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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
The May Drill

"The Grand Competitive Drill
and Carnival of Music" that is to
come off in Nashville in May,
promises to be the greatest public
entertainment that city has ever
given, and will furnish the finest
military display that the Union has
ever known. About fifty compan-
les, who come from all parts of the
country have been entered for the
drill and number of batteries will
contend for the artillery prize. The
contest for the music prize will be
engaged in by some of the finest
bands in the United States and this
feature will greatly highten the
interest in the entertainment. The
board of directors promptly elected
Mr.. w. E. Eastman, General Man.
ager, to supply the place left vacant
by the death of Mr.. j. M. Martin
which occurred recently. The
preparations for the drill have not
been delayed and it will come off
as advertised, beginning the 2lst of
May and lasting six days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Presidential Prognost'cations

| INC" 1OAh GUM
Grant, Blaine and Conkling are al
out of the running, and Sherman
and Window are likewise. Ed
munds is the only Republican who
descends to us from the earlier pc
riod, but he is substantially unavail
able, as his nomination would add
nothing to the strength of the party
in the Middle States, Vermont be.
ing sure for the Republicans. There
remains lot of men of second or
der, such as Harrison, Allison
HawkIey, Logan, Dawes, Don
Cameron and Ingalls,. Ingalls, seems
to possess talent, but theSun fears he
could not carry Indiana and be GER
tain of Illinois. His slashing style
of attack has made hun foes. We
belive there are some recOllectiOns
of the past which might be summed
up to work him injury. Thus the
one exceptional Republican becOm-
es as unavailable as the others. The
great party, therefore, is reduced to
the necessity of falling back upon
some decent specimen OF unassailed
mediocrity. On the other hand,
the Democrats stand forth cOmpara-
lively well provided with expert
ence and competant men. First is
Bayard, but the fact that Dealware
counts only three votes in the Elec-
torial College is against him. The
three tidal wave egOVernOrS-Butler
Cleveland and Pattison-have been
supposed to enjoy some prospect OF
getting the nomination but 50 far
as Cleveland and PattisOn are con-
cerned their chances may be re-
garded as wiped out. Public opin-
ion is settled down to the convict
ion that they do not fill the bill.
Butler was too long an adherant to
Grantism. All the tidal wave
Governors may be left out. -Four
conspicuous persons are found in
the West: Thurman, can he Sc
cure unanimous support of Ohio to
his nomination in the National
Conventional not, he will be ruled
out; Hendricks, Mcdonald and
Gen. Palmer-either of them would
make respectable President and
Palmer would be likely to make a
brilliant one. But so long as Hen
dricks and Mcdonald are both de-
sirous of the nomination, neither
can hope to win it, and while Pal
mer would everywhere prove
strong candidate, the rivalries
which surround him in Illinois are,
the Sun fancies, likely to prevent
that union and that zeal OF the De-
mocracy in his behalf which are
necessary, but there is a younger
of Democratic athletes
who may contend. Randall, HOl-
man Of Indiana, aud Carlisle OF
are mentioned and dis
David Davis is excluded,
because such his habit of impartiali-
ty yifnOminated by the Democrats he
might insist on Republican for
the second place on the ticket; and
if he accepted the Republican NOM
ination he would long for a Demo-
crat to round out the ticket. If Til
den had the physical vigor to be
able to endure the fatigue of cam
paign, no other candidate would be
even thought of. History IN her
records will render to his character
that ample justice which the peo-
pie of the United States have not
been able to render to him in per-
son.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
PerpetnaI Weather Ta6ie.

The following table was construc-
ted by the celebrated DIR. Herschell,
upon a philosophic consideration Of
| the attraction Of the sun and moon.
1t is confined by the experience OF
many years observation, and will
suggest to the observer what kind
of weather will probably follow the
moons entrance into any Of her
quarters. As general rule IL will
be found wonderfully correct;
If the moon changes Mt 12o'clock,
noon, the weather Immediately af-
ter will be very rainy, If in sum-
mer, aud there Will be snow and
rain in winter.
Ii between 2 and 4 o'clock p. M.
changeable in summer-fair and
mild in winter.
Between 4 and 6 o'clock y. m, in
summer, fair, il the wind is north
west I; rainy il south or southwest.
In winter, fair and frosty, If the
wind is north or northwest; rainy,
If south or southwest.
Between 10 and II O'Clock p. M,
rainy in summer, and fair and frOs-
ty in winter. .....
Between II at night and 2 o'clock
a. M, fair in summer and frosty in
winter-unless the wind is from the
south or southwest.
Between and O'Clock a. M,
cold and very showery IN the sum-
mer, and snow and storm in win
ter.
Between 4 and o'clock a. M,
rainy both in winter and summer.
Between and 8 O'clock a. M,
WIND and rain in summer aud stor-
my In winter. | EH
Between 8 and 10 o'clock a. m.,
showery in summer and cold in
winter.
Between 10 and " O'Clock, a. m,
showery in summer and cold i'm
winter. .f. .r.t
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Don't Throw IT AIy1y.

The stock in the new railroad
which is to be given to every taker
of bonds is not necessarily worth
less, and when Jay Gould, or some
other railroad King, seeks to scoup
up one of the best paying roads in
the Union, as this new road will be
when completed, that same stock
may prove big bonanza in the
hands of the holder. If you should
chance to have a thousand or two
dollars of it don't put it with your
old Confederate notes and give it to
the children to play with. A care
full keeping of such property may,
in the long run, repay the pains
bestowed upon it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

Hon. Jefferson Davis made an
Grafton in New Orleans on the 9th,
the occasion being the decoration of
the Confederate graves, and the lay
ing of a cornerstone of a monument
to be surmounted by an equestrian
statue of Albert Sydney Johnston.
In speaking of the dead hero he
recognized strong pillar to the
Confederacy, who when he fell on
the field of Shiloh, the mightiest
column which sustained the cause
had fallen. He died in a moment
of victory, and had he lived half an
hour longer he would have made
Grant a prisoner or fugitive. The
Confederacy had three great leaders,
Lee, Jackson and Johnston, who
would compare with the leaders of
antiquity or modern times. AT the
banquet in the evening the speaker
reiterated these sentiments.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

Commissioner McWhirter has q
very excellent plan for advertising
Tennessee lands, in which he should
be seconded by the people of the
State. He is preparing for publica-
ton by the 1st of May d "bulletin OF
farms, farming lands, residences,
timbered and mineral lands, small
lots of lands adjacent to cities or
towns, that are adapted to garden
products, water-power adapted to
milling or manufacturing purposes,
city, town and suburban lots :"
which he designs for general distri-
button in connection with the
"Handbook of Tennessee" through
out the United States, the Canadas,
Great Britain, the German Empire,
Austria, Norway and Sweden. Par
ties who desire to have their lands
thus advertised and who wish to aid
the cause of immigration should
address Commissioner MrWhirter
at Nashville.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

A number of persons from New
York and Philadelphia witnessed
the launching of Jay Gould's new
yacht, "Atlanta," on the 7th. The
yacht is said to be Gifted up ir
NEST magnificent style, the cabin:
being furnished with all that arl
can suggest for comfort and conve-
nience." The Gould family. Mr.
and Mrs. A. l.. Hoffman, r. l.
Baldwin, Cyrus w. Field, Jr., ans
VIM. H. Hubert, of New York,
constituted the company aboard.
AS the yacht was cut loose from hel
moorings and drifted into the Della
ware, Miss Nellie Gould performed
the ceremony of christening by
breaking a bottle of sparkling cham.
payne against the iron stem of the
vessel. The crowd gave three cheers
for the yacht and its owner. A
luncheon was served on board, at
which toast drinking and speech
making was in order.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

The new law which provides the
whipping post for wife beaters, is
fighting the devil with fire. To re-
vive the whipping post for any
other purpose would certainly not
be progression, but statute that
creates such punishment for an
act once legalized, is broad mark
of advancing civilization. 1t is we'll
enough to correct this practice of
the barbarous past with punish
ment then in vogue.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Be Cheerful.

Cheerfulness exerts an important
influence upon the health as well as
contributing much to the happiness
of mankind. The cheerful man,
woman, or child, is more likely to
be healthy than gloomy one.
Cheeriulness promotes digestion OF
the food, quickens the circulation
of the blood, and facilitates proper
performance of all the healthy func-
tions of the body. The food eaten
with pleasant companions is less
likely to disagree with the dyspep-
tic than that eaten in solitude.
Some dyspeptic persons have often
remarked, that when dining with
friends and agreeable acquaintances
they might eat freely, without sub
sequent harm, of substances which
were sure to occasion distress when
eaten alone. Not a few have no
ticed when feeling despondent or
feeble when alone at home, the ar
rival of pleasant acquaintance, or a
visit to friends, would at once make
them cheerful and cause them 10
feel like new creatures.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

The Memphis Avalanche de-
scribes Col. Josiah Patterson of that
city as the "howIing howitzer of the
Shelby county delegation" Col.
Patterson will be chiefly remember
ed as the member whose tender
"conscience" and allegiance to
King Caucus wouldn't allow him to
vote for the payment of the Pea
body bonds though he thought it
just and proper that tney should be
maid
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Frank Lesiie's Sunday Magazine.

The number tor May IS an unu-
suaIy interesting one; prominent
among the many admirable articles
are continuation of "What is Pres
byterianism ?" the present paper
being by Rev. e. F. Hatfield, ID. ID.
also a continuation of De LeOn's
''The American Pilgrim in Pales-
tine" the first of a series of papers
by Lieutenant Schwatka, "Among
the Natives of the North" and a
characteristic article by the editor,
"Home." There are contributions
of articles, serial and short stories,
sketches, essays, poems, etc., by
Alfret0n Hervey, Adelaide Stout,
o. NJ. Birrell, Edwin Arnold, Rob-
ert Buchanan, Ida E. Hervey, Rev.
Mr.. Hammond, j. w, Thirwall,
and other favorite authors. In the
Home Pulpit, is sermon by DIR.
Talmage, 1.-THE Eye" and there are
interesting Obituary Notices, Rec
ord of Important Events, the Col
lection Basket, Personal Notes, and
Editorial Comments, etc., etc. This
magazines popularity is constantly
increasing, and it should be taken
by every family ia the country.
The subscription is SO year; sim
gle copy, % cents, postpaid. Ad-
dress Mrs. Frank Leslie, Publisher,
So, 55 and 81 Park Place, New
York,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
COmefS.

Prof. II. III. Warner, of the ia
nous observatory at Rochester, N
Y, offers scooter each comet dis.
covered during the year. The dis
covery must be telegraphed to DIR.
Lewis Swift, Rochester, describing
the position of the comet so partic-
uIarly as to enable him to observe
it. It may be discovered either
by telescope or naked eye, but must
be unexpected, except as to the
comet of 1912, which will probably
reappear during the year.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

The discovery of an extensive
manufacture of explosives at Birrn-
ingham, England, recently, has
created great excitement in that
country and caused much alarm
among government officials. A
threat to blow up the town hall at
Manchester added to the agitation.
The detective police force has been
doubled and a viligant society
formed that will extend over the
entire kingdom. A number of ar
rests have been made.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

One of the intelligent compositors
on the Princeton (Ky.) Banner
desecrated q sacred landmark of
English literature, last week, by a
mistake in one letter. This Is the
way he put 1t in type
$50 the poor Indian whose &c."
The first word in this extract from
Pope's immortal poem which has
furnished a name for the red man
is "Lo."
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14
Can'tGe.it.

Diabetes, Brights Disease, Kidney,
Urinary or liver Complaints cannot be
contracted by YOU or your family ii
Hop Bitters are used, and ifyou' al
ready have any OF these diseases Hop
Bitters is the only medicine that will
positively cure you. Don't forget this,
and don't get some pulled up stuff
that will only harm you.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

CAN'T we now transfer that beau
tiful anthem, "John Browns body
lies a-Mouldering in the Clay' to
the English? Maybe Her Majesty
would like to hear it chanted. and
it has served its mission in America.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

Two members of the Salvation
Army were married the other day,
in Belfast The church ceremony
was attended by an audience who
were admitted for twelve cents each,
and after the ceremony a collection
was taken up for the couple, who,
ms members of the army, have no
home.-Meri,cethers Weekly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

An exhibit of tobacco Will be
made at the Louisville Exposition
which will show samples of tobacco
from every cline where the weed is
grown.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

Strawberries are now quite plen-
fiful at 30 cents box In New Or
leans.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-14

President Arthur is camping out
down in Florida, with correspond
ents and mosquitoes for company.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
ADRIAN,

Blows.hard is . better nan than cid
Boreas himself any Of these days.
The oyster supper last Friday even
ing was postponed IN account Of the
bad weather.
Elder Bronson will preach in the
Leasure school house Sunday at 1890
a. IA. and IN Adrian Ut 2:3O ?. m. and
1890 p. N.
Tie literary society is now finely o..
ga,Iized and in good working order.
Last week the question debated vas,
Resolved, that tho constitution Of tue
United StateS should " 81 amended AZ
to absolutely prohibit p.lygamy. This
week the question for Friday evening
il, Resolved, that tho U. S. Senators
should be elected by q direct vots Of
tive people.
john Krost and wife returned on
Saturday from Il cir holiday visit.
Wheat nnd flax are again bringing q
COED figure. 81 per bu. was the price
Oh flax and Csc to 6Sc for wheat this
week.
The extreme cold weather seems to
have put check 70 diphthsria herea'
bouts.
John Krost, Jr., while about town
Monday, quite severely frosted his feet.
Eddie Coleaxa has 90 far reeovered
from his late illness % to b able to ut.
tend school again.
Several parties from Adrian Intend
to make lrip to Devils Lake, u. T..
! soon.
Joe Midboe and wife are tho parent,
Of 6ne pair Of twin babies, . boy and
girl.
Frozen potatoes are reported in large
quantities.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
THE "DIVINE" EPIC.

1H1 NV ~ 11A ~
The recent sermon of Rev. Heber
Newton, on the Bible, has been the
leading sensation among the clergy
and the church people, for some days.
The N. Y. Herald sent reporters to in-
teryiew prominent preachers on the
subject. Rev. Ferdinand &. Ever, Of
st. Ignatins Church, said:
"The Church's Bible, just as it
stands, is All intellectual miracle. 1t
is a divine epic. Every great epic has
only one character and Que theme, and
all the other characters and all the III.
cidents are Inserted merely TO adorn,
to illustrate, to act as foils to that one
character and theme. The character
and theme Ot 'Iliad' is Achilles and his
wrath; of '4Enead' is Hneas, the fOun-
Ger Of State; Of the Bible, il Jesus
Christ aud Him incarnats; and every
thing is scrupulously left out Of the Ri:
BILE which has not connection with
that one character and theme. We
must take the Bible as a whole, Old
aud New Testaments."
This view Of the Bible as an epic po-
en-, originated with the editor of the
ADVANCE in 1858, and was first pre-
scented in an essay read at the Univer-
sity of Virginia, followed by a request
to publish in the University Magazine.
Afterwards it was elaborated into a
lecture and delivered to large audi.
ence at Lancaster, Ohio, in the year
1860. In 1873, it was delivered to an
audience Of probably 1000 in Toledo,
Ohio, composed mainly of clergymen,
Sunday School teachers and workers,
teachers from the public schools and
persons interested specially In Bible
study. The Toledo Blade, of April 3
1873, said:
THE DIVINE EPIC.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
WORK FOR TIE GRAND JURY.

EDITOR ADVANCE: III view Of the
great fres in different parts of the
country, causing such fearful loss
Of life, it would seem that the time is
ripe for an improvement in the means
OF egress from the churches Of Worth
ington. Section 65 OF chapter 81 Of the
statutes Of 1878 provides that the doors
ot all places Of public meeting shal!
open outward. How many Of our
churches are built OH that plan:
Would it not be a good idea for the
grand jury at the coming term of court
to investigate this matter and indict
the trustees of those churches TIA:
shall not have previously fixed their
doors rs provided by law. do not let
this matter 20 as it has until we have
a horror similar to the recent one III
Russia by reason os the criminal Care
lessness and negligence Of these whose
business it is ta remedy these matters.
Messrs. Grand Jurors, do your
duty. The parties interested have had
sufficient warning.
ECNo Uov DLorI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
THE RLIZZARD.

The ''cold wavo' of last week waa
general. 1t extended from Montreal tc
San Francisco and from st. Louis ta
the north pole. The thermometer reg
istsred SO below zere at Goodwin, Dak.,
and 81 at Bismarck. At Appleton,
Wis.,, it was 80 below and "A at Mil
waukee. In Minnesota, g. below al
Doluth, while st. Paul, for some rea
son. reported only q below. In Iowa,
the gale seems to have been especially
furious, and the Temperature is report.
ed at % belew at Dubuque and Ss to 4o
below at McGreQor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
NIN ESS.

We see by the Wsrthington AD-
VANCE that Messrs. Miller 4 Tholnp-
son, Of this place, are contemplating
tile erection Of = bank building 1T that
place to cost frem $4,000 to $50, 600.
If the neg eGOtiatiOus are successful WOr-
thington can claim one live and ener-
getc firm in her midst and is to be
Congratulated. If the capital of No.
blrs county was Inhabited with 4 few
such firms, those editorials that appear
in the ADVANCE from time to time
trying to enthuse a little energy and
public spirit into the business men
would have different cast and would
be clothed with the more encouraging
news Of settlers, new homes. and u live
tswn.-ksck Rapids Reporter.
The Reporter may depend upon it.
that Messrs. Miller Il Thompson would
not he preparing to erect large block
here if they did not feresee that Wor
Ellington is the coming railroad and
business centre for large extent of
ceuutry. The fonr great railroad sys
TENS of the West will have lines
through Worthington hy 1884 or at fur
thest by 1855, and Worthington will
boom into Il city III short order. There
will be dozen live and energetic firms
here before long aud ''those editorials"
in the ADVANCE will continue to point
out schemes and enterprises by which
the town and country can he Improved,
and will persist in urging business
men to reach out for business and
3lupt broad league methods.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
BIGELOW.


William Yalln has rented his farm to
Mr.. Riley, Of Ransom. aud intends
moving to tswn sosn. viii occupy tie
Calvin house.
War. Reynolds is back on . visit to
his brother, D. A. Reynolds.
Close Bros. have rented tho ware
house Of James Gown and will use It
for storing seed grain. Mr.. Douglass.
Of Sibley, will take charge IT their in.
terests here.
Old Bereas On the kar path again.
Mercury away dsWu in tho thermome-
ter Saturday night. Lower still Sun
day morning. 49,.
Fred Graves and Jim Self tried their
luck ut horse racing enc night last
week. Result-Fred dumped his head
in the snow. Meral-Don't run your
horses on the way heme from church.
ALPHA ZETA.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-01-25
n NlNL8TCRIAL EENSA TION.
The Sioux Falls Press Of Thursday

last says:
Flandreau religious circles were
greatly agitsted yesterday over . bran
new ministerial scandal. Rev. A.
Shsrin, . Methodist minister, Of Big
6teno City, put up vt the Flandreau
house Friday evening, accompanied by
. bright appearing young lady whom
We introduced as Miss Rice. cous-
in" On Sunday morning Sherin eccu-
pied the pulpit Of tho Methodist Epis-
cepal church, in place Of Mrs. Hart
sough, who 10 holding series Of reviv-
III meetings. He also took prominent
part in the evening meeting. Yester-
day Huron papers arrived showing be-
yond possibility Of mistake that he and
"Miss Rice" occupied room together
during the whole Of last Tuesday
night. 1T the Dakota house in that city,
tho gushing youag divine having regis
tered "A. Sheridan and wife," Both
Of the guilty parties were cenfr;,' ted
with the published account, but failed
to make satlsfactory explanation.
When the train left yesterday, tar and:
feathers for the male sinner were free
ly talked OF, and matters looked tx
ceedingly promising for scene Of the
highest sensational character. Sherin
has wife ut Big Stene City. He has
been in the territory probably two
years, having been stationed At Pierre
last year.
Why tar and feathers? II he had
bsen . travelling man, would anybody
have talked Of tar and feathers? Let
us have fair play. Treat all alike, min
listers, travelling nen. or what not. We
have before us list Of ,4ls preachers
in tho United States who have been ar
rested for some crime during the six
years from May, 1875. to May, 1882.
We have not the statistics ~ to travel
ing men and other classes but believe
the clergy are still ahead. Let US show
up all alike and have no foolish talk
about mob law and tar and feathers.