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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

A gentleman writes 10 his home
paper: 81 had stopped for the night
at a hotel i'm Southern Missouri,
when another traveller hastened in
whose dog had been bitten when a
mile away, and its throat was then
swollen equal in size with its head,
and the animal was in great agony.
Its owner asked for "splrits of tur-
pentlne," which, being furnished,
he applied repeatedly to the bitten
part, until the dog became quiet,
and by morning it was well. This
traveller resides in the Ozark Noun
tains region in Arkansas, where he
had, as he said, witnessed many
such cures, not of animals only, but
also of men, and that he believed it
an inlallible remedy if soon APP
piled. 1t quickly relieves the sting
of a bee and may cure the bite Of "A
cobra if Immediately applied out
wardly and a little internally on
sugar, as is done by the hunters
amid the Qzarks, who carry II In
their pockets as they traverse that
region where snakes do abound.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

hacker of Foster. Mr.. Sherman, by
reason of his financial position, can
command and influence the largest
| possible amount of electioneering
money, and he is a politician too
shrewd to lose so important factor
in elections as the bank power has
always been to his party. The ma
tional banks generally-and notably
one national bank, which / see by
the newspapers has had $l20, ,00G,0 600
on deposit-can contribute literally
to advance the wishes of such de-
positor as the hacker of Foster for
Governor. On the other hand, the
Democrats in Ohio have always
carried on their canvasses with very
little money. In fact, with so little
that the real disbursements for
printing, cOnveyances and the like
would make the managers here i'm
New York and the other States
smile. We shall spend no money
except as it is raised in and for To-
calities at this time, and must rely
upon the earnest convictions of our
people to take them to the polls and
stick to popular rights"
w III you tdiHe perSoIldl part IN
the campaign ?"
81 shall go to Ohio in a few days
and after brief rest and attention
to my own private affairs will unite
with ali the Democrats of Ohio in
making as strong a campaign as we
can on behalf of the Democratic
party. My voice and strength were
never more freely at the service of |
my constituents. There never has
been a time when the free voters of
Ohio could better utter protest !
against the unwontedly oppressive
of President who has so
boldly proclaimed his indifference
to old constitutional landmarks.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
The Poor Quinine MOnOpOlists.
indianapolis Journal.

The largest quinine mandatory
in the world is that of Powers q
Weightman, at the falls of the
Schuylkill, above Philadelphia.
The factory covers ten acres. There
is one other factory in Philadelphia,
and these two produce nearly all
the quinine used in this country.
The duty on manufactured quinine
has been twenty per cent, but the
imported article is not nearly as
good as the American. A million
and quarter of ounces are sold
every year for an average of S3 40,
protection being worth from fifty to
seventy cents an ounce. The re-
taller sold it at three cents a grain,
making 50 80 an ounce profit. Pow
ers & Weightman say the repeal of
the duty will drive them out of the
business.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
WHOLE NO. 2,277.

will be re-assured Of the safety and
moral protection of their sons, who
may be entrusted to our care.
And for the members of the Fac
ulty who are the immediate guar
dians of the interests Of the Univer-
sity, and who have been furnished
to the University as the honorcd
/ colleagues of the undersigned, / am
persuaded that with their eminent
and tried qualifications as instruct
ors, their experience of many years
in the management of schools Of
learning, and their well-known sue
cess amid many opposing circum-
stances, the best founded hopes NAV
be INDUCED that the institution,
with Gods blessing to accompany
their work, may prove grand sue
cess. None of them, it may be as
sumed. will feel disposed to shrink
from the share allotted to each as
individuals, and to the body as q
unit. The labor imposed upon each
is very heavy, but they will be
found equal to duty. With fidelity
and devotion to work, industry and
vigilance and harmony in co-opera-
tion, such as will be reasonably an
ticipated, it would seem that Gods |
smile of favor would be all that |
would be required to command sue |
cess, and Clarksville would be ulti-
mately developed into a grand edu-
cational centre for all our six
SynOds, and the blessed influence of
Christian culture would extend to
all the region round about and be-
yond.
Our endowment is respectable.
but we hope to increase it; we have
good classroom apparatus, mechan-
zeal, chemical, astronomical, elec-
trlcal, and we hope to secure more.
The scientific library is unusually
good, and our facilities will be found
to be sufficient in all respects for
a first-class university
Send us therefore students, and
let our work be illustrated in the
graduation of highly cultivated
Christian citizens in ali departments
Of human effort and usefulness.
The University is not designed to
be ephemeral, but to be perpetuated,
and If its friends respond to its de-
mands and claims, there seems to
be no reason why it may not become
4 fountain of usefulness, q nursery
Of piety, a source of infinite blessed
ness for generations yet unborn.
JNO. n. WADDEL, 1
Chancellor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
A Dead Monopoly.
Washington Post, July 4.

Mr.. Mckenzie, of the SecOn
Kentucky district, performed a nd
table piece of Legislative work yes
terday, by reason of which he N
likely to achieve an abundant p0pt
uiarlty. AS many as twenty bill&
having for an object the removal IA
the outrageously proscriptive dutd
on quinine, have been buried in III
Committee of Ways and Means thi4
session, and among them one inl
troduced by Mr.. Mckenzie himselfI
The four quinine manufacturing
firms which have managed to del
feat all attempts at legislation since'
1865, and thus prevent competition, l
while they amassed new fortune'
every year, were on one side, andl
the people on the other. Despair
ing of obtaining any action by thel
Ways and Means Committee, Mr..
Mckenzie took the bull by thel
horns yesterday and introduced his
bill anew, moving a suspension oil
the rules in order TO put 1t upon its
immediate passage. There was no
escape. The quinine party was not
only surprised but astounded. IL
was a surprise that quickly turned
into a rout. Not twO-thirds merely,
but very nearly four-fifths sustained
the motion, and in less time than
Mr.. Hayes requires to count
of Mr.. Tilden's salary tho
bill was put upon its passage and
passed. It is quite probable that
the Senate will take it up in the
same spirit to-day and pass il by rs
a vote, but, If not, by the
first week i'm December, the quinine
which is as mean and
eXacting as any that exists, will be
dead. We congratulate Mr.. Me
Kenzie on his brilliant piece Of
work. We also congratulate the
House on the clever support they
gave to it. Nearly two years ago
he Post called attention to the out
age and beseeched Congress to put
IN end to il. IL might have been
lone sooner, but could hardly have
Jeen done better. The Post sends
erecting to Mr.. Mckenzie and his
loble band of monopoly crushers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

A GIGANTIC picture, representing
the battle Of Waterloo, is in course
of execution at Brussels. The can.
vas measures 115 metres in clrcum-
ference and la metres In height, so
that Its superfcles represents ,GG74
square metres. The artists, who are
under the direction of M. Castellani,
are installed In one of the vast work.
shops of the Pauwels Company.
The painting is done third at q
time. ThepOrtion now under the
brush is that on which the Belle
Alliance farmstead Is shown, with
the corpses Of Highlanders and
French lying thick on the ground.
q SPOT where a desperate struggle
took place. Further on we see the
battalions Of the Guard executing
their last charge, and then forming
the celebrated square. Napoleon,
on his white horse, Is In the center
Of the square surrounded by his
staff.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
The New Cathedral in IsdInBargh.

The new Episcopal cathedral i'm
Edinburgh is thought to be the
most important specimen Of Gothic
architecture attempted in Scotland
since the reformation. IL was the
last, and many persons believe ii TO
be the greatest work of the late Sir
Gilbert Scott. Its length Is 27S
feet (56 feet less than st. Patrick's
cathedral i'm New York) and it's
breadth 80 feet 6 inches (76 feet less
than st. Patrick's), while the central
towers, when completed, will be
300 feet high, and the two towers
which flank the west front will be
200 feet 2 inches. In picturesque
Edinburgh more commanding site
could not have been chosen, and
the completed towers will form
striking objects from all parts of the
city. The portal is modelled after
what remains of the splendid door
way of Holyrood abbey, and the
front as a whole will be, il is said,
the most splendid f;lcade i'm Scot
land. Already the building has
cost $800,000, and the entire cathe-
dral, aside from the towers, will be
ready for use at the end of the pres
ent year. Meanwhile the Church
of Scotland, not to be outdone by
the Episcopalians, is restoring the
historic cathedral of st. Giles, the
original parish church Of Edinburgh.
Since the reformation this church
has undergone many changes, a part
of it having been used at various
times as a place of merchandise, a
prison, a council chamber and a po-
lice office. Within its walls John
Knox was accustomed TO preach;
indeed, his last sermon was preached
there, and only little way from it
he lies buried. This national mon
ument is associated with many i'm
cidents In the history of Scotland,
among them the solmn league and
covenant sworn there by Parlin-
ment, the assembly and the English
Commissioners.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

ACCORDING to the West Baton
Rouge (La.) Sugar Planter, the
Kansas fever has broken out among
the colored people Of that parish, but
noserious consequences are likely To
follow, as the labOrers have very
sensihly agreed To send out delegatea
first,t learn from personal obseFva-
tiOn what extra inducements Kan-
sas holds out to them and n every
thing is found favorable, a large ems
igration will take place, but Ii tho
delegations return with the report
that the colored people are better
or, at least, as we'll off here, there
will be no exodus at all. 1t Is q
hopeful sign, that the colOred peO-
pie are at last beginning TO do a lit
tie thinking and acting for them
selves.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12
Cincinnati Commercial.

Well, let them go out of the busi-
ness. America is the greatest mar
ket in the world for quinine, and il
our manufacturers cannot compete
with Europe, let them fall, for they
ought to fail. But they will do
nothing of the kind. They will go
on manufacturing better quinine
than is prepared in Europe, and
they will have a better profit on it.
If the imported article is not as
good as the American, it will not be
as salable. How absurd it is to be
told that American manufacturers
have to be protected by twenty
per cent, duty against an inferior
article! They ought 20 be ashamed
of that even In benighted Pennsyl-
vania.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

THE pastor of church In Balti-
more last week devised a new way
TO collect pew rents. Several Of his
congregation being reIniss IN their
settlements, he ordered the pews of
the delinquents nailed up. Quite
a number were thus secured, and
the pastor announced that he had
adopted this means To- secure the
prompt payment Of the money due
him, without which he could not
conduct the affairs of the church
satisfactorily. He called attention
to the fact that the delinquents were
nearly all, If not all. able TO pay.
Their wives and daughters bristled
with silks and satins, flOunees and
furbelows, and the pew rent remain
ed unpaid. The novel oxpedient
has proved a complete success.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

WHEN charity, in the guise Of
Mrs. Fletcher Harper, gives work
ing women two weeks of sea air and
rest for almost nothing, we are quite
certain that the greatest Of these is
charity. She opened her cottage at
Atlaniicville for this purpose last
year, and opened it again the first
of July this year. In order to BEN
eft the greatest number, the stay Of
each is limited to'two weeks, and -
pays board for that time and in
cludes fare to and from New York.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

LORD DERBY ~ one OF the veal
thiest men in England. His Income
annually is but little short Of a mil
lion dollars. lie has no children
and his wife, who was n widow
when be married her, has a joint
nre from her former husband, Lord
Salisbury, of twenty thousand "A
year. His only brother, Colonel
Stanley, inherited FIVE hundred
thousand from his father. The en-
tire family seems TO be fairly pr0vi-
ded for, and we cease 10 have any
anxiety about them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-07-12

LITTLE BILLY was told; "NCv-
er ask for anything at the table. Lit
tie boys should wait until they are
served" The other day little Billy
was forgotten in the distribution
and was not served at all. What
could he do? Presently, afier re-
fiecting seriously for a minute or two
he easked "Mamma, when little boys
starve TO death do they 20 to heay-
en?n
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
TIE WARREN COUNTY FRA UDS.

FRESH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE RING.
EX-SENATOR CORNISH on TRAL-THE CONVICTED
OFFICIALS TEsTIFYING-THE FRAUDULENT OR
DERs PUT FORTH BY COUNTY COLLECTOR CUM
MNs-ADDITIoNAL INDICTMENTS FOUND.
IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNB.l
BELyIDERE, n. j., May 5.-The Warren
County Ring again the ragged edge" The April
term of Court began a couple OF weeks ago, since
which time the civil list has been under trial, the
criminal list being set down to begin to-day The
Grand Jury has meanwhile been In session, and the
arrival of Dr. j. V. Matson and exCollector Simon A.
Cummns from State Prison, TO testify before that body
threw the ring into violent futter. Eleven fndict
ments have so far found and the Grand Jury has
| not yet completed fits labors.
| This morning the Prosecutor moved the case OF
Joseph B. Cornish indicted for conspiracy to defraud
the County of Warren The indictment is strong one
containing several counts, and score of overt acts
Cornish is Jointly indicted with Mattison, Cummins
strader and Bulgin all OF whom are in State Prison on
other indictments, and John W. Dean, who has turned
States evidence The indictment charges In substance
that In May last after the election OF the Reform Board
OF Freeholders and seeing their impending doom, these
persons met at the House and made and executed
three notes. for $4,000 and two for $4,000 each
These notes Cummins then County Collector accepted
and turned the other oonspirators fraudulent
vouchers in his possession which he had cashed dur
ing the year them 1t then that new book was
made from which all entry Of these fraudulent bills
and receipts omitted. which book was submitted by
| Cummns to the Board Of Freeholders his original
| book of record.
Dr. j. " Mattson the first witness for the State
He gave history OF the meetings at the Poor House
and the plans formed. He also identified the various
fraudulent orders withdrawn from Cummings hands
| This examination conducted slowly and tediousy,
| and consumed the afternoon session.
Joseph b. Cornish, the defendant IN this trial, has
| been a prominent in these parts. He was State
senator from this county from 1872 to 1870 but his
Senatorial record reflects no credit upon HIM. He has
been a prominent Democratic candidate for Alyah A.
Carks place Congress In $780, probably the strongest
candidate in the field previous to these exposures.
The Grand Jury at o'clock p returned twenty-six
additional bills Of Indictment, making thirty for
| the term, and discharged.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
WASHINGTON NOTES.
" LarrcnrAnr NInnhnU Mo

WASHINGTON. Monday May 8, 1879.
The subscriptions to the four per cent reunding GER
tAcates since Saturdays report have amounted to
S777,GO0.
The architect TO the Emperor Of Brazil has placed in
the Post Office Committee for the inspection of
members and others, ingenious eter-box and pouch
from which letters be conveniently collected, and
the time al which the next collection viii be nadc lnd
Gated by means OF mechanism
The Treasury Department has decided that the rate OF
duty on perforated pearls shall hereafter be 10 per
cent vaorem instead OF 80 cent as heretofore
exacted the United States Court at Philadelphia having
decided that the proper classification OF the article is
that OF pearls not SGT, ana not that OF beads,
surgeon-General Hamilton OF the United States
Marine Hospital Service has received cable dispatch
Hon. John NJ Langston United states Minister
Resident al Hayt stating that yellow fever appeared at
Port Prince the 30h ut, and that the steamer
Andes lett that port, bound FOR NewYork, the 1st
inst.
Strenuous exerdons are being made by the War and
Interior Departments to prevent the proposed invasion
OF Indian Territory by proieSsed settlers, who were
10 start from Coey ville Kan, Wednesday Of this
week. The Government VIII stop any large body, and
il straggers manage 10 cross the line there VIII be no
difficulty ~ fudmg them and driving them back.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06

10 seconds. One hundred yards further on
Hanlan, pulling length or so more to
the fore, drew in his .sculls and stoop-
ing down, proceeded to sponge ont his
boat. Further description of the race, II race
it can be called IS hardly necessary. Hanlan
striking twenty-eght passed Paradise Quay In
twenty-three minutes from the start, Hawdon put,
ting in thirty-two strokes to the minute. All
along ScotswOod Baughs the Canadian did little
else except look at the spectators. though once AS
If just to show what he had left in him, he put on
squirt and went light lengths ahead of Hawdon After
this he merely padded, passing under Scotswood
suspension bridge, with rather more than i've
lengths to the good. His time was thiIty-two min
utes and five seconds Hanlan at once rowed up to
Hawdon and heartily shook hands with him amidst
great cheering from tho spectators. Later on the
men returned to town by the umpire's boat. Han
Ian scaled 1913 and HawdOn 152 pounds
HANLAN COULD HAVE WON BY HALF MILE
Hanlan doubtless anticipated more difficult
task or he would not have started at so hot pace
The Newcashe Chronicle says: " He is undoubtedly
one of the most finished scuers we have ever seen.
His slide is exceptionally long, and he it to the
fullest extent, thereby taking grand sweeping
stroke which, when he exerts his strength, seems
almost to lift the boat out of the water though
it always travels gracefully on an even keel"
If he had chosen he might have won the race by
half mile. The greatest credit Is due Hawdon
for persevering in dshearteDing task. In the bet
ting Immediately before the race 2 TO on Hanlan
was freely offered but there were few takers.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
ROSS CHALLENGES HANLAN.
HANLAN DECLINES THE CHALLENGE AT PRESENT
PRnspECTs OLE AN AMERICAN CONTEST.

HANLAN DECLINES THE CHALLENGE AT PRESENT
PROSPECTS OF AN AMERICAN CONTEST.
NEwCAsTLE-O -ON-TYNE, May ga meeting
relative to tho championship of England was held at
Newcastle tonight. Colonel Shaw, Hanlan's Canadian
supporters, Wallace Ross, Plaisted and Others were
present. The Editor OF The Sportsman presided. He
congratulated the Canadians their brilliant victory
The race, he said, had been characterized by the
greatest fairness. The chairman then explained
the circumstances in regard 10 the challenge for match
between Elliott and an unknown. The challenge had
been made public, IL considered only right that
Elliott 1.-THE present championl should dispose OF all an
tagonist before he visited Australia 10 try con-
cusons with Trickett Uhe champion OF the world).
Richard Renwick then declared tue unknown, whose
name to be announced after to-day's race TO be
Hanan Loud applause.I The chairman proceeded to
say that It had been the custom whenever
more than one competitor desired TO contest the
championship, for aspirants to try conclusions between
themselves and for the best to challenge the cham
pi0n. He had been empowered In Debali OF wallace
Ross challenge Hanan 10 row. IN SIX weeks from tne
date of signing articles on the Thames championship
course for alOO or $500 side Colonel Shaw explained
that Hanlan desrOus OF returning home early III
the Summer for domestic reasons therefore he was un-
able to accept this challenge.
Ross said. after Il conversation with Colonel shaw,
that he understood that 1t would be better for MIN 10
row Hanan In America, 50 that the American public
would be convinced Of the bona tdes OF the match
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
4 DESPERATE ATTEMPT At MURDER.

INDIANAPOLIS. May 5.-Last evening about
O'Clock George c. Harding, editor OF The Herdd en-
tered the residence of Calvin A. Light editor of The
D,oerck and attempted shoot the latter because Of
certain publications in The Democrat Mr. Light grasped
the pistol getting his finger under the hammer pre-
venting an explosion, aud holding on until assistance
came Mr. Harding was arrested and remained in Gus
tody until this morning, when he gave bail. Al $50
o,cI0c TINS morning he entered Mr.. Lights office and
fired at him several times missing Mr. Light, but hitting
an empoye named Gerhard Lizuio, lnicting serious
Of thar wound Another emplOye Of Mr.. Light named
Richard walters Jumped out OF the second story window
during the firing, breaking both ankles.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-06
CRIMES AND CAsU1LTIES-BY TELEGRAPH
AsuspECTED INDIAN ATROCITY

A
SAN FRANCIsCO. May "a dispatch from VIC
Pemberon Meadows Slooet destroyed by fire to-
iay POOL and his children perished In the names
Indians suspected OF murCeng the parties and nlng Tie
premises Ia cover the deed
INCENDIARIES HANGED BY MOB.
MEMPHIS. Tenn Nav "a special telegram 10
me rsnq LedgeY OF Sarkye Miss states that johnson
rncer and Ncyn Porter barn burners who attempted
6 assassnae Jordan Moore days were taken IRON
the a SATURDAY night BY body OI armed men, White anu
black. ana hanged
SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY.
NORWICH Conn.,. May J.-lhe Ncw-LOndOn
Northern down freight train % O'Clock this morning ran
boiy was terribly mangled c1rOneTs jury rendered yeT
dlct that killed by the engine His trousers were
oupd some distance the place where his bOiy was
struck aud spattcred with bOoi-a fact which leads
some to suspect foul play spite OF the verdict
A INDIAN EXECUTED.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 5.-kat hoo, the Cbicat
Indian was executed n the is ward et Portland, Orc to-day
by United Marshal ators for the murder OF Thomas
j. Brown. sitka, last January lie maintained solio
Indifference TO the last.
SENTENCED FOR FORGERY.
RICHMOND, Na MAY 5.-Ihe man who represented
himself as W H. Michael, OF Philadelphia, alias James C.
VutIc gave forged GRATIS for $4,000 IN part payment
for purchased in this vicinity was Indicted by hs
an ana Jury ustngs Court aud at pat OF
tna accused pleaded guilty. and he was sentenced u
two years In the penitentary
A RACE LOST By STRIKING \ SNAG.
NFw-ORLFANs, May 5.-Ihe MusgrOve-Crotty
single scu race and aha miles and return, wor
by Musnoye time, 23 min. 20 After going half m
rotty the sunken wreck VI schooner break
ing TOw.Iork s"d takng water