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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
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SEE SEASA7.
NR. TnKE. Feb. 20.
Money, 2a3. Exchange weak, 4 1851
al 4854 Governments firm; new 5's,
LOAF. States dull.
Flour less active, and slightly in
buyers favor; soutteln steady; export,
S.. 4Ua5 so; commou Ia fair extra. "a CO.
a4.50; good TO choice d., SIS 25a6. so.
Wheat irregular and unsettled; un-
graded winter red, 81 00al 10; No.
do, ST. 092 lilo. Corn SC better, with
a fair business for exporC speculation;
ungraded, 45 Ale; NJ. 3. 423 A43c. Oats
unchanged. GGf g quiet and lomi-
nally unchanged. Sugar quiet and
about steady; iair TO gooa refining
quoted. at 81 ,6s; prime, 62c; re-
fired moderate MOlasses, foreign,
quiet and unchanged; New Orleans
more active, 25a39c. Rice in fair de-
mand and steady. Pork firmer, mod
erately active, closing easy; mess, So. 25-
s94O; old, $I0.5OAI0 75; new June,
SlO.S5 Lard easier; prime steam on
spot. S700A7 75. Whisky tirmer at
ID 10y
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

Washington special TO Cincinnati Com
mercial.
The name Of Xenophon Wheeler
will be sent in by the President
this week for District Attorney for
the Eastern District of Tennessee.
This appointment has been fully de-
termined upon. Wheeler lives in
Chattanooga, and is warm friend
of Judge Key. Last fall he was
the Republican candidate for Con-
gress from the Third District. He is
an Ohio man by birth, and a grad
uate of Yale; served in the Union
army through the war, and has
since been citizen of Tennessee
and very popular with all parties.
He is "a cousin of Vice President
Wheeler, but the latter did not
know the appointment was to be
made until it was agreed upon.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

be called up next Monday The
House then took recess. TIE even
ing session was held for immortal
services in honor of the deceased
members Messrs. Welsh, If Ne
braska, and Williams, of Michigan.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

INDICATIONS For Tennessee and
the OIiO Valley, colder, northerly
to westerly winds, rising barometer,
partly cloudy weather a0d in tue
Ohio Valley light SHOWS during the
night, foil wed during Friday by fall
ing barometer, winds shifting to east
erly and southerly, with slowly rising
temperature. .f-a
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

GOV. MARKS ha> offered a reward
Of five hundred dollars for the appre.
hension of the assass Ms who murdered
a colored man Alex. McGill in Bed
ford cOu nty.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

In leatiug the opposition TO the
Federal election lave, Senator Thur
man is making a BID FIR SouthrIn
votes in the Democratic convention
~ IkC0
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

THE Cincinnati Commercial says
"Tenuessee is the largest pour-ROuse in
the word aud has converted its State
Capitol into an asylum for the insane
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

The papers sre full now of the "a.
turning of people. from T,xs who
lmmigrated from Georgia aud other
Southern States. 1t seems that thew
have all determined that "there = M
place like home" after all.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
u, q RouZER,
GENERAL mLLLWRIGHT

MILLS BUILT AND REPAIRaD ALL
vi kinds IT si.I 81 en- merry ami Mi 'oois
furnished at rea 'onabis r4ss; pes, Erorr;,,s c;+u
ufns r sc 1T, Knoxville Leather Co.
Inhn M Dsmpster, Magnolia Mills. ID Ross. Trio
Sopn SSs:ma ITa~viIIa sep4w6m
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
MINOR DISPATCHES.

New York, Feb. 20,-Rev. DIR.
Reuben Nelson, senior publisher
and agent of the Methodist Book
Concern of this city, is dead.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
XIV CONGRESS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb.

w ASH1NdION, L CD. AOs
Mr. Blaine, from the Committee
on Appropriations, reported back
The Army Appropriation bill with
amendments. Placed on the cal
endar. Mr.. Blaine gave notice that
he would call it up for considera-
ton at the earliest opportunity.
Mr.. Mcdonald of Indiana, called
up Senate bill to appoint Spruille
Braden. Ensign in the United States
Navy. Passed. Mr. Braden, it
will be remembered, took the prize
for excellence in the English nauti-
cal school, but refused a commits
sion in the English navy, as it
would have compelled him to re-
nounce his American citizenship.
The Senate passed the following
bills on the calendar House bill to
give Circuit Courts supervising
jurisdiction in certain criminal
cases. House bill to amend section
824 of the revised statutes relative
to the fees of District Attorneys.
The Senate laid aside temporarily
the Postoffice Appropriation bill in
order that Mr.. Shields, of Missouri.
might speak in favor Of the bill
granting pensions to the surviving
soldiers of the Mexican war.
The Senate has been discussing
the Brazilian NJ Ill Subsidy bill all
day, and number Of amendments
were voted down. An amendment
of Mr.. Eustis, designed to protect
New Orleans lines, was agreed to.
1t provides that a contract for
neither line shall be considered in
force if the service on either line
be abandoned or discontinued. An
amendment of Mr.. Bayard, pro-
viding that the amount of su >sidy
shall not exceed S150,000 per an
nun, was agreed to. Nearly all the
Southern Senators supported the
bill. The Senate continued in ses-
sion tonight.
The House by a vote of, yeas,
1856; nays, 122, determined to take
up for consideration the contested
election case of Finley vs.. Bisbee,
frcm the First District Of Florida.
The House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, to-day, agreed to report
favorably the bill appropriating the
sum Of one hundred thousand dol
lars for the purpose of providing
such quarters for the troops on the
Rio Grande frontier as may be
deemed necessary by the Secretary
of War and General of the army.
The resolutions of the majority
of the Committee on Elections de-
clare that Jesse J. Finley, the con-
testant is, and Heratice Bisbee, the
sitting member is net, entitled to a
seat as Representative from the
First District of Florida. There
was some discussion on the minority
but they were with
drawn and q vote taken on the ma
iority resolutions, which were ageed
to; yeas, 131; nays, 122. Mr..
Finley was then sworn in, taking
the modified oath. The South Car
olina contested election cases will
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
TIE Memphis Appeal says /:

"Hhere il gr,at need az StsIesmsn>
ship la the Legislature of Tennessee,
Men eem sctuat.d by the sole il quirv,
What is popular rot what is right"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

The Tribune of last Sunday morn
ing had an able original ca editorial
On the Status OF the Dog" 1t is a
very striking coincidence, that the
same thing, Uerbatin ct Rterdt,tnl, APP
eAieu In the Baltimore Sun just q
&c" uays previous to that time with
Siisht exception that Tennessee"
- suOs'i'uted for Mary land" The
similarity extended even to Italics
punctuation aud quotation marks. 1t
shows ho" great minds are apt 10 run
In the same channel, aud even to fnd
expression in ths same words Tba
scissors are mightier- some times-
thar either the pen or sword.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

The latest proposition said to have
been made by Tennessee's creditors is
to submit the question cf a compro-
mise to Senator Lamar and Gov.
Wade Hampton, on the part OF the
State, and Charles Francis Adams on
the part OF the bondhOlders-these
three gentlemen to decide upon what
basis the compromise shall be made.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21

The J0nesborough Journal also
has q good word to say for uncle
Sammy Titden.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
A Bloody Conflict of Forces in the
Island of Jamaica.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 20.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 20.
Special 90 the Chronicle.
Senator Wilson, Of Sumner
county, and Mr.. Driver, of Hum
phreys, from the State Debt Cons
mittee, announced, to day, that
they would hand in their report on
next Monday.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
SENATE.

Senator Baxter Smith, of David
son, introduced a bill to regulate
appeals from inferior courts and also
to regulate the practice in the Su-
preme Court.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
HOUSE.

A special message was received
by the House, from Gov. Marks,
vetoing the Insurance bill. The
Governor veto was sustained by
vote of 81 TO 30.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
Daily Weather Report.
KSoxVILLE. THHE,, Feb. 60, 1879.

Maximum Thermometer 30, MInrmu 27o.
+. HUUGs,
Serxeant signal CORPS q. ). Ann
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-02-21
District Attorney for East Ten
neSSeo.

Washington special TO Cincinnati Com
mercial.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

THERE ARB vRRr many persons who
know nothing about a registered letter,
and now it differs from any other let
ter. The difference is, that a registered
letter never goes into the mail pouches,
but is carried in separate box, and is
under the especial care Of the mail
agent. When he receives a letter
marked "Registered," he gives a re-
ceipt for it at tn. Office from wh.nc. it
starts, and evsry agent is compelled to
give receipt for 1t who has the hand
ling thereof. 1t will be seen that if the
letter Is lost or in any other manner
made way with, the mail agents who
hold receipts for it are free from sus-
picion, and the responsibility rests
upon the last agent who receipts. II
is one OF the safest ways Of transferring
valuables or money from one point to
another, and should invariably be
used, as q letter sent through by other
means may be lost, and no means OF
finding where it has gone are left for
the loser.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27
Pinaf0rel Pinafore!
Or, the Lass That Loved n
Sailor.
OFFICERS AND CREW ::

| OFFICERS AND CRkW:
| AS-Mr. L. +. Henry, .as Josephine
Miss A, y. Rutherford, a. Little Buttsrcup
Miss Nj. \. Stevenson, AZ Hshe. the Charmi-
na Cousin Mr.. Louis Delange. rs Sir Joseph
Porter, X. G. b; Mr.. Il. b. Snyder, NJ Gap.
tain Corcoran Mr.. u. 3. StuIlus, ~ Ralph
keekstraw; MIR. +. Huff, as Lick Doadeye
Mr.. A. q. Haynes. as BoatswRin: assisted by
chorus OF ~ trained voices ~ his sisters,
cousins and aunts.
Orchestra under direction OF Prof Souss.
A. Remember the date FRIDAY EVEN.
ING, February 18th.
~ Reserved seats a, usual places, POfU.
l.Ah PhlCES. teb25-4t
Admission 20 and IS cents: reserved seats
Is cent?
From the Philadelphia Sunday NIsBeury": !:
On Thursday evening lakt. one OF tie very
best performances OF "Pinai0re" which we
have yet eeen was given by party of ladies
and gentlemen Ito crowded house. W the
benent Oi the Newsboys' Home. The cast
was exceptionally strong, both v0caliy and
dramatically. and the opera as interpreted by
them was more than ever enjoyable. We un.
derstand thai the performance Will be repea-
ted Tomorrow evening, at st. Georges Hall,
Thirteenth and Arch streets, and during the
week will be given in Pottsville and vii.
mington Tho company Is deserving of the
heartlest commenlaiion and most generous
public recognition for their rendition of the
opera Is higaly meritOrious and deserves O
rank with the very best that have yet teen
given.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

THERE is every indication that Tilden
will be the next Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, and the probability
is that he will carry Hendricks along
with him Tor Vice President. The
Democrats OF the South are said to be
almost unanimously for him. and 30
they are in New York, New Jersey and
th- New England States. In stead of
"Tildep and Reform the war cry Of
the Democracy in 1850 will be "Tilden
and success at all hazards, EVEN il
they have to kill every nigger and stuff
every ballot-box. That is the game,
preparatory to which they will stop at
nothing to repeal the present Federal
election laws, which make cheating at
the pells somewhat difficult. We shall
SEE what stuff President Hayes is made
OF in case repeal bill passes the new
Congress. Without his approval no re-
SSvreal bill can pass, as it wenld be i'm
possibl. for the Democrats to muster a
two-third vote In ita favor in either
House of Congress,
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

Tx PEOPLE of New Castle county,
should push for the building Of new
Court House in Wilmington, upon its
own merits alone, entirely divested Of
the county division issue. From pres
ent appearances there is some chance
for the first, but no chance for the lat
ter. By no action of the Representa-
tives from Kent and Sussex will New
Castle county be allowed increased re-.
presentation either by county division
or any other plan. Then let there he
general movement for the Court
House removal, and representation will
follow when the people of the county
are determined TO have it.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

1.-The REPUBLICAN, is both so incorrig.
ible and malicious, that we deem it a
waste of time to argue with it. Its
statement about the circulation of the
Herald is as false as that about its
own. We close here. "--''Herald."
Well, won't the "Herald, tell US
how many it does publish ? We pub
lish 5000, and if the "Herald" won't
accept our offer and count them as they
20 through our press at the rate Of 80
and 3J minute, it may well abandon
the contest and say 1--WE close here"
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

we SUPPOSE it is useless to expect
Congress- 30 near its close, to do any.
thing towards redeeming the silver
trade dollar; or to place it at par by
making it legal tender, and in con-
sequence of this failure the trade dollar
has been shifted about from one city to
another, accumulating in the city
where they were still passed at par in
trade. In Wilmington they have all
along been taken at par, but now that
the banks have refused to receive them
on deposit, and our citizens will lose
something on each dollar unless they
are shifted of to some other city where
they are still used at par.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

BIsMARCK's immense dog has again
been doing mischief, this time killing
the pet dog Of a railway employee at
Fredrichsruh. Bismarck expressed his
regrets, and told the railroad man to
90 to Hamburg and, at his expense, Sc
l.ct any dog there that might please
him. The man replied that it was not
worth while, lie had only been keeping
the animal for his children to play
with. Bismarck sent the children a
hand organ to replace their dog.
A prominent physician of San Fran
cisco, weary Of his wife, and Infatuated
with younger woman, is accused Of
going into Arizona for short time to
gain all ostensible residence, and of la
wing bill ofdivorce from his wife put
through the Territorial Legislature il
an omnibus bill with IA other acts, SC
that the Governor could not veto il
without vetoing all the crest. This done
he hied him back to San Francisco and
married the younger woman.
Sill Howell, General Southern Passen-
ger Agent of the Piedmont Air Line
Railway, was shot dead by A. 7. VIM
berly in a quarrel at New Orleans, last
night. Edward Howell, brother of de-
ceased, retaliated by fatally shooting
Wimberly. A bystanher was wounded
in the fusilade.
The grateful testimony of the officers
and men of the Washington, D. G. Fire
Dept. is enhanced by the cordial on
dorsement of Chief Engineer Martin
Cronin, who says: 81 cheerfully re-
commend Keller's Roman Liniment al
being better than auy have ever used.
Thomas Merrimon, being drunk, shot
and killed his mother-in-law, neal
Nashville, Tenn, Yesterday. There
was no immediate provocation for tht
deed.
Howard NJ. Stansbury, son Of DR.. F
Stansbury, committed suicide in George.
town, D. c., on Monday night, by
shooting himself in the head. It is s"it
he was temporarily ins ane.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27
The Ttsnes Nsnpveying i.

| The State Of Massachusetts, has or
sanixed q Bureau Of Statistics and Ia
bsr, which is,proving the wisdom of Y
founders in many ways. 1t has Just
made its annual report, which proves
Of even more than usual interest. II
will ls rscollectsd that about year
ago the Grsenbsckers asserted that
there were more than three millions OF
idle men in the country, and at least
one hundred thousand in Massach usetts
(alsns. The numbr.of the unemployed
persons was ascsrtainsd to W just q,
sl2, proving how the condition Of the
country had been exaggerated for par
tisan purposes. Since that there has
been great improvement in this par
ticular. The number of the unsmploy
cd has decreased, untsl 1t now Is only
IL, 900 men over the age Of IL years.
The fact is also revealed that compared
with 1860 the average wages Of the
laboring classes is abouk "a per cent.
higher, while ths cost II living has in
creased only l4i per cent, showing a
decided advantage in favor of the la
boring classes. The report goes on to
state that the workingmsn Of MAssa.
oh usstts have on the average = sufi
cheney Of good, healthy food, although,
perhaps, not 30 great in quantity nor
variety as in anti-bellum times. There
has l,eeu, on the whole, more rigid
economy in the purchase Of clothing,
furniture, and all sorts Of household
articles, and they are fully as prompt
i'll the payment Of their bills as at any
previous period. What is true in Mas
sachusetts in Undoubtedly true every.
where slse--perhsps not to the same
extent, but partially, at least. THESE
reports are valuable, because they lit
the question from the domain of sp-cu-
lation and conjecture to that Of absolute
fact, and therefore command confidence.
1t Is indisputablc evidence that the
unemployed are gradually finding
something TO do, and are Relieving the
pressure that weighs upon the country.
There 10 not, as We all know, an in
Simultaneous revival OF trade, but II is
nevertheless growing quietly and
steadily in volume, and in the fulness
of time VIZ shall have things as they
were in the prosperous days that lie
far behind US, and let us hope that
pleasant contamination is not no far
distant a. it may seem to us.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

SOMEBODY SIGNING himself "Dimo-
crat," writes us a communication criti.
eising the Legislature for appointing
C. H. B. Day, ESD, of Dover, a state
agent for the collection from the Ma.
tional Government of the commu alton
money paid by the state to drafted meI
during the war. \. "" have nothing
to reveal to US thu name o; the CORES
pondent or TO shOy that he really is 8
''Dimocrat," v" a.r respectfully com
pelled to decline the publication Of the
letter.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

lr Is reported all over the country
| that the chamber OF commerce of San
Francisco has earnestly demanded that
the President shall sign the Chinese
bill, it really looks as if public senti-
ment out there decidedly favored the
measure. But the matter assumes n
different aspect when we learn, as we
now do, that the meeting which took
this action contained less than forty
members out of a whole number of two
hundred and fifty, and that the resolu
tion was carried by majorisy of only
seven votes.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

THK LEGISLATURE not to bp behind
other States moving III the matter, is
taking the tramp question in hand ,
and if the bill now pending is enacted
into law the impecunons tramp will
no longer. be allowed to sleep in rail-
road cars and haystacks, nor roam in un-
disturbed blissfulness through the
peach orchards of Delaware. This will
however, necessitate the enlargement of
the jail capacity Of the State.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

WHAT Is KNOWN as the liquor me.!' $
bill was presented in the Legislature
yesterday. In its main features it is
not unlike the bill which the temper
ance men presented and are urging.
Both look to the raising Of the greatest
revenue to the State, but the liquor
mems bill make. no provision for a
county agent or bond Of indemnity
against damages resulting from the il
legal sale OF liquor. 1t il said that the
latter of the two liquor bills is the most
popular and will pass.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

THouGH WINTER is lingering in the
lap Of Spring it 10 time that the street
committee was bestirring itself to have
the streets, alleys and yards cisansed
and put in proper condition. Tho win
ter has been severe and changeable,
and the street cutters having been
tightly frozen nearly all the time, has
prevented proper cleaning and now
~ winter is about breaking up many
Of the streets are very dirty. The
whole world appears to be stirred from
centre to circumference by epidemic dis
eases. In Russia a terrible plague is
ravaging some OF her provinces in
which person in perfect health he
comes fostering corpse in two hours.
The same dist ase exists in Brazil, only
under the name of the Black Plague,
and Diptheria which is ravishing many
portions Of Europe, also exists here and
the typhoid engendered by the same
causes is sweeping of its victims by
the hundreds. Last summer the South
srn States were scourged with the yell
low fsver, which was started by the
authorities of = single town draining
sf some marsh lands in the warm
weather. II the people Of Wilmington
would have hsalthful city during the
approaching summer the street commit
tee should commence cleaning opera
tions early, and every housekeeper
should aid them in a general cleaning
up, so that the fierce March and April
winds may have an opportunity to
wah away the unhealthy effiuvis, while
tina atmosphere is yet crisp and frosty.
Daily Republican., 1879-02-27

lS READING the obituary speeches
made in adulation Of deceased Con,
srsssmen, the unsophlsticated Ameri.
can would be led TO believe that Con.
gress was the vestibule OF Heaven and
that no bad Congressman ever die.
Probably this is the reason why &c
many men want 10 be elected to Con.
gress.