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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
LET ,rHE CASE BE DEcIDED.

Some OF. the papers throughout
the state are writing of the advis-
ability of calling an extra session
Of the Supreme court to decide the
low-taxers zoos injunction bill2
which was so rightfully and so
summarily kicked out of the Cham
Gerry court by Chancellor Merritt,
but which, for the purpose of delay
the only intention for which il
WAS ever filed in the first place
has been appealed to the Supreme
court. We think this a good sug-
gestion, and ii the ease cannot, or
lciU rot be advanced ON the docket
at the next regular term in Deccm-
Der, We think special session
ought by all means to be called.
The Interests OF the people OF the
state demand it. The demagogues
and regulators show their hand
and divulge the real purpose of the
injunction when they oppose such
a step. Did they appeal TO the
courts for the purpose Of having an
honest adjudication ? If 50, why do
they oppose the measures by which
a speedy decision may be arrived
at? Does it make no difference to
these devoted guardians of the
''dear peoples interests that a
large amount of taxes may be levied
and collected only to lie idle in the
treasury? They ask that the act
settling the state debt he declared
unconstitutional and void. If it is
void, it is unnecessary and injuri-
Gus, to the people, to collect this
large amount of taxes which will
not be necessary for the mainten-
ance of the state government. If ii
is to be sustained, it is right that
the people should know it as soon
as possible. The sovereign people
want this vexatious question set
tied just as soon as it can be done
by means fair, just and constitutions
al. Can it be denied that a special
term of the court for tins purpose,
or by advancing the case upon the
docket at the regular session is I'M
warranted and unconstitutional
We reflect the sentiment of the peo-
pie, when we say, let it be quickly
determined.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

The board of mayor and aldermen
met last Tuesday afternoon Aug. 2,
in regular monthly session. The
full board was in attendance. Of
ficers reports since last meeting were
read and approved. 1t having
come to the knowledge of the board
that the water in the stand-pipe had
not been kept up to the required
standard for some weeks past, the
Water Works Company were ofiici-
ally notified that they would be
held strictly to the contract, and I'M
less the water was kept up to the re-
quired grade in the stand-pipe they
could not expect payment. y letter
was received from j. II. Parks, of
Louisville, formerly treasurer of the
company, stating that he now held
all the bonds of the company now
outstanding, and that tn" city must
hereafter make payment to him for
use of works. This matter was re-
ferred to Finance committee.
The action of the police commit
tee in policeman Howell's case was
approved and he was permanently
suspended. Upon new election
Mr.. Frank Phillips was declared
elected.
School Commissioner Howell APP
piled for loan of 81 900 from city to
Public school fund, referred to FL
dered to be put on Franklin street,
between LIST, and ID, Cross. After
some other routine business the
board adjourned to meet again, Fri
day 9TH, inst 4:30 o'clock.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

LAST week country darkey,
with a basket of vegetables on his
arm, walked up to a residence on
Madison street with the purpose of
selling some of his produce. There
was box of sulphur water jugs in
front of. the door, and the negro,
never having seen or smelt that
odoriferous beverage, thought it
was some kind of wine that was in
the tall little jugs. He instantly
came to the conclusion that the in
mates of the house didn't need any
'taters" to-day, and proceeded to
cabbage on the supposed wine jugs.
Upon arriving at safe distance, he
uncorked one of the jugs to sample
its contents, when he got a Whit of
the sulphur water that made him
stagger, and his eyes were as big as
as he remarked: "Whew,
golly, somethin' must have crawled
in dis yere jug an died, or some
villun has put some bad eggs in it +;
it's a good thing 1 borrored desc
jugs, case eff I'd left 'em at dat door
dat family would have de yeller
feber befo' tomorrow.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

We are pleased to state to the to-
baeco board, and to all Others
whom it may interest, that a gen.
tleman, prominently connected
with the tobacco trade of New
York city, has kindly consented to
furnish us with a weekly report on
the condition of the trade at that
point. This report will always be
found in our tobacco column. !. Our
correspondent is connected with
one of the best and most reliable
houses in New York, and keeps
himself thoroughly posted as to the
state of the market.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

THERE are strong efforts being
made to get Senator Edmopds APP
pointed to the supreme bench, in
the late Judge Clifford's place.
Edmonds is one of the bitterest par
tisans in the republican party, and,
as such, ought not to be placed on
the supreme bench. Let the presi-
dent select a more liberal man.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
Hnrv nin she Knnrr

The parlor was full Of young Ia
dies and gentlemen. The CONVEX
sation was general. A young gen
tleman in the party was twirling a
lock of hair in his hand. Playfully,
he reached over and brushed a
young lady's cheek with it. "What
does that feel like ?" he asked.
Promptly but unthoughtedly, the
reply came. tWhy, a young mans
moustaehe. - The party roared
with laughter. The young lady
blushed crimson. She saw the joke
and attempted to explain. 1t made
matters worse. Of course, and those
present laughed all the harder. She
coulden't stand it any longer, and
precipitately fed the parlor. 1t was
lapsus lingua, of course, but it
sounded fearfully like "dead give
away"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

IT seems that the Woman's Suf-
frage Association, in their meeting
last week, rejoiced over the down.
fall of Conkling. This must have
been a more severe shock to him
than the news from Albany, or the
report of Sprague's gun. He will
no longer be a masher.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

OUR esteemed neighbor, the Leaf,
is the only paper in the United
States or, we might say, IN the
world, that has heard Of the death of
Chief Justice Clifford. What has
become of Judge Waite? We
thought he was Chief Justice.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
THE drouth still continues. No
rain up to the hour of going to press.
Northern and Southern Labor Com
IraSfed.

The New Orleans Picayune
notices the fact that not long since
large bodies Of negroes from the
South were taken to Pennsylvania
and New York by contractors, work
Ell there for months, and returned
to their homes. AT this moment
seven hundred negroes from Vir-
ginia are working in a company's
mine in Minnesota, and Pennsyl-
Yania contractor expects to take
two thousand negroes from the
South to Colorado to work on a
railway contract. The Picayune,
however, is disposed to think there
must be limit to these Northern
drafts on Southern labor. "The
South" it says, "may safely count
on a steady increase of her eolored
labor, Notwithstanding manufact-
urers of an occasional exodus or
contractors of few railroad eXpe-
ditions. There is one element of
danger in the labor of the North
and West which the South has for
tunately no need to fear. The
negroes are tractable and peaceable.
They do not strike at every oppor-
tunity, thereby losing periods of
wages for the fancied gains of pres
sure. They do not indulge in
VapOring sentiment about the en-
nifty of labor and capital, and or
ganize opposition to capital by
species of perpetual tumult. They
are naturally the friends of the
employer, knowing that his inter
est is theirs-his prosperity theirs"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
TIE Sun saws the talk about

THE Sun says the talk about max
ing Roscoe Conkling a judge of the
Supreme court is all nonsense. If
he would not accept the position of
ehiefjustice, when it was offered
him by his friend Grant, it is not
probable he will accept that of an
associate justice from his political
enemy, Garfield.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

CONKL1NG is laying low and say
ing nothing, but he has already be-
gun to gather evidence against
Blaine for the campaign. He has
booked the report that Blaine has
been caught stealing and devouring
the watermellons sent to the sick
president.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

1.-THE Cambpells are coming" on
in the matrimonial market. it would
seem. Sir John Douglass Campbell,
the Marquis of Lorne, is the husband
of the Princess Louise, a daughter of
Queen Victoria. Only last week,
Lord Colin Campbell, a brother to
the Marquis, married Miss Blood, a
titled Irish lady, and it is reported
that the Duke of Argyle, the distin-
guished father of the two first NAM
ed is to marry the widow of the late
Hon. Augustus Arson. We are
glad to hear of the success and hap
piness. of our cousins. '"There is
hope in the sweet bye and bye" for
us.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

THE genial F. II. Bristow has sold
out the Elkton Register to Samuel
b. Reese. We regret that he has
seen fit to dissolve his connection
with the press, and wish him for
tune and good luck in no matter
what persuit in life he may be en-
gagged.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

LEO HARTMAN, the notorious
Russian Nihilist, who was connect
ed with a plot to blow up the late
Gar, is now in New York. The
prOmulgator of such an infamous
doctrine as Nihilism ought not to
be permitted to land in America
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

IT may not be known to those
who read of the horrid loathsOme-
ness of leprosy, as described in the
Bible that we have it in this coun-
try. In San Francisco there is a
regular Ieper hospital, and lately
the authorities there shipped forty
ivelepers back again to China. There
are also whites in a district of Louis
lana and among the fishermen of
the New Brunswick coast who have
it. 1t is a most fearful disease and
incurable.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

THE report that Roscoe Conkling
had purchased the Hawiian Is
lands from King Kalakaua, is pro-
nouneed false by the latter gentle
man.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

THE Southwestern Benefit Guild,
is the name of new organization
in Memphis, which takes the
cake" 1t is a matrimonial organi-
zation which has for its object the
mutual aid of its members towards
marriage. When a member of this
order marrie5, if he or she has been
a member for four years they get
$4,000. If only for one year 1000,
and so on. This is a splendid insti-
tuition and-nusht- to be encouraged.
We think they could easily start a
branch office in this city.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06
IDAHO SPRINGS.

This flvorite watering place is now open
for the reception of visitors. The proprie-
tor will rent furnished rooms to those de-
string them, in addition to keeping hotel
accommodations. A market wagon viii
run daily and supply renters with market
ing. Ample stable room on the place for
horses. Parties wishing rooms must apply
early j. A. TATE, proprietor.
july 2-'Sl-tf.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-06

in sealed Packages fresh and of best quality prepared
for Summer trade
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11

Among the measures passed by the
senate of the Forty-sixth congress was
the joint resolution placing Gen. Thomas
l.. Crittenden on the retired list.
Lieut.. Baxter, Sd cavalry, will soon
resign his commission. He is now on
leave and has recently been married to
the daughter of a wealthy railroad man
of Tennessee.
Company X. 4th U. S. infantry, sta
toned ut Fort Laramie, will give a
grand ball in the company quarters next
Thursday, March 18th. Many invita-
thong r being issued, and the invita-
tion committee, Messrs. G. E. Cook,
Richard Robinson and j.. II. Bell, pro-
mise q hrst-class entertainment to all
who may attend.
Army officers stationed in Washing
ton appreciate to value of being accom-.
plished dancers. Said a young lieuten-
ant recently:
Dance" said the young lieutenant,
''by Jehosaphet I'll become the best
dancer in Washington Hang it'll don't
want to 60 out west and fight Indians,
and if become a favorite dancer, do
you suppose the daughters of the sena-
tors will let their papas permit me to
be sent away. l know what's what"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
The sale of Liquor mt Military Post.
The Opinion or n Distinguished Army
Onicer.
FORT d. A. RUSSELL, W. 7

FORT ID. A. RUSSELL, w. T.,
March 10, 1881.
Editor Leader:
l notice, published in your issue of to-
day, a petition addressed to the presi-
dent of the United States, signed by
the enlisted men Of this post, request
ing that the order lately issued prohib-
iting the sale of liquor at military posts,
may not be revoked.
AS an officer of the army, 1 must say
that l think the order a good one, and l
entirely agree with all that Is contained
in the petition of the men to the presi-
dent, and / hope the order will remain
in force and not be revoked or modified
IN any way.
l am not one of those officers who be.
lieve in deprlving the soldier of liquor
at military posts or stations. l should
like now to see an order issued, re-
quiring the subsistence department of
the army to keep whisky on hand for
issue or sale to officers and men. BY
having such an order or regulation in
the subsistence department, only one
brand of whisky would be furnished,
and that would be the best. Whisky
issued or sold in this manner would be
under the entire control of the COM
handing officer, and in my opinion
would be a benefit to the service.
BY all means let the present order
prohibiting the sale of liquor remain in
force. ERNEST CRAWFORD,
Captain Sd U. S. Cavalry.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11

GIVING W Tic plDlle IIs LaICt. IL ls
only q license for jug saloons because
some soldiers viii have whisky in spite
of the most FigiIslt IeYenue ofieer, and
probably will help some enterprising
young man 10 wind up in a peniten-
tiaTy. Now il would be q good pendant
TO the foregoing, if Garfield would for
bid the use of tobacco, then we would
be fixed.
|. Two dance clubs running.
Did you hear about Lieut.. Browns
duck hunt2
The L o. o. F. lodge is fast gaining
in number.
Ayoung adiutant reported for duty
on the morning of the 4th.
Biscuit-shooters are getting scarce,
quite a number of vacancies; also baby
herders are wanted.
We all anxiously await the return of
the sergeant who went east last fall TO
finish his education.
They say that the horse doctor of the
9Th cavalry got married in Cheyenne
lately, perhaps you know more about
this than we do.
The latest social event is the form
alton OF a "Pic club'' meeting, every
evening when the companies have coffee
straight, for supper.
The band concerts every Saturday
evening are a great treat, under the
efficient leadership of Mr.. Smith. The
performance Of the orchestra can
scarcely be excelled.
II you wish to see the finest building
west of Omaha come and see the old
concrete just finished. Everybody
wonders who will be the lucky ones to
live in it. The building is fit for a
kings household.
Can you inform us il some of the
lately arrived young girls have been
imported for the purpose of giving
Fritz a chance to get married2 He is
so shy that somebody ought to give him
a lift in that direction. .
1t is rumored that Fritz tried to burn
down the adjutant's office so as TO get
away with the post funds, others have
it that he got disguised with the old
shanty and tried to get a fine, new con
crete building instead. At any rate he
is blamed for it.
The most enjoyed amusement of the
season was the boys show on Friday
evening. A crowded house was graft
fed. We never expected that Long
John could display such immense
talents as manager. We hope he will
continue the wheel.
In the LEADER of a few months back
l noticed an article saying that Capt.
London had the parade ground inclosed
by water, or words to this effect. Sorry
10 say, the ditch is a failure, so far.
However, Lieut.. Foster made the trees
stick; that is they are planted, time will
tell whether or not they will grow.
We would like to finish up with a
poem on "Gentle Spring." but general
order No. "a interiors with our getting
up the steam necessary for such an en-
terprise. Oh, Hayesl Oh, Hayesl
Taps have sounded and / will have to
douse the glim. FLAL FooT.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
POINTS.

Judge Blair returned to Laramie
City yesterday.
Rev. ]. Y. Cowhick returned from
the east yesterday.
DR.. Strong, the well known dentist,
has moved his office to Seventeenth
street.
Mrs. T. o. Maxwell and Mrs. II. b.
Kelly, of C%hugwater, are guests at
Dyer's hotel.
Hon. II. B. Kelly, county commits
%sioner, came in from Chugwater yester-
day. He is registered at Dyer's:
Chief Justice Sener returned home
yesterday. He looks hale and hearty,
and has evidently enjoved his trip.
Hon. A. H.. Reel and family will re-
turn home in a few days from a three
months trip through the east and
south.
MI. johnson, of the firm of johnson
Il Walker, the pioneer stockmen locat-
ed on the Laramie river, above the fort,
is in town.
w. p. st. Clair, Union Pacific agent
at Grand Island, has been promoted to
be general agent at Ogden, Utah, vice
Keller, resigned.
Mr.. W.. A. Murphy, of NJ. II. s. w.
A. Murphy, stockbreeders heal Fort
Mckinney, Wyo., arrived in town yes
terday, and gave the LEADER office a
call.
His excellency has gone, and we are
therefore reminded of the hymn which
begins with the words: "Thou hast
gone to the grave, but we will not de-
plore thee"
Ex'Coroner James Vine, of Laramie
City, is paying Cheyenne a visit. Mr..
Vine is one of the leading business men
of u sister city, and has a host of
friends here.
Among the arrivals at Dyer's hotel,
yesterday, were Mr.. and Mrs. w. H.
Hackney, Chug.; Henry Chase, Castle
ranch; M. V. Smith, San Jose, CAL;
Chas. b. Jones, Denver; Jas. Sweeney,
Fort Collins.
At the Inter Ocean: j. G. Pratt, J.
Y. Cowhick, j. B. Sener, city; l. W.
Johnson, Peoria, ILL.,; A. II. Jackson,
Horse Creek; S. Doty, Marshall, Mich.
H. II. Lee, ]. Shaw, Des Moines, Iowa;
G. S. Hopkins, New York; N. Bird, o.
Means, Omaha.
Fort Collins correspondence Of the
Denver Ners, March 9th: Among the
guests ut the Tedmon yesterday was Mr..
lack Thomson, Of Cheyenne. Mr..
Thomson is an old timer among the
cattle owners of northern Colorado, and
is at present foreman for Swan Bros. &
Franks, the most extensive cattle own
ers in Wyoming. He is an experienced
cattle man, m as foreman for Swan
Bros. Il Franks receives a handsome
salary aside from the income from his
own herds.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
MIROh MENTION

The Baptist meetings will be e0ntil-
ued tonight in the court house at 7:3o,
70 which all are invited
The Rev. A. B. Banks is conducting
a series Of meetings for the Baptist
church, and is, as usual. meeting with
good success.
A foot race between Messrs. Lang
ley of Cheyenne, and Smith of Greeley,
took place south of the railroad track
yesterday. Smith was the winner.
1t seems from recent developments
that some of the recently made Chey-
enne brides are fully as smart as
brides are generally supposed to be, if
not more 30.
The Presbyterian sociable at the res
idence of Hon. W. Ii. Hibbard, last
evening, was well attended, and all
hands were well satisfied with the en-.
t~ertainment.
The opera house project promises to
be a certain thing of the neal future.
Money enough has been pledged to give
it a fine start, and ere many mSeths
elapse, we shall see it a fat accomph.
Electric lights for our business houses,
an opera house, a $4,000 U. T. hospi-
tai, gas works and improved water
works, as well as many new stores and
dwelling houses, will be the record of
improvements for the Magic City for
the year 1881.
Mr.. Geo. G.. Masten, the well known
wholesale dealer in wines, liquors and
cigars, will shortly erect a two-story
brick building on the site he now occu-
pies. While the improvements are
under way, his business will be con-
Quoted at the old wyoming Armory,"
on Ferguson street.
Hon L. U. Snider, member-elect of
the house of representatives from Car
bon county, who is stopping in town for
a few days, has presented TO Acting
Governor Morgan a petition, signed by
300 citizen residents of johnson county,
praying for the organization of that
county. Under the law the governor is
required, upon presentation of this Pc
tition, to at nee organize tine county,
by appointing and commissioning the
necessary comfy and precinct officers.
The people Of johnson county will de-
rive many benefits from their new
county organization, the most impor-
tant of which being the expenditure Of
the taxes, paid by them, for public i'm
proyements within the limits Of their
own county; the organization of school
districts and public schools, and the
proper administration Of civil affairs.
The LEADER wishes johnson county
unlimited success and prosperity.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
You Will Find
j. w. BRUNER'S
OFFICE

A Complete set of Alb
stracts of all the Real Es-
tate of County and City
Property. Conveyancing
in all tsbranches attend
ed to correctly, at fair
prices. Legal Blanks of
all kinds furnished gratis
to all patrons.
Also Agent for the lead
ing Fire, Life and Acct
dent Insurance Compa-
MES.
For further information call at 30S
CAREY BLOCK.
Respectfully Yours,
FAINT J. w. BRUNER.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
Notice TO Dog Owners.

The ordinances of the city of Chey-
enne require the owners of dogs, of all
descriptions, to pay to the city marshal
the annual tax which is due in March
for the year 1881, OF each male dog
three dollars and on each female dog
five dollars, and each owner of a dog
is required to securely fasten about the
neck Of the dog a band or strap, upon
which shall be plainly stamped the
year and number of license.
And notice is hereby given to every
body that they are required to at once
procure their license, IS all dogs not
having license will be impounded
and destroyed in accordance with the
ordinance of said city.
m9d3t 7. ]. CARR,
City Marshal.
Cheyenne, Wyo. Ter, March s, 1881.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11
FORT LARAMIE.
a spicy Letter From Fiat Foot,

Editor Leader:
Thinking that communication from
this place would be OF interest to your
many readers, / take the responsibility
of dropping you a few local items:
The greatest excitement of the day is
general orders "a, headquarters Of the
army, prohibiting the sale Of bug juice
by our post traders. Holding no rank
in the U. s. A, l will not comment
heavily on it, but will say that the late
president must have had the subject
q long time under consideration or else
he would have neyer been guilty of
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-11

Strangers coming to Cheyenne should
stop at the above named hotel, and
they will get splendid accommodations
in rooms and at the table, and be treat
ed in an excellent manner by the genial
host. Herman Kimme. And those of
our citizens who want good day board
should %patronize the excellent dining
room of this hotel. The fare is No. l
and the rates are very reasonable.
iy11tf.