Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-09-11
GENERAL NEWS.

Z Greenville Inteliigencer (Audrew
johnson, Jr.. editor) 1T has been
stated in some of our exchanges that
ex-President johnson had his life an
sured in several insurance companies.
all the policies amounting to 1856, GOO.
The whole and every part Of this is in
correct. Only few days before the
death of the President, we heard
him speak of several insurance COM
panies having offered him policies on
his life, while President, gratis. He
refused them all, and. as we understood
him, his life was never insured in any
company" SIS
Trigg County Democrat Reports
from ali parts of the county represent
the tobacco crops in fine condition,
with the prospects of q large acreage
and good quality. R .ifea q
The Elkton Witness says our farm
ers have been busily engaged, during
the week, cutting and housing tobacco
We think it, after all. will prove to be
one of the best crops raised in the
county for years.
Paducah Herald: Some of the farm
ers of Caldwell comfy have been offer
ed sl1 round for their growing tobacco,
and have refused it. oa ~ j hni
Elkton Witness: Mr.. G. w. Jessup,
one Of our best farmers and worthiest
citizens, has been offered $50 per acre
cash for his farm. He speaks of going
to GAINESVILLE, Tenn, to engage in the
tobacco business. tfA
The growing cotton that was un Ter
water as result of the late freshet in
the Mississippi, it is said, is but little
injured. Planters claim that they will
make at least two-thirds of 4 crop off
the submerged fields.
The New York Tribune says that a
large number of merchants from the
South and West are now in that city
preparatory to making their fall pur-
chases. rn -oi
Courier-J ournal just think after
all of Senator Morton's deuunciations
of Ku Klux, that they should have
made their appeara nee In indiana 1t
took twenty five of them to muster up
courage enough TO attack and whip one
man at New Albany few days ago. G.
James Gordon Bennett mas brought
over from Europe with him four-in-
hand turnout complete, 4 dozen horses
and a number of sporting dogs, paying
for the whole invoice some $47 600.
The wife of drunkard in Jackson
vile, ILL.,, being chased by him with a
knife, called upon her son to save her
life. The boy complied by shooting
his father dead.
Postage on letters to Great Britain,
Germany, Sweden, Spanish Posses
sions, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy and
Denmark, has been reduced to re-
gular standard rate of FIVE centsifor
every half ounce or fraction thereof.
A Paris paper states that the Sultan
of Zanzibar astonished amateurs aud
professors, who were present at his
visit to piano forte makers, by play
ing one of Thalberg's fantasies with
| the skill almost of a virtuoso. f .a.
"A Colored Mems Democratic Club
has been organized at Vieksburg, Miss.
a, large number of colored men attend
ed the organization of the club, A
resolution, setting forth the determin-
alton of the members of the club to
vote and act as their consciences and
interests dictated, without fear of the
Republican party lash, was unani-
mously adopted. '''
According to the astronomers there
is rain cycle every twenty eight years,
caused by the conjunction of two OF
the planets nearest the earth. Nep-
tune and Mars are now in conjunction,
exciting electricity to an unusual ex-
tent. This results in the condensation
of the vapor of the atmosphere sur
rounding the earth, producing the
copious rains which have fallen this
summer. f.... t........ f-.....--.
Lynchburg Star Two very old men
of East Tennessee have sat for their
portraits at Knoxville, the object be-
ing to exhibit them at the centennial
next year. Michael Hinkle, near
Maryrille, is said to be ll5 years old,
and is native of North Carolina. Mr..
Grimaldi, of Knoxville, is 104, and is
a native of England, being In the Brit
ish navy 63 years ago. The former is
able to chop wood every day, but is
defectivein memory. The latter works
at the carpenters bench, and has good
eye-sight Mr.. Grimaldi was for many
years respected resident of Lynch
burg. aso 7r.us tfia 1 l7. ta1
Nashville American The accounts
of s. Watson, trustee of the Bank Of
Tennessee, have, MS we learn. been
passed before the Clerk and Master OF
the Chancery Court at Nashville. A
most elaborate and minute report was
made. No exceptions to it were taken
by any of the parties interested in the
fund, but the trustees claimed two
credits which the clerk, from prudent
motives, refused These were allowed
by the court. The report. as thus
modified, was then confirmed in every
particular, SO that every act of the trus-
teeship has received the sanction and
confirmation of the Ghancery Court
and without exception from the at
torneys of. the parties interested 10 the
assets of the bank.