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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-06


4 "QuEER OLD DurrER. "A very
good story is related of q clerk in
the employ of ono of tho loading
hardware firms in this city, located
Oh River street. While in conver.
sation the other day with friend, q
grave, dignifed looking gentleman,
who had evidently passed the
meridian Of life, entered the store
and proceeded in the direction Of
the business office. "Who is that
queer old 'duffer7' "innooently ask
cd tho clerk. "Why, don't you
know him 7" remarked the friend
"Of course I don't Occasionally
he comes in our store, but never
talks to any Of us |; SO how, oan a
fellow find out who, he is 7" The
reply of the friend doubtless elece
trified us we'll as 3enlightened ID 4 tie
employe, who was Quietly told that
the "queer old dpfeg" wyas the sen )
ior membef Of the firm for which he
had been working sfoN oversa wear
and q hall. IS Our advice Sto the
unsophisticated 'youthtis to endeay.
or, II possible, to ascertain who are
his employers. A little energy NAV
may be necessary to accomplish
that end, but when the information
is obtained, the young gentleman
will doubtless experience feeling
Of satisfaction, Trey Times.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-06
DLPH HE: RIAL!

JOHNSON'S Anodyne Iinim,nt win positive
~ prevent this terrible disease, ana will posi-
lively cure nine eases In ten. Informal ion
that wi | save many lives Scnt free by mail.
Don't lay 4 moment. Prevention Is h"ttcl.
thnn cu G. SOLD every where. l. 5. JOHNSON
CO., 1nGor, Maine.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-06

SHE TuouaHr SHE KNEw.-The
passengers in tho sleeping coach
wero just doing off, when some.
thing howled out: >"
"Great dragons {! there's a young
one aboardT growled q fat man
from his upper berth. "Ill bet a
hundred dollars none of us can get
wink of sleep tonight"
"Wow-wow !" whined the child.
"There he goes again J. growled
tho fat man. II never travel but 1
run across some ones offspring"
"Who's that tallzing?' called the
mother of the child, in loud
voice.
"NIeI' answered the fat man.
"Why didn't you either leave that
child ut home or stay at homo your
self?"
Are you talking to MOI" de-
manded the woman.
"Yes, ma am, I am ! I say it is Il
shame to bring sick child into
sleeping car to disturb twenty or
thirty people"
care you father 2" sho asked.
mo, I huin't."
"Nor a mother?" she continued.
mo, ma'am."
"Well, sir" she said, as sho polSed
her head out between the curtains,
"when you have been the mother of
eleven children, moved forty -eight
times, lived in nine different States,
you'll begin to think you know your
own business. + think I know
mine, and if that baby wants to
howl, hos going to do it, if T have
to come over there and kick a ton
and q half of conceit out Of YOU"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-06

THE LOCAI. COLUMN.
Is well filled with town md county news
The aim of the Publishers is to issue q
IRT-CLASS FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
Strayed.

Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
Court at its February term, 1879, will sell
at public auction, to the highest bidder, on |
the premises in NEW PROVIDENCE, on
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
Playing with Firearms.
Albany Law Journal.

One of those practical iOkers (whO
point firearms, supposed not to be
loaded, at persons sin funny was
treated according to his deserts in
Iowa recently, as we learn from the
report of the State against Hardie,
A Iowa, 647. The humorous gen.
tleman in question undertook to
brighten lady neighbOr with re-
vOlVer. The weapon somehow went
off, and the lady died of the fright.
The court thought this was man.
slaughter, and sent the Joker to pFis-
on for a year to give him an OppOr-
tunity for reflection. The despair
of the unfortunate man, his threats
of killing himself, and his violence,
necessitating the tying him with
ropes when he discovered his mis-
take, were not deemed of sufficient
account to dispense with the res
traint of the prison. The prisoners
counsel requested the court to charge
the jury that he was not blamable
if his act was what any man of or
binary prudence and caution might
have done. The court declined, OBJ
serving "NO Jury would be war
IdHteu III uuuAllS tital lLiSu VI OI-
binary prudence so conduct them
selves. Human life Is not to be
sported with by the use of fire.
arms, even though the person us
ing them may have good reason to
believe that the weapon used is not
loaded, or that, being loaded, it will
do no injury. When persons en-
gage in such reckless sport they
should be held liable for the cOnSe-
quenceS of their acts"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

Somebody's child is dying-dy-
ing with the flush of hope upon his
young face and an indescribable
yearning to live and take an hon
Ored place in the world beside the
companions of his youth. And
somebody's mother is thinking of
the lime when that dear face will
be hidden where no ray of hope
can brighten it-when her heart
and home will be left desOlate-be-
cause there was no cure for con-
sumption. Reader, if the child be
your neighbours, take this cOmfor-
ting word to the mothers heart be-
fore 1t is too late. Tell her that con-
sumption is durable, that men are
living to-day, aged, robust men,
whom the physicians had pro-
nounced incurable at the age of
twenty-five, because one lung had
been almost destroyed by the disease.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical DiscOv-
cry is a most efficient Alternative for
separating the scrofulOus matter
from the blood and lungs, and i'm
parting strength to the system. 1t
has cured hundreds of consump-
tives.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
J. M. and T. w. Lewis, Ex'rs, VS..
Pugh Haynes ct ais.

G. & NJ and Commissioner.
May "a, 1s79-4tprfs5 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
AMuraerer.s prinx storr.

The people of Gainesville, Ga.
are excited by the discovery of a
murder which was committed two
years ago, but has just come to light.
Two years ago a revenue officer
named Cotton disappeared mysteri-
Ously. He had just caused the ar
rest of a man named Dunegan for
illicit distilling. James Bryant, a
brother-in-law of Dunegan, openly
threatened that he would kill Cot
ton. Little was thought of his
threat. One day Bryant, while
drunk, told man that he had kill
led Cotton and hidden his body. AS
Bryant was a great braggart, his
story was not believed. The disap-
pearance of Cotton had almost been
forgotten, when, day before yester-
day, Bryant, on his death-bed, con-
fessed the deed fully, and prayed
for forgiveness. He said he tried to
poison Cotton and failed. Exasper-
ated at this, he found him in the
woods one day and struck him a
blow on the head with a stick,
breaking the skull. He buried Cot
toms body near his distillery. Yes
terday persons searched the place
where Bryant had indicated and
found human remains, with a skull
terribly crushed. Near by was
found bottle of poison and a pistol.
A cOrOner's inquest was held, but
failed to implicate anyone but Bry-
ant. Cotton was one of the most eff
ficient men in the revenue service.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
JOSH RfLLINGs' ADVICE.

FNCEA tAAAAaANGS &AD 49,
DEER MISS This is an impor-
tant epock in your Lire. The 1st
thing to rake a good quire singer
is TO giggle a little.
Put yOlsr hair in kirl papers ev-
cry Friday mite sOze to have it i'm
good shape Sunday morning. If
your daddy is rich you can buy
some stOir hair. III he is very rich
buy some more & build it high up
onto your head then get high
priced bunnit that runs up very
high, at the high part of it, and git
the milliner to plant some high
grown artifishels onto the highest
part of il. This will help. you to
sing high, as soprano is the highest
part.
When the tune is give out, do MT
pay attention to it, but ask the near
est young man what it is, AID then
giggle.
Giggle good eel.
Whisper to the girl next you that
En-. Jones, which sits on the I'd
sect from the front from the left
hand side has her bunnit trimmed
with the same color exact she had
last year, and then put up your
book to your face and giggle.
Object to every tune unless there
is a solo in it for the soprano. Golf
and hem a good deal before you be-
gin to sing.
When you sing a solow shake
your head like you was trying to
shake the artifishels off your bun
nit, and when you come to a high
tone brace yourself back a little,
twist your head to one side and
open your mouth the widest on that
side, shut the I'VE on the same side
just triphel, and then put in fol-
deer life.
When the preecher gifts under he'd
way with his preechin' write note
onto the blank leaf into the foul
part of your him-bOok. That's what
the blank leaf was made for. Git
somebody to pass the note to some
BUDDY else, and you watch then
while they read it, and then giggle
If ennybody talks or laffs in the
cOngregashun, and the preechel
takes motifs of it, that's a good chance
for.you to giggle, and you ought t.
giggle a great deal. The preechel
darsent say anything to yu bekaui
yu are in the quire, and he cam
run the Westinghouse to both end
without quire. If you had a b.
before you went into the quire Civ,
him the mitten-you ought to hav,
somebody better now.
Don't forgit the giggle.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
The cheerful Democracy.

A Washington special to the Gin
cinnati Commercial says: "Demo-
Gratis of all denomination are set
Ting down to the conclusion that
they have a good ticket in Ohio.
Eastern Democrats of the hard-mon-
ey stripe have caught some of the
enthusiasm of their Western asso-
ciates, and now say that it is a good
ticket from an Ohio standpoint.
Gen. Ewing says he will go into the
campaign with all his might, and
speak in every county if possible.
He has received many congratulate
tory dispatches to-day. The feeling
among Democrats is improving,
and they express the belief that they
can bring the hard-mOney element
in the party to the support of Ew-
ing"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

THE long deferred "Woodruff
Expedition" is now planning to sail
some time this summer. A news
paper called "Around the World"
will be printed on board the Gene
raj Werder during her absence, edi-
ted and managed by Professor
Clark. 1t will contain editorial
and scientific articles and an ac-
count of the dOings of the expedi-
ton. Says the prospectus, which
apparently indicates the general ty-
biographical style of the paper sit
can be claimed for no other newspa-
per that its files for sixteen months
will show that it has been printed
and issued promptly, beginning at
New York and appearing weekly
now in mid-Atlantic, now in some
Out-of-the-way port of northern Eu-
rope, again in the Mediterranean
sea, or perhaps dated from the Suez
canal or the Red sea, or issued while
the General Werder is lying in dock
at Bombay, Canton or Yokohama,
or while the ship is cruising among
the islands of the Pacific-until, fin
ally, after its seventy weeks of issue
shall be completed, the last number
of Around the World shall be prin-
ted as the Werder lies at anchor
once more at home in an American
mort
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
In ChanceFy ut ClaFksYille-State
of Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE, I
MAY % IS70 I
b. w. Ussery, Comp't, VS.. Harmon
Outlaw, ct al, Def'ts.

II appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the Defendant, Harmon outlaw,
is nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
and that an attachment has been issued to
who has returned the same into this oH1ce
LEVIED on the following described property
IS the property of said Harmon Outlaw,
to-Nvitg A tract of land in Civil District No.
II of Montgomery county, beginning on a
hickory and sugar tree on the bank of the
to n branch; then with the meanders of the
branch l26 poles; then north l3l west IS
poles 10 q hOrnbeam then south 49, west
y poles 10 a liOgwOOd and plum tree; then
north 81 west 90 poles 10 an oak; then to a
walnut in lane between James and W. II.
LYLE then To an oak in said lanes then 20
mulberry then north 631z' east 45l poles to
q white oak then north 50o east y poles to
the beginning; containing ll5l4 acres, more
or less.
\ tract of land known as lots Nos. 8 and 10
OF the b. +. Mitchell property, containing
5 10 acres, as shown by plat No. % on file in
my office.
One gray mare, one sorrel horse mule, one
Lour-horSe wagon, one spotted COW, one four
horse FlOW, and note due TO said Outlaw
by w. q. Britt, John Caldwell and Henry
Jenkins as Trustees OF a eOlOred school.
II is therefore ordered that he enter
his appearance, herein, before or within
the first three days of the next term OF tho
Chancery Court, TO be held Mt Clarksville,
ON the first Monday in July next, lS7D
ants Bill, or the same will be taken for
confessed as to him and set for hearing ex
parte and that a copy OF this order be pub
ltshed for four consecutive weeks in the
GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE.
POLK G. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
SMITH & LURToS, Sol'rs for COmp'ts
May q, lS79-4tprfS5 90
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

PY4HE Matchless Grain-Saying, Time-Saving,
and Money-Saying ThresherB of this day and genera
Bey0nd all rivalry for Rapid Work Perfect Cleaning,
and for Saving Grain from Wastage.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
AToO Thin Disguise.

Washington Post "The Nation
al View, which assumes to speak
for the Greenbackers of the United
States, is a Radical auxiliary very
thinly disguised. 1t would prefer,
unless it has succeeded in making
itself misunderstOod--a Foster-Sher-
man victory in Ohio to a Democrat
ic victory. 1t would be quite in
teresting to know who defrays the
expenses of the National View and
the active gentlemen who edit it
and also run the National Green
back organization here. We have
heard II whispered that John
Sherman did.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
In Chancery at charlottesville
of Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE, /
=

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
May 2, 1879, J
Polk G. johnson, G. & NJ, Comp't,
VS.. ID, x. Mason, Deft.
1t appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the Defendant, d. K. Mason, is
a nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
and that an attachment has been issued to
the Sheriff of Montgomery county, Tenn,
who has returned the same into this office
levied on the following described property
as the property of said ID. X. Mason, to-wit:
\ parcel of ground known as lot No. ii in
the division by the Chancery Court of the
lands in the cause of d. G. LandOn ct al. VS..
John Duke ct al, and purchased by said
Mason at a sale made by w. I. Shackelford,
former c. and NJ, the said property contain
ing l554 acres.
It is therefore ordered that ne enter MS ap.
pearance, herein, before or within the first
three days of the next term of the Chancery
Court to be held at GAINESVILLE, on the first
Monday in July next, 1879, and plead, ans
wer or demur to Compliments Bill, or, the
same will be taken for confessed as to him
and set for hearing ex parte; and that
copy of this order be published for four con-
secutive weeks in the GAINESVILLE Chroni-
Gle. -
POLK G. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
SMITH & LURToN, Sol'Ts for Comp't.
MAY u, IS79-4tprfS5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
4 WASHINGTON


A WASHINGTON special says !:
"There is considerable quiet COM
ment on the Presidents delaying
action on the F'itz John Porter case.
The report was that of board of
inquiry, and does not imperatively
call for action, as if from a Court
Martial. The report thoroughly
vindicates Porter, and it is left for
the President to make such recon-
mendation to Congress as would be
calculated to vindicate the Govern
ment. Therefore, he is put in the
plight of practically denouncing the
conspirators of the old Court-Mar-
tial, many of whom, like Garfield,
are intimate with him. 1t has been
intimated from the administration
that the President intends to allow
the matter to die out, if possible.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

POLK G. JOHNSON,
c. & NJ. and Commissioner.
May "a, 1S79-4tprfs6 %
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
The FedernI plrect Tnx.
Baltimore SUN.


Secretary Sherman's letter to the
Senate on the subject of the unpaid
direct tax due from the Southern
States, and communicating the plan
of Commissioner Raum for collect
ing this tax, the payment of which
was suspended by act of Congress in
1869, reads very much like a cam
paign document. This tax will
hardly be collected at all, but GER
tainly cannot be collected under the
act of 1852, which makes the tax a
lien upon the land of individuals.
For instance, the amount outstand-
ing against Texas is put at STA, 900.
This State has over 20,00O.000 acres
Of farm lands, and the tax would
therefore be only 81 hundredths of a
cent per acre, so that a plantation of
500 acres would only pay $4.35, and
to collect this a special officer would
have to be sent. The machinery of
observation-disclosures thrown out of
the account--wOuld cost more than
the sum realized. Besides any at
tempt to collect such tax from the
land would needlessly alarm and
exasperate the whole Southern peo-
pie. The attempt to revive the
subject in Congress will be almost
certain, moreover, to bring to the
front the old job for the refunding
of the direct tax on cotton, of which
500, 900, 900 was collected, although
the tax was known to be unconsti-
tutional at the time when imposed,
and has since been pronounced so
by the Supreme Court. The direct
project will, however, serve some OF
Mr.. Sherman's purposes, for he
may exasperate the Southern peo-
pie by trying to collect it, and SC
help to further convince his constit-
uents of the need of 'tsolid North"
in 1880, and any attempt by South
arm Representatives in Congress to
appropriate money to refund the
cotton tax will in the same way
gain votes for Mr.. Sherman's party
next year.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
81 EHNS.

Our BLACK SILKS contain the well.known
brands OF Bonnet Ponson Tapissier, Guinet, CT
rard, and other equally prominent manufacturers.
The Lord A Taylor FAMILY SILK enjoys a repu.
tation for universal excellence that Is unsur'
passed.
Our American Cachemire INDEsTRUCTIBLE
BLACK SILK Justly claims earnest attention.
being equal TO the best OF foreign manufacture al
half the cost EVERY YARD WARRANTED.
In COLORED SILKS our well-selec stock IL
offered at prices that cannot be undcrsod.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

A SUNDAY contemporary very
truly remarks: ''lf Good Friday Is
a good enough legal holiday, why
not Easter Monday, Ash Wednes-
dav. and the Day of Atonement ?
The ascetic Sabbatarians, who re-
morseIessly insist on the Mosaic OBJ
seryanee Of the first day of the week
cannot consistently turn their heads
on the great fast day of the He
brews, 1t deserves to be a legal
holiday as well as the Christian
Good Friday does. If Church ana
State must be mixed in this coun-
try. let us, in our boosted love OF
fair play, mix them in equal parts"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
Some More Disguised ExOdusters.
Memnhis Avalanche

Thirteen cOIOred Kansas emigrants
were passengers on the Belle of
Shreveport yesterday en- route for
their homes in Mississippi and Lou
isiana. One of them said they were
met by committee on their arrival
at Wyandotte, KS, who told them
that they would not be allowed to
land there, and that if they were
permitted to do so they would have
to dig holes in the ground and live
in them until they could build
themselves houses, as no one would
furnish them any accommodations
whatever. The prospect looked so
blue that the emigrants got disgust
ed and started home again.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14

COLoRED AND BLACK SILK DAMAssEs, en-
bracng the rarcst gems Of the European or
American Markets.
In SUMNER SILKS and FOULARDS we have
nNnrA.l mo III at Is md InnulIlnl-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
In Chancery at CarkSYille.--State
of Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
May y, 1879.
James Outlaw, Comp't, VS. Harmon
Outlaw. Def't.

1t appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the DEPENDENT, Harmon Outlaw,
is n nonresident of the State of Tennessee,
and that an attachment has been issued to
the Sheriff of Montgomery county, Tenn,
who has returned the same into this office
levied on the following described property
as the property of Harmon Outlaw, to-wit:
A tract of land purchased by said defendant
OF the ChanceTy Court at Clarksville, in the
cause of Jones VS.. Mitchell, and known as
lois Nos 8 and 10 in plat no 53 now on nile in
nv office, the attachment not including that
part of said property sold by Harmon out
law to Ebenezer church.
1t is therefore ordered that he enter his APP
Dearance, herein, before or within the first
three DAYS of the next term of the Chancery
Court to be held at GAINESVILLE, on the nrst
Monday in July next, 1879, and plead,
answer or demur Complainant's Bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as 10 MIN
and set for hearing ex parte; and that a
COPY Of this order be published for four con-
secutive weeks in the ClarksYille Chronicle.
POLK G. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
B. d. JOHNSON, Sol'r for Comp't
May p, lS79-4tprfS5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
Tuesday, June 18th, 1879,

house and lot in Montgomery county,
Tenn, near Guthrie, KY. The lot contains
about IL acres and is bounded as follows
Fronting east on Main street, south on First
street, west by DIR. McCauley's lot, and on
the north by the old bed of E. & X. r. r.
TERMS OF SALE-6 and Z months credit
with interest. Notes with good security and
lien retained. No redemption.
POLK G. JOHNSON,
c. d NJ. and Commissioner.
May "a, lS79-4tprfs6 %
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
In Chaneery at CIarksYille-State of
Tennessee.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE
June 4, 1879.
B. w. Macrae ct ais, Comp'ts., VS..
Travis Daniel ct ais, Defts.
It appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause that the Defendants, VIM. Reinee1e,
]. Henry Pank, Addison Nj. Gazlay and
William A. Meriwether, are non-residents
of the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered that they enter
their appearance, herein, before or within
the first three days of the next term
of the Chancery Court, to be held at
ClarksVille, on the first Monday in July
next, 1879, and plead, answer or demur to
Complainant's Bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing ex paFte; and copy of this order
be publisheh for four consecutive weeks III
the Eiafksville Chronicle.
POLK q. JOHNSON, C. and NJ
QUARLEs, DANIEL, GooDPAsTURE& SCALES,
Sol'rs for Complainants.
June 7, 1S79-4tptrsfS5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-14
Tuesday, June 18th, 1879,

a tract of land in District No. of Mont
gomery county containing 10 acres, more or
less, and bounded as follows; on the north
by the Dover road, on the east by the lands
OF J. d. Dubois on the south by the lands of
Bryant Outlaw, col, and on the ives by the
lands of Fountain Barker, col.
TERMS or SAI.E-6, u and IS months credit.
Notes with good security and a lien retain
ed. Noredemption. ,
POLK G. JOHNSON,
c. & NJ. and Commissioner.
May "a, IS79-itprfS6 %.