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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24


The following lines are printed on the
hack Of q $40 Confederate bill. How sug-
estive they are OF times We win never for
isets
~ NE01oRIAa
Representing nothing ON Gods earth now,
And naught IN the waters below Il;
As q pledge Of a nation that's dead and gone
Keep IL, dear Captain, and show it.
show It TO those who Will lend an ear,
To the tale this paper can tell
Df liberty born, OF patriots dream,
OF the sIorm- crndied nation that fell
Too poor to possess the prescious ores,
And too much Of a stranger to borrow,
We issue to-day our promise to pay,
AID hope 70 redeem on the morrow. -
The days rolled on. and weeks became
years,
But our Golfers were empty still,
Coin was so scarce that the treasury queked
liza dollar should drop in the tin.
But the faith that was in us was strong in
deed,
And our poverty well discerned
And these little checks represented the pay,
That our volunteers earned.
We knew it had hardly value IN gold.
Yet as gold her soldiers received II;
It gazed in our eyes with a promise 70 pay
And each patriot soldier believed IT,
E.lt our boys thought little of price or pay
Or OF bills that were over due,
We knew il brought us bread to-day,
Twas the best our poor country could do
Keep it, it tells our history over
From the birth of Its dream to the lSst;
Modest, and born OF the angel Hope,
Like the hope Of success II passed.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
m1nHIGAN nIsAsrER.
Further Details OF fhe Terrible
Calamity
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial
DETROIT, Mich, September r.
The closest research fails to find one
single CLEAN of light to brighten
the tale of horroreoming from the
fire-swept Huron Peninsula. The
work OF furnishing relief is being
carried forward in an intelligent
manner by practical business men.
and it is hoped that the committees
will succeed in checking the stan-
pede from the burned district. Eff
forts are being made TO get the
people back or near their farms,
and encourage them not to sacrifice
their land to spectators, who are
already trying to pick up their
farms for little or nothing. Thus
far only about three hundred are
known to have gone. THESE are
mostly Hollanders who have come
TO Detroit. AN effort Is being made
to get contributions of wheat, and
already some seed has been planted.
There is still pressing need of phy-
sicians and nurses. iHt tgli
Thus far the number of inter-
ments of bodies of victims of the
fire is 2S2, being divided as follows !:
Sanilac county, l46; Huron, 128,
and in TuscOla. Every hour re-
porss come in from districts which
no one dreamed had been touched
by the fire, and where the truth is
known, it is learned that more
property has been destroyed, more
lives lost and more poor human be-
;,,srs y-tIinpd for life arf ffss-tl
Sunday l rode from Port Huron
to Minden, where the temporary
hospital has been established. In
| that hospital / saw sights that
chilled the blood of every on-look-
err. tm ,e11
A sturdy farmer, not yet thirty,
had his strong right arm burned
off.
An old man sat in one corner
with his eyes actually burned cut
of his head. une4
A little child had been horribly
mutilated about its person by the
fierce flames.
Miss Mcdonald, the young lady
who heroically took charge of the
| hospital, said that more than two.
thirds of the persons brought there
died, owing to the severity of Their
injuries and the lack of proper treat
| ment.
The real condition of affairs in the
burnt district was seen as the ears
passed along. At every stop men
women and children would CROWD
around and ask for bread. They
would be told that a supply traiI
would be along in few minutes
but they would answer: "We are
hungry. We have come some 0
us eight miles, and have had moth
ing to eat in nearly twenty-foul
hours" 1t was indeed hard to be
obliged to tell these people there
were no provisions on the train
although large sums of money arr
being subscribed. The committee
have not yet been able to ge
enough supplies into the burneC
district, and keep the sufferers feC
more than twelve hours at a time
There are at least fifteen Thousand
people now being supplied.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

Yirginla clty INevl chroniele.


During one of his intermittent
visits to the Colnst0clx, Mr.. Mackey
accompanied a party of Eastern
tourists to the lower levels of the
California mine, one of which care
fully selected collection Of Massa-
chusetts blue blood being a young
lady from Boston, who was refined
to the top notch of culture. On ar
irving at the lower levels, the gasp
ing, perspiring. wilted crew paused,
and Mr.. Mackey called the young
girls attention to a speaking-tube
which connected with the level
above.
SIS this hollow metal cylinder 4
conduit of sound ?'' asked the we'll
educated Bostonienne.
~Hes'm, !" said Mackey "try it."
The young lady applied her
mouth to the opening and piped out
tremulous nHillo-a-a."
AYE, aye" shouted a hearty
miner hundred feet above.
What shall | ask him?" said the
girl to Mr.. Mackey.
TASK him how he is getting
along"
"HOw are you getting along,
sir?n whispered the maiden.
"Aw-w-pretty we'll" rumbled
the reply.
"And now what shall I say ?'i
continued the girl.
ASK him il it's hot"
els it hot up there ?"
"Hotter'n h-l,p was the plain
answer.
The damsel gasped, but contin
ued: "What else shall ! say %
"Oh, ask him how his family
are ?'' replied Mr.. Mackey, who be
gan to tire of the "piping-ofr' inter
view.
How are all your family p
asked the girl.
"What are we givin' US ?' thun
dered the miner, who thought some
one was 'joshing" him.
/ Collapse and cali for ice water.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
RAILROAD MEETING 1!

Hon. w. b. Wood, of Alabama, and Hon.
o. A. Nixon, of Tennessee, will address the
citizens of Hickman, Dickson and Mont
gomeIy counties, on the subject of building
railroad from Mobile, Ala, 10 Evansville
Ind, at the following times and places:
Hickman County-PineWoOd, Tuesday,
September 20.
Dickson County-Forks of Pinv ESQ
Buforis), "Wednesday, Sept, n: Gillemis
station, Thursday, Sept. y; EanielSVille
(Daniel's Storel, Friday, Sept. %; Charlotte,
saturday, Sept. 81; Cumberland Furnace
Monday, Sept. %; Batson's Store, Tuesday,
Sept. y.
MONTGOMERY County-AntiQch, Wednes-
day. sept. 2S; Clarksvi!le, Thursday, Sept.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

ENsILAGE is extensively used in
France and Belgium by practical
farmers, who claim that it effects a
saving of one half in feeding stock.
This description of the process of
converting green corn fodder into
enSilage is condemned from the
Baltimore san: The corn fodder,
as it comes green from the field, is
cut into inch lengths by cutter
worked by hand or horse power.
1t is then emptied into an alright
pit, where it is tramped down by
the feet of men when the pit is
small and by horses when it is
large. When the pit is full heavy
pressure is put upon it, and it is
then tightly closed. These pits
can be made any size or depth that
may be desired, but the side walls
must be very firm to resist the
pressure that will necessarily be
forced upon them. 1t is of the first
importance that rain and air be ex-
cluded. After it is filled and closed
up the pit is left untouched until
January. In the meantime the
mass has undergone n process of
fermentation and forms Il semi-acid
substance with an alcoholic flavor.
The cost of these pits need not be
very large. In some places pits
have been dug, boarded at the sides
with One-and-a-half inch plank, and
at the bottom with slabs, the whole
cost of which was not more than
about $40. After becoming accus-
toned to it, cattle prefer ensilage
to all other kinds of food. 1t in
creases the flow of milk, and the
quantity and quality of butter.
Those who have tried ensilage say
that one acre of corn sown in drills
and cut when in tassel, will furnish
more cattle feed than three acres of
cured hay.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
ANnturnI NIisfnIIc.

Squire McGill had occasion to 60
to Cortland last week, and while
there he went into a grocery and
purchased a dozen lemons, making
the remark to the lady clerk, that
he guessed he'd have some lemon
ade when he got home.
Don't you want a squeezer she
asked.
"MaTm ?"
won't you have squeeze, sir ?''
"Well, marin, of 1 wus a young
man l would. But I've been mar
ried nigh on to so years, and the
old lady is drefile sot agin huggin'
out of the family"
An explanation was made, and
the Squire bought a squeezer to
settle it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

THE Ananias of earth resides in
Colorado He is determined that
the newspaper fellows who tell sto-
ries about twenty pound trout, sea
serpents seven hundred feet long,
musk-rats with calves heads, hon.
est gamblers, and people "whose
hair turned white during one hour
of mortal terror" shan't get ahead
of him. So the Colorado liar humps
himself and tells thrilling tale of
how terror caused a flock of sixty
two black sheep TO turn perfectly
white between twilight and day
light. Colorado owns the cham
piOn.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

REV. ROBERT COLLYER IN SER
mon delivered in New York, last
Sunday, gave utterance to the fol-
lowing clear cut and we'll concider-
ed words:
There is one lesson, and it is the
lesson of the sacredneSS of the Office
of Chief Magistrate and of life. This
is not land of peace; it is nation
of armed men. The farmer has
revolver in his bed room, and the
merest boy on the slightest provo
cation pulls out his pistol. Two
hundred years have proved that
in civil life, at least, the Quaker is
right. No Quaker ever shoots, and
no Quaker ever gets shot. There
should be a general disarmament,
and we should guard the sale of
pistols as we guard the sale of poi
sons. 1t is the brutality that comes
from the possession of weapons that
does the harm. Again, we should
make the life of our President as
sacred as the life of Queen or EN-
perOr. The fact that we elected
him President should clothe him
with all the sacredness a great ma
tion could give him. If the wretch
had carried out his intent, | know
just what would have happened.
Ministers would have gone to him
and told him that if he accepted
their plan of salvation he would go
straight to heaven, and it would
have gone out to the world that he
was walking in paradise while his
face was blackening on the scaflold.
Such proceedings are libel on re-
ligiOn and on common sense. "As
man soweth so shall he reap"
That is good scripture, and 1 be-
lieYe il.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Is II Possible.

Not so fast my friend if you
could see the strong, healthy, bloom
ing men, women and children that
have been raised from beds of sick
ness, suffering and almost death,
by the use of Hop Bitters, you
would say "Glorious and invaiua-
bic remedy. "-Philaoelphia Press.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

THE old method of broadcast
sowing of wheat is fast being super
seeded by the superior one of drilling
the grain. The drill secures unifor-
nifty Of depth, and by putting all
the grains in proper place for
growth, there is saving in the
amount of seed to be used, six pecks
of good plump grain (and no other
should be used) is sufficient per
acre, If soWed with drill. Much
Much depend upon upon the vari-
ETY. Of seed sown, and the farmer
should makea study Of this matter,
to determine which IS the best kind
OF wheat tor soil and locality. Ear
ly sowing is the best, except when
there is danger from the Hessian
fly. Late sOwed wheat makes such
a poor growth before the frosts come
that if is not in good shape for win
ter, and is not sure of giving even a
fair crop.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
nEn nIsEsx.

She wore a sage green poionaise,
Shirred up behind the back,
And several plaits with gussett loops
Were hemstitched IA with black.
The drab corsage-tlIfgt fair cOrsage-
Was biased down before;
The skirt was SIMPLY founced in gray
And barely touchetl the floor.
A collar band CT crere de chine,
Or Satinet ecrn,
Just reached unto her dainty waist,
And was OF mauviigh hue.
Tier hat-but no, an angels pen
Were needed on the earth
To paint that hat and costume as
They just arrived from Worth.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
GrrrrGUz 4

Cuticura Remedies are for sale by
ali druggists. Price of Cuticura, a med
icinal Jelly, small boxes soc; large
boxes, ST. Euticura Resolvent, the new
blood purifier, 81 per bottle. Cuticura
Soap (the queen of medicinal and tot
let soaps, 25c. Cuticura MediclnaI Shaving
SOAP. I5c.: in bars for BARRIERS and large con-
sumers, 50. Principal depot,
WEEKS & POTTER, Boston, Mass.
NJ a II mailed free on receipt of price.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

:. "'HAD drank" is not good Eng
ilsh grammer, says high author
lily. IL certainly is not. "Was
drunk IS better grammer and more
IN accordance with the facts, nine
times out of ten,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Sal Of Town Lots.

On Monday Sept. 5, 1881, will sell to the
highest bidder at the Court House door, in
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Town Lots, known as
Sampson property, situated north of Col
lego street, being the same now occupied by
Mrs. Margaret Sampson. This property is
bounded on the south by ID. w. Macrae'S lot
and on the north by the s. kellogg lot. t3
TERMS-One-third cash, the remainder
in one and two years with interest from
date with good security and lien retained.
GEO. q. MARTIN, Agent.
August 20, 1SSl-3t.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
PSORIASIS.


f. II. Drake, Esq, Detroit, Mich, suffered
beyond all description from skin disease
which appeared on his hands, head and
face, and nearly destroyed his eyes. The
most careful doctoring failed to help MN,
and after all had failed he used the CUTI-
CUJRA RESoLVENT Internally, CUTICURA and
CUTICURA SOAP externally, and was cured,
and has remained perfectly well TO this day.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

No human agency can so speedily
cleanse the blood, clear the COM
plexion and skin, restore the hair
and cure every species OF itching,
scaly and scrofulOus humors of the
skin, scalp and blood a5 the Cuticu-
nm Remedies.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

ONE Chicago firm handled 2,OOO.-
600 bushels OF wheat in one daV.
This house made out two checks
calling for $500, 700 each. Another
party received l 900, 900 Bushels.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Saturday. October 8, 1881,

offer at public sale by auction, at the Court
House door in the town of Clarl<sVille,- so
much of the following described property as
which is mentioned in said deed of trust,
also the cost and expense of sale. To wit
Two houses and lots situated on Franklin
street, in the town GAINESVILLE one being
the store house on the corner of Third and
Franklin streets, and the other being the
dwelling house near said store-house from
which the said @. c. Atkinson lately moved.
Also the house and lot located on the corner
of Second and Commerce street, fronting on
Commerce street and running with the
same to Third street, all of which is de-
scribed in the trust deed.
TERMS OF SALE-The sale will be on a
credit of and u months, free from the
equity of redemption. Notes with good Sc
curity required and lien retained.
A. q. GOODLETT,
sept. 3, 1SSl-4t. Truest ee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
SGRoEULA.

Hon. VIM. Taylor, Boston, says: After
three mouths use of the CUTIcURA RENE
mrs. and twelve wears of as constant suffer-
ing from humor of the face, neck and scalp
as was ever endured; l can say that am
cured and pronounce my case the most re-
marlx,lble on record. l have been so elated
with my success that L have stopped men
on the street who were afflicted and told
them to gel the Cuticura Remedies and they
would cure them.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Some Snakes.
Padncah Enfernrise.

The season of snake stories has
about passed, but one that is waited
from the classic shades of Ballard
county is so mammoth in its porpor-
lions that we cannot let it pass by
without notice. The story looks
improbable; but despite this fact is
true, as can be vOuched for by re-
sponsIble parties. A short time
back Mrs. C N. D. Rollins, who
lives in Ballard county, about
mile and half this side of Hinkle-
Vile, went out into the yard for the
purpose of seeing how a motherly
old hen was progressing with the
work of bringing famely out of a
nest of eggs on which she was set
ting. Mrs. Rollins put her hand
beneath the hen, but instead of fall
ling on the smooth shell of an egg,
it touched the Shiny folds of an i'm
mense serpent, which unknown to
the hen, had coiled itself up in the
nest, with the intention, perhaps, of
feeding on the eggs. To lift the hen
from the nest and attack the snake
was but the work of a moment, and
after few well directed blows with
q club, the lady succeeded in kill
ing it. One of the blows cut her
snakeship nearly in twain, and
from the opening a little reptile
wiggled its way into the sunlight.
More surprised than ever was the
lady at this sight, and the little
snake was also sent to the happy
hunting ground. A farm hand was
called, who ON being told the cir
cumstances, proceeded to cut the
mother reptile open, and having
done so, perfect swarm of little
wigglers came forth. They were
killed as quickly as possible, none
escaping, and after the work was
done it was found that tifty-two lit
tie unes besides the old snake had
been dispatched. The latter was
measured and was six feet two
inches in length. 1t was of the spe-
cies commonly called black snake,
and of unusual length. The ques-
ton that naturally arises is, what
were the young doing inside the old
snake, it being a well established
fact that snakes, like turtles, lay
eggs which are Matched in the sand
or in the water, these eggs being
very much like turtle eggs in APP
pearance. The story, as we said
before, looks improbable, but its
truthfulness is VOuched for by re-
sponsiOle parties. 1t gets away
with any we've heard told this sea-
son, and is entitled to four story
Jelly cake with frosted trimmings.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
RHEUAr

SALT RHEJNE.
p WIN MeDonal, 2542 Dearborn ST., Chicago,
gratefully acknowledges a cure of Salt
Rheum on head, neck, face, arms and legs
for seventeen years; not able to walk eX-
cept on hands and knees for one year; not
able 10 help himself for eight years; tried
hundreds of remedies; doctors pronounced
his case hopeless; permanently cured by the
Cuticura Remedies.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

The firm of w. b. Cross & Co. saw-n1ill
and lumber dealers, is this day dissolved by
mutual consent. Wright & Neblett the re-
naming partners, are alone authorized to
settle the business Of
w. B. CROSS & co.
This Sept. 2. ssl.-l7,4t.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

THE CUTICURA TREATMENT, for the
l. cure of Skin, Scalp and Blood Diseases,
consists in the internal use OF CUTIcURA
RFsoI.vENT, the new blood Purifier, and the
external use of CUTICURA and CUTICURA
SOAP, the Great Skin Cures.
For Sunburn, Tan and Greasy Skin use
CUTIcURA SOAR, an exquisite toilet, bath
and nursery sanative, fragrant with deli
cious flower odors and healing balsans.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
sErN HUAHoRs.

E@-Ea---l-N - - Ivy
Mrs. S. E. Whipple, Decatur, Mich, writes
that her face, head and some parts oil nef
body were almost raw. Head covered with
scabs and sores. Suffered fearfully and
tried everything. Permanently cured by
CuticuTa Remedies.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

A. Hartford divorce lawyer said
to his minister: tYou and / live
in the right State for one another
what you Connecticut ?p H
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Wednesday, October 5, 1881,
Trustees Sale.

By virtue of Deed of Trust executed to
me by @. O.. Atkinson, on the 18th day of
June, 1880, which deed is registered in the
Registers office of Montgomery county,
Tenn, in Trust Deed book No. 3, pages Col
and $50, will on
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Trust Sale.

BY virtue of the authority given me In
deed of trust executed by l.. q. Bradbury
and wife, j. M. Bradbury, on the 18th Of
November, 1877, and which will be found
recorded In Trust Deed Book No. 4, pages
$50 and 260, of the Registers Office of Mont
gomery county, will sell, to the highest
bidder, ON the premises, on Saturday, the
24th day of September, 1881, house and lot
situated on College street, bounded on the
south by said street, east by Poston street,
north by property Of Samuel Hodgson, and
west by y. NJ. Taylor and wife.
TERMS-CASH. No redemption.
J.P. Y. WHITFIELD, Trustee.
2-2O-Ixv
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

Choice Extracts from Druggists
We know the value of malt,
hops, calisaya and iron composing
Malt Bitters.' l
sOur lady customers highly praise
Them q
Physicians prescribe them in this
town. BEG bs3s
'The largest bottle and best med
icine.'
Best blood purifier on our shelves
Our best people take Malt Bit
ters.' rai
Sure cure for chiils and liver dis
cases. fiiNita t}1a a
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Trust Sale.

By virtue of the authority given me in n
deed of trust, executed by DIR. u. M. Taylor
and wife, E. n. Taylor, on the 18th Of Au-
gust, 1879, and which will be found recorded
in Trust Deed Book s. pages 2S9 and 240 OF
the Registers office of Montgomery county,
l will sell to We highest bidder, ON the
premises, on the oath day of September,
1851, certain lot or parcel of land lying
near the city of GAINESVILLE, and bounded as
follows: Begins at the intersection of Col.
lege and Ninth streets and runs eastwardly
with College street 200 feet thence north on
a line parallel with Ninth street $50 feet,
thence sOuthwardly with Ninth street to
the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE--Two hundred dollars
No redemption.
S-20-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

For choice Moyune Tea, call at
Warfield's drugstore.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
SHROUDS.

have quite'n large stock OF Burial Robes
for gentlemen and ladies, chlloEltlmnte-
ly belong TO my trade, ready PREPARED for
immediate demand. - Persons Wishing
robe TO go with the casxet viii plpaNa lot u
be known. JNO. II. LOUTS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
Repairing & Mattress Making

am now engaged with Jno. II. Couts, and
nm prepared to do Upholsiering, cleaning
and making mattresses, and repairing gem
orally. Give me a call. I, 2, 3 Publ, Square
A. n. JONES. =
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

This Burial Vault Is one OF the new de-
signs of the age, and Is guaranteed 10 pre-
serve.the body much longer than anything
known to the trade. Call and examine ~
for yourself. JNO. r. COUTS.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24

The following lines are printed on the
hack Of SO Confederate bill. How sug-
cstive they are OF times we viii never for
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-09-24
EMBALMING.


have large stock of wood collins ana
caslxets, together with weill-assorted stock
of handles, screws, ana ornaments which
am prepared TO furnish the trade az "a rcns-
enable discount. JNO. II. CObTS.-