Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-11-24
STATE ITEMS.
Knoxville had an earthquake
Thursday of last week.

Knoxville had an earthquake
Thursday of last week.
Memphis is rapidly funding her
debt at 60 cents on the dollar.
The father of Gov. Porter, of Ten
nessee, was Davy Crockett's lawyer.
The Tennessee river convention
meets at Chattanooga, December 5.
Eighteen hundred wild pigeons
were killed at the shooting match in
Nashville Wednesday of last week.
Judge Deadriclx, of the Supreme
Bench, is mentioned in connection
with the gubernatorial chair next
time.
The Confederate monument at
Chattanooga, which was completed
and ready to erect, was defaced be-
yond repair last Saturday night, by
an unknown person.
Hon. Thomas c. Lowe, oneof the
representative from Shelby county,
has resigned, having gone to San
Antonio, Texas, for the benefit of
his health under advice of physi
clans.
The Houston County Review of
the 18th says: 1--WE regret to learn
that Mrs. Claiborne Moore and a
young lady named Mary Carter were
killed near Riley Gritfin's, in this
county, yesterday morning. They
were riding on a log on a lOg-Wagon,
and the log rolled off with them,
rolling over them and killing both
almost instantly.
"A woman who had been living
with the family of Rev. Stallup, of
Nashville, started to visit some rel
atives in GAINESVILLE one day last
week, and when about twenty-five
miles from Nashville was met by a
Mr.. Love, who fonnd her almost in
Il state of nudity. She stated that
she had been stopped by negroes and
robbed of an alpaca dress, her shoes
and other articles. Mr.. Love took
care of her and sent her to Clarks-
ville.-jSbel6yUilte Commercial.
Less than three weeks now re-
main for Jack Hunt, the Monroe
county wife murderer, upon this
earth, for he is condemned to hang,
within one mile of the Madisonville
Court House, on the 29th inst. His
counsel have given up all hope of
obtaining a new hearing in the case,
and have instructed him to prepare
for the worst. His death warrant
was yesterday delivered into the
hands of Sheriff Reeder, and he will,
in few days, be taken down and
turned over to the custody of Sheriff
Warren, of Monroe county, who will
keep him till the day of the execu-
ton. 'Tis true that the friends of
the unfortunate man are circulating
petition asking for Communication
of his sentence to imprisonment, but
| in view of the horribIeand atrOcious
nature of his crime and other circum-
stances, it is hardly probable that
! the petition will be granted by the
Governor, and he will have to eXpi-
ate his unnatural crime by death on
| the scaffold on the fixed day. In
the face of all these circumstances,
| and with q horrible death staring
him SO closely in the face, Hunt
maintains wonderful degreeof I'M
concern about the matter, and seems
to be making no preparations to die,
and has very little disposition to do
so, apparently. On the contrary, he
is very prOfane and blasphemOus in
all his conversations on any subject.
This is sad state of affairs to con-
template.
The Memphis Ledger says !:
'Both the United States Senators
and all the ten Representatives from
Tennessee at present in Congress are
natives of the State. Senator James
E. Bailey was born in Montgomery
county, August Is, 1922, and Sena-
tor Isham G. Harris, Of Memphis,
was born in Franklin county in
1918. James Henry Randolph, of
Newport, representing the First con-
gressiOnal district, was born in JEFF
fersOn county, Oct. 10, 1926; Jacob
M. Thornburg, of Knoxville, repre-
senting the Second district, was born
at New Market, July 3, 1887 George
Gibbs Dibbrell, of Sparta, represent
ing the Third district, was born in
w niue COullty1 apr IL l., 1CAZ hay
wood Yancy Riddle, of Lebanon,
representing the Fourth district, was
born at Van Buren,, Hardeman
county, June 20, 1884; John Morgan
Bright, of Fayetteville, representing
the Fifth district, was born at Fay
etteville, January 20, 1917 John f.
House, of GAINESVILLE, representing
the Sixth district, was born in VIII
hanson county, January 8, 1927
Washington Curran Whitthorne, of
Columbia, representing the Seventh
district, was born in Marshall eoun=
tY, April IS, 1925; John D. C: At
kins, of Paris, representing the
Eighth district, was born in Henry
county, June 4, 1926 William T.
Caldwell, of Gardner, representing
the Ninth district, was born at
Christmasville, Carroll county, No
vember 8,1832; Casey Young, of
Memphis, representing the Tenth
district, was born in Hardeman
county.