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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25

journment. If the Democrats had
persisted in making the tariff the
leading object of their efforts, one
of two things must have happened.
Either the Wood bill would nave
passed, with some improvements,
or the Tariff would have been the
controlling question of the coming
campaign. The Democratic party
hosting the banner of free trade
while the Republicans rallied under
that of Protection. AS it is, the
Democrats will divide with the Re
publicans the obloquy which at
taches to its defeat, they will fight
shy of these subjects, and fall back
ON Returning boards and Electoral
commissions, and the loathsome
spectre of the dead and putrid
bloody shirt which demands moth
ing else of man but to be buried
out of the peoples sight and away
from their offended nOstrils.
p. Son reading the above arti-
Gle over again we perceive one point
on which our meaning may be mis-
apprehended. We might be mis-
understood as condemning those
members who voted with Mr.. Pot
ter on his resolutions. We do not.
Had we been a member of the House
we should have voted for them too.
The matter being once brought into
Congress there was no other course
for them as Democrats, the error
was in bringing it there.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
WAR OR PEACEq


Decidedly war, we say, but, when
we say so, we distinctly explain that
we ground our opinion not upon the
constantly fiuctuating statements of
diplomatic transactions which flow
SO abundantly through the tele-
graphic cable. We are obstinately
skeptical when we read of the pro-
foundry confidential interviews
which newspaper correspondents
are forever holding with Bismarck,
Andrassy, Beaconsfield and Schouv-
aloff, and we believe that the known
transactions of the last two weeks
amount to about this, that Count
Schouvalof, the Russian Embassa-
dor at the British Court, has trav-
eled from London to st. Petersburg
with some proposition looking to a
compromise between the two courts;
that the proposition was not acted
upon. Thus far diplomacy. On
military matters it is known that
Gen. Todleben, now in command
of the Russian forces south of the
Balkans, advised the withdrawal OF
the headquarters from San Stefano
to Adrianople, the position at the
former place being in his estimation
untenable in case of active hostili-
ties. The withdrawal was counter
manded by the Imperial Court and
Todleben was ordered to hold the
position at San Stefano for political
reasons. This substituting political
for strategic considerations has al
ways been a dangerous practice in
anticipation of actual hostilities, and
cost Napoleon III. the disaster al
Sedan. However, TOdleben O
course obeys, and, in posting his re
endorsements, placed some of then
rather too near a Turkish post, upor
which Baker Pasha in command
there sent an aide to say that ht
would fire if they were not removed
| They were removed. VoiL0 tout
The movement of troops and no
conjectural reports of negotiations il
the ground Of the opinion we express
that war must very soon result from
present complications.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
adjourned

The indications are that the DEM
Ocrats will be able to capture Penn
sylvania this fall. A Washington
telegram to the Cincinnati CONNER
cial says:
Rumor has it that there is to be
a settlement of the difference exist
ing among the leaders of the Penn
sylvania Democracy; that Senator
Wallace and SpeakerR andall are to
act in harmony; that Wallace is to
be Chairman Of the State Conven-
ton at Pittsburg this week; that
Dill is to be the Democratic candl-
date for Governor; that Randall will
be returned to Congress without OPP
position, with an increased number
of Democratic colleagues from his
State, and a Legislature elected that
will send Lew. Cassidy to the Uni
ted States Senate in place of Don
Cameron. Senator Wallace predicts
that if Dill shall be nominated at
Pittsburg, he will easily beat Hoyt,
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernOr. Speaker Randall is of the
opinion that the Republican State
ticket in Pennsylvania is weak.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25

Now, l know the Leaf so well,
that it is easy to imagine with what
gusto he spelled out those rates, how
thankful he was for the great love
and affection shown to the people Of
Guthrie; but in the fervor of his
gratitude, he neglected to complete
his tariff rate. Here it is:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
SI5,241 05

The Commissioners for the selec-
ton of a site had their final meeting
on Wednesday, and agreed to re-
port in favor of a large lot opposite
the Methodist church. This selec-
ton was disapproved by the County
Court at its meeting on Thursday.
The Commissioners then had
another meeting (the court adjourn
ing for the purpose) and the second
selection was the lot on which was
the residence Of the late r. Johnson,
Esq, including the warehouse re-
Gently built on the corner of Conn
merce and Second streets by Shelby,
Scott & Co., and some small lots
on Third street; the whole COM
pricing about an acre and one fourth,
between Second, Third and Com
merce streets. This was ratified by
the County Court and there the
Court House is to be built.
The sale of the lots above men
toned was confirmed and the court
adjourned.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
M. MATTILL.

PSI win take Country Produce in ex-
change for Groceries. Come and give me q
lift. May Is, IS7S-3rn%
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
THAT TOLL QUESTION AGAIN.
The Grange Railroad, the City
Board, the 5. Il. IL. r., and the
Tobacco Leaf.

The Tobacco Leaf is again vol
luminous on the subject of the tolls
RENTED to the tobacco wagon train
by the City Board. Anything that
touches the S. E. r. r. directly or
indirectly is, in the eyes of the To-
bacco Leaf, of such transcendent
importance compared with every
thing else under the sun, including
the other railroad, Red river, the
turnpike, the Grange train and the
city of GAINESVILLE itself, that it is
not wonderful if it appropriates the
lions share of the columns of the
Leaf We have not as much space
to spare for the treatment of a con-
troversy the merits of which are
already nearly exhausted. We will
endeavor to compress into as limited
space as possible the leading points
in his article.
He asks: "WOuld these gentle
men upon the same representation
allow Mr.. Whitfield, agent for the
St. L. & S. f. r. r., to haul tobacco
out of GAINESVILLE to Hopkinsville
on half toll, to be shipped over the
S. E. road ?" We think they would.
He tries to make out that the haste
with which the motion was pushed
through was to prevent investiga-
ton of this tobacco train business,
whereas any one present could have
seen that the motive for haste was
the convenience of persons wanting
building material.
He takes up the cudgels for the
HOrnberger estate. That estate has
claims to the tolls, whatever they
may be, but no claim to their being
placed at any particular amount.
Finally he says:
The Board must correct the error,
either by repeating the act or freeing
the bridge to all alike, and levy a
special tax to pay off the bridge
bonds. Which horn of the dilem-
ma will it choose?
Neither horn, we imagine, though
one of them may be thrust forward
with the full force of the S. Z. R. r.
and the other with that of the
GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf, its chosen
champion.
But the Tobacco Leaf is not sat
isfied with what it says in its own
name; it puts forward a manifesto
from one who, under the name of
Justice" assumes the role of a
Christian county tobacco planter,
and claims to spend $4,000 a year in
GAINESVILLE and to sell here twenty
five to thirty hOgsheads of tobacco,
the toll on which costs him 500.
If this correspondent be a tobacco
planter at all (Which we strongly
doubt, as his style of writing has a
strong family resemblance to that
current in the Tobacco Leaf editori-
ais on this subject), but if he really
sends tobacco to GAINESVILLE, he pays
that toll very needlessly, as he can
easily have it received in Providence
and carried from thence by the
warehOusemen to GAINESVILLE with
out expense on his part. This is the
regular mode of procedure on the
HOpkinsville road, and if Justice"
were really a tobacco planter, we
think he would have known it and
acted ON it
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25

The Court House lots were sold
on Monday at fair price, and now
we are able to estimate how much
money proceeding from the old
house the county is in possession of
to 60 towards the expenses of the
new building. The whole frontage
for sale was 107 feet, which divided
into five lots was q feet and inch
es and four fifths of an inch to each.
1t was put up at21 feet, 5 inches, so
that the county really sold one inch
more ground than they possessed,
making the fifth of an inch off of
each purchaser. We have made
our computation On the ASSUMPTION
that they sold what they had to sell,
namely, q and two fifths to each
buyer, and ON that computation we
subjoin a schedule Of the whole pro-
ceeds. The county's report will be a
trifle more, they charging for that
inch which has no existence, which
was sharp on the part of the county
but not strictly moral,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25

general manager Of the Granger r.
r., If you will get the City Board
and the Presidents Of the turnpilxes
to reeind their order for half toll,
that the first trip after the order Is
made will be from Hopkinsville TO
Guthrie. The road from Guthrie TO
Hopkinsville is two miles shorter
than from GAINESVILLE to Hopkins
ville;and has Trenton, Pembroke and
Caskey to add. Really j don't
know but that ] will compromise
with the Leaf and move the train
there anyway, especially rs it will
be only a loss of $500 or a 81 900 per
week to our people, and that don't
matter much with the Leaf, so the
Southeastern people get it.
No one, Mr.. Editor, can fail to
admire the independent spirit dis
played by the Leaf when expatia-
ting on the claims of the Granger
and the S. E. r.. r. to the patron
age of GAINESVILLE. Note with
what perfect fairness he informs his
subscribers the freight rate from
these Stations to Clarksville-here
it is: The st. Louis d S. e. quotes
the following very low rate
st. Louis TO Guthrie Is cents per 100
Evansville 4" :" " -
louisville Is
Nashvf willie "
Now, l know the Leaf so well,
that it is easy to imagine with what
gusto he spelled out those rates, how
thankful he was for the great love
and affection shown to the people OF
Guthrie; but in the fervor of his
gratitude, he neglected to complete
his tariff rate. Here it is:
Hopkiniville to Guthrie 2
Pembroke g I" 81
Trenton s. Is
Springfield d" a
These are pretty lively rates, but
1 suppose it is only through bust
ness that is entrusted to the Leaf
and consequently he could not make
this quotation. But [ propose to
have the Granger r. R. quoted on
local rates:
Hopl1insville to GAINESVILLE 81 90 per HID
Trenton 80
Springfield, Cedar Hill and Adams
will be quoted next week. Now
how do the rates compare. Pleas.
antly, I trust, to your readers fOl
they are the lowest rates made tC
GAINESVILLE since the war. Every
dollar paid by the Planter to thi:
line will be used at home.
1t is with profound regret, l learn
that Mr.. Justice of Christian coun
ty has been, so imposed on by the
| Tobacco Houses in GAINESVILLE.
believe that his case is the only ont
where they have eXacted toll from /;
planter during many years. 1t j!
the custom not only to pay thu
planter the full tolls on every hhC
he hauled across the city bridge
but to receive planters tobacco il
Providence and dray it to Clarl1s
vile free. If the Ware House re
ceiving the tobacco refuses to refunC
to Mr.. Justice the toll, L will pay i
myself, rs it is an outrage that ont
man should be picked out of an en-
tire community to be defrauded.
Very truly,
Z. p. GRACEY.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
" % JII'0I = VII uIIO I7'tI VL NIIN OVfIl
but not strictly moral.

Lot No. l. J. H. Barker, SIS per fits l $50 20
Lot No. ?, G. $. Daniel, 81 5Oper it.. 1858 80
Lot No. 3, w. A. Settle, ST. p per IT. 1868 Is
Lot No. 4, Caldwell Il Shelton, S7S 90
per ft...................... ........... $50 20
Lot No. 5, G. 5. Daniel, SS7 30 per IT.. 1872 so
Stone foundations, c. Wenzier~...... lO4 90
bailey ........,.,... A so
Wenzier 100 90
Bricks, c. L. Cooke $50 90
INSURANCE 5000 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
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Wind Will Not Blow it Off---Time
the True Test.
March 80, 1878.


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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-25
Family Grocery.

am for the present, until / can do better.
located on The corner OF First and Commerce
streets, where will keep a general assert
ment OF Family Groceries and Confeetion-
cries, and will sell as cheap as they can be-
DoughI elsewhere. You need have no fears
OF coming in and examining NV stock. As
l want 1t distinctly understood that / keep
no ping house the strongest drinks I can
vinegar.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
An Open Letter--It Speaks for Itself.

RoCKPoRT, MASS, April :. 1877.
Mn. EDITOR: Having read in your paper the re-
pOfs OF the remarkable cures Of Caarrh am in.
duCed TO tell what know about caiarrh, and fan.
cy the snuff and "inhang tube makers mcre
dollar grabbers-would be glad If they could emilia.
Zou similar cure in the papers, For twenty years
| have suffered with catarrh. The nasal passages
became completely closed. Snuif, dust, ashes In.
intervals would snuli up the socallcd caarrh sEuG
until became valuable tester for such medicines.
gradually grew verse, and no one can know how
much suffered or what miserable being was, My
head aChed over my eyes so that was confined 10
my bed for many successive days suffering the most
Intense pain, which at one time lasted for It's hours.
All sense Of taste aud smell gone, sight and hearing
gone, nervous system shattered and constitution
broken, and ! was hawking and splitting seven
cghths of the time. prayed for death TO relieve
me OF my suferngs. \ favorable nscc In your
paper of DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy induced me to
purchase package and Use II with DR., Sage nasal
douche which applies the remedy by hydrosiatc
pressure the only way compatible with common
sense. Wen, Mr., Editor II did not cure me IN three
iourths of second, nor in one hour or month, but
in less than eight minutes | was relieved aud Ia
| three months cured and have remained so for over
| ID months. While using the Catarrh Remedy used
DR.. Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery to purify nay
| blood and strengthen my stomach also kept Icy
| liver active and bowels regular by the use of his
| Pleasant Purgativc Pellets II my experience win
induce other sufferers to seek the means of 70,
| lief, this letter will have answered its purpose
Yours truly, 5. d. RENNlCK.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03

Can THE Truth OvERTAKE 4 LlE.-In-
ycstigation discloscs the fact that the lady
reported in the Associated Press dispatches,
about Aug 10th, TO have died in Chicago
after two weeks use Of some rcputed rene
dy for corpulcncy, had not taken Adams
Ant.tat, but had used a preparation put up
by u regular physician in Luzeme, Pa,
Allan's Anti.fat is manufactured in Buffalo,
n. Y, by the undersigned. We have al
ready sold 100000 bottles Of il. 1t has
therefore been taken by thousands, and
we challenge proof that il has
ever harmed anybody, unless the reduction
Of obese persons from 20 to 60 pounds
leaving them healthy and strong, is consid.
cred a misfortune. Furthermore we here
by offer $4,000 reward for evidence showing
that it contains poisonous or injurious
ingredients. We also offer $1,000 il
we cannot prove that il has reduced
numbers Of persons as stated herein, and
always without injury, 1t is said that Il
lie will out travel the truth any time; but
we trust that those newspapers that have
mislcd the public by saying that physicians
have attributed the lady's death to the use
of Anti.fut (Which is only put up by us
the term "Anti-Fat" being our trademark
will correct the false impression they have
conveyed, by publishing this reiutation.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co.,
Buffalo, n. Y,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
THE COLORED PEOPLE.

~ AID or THEIR STRICKEN BRETHREN IL
THE SOUTH.
Ofice Of VI ". G. VI, 4. T. and 4. Y, NJ, for the
state Of lilinOis.
The yellow fever having assumed an ep-
idemic character in number Of the larger
cities of the south, bringing misery, suffer
ing and death to many members Of the
Masonic fraternity, has caused an appeal to
be made to this Grand Lodge by the NJ W.
G. NJ, for the state Of Mississippi, for aid
and it being our indispensable duty to assist
in relieving the distrcsscs Of suffering hu.
mainly whcrcsocyer dispersed around the
globe, the subordinate lodges within the
jurisdiction Of this G.. /. are hereby re-.
qucsted 10 raise voluntary contributions
and forward the same 10 K. NJ. Hancock
c. s., No. 492 State street, Chicago, III.
4 prompt response is especially requested
Witness my hand and the seal of the
Grand Lodge, this 3ist day of August, A
l.. 1913, A. D., 1873,
JNo. J. BIRD, NJ W. G. NJ.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03

LIVER Is KING,-Thc nver is the imperial
organ of the whole human system, as it con-
trolls the life, health and happiness of man.
When it is disturbed in its proper action,
all kinds of ailments are the natural result
The digestion food, the movements of the
heart and blood the action ofthe brain and
nervous system are all Immediately connect
ed with the workings Of the liver, 1t has
been successfully proved that Green's Au.
gust Flower is uncqualed in curing all per.
sons afflicted with dyspepsia or liver com.
plant, and all the numerous symptoms that
result from an unhealthy condition Of the
liver and stomach. Sample bottles to try,
10 cents. Positively sold in all towns on
the western continent Three doses will
prove that II Is lust what you want.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
CLOUD OF WITNESSES:

The following named persons are among tho
thousands who have been cured of catarrh by tho
use of DR., Sago's Ca,arrh Remedy:
a Downs, New Geneva, Pa; ID j Brown ST, 10
scph, Mo; l. G Lewis, Rutland VI; Chas Norcrop,
North Chesterfield, Ne; Milton Jones, Serbia, y y
J L Miller, Bridger station, Wy; G Mcrryman,
NJ VI Post, Loganspor, Ind; j W Bailey, fremont,
Pa; II Ayers, Laportc, Ind; Jesse Sears, Fort
Branch, Ind l. J. Williams, Canton, Mo; W W
Thayer Onarga, Ill; u Nichols, Jr, Galveston,
Tex; + Reinert, stoncye, Pa; W Lusk, McFar.
land Wis; johnson Williams, nelmlck, o: Mrs NJ
A Curry, Trenton, Tenn; q Joslin, keene, y II
4 ] Casper, Tate Rock W Va: Louis Anders,
Graysport, O.; c II Chase, Elkhar; Ind Mrs Hen.
y llaght, san Fra! "lsco, Cal; Mrs L NJ Gausha,
Lawrenccyile, y Y; " Graham, Adel, 10; A o
Smith, Newman, Ga; Chas J. Rice, Baltimore Md;
Jesse NJ Sears, Carlisle, Ind; Dan Il Miller, Fora
Wayne, Ind; Mrs Minnie Arnaisc, go Delancy-ss,
\ Y; II W Hall, Hastings, Mich; VIM Mar,,on,
Lowell, Mass; Mrs { j Spurton, Camden, Ala; II
kaw. Frcdcrcktown. o: Mrs Lucy Hunter. Farm
ington, Ill; Capt L Spauding, Camp Stamhaugh.
Wy; | W Tracy, Steamboat Rock, lo Mrs LYDIA
Waite, ShGshan, y; j NJ Peck, Junction City,
Mont; Henry Roe Bantas, Cal; l. ? Cummings,
RantOu', III. Jones. Puebeston, Four Corners,
n Y; Geo i Hall, Ebonlo, Cal; VIM Il Barrie,
Sterling Pa; II 7 sam 9is Penn.st, PitsbnrgPa; j
eva y Y; Hattie Parrot, Montgomery, Ohio; l. Led.
work, Chatham, HI u Mccoy Nashport, o; w
Warner, North Jackson, Mich Mary Whine, Ds.
ricn, Wis., John Iicglcr, Carlisle Springs Pa Jas
Tompkins, 1t Cloud, MINI; Enoch Dner, Pawnee
City, Ncb; Joseph I Miller, Ncna, o; : b Nichols,
Galveston, Tex; II l. Laird, Upper Alton, Ill John
Davis Prescott, Arizona; Mrs Nancy Graham, For.
est Grove, Oregon; Roberts, Marcopa, Arl.
2ona
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
DRY GOODS. ETC.
GOLDSTINE IL
ROSENWATER

The largest wholesale and retail Dry
Goods and Clothing House in this City;
are receiving new Goods daily and are
Offering great bargains in thcmost hand.
some lines of CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS
and MATTINGS; Silks, Cashmeres, Bou.
rettes, and great many other new
styles of Dress Goods, Fans, Etc; in
fact in every department of their bust
ness, they cordially invite the public
to call and see their stock.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
GOOD NEWS

FROM OUR DELIyERER--THE PRESIDENT OF
THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH RELIEVES
OUR LOCAL BOARD or A VERY ONEROus
AND EXPENSIVE DUTY.
The following letter from President
Rauch Of the Illinois board Of health, was
received by one Of our citizens yesterday.
1t will be seen that all southern bound
boats starting from St. Louis and intending
to touch at Cairo must be quarantined at
the former city. This takes the quarantine,
so far as boats from St. Louis arcconccrncd,
out of the hands Of our board Of health, and
sayesitthe trouble and expense ofinspection
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF HEALTH,
CHICAGO, Ills, August, Both, 1878.
Ny DEAR SHIT was my intention
to have started for Cairo tonight but am
not well enough. Hope to start on Sunday
night. On Wednesday morning | tele.
graphed the health commissioner Of 81
Louis to see that all boats going south, that
intend 10 touch at Cairo, had the proper
quarantine certificates, 50 as 10 intcrcrC
with trade as little as possible. Hoping
soon to see you, ! am, very truly yours,
JSo II. RAUCH.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03
BARGAINS!

UNCLAIMED BAGGAGE AT THE ST. CHARLES
AND PLANTERS HOTELS, SEPTEMBER
IL, 1878,
Consisting of the following articles:
One valisc, w. NJ. Stone; valisc, W. l..
Lock; l valisc and coat, G. Kay; 2 yalises,
no name; trunk, s. Simons; trunk, no
name--at St. Charles hotel.
Two valises, A. Campbell, and sample
case, Z. McElroy-at Planters house,
X. f. EGNEw,
j. KELLY,
Proprietors.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-09-03

MESSRS WEEKS d POTTER: ,icL,lcmcu-
One year ago Wa iZrd with severe attack of
Rheumatism ia my right hip. TO which was sub
jet tried the various luimCnis and rheumatic
cures, h.! without least benefit, when my son, u
druggist suggested one Of yuhr Collins NOltalC
Pla~rrs. The effect Was almost magical, for, TO my
grateful surprise ! was almost Immediately well
again, and was able 10 work upon my farm usual,
whereas, before the application OF the plaster |
could do nothing, and every step gave me pain. 4
few weeks since, one year from the first attack the
disease returned, but am happyt to say the second
proved a. ctllCrcOus as the first aud am now well.
My wife wishes me to add that one plaster has
cured her Of very lame back, We think there II
nothing in the world Of remedies that can compare
with the Collins Violate Pasters for rheumatism
and lame back and chcerfully recommend them 10
the suffering Yours very respectfully,
OBLAND. Me. Jnne 9. le.d. kOBEkT COMPTON