Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-12
Letter from Clinton.
CLINTON, TENN, March 10, 1878.

| CLINTON, Tenn, MaTcH IO, 1910.
EDITORS CHRONICLE Clinton, the
well known capital of Anderson county,
is the first tom north of Knoxville upon
the Knoxville and Ohio Railroad, also
upon Clinch river, and is not exactly
spread out over "seven hills" but 80 far
that if its limits were slightly extended it
might very easily cover seven, or even al
most an indefinite number, for it is situat-
ed right down among them, and you have
only to glance but slight distance west
until the eye rests upon the renowned
Cumberland range looming up majesti-
cally as if to proudly check the eye from
the extended panorama.
The public roads of this county are i'm
deplorable state-haye been almost inn
passable, with apparently bottOmless mires
in places. 1t is hoped our present Legis-
lature will create some system to give US
better public roads, discarding wholly our
present worthless system: A pro rata and
per cOpitG tax distributed fairly and with
out reference to locality, we think might
be feasible plan. But our wise lawyers
for that.
[ was glad to see from the DAILY
CHRONICLE, that we again have public
progressive school law. Judge HOuk's
constituents over this way notice his COM
mendable zeal i'm this as well as other very
important matters, and hope he may soon
attain sphere of higher honor and useful
ness. There is not much practical mani
fest interest upon the subject, probably
from the little public encouragement our
law makers of late have given. Howev-
er, there are two Academies in full blast
in the county, but probably owing to local
dissensiOns and 1eeUishneSs are not so
fiourishing as they might he.
Wayne w. Wallace, Horace Whitson
and Pleasant Haskins, have Judge HOuk's
certificate of scholarship to the East Ten
nessee University and will enter at the
fall session, and more healthful indica-
tions are apparent in many parts of the
county.
Your correspondent saw large bald
eagle few days ago, near Wallace's
Roads, among flock of sheep and lambs,
and from his appearance, L suppose. his de-
sign was to crafty his carnivorous appe-
tite upon one of those "small types of in
nOcence.n
The prospect for wheat crop is exceed
ingly Indifferent and seems to have been
more affected by our last severe freeze than
all the former ones.
BY reference to the advertising columns
of the CHRONICLE, a notice from our wOr-
thy County Court Clerk to the holders of
Anderson county bonds, directing said par
ties to present the same TO him for regis
tratioH. called upon Mr.. Dew, the Clerk,
who informed me that it is thought there |
were quite number of blank bonds pri-
vately distracted from the clerks office |
sometime between the years of 1860 and
1864, forged signatures placed thereto, and
upon which the county is and has been
paying interest. The clerk tells me that
about about $50, 900 of the 100000 sub
scribed towards the Knoxville and Ken
lucky Railroad have been reported to him
and thinks the full amount will come up
before the time advertised expires. Ihope
the evil, if such there be, will be speedily
remedied, for our taxes necessarily appear
quite burdensome.
Circuit Court is i'm full blast, Judge Hall,
presiding. About eighty-five cases appear
upon the State docket, among which is one
for fratricide, and various cases for larceny,
and eighty four cases are upon the civil
docket.
Farmers are "as busy as bees" putting
in oats, ETC., and all wear pleasant smile,
because of the pleasant weather now upon
us. Very truly, POLK.