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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
letter From KaRsas-GOOd Adj
Vice.
For THE WEEKLY HERALD:

FoR THE WEEKLY HERALD:
ConcOrdia, Cloud Co., Ka's, June %.
Kansas may he Il great producing
State, Il good farming country and all
that, but this part Of it is certainly the
most disagreeable country to live, that
ever was in, principally Oh account
of the drought, dust and.the everlasting
blasted wind, which is, as they say in
my native language, ''perfectly abOm-
noble" 1t is beyond the Imagination
OF people who live in Il nice climate like
East Tennessee. Here the wind will
blow 4 regular gale for five or six days
at q time, generally from the South
West, raising perfect clouds Of dust so
rs to obscure the Sun itself, filing ev-
cry house with it and making it very
unpleasant in general. At such a time
woe 70 the farmer and neat lousc-kcep-
er, the poor plowman can not see his
horses before him, and Il house can not
be kept clean unless made water proof
or air tight. ! came here in November
last and up to this date | have not seen
yet two calm days IN succession, AS
for the drought it has greatly injured
the wheat crop, corn is doing tolerably
well, thanks to a few timely showers
we have had lately. Still we are not as
bad of here as they are further west
that is the frontier counties, people
there are really starving on account Of
the drought, neither wheat 0 corn
has been raised for two years, and re-
lief committees are organizing to sucor
those poor pioneers. 1t is said that no
less than ten or more counties are in
want.
CUncordia is a nice thriving town of
1000 inhabitants, on the main line Of
the Central Branch Union Pacific r. r.
and the present terminus of the Kansas
Pacific R'y. 1t is $50 miles west Of
Atchison, and is the seat Of Cloud coun-
ty. The country all around here is
well settled and the land is remarkably
rich, il can stand either more drought
or rain than any soil know Of. There
will be no want this year rs corn is
only quoted % cts per bushel in Il
market. The farmers are all very busy
nowadays, some cultivating corn and
others harvesting the remnant of their
wheat crop, it will average about half.
They are n hardy and courageous set Of
people, ready to make the best of what
comes.
We are preparing for a big celebra-
ton of the Fourth which will be on the
fifth this year, and are anticipating a
high time, no less than 1000 people arc
expected to be present. Big fire works
are on the programme Of course.
This is all Twill say about this part
of Kansas to-day and will close in adj
vislng all my friends, readers of the
HERALD who want and appreciate a
good country and climate to live in, to
stick to old East Tennessee; it is by far
the best | have seen yet and l have been
trayel ng extensively. c. c. NOEL
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Hlurrah tor Garfield.

AKRON, O., June 24,-For the past
few days / have had rather more
than usual opportunity to ascertain
how the nomination Of Gen. Garfield
is striking the country at large, now
that the first excitement and htrrah
Of the convention have subsidized. A
day or two ago l happened to meet
Clinton and Thomas Young, u pair OF
ns uncompromising democrats as OK
ist in the United States. They were
for many years neighbors of the gen.
eral in Hiram, and know him Us well
10 men can. Their first exclamation
was:
"Hurrah for Garfeld!'
Glow do you like the nomination."
/ asked.
"Well you've got a decent man for
once. We can't vote against him"
This ID the sentiment Of very many
democrats Of the state, and will make
its power felt IN October and Noyom-
eer.-Chicafo Tribune.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
CHATTANOOGA Items.

FROM the Tines: We learn that 4
rumor is currentir some of our neigh
boring towns, and in the country, that
Chattanooga is infected with cholera.
The report is so utterly false, and
without any foundation whatever, that
it hardly deserves enough public rec
IGNITION for u r%2futation, but it is in
some degree injuring II trade.
We were informed by several mem
bers of the Board of Health yesterday
that Chattanooga is at present less in
vaded by diseases kindred to cholera,
than during any period for years.
The mortality from all causes, as the
monthly report will prove, is by far,
less than during June, 1879.
We are furthermore authorized by
DR.. Wight, member of the State and
National Board Of Health to state, that
Chattanooga is at present in a better
sanitary condition than he has seen it
since the war and his weekly reports to
the National Board Of Health state this
fact, and they also state that she is in a
far more healthy condition than for
years.
The bill establishing United States
Circuit and District Courts at Chatta-
nooga, has been approved by President
Hayes, and becomes Il law. No copy Of
the bill has as yet been forwarded here,
and it is not known when the first term
will be held.
The first steps toward its establish
ment will be the appointment of depr-
ties of tie courts by the clerk at Knox
vile, his deputies at those courts de-
handing all his attention, and render
ing it impossible for him to attend Il
courts. 1t is quite probable that there
will be Only II deputy for the two
courts.
The court will be organized proba-
bly, rs oon as Judge Key arrives.
Its sessions will be held in the Court
House.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
George william Curtis on The
Nomination.

Referring 10 the nomination OF
Gen. Hancock b. the Cincinnati con-
yentlon, George William Curtis, of
Harper's Weekly, says:
General Hancock represents no
policy, no principle, no issue, nothing
but the party which nominated him,
and he will be supported By those only
who think that the public welfare
would be promoted by bringing the
democratic party into power. General
Garfield stands for the best sentiment
Of the party which has been identified
with the patriotism, the intelligence,
the free industry, the progressive
spirit Of the country. General Han
cock represents q party without a
programme or a policy, and with the
most dangerous traditions. That par
ty has eminent leaders but General
Hancock is not one of them. Ii he
has views on the public questions,
they are not known. He is, of course,
wholly without civil experience, except
that Of a military governor. He is a
worthy gentleman, whose life has
been passed in military service, and
whose election as president would be
a leap in the dark.
General Garfield, on the other
hand, isnot only a citizen soldier of
distinction, but a statesman Of wide
and various experience and sagacity,
of universal knowledge and tact, d
leader of his party By signal ability,
and q gentleman of unblcmished
character. If the Office of chief mag
of the union requires civil
and especial knowledge, wide
experience and courage, maturod con-
7]ictlons upon public principles and
familiarity with public affairs
md public men, as well as perfect
personal rectitude, and intelligent
,ympathy with the ideas and pur-
poses of and tendency of great po-
Itical party, General Garfield is pc
the candidate for those who
wish to know what their votes mean.
General Hancock is the respectable
.audidate of the democratic party;
,ut has the democratic party deserved
he respect or the confidence Of the
'ountry.'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
DIR. FIsT.

NEW YORK, july 5--Dr. Tame.
began the second week Of his se.f-im
posed task Of fasting forty days a
noon to-day. AT that time he hac
lost in weight ID pounds. His pulls,
was 80, and his temperature was 935
degrees. lie was la good spirits, aud
watching physicians reported bis con.
dition as excellent. TO a casual Oh.
server there is nothing about his APP
peaIance to attract attention, with the
exception Of a slight barred aud
sleepy look about the eyes, which APP
pear. One Of his physicians said: ale
looked as if lie hid Just awakened
and had not his eyes fully opened yet"
He shows no effect Of his fast. A
wooden railing has been erected in
the center Of Clarendon hall, increas
ing space perhaps thirty by fifty feet
within which he remains. He has a
scanty supply Of furniture, consisting
only Of a small cot. straight back,
cane-lottom chair and rocking chair.
When a Tribune reporter entered
the hall this afternoon, Tanner was
seated in IL rocking chair, resting his
feet upon the wooden railing, and
was engaged in reading, wearing eye
glasses. Two doctors watched with
the uoctor from $50 p. m. until mid
night Sunday. They reported him
as being rather lively, and conversiug
with freedom. Just previous to the
beginning of the watch at midnight
two other doctors took their places.
They reported DR.. Tanner as sleeping
quietly. At | a. M, he awOke and
rlnsed his mouth with four ounces Of
water. His pulse was so and sunken
at the wrist. At times during the
night be complained Of dryness of his
tongue, and rinsed his mouth several
times. At noon DR.. Tanner made a
decided change in his movements by
taking a walk Out Of doors accompa-
MED by his watchers. He walked
without support, and had no cane.
HIS physical condition was reported
then as being more cheerful. From
$3.50 until noon, he gargled water
four times and rested on his cot. The
greater part Of the morning, up to
noon, he had not only been without
food for one hundred and sixty eight
hours, but also without water for 1872
hours and ID minutes, with the exccp.
ton Of four ounces taken on June so.
AT l p. IN. his pulse was so dogs. and
temperature IS! dogs. DR.. Tanner
is an Englishman, having come to
this country at the age Of II. He is
now 49 years of age, his home has
been chiefly in Ohio and Minnesota.
His last long fast was made 1877, at
Minneapolis, in the months of July
and August, and continued forty-two
days. When asked about 8 p. IN.
yesterday how he was feeling, he said:
II feel first rate and not at all dis
couraged. If they only give me half
chance | will come out ahead"
DO you not feel pam in your stom-
ach orintense craving for food?"
'Not ut all; | feel no morbid desire
or craving for food now than at any
time between meals when l am not
fasting"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Gen. Hancock was made full Ma
ior.G General in July, 1866. The pay
of that office is $500 for the first
five years, and an addition of 10 per
cent. on the original amount upon the
completion of each term of five years.
In July, 1871, his pay was increased
to So, $50; in July, 1876, to $4,000;
and il be retains his position to July
of next year it will be advanced to
s9,75O. This is exclusive of all the
allowances attached to the position.
He draws about $4,000 Il year,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

The Democratic convention Of Polk
C unity appointed Dibrell delegates to
the Congressional convention and also
delegates to the State convention that
favor the course of Col. Savage on State
issues.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

~PAiYsyILLE, O., July 5.-Gencral Gar
field ended a speech here Saturday with
the story of the crossed swords referred
TO by ThacKery in "The Virginians,'
saying in conclusion: 81 trust the time
is not far distant when, under the
crossed swords and the locked shields
OF America, north and south, our peo-
pie shall sleepin peace and rise in liber-
~, Ioye and harmony under the union
Of our flag of the stars and stripes"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Virginiaia's Faith Doctor.

The faith doctor, Miller, of Salem,
Virginia, whose miraculous cures have
led the whole vicinity to gaze upon him
with wondering awe as one inspired,
and whose reputation has drawn to him
hundreds of the afflicted from all parts
Of East Tennessee and Southeastern
Virginia, has been reported TO have
performed several cures recently. which
will lend additional weight to the cur
rent rumors, aud fill the superstitious
with an unwayering beliefin his super
natural powers.
A few days ago Mr.. j. G. Smith, of
Rome county, who for many years has
been a helpless cripple, a sufferer from
chronic rheumatism, coupled with n
slight paralytic stroke, heard Of the
cures of DR.. Miller and determined to
test his powers. He left home last
Wednesday a helpless cripple; he was
carried to the car and placed in u seat
as if he were child, being unable to
move, Or to stand upright. He visited
Dir. Miller at Salem and states that he
was merely touched by him several
times the diseased limbs were gently
rubbed and 10 other restOrativeS APP
piled. He Immediately lett and and
we are Informed by Conductor Charles
Toms, who had charge Of the train on
which he was, that he was seen to walk
across the entire length of the car sew
eral times, using no crutchcs, and APP
pcared to move without the slightest
dificulty,-Chattanooga Times.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

That , ard make 4 is an established
fact none can deny. That Portaline is
the best remedy in the world for all
disorders ofthe stomach and liver, is
another fact to which all who have
tried it will bear testimony. 1t is Ell
tirely vegetable, and compounded with
the greatest care; each package con-
tanning so doses for al adult. Price
80 cts. Sold by oCACGGs & STEED.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

WE have been told by the democratic
party for twenty long years that they
were tired Of military men as president
but now they ask the people to vote for
Hancock who is now in the army, and
has been all his life; and who has no
qualifications whatever for the Office
Of President.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

MAEsHlLL JEWELL, of Connecticut,
has been elected Chairman Of the Ma
!ional Republican Committee. 4 sub
committee, with Senator Logan at the
head, will have charge Of the campaign
IN the West, with headquarters at Chi
cage. This securcsa lively campaign
for this section Of the country, any
how.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

GES. HANCOCK viii not resign his
place tn the army. lie is too shsrp Tor
thst. lie knows he will never be Pres
idcnt. No slI the next time yOu hear
Of him De will be sitting back drawing
that Increased pay. Unlike Gen. Gar
field, he'll eye Urn any Of it back
into The Treasury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

THE democratic game Of BLUFF will
play out before the election. For the
past two weeks democratic papers have
been printing ali interview in which
they represent Gen. Grant as declaring
that Hancock will be e,oGtoI, and that
10 intends TO vote for him, Now Gen.
Grant says the WHOLE thing is u false
hood, and that he will support Garfield
and predicts hie triumphant election.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
McD Donald, JulY 3, 1850.

EDITOR OF TIE HERALD; Can you
tell us who Jack Carson is? READER.
Yes. Jack Carson is the next Sheriff
of the county. The democrats seeing
that no one man can beat him, have
concluded to run EoUr, That is unfair,
but it is all right. Jack is a farmer ans
a blacksmith. Hell q big stout fellow
and if he is elected he will take such
fellows as you by the napc of the neck
and the seat OF the breeches and throw
YOU out of the county.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
p eEi50ne Nominated for Con

A special from GreenyillO TO this
mornings Knoxville Chronicle says Ma
iOr a. II. PettibOnc was nomilated for
Congress in the First district. Major
Pettibone was defeated two years ago
by the Republicans feeling too confident
and failing to turn out and vote. But
this is 4 political year and they will
roll up the usual majority. Mr.. Petit
bone is one of the ablest men in the
South, and will represent his district as
it should be. Moreover he is a man that
will have influence with President
Garfield, and.can secure patronage for
his district. His majority should be at
least 1000.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
1ho Athens Post of this morning says

We are a little ~apprehensive that tie
"hundreds Of thousands Of kepubli-
cans" who are going to support Han
cock will be non est when clcc ion day
turns up. We hope we are mistaken,
but We have heard that song so often
that we can't help feeling dubious about
it now.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

The economy OF the present Demo-
cratic Congress has compelled the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury to stop purchas-
ing bonds with the surplus revenue,
and turn his attention toward meeting
the demands of reckless appropriations.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
Seventeen years %ago-July 8, 1858

Seventeen years ago-JuIy 8, 1868
General Hancock dispersed a large
democratic meeting at Gettysburg,
Pa. If anybody had told the boys
whom he compelled to take to the
woods on that occosion that they
would be now uraising hun asa pa.
triot and a statesman, and threaten
inc to vote for him for President, the
BOYS would have been very mad about
it.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

JUDGE HAWKINS is canvassing West
Tennessee, and is getting large audi
cnceS. Hawkins is an able speaker and
is a heightened gentleman, and will
make a brilliant canvass and be elected
If the republicans and honest democrats
will stand steady.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

THoUGH Hancock may have been a
good brigade commander he will never
command the National Treasury for
The benefit Of his Office hdngry party.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Hon. W. p. Gillcnwaters was yester-
d ~ chosen for elector Of the first dis
riot by the Republicans.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Jack Crow wants to know, that, if it
took $1,000 kegs of beer to nominate
Hancock, how many will it take to
elect him?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Gen. Hancock wears a corset.
No man who wears a corset can ever
be president of the United States.-T.
JcGersOa'S supposed thoughts.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
.cFvc an Injunction oD Disease

Physicians freely prescribe the new Food
Medicine, "3iaIt Bittcrs," because more
nourishing, strengthening and purifying than
all other forms ofmalt or medicine, while
free from the objections urged against malt
liquors. tu a lw
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

A Household Need.
A book on the Liver, its diseases and
their treatment sent free. Including
treatises upon Liver Complaints, Tor
pid Liver, Jaundice, Bi)liousness,
Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia,
Malaria, etc. Address Dr.. Sanford, l62
Broadway, New YorkCity, N. y.
10 q 4W.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
r7tii Of.guly Next,

at the Court House door in the town of
Cleveland, in said county, offer for sale
the following described land to:wit;
Forty acres land, being the southeast
corner of the southeast quarter of see
zion two, township three, and range
one, west Of the basis line, Ocoee dis
trict, Bradley county, Tennessee; lev
led on as the property of John L. Hack
err, to satisfy the above DESERVED order
of sale. G. j. HAYS, Sheriff.
Junc ID. 1850. Nr fee 1900. 4 W.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

Il Cr EE $ Q Fl . OIL
Al VJTE--
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08
s5heriff'S Sale

By virtue Of an order OF sale directed
to me from the Circuit Court ofBradley
county, Tennessee, in the case Of T. Il.
Coffin vs.. j. z. Hacker, / will on the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-08

PROFESSOR IN
LEADIGG MEDICAL
COLLEC Es u
OVEE TW T. 4
YEARS.
~ q II q Z q Il
THIRTEEN LARGE
POPULAR STAND
ARD WORK ON
MEDICINE ARD SUR.
gerry.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-06-24
Going to q Fire.

One of the most exciting sights .
stranger can witness in the lower part
of New York is the fire department
responding to an alarm of fire in the
daytime. A representative of the Fire
mans Journal describes a scene that
many of our readers have probably
never witnessed. 1--WE chanced to be
in Broadway a day or two since," says
the writer, when the street was
crowded with vehicles of all kinds, and
the sidewalks with regular procession
of pedestrians. Suddenly the gong of
an approaching steamer sounded with
its sharp, sudden and continuous jingle;
there was a rush of teams to clear the
center of the street, and rush of po-
licemen to aid the drivers in getting
their vehicles against the curb; then
came a fireman running for dear life,
shouting "Clear the road" and right
behind him came the steamer, the
horses on the gallop, and a cloud of
smoke issuing from the smoke stack a
moment, and she was gone. Then
came a hoQk-and-ladder truck, with
sounding gong, horses on the jump, and
the members of the company clinging
to their precarious perches on top.
Next came the Salvage Corps, gong
sounding, horses running, and the men
urging them on as if their lives depend
ed ON their speed. 1t was an exciting
event, lasting but a moment, but
quickening to the pulse of the LATEST
on-looker. Thousands of persons had
stopped to catch glimpse of the pass
ing firemen, and for over q mile Broad
way was jammed with vehicles and pc
destrians, all of whom had turned out
to make room for the firemen, on whose
speed might depend the property and
lives of some of our citizens. To a
stranger the sight must have been a
thrilling one, and impressed him with
the efficiency of our fire department.
We know that to our soldiers the heavy
rumble of the apparatus seemed like
the movement of artillery to the front
and TO presage an impending battle
And so it was a battle-a fight between
the trained firemen and an enemy as
old as the, earth or the heavens, and
one that has scourged mankind since
time was"