Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-12-03
NEWS ITEMS.


The earnings of the Pacific Railroad
Of Missouri for the second week in
November were 1870, $40, S53; 1869,
$7i, ca; Increase 81, 176.
The earnings of the Louisville and
Cincinnati Short Line RaifYnd f,r
October, 1870, were g6, 81 %, of which
81 ,462 were realized from the passen-
ger business.
TIE steamer Florida has been sciz-
ed by the Government on che ground i
of being intended for Cuba, but the
owners have offered to discharge the
cargo fU some port remote from Cuba
for thepurpose ofhaving her released.
A leading statesman says he never
paid any attention to lies and sland- |
ers, because O. five could he invented |
whilst he was disproving one"
A remarkable couple live in the :
lower edge of Pulaski county, Ga.
They have been married twelve years,
and have eighteen healthy, robust
children. The two eldest were born
the first two years after their mar
riage, and since then they have had
born to them eight pairs of twins +!
The most remarkable feature is that
the children are all stout and healthy.
What may terminate I'm q bona
| fide duel is an affair between Mr.. A. !
j. Caruth, of the Kentucky New Era,
and j. NJ. Dodd, of the Conservative,
both papers published in Hopkins
vile. 1t is said that DOdd made
charges Of cOwarlice against Caruth
in his paper, and that the latter had
sent his friend to Dodd, demanding
meeting outside the State. Upon
this, Dodd referred the whole matter
to two gentlemen, one from each of
the parties in the affair. Caruth de-
manded retraction of the charge
made, which Dodd refused, where
upon Caruth addressed him u note Of
the same tenor of the first, which
Dodd not answering, Caruth publish
es the whole affair in his paper of the
2lst ult.
A clergyman at Mt Pleasant, Iowa,
runs newspaper, on the following
platform "SermOns without n hirel-
ing, dogmatic priesthood. Law with
out lawyers. Justice-without he'll"
An Omaha dispatch says that
, trunk containinga corpse, and check.
ed as baggage, was sent through to
California few days ago-the re-
: mains of an Indian, supposed to have
, been killed in fight last February,
, and found near Pine Bluff q few days
ago.
The Chattanooga Times says that
James Robinson Is now in New York
trying to get up company to make
the tour of the South this winter
with his circus.
Among the old citizens who came
to the polls and voted at the late
election in Sumner county, Tonnes
see, We're Berry Williams, aged "a
years, II. NJ. Boyers, aged SO, and
George y. Wylie, aged II.
The hog crop of East Tennessee will
he larger this season than it has been
: since the war. The farmers have
, been blessed with an unusually large
corn crop and favorable season, and
; no interference from the ravages of
cholera.
Early rising is now declared to be
I very unhealthy, especially if there's
t any one at the other end of the rope.
How is that for high?
Within seven months two hundred
and forty-three divorce suits were Ell.
tered by one lawyer in Chicago, and
he gained nearly every case.
r In Warren county, Tenn, there is
now residing Mr.. Jacob Herndon, in
his eighty-first year, who is the faith
er of twenty-five children. The old
a gentleman is said to be in excellent
Q health, and is now living with his
second wife.
o There was an exciting race on the
, Warm Spring Mountain, Virginia,
l last week, between EX-gov. Letcher
a and n panther, in which, it is said
i the Governor made the best time OF
the season.
4 Postmaster General Cresswell will
recommend semi-monthly mail
> from China and Japan, instead OF
{ the present monthly service. The
+ Pacific Mail Company has the new
a steamer Alaska, which cost 100000
e Weston has failed in his first at
If tempt to to walk ~ miles in twenty
=, four hours. He broke down from loss
{ of sleep during the first IS miles. He
e is ahead ON his task of walking 400
miles in five days. His shortest mile
on Wednesday was made in ten min
!. utes and iifty.seve seconds.
4 private dispatch from Jackson,
e Mississippi, to the Memphis Appeal,
says the telegram from Washington
! stating that Eerger, who killed Col.
c Crane, had been sentenced to impris-
onment tor life, is untrue. Yerger's
=. trial does not take place till January,
: The Memphis Appeal says: zone
Pc of the wants of the city Is Il church
It in which the builders and occupants
u do not dress so eXtravagantly that
e plain, poor people are unwilling to
e. attend, and where there will he more
!. of christian humility and less Ot
\ mans vanity" Perhaps Il church
e of the same kind may he needed in
G some other cities.
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