who steals a loaf of bread or a
few pounds of meat.
'hi; sj(.(-i,., from Cha'.!UM,ca
bnngs t'ic cheering ijitelligeiii'o that
the waters arc falling.and we trust that
all will be right in a few dys. Hut
let matters take the most i'avorable
turn possible, still there must be a
great deal of suffering. The plucky
little city, that laughs in the face of
such a calamity, I. as m;:- -ym;
pa'Aii .
thftriMHlntif lou of hii Killior In Kome,
A special dispatch from Rome to the
London Jhtity Sewn says : " Signor
Kall'aello Sonzogno, proprietor and
editor of the Cajiitnlr, and brother of
the publishers and proprietors of a
Milan newspaper, the ua:Mln lrl
Si.colo, bus been murdered here. The
assissiu, who is a frastevere carpenter,
wan personally unknown to bis victim.
The man has betn arrested. No pri
vate vengeance is supposed to have led
to the crime. Sonzogno wrestled mail-
fully, and died grappling with hisas-
saswin. One or the last articles written
by the deceased was upon Garibaldi's
project. The murder has caused con
siderable excitement. All the work
ingmen's associations will attend the
funeral, as an expressive moral protest
ug'.tiust the a-.a-siiiatioii. The police
are in search of the supposed instiga
tor. No political parly is suspected.
The indignation alike of the friends
and adversaries of the deceased among
the deputies and in the sres- Is imi
ven-a 1."
Til -ftitr" s
A special to the New Y..i k J h raid,
on the possibility of an extra session
of ( 'ongress, says ;
" As matters stuln now, it is net im
probahle that the new Congress may
be culled. The wise and moderate
men in both parties do not desire it,
and it may be discerned lhat the Dem
ocratic leuders dread it. They are not
sure of their own men, and fear some
blunders which would injure the par
ty. The Republican politicians would
like, on some accounts, to see the l ew
Congrasa called together. They say
the Democrats will ma kn extensive and
probably damaging iuvesiigiiions,
whenever thy do meet, and that it is
better to have these finished this year
(huu carried over into the next. They
have also a strong belief that the Dem
ocrats will blunder, und thus h' ,, the
Republicans before the wintry.
The Jouesboio' Jtf.mocrat says : .V
company of trappers ar catching
mui-krats 011 the Cherokee creeks.
They captured lifly-six in one night
und twelve the next. These odorifer
ous an imals an-abundant along these
s1 r-!;!n and had not the flood come
ll.. V -vi.uiil have "yanked "a much
larger number. Mr. and Mrs. Alex
ander Mathes, who rcsidem the vicin
ity of Wellington College, celebrated
the fifth th hi.ni ver-ary of their nup
liaU by a Golden Wedding lus( Wed
nesd.iy. Mr. Matties has reached the
ripe old Mgeof sevenly-li ve, and is still
a vigorous and acdve man. He dis
ci, ari-es the duties of county surveyor
with efllcieuey and satisfaction. His
ludy is younger und a few years ago
wus so unfortunate as to lose her sight
entirely.
Gr-er.eville Intt.lll(i notr : The re
vival at Tusculum College continues.
No abatement Iu ar.h.r of the divines
engaged in (he good work, tiulte a
nunii irof C'.nveit are reported.
Teal-Inn Dim n tbr Ol.l Jail.
The old Knoxville jail, which gain
ed to much unenviable notoriety du
ring the duik days intervening be
tween June, Islll, und 1HU5, is being
torn down, anil soon a handsome resi
dence for Mr. C. M. McCh.ng, will
take its place. It is an eligible biIo for
a palatial home, and we do not regret
the change. In fact we shall rejoice
to see its very foundatiojs torn down
su that not one stone shall be left upon
another to mark the spot surrounded
by so many unpleasant recollections.
Our mind runs buck to 18(!l--2, when it
was familiarly known as "Castle Fox.',
Then Senator Hrownlow, Samuel
Pickens, Es'i-, Hon. Montgomery
Tl.oriibtirgh. und a number of other
prominent Unionists were incarcerat
ed there. Their history is known and
we will not repeat it. Iu lsuii, lfuiin
and the Harmons were taken out and
executed. Later, Capt. Shade Harris
was confined there and distinguished
himse'f by a daring attempt to escape.
Still later a number of prominent con
federates were imprisoned there
some of them for a long time.
If those old walla could speak, they
could tell many a tale of "man's in
humanity to man," and of many a sad
broken heart. Many a man now
sleeps in the grave who contracted his
death there. We repeat, we have uo
regrets to express that it is biiug torn
down. We want no such memorial
of the past standing in our midst. Wt
want to forget ull the bitterness engeu
"'e.cd there, and which found expres
sion through the con linemen I of men
within the dreary walls of thut dreary
prison.
The t hronli-lA mil V. liiK.
The Hon. W. G. Hrownlow, whose
term in the United States Senate
closes on 4th of Marcli next, for many
years th widely knowu editor of the
Kii'ucilte WltUj, has purchased one
half interest in the Daily and
WtKKLY KNOXVll.l.B CHKONICLK,
a.id becomes the editor-in-chief of
both. Mr. Hicks retires from the
tripod anil lelurns to the practice of
la-. Mr. Hicks has been a solid and
pointed writer, and bus done much for
the promotion of the Kepublicuti par
ty. He leaves the sanctum with (he
respect and good will of all or nearly
all his contemporaries. Mr. Hule stiil
remains upon the paper.
The Weekly is to lie called thelvNox
vii. 1.1: Wiuu asp Chuonhxk.
Hrownlow still retains much of bis
mental vigor, und will, n' doubt, con
tribute much to the lifn and edgeof
the editorial columns. llolaton Mttlt
odiit. A druggist iu Centreville, I ml.,
while bundling some kerosene oil the
other day. spilled a good deal on bis
clothes. He soon afterwards opened
a stove door to throw something in.
when his saturated pantaloons caught
lire and he was wrapped Iu a sheet of
name. Home friends who were pres
ent dragged him out of doors and
rolled him in the snow, thus saving
his life.
I'rncllrtlr.
Sweetwater has three large and flour
ishing schools. All in the hands of
able ami competent teachers.
The steamer "City of Knoxville "
left the wharf yesterday eveDing for
Kints below, well laden with, a good
cargo of freight.
We regret to learn lhat Mr. T. J.
Moore, former depot Hgent at. this
place, was considered to he dying 011
Friday, at his residence in Sweetwater
When a young man In Charleston,
8. C, saves the daughterof a million
aire from drowning, be Is presented
with a pair of kip boots having red
tops.
A Virginia bridegroom over seven
feet high Is announced. The nfTair
created considerable sensation, but it is
believed she only married him to go
cliestnutting with.
The woman who put the kerosene
can on the stove-hearth while she
went out to trade with a peddler, is
now keeping house iu a barn, kindly
loaned for the occasion.
This world would be a saudy desert
of loncsomeuess if women were not
privileged to attend auction sales ami
pay more for an old bureau than a i.ev
chamber set would cost.
Oats may be good to soak the damps
ness out of wet hoot', but how many
St. Louis men can albird to keep thirty
buhels of oats 011 hand for that pur
pose. Detroit Free J'rcss.
lieiijatiiln Frauklin occasionally
stumbled upon the truth. He said":
" The eyes of other people are the eyes
that run us. If ull but myself were
blind, I should neither want a fine
house nor line furniture !"
A Missouri aspirant to matrimony
advertises that he will give three mules
to any maiden who will wed him;
which gives rise to tiie question, what
respectable married woman would
want such a four-in-hand ?
A dentist in Wisconsin, who kissed
u young lady while tilling her teeth,
was called on by her father with a
loaded shot gnu, and the dentist paid
him five hundred dollars not to fire It
off in his office, be being exceedingly
sensitive (o noise.
During a trial hie Judge called a
witness. No one answered, and an
elderly man arose and solemnly said
" he is gone." " Where has he gone?"
asked the judge, in 110 tender tone.
" I don't know, but lie is dead," was .
the guarded answer.
The Fairs for next autumn havebeeu
thus far fixed for the following times:
Jonesboro', September 2.3rd, 24th, 2oth;
Greeneville, September 2Sth, 2f)th and
311th; Wytheville, Va., October (ith,
7tli and Sih ; Hristol Horder Fair, Sep
tember L'Sth, guth and 30th.
The " blub" belongs to the very
worst ela-s of talkative people, has al
ways got his ears and eyes open to see
or hear a little, then proceeds ou bis
errand to retail it to bis fellows, who
magnify wtiat may have been a slight
indisposition to ahenious crime.
A man went into a butcher's shop,
and, liuding the owner's wife in at
tendance, in the absence of her hus
band, thought he would have a joke at
tier expense, and said : " Madame, can
you supply me with a yard of pork?"
' Yes, sir," said she. And then, turn
ing to a boy, she added : " James, give
that gentleman three pig's feet."
The Norwich, (Conn.) Advertiser
says : " A young lady, very pretty,
walkeil around the new road (seven
miles) in one hour and forty-five min
utes. We remember tscorting her
around the road once by moonlight.
Time four hours and forty-five min
utes. Hut then she said she wasn't in
a hurry. The old folks had gone to
camp-meeting."
Wheat has come down so near the
price of corn, or corn has goiy up so
near the price of wheat, lhat some of
our livery stable men are having
wheat ground the sauiu as corn, and
are mixing it with cut bay or straw for
their slock. It is claimed to be a
richer food, and at the same time it
takes 00 lbs. of wheat to make a bushel
while it only takes 60 of corn.
Klountville correspondent of the
Bristol Courier : The vote on the
school tax in the town district stood
30 for school tax, and '.',' against it. The
full returns are not iu, but it is be
lieved die school tax is voted down.
The people are not going to vote to tax
themselves for any purpose. Mark
that. Decatur H'lrneti shot and
killed a bald eagle, last week, ou the
Trigg farm in this county, measuring
more than seven feet from tip to tip. 1
Chattanooga Commercial: Mr. A.
fl. Sharp, revenue collector of this
district, returned from across the
mountains yesterday, where he had
been with Mr. J. C. Napier, revenue
agent, to investigate the. killing of
young (ioodner, in DeKalb county.
Mr. Sharp says that from the infor
mation they obtained it wus a case of
the most cold blooded murder lie ever
heard of.
A high city official on Thursday be
came so excited over 'the Hood that he
did not recognize his own horse. He
rode up to the depot and hitched his
horse near another. Having transact
ed Ills business in a hurry, lie came
out and deliberately moun'ed the
stranger's horse and started off, when
the owner wanted to know what he
was going to do with his horse. "Ah, ,
that's so, a mistake," aud the other
horse was mounted.
No news has been heard of Mr. W
W. Walker, whatever. Mr. ltob-rt
Walker returned Thursday from his
search out on the Clinton road, and
reports that be could get 110 clue to his
whereabouts. We learn that Mrs.
( iibson should have said that slm might
have been mistaken as to tiie day she
saw him. We fear that the but in the
liver explains the mystery, but with
the present tide it Is not likely that hi
body will ever be discovered.
About Christmas, a telescope, in
field glass, was stolen from the Kust
Tennessee Hook House, and Oilici r
Cuin was informed of the loss. He
kept bis eyes open, as usiiiil, ao! on
Sabbath, seeing one, as tbscribed, at
once arrested the party having it. He
at once Informed Cam where he got
it, and Hill McCoy, a festive yoj'.li,
was arrested yesterday, hud a trial be
fore Justice Ochs, and in default of
hail went to jail. Cain also arrested u
colored woman as being implicated in
tiie stealing of Kennedy 's bacon, but
failing to get the principal thief, the
woman wa- released. Officer Cain,
though on i.ie- t. duty, was out all day
yesterday uli. 1 rogue- thus being w.tn
out sleep' f,r tw j nighfs and day--.
