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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
MINOR DISPATCHES.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2-Tbe rainy
weather throughout this stale and
Mississippi has rendered the rosds i'm
passable, delayed the movement Of
produce and merchandise and causes
almost unprecedented dullness in bus
iness. .-...
A special from Holly Springs, Misc. :,
says that two prominent dry goods
merchants there have made assign
ments, and that everything is very
much depressed by the continuance Of
bad weather.
DALLAS. TEXAS, Jan 10.-A de-
struetlve fire is reported from Wealth
ertord as having occurred last night.
It included loss of eleven bales CT
cotton and block Of frame buildings.
Total loss $35, 600; partially insured.
New YORK, Jan. 12.-It is off cially
announced that terms have been
sgreed upon, and preliminary papers
signed, for The consolidation OF the
Western Union, American Union and
the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
companies.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, Jan. II, The
| News has the following special: Lib
erty, Jan. 1O.-The safe of J. D. Kin-
ner q Bro. was blown open last night
| and robbed of about 81 200.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. IA republi
can caucus last night unanimously
/ nominated Gen. Ben Harrison for
! United states senator.
AUGUSTA, GA, Jan. IA large
meeting was held last night to express
| sympathy with the Irish people. A
land league was formed and considera'
BILE many subscribed in aid of the
Irish land league.
GALVESTON, TEX, Jan. 1.-THE
News specials from Taylorsville says
snow fell all day Sunday, and was one
of the heaviest snow storms ever seen
in this region. Snow fell to depth O.
three inches yesterday at Rusk.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE fair com
mission assembled today at the city
hall. The consideration OF the report
of the executive com mittee wss re
sumed. The section Recommending
an application to congress for addi
tionaI financial assistance was sGJpted
as was also the sections requestinI
congress to admit foreign goods free o
duty constituting the exhibition build
ings and bonded warehouses of New
York.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

debt Of Memphis ut 25 cents on tn !
dollar and per cent. interest.
A joint committee was appoint ed
by beth houses t, confer with the
governor-elec. as t,th time of jpau.
guration.
The most important thing done in
the senats to-day was tie massage, on
third reading, of the bill t, raise the
governors salary to 81 600. Most OF it,
time was consumed in the house, in
counting the Nttas for governor. @
~ SECOND DISPATCH.
The vcte in the senate to-day to
raise the governors salary stood IS to
8.
The loW-.ax dem ocrafs met in Em-
met Thompson's ROOM a. the Com
mercial hotel to.uight and the ptoba-
bility is that they will continue in
session until midnight. All approach &
to the room were watched lest the
game Of the secrets might leak out
thro ugh the keyhole.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
Travelling Clothing Salesman.
.hsr. John G. Browb, an enterpriging
NO. 1872

fir. John Ct. BroWb, an enterprising
ard rising young business man of
Cleveland, who has besn salesman in
the clothing house Of Vestal & Co. for
some time, h4s aecsp'ed q situation as
travelling saIa:man fer l Whitehili &
Co., a H eli known Baltimore clothing
house. and left last night for Baltimore
10 e. ter upon the duties OF his posi-
tor. john il a tip top fellow, eober,
steady and industtious, understands
the c.oibin4 business and will, we
have no dooLt, give entire sat 'sfaction:
We recfinlmend him t. tire trade and
wish him fQCGess.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

A GOOD deal has been said in the
last week, about the action of the
county court in select ng Rsv. 81. G.
Hamsted superlut3nde Of public in
struction OF Knox county. Grave aud
scandslous charges have been made
ag 4in,t Mr.. Hamstef, which if true
render him unfi; for the position to
which he has been Chosen aud in
nOceut he should lose no time
in proving his innocence. He
owes this to himself, 10 his per
sOual friends and to the friends Of
free schools We have known Mr.,
Hamsted for several ears aud his con-
duct so far as it has come under our
personal obseFvstlnn has been ex-
emplary and his life has been blame
less. He made a fair superiut 4nden
and labored z9alously in the cause of
education when he held that position a
few years ago. He is a minister ia the
Baptist church, has been popular with
his poole and has, SO far as
the world knows, keIt bis min
1sterlal vows since taking upon
himself that holy caliug. He has
uoubt ess been Instrumental in accon.
plishlng much that is good. He is
entitled to suspension of public
judgment until he has had annie time
and opportunity to vindicate himself
But if he fails to do this, and can not
vindicate himself, he should resign st
once.
1t is but just TO add, in this connec
ton, that while it has been charged
that the republicans are responsible fol
his election, which is true in the main
that he received the votes of som,
of the staunchest democrats i'm the
county court, Even il he is guilty O
all that is charged against him, O
which charges and the facts upon
which they are based we have no per-
sonal knowledge, the effurt to make
party capital aught of it will signally
fail. We have the names of inf1uen.
tiai democrats who supported him
and can give them if nocessasy. W.
sincerely trust that he may be able tc
remove the cloud that now hangs owe,
MIN, but tf be does not he should re-
sign his office at once. -
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
STAGE ROBBERY IN TEXAS.

GALVESTON, Jan. IA special
from Fort Davis says: Mr.. Baine,
of Ell Paso, reports that the west
bound stage was captured Jan. 8 by
Indians in Quitman canon, 100 miles
west of here. The driver and team
were killed, and everything, includ-
ing mails, were cut to pieces and
carried away.
Six inches of snow fell Saturday
and the mercury was down to zero.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
KILLING OF JAMES n. RAY.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. IA spe-.
cial from Chattanooga says report
has reached that city that Jas. N.
Ray had been killed few days ago
in Scott county. Ray was the dis
trict attorney for the third Tennes-
see circuit. He was half brother
to Congressman L. G. Houk, Of the
second Tennessee district. The exact
cause of the killing has not yet come
to light, one rumor. being. that Ray
had an alteration with man who
insulted his wife. Ray attempted to
fire, but before he could draw a
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
Appointed Postal Clerk.

Mr.. Ed. G. Upton, of Cleveland,
who has been engaged for somt time
in the house OF Oate, Whlte & Co., Left
for home yesterday. He has receive d
al appointment as railway POSTAL cle' X
on the Cleveland and Selma rcUt', and
goes to accept and enter upon lis du-
tier. Ed. is j,vial. good fellow and
mac e many friends in Knoxville. We
wish him success In his new position.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

MEMPHIS, Jan. 11.-At 4 o'clock
this morning a fire at Bartlettown
destroyed the store house occupied
by Shore & Bros, ". B. williamson,
DR.. W. T. Blackwell and Wright &
Moody. The total loss was about
$4,000; insured for $500. The
fire originated in the store house of
Shore & Bros, which contained a
keg of powder, the explosion of
which awakened the town. The ex-
plosion and the efforts the citizens,
who formed themselves into a fire
brigade, alone prevented the entire
destruction of the town.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Jan. 12.-The authorities
sent detective yesterday to Mr..
Bradlaugh to inform him that they
were in possession of sworn infor-
nation of plot to assassinate him.
The person who gave the informa-
ton stated that he had overheard a
party of foreigners arrange to kill
Bradlaugh on his way home from the
house of commons.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

THE CourierJ Journal man who is
com missiOnod TO watch Tennessee af-
fairs from a Nashville standpoint is
not altogether pleased with the situa.
ton. He says the republicans mean to
prevent the elect on of Un ted Sta t9s
Senator. He credits them with a dis .
position to take the bull by the
horns" and says they don't stand
much on t-chnicalities.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
THE St. Louis Globe pemocrs. says

Mr.. Cockrell was last night renomi-
mated for the position which he has for
six years past filled with less ability
than any man ever sent from the
State of Missouri to the United States
senate. Still the democrats might
have done worse they might have se>
lected some men whose upfit.edness
would be aggressive, which Cockrell's
is not. AS Paddy said when he stuffed
his hat into a broken pane of glass,
"If it won't let in the light, it'll keep
out the eowld." Cockrell won't let in
much light, but he will keep out some
man who is quite as ignorant and more
blatant,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

The London Examiner circulates
the statement that the husband Of
George Eliot" Mr.. Cross. was insane.
His insanity first developed itself dur
ing their wedding trip, when he en-
deavored to take his life by throwing
himself from balcony in Venice.
He was fortunately rescued unhurt,
as he fell into the water.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

THE democratic papers are still
bowling over premonition that some
democrats may be bribed to vote for a
republican for United States senator.
It has not occurred to them perhaps
that the democratic party has made
itself so odious that good men are
leaving it every day. Is it not pos
sible that some of those who were
elected to the legislature as indepen>
dents are among those who are tired of
the shackles of bourbon democracy.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

IT is rumored that vice president
elect Arthur is to be united in we'd,
lock, next fall, 20 Mrs. Marshall O.
Rnharta
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

HON. HORACE MAYNARD accepted
an Invita- o to deliver an address be-
fore bible anniversary meeting at
Nashville last Sunday night.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

The Maine republican caucus to
nominate United States senator was
largely attended. Eugene Hale re-
ceived the uuanim us or. II stion.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

TT fakes two and ahaif million dol~
lars to pay tie annual expenses of the
% 600 hounds said 10 be owned in
Great Britain.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

THE greenbacker in the Tennessee
legislature will cast his first vote, in
the election for United States senator,
for Mr.. Edwards, late greenbsck can
didate for governor, who wasn't elect
ed.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

A RECEPTION will be given to Gen.
aud Mrs. Grant by Gov. Cornell, OF
New York, on the evening of the 18th
inst
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

IT is thought that the late dispute
between Russia and China will be
peaceably set led. A certain territory
on the extreme southeast of Asiatic
Russia and vest of China has been in
dispute. The probability is that the
Inhabitants of the district in quest on
will be allowed to choose their allie
glance by popular vote.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13
FIRST EDITION.
TI8O p. M.

IT is s,a.ed tnat it VIII cosl over
ea1 ono ono to run the New York C ty
Uovernment the cunning year
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

THE Nashville correspo ndent of the
Louisville Commercial writes some
very reliable letters for that sterling
republican journal. The Commercial
paws more 1t entiOn to Tennessee mat
ters than any paper outside of the
state and we are glad to know that it's
eff nts are being rewarded with a
large and increasing circulation in our
state.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

Send your sons and daughters &c
"Lost Creek Academy -.,N
NJ. w. SHIELDS, A. B., Prsaci pal. z
viii4w 5mos #it} III HlE eli
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-13

weapon his assailant split his head
open with an axe.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.

| The last week witnessed several dreful &C
cidents, chiefly of the railroad variety. Tina,
on the Rock Island road near Tiskilwa, briefly
mentioned in our last, was more serious than
our brief dispatch made it appear. After the
LOGON olive, baggage, mail and smoking cars
had passed over the broken rail, three passen.
ger coaches were thrown off and passed down
passenger car took fire, and one lady, Mrs.
Kirby, of Nevada, Ohio, who had been rem.
dered helpless by her bruises, was burned so
badly that she died five hours afterwards. A
Mrs. Holden, of Patterson, Iowa, was also so
badly injured that she is expected to die. Six
others were more or less seriously injured
A more serious accident, however, occurred
on the Eric Railroad, on Sunday morning,
near Owege, New York. The train consisted
Of the usual mail and baggage cars and nine
passenger coaches, six OF which were Pullman
sleepers When five miles west Of Owego
one of the aIles Of the locomotive broke aud
the entire train, going at the rate Of IS miles
an hour, was thrown from the track, except
the locomotive. Thus the engineer and fire
man escaped unhurt In the mail car we're
four clerks and as the car, lying on It's side,
instantly took fire from the explosion Of the
oil Tampa, every man in 1t was roasted to q
crisp. The express car also took fire and the
messenger being unable to get out hole was
cut in the side OF the car, through which he
raised his head, but his legs being fastened by
the piled up mass of express matter, he was
also roasted To crisp. Besides these five,
none were injured The passengers in the
Pullmans were even unconscious for some
time that any accident had occurred.
Two trains on the Illinois Central railroad,
about midnight on Thursday of last week, fol
lowing their Instructions, came to stop at q
weak bridge between Anna and Carbonate
A third tram came dashing around the curve,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

was somewhat less destructive to telegraph
wires ard trees, though the snow.drifts put
almost total stop for the day to railroad
travel.
While New York and New England were
thus afflicted with tempest Of wind, Ice and
saow, further south and west the elemental
war assumed the character Of n warm ram,
leading to a rapid melting of the snow and
break up OF the ice in the rivers. Thus at
Pittsburg general break up occurred IN the
Allegheny and Monongahela, with both
streams rapidly rising. At Cincinnati 1t began
to assume the form of Il disastrous food, the
enormous quantity Of ice 1t carried doing
serious damage to boating, wharves, &c, The
break up was general all along the ONO,
though no serious damage by The flood is men
toned below Cincinnati. West and northwest
of Chicago there was u pretty general fall of
snow on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with
the worst blockade in seven years" in North,
ern Nebraska and Dakota
South of the thaw in the Ohio valley there
appears to have been another frigld belt Thus
"iIiiN ~ ltt7DulS z, NillIiuudli, w. ~ "HH
raining, at New Orleans snow tell TO a depth
of six inches and even Galveston had an inch
or two of snow.
In this immediate vicinity there may in ali
an inch and a half of snow have fallen dur
ing the past ten days, while there have been
no high winds and the temperature has man.
tanned IL steady cold ranging from zero up to
20 Good, steady winter weather with COED
sleghlng, though il the average was about 20
degrees milder it would be trilc more &C,
CentablC.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

The thirteenth ballot in the Tennessee legs
la,ure, on Thursday, resulted III the election tc
the United States senate Of Howell c, Jackson
a state-credt democrat, and member of the
legislature, Horace Maynard, republican, who
resigned the mission to Consantinople to get
this seat IN the senate, never came nearer than
within four votes of It, The election of a dem
ocrat is a sore disappointment to the republi
caus, who counted on the Tennessee member
to give them majority in the next senate.
The squabble over the senatorshIp in WIS
consln ended in the election Of Philetus Saw
yer, the big lumber king and said to be the
richest man in the state. He has been mem
Der of the house for several terms and is amar
of fair abilities.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

II Ohio IS ahead in politics, she IS equally SC
in brutality. A Newark parent having for
hidden his o-year-old son to go coastlng on 6
ncighboring hill, and being dlsobeyed, took
the son to the barn, procured a hickory sap
Ing split it, put the boys thumbs in the
crack, nailed the sapling tight where 1t was
split, and then lifting the boy, thus crucified
by the thumbs, up to the side of the barn of
his feet, mailed him fast and numerically bea,
him from in the afternoon until 10 at night
when ncighbors hearing his screams and
groans came and released him. In Kentucky
or any other civilized country, the unnatural
parent would doubtless have been promptly
iynched, but the Newark people let him 90
until next day when finally an officer arrested
him
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

The fifty six republican boilers IN the lcgls
laturc Of Pennsylvania who refuse to obey the
caucns and vote for Oliver, the candidate oi
the Camerons, for L. S. Senator, hold out with
such rigluity of back bone that the Camerons
despair Of being able to move them, and like
Paul and Barnahas at lconlum, have conclud
ed to turn to the Gentiles"-that is, the dem
ocrats. They are willing to drop Oliver and
take some other man, more acceptable to the
democrats, only he must be n republican and
friend Of the Camerons. In return for vOt
ing tor such man, the Cameron party agree
to unite with the democrats in passing an hon
est apportionmcnt law-such "a law rs shall give
them fair chance in future elections to carry
a majority Of the legislature and congressman
when they have an honest majority OF the
votes of the people, As the state is now ap-
portioned, with an equal popular vote, the
democrats are able to elect but eight of the -
congressman and about one-third Of the lcgis-
lature. There is, on the score Of honesty and
man!lness, so little difference between the Cam.
eron and antlCamcron Republicans in Penn.
sylvania, that the success Of either is nothing
compared to au honest apportionment of the
state, and if the democrats can secure such Il
boon by bargain with either faction they
would certainly he justified IN making it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

NEW ROUTE TO THR PAcFIC.-I, Is now
announced that the new railroad TO the Pacific
oy way OF the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Will be opened on the 18th Of March, and that
on or soon after that date through trains will
be run between San Francisco and Kansa.
City. 1t Is also understood that just as soon
as the connection is made work on the branch
to Guaymas will be suspended from the east
The reason is said to be that there is no duty
on rails and material landing at tina, port, and
that rails can be shipped from Europe by way
Of Cape Horn at less than half what they cosi
In this country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

STORMY TIMEs-New York and New Eng
land were visited on Friday of last week by
one Of the most remarkable storms ever wit
messed In this country. 1t commenced about
day break IN the morning with moderate fall
of sleet About O'Clock 1t turned into rain
and the temperature beng ten or twelve de
grees below freezing point the ram froze as II
tell, covering everything with an inch or two
of solid ice Then came furious gale OF
wind, its velocity rising TO 40 miles, accom-
panied with binding fall of snow. The re-
suit was terrific. Telegraph and telephone
wires, with which tue whole city Is interlaced,
began to break in all directions, and many
poles with their wires came down with a
crash. The trees along streets and IN the parks,
laden with ice began to cast their branches
in all directions with crashing tons of wood
and ice. Travel on the elevated railways as
well as in the streets became impeded and dan
gerous from the obstruction OF telegraph wires
Everywhere cast IN the way. Horses were
killed IN the streets by falling telegraph poles,
roofs Of houses were crushed in by the weight
OF Ice and snow all communication from one
part OF the city to another by telegraph or tele-
phone was cut oil, as well as all communica-
ton with the outer world, while locomotion
on the side walks as well as in the streets eth
er on foot or by vehicle became next to impos-
sible. In Wall street for one day the fght of
the bulls and bears had to be suspended on
account OF the impossibllty OF talking by
telephone or telegraph, and fire alarms bad to
be sounded by the old method of ringing
church bells.
The history Of the day in New York is re-
peated in almost every town of New Jersey
and New England, except as the storm moved
eastward and northward 1t changed more rap
idly from rain into snow, and on that account
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29
OUR CLUBBING

We are prepared to club the FHEE TRADER
with the publications. urnishnSboth
at the prices named, postage prepaid, Inc
offer-open to old subscribers or new AT any
post office IN the county-is the CHEAPEST
EVER MADE IN this county:
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

The quidnuncs Of Mendoza are up to The
tips Of their mammoth cars in wondermeni
over the operations of a corps OF engineers
who have apparently been stalking out rail
road route from that city via Sheridan oJolet
The engineers are IN the employ OF the c., b
q company, whence it is inferred that thai
huge monopoly" Is about to build the long
talked Of Joliet and Mendoza railroad
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-29

The parties that purchased the Springfield
6tate Register ayear ago were unable to hold
tue property ana 1t mas reverted back &c
the Palmers-ex.Gov. John d. Palmer & Son
under whose management the paper will
hereafter be conducted. There is but one
fault to find with Gov. Palmer as an editor
he don't write enough. If he should give his
whole time and attention TO the business, the
Register would soon take position as a lead
Ing democratic organ of the country.