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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28

Why He Was in the Penitentiary.
An important case was tried before
the criminal court of the district Of
Columbia. An old colored man was
on the witness stand. The district
attorney Intercepted the witness:
"What is your name?" --.
"Jobn Williams, sab"
care you the John Williams who
was sent to the Albany state peni-
tenriary for larceny
"No sah-not this John
care you the John Williams who
was convicted of arson, and sent to
the Baltimore .penitenllary?"
s'No sab" 49,
Tired of asking fruitless questions,
the district attorney suddenly put q
leading one.
"Have you ever been in the peni-
tentiary?"
Yes, sab"
All eyes were now turned upon the
witness. The district attorney
smiled complaceently, and resumed :
Show many times have you been
in the penitentiary?"
Twice, sab" ~
"Where?" ....-.
''In Baltimore, sab"
"How long were you there the first
time?" -. ~ - l-
about two hours, sab. y"
How long the second time?" asked
the attorney, rather crestfallen.
San hour, sab. [ went there tc
whitewash q cell for lawyer whC
had robbed bis client"
The attorney sat down amid the
laughter of the spectators.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
NAL ARIAL
POISON,

The principal cause of nearly all sickness at
this time of the year has its origin in disor-
dered Liver. which, if not regulated in time,
great suffering: wretchedness and death will
ensue. A gentleman writing from South America
says: Il have used your Simmons Liver Regu-
lator with good effect both as a prevention and
cure for Malarial FeVers on the Isthmus Of
Panama
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28

You want the election returns and
consequently the DAILY CHRONICLE.
Thirty-fve cents for two weeks. > ~
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
Retail Iron Market.

KNOXVILLE, Oct. 26, 1880.
TIRE IRoN-Two horse, per pound, 81
cents; One horse, per pound, cents.
NAILs-Per keg rates $4CO; per pound,
6cents.
HORSE SHoEs-Per keg, $500; turned
10c each. -.l
Horse SHOE NAILs-Per pound, 20a25c.
HARROW TEETH-Per pound, 54a51 cents.
HoLLowARE-Per pound, Sc.
GLAss-Common size. per box, $3.75a
$400.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
The Congressional Canvass.

he following list of appointments for
Joint discussion between Hon. L. G. Houk
and Thomas L. Williams, Esq, candidates
for congress, from the second district of
Tennessee have been agreed upon:
KNOX COUNTY.
New Salem Church, Wednesday, Oeto-
Der 9th.
Thorn Grove, Thursday, October 18th.
Knoxvill friday, October 10Th.
Speakers each day will commence
promptly at u O'clock m. All are cor
daily invited. .5.r. ..--...-
J G. j. WILLIAMS,
Ch'mn Dem. Cong. Elk. Com. End dist
j. NJ. CoRDELI,
Ch'mn Rep. Cong. Elk. Com. End dist.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
Live SaOCH market

Live Sa0cH Market
CORRECTED DAILY.1
Reported for the CEROHrOLR By Jones.& Lee
Caldwell, Butchers.
KNOXVILLE, Oct. %.
REVIEW.
Cattle in good supply. Hogs in demand
for October. Sheep scarce.
BEEF CATTLE.
No. &c; good fat, 13a24c; medium, l!c;
common, dull.
HOGS.
! Gross, 4a44c; net. 5a63c. ...
SHEEP.
No. /, &c; common, DC; common 13a2c.
CALVES.
$1.5Oto $500, according to quality.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
wholesale Grocery Market.


CORRECTED DAILY.1
KNoxvILLE. Oct. %.
Cofees and sugars dull and off ! ct.
EnRaa EAunS
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
cOHSgMPTGGH Gan EE CUREDI
s p; HALL
LUNGS :;a e: DALSAM

Cures Consumption, Colds, PnaumO-
MIA, Influenza, Bronchial Difficulties,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Asthma,
Group, Wh00ping Cough, and all Dis
eases Of the Breathing Organs. 1t
soothes and heals the Membrane Of
the disease, and prevents the night.
sWeats and tightness across the chest
which accompany it. CONSUME.
TION is not an incurable nalady. 1t
is only necessary to have the right
remedy, and HALLS BALSAM is that
remedy. DON'T DESPAIR of RE-
LIEF, for this benign specific will
cure you, even though professional
aid fails.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
Teas,
O3EM6N 6O0Oa.
Sardines. per
aUdIos,

0r00ers' DFugs,
Indigo,S.F.P b S5aS1 OK
i" Madras 75a l OF
Dutch Nader la Il
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28

Parafne, per ID 23a25
Star. full weight II
% IirhN % IQl,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-28
Gbs 9ailp Chronicle.

WEEKLY CHRONICLE.
One year. %
Clubs of Twenty, or over per copy. I 90
, 1880-05-27
BH aNDBr
ELA WHEELER

b UBy.and.by, the maiden sid-"hy-and'by
lie will claim nc for lis bride
Hope is strong and timois feet;
Youths fair and love is sweet
Cloud, will pass that Seek my sky;
lie will come back by.aud.hy -by,and'b!.'
"By.ani.Ay," the soldier said -"hy.'nl.by'
Often have toughtand bcd,
I shall 20 home from the wars,
Crowned with glory scanned with scars
JOY will fash IRON some ones eye
when she grcots me hy.andby-by'and'by by
"By.and.by" the mother criod-"by-ahdoS
Strong and sturdy at niyside,
Like staff supporting me-
viii my bonnie baby be.
Break my rest, thcn-wail and cry
ThouIt repay me by-and.by-by-and'by''
Fleeting years Of time have sped-hurried by;
still the maiden Is unwed;
All unknown tho soldier lies,
Buried under alien skies;
And the son, with blood.shot eye,
Saw his mother starve and die.
God In Heaven dost Thou on high
Keep the promised by.and.b d.by-by-and'by!
, 1880-05-27

A little FIVE year-Old friend, who was
always allowed TO choose the prettiest
kitten for his pet and his playmate, be
fore the other nurAlingS were drowned,
was taken TO his mothers sick room the
other morning 70 see two tiny new twin
babies He looked rehectively from one
to the other for minute or two, then
poking his chubby finger into the cheek
of the plumpiest baby, he said, decided
ly, "Save this one"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

BRooKFiEI.D, Rev. G. b. Tolman's health will
not permit him to preach at present. March
4th being the fifteenth marriage anniversary OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Blanchard, their friends
and neighbors to the number of seventy i've,
made them q visit at that time Had the travel
ing been better there would have been more pres
ent. Prayer was offered by Ora Boyce OF Rox.
bury Several articles were presented. Mrs
Smith OF Concord, New Hampshire, was present
and read poem written for the occasion johnnie
Boyce caused no little amount Of merriment by
singing some comic songs After partaking of a
nice supper consisting OF pies cakes and the like
all departed for their several homes, wishing Mr.,
and Mrs. Blanchard u long and happy life.
The soldiers OF Brookfield will give an oyster sup
per at the masonic hall on Thursday Tomorrow
evening Colonel Y. V. Randall is to speak on
army life. The proceeds are to defrsy the ex-
penses Of Decoration Day.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10
The BROOKLYN Bridge.

The New York Sun has lengthy article
upon the folly of this gigantic scheme, from
which we gather some statistics of its enor
nous magnitude and cost The total cost
up to the present time, including the land
damages and the purchases of real estate,
has been over eleven and quarter millions
of dollars. Deducting everything except
the cost of the actual structure, the outlay
on the bridge has been about eight millions
of dollars. The original estimate of the ex-
pense, made in 1867. was seven million dol.
lars. But in this estimate no allowances
were made for land and land damages. Up
to this time, however, the construction of
the bridge alone has exceeded the original
estimate of cost by the amount of about a
million of dollars, and when the work is
completed, even if the present exceedingly
favorable contracts are carried out, the ex-
cess will be upwards of three millions, and
the total expenditure will be over thirteen
and half millions of dollars. This will
make the Brooklyn bridge by far the most
expensive bridge in the world. But it is
unquestionably the boldest undertaking in
the way of bridge structure ever attempted.
Its central span across the East river, from
tower to tower, is 1896 feet long. 1t is
nearly six hundred feet greater than the
now widest span-that Of the bridge at
Cincinnati across the Ohio. Only about
a year more is needed to complete the struc.
ture, and the additional expense will be
covered by the appropriation of 100000,
for which the legislature is asked at this
session.
Whether the bridge when it is done will
be worth to Brooklyn and New York fourteen
millions of dollars, and whether it will ever
earn enough out of the tolls to pay the in
terest Of this vast cost, are other matters,
and people may perhaps differ on the sub
iect. Anyway, it will be by all odds the
greatest bridge in the world, and engineers
and strangers will long regard it with ad-
miration.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10
Treatment OF the Insane.

DIR. William A. Hammond, most emf
nent authority, discourses on the treatment
of the insane in the March number of the
International Repiew. He denounces in un-
sparing terms the antiquated system of CO.
ercion, in the various forms of starvation,
fagellation or confinement. He gives num-
Der of instances connected with the Long
view asylum in Ohio and the Kalamazoo
asylum in Michigan. The Onondaga county
New York; asylum is also criticized for its
damp dungeons and for its inhuman pun
ishments. Blackwels Island and the " Utica
crib also claim their share of attention.
Various instances of deaths are given where
the fault could be readily traced to the want
OF proper care and attention. DIR. Ham
mond advises that all such means of mechan.
ical restraint should be abolished. In re-
tanning them, he AYERS that we are behind
the rest Of the world. He contrasts the lib
erty allowed in the Belgian colony for the
insane at Gheel, and the French establish
ment Of st. James, as evidence that release
from restraint is not only practical but ju.
dicious. DIR. Hammond pleads that the in
sane should be allowed to write To their
friends, and all the mysteries which sur.
round the modern asylum should be cleared
away by the management being placed in
the hands of visiting and consulting physi-
clans and surgeons who keep posted in the
new science of neurology and are not en-
tirely engrossed in wire pulling to retain
their places.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10
Blalne's Candidacy.

In view of the aggressive character of the
Blaine canvass in Ohio, Indiana and other
sections OF the west, the Toledo (Ohio)
Blade, Sherman journal, says "The dis
turbing influence in the preliminary cam
paign has almost ceased 10 be that of Gen.
eral Grant. 1t is now Mr. Blaine, while
there ia little probability that he will be
nominated, he is nevertheless making the
showiest and most imposing demonstration
toward that goal His canvass is brilliant
fascinating, even--but 1t is very superficial.
Mr.. Blaine belongs to that class of distin-
guished, captivating leaders who always ap-
pear to be on the eve of capturing some
high position, but never do it. lie is like
some horses that always run just fast enough
to be beaten by neck or length and that
lose all the money their friends can lay upon
them. In war Mr.. Blaine would be a great
cavalry commander, making a dashing but
deceptive show Of strength, to attract the
enemy's attention, while behind his curtain
of plunging steeds, terrible array of solid
infantry would be marching off to attack
the enemy In some unexpected quarter.
Mr.. Blaine is destined to defeat in his presi.
dental aspirations, but behind his gittsrinq
array the solid columns are now forming
which will carry some substantial, undemon.
strative man into the White House. We
believe those columns are under the oom.
mand Of John Sherman"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10
Holding Our Ground.

The good fruits of the war are slowly but
surely ripening. Cheering proof of this is
furnished by late decisions of the United
States supreme court in several cases which
have been termed political
The amendments to the constitution guar.
anteeing equal civil rights to citizens of the
United States without regard to color or
previous condition of servitude, and the
laws passed by congress in pursuance thereof,
have never been regarded with much favor
by the white population of the south. In.
deed, West Virginia went so far as to ex-
clude colored men from juries by statute
law, and judges in at least one other state
have done the same thing without the sane
ton of state law. Finally, by means of ap-
peals, the supreme court of the United States
had these matters brought to its attention,
and it has just rendered some important de-
cisions upon them. One case was that of a
negro indicted by West Virginia court for
murder Colored men were excluded from
the jury, and in conformity with an act of
congress he petitioned to have the case re-
moved to the United States court The pc
tition was denied, and an appeal taken to
the supreme court, which now decides that
the law excluding colored men from iuries
is unconstitutional, and that the act of con-
gress under which the case was sought to be
removed to United States court is consti-
tutional.
In the second case, Judge Cowles, Of Vir-
GINA court, was arrested and indicted in a
United States court for excluding colored men
from the jury. He applied to the supreme
court for writ of habeas corpus. The court
denied it, and affirmed the constitutionality
of the act under which he was arrested.
These cases show conclusively that in the
opinion of the supreme court, whose judg.
ment is final, offenders against the four
teenth amendment can be punished, and
wrongs against civil rights committed in
the state courts can be righted in the United
States courts. These authoritative declara-
tions cannot but have influence over the
people and the administration of Justice in
the south.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

SHORT accommodating could be more
suicidal than the plan which Mississippi Is
copying from South Carolina to stop the
colored exodus. A bill is on its passage by
the legislature to impose heavy fine fol-
the offence of "decoying any one out of the
state" Such efforts to keep the negroes
where they are do indeed seem most absurd
A well-drected scheme to better their con
dition, to place them in the way Of earning
a comfortable subsistence, and at the same
time possess and exercise the rights Of citi
zenship unmolested, would do far more to set
tie the question satisfactorily than volumes
of such legislation. 1t is not that the blacks
desire TO leave their old homes, but that
abused and discouraged, they are ready t.
seize any opportunity to enter promised
land, and readily listen to the words of an,
who can lead them there.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

WOMEN AT THE PoLLs.-One of the
principal features of the annual town meet
ings in Massachusetts, on Monday was the
appearance of women at the polls. In the
western counties they voted quite generally
for school committees, and were almost uni
versally received with courtesy. In Amhers,
twenty women marched in and deposited
their ballots, after which the polls were de.
clared closed, thus allowing them, by their
own vote, 10 elect one Of their own number
upon the school committee board. The
Sheffield women we're the first to vote in
Berkshire county, and they distinguished
themselves and set a good example for their
sisters by voting the Republican ticket
straight. In many places women were
elected upon the school board.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10
Enter Tilden.

1t is announced that Mr. Tilden has deter
mined to enter himself as candidate for
the presidency of the United States, and
that he is to manage the canvass in his own
way. This means, first, perfect contempt
for the Democratic party, whose candidate
he is to be- II at all, by hook or by crook
That party, uninfuenced by appliances
which are in Tilden's grasp, might choose
Bayard, or Thurman, or Hendricks, or Han
cock, every one Of whom is superior to Til
den in character, and most of them in states
manship. 1t means, secondly, that the can
vass is to be conducted In the New York
fashion of bribery, corruption and intimida-
ton; of counting out the votes of the peo-
pie when they are adverse, and counting in
whatever the actual decision of the people
may be-dldmode the late fiasco in Maine.
We have heard often of Tilden's "barrel of
money" in the contest of 1876; but many
people may be skeptical about IT, Good,
honest, Democratic souls, who believe that
every man should vote as he thinks is right,
and scorn bribery, are unwilling to believe
that Tilden will buy anybody with his money.
But this is the New York fashion. In evil
dence we put the declaration of New York
city Independent Democrat, made to us per-
sonally. Said he, al set apart sixty thousand
dollars, distributed in the several wards in
my district. to secure my election to con-
gress, and secured it," We are sorry to
say that this man resided in Vermont in his
boyhood, and was the son of clergyman.
His case is an instance of the corruption Of
New York politics. He had not single
scruple about the honesty of this act it was
the New York fashion; it was the mode
every New York candidate would adopt he
triumphed because he had the most money
That is the key to Tilden's campaign. He is
rich-it is more than surmised, at the ex-
pense OF the United States government,
whose taxes he has not paid. He is ready
to put in his money again, to buy the presi-
dency first, and then through the powers of
that Office to more than repay himself for
all his expenses. This, we fully believe, is
the true character of Tilden. Let us sup
port any man who is pure and honest, rather
than such an one and let the verdict in the
next November be-Taden erit.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

BETHEL -Messrs Maynard and Hatton, two
blind musicians, gave concerts in Wilson'S hall on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings OF last week
to full houses. They are educated gentlemen
and give frst-class entertainments. They charge
no admission to the hall, but take up collection
and, strange to say some people forgot for two or
three nights in succession to take any money with
them TO put in the box. Mr.. j. J. Saltery
superintendent of the White River Iron Works,
has just arrived from Boston with his family
We think the FORCES will be in full blast by the
LIST OF May. Mr.. McIauthln has sold ont his
interest in the works, and Mr.. Henry X Flagler
OF Boston is now the principal owner, Last
Thursday morning robins were singing merrily In
this village. Now look for a cold snap Week
before last Mr. Gay bought some two hundred
pounds OF new sugar In cakes aud sent 1t to Bos-
ton where 1t sold for twenty-five cents per pound
The sugar was made by a Rochester man. who
believes that the time to make sugar is when the
sap runs II ii is in February IT Wilson has
new-milch cow that has for the last month aver
aged to give from thirty-hye to forty pounds OF
milk per day, and the best quality, too. Her feed
las been hay and two quarts OF Indian meal per
day. Who beats? There Is quite a war OF
words among some of the doctors as to what
caused the death OF Mr.. Alfred Townsend, who
went into the woods to cut a tree, and was sup
posed To have received fatal injury by limb
striking him on the head, His funeral was at
tended by friends aud neighbors, and he was car
ried to the place appointed for all the living We
think the doctors ought not to disturb his quiet
SAUNDERS.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

ALABAMA CLAMs.--Senator Hoar has
made very clear and forcible statement of
the Alabama claims question. He said that
peace was bought with England at the ex.
pense of our merchants. The government
could not protect them with civil war on
its hands, and so they had to protect them
selves by insurance at high rates. They
carried on their business at a great disad-
vantage without adequate remuneration, for
they still had to compete with the mer-
chants of other nations who did not run
such risks. The underwriters profits were
not due to the legitimate course of their
business, but to the criminal neglect of Eng.
land, and they have no claim for compensa-
ton upon the government. "Let the re-
mainder of the award" said Mr.. Hoar, Z" be
paid not to those who have made vast gains
by the circumstances from which it came,
but to the actual losers whom the govern
ment by design left unprotected and with
whose losses it bought for itself vast and in.
calculable advantages alike in the darkest
period of war and in the remotest future of
peace"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

WEST RASDoIIH-The closing exercises OF the
graded school were held in Dabois Gays hall,
last Friday evening, In which all the schools took
part The programme was well arranged, pre-
sentng good variety, and all passed off salts
factorily. The little ones, In particular, were
given the best Of attention. Mr.. Hardy. the prin-
cipal, Is TO visit schools In Quincy. Boston aud
New York during vacation. :. Rev v. NJ Hardy
has begun a series Of Sunday evening lectures
"A Truthful Witness" was the subject Of the
first. A sugar festival by the ladies' ways aud
means society next Thursday night, and they
promise new sugar Saturday night Otis Stand.
lsh horsewhpped his father-in-law, MIR. Good.
win and then knocked him about loosening q
tooth, cutting bis forehead, and using him pretty
well up. Poor rum was the cause. :. Miss Jen-
ME Hewitt, superintendent of schools at Pomfret,
has been engaged as assistant at Randolph
n, rmal School,. .. The glee club are still drilling
for their concert next week Prince Brothers
shipped fifteen hundred tubs last week, and re-
eeivsd orders for twenty 1.-two hundred more.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

IRISH FAMINE.-James Redpath, whom
the New York Tribune has dispatched to
Ireland to make personal Investigations con-
corning the suffering Of her people, says
1.-THE immediate causes OF the famine were
the failure of the potato and corn crops in
the west of Ireland. They were ruined by
the heavy rains of last spring and summer.
The counties over which hunger now broods
are exclusively agricultural districts, al
though along the coast the inhabitants added
the uncertain pursuit of fishing to the cul-
ture of the worn out and barren soil of the
mountainous regions of west Ireland. This
year the fisheries failed, also. It is mod
crate estimate that puts the number OF per-
sons now suffering from hunger, or sure to
suffer from it within few weeks, unless
they find relief, at 250,0OO souls. These
persons must be supported for at least two
months or else suffered to die from famine
or fever"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-03-10

IMPORTANT DECIsIoS.-A recent decision
of the United States supreme court is Of in,
terest to the national banks Of the country
The case came up from Ohio on an appeal
of national bank that under the federal
constitution the rate of taxation must be
uniform. Real estate in Ohio is assessed at
one-third of its value, while national banks
are assessed for taxation at their full value.
The point was made on behalf Of the bank
that this was an inequality of taxation, such
as is forbidden by the federal constitution.
The decision of the court sustains the posi-
ton taken by the bank and declares that
the rate of taxation cannot be unequal.