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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Men of Honor.

Messrs. Mark S. Cockrill, Overton, Kirk
man, Thompson, Gardner and Malone re-
Gently had a combined sale of fine stock,
near Nashville, on sir months time. Purcha-
sers were present from quite a number of
States besides Tennessee. These sales are
made annually, and it occurred to me that
the owners of the stock must certainly lose
a good many claims by selling on time to
so many different parties. Having gone
there with Mr.. CockriIl, who, by the way, is
the worthy scion of a famous sire, I consult
ed him on the subject. He replied that his
sales for the past few years Appropriated
$4,000, and that he had only lost two debts,
one for sl6O, and the other for $40. He fur
thermOre remarked that the men who were
trying to improve the condition of the coun-
try by the Introduction of pure bloods were
men Of enterprise, and could be trusted.
That put me to thinking on this wise:
Men who seek to improve their own con-
dition, without reference to the general good,
have no bigness of soul, and are therefore
too narrow-mlnded TO be honest. Then, in
my thoughts, several representative charac-
tiers stood up before me, and came very
near being convinced that this is a safe cri-
terion by which to judge men. A man i'm
Dueu Win n spirit OF OF enterprise, IN SOcl-
ely or in the church, and who employs his
energies for the promotion of the good of
Others in connection with that of himself,
can be trusted, but one who cannot see be-
yond his own nose is j1sbersonle, TO say the
least of him. Is that a fact?
To be sure, there are some very enterpTis-
ing men at heart, who have not the means
TO back them in their laudable aspirations
and there are, also, good men, whom unfore-
seen misfortune prevents from complying
with their financial obligations against
such no word of rebuke can be uttered but
there are also wiry, tricky men, whose
souls could be put into a hazelnut hull,
whose promises are as fragile as pie-crust
Such men only make you a promise to get
rid OF you, having no intention whatever OF
fulfilling any engagement they make with
you, If IL puts them TO the slightest inconve-
nience to do so. They will sometimes even
stand up before the assembly of the saints
and assume the most solemn vows only to
break them at pleasure.
These are the men that are creating gene
raj confusion, who are retarding healthful
progress in Church and State, and who are
making the times hard. But don't call them
dead-heads, for they will get ''as mad as a
wet her" and say all sorts Of ugly things
about you. E1eltHt deadheads. FiniS.
AT. GOODLOE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

of European cities, as the Know
Nothings were fond of calling them,
but sturdy, string men, with strong
arms, seeking TO improve their for
tunes by establishing homes and
manufacturing enterprises in our
midst. Workers in iron, makers of
hardware, tanners, naachinists, all
classes af mechanics are on their
way. Let us greet them most hear
tily. Let us extend the hand Of
fellowship to them let us aid them
every way in our power to make
them comfortable; and above all
things else, let us show them that
the people are not only just 10
them, but politically honest. 1t
win further the settlement of our
waste lands. 1t will place ON the
assessors books houses and farms,
stock and money that now only eX-
ist in wild, uncultivated woods. 1t
will open up an area of prosperity
that is unknown to Tennessee.
Then, on the 18th of August let us
vote to enrich and ennoble Tennes-
see. We can do it, and we will.
Banner,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Gem. Joe johnston s.nd the Army

GEN. Joe Johnston slnd the Army.
Mr.. W.. s. Gilmer, the well known
Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch, writes of Gen.
Johnston's speech in the recent eau
Gus:
seen. Joe Johnston's speech at
tracts a great deal of attention to-
day, and / am able to give briefly
the points he made. He said he
would as soon undertake to lead a
horse by a cobweb as to restrain the
President by the clause the commit
tee proposed to insert in the army
bill ia regard to the transportation
of troops to be used at elections.
The feeding and clothing of the ar
my are provided for by the year,
and the insignificant amount 1t
would take to transport troops for
any special duty would give the
President no concern. Furthermore,
the President could send troops to
Louisiana, S. Carolina and Florida
some months before the election,
thus have them onhand readyfOr use,
and vet how could his motives be
ascertained, or how could he be held
to account for a violation of the
clause in question? Gen. Johnston
in conversation to-day i'll regard to
the army, said he had commanded
American soldiers for twenty-five
years and felt a deep interest in
them. He had met no Union Off
Ger, regular or volunteer, who had
not treated him with marked cour-
tesy, and he felt that so far as those
who fought on both sides are con-
cerned, ill-feeling had passed away.
He believed there never had been a
war where so little personal enmity
existed between the actual contes-
tants. This fact had often been
made manifest whenever there was
brief truce, for then he had seen
men almost rush into each others
arms who an hour before had been
shooting at each other. In Texas
he had noticed that where North
ern soldiers had settled they were
sought out and associated with by
Southern men who had fought on
the Southern side in preference to
\ immigrants in general"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
The Clerks Fees Case.
Man, r.lnir A .a,,or.1

The Supreme court at jackson, in
the Chancery case of r.. J. Black,
dismissed the bill of complaint on
the ground that the suit was prema-
turely brought. The merits of the
case were not considered by the
court. The last General Assembly
of the State enacted a law limiting
the fees of the county court clerks,
trustees, and various other officers,
to two thousand dollars per annum.
Mr.. r. j. Black, Clerk a. Master of
the Chancery Court of Shelby coun-
ty, made a test case, which resulted
as above stated. The dismissal of
the bill on the ground that the suit
had been prematurely brought,
leaves the matter just as if the con-
test had never been made. When
the county trustee makes a demand
upon the chancery clerk for the
amount of revenue over and above
the two thousand dollars salary
from fees and emoluments of Office,
and the demand is refused by the
clerk, then the contest involving
the constitutiOnality of the act can
be made, and will not be consider
ed prematurely brought by the SUI
preme Court. The decision amount
ed to nothing, the case going off on
mere technical point of law.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

Mr.. SHERMAN is credited with
having been the power behind the
scenes who nominated Foster. He
and his friend, the President, GER
tainly slaughtered Taft, and it was
his slaughter that put Foster in
nomination. No one who watched
the current of events before and in
the Cincinnati Convention can doubt
for moment that they were the
ones who controlled matters there.
1t wasn't Fosters personal popular
ity nor his railroad passes that gave
him the power to run in and snatch
the prize of gubernatOrial nomina-
tiOn third time from the grasp of
Judge Taft. Shrewd as Foster is,
he is not able of himself to stock
the cards so successfully as that. 1t
took all the influence of both Hayes
and Sherman to do it, and they on
~ made their point by a scratch.
And now that Foster is nominated
and with much pains sounds his
keynote, as he supposes, in unison
with his patron, he must be dis
mayed at the discovery that he is
all wrong. He strikes out boldly
for the army at the polls and is hor-
rified on looking back to see his gen.
eral officer pointing to the money
questionable honest dollar mean
ing the gold one and the dishonest
one meaning the silver. This is
really exasperating. 1t indicates
that he and his patron are not strict
ly en- rapport. 1t further indicates
that the patron aforesaid has not
confidence enough in him to trust
him in leading the bayonet-charge
in the campaign. From Federalism
to finance is a long stride for him
to take with the eyes of the country
upon him, but he must take it,
though insufficiently clad and ex-
posed to the laughter of all who see
him. But is it the part of wisdom
for a great leader like John Sher-
man to make this change of base at
so critical moment ? Is this the
time or Ohio the place for him to
talk about honest money? Il would
seem that campaign on finance
would be the opposite of wisdom to
his interests at this time. He has
already shaped out a policy in de-
Tense of Federalism and a central
lied government, and Foster has
SHOWN MS Willingness to make the
fight for him on that ground. Fos-
ter, too, has embarrassed himself by
early and spontaneous repentance.
Are these things to count for moth
ing? Is the Republican party re-
ally so much at loss as not to know
where to make its fight this year,
but is obliged to go hopping around
from Federalism to finance and back
again after this manner p facin-
matt Enquirer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
In Chancery at Clarksville-State of
Tennessee.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE
May IS, 1879.
d. Mari ct ais, Comp'lt., VS.. w. H.
Toler ct ais, Def'ts.
It appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the Defendants, W. H. TOler,
Executor of Sallie H. TOler, the heirs of g.
w. Leaf Mari, the heirs of Susan Edmonds,
and the heirs of Richard Mari, whose names
and residences are unknown, are non-resi-
dents 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 GAINESVILLE, 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 heariAgeX parte; and that a
copy of this order be published for four con-
secutive weeks in the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
POLK q. JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
SMITH & LURTON, Sol'rs for Com'plt.
May 81, lS79-4tprfS5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

Fresh evidences of the great flu
ture that awaits Tennessee are pour
ing in every day. The Commission
er of Agriculture and immigration
is i'm daily receipt of letters from
representatives of colonists, by hun
dreds and thousands, asking for in
formation. These letters presage a
degree of unexampled prosperity to
our State, as they foreshadoW the
people who are rushing to our beau
fifuf State in search of homes.
These people, too, are not the scum
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Smuggling as a Fine Art.

Perhaps the oldest phase of SNUG
Cling (fOr smuggling it really was)
was patent in a practice which pre-
vailed for several years in Dover,
and was carried on openly in full
view of the preventives and all the
inhabitants of the town. About
1890 the fashion came up of wear
ing LeghOrn bOnnets of eXhOrbitant
dimensions. They were huge straw
plaits, nearly circular and averaging
about a yard in diameter; they sold
in England at two or more guineas
each, their cost was the duty paid
on importing them. Now, accord
ing to law, duty is not demandable
on any article of dress worn by
travellers. A clever dealer in Leg
horns coutrived to profit enormous
Iy by this law. He hired a numer-
Gus troop of poorest women and
girls-ragged, squalid and wretch
ed-lOoking creatures they were to be
sure-and paid them almost a NOM
inal fee for accompanying him dali
ly in his voyages to and from the
French coast, contracting with the
captain of one of the steamers for
season tickets for the whole of them.
The troop regularly left Dover eve
ry morning with scarcely handful
of bonnet on their head. They
dined at Calais if they could afford
to dine, and came back in the after
noon, two or three score of them,
each with a brand new LeghOrn of
fullest dimensions on her head, the
rag of a bonnet worn in the morn
ing being stuffed into her pocket.
On landing they were all marched
to the SPECTATORS warehouse, de-
nuded of their lustrous coffures and
dismissed for the day. A hundred
times at least have l seen these for
lorn and tattered purveyors of fash
ion both going out and coming in,
and l could tell the boat they trav-
eled by while it was yet under way,
by the straw-colOred amber-line,
which, under a cloudy sky, would
glimmer like a streak of sunshine,
ere the hull of the vessel was dis
tinctly visible.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Monday, June both, 1879,
Lumber for Sale.

We are running a Steam Saw Mill at Pal
myra, Tenn, and are prepared to fill orders
for all kinds of Lumber for building pur-
poses, and at as low prices as can be fur
nished by any mill in this section of the
State. All orders left with John s. Neblett
at Keesee & Northington's, or sent direct 10
US, will receive prompt attention.
HEGGIE g. FENTRESS,
April 5, 1S79-3pl" Palmyra, Tenn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
To the Public.

A trial of OWENS WONDERFUL SORE
WASH ard EYE LOTION will convince the
afflicted these remedies will afford quick
relief and cure the most painful and obsti-
nate sore on man or beast. For Erysipela-
tous and other cutaneous affections few
applications OF the Sore Wash will suffice.
Carbuncles, Chronic Ulcers, Blind or Bleed
ing Piles, Diptheria or liberated Sore Throat,
Scald Head, Shingles IL has 7leUeT Jailed to
cure. For Scratches, Fistula, Withers,
SWeeny, Saddle or Harness Calls, Setfasts,
or sores of any character on beasts, the sore
wash will be found an infalabia speclf1c.
Try the Eye Lotion for Weak or Sore Eyes
The Sore Wash is the quickest dnd1pos: etiicd-
ciots cure for Blind or Bleeding pies on the
market. For sale by S. B. STEWART.
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, May 24,lS79-.2m
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
In Chancery at ClarksYille-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 thaJ the Defendants, VIM. Reinecke,
J. 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 Chaneery Court, to be held at
ClarksvilIe, on the first Monday in July
next, 1879, and plead, answer or demur to
Bill, or the same will be
taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing ex parte; and a copy of this order
he nubIished for four consecutive weeks in
the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
'-- POLK G, JOHNSON, c. and NJ
oUART.Es, DANIEL, GooDPAsTURE& SCALES,
Sol'rs for Complainants.
June 7, IS79-4tptrsfS5 90.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
In Chancery at charlottesville
of Tennessee.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
June Is, 1879.
The Merchants National Bank of Louis
vile, KY, Complainant. VS.. +. H.
Pettus ct ais, Defendants.
It appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the Defendant, stephen Pettus, is
a nonresident of the State of Tennessee:
1t therefore ordered that he enter his APP
pearanee, 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, ana plead, ans
wer or demur to Complainant's Bill, or the
same will be taken for confessed as TO him
and set for hearing ex parte; and that
secutiYe weeks in the GAINESVILLE Chroni-
Gle. -,,---
POLK G.JOHNSON,
Clerk and Master.
QUARLEs, DANIEL & GooDPAsTURE, Solrs
for Comp't.
June IA, IS79-4tprfS5 90.
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p. j. YOUNG,
Fashionable Tailor,

having returned to GAINESVILLE, offers hts
services to his old friends and all others who
may wish good tailoring done. Also reno
yatjnR and repairing done on short notice
Prices reasonable. Shop over V. L. Will
Iiams' boot and shoe store, next door TO bar
Der shop.
Feb. !, I879-ly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
THE BEST WAGON ON WHEELS.
In Chancery at ClarksyiIle-State of
Tennessee.
CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
June Is, 1879.

CLERK AND MASTERS OFFICE,
June 13, 1879.
A. G. Dick, Complainant, VS.. E. HI. Pettus
ct ais, Defendants.
IT appearing from affidavit filed in this
cause, that the Defendant, Stephen Pettus,
il q nonresident of the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered that he enter ms
appearances, herein, before or within the
first three days of the next term of
the Chancery Court, to be held at Clarks-
Vile, on the first Monday in July
next, 1879, and plead, answer 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 consecutive
weeks in the GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE.
POLK G. JOHNSON, C. & NJ.
SMITH & LURToN, Sol'rs for Comp't.
June I4-79-4tprfS5 90.
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measurements.

The following table will help to
be accurate in measuring:
1910 square yards make ] acre.
yards wide by 968 yards long, l
acre.
10 yards wide by 4S4 yards long,
/ acre.
20 yards wide by 242 yards long,
l acre.
40 yards wide by l2l yards long,
/ acre.
20 yards wide by SO yards long, l
acre.
80 yards wide by go yards long,
acre.
go feet wide by 726 feet long, 1
acre.
12O feet wide by 1853 feet long, 1
acre.
22O feet wide by 1913 feet long, 1
acre.
24O feet wide by 18l feet long, 1
acre.
44O feet wide by 80 feet long, 1
acre.
A box 24x16 in. p in. deep, holds
l Dbl.
A box 16x16 in. in. deep, holds
! bushel.
A box slxs3 in. in. deep, holds
1 peck.
A box AKA in. Al in. deep, holds J
peck.
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Strayed,

One Sorrel Horse about fifteen hands high,
nine years old, his feet all white, star in
forehead very dim, collar and saddle marks.
A liberal reward win be given for the horse
or any information. Address,
J. J. PAGE,
EerguSOn'S Station,
June 7, IS79-3t Logan CO., Ky.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
COAL! HAY!

You can buy Diamond Coal and Hay, at
REDUCED PRICES, of
J. s. WOODSON & co.
ONCE with Tut & Lindley, corner Frank
lin and Third.
March q, lS7S-4.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

BY virtue of an execution to me directed
from the Chancery Court of Montgomery
county, Tenn, will sell to the highest bid
der, for cash, at the Court House door in
GAINESVILLE, on
Monday, June Both, 1879,
a tract OF land in Civil District No. IL of
Montgomery county, said TO contain acres
more or less, and bounded as follows: East
by Lewis heirs, and south by railroad.
Levied on as the property of Peter Oneal
to satisfy an execution in my hands in favor
of Polk G. johnson, G. g. NJ, for use of
parties entitled in the cause of John T.
johnson vs. E. L. NJ. Prouty and Peter
Oneal. j. Il. MOSELEY,
MAY 81, IS79-5t Sheriff.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Fine Residence and Grounds
FOR SALE
June 1887.

We offer for sale, privately, the late resi-
dence of Thos. ]. Munford on Greenwood
avenue. For terms apply to
r. D. MOSELEY, Clerk.
June :, IS7S-tf
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Sherif's Sale of Real Estate.
State of Tennessee--MOntgOmery Co.

p. G. johnson, C. & NJ, for use of John T.
johnson, VS.. Mrs. E. L. NJ. Prouty
and Peter Oneal.
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Il. G. Howell, Agt.,
BOOT Ind SHOE MAKER

GAINESVILLE, TENN.
have on hand the very finest French
Calf and Morocco, and am prepared to make
Boots and Shoes at very reduced prices !;
when l say reduced prices mean what
say, and of a style superior to any ever made
in GAINESVILLE. Many thanks TO all my old
customers and as many new ones as viii
favor me with their patronage. Repairing
done neatly and Subsfantially. Don't forget
the place, opposite Chancery Building.
April ), lS79-ly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

A TIMID Bostonian married la
dy whose weight verges close upon
200 pounds. my dear" said he to
her, "shall l help you over the
fence ?" mo-" said she to him,
"help the fence"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
Saturday, June 21st, 1879,

Il3 acres of land in Montgomery
county, fully described in deed recorded in
Book &, page 203, in Registers office of
Montgomery county, Tenn, bounded as fol-
lows Begins at east corner of tract known
as the Mary King tract, runs thence north
227 poles to a stake and pointers; thence
west so poles to two sugar trees; thence
south 227 poles to a stake and post oak
pointers; thence east to the beginning.
TERMS OF SAL.E--6 and II months credit
with interest. Notes with security and lien
retained. No redemption.
POLK @. job SON,
G. & NJ. and Commissioner.
May 81, IS79-4tprfS7 so
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TRAINS GOINSs sOUTIi.

An accommodation Train, going south,
passes GAINESVILLE at Has "A IN, arrives nt
Erin at OBS p m.
TRAIN No. ] runs daily except Sunday
from Bowling Green 10 Mckenzie, and
daily between Mckenzie and Memphis
connects Mt Guthrie with ~ l. q = y R'y
at Mckenzie with N. g.. q -. l.. R'y; 90
Milan with Great Jackson Route, for local
points.
TRAIN No. connects at Milan with
Jackson Route; at Memphis With Memphis
a Little Rock Railway fOf Little Rock and
all points I'm Texas and Arkansas.
TRAIN No. runs TO Humboldt, con-
Meeting for all points South ON Mobile and
Ohio X *.
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Chancery Sale
JUNE 81, 1879.
James A. Trice, Admir-, VS.. R. S.
Trice.

Pursuant to a decree in this cause, at the
February Term, 1879, l will sell at public
auction, TO the highest bidder, at the office
door of the Clerk and Master, on
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21
TUFTS PILLS

are especially adapted TO such
cases, single dose effects
such a change of feeling as to
aGfoni4h fha aufF0reP.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-06-21

Mother, as a sweet south steals DER me now,
knd leaves a Kiss upon my throbbing brow
Wet from IFS gambols with the dewy violets,
It wakes a thought OF thee and Wild regrets
rl,l,af .xr..r I A., times rronp nv