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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-07-30

A WONDERFUL CLoCK.-The most
astonishing thing contemporary ever
heard of in the way of a timepiece is q
clock described by Hindoo rajah as
belonging to native prince of Upper
India, and jealousy guarded as the
rarest treasure of his luxurious palace.
In front of the clocks disk was a gong,
swung upon poles, and near it was o
pile of artificial human limbs. The pile
was made up Of the full number of
parts of twelve perfect bodies, but all
lay heaped together in seeming confu
sion. Whenever tho hands of the
clock indicated the hour of one, out
from the pile crawled just the number
OF parts needed to form the frame of
one man, part joining itself to part with
quick, metallic click; and, when COM
pieted, the figure sprang up, seized o
mallet, and, walking up to the gong.
struck one blow that sent the sound
pealing through every room and cor
ridor of the stately palace. This done,
returned to the pile and fell to pieces
1ssin. When two o'clock came, two
men arose and did likewise; and so
through all the hours, the number of
figures being the same as the number
OF the hour, till at noon and midnight
the entire heap sprang up, and, march
ing to the gong, struck one after anoth.
er each his blow, and then fell to pieces.
CANNED PEARs.-Prepare the syrup,
allowing one quarter pound of sugar to
aquart of fruit and one pint Of pure
water. While heating pare the pears,
dropping each one as you pare it into
. pan OF water to prevent discoloring;
let the syrup boil fast; place in the
fruit carefully and boil until they look
clear and pierce easily with fork.
Your cans must DO in hot water in the
meanwhile; place in the pears and fill
to overlooking with the syrup aud seal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
OHIO CONVENTION.


The convention of this important
state is sitting to-day, The conflict
Of interests is so complicated that
the wisest observer can only de-
scribe what is visible, the subterra-
neous connecting wires being only
a subject for conjecture.
Mr.. Thurman has evidently the
largest number Of votes, possibly a
majority, which, but for the two
thirds rule, would give him the
nomination on first ballot. With
all this, however, his supporters
evidently doubt whether he can be
nominated at the state convention,
and still more seriously as to the
national convention. Almost all OF
them therefore go up with a second
choice, and the question everybody
asks and nobody can answer is, who
is to be his residuary legatee. 1t is
almost certain that the Thurman
vote cannot be held solid for any
other candidate. Under these cir.
cumstances the Tilden organization
naturally holds its forces in reserve
waiting for prospective develop
ments; and in the rear of Thurman
comes Jewett, and in the rear o
Tilden, Payne. Reader, your are
just as able to conjecture the result
as we are.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

congress. The opinions of the'To-
bacco Leaf on those subjects DO not
concern us, but in both Instances
the statement of opinion had been
made in such manner as to consti-
tute an attack upon the puhicchar-
acter of the men who differed from
them. The purpose of reviving The
old electoral squabble had been to
make capitalag the availability
OF Messrs. Bayard and Thurman ON
the strength of their vote in favor of
the bill, and of course if it was avail
able against their claims to public
support, il was equally so against
those of all who voted for it. The
leading Tilden organs avowed this
purpose in express terms. When,
therefore, the Tobacco Leaf took APP
this effete issue, we deprecated his
course as joining in an attack upon
four-fifths of the democratic party
then in congress and fraught with
the elements of discord for the dean
ocratic party. We care nothing for
the opinion of the Tobacco Leaf or
the Courier-Journal or the New
York Sun about the electoral bill.
What we deprecated was the re-
vival of the controversy about it in
such way as to exasperate differ
ences in the democratic party at a
time when union was essential.
And in the same way with regard
to the Leafs recent contributor
montgomery" If that writer had
simply avowed his preference
for Tilden as candidate, he
would have been unnoticed by the
CHRONICLE; he has right to ex-
press his opinion. But anyone who
has read "Montgomery's' commu.
nication knows that that avowal
occupies only a small part of the
paper, and that the main part Of il
is taken up with severe structure:
upon the Tennessee delegation in
congress for having expressed theil
opinion on the subject at the reques
of correspondent Of the New YORK
Herald. What we objected to iI
Montgomery" was not his expires
sion of AN opinion adverse to tha
of the Tennessee congressman, bu
his arrogance in Directing to theil
right of expressing theirs. The
question which formed the pith o
our brief reply to "Montgomery'
was as follows:
Who is montgomery" that he alone i
privileged to lay down his opinions as law
behind his .pseudonym, while gentlemen
whose opinions bear just weight in thi
community must be silent unless their idea
conform with his?
If the Tobacco Leaf really desires
to see the truth in this matter, h.
will see that our article attacked
Montgomery" not for expressing
his opinion in the matter, but TO
denying to other gentlemen thu
right to express theirs.
In the same paper, by the by, thu
Leaf speaks of us as representing
Mr.. Tilden to be the man who il
maneuvering in congress to aver
any notifications of the tariff. l
he had read our article with tina
ordinary degree of attention which
is only common justice where crit
cism is intended, he would have
seen that we attributed that course
not to Mr.. Tilden, but to Mr.. Ran
dali.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Wnter-NvorkS.

Capt. Daniel appeared before the
city council at its meeting on Tues
day, acknowledging that he could
not fulfil the contract, but maintain
ing that his works could give good
fire protection, and proposed that
the city should take them, deficient
as they are, at the price specified in
the original contract. The board
very properly declined. Capt. Dam
iel says it cannot be done cheaper.
If SO, of course the matter is at an
end, though we could have wished
that he had offered a compromise
on a lower figure. OF course we are
not able to say that even thea the
offer would be accepted.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Prof. meinInger,s Concers.

We are requested to state that
Prof. Meininger's concert will be re-
peatcd next Friday night, with a
somewhat varied programme. No
entertainment ever given in Clarks-
vile has proved more satisfactory
or been more highly enjoyed than
the one given by the professor few
nights since. It was a musical treat
of the highest order, and the bare
announcement that it is to be re-
peated is sufficient to insure a good
house. Those who attended the
first will not fail to be at the second,
and they will bring with them
''their sisters and their cousins and
their aunts." The full programme
will be issued in a few days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
The Constitution Against the
Empire.
NO INSTRUCTION.

The New York Democracy has
elected uninstructed delegates to the
Cincinnati convention, Pennsylva-
MIA has done the same, and last
Monday Montgomery county fol-
lowed the same course, which we
firmly believe will be repeated at
Nashville on the Sth. The COM
nonsense and wise discretion of the
party has determined that the grand
conclave of the democratic party
shall not be an arena for the fero-
cious scramble for office, but coun-
Gil chamber for the purpose of plan
ming an effective resistance to the
unconstitutional concentration of
power in the hands of the federal
executive, and to the official cor
.ruption resulting therefrom.
This relieves US from any further
discussion of the personal claims of
candidates. The people have placed
that matter in the hands of their
delegates, and they have chosen
good, sound, representative men in
whom to repose that confidence, and
we have no doubt Of their justifying
that faith by acting with wisdom
and patriotism.
The feeling is universal, in fact,
that individual interests and ambi-
ton must be sacrificed to public
considerations, or that the south
stand ultimately the whole nation
will fall a prey to the anaconda
power of centralized despotjsm
which is now tightening its fold
around us. Not only, therefore,
must politicians sacrifice their in
terests, but their supporters must
give up their personal predictions
and work for the common interest.
Fer ourselves, we have never put
forward any one name as the object
of our exclusive devotion. We have
protested against the Overbearing
manner in which one name has
been urged upon the party; weshall
not now renew that protest. We
have expressed our misgivings as to
the possibility of electing that gen.
tleman if nominated, and our doubts
of his receiving that nomination.
We are of course liable to be mis-
taken; if we should be so in this
instance, and if Mr.. Tilden should
be the nominee, he will find in us as
active a supporter as in any of those
who have the most pertinaciOusly
advocated his nomination.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
DOINGs IN GREAT BRITAIN,

We gave last week a list of Mr..
Gladstone's cabinet so far as formed.
Two important offices had then re-
manned vacant, those of president of
thebOard OF tradeand under-secreta-
~ for foreign affairs. The question,
apparently, which kept these two
places, the last to be filled, was the
QUESTION whether they should be
offered to advanced liberals (Which
there means republicans), and
whether, if offered, said advanced
liberals would accept them. They
have been so offered and accepted.
Mr.. Chamberlain has become presi-
dent of the board of trade, with a
seat in the cabinet, and Sir Charles
Dixie assistant foreign secretary
without one. 1t is said that Sir
Charles made difficulties about ac-
cepting the assistant secretaryship,
as not being an Office of sufficient
importance for gentlemen of his
standing. In our estimation it is an
Office very far too high in import
ance for a man of his capacity. Sir
Charles Dixie is a sort of a kid-glove
republican. His love for the lower
classes in England is very much
like that of a gushing northern rad
ical for the negro-the further off,
the better he likes them, and if for
political purposes Il nearer approach
should be necessary, if they must
come between the wind end his
nobility, a plentiful supply Of rose
water must be on hand, and if it
comes to shaking hands, why the
kid-glOves have to be discarded
forthwith. One specimen of Sir
Charles Dixie expresses our estima-
ton of him exactly. Very soon
after our war, he, then being Mr..
Dixie, without the Sir, came to this
country on tour throughout the
English-speaking countries of the
day. AS a result of it he published
a book entitled "Greater Britain, :"
in which he undertook to enlighten
the world about English-speaking
people. Among other places hon
ored by his notice, he penetrated as
far south as Richmond, Va. His
avOwed purpose was to ascertain
the state of sentiment in the recently
conquered south. He had letters to
Gen. Lee, which he declined deliv-
ering, but he accepted an introduce
ton to an old negro who had kept a
restaurant in Richmond during the
war. From this enlightened au-
thOrity, and from the information
furnished by his Boston friends, he
undertook to describe the sentiment
and views of the southern people.
We have had contempt for the
eOXcOmb ever since, which we now
take our first opportunity of airing
in print-and now we feel better.
On the other hand, the office of
under-secretary for foreign affairs is
one of very great importance as
things now stand. 1t has already
been stated that the Earl of Gran
willie is chief secretary for foreign
affairs. He has his hereditary seat
in the house of lords and can only
speak there; the duty and response
bility therefore of stating and de-
Tending the foreign policy of the
new cabinet in the house of COM
mons will fall to Sir Charles. He
will have some Of the most difficult
problems in diplomacy to deal with
that have ever come before parlia-
ment, and will be subject to the
adverse criticism of some OF the
ablest members Of the late admins
tration. Our prediction under the
is that the dainty
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
THE TWO CLARKSVILLE JOURN-
AIS.

At the masS-meeting on Monday
it was agreed by the editors of the
Tobacco Leaf and the CHRONICLE
that the controversy relating to Mr..
Tilden's candidacy should come to
an end. We very willingly pledged
ourselves to this course in the inter-
est of party unity, and expect to
abide by the pledge. That night
an issue of the Tobacco Leaf came
out Tilden all over. The editor
made his apology for this by saying
that the type for that issue had been
set up before the agreement was
made, and that there was not time
for changing it. We accept the
apology, and in any case should not
have answered it by an anti-Tilden
editorial. But in addition to the
Tilden manifestations in that issue,
some comments were advanced in
relation to the course of the CHRON-
ICLE during the past controversy
which cannot be allowed to pass I'M
answered. The portion of the To
baccO Leafs structures to which we
call attention is the following:
The whole matter seems to have grown
out OF the fact that we happen to be in favor
of Samuel J. Tilden for president, without
consulting Col. House and Col. Bailey, as the
CHRONICLE seems TO think we ought TO have
done. They have never, either the one or
the other, claimed the right to dictate TO US,
and if they did, we would not cnncede their
right To do so. We do not run our paper in
their interest, nor edit il TO suit them, but to
suit ourselves. Its columns are not locked
up from contributors who desire to discuss
questions of public interest, no matter what
side they take. or whether they agree with
us or not, or whether they accord with our
representatives or not. Perhaps we did do a
shameful thing to allow a citizen OF this
county, over the name of Montgomery" to
criticiSe our represen tatives in cOngresS,aud
express an opinion not in keeping with
theirs but we are not convinced of the fact,
and so Montgomery" has another say. Is
the ClarksVille CHRONICLE serious in SEEM /
ing to urge that the Leaf and no other con-
stituent ought to have an opinion without
travelling all the way to Washington TO get
II from Col Bailey or Col. House?
That the Tobacco Leaf should !
speak of this paper as ''seeming to
urge" anything of the kind is a most |
gratuitous statement. This journal |
has more than once differed with |
those gentlemen, and stated its diff
ference frankly, and, we are glad to .
say, without giving offense. Had /
the position of the Tobacco Leaf
been the mere stating an opinion
about the electoral commission, or
about the candidacy of Mr.. Tilden,
it would have ELECTED no remark of
ours, however adverse it might
have been either to our own opinion
or TO that of our representatives in
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Monday, May 81, 1880,

245 Acres of land, more or less, bounded as
follows: Beginning at the mouth of bar
toms Creek and running south rs west AS
poles to stake and pointer in the edge OF
lafayette coaling, thence north 24o west
I7S poles to a stake, VIM FraZieTs southwest
corner, thence north So east 80 poles TO a
stake, thence east 1872 poles TO a mulberry
at the foot of the bluff, thence north So
east So poles to stake, THENCE north
36o west SO poles 10 the crooked branch,
thence with the meanders of said branch
to the Cumberland River, thence up said
river to the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE-6, u and Is months cred
it with interest. Personal security on nrst
note and lien retained. No redemption
POLK g. JOHNSON,
G. & NJ. and Commissioner.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Trust Sale of Land.

BY virtue of the authority invested in me
under q deed of trust executed by N. G. Par
IRISH and wife, Mamie Parrish, which will
be found in Book No. of Trust Deeds, in
the Registers office of Montgomery county,
Tenn, will sell to the highest bidder, on
the premises, two tracts of land lying in
District No. Is, of Montgomery county,
Tenn. lone bounded on the north by Mrs.
Gill, west by McCauley, south by Rinehart,
and east by Hewett and Mrs. Gill the other
north by Jacob Bagwell, John Rinehart and
Hewett west by Rinehart and Mrs. Wilson,
south by Mrs. Wilson and King, the two
tracts containing about 40 acres. The sale
will take place on
Tuesday, the 4th day of May, 1880.
Terms, Cash without redemption.
j. p. Y. WHITFIELD,
Pres Board Control N. & L. Q. A.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

WE take the following extract
from a private letter of one of our
subscribers
Enclosed find money for renewal
of subscription to the dear old
CHRONICLE; and long may she live
and prosper to defend "the constitu-
ton against the empire" Yours
very truly, II, L, M,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

Lots No. l, 2, and IL were purchased by Jno.
F. Outlaw at the former sale, No. 3 by J. A.
Work and Nos. 4, 6, and % by James Woods,
Jr., and this sale is to enforce lien for pur-
chase money.
TERMS OF SALE-Cash. No redemption.
ata POLK G.. JOHNSON,
G. & NJ. and Commissioner.
May SlSS0-4tprfS7.5O.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

THE Indiana elections have been
favorable to the democratic party
beyond all expectation of the most
sanguine, an omen Of happy augury
for next November. Three cheers
for the Hoosiersl
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Administrators Notice

Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of Mrs r. II. Plummer, / hereby no.
tify all persons indebted to the estate to
come forward and settle, and any persons
having claims against said estate will file
them as required by law, or they will be
barred. THEO. PLUMMER,
Administrator
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

Judge Lurton moved that no sub
stitutes should be allowed, but that
the vote of the county should be
cast at the state convention by the
elected delegates actually present.
The meeting adjourned in an ex-
cellent humOr, and with a fine appe-
tite at ] } p. m.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Monday, May 81, 1880,

Monday, May 81, 1880,
the following desert bed tract of land, lying
in District No. o. OF Montgomery county,
containing l60 acres, which has been subdi-
vided into two tracts of so acres each. No.
/ of which is bounded as follows:
Begins on stake poplar pts near sink hole de
in Nathan Horns line, north 671z, east u
poles to stake, north IL, east ls4 poles to
small hickory in Bunlpass's line, north vi
west with Bumpass 66 poles to stake in Ma
than Horns line. south ~, west with Horn
2O9 poles to beginning, containing so acres.
No. 2 of which is bounded as follows
Begins on hickory corner in tract "a. y
North l5I poles to stake and pointers in
Bumpass's line, north So, west with Bump
ass 20 poles to small hickory, south IL, west
1874 poles to stake in line of tract A., north
671%, east with tract A. "a poles to beginning
containing SO acres.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash, balance
on a credit of one and two years, equal pay
ments. Notes bearing interest from date
and lien retained. No redemption.
POLK G. JOHNSON, +
May SIT prf $40 G. q M. &
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Monday, May 81, 1880.

so acres, more or less, in District No. of
Montgomery county, and bounded as fol-
lows: #M&E 49,
Beginning in the center Of the Poplar
Spring on the east side OF Parson Is Creek,
runs north Do, east $50 poles to q stake in p.
Williams line. thence south with said line
to 81 stake in old Bobo line, thence west with
said line to the middle of Parsons creek,
thence down the old channel of same to the
mouth of Poplar Spring branch, thence up
said branch to the beginning.
credit Notes with good personal security,
bearing interest from date, and lien @Fe-
tanned. Ito redemption.
POLK q. JOHNSON,
q q III
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Monday, May 81, 1880,

a lot or parcel of land in District No. u of
Montgomery county, Tenn, on the north
side of Red river, and between said river
and the Russellville turnpike, and bounded
on the north by the Hardin Mari farm, on
the east by the same farm and the RUSSELL
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

..,,,, 4,,,.rr,,ra on the seuth by said river
and nv WI HE Tennessee confederate orphans
lands and on the west by Red river; the
same being the old homestead OF Joseph
Reynolds deceased. ....,,-
POLK G.. JOHNSON,
O. q NJ. and Commissioner.
May 8, lSsO-4t prf $50.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Trustees Sale of Town Lot.

By virtue of the authority given me nn-
der deed executed by Samuel Johnson and
wife, Mary B. johnson, which will be found
recorded in Trust Deed Book No. 3, pages
476 and All, of the Registers office of Mont
gomery county, Tenn, viii sell to the
highest bidder, on the premises,
On the 1st day of May, 1880,
a lot of ground lying in GAINESVILLE, bounded
on the north by Franklin street, on the
west by Miss Nettie McKoin's lot, fronting
I05 feet on Franklin and Commerce streets.
Terms, Cash without redemption.
j. p. Y. WHITFIELD,
Pres. Board of Control M & L. e. A.
April 10, lSSO-4t.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

Pursuant to a decree OF the Chancery
Court at GAINESVILLE, at the February term,
est bidder, at the office door of the Clerk and
Master, on
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
DYBING. BUT NOT DEAD!

Mr.. A. II. Carlstedt, the popular Chemical
and Fancy Dyer, has returned from the
south and re-opened his Dye House at the
old stan1, next door to the Franklin House,
and is now prepared 10 see all of his old GUS
toners and as many new ones as will favor
Linn with, their patronage
may Him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08

Pursuant to a decree of the Chancery
Court at GAINESVILLE in this cause, at its
February term, 1880, I will sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, at the office
door of the Clerk and Master, on
Monday, May 81, 1880,
the following tracts of land, being part of
the land marked on plat as
FURNACE TRACT
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Convention of 1850.

Republican National Convention, chica-
60, Wednesday, June 2.
Democratic National Convention, Cinein-
natl, June p.
Tennessee Republican State Convention,
Wed nesday, May s.
State Democratic Convention, TO appoint
delegates 70 the Cincinnati Convention and
select Presidential Electors, Tuesday, June s
State Democratic Convention, to nomi-
nate a candidate for Governor, Tuesday
August 10.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Evans, Fife, Porter & Co., VS.. w.
j. Lyle.

Pursuant to a decree in this cause, at the
February term, 1880, of the Chancery Court
at GAINESVILLE, 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, 1880-05-08

T. L. Yancey VS.. Sallie Yancey ct
ais.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-05-08
Monday, May 81, 1880,
Mondav. Nav 81. 188O,

q lot or parcel of ground lying and being in
the city of Clarksville, and bounded as fol-
lows:
On the north by Main street, east by the
B. S. Gum property, running south 2l5 feet
to an alley, west 81 feet TO a stake, north 205
feet to Main street, east 81 feet to the begin
ming.
TERMS or SALE-6, u and Is months, with
interest. Note with good security and lien re-
tanned. No redemption
POLK q. JOHNSON,
G. & NJ. and Commissioner.
May s, lSS0-4t-prf So.