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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09
Monthly weather Report.
WAR DEPARTMENT,

Signal Service United States Army.
Division of kilograms and Reports for the
Benefit of commerce and Agriculture.
KNOXVILLE, September |, 1874.
Table showing daily and monthly mean
barometer and thermometer, monthly We
locity of wind, and amount of rainfall,
with the prevailing direction of wind for
the month Of August, 1874.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09

llkneet barometer, aV.-i a 18th; lowest bas
roneter saSl, ? p N"3th highest thermometer.
% lowest thermometer, 5sy total rainfall. $50
inches prevailing wind. h. n. L total number
or miles Travelled. 1898; maximum velocity Of
wind, y miles per hour; number of cloudy days.
Us; number Of Us on which rain fell, Y.
JNO. X. PAYNE.
Observer. SiInal Service L. =. A.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09
OUR CITY SCHOOLS.
Important Statistics---Compara
Costs, DC.


/ From the First Annual Repor, of
the Knoxville City Schools" lust
printed at the CHRONICLE steam lob
Office, we take the following interest
ing items, showing the progress our
City Schools have made. The follow
ing summary OF statistics, is for the
school year, ending June 9Th, 1871:
Number of persons in the city he
tween o and is years of age, Lost
white, J. 26; colored, 400.
Number of pupils enrolled i'm all the
schools during the year, l,102-white,
So colored, 80.
Average number of pupils belonging
to all the schools, SS6-white, GAS coll
Ored, 23S
Average daily attendance Of pupils
in all the schools, 40. 6S-white, 5631;
colored, 2lG.5S.
Average per cent. Of attendance of
all the schools, IS.
The Superintendent then gives some
other interesting statistics in regard to
the average attendance in the differ
ent departments, etc, and concludes
thus:
ne ABOVE summary OF statistics,
prepared with great care, is highly
satisfactory. It shows favorble eX.
hibit for our schools, especially when
we take into consideration that this is
but the third year since their Inaugural
ton. Our per cent Of attendance will
compare favorably with that of other
cities where the schools have been in
operation for a much longer period, |
Notwithstanding that the prevalence
Of the measles for six weeks, took !
about 40 per cent, from some OF the !
school rooms.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-09-09
WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
SPECIMEN COPIES

u the CHRONICLE mailed Tree to any addres
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

Gov. Austin, who wants to 60 to the
Senate, at the meeting Of the Republi-
can Congressional Convention, took oc.
casion to denounce the committee con-
sisting Of Gen. L. F. Hubbard, VIM.
McKusick, and John S. Mcdonald, for
making their report in the case Of ex.
Auditor McIllrath. What Austin
would like, is the keeping back of all
the evidence until after the present
ring got into power again. During the
canvass, if any damaging rumors Of the
report should be bruited around the
country, the Ex-Governor and the other
chaps could brand the whole thing as a
lie, la mode Credit Mobi1ier, and then
after election white washing committee
could be appointed, and the thing be
saddled off on the dead Comstock, and
all would go on swimmingly again.
And when the regular conventions
meet, the usual resolutions Of the con-
slant vigilance manifested in hunting
out and exposing delinquent officials
and corruption in Office" will be passed,
and the people will find themselves sold
again.
The committee, had nothing to gain
for themselves by making the report,
and we believe that they deserve the
thanks of the people for the prompt and
manly manner in which they have dis
charged their disagreeable duty, with
out regard to who was hit.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16
Judge wilder OF Red WING.

In view Of the proposed withdrawal of
Mr.. Cox from the Congressional contest,
the question of his successor comes at once
to the front. It would be utter folly for
Cox to withdraw, and have an equally weak
man placed before the people. Unless the
delegates to the Shakopee convention are
prepared to make the best possible use of
Cox's magnanimous offer, Cox may as we'll
stick to his etraw. Let us not displace Cox
in order to go throug h the unmeaning cere-
mony Of substituting Box. Let Cox and
Box be retired together. 1t is not good
year for men of their character or their
caliber.
OF the candidates who were before the
Shakopee Convention, we understand that
the most respectable of them, including
Judge Macdonald, refuse again to compete
for the nomination. This being the case.
we believe it would be the part Of wisdom
and Of prudence to look beyond either Of
the old candidates, and take up man who
has borne no part in the late strife, has
made no enemies thereby, and is wholly
dlsinterested in the move to secure the
withdrawal Of Cox. If such a man can be
found possessing the necessary qualifca-
tions for the position, he should by all
means be unanimously accorded the nomin.
alton. Such a man Judge Wilder of Red
Wing is universally conceded to be. He is
understood to be undesirous Of the nomin-
ation-which is the greatest argument in
his favor. He is, moreover, known to be
unimpeachably honest, unusually able, and
would carry to Washington q name, q
character and an influence Of which the
Second District of Minnesota might well be
proud. That Judge Wilder will be disin-
clined and actually unwilling to accept the
nomination, is very likely. But Judge
Wllder's feelings in this respect must give
way to the. feelings of the people and to the
requirements Of the public service. No
man has right to disregard these. The
State has claim upon the services of such
OF her citizens as are peculiarly qualified
for the work We believe, and, we have
reason to believe, that if the Shakopee
nomination could be conferred upon Judge
Wilder without solicitation on his part, and
with fattering and deserved unanimity,
ne would not be go ungrateful or so recre-
ant to duty as to refuse it.
There are. it is true, other equally good
men In the district; but.there are none on
whom public opinion has centered with
such partial warmth and unanimity.
For such man it would be pleasure and
an honor for the best Of men to labor earn
estly and willingly. That he could be
elected over Strait, there is not shadow Of
doubt. Will the Shakopees Convention, if
re-convened, have tho good sense to select
him as . standard-bearer, or some man Of
equal ability, honesty, and character p
1'o"es' .. ,js. .s,;,.ss... ..
Adams nativity has at length been
discovered by Darwin. What is it?-- -
He was German. ' ,5,s sss5e .@tt tst, ssFta
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16
A Good Chance for the Girls.

From the st. Paul Press.
In looking over the premium list we
notice the Society has offered SIS for
bread made by girls sixteen years or un-
der. Who will get this big price for a
loaf Of bread? Every young lady who
can make good bread ought to get ex-
cellent husbands. Such an accomplish
ment men generally prefer to that of
dancing nicely or being an expert on the
piano. Besides the IS in cash, there is
to be given also a diploma that will be a
fine thing to keep in after years, unless
bread making by housewives is becom-
ing too Questionable.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

need repeating. sp..U Unless these nomina..
tions have both been obtained by the
usual solicitations by candidates, prom
ises, bargains and trades, Of politicians
and in one instance by the additional
miserable claim, that because man
with but little strength obtained one
nomination and election on account of
quarrel between two prominent candi-
dates, must have a second term, then
those who are best informed in the mat
ter must be terribly mistaken. With
such state Of facts before the people
is it not time to talk of something be-
sides the keeping up Of party lines for
the benefit Of place seekers When
party means principle, the combination
Of good men to advance the cause of
justice and to maintain the government
We believe in party, but when party be-
comes merely the machine of place
seekers, we think it time for the people
to come to the front.
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. Is, 1874.

Inc celebrated En9lsn IONIC Drama
of Box (Strait) Cox was played at
Shakopee last week. Box (Strait
didn't want the widow Penelope Aan-ti-
nomination, so he conferred her. as ru.
NOR has it, by his influence and friends
on the innocent, unoffending Cox. That
isn't exactly the way the English play
ends, and in fact this play is not ended
yet, and it may be that some one else
may be found to lead of the blushing
bride, and leave the two long lost broth
ers to fall in each Others arms, and to
dwell together in their attic, the last Of
the race of Office seekers.
Many of our subscribers will receive
but three more numbers of the AID.
VANCE, unless their subscriptions are
renewed. Clubs shocld be formed at
once, and your new year will begin
from the time Of the expiration Of the
old subscription. Come friends we arc
incurriny heavy expenses to give you a
good paper, and we need your prompt
and energetic support. We are deter.
mined to make this paper one of the
best in the North West, and we shall
offer it at its present rates, unless
compelled to resort to the old agency
system and out Of the very small
profits pay the necessary commissions
to canvassers. Come friends, send in
your subscriptions.
Every Patron Of Goodhue County
should remember the meeting of the
County Council of this County to be
held at the Bruce School House in the
town Of Goodhue on next Friday, the
18th inst. Floral Grange will give all
delegates hearty welcome. Much i'm
portant business will have to be transac.
ted, among which will be the election
of officers for the coming year, this
being the annual meeting of the Coun-
Gil. We understand that the Commit
tee on Arbitration will be ready with a
full report; the subject Of cooperative
buying and selling and other subjects
of interest will be up for discussion and
an interesting time is expected. Let
every one be on hand promptly.
The Master Mechanic Of Minneapolis,
is one Of the neatest papers that reaches
our table. It is devoted to industrial
interests and the progress of mechanic
arts each number is full of interesting
facts and entertaining reading. Each
number contains numerous fine wood
engravings illustrating the different
topics discussed or described. The pub
fishers Messrs. Comstock, Parsons e. Co.
are preparing to issue an edition of two
hundred thousand copies devoted to the
advancement of the manufacturing and
other industrial interests of the State,
that will be ready in few days. This
edition will not only be good ADVERT.
sing medium but will doubtless be just
the thing to send to Eastern friends to
show up the wealth, growth and advan.
tages Of the State.
Gov. Austin, who wants to go to the
Senate, at the meeting Of the Republi-
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16

= Adams a nativity has atlength been
discovered BY Darwin. What is it'?- -
He was 4 German. s:.e.f Il. slFsssast
The Grange advance., 1874-09-16


Among some of the noticeable things
at the State Fair were specimens of
some Of the work Of the grasshoppers in
Mobiles County. Cottonwood sprouts,
hemp aud oats with all the juice sucked
out Of them and looking as though they
had been kiln dried. Every particle of
substance Of nutritive nature seemed
to have entirely disappeared, and the
grain in the oats been eaten up, leaving
nothing but the husks. Over these
specimens Of their work were suspend
ed a number Of the pests; they did not
look as though they were capable of
doing so much harm. By the side of
these specimens of the destructive work
of the hoppers were some Of the best
and largest squashes on exhibition, to
which the first premium was awarded.
Hoppers evidently do not care for
squash.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04
Notes and Comments.

The French government directs pre-
fects to keep watch upon citizens who leave
the departments for Chiselhurst to do HON.
age to the Prince Imperial, on the occasion
of his becoming of age
In the House, last Wednesday, Gen.
Butler reported back adversely the petition
for the recognition of Almighty God in the
Constitution of the United States. He took
some pains to let the House know that il was
not himself who had thus reported but the
committee of which he was chairman.
According to the statement of the en-.
crossing clerks Of the House, the costly
comma which put foreign fruits on the free
list, and made the Treasury lose about 49,.
100000 Of revenue, was put in by mistake
by Senate clerk, and was not inserted in
the enrolled act in the State Department.
"A Concord correspondent of the Bos.
ton hdrertiSer writes d" ltmay be safely
assumed tLlt, unless some new develop.
ments are forthcoming Gen. McCutchins
will be elected to the gubernatorial chair
and the state kept firmly moored in the
Republican ranks for another year at least
New York has plenty of charity or.
CARNATIONS, but il is found they pay out more
than half the money they get in salaries
one Of them paying dollar and sixteen
cents in salaries for every dollar distrib
uted in charity. SO the public generally il
obliged to come to the relief of the suffering
poor.
The receipts of the Post Office de
partment have risen from Sl6,292 900 il
1868 to 500, 100000 in 1878, and the OK
pendtures from 500, 7S0,000 to $50, Gs4,
600. The Increase in revenue has beer
greater than that in expenditure by abou
s350000. The increase in expenditur,
has been occasionod by bona fds extensions
Of the service.
1t is said that the President insist
that the plan now in operation in selecting
Indian agents from different religious de
nominations, works well in practice tha
the records prove that the service now i
less corrupt than ever before, and the In
dams have been more peaceable. He doe
not favor the transfer of the care of tn
Indians to the army, except in the punish
ment of refractory tribes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

Hogs, great and small, in the kaskas-
kia Bottom, for the past nine months OF
more, have been severely afflicted with
trichna, which has been widespread and
terribly fatal-a genuine epidemic among
the porkers. The fatality of the disease
has indeed been fearful. For time the
farmers in that locality believed their hogs
to be dying from cholera, which, every now
and then, makes its appearance among the
swine kind, especially in the bottoms, sup
posed to be caused by miasmatic influences
but the malady now prevailing is of an.
other type, and far more destructive. The
Kaskaskia Bottom, an area Of some twelve
thousand acres Of country, early last fall
and until winter set in, in many localities
were literally strewn with dead hogs, great
and small, but few farmers having hogs
left to supply the years demand for meat
II is estimated that not less than from ten
to fifteen thousand head Of hogs have died
of trichina in that neighborhood within the
past nine months, aud though the disease
has in a measure ceased its terrible raw
ages, it has by no means disappeared. Il
can scarcely be doubted but that nearly
if not quite every hog in the region o
country spoken of is more or less affected
with this oathsome disease.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

The friends of the Republican state
ticket 10 New Hampshire are with good
reason, congratulatiug themselves upon the
accession of Hon. Mason w. Tappan to the
number of its supporters. In response tC
an invitation of Gov. Straw and over foul
hundred other citizens of Manchester, tc
give an address on the political situation il
that state, he has written very able and
comprehensive letter, and while declining
to enter actively into the campaign, be de.
fines bis own position frankly and give,
some cogent reasons for supporting Gen
McCutchns for governor. Mr.. Tappan, il
the last presidential campaign, was friend
and supporter of Mr.. Greeley, and may be
regarded as perhaps the most prominent Of
his New Hampshire supporters
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

Heavy winds, Monday of last week,
drove the ice from the mouth of Saginaw
river, Mich, into the bay, and carried of
three hundred fishermen who were on the
ice, After drifting into the bay the cake
separated into several parts and drifed in
different directions. That which bore the
greater number of persons swung to the
east shore, and all on it, estimated at two
hundred, escaped. Another large cake
driited to the west shore, and the rest were
able to land The original ice-caEe which
hoated off was about a mile square, and the
party caught on it comprised regular viii
lage Of about three hundred fishermen, oc.
cupying some sixty shanties, which they
built about mile from shore, early in the
winter.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

--serranO has been formally declared
President of the Spanish Republic, from
which it is to be inferred that the men il
Madrid regard the Republicans iu'Spain a.
having strength enough to entitle them to
respect. They will not, therefore, stamp
the Republic out Immediately, nor try TO-
least they provoke revolt; but they will
have their Preside Serrano as in France
they have their President Mcmahon and
as time does not press particularly, they
will 60 along quietly and give the Republic
an eventual quietus by juggle of official
machinery.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04
simmons.


The anxious suspense in which Boston
had been for the previous Week, ended last
Friday by the confirmation Of Mr.. William
A. Simmons, Treasury Supervisor for New
England, as Collector of Customs Of that
city. The contest on this confirmation has
been one Of the most bitter on record. For
at least a week previous the telegraphic
wires were burdened with dispatches from
Massachusetts, to the delegation from that
State 10 Congress iavoring and disappearing
the confirmation, and large delegations
from each side have been in Washington
pulling everywiro and using every means
to secure the result they desired. The
issue of the matter is great triumph for
the Butler wing Of Massachusetts, Rcpub-
licans and of corresponding depression to
all others
We confess to feeling Of disappoint.
ment at this result. We are no admirer
of Gen Buffers political tactics, and this
promotion is the direct reward of Mr.. Sim
mons services for the General in his raid
upon the goyernorship last fall, and the
year previous. As political wire-puller
the new collector seems to be particularly
successful, aud his sphere of activity is
greatly enlarged in bis new field Of opera.
lions, and, of course, his usefulness to Gen
Butler in his next raid correspondingly en-.
HANGED. His nomination, too, was sent to
the Senate without the knowledge Of Mr.
Pierce, the congressman who represents the
district most largely interested in the ap.
pointment of fair and honorable collector,
and wholly without consultation with a
majority Of the Massachusetts, delegation in
Congress 10 fact it was one Of General
Buffers sharpest tricks and has worked
successfully, thanks to President Grant and
Senator Boutwell,, who seem to have in
this matter gone counter to the will of the
Republican party ia Massachusetts, for
reasons, doubtless satisfactory to themselves,
but wholly incomprehensible to the rest Of
the world.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

dispatches from all parts of the coun.
try, but especially South, indicate general
observance of Washington's birthday, Mon.
day, as holiday, by the suspension Of
business. At New York and Brooklyn, the
chief feature was procession of the Order
of United American Mechanics over five
thousand being 10 line, all in regalia. AT
Richmond, Va, the government offices were
closed, and the colored troops paraded and
were reviewed by the Governor Al
Charleston, S. c., the military paraded
salutes were fred and business suspended
In the evening an GRAFTON was delivered
followed by banquet
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

ALEX Mcclure claimed to be the father
of the law under which the recent election
was held ip Philadelphia. At the time it
was passed Col. Foruey, who has very
singular attachment for Mcclure, tele-
graphed over the country that election
frauds and corruption we're at an end in the
city of brotherly love. And in the recent
campaign 10 that city for centennial Mayor,
the praises Of "Aleck" were rung 10 a
thousand ways because pure election was
TO DO held, aud he was the man that had
effected the reform. But the moment the
honest and intelligent electors of Philadel.
phia re-elect Mayor stokely by over ten
thousand majority, "Aleck," Forney and
their crowd eat their own praises of the
new election law and below out fraud"
But their own declarations answer their
charges.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

The President has appointed Generals
Sherman, Mcdowell, Pope, Meigs and
Reynolds as the Court of Inquiry in the
case of General Howard. As whole, the
selection is a good one, and the court can
be trusted, we believe, to make an impair
tial and thorough Investigation. Many
will coniound such court with Court
Martial" but the latter is organized to try
a case in which regular charges are brought
against an officer, while "COurt of In
quiry" is called at the request of an officer
to investigate reports which are circulated
to his discredit, L is one of the crafty
ing facts in the case of General Howard,
that he has never passed in silence any
tangible accusation, but has always con-
fronted his accusers at once, and demanded
that they bring forward their evidence.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. We are
pleased to learn that the corporation of the
University Of Vermont and State Agricul-
tural College are about to take measures
to render its agricultural department of
greater practical benefit to those young
men who propose to make agriculture their
pursuit A consultation has recently been
held between the corporation and the mem.
bers of the State Board Of Agriculture and
prominent farmers in the state for the pur-
pose Of devising such measures as shall best
accomplish the result. There has been no
little complaint on the part of the farmers
in the state that this department of the
University has been suberdinated to the
other departments, and they believe that
the instruction heretofore afforded has been
of no practical value. We trust such
measures will be taken as will obviate any
such complaint 10 the future.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

Gov. Dingley, of Maine, has cited the
sheriff of Knox county to appear before
him, to show reason why he should not be
impeached before the present legislature
for not enforcing the liquor law in his
county. The matter was instigatcd by the
Good Tempars, who claim that they have
made repeated requests to him to put the
law in force, but he refused. The Gov.
ernor is also reported as saying that upon
complaint against any sheriff in the state
he will institute criminal proceedings. The
law being one of Gov. Dingey's own fran.
ing while he was in the House, he is eyi.
IDENTIFY anxious to have it carried out.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-04

The Indians on the Nebraska and
Texas frontiers are sadly in want of les
son. The young braves are affected with
the scalp'taking fever, and we may hear
any day of general raid on the frontier
settlements. Many persons have already
abandoned their homes because the govern,
ment has failed to send forward suficien,
troops to protect them. As is usual the
authorities will bestir themselves when it i,
too late. The question that naturally sug.
gests itself in connection with these Indiar
troubles is-why are not the Indians dis
armed7