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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Travelling stones.

Many of our readers have doubt
less heard Of fhe famous travelling
stones Of Australia. Similar curios-
ities have recently been found in
Nevada, which are described as al
most perfectly round, the majority
of them as large as walnut, and
of an irony nature. When distrib-
uted about upon the floor, table, or
other level surface, within two or
three feet of each other, they imme-
diately begin travelling toward a
common center, and lie there hud-
died up in a bunch like lot of eggs
In a nest. A single stone removed
to distance of three and a half feet,
upon being released, at once started
off with a wonderful and somewhat
comical celerity, to join its fellows (;
taken away four or five feet, It re-
mained nIOtionless. They are found
in region that is comparatively
level, and is nothing but bare rock.
Scattered over this barren region are
little basins, from few feet 10 a rod
or two in diameter. They are from
the size of pea to five or six feet in
diameter. The cause Of these stones
rolling together is doubtless to be
found in the material of which they
are composed, which appears to be
lodestone Or magnetic iron ore.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

PC. HAMBAUGH, President.
r. d. MOSELEY, Vice-Pres't
w. s. PozNpEZTER, Cashier.
BIZ Prompt attention to Collections.
Nov. 24. Is77-n
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
LADIES cLoAKs, cHAPER THAN EVER.

Our entire stock of CARPETS 5 per cheaper than
Eastern cost, to close out.
We invite you to and price goods, we will
give you the goods and biggest bundles for the least
money.
We also will inform the public that we have made ar
rangements with Eastern Buyer who will watch the
market closely, and send New GOODS WEEKLY which
we will sell Is per cent cheaper than any other house in
the city.
Our motto will be- Quick SALES SMALL PROFITS
and will not be under-sold by anybody.
The Trade Palace is the Place to Buy Your Goods
And it behooves the rich and the poor the farm
er and the mechanic the aborer and the of mankind
to call and convince yourselves before you buy elsewhere
as dollar saved is dollar made.
Thanking the public and my friends for their very ber
al patronage in the past and hoping continuance of the
same in the future Respectfully
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
PHILIP LTEBER.

P S-Cothing will be made speciality this fall, and
will be sold 10 per cent cheaper than any other house
the city will sell them
We also have large lot of Remnants in Calico and
Worsted goods which will sell for % cents on the
dollar sept Ply
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

Gen. II. r. JACKSON, Savannah,
@a., has been appointed q Trustee
of the Peabody Fund, in the place
Of Gen. Dick Taylor. deed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

WHEN you doubt between words
use the plainest, the commonest,
the most idomatic. Eschew flne
words as you would rough love
simple ones as you would native
roses on your cheek.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

1T was an Ohio man who 6iscov-
cred that no newspaper proprietor
ever died from swallowing q twen-
ty dollar gold pie',e.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25

AN inquisitive young lady asks
"What is the most popular color for
a bride?" IF we were going to mar
ry, we would prefer white one.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
The Largest Line Of Fall and Winter Clothing

In this market which will sell at 10 per cent less than
last year 25O Mems suits, 100 Boys and Youths, 300
Overcoats of all styles and prices Avery large assortment
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Gen. Sherman and Capt. Carnes, of
the ChickasrVy Guards.


At the close of the late great mill
tary drill contest at st. Louis, in
which the Chickasaw Guards of
Memphis took the first prize of 81,
500, the following little incident oc-
Cured between Capt. Carnes and
Gen. Sherman, who distributed the
prizes in person. The General, af-
ter complimenting in the most fiat
tering manner the great proficiency
of the ChickaSaws, Ventured to say /:
"Capt. Carnes, where did you get
your military education ?"
Capt. Carnes-'fI have no regular
military education, General"
Gen. S.-"Then, how did you
learn all you know about military
matters ?"
Capt. C.-"From the tactics and
constant practise"
Gen. S.-"Captain, were you born
in Memphis ?''
Capt. C.-"Yes, SiF.n
Gen. S.-"Where were you when
/ was there ?"
Capt. c., with a sly twinkle in the
left corner of his right eye-"I was
a little further South"
The conversation here closed by
Gen. Sherman again eulogizlng
Capt. Oarnes and his brave Chicka-
saws in a manner which could not
fail to produce feeling of envy on
the part of the oldest West Pointer.
IT is claimed that more than afty
per cent. of this years cotton crop
in Mississippi was produced by
white labor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Gen. sterling Price.
st. Louis Republican.

Twelve years ago Sterling Price
was buried, having died at O'Clock
on the morning of, the day previ-
Gus. The sad and mournful event
was made sadder still by the death,
two hours previous, oi the wife and
infant child of Capt. CELSIUS Price,
the son of the great Missouri cap
tain. 1t was just twelve years ago
that the lifeleSs forms of Gen. Price,
his daughter-in-law and her infant
were borne together from the First
Methodist Church and deposited in
BellefOntaine cemetery.
In recalling this event and men,
tioning it to some friends who had
followed the fortunes of the general
in the trying times of the war and
who as consequence have an at
tachment for his memory that can
never be effaced this side the grave,
one of them related the dying words
of the old soldier, which, as they
have never appeared in print, de-
serve to be transmitted to posterity.
The only persons present when
Gen. Price expired were Mrs. StOd-
dard and Col. J. p. Bull. The lat
ter, near the close of the war, be-
longed to the personal staff of Gen.
Price, and during his illness had
been a regular attendant at his bed
side. Calling Mrs. S. and Col. B. to
approach the bed, he took a hand of
each, nerved himself for the effort
and broke the awful stiffness by re-
peating in a calm, distinct tone the
following lines:
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
"Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the faults / see;
That mercy / to others show,
That mercy show TO me.r

With these words falling from his
lips the brave old man sank to rest
in the arms of the Great Captain of
Hosts. They were his last words on
earth. j. n. S.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Electing Judges.
Lexington Transcript.


The present system of choosing
judges by popular election is highly
Objectionable. The time was when
all such officers were appointed to
their places, and placed above the
injurious influences that surround
the ordinary politician. Unawed
by the clamor and madness of party
passion, they interpreted the cOnsti-
tuition according to principles of JUS
tice and equity.
But the mode of selecting was
changed, and he who now offers as
candidate for such position, and
expects to succeed, must resort to
all Objectionable manipulation and
log-rolling Of the pettiest seeker af-
ter public honCrs. This is degrad-
ing to the high Office as well as to
him who fills it. 1t robs him of that
freedom and entire independence of
action that should attach to his Off
cial duties.
No matter how honest and up
right man may be, he cannot fail
to be placed under obligation to
those who support him in popular
election. 1t often happens that a
judge owes his preferment to the
class of people who are most likely
to furnish the criminals who appear
before the courts, and the man
whom they helped to elect to office
is to decide, in measure, the de-
gree of their criminality. How
could he be else than compromised
in deciding upon their cases? He
who puts on the judicial ermine
should be appointed to his position,
and placed above all obligations of
the nature we mention. He should
be free and untrammeled in the ex-
ercise of his judgment, and the dis
pensation of justice according to rec
OgniZed principles of equity.
Nothing is more calculated follow
er our respect for the judicial err
mine than to see candidates for such
exalted positions going around
treating and using other unques-
tionable means to obtain support.
There is a strong and constantly
growing feeling that there should
be an abandonment of the present
and substitute of the old mode of
selecting judges for our courts.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-10-25
Liaber's Trade Palace.
$50 PIECES OF FALL PRINTS!

5000 yards Dress Gcods with Trimmings to match in
Silks, Satins and Velvets.
The largest and finest line of FANCY HOSE
tor Children, Misses and Ladies in the city.
A beautiful line of Black Garnet, Plum, Seal Brown
Myrtle Green and Navy Blue Cashmeres for sale very low
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-31
FOUND DEAD.
Mysterious Death of a Peddler.

The body of an old man named Bern
helm, sixty years old, who for years ha'
been a peddler in the market with lead
pencils soaps shoe strings, ETC., was fount
this afternoon in Room No. Is, on the
fifth floor OF No. 10 West Third street, neal
Walnut.
The body was discovered by man named
George w. Grove, who rooms Oh the oppo
site side of the street. He notified the
neighbors, who, upon bursting open Bern.
heim's door, were greeted with sickening
smell. They found the body lying near
the bed on the floor, with the face down.
1t became evident at once that the man
had been dead for some days, as the terri
BILE stencil showed.
The Coroner was notified, and when he
arrived and had the body turned over, the
smell from the blood and purified matter
was so great that lie had to leave the room
and notify the Health Officer to disinfect
the building.
The man seemed not to have been in bed,
as he was lying near bucket filled vomit.
The supposition is that the man was an
old miser. 1t is said that he was seen alive
last on Tuesday, but from appearances he
has been dead for four or five days. The
body after being disinfected, was taken to
Habig's establishment and an inquest will
be held tomorrow.
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ANNUAL MEETING
OF the German American Teachers Assccia.
tjon


ton.
The "Lehrertag" was opened at Wood
ward High School at 8 o'clock this morn
ing by the reading of communications from
various cities.
Mr.. II. Doerner, of this city, then read
an interesting German essay on "Educa
tional System, and Education Without
System"
Mr.. A. J. Schem, Of New York, followed
by another essay.
National Education" was the theme of
the essay by J. Rchhelm, OF Jersey City.
After the recess at noon the meeting was
again convened and the following pro,
gramme rendered:
Essay by H. H. Flick, of Cincinnati, "Das
Schulzeichnen;" essay by A. Schenck, of
Detroit, Spezialschuen." Eight p. m.-
Social meeting at Mnnerchor Hall.
FRIDAY, August 1.-Morning session at
Woodward High School. 1st. Female
Teachers" essay by l.. II. Klemm, Assist
ant Superintendent of Public Schools,
Cleveland, Ohio. Discussion. I'd. THE
Help Yourself of the Teacher" a paper by
II. Woldmann, Cleveland, Ohio. Discussion.
Sd. Report of the Committee on Instruc-
ton in German in Public Schools.
Afternoon session-lst. Report of Com
mittee on School Statistics. Cd Report of
the German American Normal School at
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by d. T. Keller,
Principal of the school. Sd. Closing exer-
cises At 8 O'Clock p. m. the delegates will
attend the Thomas concert at the Highland
House.
SATURDAY, August 2.-Excursion to the
Geological Garden.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-31
Ice Pitc h ers!
Triple Plate, Double Wall, he Best Made
Duhme & Co., Fourth and Walnut.

opera glasses which the party could not &c,
rid OF, and talked Of throwing the stuF ir
the river he asked me to see what could
do about the glasses; went to Speth a,ii
offered to turn up the property Tor Stea
He deposited 800 for me with Jake Anr
An agreement was signed that the proper1
was to be turned up and no question
asked. got the glasses fro :.
English last Saturday afternoon ON Sprir
Grove avenue and took them to Saw
Greer, who expressed them in TO Spe,,
from Carthage. Sunday heard that Gret,
had made statement about some opesz
glasses and l went to see Coione'
Wappenstein about ii. | acknowledged
taking the goods to Greer. | toIr
him that would rather not led
from whom I had got the property, bu1
ratheu&han get myself in a box and ms
family in trouble, | would tell. thei
told him that had got the stuff from Ene
lish; | did not 60 to English first and offe,
him $40 to dispose of the glasses for me; !
did agree TO pay Englishs fine assesseG
against him by Judge Wilson last week fe,
disorderly conduct. The fine wAs
to be refunded out of the none,
realized off the swag.' ] was to give $50 tt
English and the balance was mine. Sam.
Greer paid the expressage on. the good,
from Carthage to this city,"
Some other witnesses were examined
when Judge Wilson bound English over IA
the Grand Jury in the sum of 1000 bail
which he gave, Thomas Lloyd going ON hid
bond.
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shot the latter through the breast. The
wound will probably prove fatal.
OVER DOSE OF MORPHINE.
FRANKFoRT, IND, July 3L-Dr. r. R.
Town, prominent and highly respected
citizen, through a mistake, took a two
grain dose of morphine last evening. His
recovery is improbable.
NASHVILLE NUGGETS.
NASHVILLE, July 31.-The body of mur-
dered colored infant has been found on st.
Cloud Hill just barely covered with earth.
The murderer is not known.
Gen. Jackson and Col. Cowden, the par
ticipants in the recent street encounter,
were dismissed with light fines.
INTENDED FOR THE CATS.
New ALBANY, IND, July 31.-The night
clerk of the Central Hotel last night mixed
upa big dose Of meat and morphine for
some serenading cats, and left it on the
table. Albert Waters came in late and
hungry, and gobbled it all down. Prompt
remedies alone saved Albert's bacon.
CASE OF LIFE OR DEATH.
SHELBYvILLE, IND, July 31.--Hon. Geo.
C. Thacher has long been suffering from an
abscess in the side. Last night an operation
was performed by physicians which will
decide his life or death. Mr. Thacher is q
wealthy grocer and prominent State poll
tician
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DRAWN TO A FOCUS.


The case against Thomas English, charged
with burglarizing the store OF +. Speth,
No. 249 Walnut street, on the night of the
18th inst, was called in the Police Court
this morning.
F. Speth testified to his store having been
broken into and about $500 worth of opera
,,,u,,,,s, ,,os having been stolen.
Colonel ""o~""rnenstein :" testifed--'I re.
ceved information that tie glasses ~""re at
the express Office. ] sent detective after
them. had English brought in upon the
information l received from Jim White:
day before yesterday had a conversation
with English He denied having given
White the glasses and that he knew moth
ing about them at all. Yesterday English
told me that he got the glasses fromWhite." )"
James White testified: Am private lie
tective; ! met English last Friday evening;
he said he knew party that had lot oil
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-31
COMMONWEALTH CURRENTS.
knickknacks Knocked Together In
Old Kentucky.
Specials TO the Star.

Specials 10 the Star.
BARDsTowN, July 31.-Bill Edwards, col
ored, who shot and dangerously wounded
John Queen. colored, had his examining
trial yesterday before Judge Mcneil and
was cleared. The shooting was in self
defense. Queen still fingers, with faint
hopes of recovery. A woman is said to be
the cause.
ELIzABETHTowN, July 3l.-Od Uncle SOL
Smith, known in this county for fifty years
as "Grasshopper-kickme" SOL, died yester-
day at his home, near Rudes Creek, over
ninety years of age. Old Sol. got his
soubriquet of "Grasshopper-kick-me" by his
constant use of the expression as mild
substitute for more profane language.
MADIsoNvILLE, July 31.-In quarrel
over a game of croquet at White Plains,
Hopkins Co., Ed. Farmer was shot in the
arm by Clint. Stivers.
HENDERSON, July 3l.-Mr. Samuel Elan,
a well known farmer of Henderson County,
while riding along the road in the daytime,
was fired upon from the bushes, the shot
passing through his hat-brim, but inficting
ITO INJURY.
WINCHEsTER, July 31.-Jim Neal killed
two rattlesnakes near Kiddyille, in this
county. One had ten rattes and button,
and the other twelve rattles and button
These are the first rattlesnalles seen in this
county for forty years.
PADuCAH, July 31.-Yesterday, in Living
ston County, DIR. A. S. H. Boyd poisoned
two of his sons. lie intended to give them
santonin, but through mistake he gave
them something else, which caused death
in one hour.
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Martin H. Crane, Abel D. Breed and
VIM. J. Breed, partners as Crane, Breed &
Co., have brought suit in the Court Of
Common Pleasagainst the Mount st. Mary's
Seminary Association. corporation organ.
lied under the laws of Ohio, Thomas L.
| Byrne being Treasurer, and John B. Pur-
cell (the Archbishop Trustee, and John B.
Purcell, to recover So, 568 95 with per
cent. interest for work done on the Mt. st.
Mary's Seminary building in 1877.
| Members of the Turner'S Association
and friends numbering in all about two
hundred, and accompanied by complete
band OF twenty-one performers, leave Gin
cipnati for Philadelphia this afternoon at
o'clock. This is the largest crowd that has
gone on one single train. The Turner'S Of
Indiana will also join them here. Sale of
tickets will positively close at p. M. on
Saturday. Such an opportunity for a cheap
trip to the East is seldom offered.
Albert Berning was arrested last even-
! ing on warrant sworn out by L. Becht
before Squire PAUL, of Delhi, and fined $8,
for threatening violence to and abusing
Leonard Becht's children. Berning was
also put under 5000 bail to keep the peace
for one year, and in default of the sum re-
quired by the fine was locked up in the
County Jail,
Charles T. Phitzer, a licensed vault
cleaner, has been refused any more permits
by the Health Department. 1t is said that
he has been dumping night soil in a sewer
on Wood street, contrary to the ordinances
of the city. The matter will be laid before
the Mayor, who it is understood will re-
yoke Phitzers license.
Hon. Walter Evans, Republican can
didate for Governor of Kentucky, was pres
ent this morning at the session of the Con.
gressional Investigating Committee
Mr.. Louis Hessiager of the tailoring
firm OF WittrocE, Rottinghaus & Co., on
Walnut street, has left the city in company
with his wife for Milwaukee.
Jahama Fitzpatrick, of Bucktown, was
bound over to the Grand Jury to-day by
Commissioner Hooper for retailing liquor
without license.
The decision in the Pat. Hogan manda-
mus case will be given next Saturday, at
10 o'clock, in the District Court
The funeral of Isaac @. Collins will
take place from his late residence, on For
est avenue, at 10 a. m. FIR day.
Two young boys named Reichert. liv-
ing at No. Mary street, are missing since
yesterday morning.
In the Longview Asylum case, Mr.. T.
Lincoln is making the argument to-day.
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Escape of a Prisoner.

VIM. Lucius, arrested yesterday for burg
larizing Fosters store, corner of Longwortt
and Race streets, night before last, made
his escape from the Ninth-street Station
house this morning. Lucius was locked
UP in a cell when the Work-house wagon
arrived at the Station-house with large
batch of prisoners.
1t was found necessary to place three OF
four prisoners in each cell. Turnkey VIM.
Jones placed another prisoner in the cell
with Lucius and neglected to relock the
door. Jones being called into the office
Lucius quietly slipped out, and going up
out of the cell room by the back stairs,
made good his escape. He has not yet been
recaptured.
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Drowned While in Swimming.

Ed. Schumard, John Tyler and a lac
named Mckenzie went swimming in the
river this morning about 1890 u clock leav
ing their clothes near the railroad bridge OF
the Cincinnati side of the river. They
rowed out in skif' until near the center
of the river
After being in the water about half an
hour the waves from the steamer Granite
State, that was coming down the river
upset the skitf, and Shumard, after strug
Cling for a time and loudly calling for help
disappeared near the Newport side, below
the ferry landing The other two lads were
rescued by parties going out in a skiff
Schumard was twenty-five years old, and
was brother to the well-known pitcher OF
the Star Baseball Club. His parents reside
in the neighborhood of Fifth and Broad.
way. His body has not yet been recov-
cred.
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FOREIGN.
Great Britain.

GLADSTONE AND THE GOVERNMENT.
Eationa! Associated Press to the Star.
LONDON, July 3l.-Mr. Gladstone p7b
lishespa long article in the Nineteenth Cen.
Jury" entitled Country and Government
The article is merely an extended indict
ment of the Governments policy, but its
publication at this time is interesting as
the avowed object of the article is to place
The case against the Government plainly be.
fore the country in view of the approach.
ing general election.
DENOUNCING THE UNIVERSITY BILL.
The Archbishop of Taram Ireland, has
denounced the Irish University Bill.
Germany.
THE BISHOP ASKS TO RETURN.
BERLIN, July 3l.-It is stated that Bishop
Ledochowski has asked permission to re-
turn to his diocese, declaring himself a
faithful subject of the German Emperor
FATAL GUN EXPLOSION.
Yesterday a centimetere gun burst on
board the German gun-boat Renem at Will
helmshaven, killing five men and wound
ing twenty-five Others.
Russia.
FIRST BATCH OF PRISONERS.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.-The first batch
Of Nihilst prisoners have arrived at Sagha-
lien, Siberia.
Bulgaria.
NUMBERING THE MAHoMMEDANS.
LONDON, July 3l.-A dispatch from Tir-
nova says the Bulgarian militia have quiet
ed the disturbances at Rasgrad. Forty-two
Mahommedans were killed.