Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-11
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Hal Gosling, of Tennessee, has
been offered the consulate at Rotter-
dam.
The Supreme Court meets at
Knoxville on the second Monday in
September.
The colored people of Cincinnati
are making a strong effort to raise
3d. 900 to endow Central Tennessee
College.
VIM. II. Hunt, q barkeeper at
Culleoka, Maury county, killed Sam
Cooper in a saloon fight last Satur-
day night.
For the week ending Saturday
last at noon there were in Nashville
q deaths adults 10, minors 10
whites IA, colOred IS.
Bishop Quintard, of Tennessee,
sends the Historical Society of that
State Turkish war map and two
Turkish papers, direct from the land
of the Bashi-Bazouks.
The Jackson fair will be held in
| October. beginning on the 23d and
/ NOlIlAlAuIilS 1lNC Nftyo' III thOuo-
and dollars will be given away in
premiums.
Rev. w. A. Haynes, of Browns
vile, has accepted call from the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church of
Gallatin, and will also take charge
of fine female school.
During the storm of last week
Mr.. Charles, who resides in the
northern part of this county, had
seven hogs killed by lightning and
a mule knocked down. Trenton
Mirror.
The reunion of the Sixth and
Ninth Tennessee regiments at Jack
son last week was a pleasant affair.
The next annual gathering will be
last Friday in July, 1873.
Major L. A. Gratz, Grand Die
tator of the knights Of Honor for
the State of Tennessee, instituted q
lodge of this order at SWeetwater,
Friday night, being the nfnety-third
lodge organized in the State.
A number of the BARRIERS and
bOOtblacks of Nashville, Tenn, will
establish cooperative shop, unless
their employers will acceed to their
demands, which mean siXty-five
per cent. of the gross earnings.
The negroes had a picnic near
Lavergne Saturday, at which two
men got into a fight, resulting in the
drawing of knives and the disem-
bOweling of one Of the cOmbatants,
who died within a few minutes aft
er he was cut.
Mr. Bob Grizzard, who was in
Mckenzie last week, says that fifty
five wagons loaded with wheat were
counted there at one time, and that
it was estimated that 300 wagons had
been in town that day.-HleQti3lg-
don Vi1edicatOr.
james Dickey, who has been
farming for some time near Jackson,
Tenn, was recently arrested for the
murder of Joe Criner, committed
ten years ago. Dickey claims that
the murder was committed by an
other party who is now dead.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
decided that telegraph lines are tax
able property, a species of property
partaking Of the nature of reality.
These telegraph companies pay four
mills per dollar on every 500 in
gross receipts under the act of 1871.
The Huntingdon Republican
says that Henderson county has I'M
dOubtedly the oldest citizen in the
State. The editor of that paper is
informed that Mr.. Hendrix, resi-
ding about twelve miles west of
Clarksburg, is one hundred and TWEEN
ty-five years old, in good health, and
will perhaps live several years.
The colOred convention, which
assembled at Nashville last week,
met with generous designs, but was
only attended by about two hundred
and fifty blacks, with few whites.
Among the objects were ''tO promote
a spirit of reconciliation with the
whites and blacks" aud "tO devise
some plan to save the race from
crime, degradation, and dishOnor."
Governor Porter has written a
letter to Governor Matthews, of Vir-
| ginia, expressing his regret that he
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! Governors of the different States of
the Union, at Philadelphia, on the
26th of August, on account of the
meeting of the American ASsOcia-
ton for the Advancement of Science,
which is to be held in Nashville on
| August Goth.
"A prominent citizen of Blount
county has been suffering for some
weeks with what he supposed to be
Il cancer on his body, from the effects
of which he became quite reduced
in flesh and was for some days con-
fined to his bed. The afflicted part
was examined by his wife and a ply
stefan was summoned to treat him
for cancer, when it was discovered
that a large dOg-tick had imbedded
itself in the flesh to a depth that it
it was unrecognisable. And now it
is considered unhealthy for any man
who are not in good fighting trim
to mention anything about his late
illness.-KnOrUiiLe Tribune.
"A very serious accident befell
Mr.. Hugh BalleW, the engineer of
the steamer T. t. Hillman, while
the boat was near GAINESVILLE Fri
day night. About II o'clock Mr..
Ballew was standing out on the fam
tail, shifting buckets, when his foot
slipped and he was precipitated on
the wheel. Mainly on account Of
the efforts of Mr.. Robert Ferguson,
the clerk of the Hillman, he was
rescued, but only after sustainings Sc
we're internal injuries. Mr.. Ballew
is one of most popular men on the |
river. He is an old steamboatman,
and his many good qualities Ofhead
and heart have won for him very |
large circle of friends. His injuries |
are painful and serious, but the ply
sicians think he will recover, provi- |
ded modification does not occur
AngeTicC71.
The following cheerful para
graph is from the Upton Record of
last week: "FrOm various sections
of the county we have the most graf
flying reports of the crops, both
corn and cotton We will make over
an average yield, and as our farmers
are keeping clear of debt, business
will be better than usual this fall.
We have started upon the right road
to success if we will only adhere to
it. Let everything be reduced to
cash basis, and this system general
ly adopted will certainly bring pros
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