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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05
MR.. PINKERToN

is large, well-built, rather hand
some man. muscular, active and
easy in his motions. He has rather
remarkable eye, hard to describe,
and is a capital talker. When it
comes to meeting him socially over
a friendly glass of wine and good
cigar, he is a delightful companion
and most interesting conversation
alist. Strange to relate, his head is
not swelled in the least, although
he is one of the celebrities of the
country, but bis heart is as big as a
bale of loose cotton. He never for
gets a friendly act nor forgives an
enemy. That Mr.. Pinkerton has
had some extremely romantic adj
ventures there is no doubt, and that
he exaggerates nothing is equally
certain.
The reporter was one OF party
who we're talking to Mr.. Pinkerton,
and, of course, the conversation was
more or less rambling.
RED LEARY
was mentioned. by somebody, and
the detective stated that he thought
WOuIu nOl StdBb TIT
of trial, but would plead guilty.
He stated, furthermore, that Red
would give up every cent he had to
keep out of the penitentiary, if that
would save him, because even two
years in prison would render him
totally blind. "Red Leary," said
Mr.. Pinkerton, sis a peculiar man.
/ would not hesitate minute to
accept his word for the truth where
he passed it as man. He is no
COOL, though, as a thief. He de-
serves no credit for that Northamp-
ton bank job, Scot, the man now
in prison, engineered the job. Red
doesn't know anything more about
safe or how to open one than a
child. He is a good man to have
along, though, on an expedition,
because he is excellent in case of
trouble. He would fight anything,
and if told to stand at door or any
place else, regiment of armed sol
diers couldn't make him budge."
THE EXPRESS ROBBERS.
Mr.. Pinkerton had the case of an
express robbery recalled to him by
Col. Jerry Kiersted, ex-chief of po-
lice. who asked him about noted
criminal called PittsbnFg Matt.
1.-THE case in which that man is
interested would read like a ro-
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-03-05

Warehouse Carks
vile until sold, the of the whether adj
n O r
from the insure
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07
Cremation in New York.

At the last meeting of the New York
Cremation society, the following nsmed
residents of Brooklyn were proposed for
memberships DR.. FL. M. Wells, of the United
States naval laboratory; DR.. George r.
Brush, Lieutenant T. A. Miller and Master
B. A. Fiske, of the United States receiving
ship Colorado, at the navy yard, and score
of we'll known civilians. Books will be
opened in a few days for subscriptions to the
$4,000 of capital stock for the building
of crematories by the United
States Cremation society, which
organization will attend to tho
practical part of the New York society. I he
stock will be offered at $25 per share, ten per
cent payable at the time of subscription.
Subcommittee were appointed to examine
sites for the erection of furnaces for the
purpose of incinersting the dead. One of
these committees will examine lots on
Fifth avenue, near Greenwood cemetery,
which have been offered al reasonable
price to the society, and Union Hill, just
back of Hoboken, will also be visited by q
number OF gentlemen, for the purpose of
ascertsini1g its eligibility as site for a
cremstory. Ga Tuesday evening, April II,
at the next meeting of the society, President
J, ID. Bengless will read paper entitled /:
Cremation; It's Religious, Poetical and
Sentimental Phases"
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07
New Orleans Criminal matters

New Orleans, April 5.-The supreme
court to-day affirmed the sentence of Charles
johnson, convicted of setting fire to cotton
aboard the ship Iron Cross, and he was sem
fenced to TWENTY-FIVE years at hard labor.
The court also confirmed the sentences of
Martin Nolan and Alex Giles,
convicted of the murder of Alexander
L. Meade, in Algiers and sentenced them TO
the pententiary for life. The court also af-
firmed the sentence Of Dick Richards, COL
ored, 10 five years in the penitentiary for
the killing of cambridge Robinson, colored.
in April last. ibe cases OF laaulie a. phOsse,
Chevillon and Fsrrari, convicted of the MUIR
der of Robert Burton, and the Defiance
brothfia, for the killing of Mix. were fixed
for argument on appeal, May 9TH.
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Pntrieide fin Indiana.

. Cincinnati, O, April ga special from
Cannelton, Ind, says an old man named
Richard WEIGH, living at Derby, Perry
county, on Friday saw his son, Monta, watch
ing MIN, as be was entering the house OF his
paramour, and be shot five times at his son,
missing him. On Sunday Monts and
his mother, who had been
consulting lawyers about proceeding against
the old man, met him on the road, when he
drew pistol and said one of them must die
Ments At the same time also drew pistol
and fred three shots, one piercing bis
fathers brain, another his heart \aud the
third his abdomen. The son and mother then
walked of, lesT log the old man lying in the
rnad.
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lsIalIon They believe I, DO unwise or unjust
NJ contrary 10 the interests Of The govern.
ment Ur welfare Of tbs people IL there is
no reason for protest, then tho minority will
In reality rule by compelling the majority To
do what Ia right In all things, all will have
been gained that wo claim, would DO gained
by placing the democracy 10 the asc' ndoncy
again; " there Is ground for protest, instead
of attempting coercion, knowing II cannot
be successful but create discord and interfere
with tho necessary workings OF government
by useless delays and annoyance, take the
record of our protest and 90 before the peo.
pie aud appeal TO their common sense and
reason. The people must not only approve
our measures, but have confidence In our
men TO again rally TO our standard, and the
programme we have laid down is, we firmly
believe the only true road to the success OF
the democracy. Abusive newspaper articles
and vituperative speeches against the repub-
licans will never accomplish the object in
view.
The northern press also arc criticising Sc
verely the waste of time and money, and the
disreputable course of certain senators at the
present called session. The N. Y. Mail re-
marks:
Ever since Andrew Johnsons audacity,
indiscretions and follies gave the senate q
chance to steal away from the President a
large share of his constitutional power, it
has tended, more and more, to become an
oligarchy of office-mongers, whose com.
binations against the free will and choice of
the president are made in the secrecy Of
committee rooms and executive sessions.
And there are abundant proofs that the
reason ssswhy the senate has allowed few
members, who want to lasso the president, to
get it involved il a prolonged and disgrace
full scrimmage, is that appointments may be
held until the president is forced to surrender
to senatorial exactions. This is what explains
the patience of The senate with debates that
know no limits, that are confined to no issue
and have no practical end in view. What
the people see and are getting tired of seeing,
is that the voluminous Hill is revealing in a
sweltering chaos of politics and personalities,
ancient and modern; that the nervous Hoar is
stung into flights of patriotic oratory that
might as well be delivered at meeting Of
bank directors; that the keen Yankee wit of
Dawes is brought into play for no conceivable
rational purpose, apropos OF the business
which the senate has in hand. This is on tho
surface. The real business, that of working
for executive appointments and of opposing
those that are made, goes steadily on,and the
unrestrained flow of senatorial oratory on
"the generality of things in general" will
continue as long as the silent intriguers can
keep it going, or until the deepening disgust
Of the people assumes such general and
threatening expression that the farce shall ~
brought to an end and honest work beguu
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07
War Against the Barbed Wire Mo-
uNnAIY.


Des Moines, April ga meeting of Iowa
farmers, in opposition to the barbed wire
monopoly. was held in this city to-day with
quite large audience Hon. @. +. Clark
son, the chairman, read letter from Judge
Lake, of Independence, on tho
legal phase of the question and
of farmers combining to aid Hash
in fighting Washburn, Moer s. Go. A letter
was read from Jacob Hash, of DeKalb. in
which he said he had all tho evidence and
arguments of counsel, and that he had given
notice of an appeal to the supreme court.
Judge Miller, of Washburn, Mound county,
was allowed thirty minutes to make state
ment for the firm. He said they did not pro-
pose to instigate auy suits against the farmers
for using the wire. The resolutions reclte the
facts in relation to the manufacture OF
barbed wire, and the recent decision OF the
United States courts sustaining the patents
of Hunt and Glidden, together with the
history of these patents, declare II Is the
duty Of the hundreds of thousands OF people
who are subjected TO an arbitrary tax on
INDUSTRY by lulS upJuos uOOiS'Sn w s"nS
prompt and determined action to defend
their property against such unlimited
extortion as has been imposed upon
them by this decree. The people
are the source of all power and
law; we hereby declare that we will unite
and make common cause in all lawful efforts
to obtain relief from the INSCRIPTIONS ex-
tortions of this most gigantic and despotlc
monopoly of modern times; that we favor
further legsi and practical investigation of
this broad Claim of one firm to the exclusive
ownership ofths barbed wire business of the
nation, and for this purpose we hereby
pledge ourselves to unite our Ell
forts and contribute our means to
bringing about remedy, and call upon the
people everywhere who are interested in
common with us to assemble in similar meet
ings and cooperate in seeking relief from
this unlimited extortion. An executive com"
mittee was appointed to take charge OF this
work, devise plans of co operation, and in-
stitute measures for relief; to invite ali farm
ers organizations, alliances, grange clubs
and associations to unite in the work. The
resolutions urge thst the senators
.SnASapPesentative in congress use their III
fluence and best efforts TO secure such mod
fication and changes in the patent laws as will
relieve the people from the ,extortions
and outrages now continually being perpe-
trated by INSCRIPTIONS sharpers and wealthy
CORPORATIONS under their protection.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

London, April ga dispatch from
Coustantinople says, after conference on
the Greek question on Monday, the ambsssa-
doris sent the identical dispatches to their
representative governments, endorsing the
REPORTS of their deliberations and stated that
they recommended the collective action at
Athens, for the purpose of urging Greece 10
accept the porte's proposal.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

London, ApH 5.-The Daily Telegraph
this evening say It has been finally decided
that If Bradlsugi is reelected 10 parliament,
a motion will Re made from the conservative
side of the housethai in view Of BrsdlAugh's
religious opinions and The findings OF two
select committed and Of Brsdlsugh's eyi-
dence before the NO courts Of law, 10 the
effect that no cbrifian oath Is binding on bis
conscience, be wiltnot be permitted to take
the osfh in tho II Of commons
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

TERRELL April p,
MINEO "A. Aprii %,
CLAkKsVIL A.ri >,
G. IN Swell. Ap
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ncnconsne,a,s condltlo.

London, A prl o. Tho Times eleven p. m.
bnleton says Lord Beaconslield passed a
quiet day and was free from spasmodic
breathing. Tonight there Ia slight increase
Of fever.
Beacousheld, passed tolerably quiet night
Some fresh govt has appeared IN MS Kn ICES
which exolains the foverish symptoms. Inc
patient continues TO take nourishment.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

fsmpna, Tam. hpril 5.-A dispatch 10
a sAvsisuobs on ackson, Miss says last
n~i.t y -nau lar Brennan was found
h. On Re- SEES ( with bis throat cut.
ieionpo'nisi 90 negro who bad been
SCI nsaf p uurlar msn lust previous 70
dk.ev-ry .hs mufer. Sesrch for the
murderer has made, Abed by blood hounds,
and resuli4 IN csptnfg the negro, vno
Was idsntf &c the ssts one seen near we
bodF. TbkprisOnsr VI put in jail LIS
feared The 4 grO viii b4yncbed-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

Mr.. Kenlon, resident of Kaufman, has a
dog that leaves with his COW every morning
and stays with her all day, guarding her rs If
It was his special duty. For the last four or
lvo months this dog has not been known to
leave the cow for moments time, night or
day. Nothing can approach tho COW without
being met with show OF fight.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

A Vast Ice sea Aquarium
And il has 10.
4 TERRIFIC FEFE DAILY ASCENSION
Ard IL gives &c
A QUARTER cfa MI LION STHEET PROCESS
Il y
Ard q makes 10 very morning.
oSE COLOSSAL TIDAL WANr ~ SPLhNs
DORIS IN PARADE
and u rnfolds IL
II has been advertised as
THE Bic .bOW COMING SOON.
Ard now ID Comes.
NAssISG aILLION, BACKED BY MIL
LIONS MORE.
'3SE 1TTKFr ADMITS To ALL ADVERTISED
SHOWS.
children under sars-Hsif Price.
An-rno0n srd Evening Exhibitions daily.
Will ALSO kXBIBIT AT
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

athsns, Abril 5s-T military review
wnich hsd D en- frsd ior ts sixth. was bsla
/. /. uoudsv u ths prsssnciDf The king ard
-fn-s-. re Rtrslf family a 900 spsctstors.
~ inc rrs..<.t1 nsu q M 30 Ne VARIOUS
-e.intla ~ trssssd n grstif ,sfion -
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-07

"A SHOW in EVERY Nav. March s7b
Post, March 20h '
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08
COUNTY COURT.
Proceedings Of she january
Term. E&NFs

The January term of the County
Court for Monongaia County (under
the Constitutional Amendments )com-
menced on Monday, the Sd day OF
January, 1881, with Alpheus w.
Brown, of Clay District; Shelby =.
Barker, of Grant District; and VIM.
w. Dering, of Morgan District, Com
missioners of said Court.
The Court organized, and then drew
lots for their respective terms, agree
ing between themselves that the one
drawn for the short term should be
the President of the Court. The re-
suit was as follows: VIM w. Derino
for six years; a. w. Brown for four
years; and 5. p. Barker for two years.
According to agreement, 5. Z. Bar
ker was declared President of the
new County Court for two years. The
Court then proceeded to other bust
ness.
The Clerk produced list of deeds
admitted to record from September
9th, 1880, to January 3D., 1881 which
was entered of record.
George W. McNicker, Sheriff elect,
gave bond in the penalty of $40, 900,
with the following named persons as
sureties, viz: James V. BoLghner,
VIM. w. John, Samuel Il. shuttle
worth, Jonathan Taylor, Peter Chal-
FAINT, VIM. j. Wells, Henry b. Lazier,
Samuel b. McNlcker, David p. Nor
ris, Thornton Pickenpaugh, John f.
Price, VIM. Vandervort and Coleman
Vanderyort, which was approved by
the Court, and ordered to be entered
of record.
John +. Price,of Clay District. twas
appointed Deputy Sheriff for George
w. McVicker, Sheriff, DC Mr.. Price
appeared in Court and took the oath
prescribed by law.
The constables bonds of the sever
al districts were increased from $4,000
to $4,000. At this writing about one
half of the constables of the county
have given their bonds.
Further report next week.
j. w. NJ.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08

RECEIPTS FOR MAKING A LIVE
TowN.--An exchange offers the fol-
lowing sensible advice:
l.. Sell your building lots at reas-
enable prices.
2. If you can afford to do so, do
nate a building lot for some large
building enterprise, and thereby en-
nance the value Of town property.
3. Induce business men to locate
in your own town.
4. Patronize the business men of
your own town.
5. Always sum up your expenses
when you visit places outside your
own town to buy goods.
6. Speak well of worthy public en-
terprses.
Z. IF anything he undertaken that
may be of benefit to the town do not
speak i'll of it to others because you
happen to be prejudiced against it.
s. Speak well to strangers of youl
town and people.
9. If you have surplus money dc
not invest it in far off speculatlons
but give yourself and your town the
benefit of it by establishing some
profitable factory.
10. Encourage your local newspa-
pers by subscribing for, advertising
III, and paying for them,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08

President THoMPsoN's REsIG Ma
uoN.-Rev. ]. r. Thompson has ten
dered his resignation, as President
Of the West Virginia University, to
the Board of Regents of that institu-
.tion, to take effect March 18th. His
action is q matter of profound regret
not only to our community, but to
the State at large, and is the result
of his cherished desire to return to
the active work of the christian min
istry, in which capacity he is unde
niably power wherever he goes.
His administration of the affairs of
the University has been successful.
Through his untiring efforts the
number of students in attendance
has been almost quadrupled and the
machinery of the institution is work
ing smoothly. As preacher he has
few equals. He is brilliant, progress
sive and earnest. He is probably
the most popular minister Morgan
town has ever had. An announce
ment that he would preach at GER
tain place, whether in town or coun-
try, was almost certain to bring q
crowded house. In his personal in
tercoursc he is vivacious and mag
netie, having probably more person
al friends than any other man in the
community. We fear that his de-
parture from the University will be
to its serious detriment and we shall
await the action of the Regents in re-
gard to his successor with solicitude.
Within the past year several fiatter-
ing openings have been offered Mr..
Thompson; but it is only within the
past six weeks that the authorities
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
determined to send him to a large
church in Jersey City, to which he
had been unanimously invited, and
to which place he will remove at the
date above indicated. hearing the
best wishes of our people and their
regrets at his departure.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08


MOTHER SmrroNs PRorHEcY-Ev-
Ely Portion FULFILLED, BUT How
ABouT THE LAST ?-The year 1881
should be very interesting one to
us all, especially should we be super
stitiously inclined, Mother Shiptcn
predicted, over six hundred years
ago, that the world would come to an
end this year. This Cassandra of
the Thirteenth Century lived in the
reign of Henry VIII and her predic-
tons were remarkably correct. Sew
eral years before the contamination
of the events, she predicted the
deaths of Cardinal WoIsey and Lord
Percy, which happened just as her
verse foretold, even to the minutest
details. Without any fear, however,
but just as curiosity, we publish
her celebrated prophecy"
Carriages without horses shall 60
And accidents fill the world with woe !;
Around the world thought shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye;
Water shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange, but yet they shall be true;
The world upside down shall be.
And gold be found at the root Of tree
Through the hills man shall ride,
And horse nor ass be at his side;
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk
In the air shall men be seen
In white, in blue, III .5reen;
Iron in the water shah float
As easy ms n wooden boet !;
Gold shall be found and shown
In a land that's not now known;
Fire and waters shall wonders do
England shall at last admit Jew;
And the end of the world shall come
In EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
ONE.
The prophecy was, to say the least
wonderful. The prediction Of steam,
balloons, diving bells, steam cars,
iron ships, discovery Of America.an
at last, the advent Of Beacons6eld,
were certainly marveaous. But, af-
ter all, the final prophecy will doubt
less occasion Mother Shipton' down
fall. Unless, as Proctor theories,
comet shall wander near the sun and
allow its train Of meteors to fall upon
that great luminary and so destroy
the world by the intense heat created
by their combustion, the probabili-
ties are that century hence this
prophecy" will be read, and future
generations will wonder how we felt
over it at the begenning Of the year
1881.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08

Ed. New oMINIoN:-Allow me
through the columns of your paper,
to return my sincere thanks to my
friends at Avery for presents worth
$40 to myself and family; to Miss
Ella Britt and others, OF Stewards
town and vicinity, for a nice $1,000
overcoat and $3.50 hat; to the young
people of Fallen Timber and Cross
Roads for nice $3.50 dress coat
to Misses Ella and Annie Baker, of
Cheat Neck, for nice dress pattern
for my wife; to the kind young ladies
of Morgantown and almost every
where for other kindnesses The
above presents were all on Christ
mas tree at Avery. Many thanks to
the contributors, May their shad-
ows never grow less, and sunshine
light up their way all through life,
and may we all meet in the sweet
bye-and-bye. The tree was very nice
and richly attired in presents for all.
1t would not hold all the presents.
The Church was decorated very nicely
just as the people Of Avery can do. l
never saw it oxcelled. Smiling faces
and happy hearts greeted you all
around, +. +. WEsTFALL.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08

Mr.. G. C. Johnson, who establish
the Sunday Leader, aad who since
its reorganization has furnished effi-
cient aid as one of its assistant edit
ors. severed his connected with this
paper last week, and proposes to en-
ter wider field of journalism as q
correspondent Of the Eastern press.
The Leader parts with Mr.. johnson
regretfully and wishes him all tho
success in his new field of labor that
his energy, industry and ability, en-
little him to expect.-SandayLeoder
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-01-08
MAssEs He -.

HUNTER-ADAMs.-At the Cornell
House, Athens, O.. on the 28th
inst, by Rev. j. NJ. Nourse, Mr..
Jos. 0. Hunter, Of Harrison Co.,
W. Va, to Miss Hester A. Adams,
of Taylor Co., w. Va.
FITzHUGH-DAwsoN.-At the same
same place by the same, Mr.Thorn-
ton H. C. Fitzhugh, of Harrison
Co., w. Va, to Miss Nora W Daw-
son, of Parkersburg, W. Va.
These gentlemen compose the sue
cessful firm of Fitzhugh d Hunter,
the sewing machine and organ agents.
They are both excellent gentlemen,
and have our best wishes.
MooRE-HALL.-On Thursday, De
cember Is, 1880, in Greensboro,
Pa, Mr.. Edgar w. Moore, of
Uniontown, to Miss Jennie Hall, of
Greensboro.
The young couple have many
7 friends in this county who wish
them a pleasant journey through life.
PRoTzMAN-BRowN. AT the resi-
dence of the brides mother, in
Cleveland, Ohio, by the Rev. Phil
ip S. Moxom, of the First Baptist
Church, Mr.. Lowell NJ Protzman,
of Morgantown, W. Va, and Miss
Emma Brown, of Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. Protzman and his bride ar
rived here on Saturday and are spend
ing a short time with the groom's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. l. Protz-
man.
MERRILL-GIBsoN. - On Thursday
evening, Dec. 16, at Union NJ. E..
Church, Washington, D. c., by the
Rev. J. c. Hagey, John B. Merrill
to Ida X. Gibson.
Sergeant Merrill and his bride ar
rived here ON Wednesday of last
week. They will remain at the Com
mercial Hotel.
FLEMING CoBURN. AT the residence
of the brides parents, by the Rev.
T. III. Trainer, on December 2Sth,
Mr. Sylvanus L. Fleming and Miss
Emma T. Coburn,