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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-21

1 3ffER FORTY OF THE CHOICEST LOIS NORTH
THE RAILROAD, AND AFFoRDING THE BKsT INVESTMENTS
NOW on THE MARKET CORNER LOTS on IMPORTANT
STREETS.
CALL AND LOOK OVER PLAT AND MAPS
No. S72-Choice Gay street lot.
NO 52S-A choice building lot FARCE and beautifully
i9cated near the University, about mile from
sra6e lot well sodded, with fruit trees set out Sc
good eisern. Price $780, and $500 required in cash
No. Ol--Buding Site 200 feet square, on turnpike
road, one mile from Market Square. $3.50.
No 59l--Store house and residence on Depot Square
Sweetwater. buildings large and in good order; lot
large, well improved and well located in one Of the
prettiest and pleasantest villages in East Tennessee
Rents Tor SIoO a year. and worth much more to man
wishing good location for business and home
No 590-A choice lot central and yet retired with
line view of the city, mountains and river on one of
our best Streets sidewalks, &e., S0x10 feet $780,
Two valuable lots on Gay street for sale
No. 5lS-Exceeding!y comfortable and desirable resi-
usnce with 10 acres OF finely improved ground on turn
pike, two miles from Knoxville.
No. 526-Large and well finished house in East Knox-
vile, with finely improved lot. Location very good
80 LOTS in East Knoxville, ranging from $50 to 500
in price.
No 439-Three adjoining lots, with large house sta
farm.
No. 402-Suburban residence one and "A half miles
from Knoxville Postofce rs acres of good ground and
comfortable buildings, excellent water desirable Local
ton.
No 44l-Forty desirable lots in Fairview near the
residence of q. VI. Branner ESQ., convenient TO the de-
pot and Manufactures. High, well lying ground and
In a rapidly mproAlng neighbOrhood.
No. 45i-Iouse and well improved grounds of acres
beautifully located on Turnpike road, and ele
and a cool breeze all through the summer.
Two desirable Lots, each with small House in the
heart OF the City, on one of our best streets.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-21
EOI. sale on. Rent:

The steam mill property large and convenient build
ing, powerful engine, admirable location ON Railroad
ami Turnpike road. Building and machinery in per-
feet order Large lot
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-21
For Rent /:

A small but neat house of five rooms with porch good
cistern amt WE'LL of ground one mile from the
CITY, on good road Rent, SO per month, with use G.
ground for garden.
Fifty 80 acres Of open land near Knoxville most of
it set in grass, good water win be rented for term
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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-09-21

At 21O o clock, p. 81, the gavel sounded. and
the Convention was called % order when Col
House, Chairman of the Committee read the rcso-
lnti1ns tliat had been prepared
The preamble set forth the usual mutual adj
nliration talk, and then proceeded 10 recommend
a variety Of measures that 60 far 10 make up
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

Prince wheeled his army to the north, while the Saxons and Bavarians from the army
 before Metz took similar direction. The
 first serious collision took place on Tuesday of last week when the Grown Prince struck the French army. moving from west to east. in the flank. at Beaumont, driving them across the Mense to Meuzon. Here they were struck on Wednesday and again defeated by the Germans on the east side of the Mouse. and driven back on Sedan. The Grown Prince, in the mean time, nov ed down the river so as to intercept the re- treat of the French to the west, by the way of Mezieres, and maneuvered for a juno. tion with the German force on the oppo. site side of the river, behind the French ar- my. To effect this terrible battle occur red on Thursday, the severest resistance being to the east of Sedan against the Ger man advance on that side. The French were overpowered, however, completely surrounded, and inasmuch as Sedan was indefensible, their surrender was neces- sity,
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
IS THE WAR ENDED |?

The wonderful news of the past week raises the question whether France can possibly defend herself longer. With the surrender of McMahon's army and the sure eventual capture of that of Bazaine, the force with which Napoleon opened the cam paign is not only totally defeated but prac- tically destroyed. Three hundred thousand Germans are now at liberty to march on Paris forthwith, and two or three hundred thousand more will be added to that num- Der by the fall of Metz. The French En- pire has completely collapsed. Gan the French Republic continue the fight ? We wish, flor the real interest of Europe and of both parties, that it might be able to do % successfully. Otherwise we fear that the temptation to German aggrandizement will lead to harsh terms of peace-a peace that will be only truce. We must confess that we cannot see how Paris, no matter how determined, can retrieve the mistakes of the late Emperor. It has at present no army that can meet the Prussians in the field and, even if it can stand siege, whence is to come the army that can raise that siege
 As display of military power and skill, nothing since the days of Napoleon l. has equalled the magnificent fighting of the Prussisns. Even the great Napoleon nev- or captured or destroyed t,Oo armies, amour ting in the aggregate to 10000 men, in a three weeks campaign. From present ap- pearances no single European power is anything like match for Germany, united at last and we are not sure that Europe combined could defeat the new Grand Nation"
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
WASHINGTON.

There was meeting of the Directors of the Shepaug Valley Railroad at this place on Saturday A full Board was present and routine business transacted. A letter from Judge Seymour to the President was read in which that gentleman stated that inas- much as the vote authorizing him to sub scribe an additional one per cent. on be. half of the town of Litchfield left it some what to his discretion, he had examined the engineers estimates on the Shepaug Valley route, and had come to the conclu- sion that it's construction might be safely commenced whenever the capital subscrip- tion had reached the amount of $4O0, ,O00. He stated, therefore, that whenever suffi- cient amount was raised to make the total (with the Litchfeld l per cent. subscrip- tion) $4OO, ,OOO, he should make that sub- scription on behalf of the town. The views of Judge Seymour met the appreciation of the Board and the following resolution was passed.
 Resolued-That the construction of the Railroad of this company through the val ley of the Shepaug be not commenced un- til the sum of $4OO 900 shall have been sub- scribed to the capital stock.
 The total amount of subscriptions is now about $375, ,0Oe.e Washington has raised over $30, ,0OO private subscription. The private subscriptions in Roxbury and Bridgewater are pushing on, fast. and it is expected that the required amount will RnnM ha secnfod
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
GAYLORDSVILLE.

Wednesday night. while Gamaliel Sher- wood was driving up the road, leading from New Milford center to Gaylordsville, 8 man rushed to his horses head, attempted to stop him, but was defeated by the good of the driver, knocked down, and his hands were run over As this is not the first time we have known of our citizens being attacked on the lonely road running between the railroad and river, we hope it will be warning to them to be prepared to give all such parties a warm greeting hereafter. Those persons who have been noticed lettering at night about the premises of the first dwelling house in this village reached by this road, will find it safer for them to keep at a respectful distance. G.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
&itts6fl0 Gnquirer. Litchfleld, Thursday, Sept. 8. 1870
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Nearly year since, we made propositions for regular and occasional correspondence. which met with ready response, adding much to the value of our paper, and laying us under personal obligation to the gentlemen rendering us such assistance. We are thereby encouraged to renew our propositions, hoping that the good example already set will be generally followed. and that the local news of all parts of the County will be fully reported in our paper.
 Cur propositions to regular and occasional cor respondents from any part of Ltchfeld County, are as follows:
 1. On publication of any communication we will forward siG ectra copies of the EN- ou1RER containing the same, to the address of the person sending it to us, or to any residents of the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise us, at the time of sending communications, of the. number of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent.
 2. Local items from reliable sources, in any part of the county, will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular correspondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in addition to the extra copies mentioned above.
 REQUIREMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
 Anonymous communications cannot expect publication.
 The names of correspondents will be kept strictly secret, if desired
 Communications of 8 personal nature will not be published, unless the propriety of such pub- lication is manifest.
 Manuscript should be written only on one side of the paper. Regular correspondents can avoid all danger of having the contributions of others attributed to them by assuming some signature, single let ter being sufficient.
 In case of two communications relating to the same event, the fullest will usually be published. Hence communications never come amiss, even from places where we have regular correspon- dents, since they often give valuable additional information.
 A simple statement of facts is all that is neces- sary. and hastily written communications will be corrected before publication.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
Death of wm. E. Peck. Esq,

We hear with extreme regret of the death of Wm. K. Peck, Esq.,, who removed from this county, few months since, to Grand Rapids, Mich. MT. Peck was an estimable man, worthy citizen and rising fast, we hear, in his new field of labor. He was admitted to the bar of this county about twenty years since, and was for long time engaged in successful practice at Nor folk which town he represented in the General Assembly. He removed to Win sted, two or three years since, and thence to Grand Rapids. He was fluent and ex- perienced political speaker and was repeat edly engaged by the Republicans of New York to assist them in their campaigns
 We clip from the Winsted Herald the fol- lowing account of his sudden death
 "We are greatly pained to record the sudden death of William K. Peck, Esq, which occurred at his residence in Grand Rapids, Mich, on Friday evening last. On the previous Monday he went on an excur- sion with five hundred of the citizens of Grand Rapids, including the Mayor and Common Council, across Lake Michigan to Milwaukee. The passage was rough and Mir. P. was very sea-sick. After reaching Milwaukee he ate heartily and soon had 6 severe attack of bilious collie, which led to inflammation of the bowels. He returned home with the excursion, however, on Wed- nesday, and resumed work in his law office apparently we'll. He wrote a letter on that day to B. s. Woodford of this place, in or having been ill. Early on Thursday morning, he woke his wife and complained of severe pain in his side. Drs. Miller, Shepard and Johuson were sent for and did all that could be done for him, but he continued to grow worse, and sank rapidly on Friday, until half past nine in the eve- ming, when he died without much pain. '' ~
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
a@- A queer discovery was made in My

na A queer discovery was made in Mys- tic. lately. An old Episcopal church was built there in 1732. Ten or twelve of the members were buried under the church :; one of whom was so unpopular from being Tory that his funeral was in the night from fear of indignity. The same year the minister of the church, also Tory, was sent to New York, and the church was burn ed in the general confagration in 17s1. The land on which it stood was thrown in- to the highway, in repairing which the re- mains of the persons buried there were lately dug up.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
NEw PRESTON.

Now is the time for fishing at our beautiful lake. On Saturday one man caught forty six black bass, several weighing over three pounds each. Another man caught twen- ty-six, the same day, some of which weigh ed over four pounds. In less than three hours, Monday morning, MT. l. Smith caught twenty-five, the majority of which weighed over two pounds. each. The i'm mense strings of bass taken from our lake during the past few days beat anything seen, or heard of, hereabouts.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

D@ We commend the following from the N. '. Times to those who believe in the chivairic protection" society now of fers woman
 The hardships of poverty are only fully known to those whose sad lot is to encounter them day after day. Last Friday, poor woman named Ma ria Walker, living in East Sixteenth street, found Sherifs entered her house to dispossess her. They had not been there many minutes before they be- gan insulting the three daughters of this woman who has committed the heinous ofense of being poor. Being repulsed by the girls, they next sub- jected the mother to a similar indignity. Eventu- ally policeman was called in, and one of the De- putty sheriffs, Emanuel Diacont by name, was talk en before Justice Ledwith. It may be seriously any more of the case"
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

POVERTY IS BAD, but the worst kind of poverty is poverty of the blood; this makes man "poor indeed" for it takes away his strength, courage, and energy; but en- rich the blood with it's vital element, Iron, by taking the Peruvian Syrup Ia protox- ide of iron), and you will feel rich and ''as good as anybody" Try it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

CHEMISTRY is furnishing us new agents for fuel, force, food, and many important aids over those we once possessed. Ports from which commerce was driven during the hot months by their terrible levers are visited all the year with impnity now. Many localities in the South and West kept tenantless by their deleterious mi- asms, are now filling up with populations under the protection of Ayers Ague Cure. Their afflicting Chills and Fevers are so ef- fectually cured by this remedy that the disease no longer turns emigration aside or destroys the settler if he ventures upon it's infected districts. [" Gazette," Inde. pendenee, Mo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

"a. The seems to be no doubt of the Ku-Klux outrages lately committed in North Carolina. Chief Justice Pearson of that State, in decision rendered on the 18th ult. sums up the facts proved regard ing the murder of Republican State Sen- ator in May last, showing that it happened at Casewell Court House, in the day time of the very day on which Democratic meeting was assembled there, that the man was strangled by rope, stabbed in several places, and that it was unquestionably a political murder.
 The testimony further discloses the per. petration of the most fendish outrages on colored and white Republicans for mere political purposes, and that the order was 4O,000 strong in the State.a year ago. The Court have decided that member is re- sponsible for the acts of any other ''Klan in any other county, and we hope that some of the perpetrators of these infamous outrages may be punished.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
LITCHFIELD.

On Wednesday of last week, Dr. Bost- wick met with very severe accident. He was crossing the street from his house when young man struck ball which hit him with tremendous force full in the face, near the right eye, e,and felled him senselesa to the ground. It was at first feared that the eye was seriously injured, but it is now believed that such is not the case. The flesh about the eye was terribly bruised and the pain intense for many hours.
 It was hoped that this accident would move our town authorities to stop the dan gerous practice of playing ball in our pub- lie thoroughfares. but the practice still con tinues. It is only few years since the wife of a Winsted clergyman was disfgured for life by just such carelessness as we see every day in our streets. We notice also. that it is not our first Nine who abuse the good nature of the public by this promis- cuous batting and throwing, but the chaps who, if they ever play in a match. are in- variably beaten. There should be no more street playing allowed.
 People of this place will be pained to learn of the death of Capt. Albert Stoddard formerly of Litchield. at Toledo, Iowa, on the 18th ut. Capt. s. entered the ENouR- FER Office at sixteen and at twenty one be- came editor of the Litchfeld Republican, 8 Democratic paper, then published at this place. He went to Iowa in 1855 and edit ed the Ft. Madison Plaindealer for four years. Studying law at the same time, he was admitted to the bar in 1857. He com menced practice at Toledo, just before the war, in which he took part as captain in the 10th Iowa Infantry. After the close of the war he returned to the practice of law at Toledo. ..... :,
 A Temperance meeting was held at the Court Room, on Monday evening, which was much larger than any previous gather ing, about two hundred people being pres ent An able address was delivered by the Rev. Sylvester Smith of the Methodist church. and an organization was effected under the Constitution published in our last. The following officers were chosen |: Charles Adams, President Frederick M. Sanford, Secretary and Treasurer G. A. Hickox, B. W. Pettibone and Leonard Stone, Executive Committee. The next regular meeting will be held on the first Monday in October.
 Smart showers on Saturday night and Sunday have given vegetation another chance. although there was not rain enough to raise streams materially. We hear that the rain was much lighter east of us than at this place.
 Trinity School, on East Street, under the charge of the Rev. William l.. Peck, A. M., opened on Monday last, for the commencement of the fifth year. The suc- cess of it's future bids fair to equal that of its past.
 - Henry w. Sawyer of Plainville, sells the Morris place, about mile south of this village. to Henry Friday of this place, for $1, ,0OO.
 - We understand that two railroad con- tractors were in town, Tuesday, looking over this end of the Shepaug line.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

A corner of Litchfield has been set off to Torrington, since the census of 1860, SUD- posed to contain something over 100 in- habitants. This town, therefore, gains slightly. The falling off of about per cent. in the population of Morris, and of 8 per cent. in that of Bethlehem, is certainly very serious matter.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

WOMAN SuFFRAaR CONVENTION. The annual meeting of the Connecticut Wo- man Suffrage association will be held at Hartford, on Friday, September 9th, in- stead of Wednesday, the 7th, as heretofore announced. The first meeting will open st Allyn Hall, at ten o'clock, when the annual business will be transacted. All persons interested are requested to attend punetually. During the latter part of the morning speeches may be expected-also in the afternoon. E4 {s.ssss
 vunn L. B. HooKnR,
 Chairman Executive Committee,
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

p@r There seems to be a fair chance that some system of minority representa- tion will be adopted in Pennsylvania. The people who demand it there. are in ear nest, and they are right, so we have no doubt of their success.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

RAT TRAP EXTRAORDINARY A citizen of Collinsville recently bought half bushel of clans and emphed them on his cellar bottom. Some one going soon after into the cellar heard noise in the direction of the clans, and found large sized rat firm ly held by one fore leg between the shells of one of the largest clans.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

4~ We are indebted to T. s. Gold, Sec retary of the Board of Agriculture, for a copy of their Fourth Annual Report. In addition to discussions by practical farm- ers, there are reports of lectures by Pro. feasors Verrill and Law. and Dr. N. Ores ". The volume is handsomely illustra- ted, and must be of great value to our farming community. Great credit is due to MT. Gold for the able manner in which he has performed the duties of his office, and the total cost of the Board since it's establishment has only been $12, 900. When we consider that hundreds of thousands oi dollars have been expended on the Middle. town palace for the Insane, it occurs to us that the Sane have some rights also, which legislature is bound to respect.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08
For the Ennuirey.

For the Enquirer. MIR. ED1ToR:-A statement made by your correspondent in last weeks paper. greatly surprises me. He tor she, as the case may bel. asserts. that previous to last summer, August 2sth. 1870. when it was sung in St. Johns Church, the 1s De,ms has never been sung in that place. By re. ferring to the last Convention Journal, I find that the parish of St. Johns Church, Washington, was organized in 1919. How strange! Who would have thought that in any Episcopal church. however obscure, that grand old hymn of praise and prayer, that has come along down to us from the earlier ages. would have been left entirely unsung through the period of half cen- tury? Verify, Truth IS stranger than fiction" Now that the ice is broken. :" the ancient and sublime composition sung once, no doubt it will be many times more in the years to come.
 PLYMoTHEAN. Sert 3d. 1870.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

D@ The result of the Convention of Aug. 18th last, was the uniting of all the Catho lie Temperance societies of the State into one organization. New societies are being organized and much needed reform is ef- fected.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-08

BASE BALL.-The Atlantics of Brooklyn were defeated by the White Stockings at Chicago. only beat the Forest City Club of Cleveland by one run, and were terribly defeated by the Red Stockings, "A to 3). Rather bad outlook for the National Champions.