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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
The Weekly Herald.
DECISION.

We publish the following for the
benefit of those who do not understand
the law In such cases.
J.. Any person who takes a paper
regularly from the pOstOfhce, whether
directed In his name or anOther's, or
whether he has subscribed or not-is
responsible for payment.
2. If aperson orders his paper dis
continued; he must pay all arrears, or
the publishers may continue TO send IL
until payment is made, and then col
lect the whole amount whether the pa
per Is taken from the Office or not.
8. The courts have decided that re-
fusing to take newspapers and periodi-
Gals from the postotiice. or removing
aud leaving them uncalled for is pri-
ma facie evidence of intentional
fraud
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Importnnee OF uupIelpal Gorernmenl.

Importance of Municipal Government.
1t IL a part Of our system Of law In
the United States that the government
Of towns and cities should be commit
ted to its citizens under a charter of
Incorporation. No city from the early
DAYS of our fOrefathers has existed
without such corporations.
1t seems TO be a part Of our system Of
government that local affairs are to be
managed by local authority.
The dense population of towns and
cities require different rules from those
that are Heedful in rural districts. But
corporations, or city boards Of Alder
men, do not define their rights aud
powers. This is conferred on the local
board, By legislative act or charter.
The repeal of the cha rter at once abol-
ishcs the corporation aud the city is
without local authority OF protection.
There is 10 authority TO enforce the ie-
pair Of q sidewalk or ever. or 10 clean
out Il gutter or TO keep slaughter houses
out of the town. There lie left no au-
thority to prevent the introduction OF
Cholera and yellow fever.
The County Court is the only other
body short Of the legislature, that can
pass any law or regulation TO protect
the citizens Of the town. No town ever
tried to get such protection from the
County Court as it needed but what
found it All utter failure. A County
Court of twenty OF thirty justices from
the rural districts is wholly incOmpe-
tent to legislate for the wants of a city.
A city without corporate authority
will always become the rallying point
of roughs and roudies, Of gamblers and
drunkards. Let those who want to
abolish the corporation tell us what
they expect to give Us in its place.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
The River and Harbor bill to be re-
ported to the present Congress APP
propriates $4,000, 900.
Enforce the Law.

The law Of Tennessee prohibiting the
sale Of coal oil, standing a lower test
than 100 deg, is a good one, but it is
being most shamelessly broken in many
places in East Tennessee, particularly
along the line Of railroad and neigh
boring towns. Dealers for the sake Of
a few cents additional profit on the
gallon, violate the law, and place in
jeopardy the lives and property of UNI
suspecting customers. Much of the
oil now sold, particularly that which
comes from the Eastern market, is alb
solutely dangerous. That which comes
from the West has to pass a rigid in
spcction at Knoxville, and is therefore
Of better quality The law governing
the sale Of oil should be rigidly en-
forced, NO matter who IL affects, and
the attention Of prosecuting Attorneys
h called to the matter, 10 the end that
lives and property be not rccklessly
exposed to such calamitlcs as will fol-
low If the present disregard of law l.
pcrssycrcd IN.
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That Petition.

As an effort is being made TO abolish
the corporation of Cleveland, | think
it due the people that the causes there
for be stated. The petition was gotten
up by a few sore-heads, who have been
aspirants for municipal honors for
several years, and AS often defeated.
and now seek by false representations
te do through the Legislature that
which they have failed to do by the
people, which petition is being signed
by other parties for other rcasons The
wealthy, a few, whose property has
been cared for by the corporation here
%toforc, and pay considerable tax, then
some, who say by abolishing the cor
poration the tipping houses can be
removed under the school law. As TO
the sorc-heads will only say that if
Mr.. Hardwick had beaten Inc for May
or / would not ask the Legislature to
abolish his office; and to the wealthy
who sign the petition, | would say,
do you think it right to make the poor
man work 10 days in the year without
compensation to keep up the town and
your property; and to those who sign
it to remove tippling from eur town, |
would ask if it would not be a better
plan to try the local option law first,
as that woulC not disturb the corpora
ton, which protects our wives and
daughters from insult and outrage by
the lawless, who undoubtedly would
raid upon II town, tearing up our
sidewalks and doing all other kinds of
mischief. 1t would invite the worst
class Of people TO our town and drive
away the more worthy; and Il town,
now so beautiful, would soon show
signs Of dilapidation and ruin; prop
erty would decrease in value and our
fourishing schools would o 0 be gone,
and strangers who should visit us
would be surprised at so UoughtIess a
people, acting in a moment of excite
ment against the best interest Of the
town. Some have already said it was
wrong, and if they had it back they
would not sign it again. If the petit
ton shonld succeed it will be regretted
in a short time by all good citizens who
l,n. 40 ps,,,nl e.. hut Il ig IN hn hn1NnI
however, that II Legislators, many of
whom have been in Cleveland, will
ignore the petition. Our full voting
population is about $50, and ! am salts
fled the petition cannot have a morjor-
ity; aud many who have signed it say
now that if the question should be
referred to the people, they will cast
their votes in favor of a corporation.
Respectfully,
j. c. TIpToN, Mayor.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

At a meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen on last Monday night
the salary of the Marshal was fixed at
$4,000, with perquisitcs of Office, and
no extra police allowed except on pub
lie occasions; the salary OF the Recor-
der to 500 and perquisites. Alder
man Wood, Of the First Ward was
was sworn in. An order forbidding
any assistance to suffering poor with
out an order from q relief committee
appointed for that purpose was passed,
II. L, Cate, Aid. Of 5th Ward, suggest
cd that II ten cent tax upon the hun
bred dollars worth Of property be laid
for 1870 hereafter, and S. II. Day, Aid.
OF I'd Ward, suggested that it should
not exceed l5c. This does not indicate
a very heavy debt on the corporation.
Tho Finance, Street and Relief Com
mittecs were appointed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Citizens, support your town paper;
it is a sure indication of the business
and character Of the town in which it
IA published. Stand up to tit will
repay you a hundred fold. 1t is just as
important as your schools, and is an
educator in your midst; your families
and your children should rcad il; it is
the representative Of your town and
county. Let each Of our enterprising
subscribers send lis q name each, and
we will insure them the value of our
paper will increase accordingly,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Important Notice.

Those who contemplate cmigrating
to Arkansas or Texas will find the
& LITTLE ROCK r. II.
the only line without delay. Take the
evening train and you will find this
Short Line twcnty-four hours quicker
than the Poplar Bluff Route. Come to
Chattanooga TO buy your tickets.
Write or call on
b. F. NEVILL,
Southeastern Paeslr ArI
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

The Railroad beats Cleveland in 1870
by getting her charter repealed under
promise of something good in the fu-
ture. But after the Legislature adjourns
and Cleveland is without a corporation
or any legislative authority to create
one, the Railroad will pay her debts to
Cleveland by making breastworks of
her citizens against Cholera and Vel
low fever. Cleveland then will find
herself at the bottom Of the ditch and
II dirty one at that.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Died,

Charles Oscar, son of w. y. Rucker, of
this county, at the age of 6 years and
3 months, OH the 10th inst, of diph-
liberia. This is the third child Mr..
Ruckcr has lost during the past three
months from that terrible disease.
In this place on the Dist inst. Mrs.
Lamira Yarnell, at the age of about &C
years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Ad. Wilson, one of Hut. Amarine's
accomp'ices in the killing of officer
John Cooper last summer, in q whisky
raid in Blount county, was sentenced
to imprisonment in the penitcntiary
for % years by the Federal Court at
Knoxville last MondOy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup has been be-
fore the public for years, and is pro-
nounced by thousands superior to all
other articles for the cure Of Coughs,
Colds, Influenza and all Pulmonary
Complaints, 1t costs only 25 cents a
bottle,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Subscribe for the HERALD, the only
reliable paper in the county; gives all
the home news and the very latest;
market reports corrected every week.
Send your and money and keep
posted az to what IL going cn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Cut ibis Quilt May save Your
Life

There is no person living but what
suffers more or less with Lung Disease,
Coughs, Colds or Consumption, yet
some would die rather dian pay 70
cents for a bottle Of medicine that
would cure them. DR.. A. BOschee's
German Syrup has lately been intro
duced in this country from Germany,
and It's wOnderous cures sstOni shes
every one that try it,. Ii you doubt
what We say In print, cut this out and
take it TO your Druggist, and get a
sample bottle for 10 cents aud try it, or
a regular size for Is cents.
New Workers have condensed ''eleva-
ted railroads" to al roads"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

When q man can so harden his heart
and stitfen his neck as to defend and
advocate rum-selling and whisky
drinking, he is not far from the fearful
line where mercy ceases and hell be-
rins.-TEX.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

sympathy is best shown when prac-
teal in its application. Therefore when
you simpathize with your suffering
baby, show it practically by using DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup and thus cure your
child. Price % cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Notice 10 ~Enligrants.

Emigrants going West will do well
to purchase tickets over the Iron Noun
tain Route. Quick time, close conncc-
lions and good accommodations. For
further particulars address
j. NJ. Grow, Agt., Cleveland, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

There is quite a large number of To-
cal option petitions being presented to
the present Legislature. Surely Ten
nessee will go Republican, by 1880.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

At a meeting of the stockholders of
the First National Bank, of Rome, Ga,
tho following names were elected az a
directory for the present year:
p. II. Hardin, II. f. Howell, Thos,
Berry, Alfred Shorter, NJ. Dwinnell
John II. Reynolds and II. B. Davis.
John II. Reynolds, Pres, b. l. Hughes,
Cashier.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
To the Taz.Pnyers of Cleveland.

TO tue IHN@T H!eIh UT OIUFVI"H0'
If you think You will not have to
pay cost, just leave your taxes unpaid
till the first of the month and see. Ny
Office is opposite the NJ. f. Church.
Al. WOLF.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Attention is called to the card of
S. b. Lowe, dealer in Portable and
Stationary Engines, Boilers, &C.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

The waters of the Tennessee and
other rivers are falling and will soon
be in banks. 1t is said they were near
ly as high as the high-watcr mark of
1867,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Saturdays municipal election in
Knoxville resulted in the reelection of
$. b. Luttrell for Mayor by a majority
of 155.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

1t is reported that the f. 7. V. & G.
Railroad will put up a telegraph line
for their own use between this place
and Dalton, Ga.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Southeastern Pass'r Art,
Base Ball on Ice.

The large lake in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, was the scene, yesterday, Of
n contest at base ball on ice, in which
the contestants played on skates. The
captains of the two mines were Messrs.
Barnie and Denham, and after a con-
test limited to Ave innings, Barnic's
side was victorious by n score of 80 to
Z. His men did the best fielding and
the heaviest batting.-N. Y. Sun.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

This office has not been bothered by
a tramp printer for over Il month. But
then the season for them is rapidly APP
preaching.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

During the past term 1876 students were
enrolled. Fail Term begins AUG. Sth,
1878. Course of instruction thorough and
comprehensive.
Tuition per month 800; $3.50; $500
and $500; payable one-third year in ad-
vance. instrumental music and private les
sons in vocal music each $4,000 per session
of five mouths. No extra charge to Miss
McGhie's pupils for class lessons in vocal
music.
Board in families and rooms for those
wishing to board themselves can be had at
lowest rates.
Cleveland is a healthy, beautiful and well
locoted town. 1t contains churches Of all
the leading denominations and offers to stu
dents excellent social and literary adyan-
tages.
For further particulars address either Of
the Principals or cleveland Institute"
June 5, 7S-tf
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

The National Flag is the name of a
new daily paper started ut Nashville
or the first of the month.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

We have received a poem from Duck
town which arrived too late for this
issue. Will appear next week.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
LOCAL..

Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To-
bacco. Nov. 25-ly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Harry Griscom has withdrawn from
the Chattanooga NeWs.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Special Offer until Feb. L.
A good Chattanooga Weekly
One Wear for One Dollar.
Careful Market Reports, the
Latest NewS, We'll Selected
Reading Matter and Plen-
ty Ofit-PrOnpt DcllV-
cry Through The
Mails.
The CHATTANOOGA COMMERCIAL
will until Feb. LIST, receive cash
subscriptions at the rate Of
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
The COMMERCIAL enjoys the
reputation of being one Of the
best Tennessee weeklies.
The COMMERCIAL is the only
Chattanooga paper which has al
ways furnished RELIABLE AND
ACCURATE MARKET RE
PORTS.
Farmers and Merchants who
sell or buy Produce, Grains, and
Meats, will find the CoMMERCIAL'S
Market Reports worth twenty
times its cost.
The COMMERCIAL reaches all the
counties within one hundred
miles Of Chattanooga, promptly !
The CoMNERCIAL,furnishe the
EARLIEST NEWS, the BEST
NEWS, the MOST NEWS.
The COMMERCIALS miscella-
neous reading matter embraces
good short stories, agricultural
matter, clippings interesting, in
structive, and amusing. 1t is
free from all trash and immorali-
ty. 1t aims to enlighten and i'm
prove.
While the COMMERCIAL gives
attention to politics in ITS season,
it is not chiefly a political news
paper. Its first aim is to furnish
a readable and reliable newspa-
per. 1t does not hesitate to per
form its political duty when the
time is ripe, and discusses politi-
cal questions always with an eye
to the material advancement and
moral progress Of the country,
The COMMERCIAL in two years
has attained the largest circUIa-
ton OF any weekly III Ea.oJ Ten
nessee. 1t desires to obtain the
largest in the State and is willing
to adopt liberal methods to ac-
complisA that result. Hence this
liberal oifer-a good paper, one
year, one dollar,
We know that many are willing
to take papers who feel that they
cannot afford to. This offer Ell
ables the poorest to have a pa
per, and a good one.
The COMMERCIAL publishes ev-
cry week in the year. 1t don't
deprive its readers Of a paper du-
ring any holiday season.
1t frequently issues large and.
well filled supplements, giving
twice the reading matter Of ordi-
nary weeklies.
SUBSCRIBE BEFORE FEB.
1st, AND GET A GOOD PAPER
ONE YEAR FOR ONE DOL
LAR. Address,
GFISSSM 81 CO.,
Publishers Commercial,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

5000 old papers for sale at this Of
flee at 80 cents per hundred. The very
thing for wrapping paper-cheaper
than you can buy it elsewhere. If
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

Texas papers are reporting j. NJ.
Thornburg as being dead. Something
new TO MS.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Justices Blanks.

Justices Blanks for sale at this Office
cheaper than they Il be bought in
Nashville. If.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-25
TOBACCO NEWS.
Home and Foreign.


We are glad to state that our mar.
ket showed much better feeling fol
the past week. Prices were from !
toG Z cents advance on former
for the season. Tobacco is coming in
more freely now and we expect liberal
sales for the coming week, Mr.. S. G.
Buckner received about fifteen hogs
heads yesterday, and we think other
houses received their complement, but
we have not their yesterdays receipts
before us.
The Western Tobacco Journal in
speaking of our tobocco says:
Allreports say that, it is about as
miserable stuff as passes under the
name Of Tobacco. There is no reason
that farmers in your section cannot
raise as good Tobocco as any section
of Kentucky, and ,rhea they do they
will get as good prices. Moral-Pay
more attention to quality than to
quantity lao5s u .e'a@ i
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-25

he was awakened from his slUmbers
by the ringing of the bell. lie i'm
mediately rushed to The door and
fired his gun. Hearing no one run
of he knew that some one was con-
cealed there, go lie had light struck
and proceeding to the place he found
old Nancy Neal, alias Brown, alias
Gray cold, endeavoring to hide her.
self in the corner Of the hen house.
She acknowledged the crime and ex-
planned BY saying that she was sick
and that she had prayed to the Lord
to know what was to be done; the
Lord. had said to her, Nancy, get
a chickcn!" Several times she had
hcsilated on the way and every time
the Lord would say to her "Nancy,
go get you Chicken" so to get the
chicken was to obey the Lord.
Nancy is very mean specimen of
human nature and her daughter LII.
cy. is in our county Jail now for some
crime recently committed. The old
woman was tried and held over 10
Circuit Court.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-25
The Turnpike meeting at Lib.
erty.

At a turnpike meeting, held at
Liberty church, near Beverly KY,
February 22d, 1870, DR.. J. l. Dulin
was called TO the chair, aud L. ID.
Jones appointed Secretary. The
Chairman stated that the object Of the
meeting was 10 consult together with
respect to the feasibility OF building
turnpike road from Hopkinsville
to Beverly, KY, and II determined
upon, to adopt such measures as were
necessary TO accomplish the work.
Ilefhcn announced that the business
ofthc meeting was now IN order. AS
there was not o full attendance OH &C.
count Of the incessant rain, the fol;
lowing emotions were made aud
adopted:
Morcd, that when Ibis meeting adj
journs, that Il do so to meet at Lib
erty church on Friday, the 2Sth day
of February, 1879, at | O'Clock p. m.
Morcd, that VIM. Phipps be APP
pointed committee 20 have hand
bills printed and circulated, announc.
ing the time and place Of the meeting.
Moved. that the proceedings Of this
meeting be presented 10 the KEN
lucky New Era and the South Ken
;uckian for publication. The meeting
then adjourned. jill. DuLIN,
Il. ID. Jones, Chairman.
iii Secretary. tf0gAfi
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-02-25
Fairview Notes.

Editor South Kentuckian:
= Fairview is little village in "the
Lords vincpatch, "on,the line between
Christian and Todd counties, (noted
as being the birth place of The great
Southern leader, jeff Davis,) and not
far from where The world blossoms.
We thought few words from a
place of rs much importance as Ibis
would not be out OF place. The in.
habitanis of Fairview and vicinity
are. as a general tii1g, honest, indus
trious and generous artisans and yeo-
men, except STEW dead BEATS" who
visit ana stay around the business
houses and have no visible means of
support, such characters will be
found about every town of impor
lance like this.
Our village is situated about half
way between Hopkinsvile and Elk-
ton. aud six miles from Pembroke,
"the Queen City ofthe South,b which
is the nearest point to The railroad.
We have no navigation, except mud :
dy roads in theiwinter, when the mud
and water range from six inches to
six feet deep in The channel of any one
of tile roads leading from here, al
which tine mud boat could be run
TO the edge OF town.
Our treasures consist of pretty girls
and fast young men. Va.
We have two dry goods houses,
two groceries, two saloons, which also
keep good stock of groceries on hand
three doctors, one blacksmith. shop,
one cabinet shop, one boot aud shoe
shop, one saddler shop, three tobacco
houses, Messrs. Shaw, Perry g. Elgin,
All. Kenner & Son, and Combs &
Teer, all OF them will buy the weed
this year. 'nei aa ne iall 1'adsea.
Now. Mr.. Editor, allow us to say
something about your paper. I'VE do
not intend any flattery atalls5, We
have right to our opinion .iwhea IT,
does not conflict with that, of others
1t is that the SOUTH KEaTUcKtAN isl
decidedly the most interesting paper
that comes to our town. Wishing
you, Mr.. Editor, all The success and
good luck that should crown such
noble efforts rs yours, we willihow
endeavor to give you the local hap
penings Of in and around Fairvicw,
and II this does NOT find its way into
Your waste basket contribute to your
paper AT least twice n Inontl.h
John +. Jesup has sold his saw mill
to Mr.. Trout, who will continue 10 |
run it where it is until fall, whcn.h he
will m owe ii below Lick Skillet, on
Mud river, near the Muhlenbmg
county line. -. $50.
The wife Of Mr.. en-. Warren died
at his residence, in this county, OH The
10th inst. Ivy ~ istf
Also, the wife OF John Hollann, at
his residence, about three miles north
east of this place, in Todd county, oil
the IIth inst. 1t9a ~
( Mr.; Dink Elgin has formed a CO.
partnership with Messrs. Shaw & !
Perry, and will buy tobacco wilhthem
this season. Mr. Elgin Is anice young
man and we hope his stay with us
will be pleasant as we'll as profitable.
Some thief or thieves broke into
the house of Rev. Calvin Meachani,
who lives some several miles north
west. ofpthis place, afew nights ago,
and carried off a valuable violin and
a lot of other things.
A. J. Hightower, one of Todd