Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-01-15
EM1scEfEAsEOts HENS.
LopoN has a Mormon church with

Sress Dy ulrect universal suffrage.
Z 3 EFFoRrsa arc being made for the
calling OF q nutionai convention, to
be held in I.ynchburg, Virginia.
WHEN hog IL found at large in
the streets of Charleston, he Is killed
and his carcass distributed to- the
poor. idoH r, h3la sir"n1'l
A jury I'm Sheffield, Englang, re-
Gently brought In a verdict Of "guil-
ty, but recommend to mercy because
the evidence was not satisfactory"
THE Saratoga Board of Education
years ago abolished whipping in the
schools. II does not work we'll, and
now, by resolution, the rattan Is res
tored.
TINE and vegetation have almost
obliterated all traces of war from the
Spotssylvania battlefield i'm Virginia,
including the once Formidable earth
works.
CHICAGO manufactured 7JO, 900 bar
rels of flour last year, marketed $780,
600 hogs and 10000, 900 bushels OF
grain.
A Kentuckian writes to the North
western Farmer that OF q lot of teie-
graph poles put up In kentucky, the
chestnut rotted first, the cedar gave
way next, the locust stood five years
longer and were still nearly sound,
THE Memphis Bulletin has been
changed to the Memphis Sun, and
will heareafter DO published by its
new proprietOrs as q conservative pa
per, Ignoring politics, however, to a
great extent.
GALVESTON, Texas, now claims
5000 inhabitants. 1t boasts of six
hundred business firms, six lines of
steamships five Of sailing ships, two
banks, six private bankers, two in
surance companies and three cotton
press companies.
A CHANCE FOR INvENToRs.-Un-
til May 1869, the Argentine govern
ment offers $4,000 in gold, and the
Brazilian government SO 600, to any
one who will invent O process by
which meat may be preserved fresh
and juicy for six months. Some
American ought to be able to obtain
these rewards.
IT is stated that q reconciliation
has been effected between Mr.. L.. A..
Pollard and the two Wises who shot
ut him In Baltimore last spring. 1t
is understood that one of the Wises
made a magnanimous remark about
the assassination of Mr.. Pollard's
brother, which came to Mr.. Pollard,s
ears, and brought about the reconlia-
tion.
THE Montgomery Advertiser, of
the 9Th inst, says: Yesterday, in
spite of the rain, was an exciting
day In cotton. Large transactions
took place, beginning early in the
morning at "a cents for ordinary, and
closing ut 25 and 25J cents for low
niddlings. This shows, compared
with other markets, that Montgom-
cry Is ahead of any of them.
TIE mule movement through
Nashville toward the South contin-
ucs more heavy than ever. 1t Is a
good sign. The cotton crop has net
ted the people down that way hand
some surplus, and they are investing
it In the right way. Buyers are now
occurring every county In that section
Of the State and picking up every
animal that will pass muster.
THE report Of the Fire Marshal of
Chicago for the year just closed, shows
the total loss hy fire to be $4,000, 900.
The police of the city, during the
year, have made 23,000 arrests, and
there was S27, 500 worth of property
stolen. During the last year there
were 5,76O deaths, 1854 marriages,
and 8,3iS births.
a hog was killed at Springfield,
Illinois, the other day, in whose
stomach We're found thirty-six ten
penny nails, half an old file, and
suspCnder buckle. This is supposed
To account for the mysterious disap-
pcarance of II small boy In that neigh
bOrhOOu.
WHEN the doctor told the King
aud Queen of Belgium that there was
hope that their son, the Duke of Bra
bant, might recover the King pious-
ly dropped on his knees, and, weep
ing, thanked God aloud for his mer-
cios, while the Queen rapturously
clasped the doctor in her arms and
kissed him repeatedly.
\ marriage has Just been cclcbra-
ted at toucn between two dwarfs-
NJ. Angot, well known for his per-
iormancos i'm the Ranccy Circus, and
Mile Caumount, n scamstrcss, even
smaller than her husband. The
bride IL twcnty-fOur years of age, and
the bridegroom twcnty-ninc. Not
lcss than 200 persons were present
ht the ceremony.
THE New York Herald publishes
table giving the loss by fire i'm the
United states during the year 1868,
In all cases where the damage was
$4,000 and upward. The aggregate
Is S34, ,75i 900, which Is less than that
of any year since 1865. The total loss
by fire in this country during the last
thirteen years is placed at S3SS, COS,
OD.
\ farmer near bloomington, Illi-
noiH, recently lost three children in n
most remarkable manner. He start
tcd with his family to ride to Bloom
lngton, eight miles, in wagon
The three children were put down In
The bottom of the wagon, carefully
wrapped up in straw and buffalo
robe. The father and mother occu-
pied tho front seat, thinking their
little ones very comfortable. On
raising the robe at the end of the
Journey all three were found frozen Ia
death. They had remained perfectly
quiet, and undoubtedly died without
pain.
ruE state of West Virginia has
been respectfully but not very orma-
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