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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-03-26
BecisI sensation.

A wealthy Austin gentleman. whose
name we have been urged to suppress.
said few days ago to his coachman
John. yon can leave the room as I
am going To change nay clothes"
IL that is all. might ns we'll stay .
responded John, Il often st,y in the
room when your Wit, ia dressing.'
We understand that some Of the best
legal talent in Anstin has been engaged
in the divorce suit. Ii this thing is kept
up, 1t vii! not be long before Austin will
have as bad a reputation as Dallas for
divorce suIts.-IGa'veston News.
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LITERARY REVOLUTION and
UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE.


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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-03-26


Tnr inhumed bodies OF woman and
child have been unoarthed At Pompeii.
The woman was one Of rank. as is at
tested by the jewels abou, her person.
sho carried tie ohild--a boy abont 10
years old-whose emncialion shows him
10 have boon i'll nj the time ut the erup.
iiou. Iu the course OF other oxcava.
tions some 10 bodies OF human beipga
have been found. one Of them graspiug
parse cootaininggoll aud silver coins.
cntLD belonging TO one Of the
highest Gerncso families ut Geneva
has been kidnapped from Cantonal
College. Aransotu OF fifty thousand
fFHncs is demanded Tor the return Of
The child on PAIN Of death.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-03-26
Deatn Of Mr-. Nary T. Logan.

The Phoebe Record Of llth instant.
which has just come TO hand, contains
an account OF the death Of Mrs. Mary
L. Logan. wife Of Robert Logan, ut st.
Joseph, Lincoln county. on the 5th Of
this month. in the 3s;h year Of her age.
Slrs. l.. and her husband hal but just
returned from visit 20 Phoebe. On
the Monday preceding her death, upon
her arrival home. she complained OF
fatigue and weakness. During the
remainder of the week her symptoms
created lao alarm until Sltuiday night.
On Sunday at half-past one o'clock,
she sank qni"tly to her eternal rest,
surrounded by her family and many
friends.
Eearly residents of Austin and BEL
mont will remember Mrs. Logan as q
most estimable lady and deeply regret
her un;imely death. Bob Logan as he
was familiarly known, kept the
Mountain Station on the road between
the two places a: owe mentioned ia 1867,
and al travellers by stage. AMI other
wise. familiar with the route, ma 'c it Il
point TO save their appeiites in ord,r TO
pnrtake of the superior fare AMI pleas.
ant. home like cheer awaiting them at
that cheerful resting place. while its
presi'ing genius was the admirable lady
whose death is above recorded. At tho
beginning 0f the White Pine rxcitemen.,
the family removed to Hamilton,
thence to Phoebe. nnd fiually to St.
Joseph. on the Muddy, where for
several years Mr.. Logan has been n
prominent citizen and ucting Justice Of
the Peoce. His present rflli. ion is the
heaviest that could have bsfa'lvu him.
ami our old time friend has our wsfm. st
sympathy in lis sOrrowiul bereayen.s at.
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
White House Conservatives.

The White House Conservatives,
under the charge of five gardeners,
are forced their utmost all of the
time to provide the decorative plants
and flowers for the regular use. In
the rose house built for Mrs. Hayes
some 200 blossoms are cut each day,
but for extra occasion other govern,
ment greenhouses are levied upon,
as at the last state dinner 900 roses
were used on the table alone. besides
the oceans of violets and heliotropes
over which the primrose ships sailed.
A few orange and lemon trees are
kept in the hothouses, and month
or so later the grape vines produce
their immense clusters of fruit. The
White House conservatory has the
most complete collection of double
geraniums in the city, and some of
finest cinerarias, or cape asters, in
the country, the most of the flowers
measuring an inch and half and
two inches across their disks of shad-
ed purple and white, The matter of
flowers is now social necessity that
no one dares to disreg srd, and the
florists bill about matches the cater
er s on any great occasion. A JAG
queminot rose cost as much as beef
steak, and if the lily lunches athetes
live a Ia carte there is no economy in
/ their craze.
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from Andrews American Queen-l
CLEOPATRA
Oh THIS
Queen : Sheba's Beauty
WAS BUT SKIN DEEP.


The renowned Queen of Sheba, with all her
royal pomp, magnificent apparel. and brilliant
retinue, would never have appeared within the
prs sence of the grandest of the monarchs of the
mast, hal she not also possessed that which is
the crowning glory of the female persona skin
unchallenged for its Oriental softness and its
almost transcendental purity. Cleopatra, hold
ing emperors at bay, and ruling empires by her
word had quickly lost her charm and power by
one attack of blotches or of pimples, or of hor-
rid tan and freckles.
WOMAN RULES TIE WORLD
By her beauty, not less than by her purity OF
character, loneliness of disposition and unsefsh
devotion, Indeed, in the estimation Of perhaps
too many men beauty in body takes precedence
over every other consideration. Beauty mus
forms all important part Of woman 8 working
capital" without which too many III not pahK-
rupts in what relates to influence within the Circle
where they move) are powerless for great goou'
Hence we see not only the propriey Dull 1he uti'y
of every lady preserving with re +ious edfe that
VIII oh to her is essential TO success, ana lbha
ence aud usefulness in life. And, since beauty
is but skin deep" the utmost care ana Sllahce
ara reauired TO guard it against the manyfliS that
flesh is heir to. Among the great and annoying
enemies Of beauty
OF EITHER SEX,
as weIl7as OF comfort, happiness and health, are
those pestiferous and horrId skin diseases
letters. humors, ecZem., (salt rheum,) rough and
scaly eruptions ulcers, ping pies. and all diseases
Of the hair and scalp. For the cure of all these.
Dr. C. w. Benson, of Baltimore, after years. of
patient study and investigation devoted TO dis
eases of the skin, at last brought forth his cele
brated SKIN CURE. which has already by its
marvellous cures established itself as TIE G, eat
remedy for all diseases of the SIX n, whatever be
their names or character. Its success has been
immense and unparalleled. Ali druggists have
1t Is elegantly put up, two bottles in package.
Internal and external treatment. Price Sl09.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
RESCUED FROM DEATH.

The following statement of William J.
Coughlin, of Sommerville, Mass, says:
In the fall of 1876 I was taken with
VIOLENT BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS, followed
by severe cough, was SO weak at one
time that I could not leave my bed.
In the summer of 1877 I was admitted to
the city hospital. While there the doctors
said l had hole in my left lung as big as
half dollar. 1 was SO far gone at one time
a report went round that l was dead
gave up hope, but asfriend told me of DIR.
HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS.
got bottle, when, to my surprise and
qualification, commenced to feel better,
and to-day feel in better spirits than
have in the past three years.
81 write this hoping every one afflicted
with Diseased Lungs will be induced to take
DIR. VIM. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, and be convinced that CONSUME
TION CAN BE CURED" Sold by drug
! pists
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
Change of Greed by Pair Of Boots.


A correspondent of the London
Spectator tells the following story:
A few years ago a friend Ct mine
there is no harm now in telling
this story, as the superstition refer
red to in it is exploded, if not every
where, certainly among your reads
ers-was taking a country walk with
afriend, clergyman. when the latter
suddenly wheeled round, his face to-
ward home, with the remark:
"Let us go back, Tn tired, was
called up in the middle Of the night
to baptiza child that was dying"
''Were you in timer" asked my
friend.
Just" was the reply; another
half minute and should have been
too late!'
"And if you had been, what then?
"Why, then, 1 suppose the poor
little thing would have been lost.
"Eternally?"
"Well, yes, according to our be-
lief"
''May l ask what sort OF boots yor
wear!" said my friend.
s'Boots7 Elastic side, always.
Now, suppose you wore laced
and they had taken two minutes t.
to put on, the child would have beel
dead, and-lost eternalIy, eh?'
''rhat's peculiar view of the ques
ton; I must think over my posi-
ton"
Two days after the clergyman me
my friend and said: 81 have though
that matter over, and must alter M
!. view. The boots did it"
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

T. Fl. Evans, Geo. w. Evans JOSEF Evans,
Luc n Talidiero, Terry Talidfeio, Mary
cooper, Geo ge Cooper. Taiitha Evans Oriena
EvdIs VS.. Josiah Russell, William zoe Daniel
Miller, thomas Miller. Nancy-ormerly arl-
Ter, and some fOuf ether. names unknown 10
complain ants, but all heirs OF El:Zabe h nil-
Ter, formerly tiZaCeih Fields.
IN THIS CAUSE. 1t APPEARING FROM
the BAL If cUmpiainantS, which Is Sw0fL, u
that he defendants vii lam Roe, Daniel Miller,
Thomas Miller, David Miller, Nancy-ft riner
Miller {, Ut vita whom IN eTmarried unknown 10
compldinauts), and four others. whose NAMES arr
als o unknown but VITO are properly parties de-
fe ddnt to this suit are non residents or lie
sta of tennessee, 50 that the ordinary process
OF the law cannot be served upon them, IL Is,
the refOre ordered by the clerk and master, that
publication De made for four success i've weeks IN
the knoxvl lie WING md CHR NICLE, llcws-
paper publiShe d i'll the cry OF Knoxville, Temp,
notifying sa NONRESIDENT der ndanto TO ap
pear on or before the ffsi d y of The next term
OF The Chancery Court 10 be held Tor The county
of Union, at the courthouse in MayndrdVi1e,
ON the 3rd Monday of Apnl next. to plead; IN
swer or make other defence to cOmplainanta' blli.
or the same will be taken as confessed and sci
down for hearing eX paIte as to them.
w. BR ANSON,
CLERK and Master.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
OLD INCIDENTS.
Curious Happenings During the Re-
cent Storm in Georgia.
Cuthbert Enterprise.


Cuthbert Enterprise.
A too weeks old babe of Mr.. CO..
lumbus Bridges was blown out Of the
house and between two logs, without
being hurt or even walked up.
One house ON the Bob Gamble
place. owned by Mr. S. 3. Trapp
held seven darkies when it was blown
down, and not one was hurt save a
slight scratch or two.
When the storm came Mr.. Dams
GERS baby was asleep in crib. The
house fell down and the babe fell out
unhurt, while the crib was blown
nearly half mile away.
When the house of Mr.. Jones fell
it was blown some little distance
with the family in it. and as the tim
bers were settling down upon them
another puff of wind came, removing
the heavy timbers and iberating the
family.
We hear that when Mr.. Dancers
house blew down one of his little
boys crawled under the floor that
was left, and when help came to lift
up the timbers so they could all get
out, the little fellow cried out, "Look
out, men, don't you crowd me" A
whole load of shingles was torn of
the surrounding houses and forced
through the window into room oc>
cupied by Mr.. Robert Gamble and
his family, while some of the lumber
from the gin house was driven through
the weather boarding and ceiling OF
the residence
A hen at Judge Knowles was sete
ting in a barrel IN the back yard. The
barrel was removed from It's place.
whirling around promiscuously and
violently, and finally settled down
in the front yard, with the old hen
at her post, and seemingly undis-
turbed by the fury of the storm.
There were $4,000 shingles on the
barn and sheds at Mr.. J, E. Bridges
place, and when the storm was over
we were told that not one single
was to be found on the premises;
all had been blown over into the
pauper farm, where they lay SO thick
that they had to be hauled off before
any blowing could be done.
Mr.. Ross Wilson and wife rose
from their bed as the storm came to
secure some fastenings about the
houses, leaving their babe in the
middle of the bed In a moment the
crash came, tearing down the house
and throwing two heavy timbers up
and down the bed in the very places
they had been occupying. The babe
was unhurt, but there is no doubt of
their being killed if they had not
been ND at the time.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
MARKET REPORT.
Wholesale Grain and Produce Market.

Wholesale Grain and Produce Market.
CoRRECTED DAILY.
CHRONICLE OFFIoE.
kn ,xville. Tenn. April 81 1852.
bushel, as to grade round lots 81 25a1.30
CoRN-Actiye; worth so ito SO cents; from
OATs-Dull, : loose from wagons 4oa45c Eper
bushel.
BULK MEATs--sides, 10lkc shoulders. s;
sugar-Gured hams, smoked. 1915 to Is.
BACON-Buylng from wagons at 10al0Lc. round.
12x in demand.
HAY-Loose. 60aSOc per 100 pounusi oaled,
PEAs-SI 40a1. so per bushel
BRAN-$l20 per 100 pounds.
FLoUR-NOminai, country extra, buying, dull
IS 00d3.25: selling, 50. 25a3.5O per sack; family
buying, S3, 25aSt0; selling. $Sb0i5.65 ter sack
timothy grass, $50 3.oO pushed; orchard ass.
SL75a20l' req top 81 90; blue grass, seed 81 .25:
BUfTkR-ScaIcs and In demand; choice roll.
22aZoc prime, 15a20.. reaSe butter. 5a7c.
EaGS-Buying az l2lA
PoULTRY-ilve chickens hens, II 2 per pound
roosters, 4e turkeys, in good demand, .saloc !;
FEATHsss-Prlme, As to Al.
DRIEDFRUIT-Strctly prime half peaches
nominal, s zs4ase; . Peeled peaches 6a7 cents
RAGS-Cotton 1lSa2c.
BEEswAX-Dull a, zoe per pound.
HLDES-Dry flint, Toe green, &C.
TALLOw-Dec lining, 5a6e.
FLAX 5EED-Per buShei, soc.
RRAS5-1oa12c copper, l0a12e.
a5e dark COARSE IS ssi a1 30 e000
GINSENG-Pef Id. S175. fall dug.
SENACA RooT-Per Id, 35a4Oc.
PINK RooT-Per Id, 15c
YELLOW RoOT-Per Id. Sc.
FURs-Raccoon skins. 40c ; mink, 4oc opos-
sum, Sc ml KRAFT, loo; gray foxes SOC red foxes,
skin, 3oc per 10. Ali quotations are for no,
skins,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
OUR PROGRESS.

AS stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, SO the huge, dras-
tic, cathartic pills, composed of crude and
bulky medicines, are quickly abandoned
with the introduction of Dr. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets" which are
sugar-coated, and little larger than mustard
seeds, but composed of highly ooncen-
tratsd vegetable extracts, ByAruggists.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
EVERYONE PRAISES.

Sick headache nervous headache, neuralgia.
nervousness, paralysis, dyspepsia. sleeplessness
and brain diseases, positively cured by DR.. c. W
Beuson's Celery and Chamomils Pills. They
contain no opium. quinine, or other harmf u
drug. Sold by all druggists. Price so cents per
box SlOO for two. s250 TO sx-postage free.
Dr. C. W. Benson, Baltimore, Md. c. N. CRIT
TENToN, New York, IS Wholesale Agent for Dr.
c " BsnsOn's remedies.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

MIR. James B. Bailey, of Syracuse, N. Y,
writes: "Of all men born to suffer, think
1 have had my fullest share; from my four
tenth year 1 have been miserable invalid.
When twenty-six years of age, felt l was
sixty My troubles made me unfit fer bust
ness or pleasure. A year ago 1 tried
Browns Iron Bitters, and now in my TWEEN
ty-seventh year feel myself for once in
my life. "A perfect man.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
SUPREME COURT SALE.

DUgsUANT TO A DECREE OF THE So
| preme Court of Tennessee, az It's Seplem,,
mr. term. 1887, at Knoxville, IN the SUIT v. r.
e;ossett vs.. David Brown and wife. l viii sell at
lublic sale at the door Of the Courthouse IN
Knoxville Tenn,
ON SATURDAY, THE STH DAY OF
APRIL, 1882,
. Town Lot In East Knoxville. fronting IS feet
on the South side of Clnch street. running back,
st, Get and on the west By Reuben Browns lot,
heing the lot in controversy in said suit, and the
same convey ed BY said William Brown to his
wife. Miliy Brown, by deed tearing date May Q,
1865 -
The sale will be on a credit Of six end twelve
months, except that 500 will be required in cash
at the sale bona and security to pc given for
the puTchas money, for which a lien will also
be retained on the lot.
j. f. DEADERICK. Clerk.
March 8, 1882. d5WkS-1taw
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

AN English statistician calculates that
every man on an average speaks fifty
two volumes of 600 octave pages per
annum, and that every woman yearly
brings out $40 volumes Of the same size
LII talk
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

BEEcHER contends that he could cure
the most vabid Socialist in five minutes
ly giving him $780, 600. Henry, We are
a raoid Socialist, by inspiration, and if
you can guarantee cure on one applica-
ton you can send on your medihine.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

You have tried everything for it and
found no help. We are no doctors, but can
offer a prescription that has cured very
many, and it might cure you as well it will
cost but quarter dollar, and can be had at
any Druggists. Ask for Perry Davis Pain
KiIar
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
.YpsA Z. PlMKHAM'S



for all these Painful Complaints and W enxnesses
sOcommon to our hest female population.
1t will cure entirely the worst form of Fem ale COM
plants al ovarian troubles Inflammation and Clcera
ton, Falling and Dispacements and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adapted to the
Change Of life
1t will dissolve and expel tumors from the uterus In
an early stage Of development The tendency to can
cerous hunors there checked speedily by its uss
It removes faintness fauency, destroysall craving
for stimuIants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
1t cures Bloating Headaches, Nervous Prostratioh,
General Debility, sleeplessness Depression and lndi
gestion.
That feeling OF bearing down, causing pain. weight
and backache always permanently cured by its USE
Il viii at all times and under all circumstances act 10
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the of Kidney Complaints Of eth.- sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA r. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDS prepared at 23s and 235 Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass Price 81 Six bottlesfor IS. Sent by mail
in form of pills, also in the form of lozenges on
receipt of price, 81 per box for either. Mrs Pinkhsm
freely answers all letters Of inquiry Send for pamph
let Address as above. Mention the Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA E. PINKHAMs
LIVER PILLS. They cure constipation, biliouAnsss
and torpidity OF the liver. Is cents per box.
@ Sold by -" "~uGgists. &a
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
Forty YEAR, Experience OF an Old
Nerse.

MRS. WINsLow's SooTHIsG SYRUP Is the pre-
scription of one Of The best Female Physicians
and Nurses in the United etates. and has been
used for forty years with never failing safety
and success by millions of mothers and children,
from the feeble infant Of ose week old TO the
admit. It corrects acidiiy of the stomach, re-
Iieyes wind collie, regulates the bowels, and gives
rest, health and comfort to mother and chhd'
We believe it is the Best and sures Remedy ID
the world, in all cases OF DYSENTEhf ana
DIARRs GA IN CHILDREN, whether arising
from teething or from any other cause. run
directions for using will accompany eacn poLae.
None genuine unless the fac-sl Oh CURTIS
l. PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. Soid py
all Medicine Dealers. % cents bottle.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

THIRTY Bostonians have written essays
which are sealed up in a box for 100
wears. This would be a good rcheme
for spring poets.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22

PROMINENT New York Jestauran. =
keeper says he buys all his meats III
Boston, and saves 90 per cent. by
SONG So
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-22
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

HE finger rings worn in the United
States are valued at SOS, 900, 900 by an
expert.
In China a lady's distorted foot. which
naked looks something like hoof, is
called sc golden lily
The ancient Chinese used hvdropathy
as cure for certain diseases, among
others chronic rheumatism,
The quantity of heat emitted by the
sun Is enough to melt a shell of ice ten
inches thick over the whole surface of
the sun every second of time; this is
equivalent to the consumption of q layer
OF the best anthracite coal near four
inches thick every single second.
BERLIN has a bookseller who can
neither read nor write. He is well re-
spected, and sells good books, many OF
them scientific, and the best literature of
the day. He has an excellent memory
and large trade. Some of the charac-
tiers which he has devised for memoran-
Ga are said to be curious enough. 1t is
the shape and size OF books that are his
chief guides, and he has seldom been
known to make a serious mistake.
ONE OF the hardest woods in ex-
istence is that of the desert ironwood
tree, which grows in the dry washes
along the line of the Southern Pacific
railway. Its specific gravity is nearly
the same as that OF GgnGm vitae, and it
has black heart SO hard, when well
seasoned, that it will turn the edge of
an ak, and can scarcely be cut by we'll
tempered saw. In burning it gives out
an intense heat, and charcoal made from
it is of unequaied quality.
HERE are some curious facts about the
Bible. The book may be divided as fol-