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Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
TENNESSEE NEWS.

David O'Brien. a brakeman OH the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, fell from a freight train,
near New Market, on the 3D.. inst, and
was run over and killed.
Yell Ecklc. who, in drunken fit OF
fury killed his mother, at Knoxville,
recently, has been tried by the Crimi-
nal Court, and sentenced TO seven
years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary.
The last railroad enterprise project
ed in East Tennessee is from Paint
Rock, OH the North Carolina line.
direct to Knoxville. The citizens of
Sewer county, OH the 9th ult., held a
convention at Sevierville, to adopt
measures to further the interests of
this project, and another convention
was called to meet at Seviervillc on
the Sd inst.
Cleveland Banner: John Payne,
who lived about two miles northeast
Of this place, on Friday evening of
last week, committed suicide by shoot
ing. himself through the head with a
pistol. For several years he had been
afflicted with the gravel, a painful and
annoying disease, and on the day
before the one on which he committed
the act, he told a brother that, Oh ac-
count of his suffering, he intended TO
kill himself, and that, it is supposed,
was what caused him to take his life.
He was a son of the late John IL.
Payne, who was Circuit Court Clerk
for this county, for number of years
before the war.
For several weeks the premises a a
DR.. Anderson, in Knox county, have
been infested by sheep-killing dogs.
On the 4th inst, about dark, Willie, a
SON Of DR.. Anderson, aged 10, sailed
forth from his fathers house, armed
with double-barreled shotgun, on
the lookout for the dogs. Suddenly
hearing noise, thinking it was dog,
he approached the object near enough
and fired both barrels, killing his little
brother aged seven, almost instantly.
The little fellow was splashing in the
water, and in the, darkness, his feel
ings wrought up. in his search, his
elder brother at once imagined that
the noise proceeded from one of the
dogs. Two balls from the heavily
charged gun passed through the little
child'S heart.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
Western Wheat Crops.

The latest reports on the condition
of the wheat crop in the Western and
Northwestern States differ materially
from those made four or five weeks
ago. At that time the prospect was
that the winter wheat yield the COM
ing season would be enormous but
since then the whole situation has been
changed, and it is now believed that
the crop, so far from being abundant
will fall short Of even the general
average. 1t is asserted, in fact, that
more than ohe-half of the crop has
failed in all the Western States. In
Kansas, for instance, the wheat over
a large portion Of the State, has been
almost entirely destroyed. Iowa re-
ports that the winter planting is ain
utter failure, and that the spring out
look is far from good. The reports
from Illinois are fairs. in Minnesota
nearly onc-half the spring wheat has
been sown, but the acreage has not
increased. Missouri shows better
condition Of affairs than last spring in
regard to winter wheat. and exhibits
an acreage increase Of nearly thirty
per cent. more spring wheat this sea-
son than il did last year, and Dakota
makes an equally favorable report.
The next few weeks will probably
change these estimates, SO far at least
as the spring planting is concerned.
According to the best information on
the subject, however, there is reason
to fear that the winter crop will be a
short one,
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
A Rush Of Immigration.

An extraordinary number of emf
grants landed in New York recently
from five steamers, three Of which
came from England, one from Havrc,
and one from Hamburg. Among the
number was company Of one hun
dred Mormons, who tarricd no longer
than was necessary for them to get
aboard a train which was to carry
them to Utah. The Missionaries
who came in charge Of these Mormon
converts were too shrewd to loose
sight of them for a moment, lest the
newborn faith might possibly waver
in the temptations of great city. a
large portion Of the other arrivals
came over with the intention of going
West-presumably to settle upon lands
which they are either capable of pur-
chasing or which are set apart for
them under the operation of some of
the colonization schemes.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
Can for a C.anuressiOna! Convention.

BY direction of the Democratic Con-
grcsslonal Executive Committee of the
Second Congressional District, Conven-
tion VI the party is hereby called to meet
in Knoxville nj IL NJ, on the I'd day of
July, 1880, 10 nominate & candidate for
Congress for said District, and TO transact
such other business rs may properly
come before it. The counties are hereby
requested to appoint delegates to the
said Convention ut the same time they APP
point delegates to the State Convention.
R.N. HOOD, Ch'mn.
". L. WELCKER, Sec'y.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
Call for State pcmucratlc Convention.

NASHVILLE, March ;, lSSO.-A con-
vention of the Democratic party of Ten
ncsscc is callatl-to meet la the Hall of
rAe House of Representatives at Nash
ylllc, at II NJ, on Tuesday, June s, 1880,
for dhc pOrpoae Of selecting delegates to
attend the National Democratic Conyen-
ton, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, on
the I'D Of June, 1880, and to choose
Electors forthc party in Tennessee,
by sanction Of the State Executive
Committee.
JNo. W. CInLDReSs, JR., Chm.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

From the Athens Post we see that
the Democracy Of McMinn county, on
the Sd inst, unanimously adopted the
following resolution:
"Resolved, further, That if the COM
bincd wisdom of the National Conven-
ton when assembled should determine
that the candidacy Of Samuel j. Tilden
promises success, the Democracy of
this county would most respectfully,
but earnestly, urge the Tennessee del
egation to heartily support his name
for the position-afIording, as his
nomination would, an opportunity for
the American people to correct great
wrong and remove from the political
history of the country one of the most
disgraccful acts that mars its pages"
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

The cost of the postal service of the
United States for the next postal year
is estimated at S,500,000-about
seventy-ive cents for each man.
woman and child, white and black, in
the country. 1t is large amount in
the grand aggregate, but it seems
small enough when it is divided out
according to population.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

The Chattanooga Times says they
arc digging new sweet potatoes in
Houston county, and harvesting wheat
in Lee county, Ga. A barrel Of flour
made from tie Lee county wheat was
shipped from Macon OH The 4th inst,
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
NOTICE.

DURSUANT TO A DECREE OF TITE
Il County Court of BlOunt County. Tenn,
rendered at its May Term, 1870, / will sell
to the highest bidder, at the Court House
door in Maryyille, Tenn on the
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

Republican State Conventions last
wUck developed the following: New
Jersey instructed for Blaine for Prcsi-
dent; the majority of Wisconsin dele
gates are favorable TO WEhburne !;
Missouri is anti-Grani.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12
4th day of lime, 1850,

a tract of land Of 1873 acres more or less. sit
uated in the 10th civil district of Blount
County, Tenn. adjoining the lands of Sarah
c. Russell and Others. Said sale will be
made upon credit of 0 and lamOnths' time,
eXcent 10 per cent. Of the purchase money.
which must he paid on the day of sale; and
the purchaser shall give his notes for the
balance, due equally in six and twelve
months, with approved security, and lien
retained upon said land until the same shall
have been fully paid. Said sale will be
made for partition in the case of T.. n. Rus
sell vs.. sarah c. Russell ct al, in said court.
This May Q, 1880.
j. &. NJ. BOGLE,
Deputy Clerk.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

SO much grain is going down the Mis-
sissippi river on barges and boats that
there is great difficulty in finding stor-
age room at New Orleans until vessels
can be procured to carry it across the
ocean.
Blount County democrat. [volume] (Maryville, Tenn.) 1879-1883, 1880-05-12

The Democracy of Ohio favor
Thurman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
HIS TEETH CHATTER.

There is nervous feeling in the
d emoeratic camp in the northern
states in regard to rebel claims, and
the nervousness is becoming more and
more apparent as the campaign pro
crosses. Last week the editor of the
linton had a nervous chill on the ques-
tion, and to assure himself got behind
the fourteenth amendment, and de-
clared the rebels couldn't get over the
fourth bar, If they wanted to. The
editor ought to write to Hancock and
beseech him to write a letter giving
assurance that he wouldn't let the reb-
els over the bars. At this stage of the
game in the last Presidential cam
paign, TildeE wrote that If elected
President not a cent of rebel claims
would ever.be paid, and they were not
either. Hancock has already been ap-
preached on this phase Of the dilemma
and knowing that the people have nc
confidence in the pledge given in his
letter Of acceptance, refuses to say
further. r. F. r.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24

carry out this proposition to the end.
This letter has become famous. In
his letter accepting the nomination for
President, Gen. Hancock says: "The
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments to the constitution of the
United States, embodying the results
of the war for the Union, are inYiola-
BILE. If called to the Presidency, |
should deem it my duty to resist with
all my power any attempt to evade or
impair the full force and effect of the
constitution, which in every article,
section and amendment, is the supreme
law of the land" If Gen. Hancock
pledge in the Glover letter Of 1868 had
not remained good he would not now
be running for President on the Dem
Iocratic ticket. The pledge in his letter
of acceptance was given to hire loyal
Democrats to vote for him.
r. F. r
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
WHEATLAND.

Mrs. Emmett, Of Lyons, has been the
guest of Mrs. J. b. Leach the past
week. She returned home on Satur.
day on receiving word that her daugh-
ter was very sick.
E School district No. Of Wheatland
has had over twenty meetings Of the
district and two meetings of the town
board, to locate and build a new school
house, and yet no school house. Next
Monday night is set as the night TO
settle between two Sites-0ne on John
p. Runkle's corner, and one on Heffer's
corner, near New Munster. The ma
son is anxiously waiting with his lime
Stacked and hammers faced ready TO
build the foundation as soon as they
decide where they want the building
to stand. John P. Runkle Is clerk now.
It Is to be hoped he viii try and stop
the envy and strife between the two
parties, and help the district to put up
a house that will be q credit and .
benefit to the community.
The new school house ct Fox River
is done, and is a credit to the district
as well as the builders. While No.
has been quarreling and has accom-
plished nothing, No. 10 has built fine
school house-one that the district can
feel proud Of.
The Racine County Agricultural fair
grounds at Burlington have been un-
dergoing quite extensive repairs. The
ground was not large enough, and the
directors thought by moving the build
ings from the center to one side would
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
xnNosHA COUNTY couRr-1N PROBATE

Ia the matter Of homestead right in the real estate OF
John @. Rolmes, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Mary E.
Holmes, of the town Of Somers In the Comfy afore
said representing among other things, that John G.
Holmes, her husband. late Of said town of Somers,
died seized Of estate Of inheritance in fee simple
in and To- the following lands. known and described
town Of Somers the south line of southwest
ter Of section thirty-six. township two Of range
twenty 1.-TWO, and being the same premises on which
the deceased built and occupied at the time of his
decease also one other parcel of land containing "a
ecrs In the town Of Pleasant Prairie lin said county
and being all that part of the northwest quarter of
sec one township one, in range aforesaid bounded
the north and vest by said quarter section lines
south by railroad and extending east to point forty
that Bhe has not had her homestead assigned her,
and that the heirs-atlaw of said deceased, to wit
Enoeh Holmes, Eliza Joslyn William Holmes, Lydia
Peck, John @. Holmes and Ada Holmes, do not dis
pute her right Of homestead, and praying that her
homestead in said estate be assigned and set off to herr
It 10 ordered that said petition be heard before the
Judge Of this Court on the first Tuesday of October
$780, Of 10 o'clock A. H, at the Office of the County
Judge, In the city of Kenosha.
And IL Ia further ordered that notice thereof be
given to the heirs Of said deceased and to all other
persons interested In said estate by publish ng copy
Of chs order for three weeks excessively prior to
said day Of hearing, in the KBNosHA TELEGRAPH,
weekly newspaper published in the city ofKenosha and
By DerSonal service Of copy such order all such
heirs % reside In the said County Of Kenosha and on
all other heiB BY mailing copy Of the same in an
envelope with postage paid thereon directed TO them
ss ana sy s Place Of their residence If known
IA By order Of Court
V0Y,NEY FRENCH Eountv Jndoa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
By order Of Court,
V0LNEY FRENCH, County Judge.
KrNosHA COUNTY coURr-IN PRoBATE

KENOSHA COUNTY coURT-IN PROBATE.
In the matter Of dover in the real estate of John
@. Holmes, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Mary E.
Holiness. OF the town OF Somers, IN the county
oS Ssr osf e If sff ssgd
town OF Somers, died seized OF an estate Of
inheritance in fee simple in and TO the following
lands, known and described as follows One
parcel Of four acres situated in the said town of
SOmeTS. on the south line Of southwest quarter
Of sec. So, 90. q and being the same premises
on which the deceased built and occupied at the
time OF his deeeaSe alS0 one other parcel of
land, containing O. acres. In the town Of Pleas
part Of the northwest quarter Of sec. /, { 1. in
range Aforesaid, bounded on the north and west
by said quarter section lines, south by railroad
ana extending east TO a point foFty-two rods
she has pot had her dover assigned her, and
that the heirs at-law Of said deceased, towit /:
Knoeh Holmes, Eliza Joslyn, William Holmes,
Lydia Peck, John @. Holmes and Ada Holmes,
do net dispute her right of dover, and
praying that her dover In said estate be assign
ed and set OF to her 1t Is ordered that said Pc
titiOH be heard before tho Judge Of this court on
the first Tuesday OF October, 1888, at 10 O'clock
4. NJ: ct the once OF the County Judge in the
city Of KenOsha.
And Il IS further ordered chat notice thereof
be given to the heirs Of said deceased and all 9TH
er persons interested In said estate bv publish
Ing copy Of this order for three weeks success
siVeiy prior TO said day Of hearing in the Keno
lished In the city Of Kenosha, and by personal
service Of copy Of such order on all such heirs
IS reside In Kenosha county, and on all other
heirs. by mailing copy OF the same In an en-
yelope, with postage paid thereon, directed to
Dated Sept. 9th, 1890.
By order OF court.
i4w3 'VOLNEY FRENCH, County Judge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24

field in November. It is known, also,
beyond a doubt, that on the Friday
and Saturday preceding the election
100000 of Democratic money was
spent buying votes in the cities and
large towns on the rivers and rail-
roads. This is authoritative, and the
Democratic leaders in New York can
not deny its truth. 1t was specimen
of the " still hunt to be made in Indi-
ana before the October election.
Though the victory in Maine was not
won by the large majority Republic
cans expected it would be, it will have
the effect to stir up the party every
where, infuse new life into its mem
bers, and will, it is sincerely hoped,
drive from us the dangerous conf
dence that was taking possession
Victory will not come to us, nor will
confidence win it. Work wins. Con.
fidence without work defeats. / dc
not mean to say that we should moi
have confidence, but do not let it gel
the upper hand, or cause us to relax
our efforts.
A good deal Of history is condensed
in a casual remark of Postmaster Gen
eral Maynard to a friend yesterday
In denying that he was about to starr
on a stumping tour, he said: an
going to Tennessee, where / left some
years ago all the property I possessed
in charge of a man who was once 8
part of it." Mr.. Maynard has beer
away from his home for over three
years, and says he expects to find thai
the former slave has done better will
the property than he himself would
have done. Mr.. Maynard is invited tt
New Hampshire, New York, Indiana
and Ohio. He will speak in Tennessee
and perhaps in Ohio. He is a very
effective speaker.
The recent letter of Senator Ed
munds gives to the subject of "South
ern Claims an Importance that hard
ly anything else could have given it
The Senator is the most careful ani
observant legislator who has had sea-
| in Congress since I first had persona
knowledge of affairs here eighteen
years ago, and he speaks of his owI
knowledge when he speaks on that OF
any other subject of legislation. II
his recent letters he expresses the be
lief that Democrats once in possession
of Congress and the Presidency would
put loyal and disloyal persons on al
equality as to claims for property tax
en- during the war. He says the con
stitutional amendments dc not prevent
this, or the pensioning of rebel soldiers
SAXON.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
SOMRRS.

The equinoctial came on Saturday
night In the shape Of a thunder and
rain storm, and continued till last
night. A little over two and 0ne-halt
inches of rain fell. At present the at
mosphere is clear and cool. The FIRST
frost of the season occurred on
Thursday and Friday Of week before
last. The next on Monday night OF
last week, killing vines and injurine
corn fodder somewhat. Corn was not
injured to speak Of, being mostly ripe
and the larger portion cut. and is now
finished with q possible exception OF
two. Most farmers have raised patches
of sugar-cane. So far as observed nc
injury was done by tho frost. The
buckwheat was killed most Of it being
late, is nearly worthless. The excep
ton already promises good Yield.
Weeds, weeds, along the highway, in
the fields and everywhere, the like Of
which is not remembered.
Considerable threshing has been
done during the fine weather.
Yesterday the attendance OF the
churches was small on account of the
weather. Rev. Benjamin's puipitiwas
supplied in his absence by Mr.. Pierce
of Evanston.
Misses Dearsley. Leach and Gibbon,
Will Barnes and Walter Ozanne at
tended the Institute from this town.
Henry Flett called during the session.
David GibbOn was present during one
Of the examination days.
Miss Cora Cronk continues to teach
in the Ozanne district, David Gibb0n
is to teach the Town-hali school, Miss
Kosander in the Jordan district, and
Miss Gibbon in the Bowker district.
Freight trains are unusually numeT-
GUS on the r. r. at present.
Sept. 20, 1880.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTERS.
From Our Regular Correspondents.
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 10, 1880

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10, 1880.
The latest news from Maine is very
satisfactory to Republicans. The over
whe1ming victory at first claimed by
the Demort acy has not panned out
very well, and 1t is now aScertained
that the entire Republican ticket, Gov
ernor, Legislature, and three of the
Eve congressman have been elected.
Taking into consideration the various
state issues that controlled the CAM
paign, the victory for the Republicans
is one we can we'll rejoice over. Maine,
with her large shipping interest, has
not shared in the general prosperity
Of the country; the good results Of re-
sumption are not, as yet, felt there, and
of course the voters cling to the soft
money delusi01. For this and other
reasons, wholly State, the victory is
great one. It shows also that the Re-
publican canvass was energetic and
well managed; that majority of the
people of Maine are loyal to their par
ty. despite the hard times there, and
that they can be depended upon to give
an Overwhelming majority for Gar
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24
A FULL VOTE, A FREE BALLOT,
AND A FAIR COUNT.

White men who dare to avow them
selves here as Republicans should be
promptly branded as the bitter, malig-
nant enemies of the south. The name
of every northern man who presumes
in this community to aspire to Office
through Republican votes should be
saturated with stencil. AS for the ne
groes, let them amuse themselves, if
they will, by voting the Radical ticket.
We have the count. We have a thou
sand good and true men whose brave
ballots will be found equal to those of
FIVE thousand vile Radicals Letter in
the Memphis AOo1Gnche, signed South
ern Democrat"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-09-24


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