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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
MINOR DISPATCHES.

NEW YORK, April 15.-In the billiard
match last night Schaffer made 800, Slos
son 1,028, grand total from. the start
Schaffer 20, 90; Slosson 2,688.
DANv1LLE, Va, April 15.-While repair
ing the band on one of the wheels of the
machinery of divers saw-mill, near Milton,
N. c., Caswel t. Hayth, Milton, fell among
the machinery, yesterday morning, and was
crushe to death. He leaves widow and
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April 15.-The
story published, and which has attained
wide circulation that there was smallpox in
this city is untrue. There is neither small
pox nor any kind of epidemic disease here.
The health of the city was never better.
GALVESTON, April 15.-Heavy frosts are
reported throughout the State, doing con-
siderable damage to corn, cotton, fruits and
vegetables
Bob. Rowles, accused of robbing the
United States mail between San Antonia
and Oakville, March 21st, came into town
and delivered himself up to the authorities,
his innocence and demanding i'm
mediate trial
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Population and Altitude.
Special to the Cincinnati Commerci

Speclal 10 the Clnclnnatl Commercial.
WASHINGTON. April 13.-The census
Office has just issued very interesting
bulletin, giving the distribution of the
population of the United States in eleva-
ton above sea level. 1t is the frat time that
such a distribution of the population has
been empted. 1t is not regaIded as en-,
tlrely accurate, as the curves Of elevation
above sea level cannot be construed with
accuracy In the present state of our
knowledge of the LAY" of the country.
and further, IN cases of the subdivision Of
countlas by contour lines, it is impossible
10 divide the population with absolute ac.
curacy.
o. It ii: j: found that over 90 O,ooO of people
less than 100 feet above sea level, 2nat' 'Vh
along the Immediate sea- board, and in the
low and swsmpy regions of the South.
More than twosffLhs of all of all the pop~
ulation live less than 800 feet above the
sea level, and nearly 70, 90 I,0C0 live below
l w feet ABOVE the sea level Going to
the other extreme it is found that oaIy
about 100 600 people live on higher alti.
tude than so teet or about th4 altitude
of Sherman station on the Union Pacific
abroad. 1t found that mankind do not
thrive at so high an altitude, the air being
too rsrIfet.
Viewed solely in relation to health, the
best air for man to breathe is believed to
be that which is found about 200 feet
above the sea level. 1t is more invignra-
ting and more conducive to !ong life th An
either the higher or the lower attitudes
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Death Near Marble Hall.

The Spectator notes the death. Sunday.
10th instant, at her residence miles north
OF Rogersville, of Mrs. Margaret Hays Rice,
at an advanced age, after a brief illness of
pneumonia. The Spectator makes this
s4nentlon of her death
Mrs. Rice was daugher of Robert Nc
fariand, one of the first, if not the very
nrst, sheriff of Jefferson county. She voc
married somewhere about the wear 1908 or
1880 to Mr.. Orville Rice. man of nnns,,ol
business talent and energy. and nionaer in
the development of the marble interests of
East Tennessee.
While in the zenith of their prosperitv
and wealth Mrs. Rice adorned Marble Hail
(now famous in our section as the scene of
the Harris murder), a center of Tennessee
with the ease and dignity of a
very queen, and when the war came, with its
beson, taking before it property
and friends, and Orville Rice made an assign
ment of all his vast real estate for the benefit
of his creditors and. retired to the humble
house where they spent their declining years.
thls same woman was no less remarkable for
her urbane and gentle demeanor Adver-
slty seemed to have had no terrors for her,
casting no slur or reproach upon her bland
temper and genial hospitality. She was the
y same TO the rich and poor-a very lady IN
'os highsst ssass Of that terra,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
A Protest Against Venpor.
From the Detroit Fr q Press


The success of the foreigner Vennor in
furnishing Canadian weather to the United
States is now explained. The standing
quarrel betu cen General Sherman and
Old Probabilities" has been prolopgei
with Gen. Hazen. The head cf the signal
service claims the right to control the de-
failing of officers of the Army for duty in
his bureau. Gen. Myer succeede ed in max
ing these selections, but Gen Sherman has
persuaded Secretary Lincoln to give him
the nominating of them. OF course. if
Hazen cannot select his of1ic rs. we ara
liable 10 have such weather rs Sherman's
selections may give us. AS result, either
the bureau has already largely overdrawn
the weath er supplies and during the second
month OF spring is giving US the weather
la5S ey tar next Io Dscsp Or it is SO il
his Hudson Bay stock and spread il ali
over the country before Hsz"n and his raw
recruits have SO much rs started in the
morning. There should be either a chsnge
In the bureau, o. q tar fl on Canadian
W ather that would reduce Vennor and his
private ma1ufactory to the condition of 8
wretc bed foreign pauper. l. is disgrace
to the GoVernment of the United States ifa
sing Q out-iie barbarian, with a few hun
dred dollars capital, can beat $1,000. 900
Intelligent. fraamen out of their own
American weather. If nothing else can be
done. let n subsidy be voted to weather of
United States manufactur., and the pro-
ductlons OF native industry thereby en-
cOuraged
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annually in this State on the sugs.
| tong. as feed and in fertilizing the l.
5hlS Is the season when they are more il
| other time during the year.
Inc reporter has spoken with several
| prominent sugar planters who complain
that ring has been formed by spectators
| In tennessee, who have bought up the
crop. and are asking extravsgant prices
A planter showed the reporter letter he
| received from Athens, Tenn, under date of
March 10Th, which said There are now
| no pease here. except what belong to.specu-
lators. All of them have been bought up.
There are still here, stored in warehouses,
about Is, 600 bushels. refer ou to 6. K.
Hatcher " Co, Cleveland, Tenn, and also
to Denton g. Lyme, Dalton, Ga. These
parties have bought all the pesse in East
Tennessee. One car load sold here last
week for $1.50 per bushel. l have bought
them in N OVEN ber fo 70 cents."
Freight to New O. ans is 80 cents per
100 pounds.
The speculators are now asking So 60
per bushel The ordinary price is f ON S
to 81. % in April and May. In July and
August the pease sell as low as 40c per
oushel, as they cannot be kept on account
of weevils.
The effect of this increase in price has
been to cause the planters to seek other
markets A letter from Montreal. dated
March q, states "Ths pease to which you
refer are grown in considerable quantities
In Quebec and Ontario. for oilIng cattle
and pIowing in as green manure"
A New York letter of the same date,
says: We can buy all the pease you
want In lots ranging from S, 10. 10 to 20
cars or, in fact any quantity you may
wish to buy"
The same kind of pea can also be OBJ
tanned in Boston and Portland, Maine.
MI Bartels, sugar planter, who has
tried the pease from New York, states that
they give as fine stand as any other he
has ever tried.
The planters who have interested them
selves in collecting information on this
ubject are advising the others throughout 4
the State not to pu chase pease from what
Is known as the ring until they are offered
at fair prices.
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Interesting Railroad Matters

WHEELING, ". Va, April 15.-The
incorporators of the West Virginia
division of the Pittsburg Southern
Railroad met in this city yesterday.
Subscription books were opened,
and 100000 of a capital stock of
sl,0OO,O00 were subscribed, taken
mostly by Pittsburg stockholders.
The stockholders held a meeting
shortly after the meeting of the
lncorporators, and elected a
board of directors, and the board
immediately organized by electing
James MeCzbe, of Pittsburg, presi
dent, and J. W.eRowland, of Phila,
delPRfa, secretary The princi-
pal Office of the company was
fixed at- Pittsburg. The road ex-
tends from Pittsburg to Charleston,
S. G. For the present, however, the
objective point is the iron ore and
coal fields of the eastern part of
West Virginia and the james River
valley of Virginia Work will be
commenced on the road early in the
summer.
CINc1SNAT1, Ono, April 15.-At a
meeting here yesterday of freight
agents, representing the connections
of the louisville and Nashville
Railroad, it was agreed to re estab>
lish che old rates t. Charleston and
other seap0rts in the Southeast,
which amounts to an increase of
about 40 per cent.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
New York General Market.

New York, April Southern -four
quiet and unchanged. Wheat opened a
shade lower, bat afterwards recovered and
closed trlhe higher and strong; ungraded
red 81 19a1 .273. Corn 2a1c higher; un-
graded, E56c. Oats without important
change. Coffee quiet and unchanged. Su-
gar steady and quiet; Cuba Muscovado, a;
1alr TO good refining, 3-16a7 SIG; prime,
!s refined In moderate demand; standard
A, Ssa9. Molasses firm and in fair inauirv.
Rice in fair demand and steady. Wool
woak; domestic fleece, 32a46c; Texas, 14a
Csc. Pork higher and strong. S17. .35a
17.4O; middles higher and more active ::
long clear, 83c Lard about 1c higher
closing weak at $1.45. Freights firm.
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The Wind Storm in Mississippi.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 15-Dr. A.
D. Lauderd,le, who was wounded by
the blowing down of his house, on
Tuesday, near Hernando, Miss, died
yesterday. The same cyclone passed
over the neighborhood of Commerce,
Miss, destr "ying cotton gins, cabins,
trees, fences, &c. d. w. FIy's store,
at Commerce, was unroofed and the
stock of goods damaged by water
to the extent of $4,000.
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SOcietV of Cincinnati.

CHARLESTON, S. c., April 15-The
triennial session of the Society of
Cincinnati closed last night. The
following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing term Presi-
dent-General, Hon Hamilton Fish,
of New York; Vice President
General, VIM, A. Irvine, of Penn
sylvania ; Secretary General, G. w.
Harris, of Pennsylvania; Assistant
Secretary General, R. l. Naming, of
Maryland; Treasurer General, John
Schingler, of New York Assistant
Treasurer General, Hermon Burgin,
of New jersey.
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The Crop Report tor April

DIR Hawkins, commissioGe of sgricul
lure, statistics mines and immigration
wi !, With few days. send out blanks
t'r the april crop report, accompanieI
with the foil wing cir uiar
Sir: Please 81 etyour estimates as to
using nc ompanying blank.
In hll'ng our report under the head Of
crops IN the column headed Estimate of
1l6'd you will if the crop promises to
be an average one, estimate 100. If the in.
d'cat'ons are far less than an average, you
vii! say ID 70 or go as the fact may De If
the prospect indic.tes more than An ,.ver.
age crop, you will say los, ITO, or what
g. .er may truly represent your estimate.
In the olumns for Acre ige," you will
please give your estimate of The Increase
or decrease of area devoted the sev-rsl
crops rs compared With last year. Thus. If
the Ian d-pianted in corn be one fourth less
than last year you will pIsci IS opposite
that crop in the column, nead-d ''De>
crease. If you estimate al increase IF
III per cent, you will mark ITO in the col
umn headed !" Increase"
No special directions are necessary in
filling the rep2rt on Labor" except to
say that the wages stated should be such
as are ususily paid in your county If
particular kinds OF labor are not employed
IN your county, leave the opposite space
blank In the column marked Supply"
you VIII please to marx Full or
"Scarcs." as the fact may be-
In making report as to stock. in the
column headed "Condi io1. say Good
or Poor" as the case may be Give your
estimate of Incresse" or " Decrease" az
compared with last year. Under the head
of Price" give the average cash price for
which such stock sells.
Please answer the questions or the last
psge, and add any remarks which you
may think will be of interest to farmers or
to the community generally.
Correspondents are earnestly req ested
to fill out this report, and return in enclosed
envelope promptly on the 80 day of the
current month. Do not fail to give your
name and county, Very res pectfully. FL
A. w. HAWKINS, Commissioner.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
Miscellaneous News from the Ma
tiOnal Capital.

WAsHINeToN, April ,15.-The re-
ports Of April 1, received at the de-
partment of agriculture, show an
increase of nearly 4 per cent, in the
area sown in winter wheat. Kansas
and Missouri show the largest in
crease, Ohio and Illinois bu3 slight
and New York and Pennsylvania re-
main the same as last year. In
diana, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Virginia each report some
decrease, owing to the prevalence of
snow. At the date of the returns,
the condition of the crop was not
given IN a large portion of the prin-
clpal wheat growing States, but
whenever mentioned it was stated as
below the average of last year. The
alternate freezing and thawing dur
ing th month of March was most
detrimental of any weather during
the winter. The live stock of the
country, notwithstanding the scarcity
offood and provender, caused by the
long and severe winter, has come out
in fair health, though reported very
low III flesh. No malignant nor pre-
vailing disease is reported over any
large extent of the country. Local
disorders of the lungs and stomachs
are often mentioned Great losses
from cold and exposure are reported
from the plains Of the far West. /
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
A Legislator Steals a Wife.

RALEIGu, N. c., April ia spe-
clal to the News and Observer says
that W. J. Murnden, Republican
member of the lower house of the
legislature, from Pasquatauk county.
eloped on Monday, the 11th inst.
with the wife of J. A. Johnson Of
Noodville, Propinnons county. Thev
carried off a large amount of money
supposed to belong to Mr.. johnson.
Mrs johnson is about 35 years old,
and is still pretty. Murnden is
about 40 years of age. There is no
clue to their Whereabouts.
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Cincinnati Market,

CINCINNATI, April 14,-F1our steady and
unchanged d. Wheat easier and irregular
No. red winter, 81. 1Oa1. IA. Corn easier,
47a479c. Oats strong and higher, 4Oa41c.
Pork quiet and held at $500. Bulk meats
irregular and higher; shoulders, $40 :;
rib, $40. Lard strong, S10.85a10 IL
Bacon in good demand and shade higher ;
shoulders, 1925; rib, 98c; clear rib, 9bc
Whisky stead, $1.06. Sugar steady and
unchanged. Hogs quiet; common, 4.5Oa
o. light, $5.4Oa6 90; packing, S5.35a5. .85;
butchers, $6.OOa6.35. .,
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New YORK, April 14-Cotton-net re-
ceipts 1850 bales; gross, 3,243 bales; fu-
lures closed barely steady; sales, 43, 900 bales
for April, 1O.64a1O.65; May, 10 69a1O. 20 !;
June, 10. 77alO,7S; July, 10S5a1O S6 !;
August, 1O.91al0.92; September 1O.6Oa
1861; October, 1022a1023; November,
10. 1Oa1O.1 12 December 10. 10a1012.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New York stock Market.

New YORK, April I'LL A. M-The
stock market opened strong and generally
higher, and prices advanced 4a2 per cent
Central Pacific and Marietta and Cincinnati,
first preferred, leading in the upward move
ment. Subsequently weak tone prevailed
and decline of ! to Il took place. in which
Texas Pacific, Pacific Mail, ST. Paul and
Omaha, preferred, and Manhattan Elevated
were the most prominent
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-16
New York Cotton Market.

New York, April 14.-Cotton quiet and
steady; sales, 2,284 bales; uplands, 1O5 ::
Orleans, III; consolidated net receipts,
II, O52; exports to France, 43O bales to Con
tinent, 1854 bales
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A Pair Of Casualties.

New ORLEANS, La, April 15.-The
E lines has has the following specials:
Hot SPRINGS, ARK April 15.-Dur-
ing thunder storm last Wednes-
day, Dallas Alexander, a Young farm.
er living nSar here, was instan, :,
killed by lightning. -
JACKSON Tenn, April Is --Clarano
Clarence Mason was instantly killed
at looms Station while connlina
cars, bis boiy being cut in two
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Chicago Marke :.

CHICAGO, April IA F Flour steady and un-
changed Wheat unsettled and generally
toWer, closing firm; No. 2 Chicago spring,
S1'oosal .oo4 for cash; $1049a1. 04s for
May. Corn in good demand; 392a42kac &c for
cash 42ta43e for May Or Jnne. Oats steady !;
5l4a34c for cash; 354e for May and June.
Fork strong and higher, $3.50. Lard
strong and higher, $114 Bulk meats un-
settled and higher; shoulders, S525; rib,
1855. Whisky steady and unchanged.
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1t would make stone image turn green
with envy to observe the expression of pro-
found disgust that settles down on the face
OF the doctor when he hears his patients
praising DIR, Bulls Cough Syrup. -
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MD Nu11T1SI, III !; ~ :,'''

connection with the Cars assassi-
nation, namely: Russakoff, Mich
ailoff, Kibaltschitch, Jeloboff and
Sophie Pieoffsky, were hanged at 10
o'clock this morning. Michailoff g
rope broke twice. Order was not
disturbed. There was an immense
concourse of spectators.
LONDON, April 15'-The steamer
Andalusia, from Grandmouth bound
to Calais, has put into Seth in a
damaged condition, having been in
collision with the steamer James
Harris, from Middlesborough to
Grandmouth. The latter steamer
was sunk, and IA persons drowned.
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1881.
Harper's Razar.
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FIRST EDITION Ia =

xity nere1n- enumerated shall be exempt
from taxation and none other
First.-AI property belonging to the
United States to the State of Tennessee;
to any county in the State; or any incorpo,
axclnsively for public or corr"'"t;"-'
noses w AoHINGTON.
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Don't fail to see 10 McTser i Co.'s stock
of Neckwear,
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~nen the owner |
banking associatid
laws of this State
shall not reside in {,
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"REvIsED NLw TESTAMENT AND
HISTORY OF REvIsIoN" Hand
some Volume.-We have received from
the publisher, Messrs. Hubbard Broth
ers, Philadelphia, through Thomas
Rowe, Esq, of this place, copy of
the Revised Testament, Authorized
Version of 1881" II is a BEAUTIFUL
volume of 496 pages, and contains
much interesting matter aside from
the Testament. Mr.. Rowe is still
canvassing for the sale of the work;
those who want early and correct
copies should wait until he calls.