Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-15

their pockets and raised Si06 Ia
build nice school house at Holly
Grove, while the citizens OF Atoka
have held a meeting and appointed
a committee of solid citizens to see
whether they cannot raise $500 for
the erection of high school huild-
ing.
Jackson Tribune IL Sun: In an
interview last week with Chicago
Tribune reporter, Gen. j. G. Clark,
president of the /. G. Railroad stat
ed that the |. q. had not purchased
the Mississippi and Tennessee II.
r., he having found on exainina-
tion that the property WAS not
worth what was asked for it. He
further said that should the neces-
sity arise, or should branch to
Memphis be needed, his company
could build one for less money than
was asked for the M. T. This
ought to be favorable to the propos-
ed Jackson and Memphis railroad.
Pulaski Citizen Mr.. NJ. Harwell
received from Capt JnO. W. Nor
ton $25 check for best 10 varieties
of apples, and Capt. Jas. E. Aber-
nathy received $40 for second best
and IS for best plate of Wine Saps,
exhibited at Louisville, These
premiums fell to- Giles county in an
exhibit of over five Thousand plates
Giles showing the best 20 plates.
That is a feather for us, indeed, as
Capt. Morton says, and an honor to
the men who raised them. Giles
might have shown to still better
advantage. Few of US thought it
possible to carry off the prize in the
finest fruit show ever seen in the
world.
Dickson Press: The DrouiIIard
Iron Co. of Cumberland Furnace,
Dickson County, Tenn, report TO
Us, that they have just finished
blasting and hauling 10 the furnace
the largest lump OF ore that was
probably ever got out of the earth.
The lump weighed 1877 900 pounds,
or 80 tons and | 1924 pounds. The
ore is of the best quality. In re-
moving this Vast lump of ore, it
h..cS hn,. 1T IN
Jumps, aud this bank promises to
be one of the most profitable ever
OpeEed at Cumberland Furnace.
1t is under the supervision of 3. F.
Curtis, and is new bank, having
been opened about eighteen months
ago.
Gallatin Tennessean We are
informed that a gentleman was cut
in six or seven places in II gambling
hell in this city last Monday night
by another gentleman who lives in
this county not far from town. The
wounded man had his wounds
dressed, SO the rumor goes, and his
friends shipped him off to Louis
vile to get well. We give no names
because we are unable to get at the
facts. But the significant fact is
that we have IA gambling hell here
and that men gamble, n0twith-
standing the solemn and piOus
promises made to Judge Neon
nell who held last term of our Cir
cult Court,
Judge Allen charged the grand
jury in Nashville last week to en-
force the law against obscene Publi-
cations. The following is an ex-
tract from the charge:
1t is a gross and crying evil
that is constantly corrupting the
youth of both seXes-debauching
their hearts and minds, and presen-
ted to the gage of the passers by a
most obscene and disgusting exhi-
bitiOn. 1t is. an evil so patent
and notorious that you and the
court cannot overlook it, aud must
suppress it, in the interest of COM
mon decency. But we have plain
statue making it Il violation of law
in addition to the principles of the
common law on the subject. There !
are men who wOuld gladly quit If
others were also punished and fore
ed to quit. But it being lucrative
business, they will not do so as long
as the law is not enforced rs to all.
Exchange: A train on the Chat
tanOoga railroad stopped below
Bellbuckle few days ago, on ac-
count Of hot Journal, which was
blazing up and threatened to set
fire to the car. Tie moment the |
car stopped the rear breaklnan ran
back with red flag to stop any
coming train. The conductor went
to the last car to see that the brake
man was doing his duty, and then
set to work to cool the journal. |
While he was occupied with this
task a man OF dignified appearance
approached. "What did that man
go back with that red thing for ?"
he asked. The conductor paid no
attention to him aud he repeated
the question. Finally he remarked
to the unnindful conductor "DO
you know who | am ?" The con-
ductor replied that he did not, and
what was more did not care con-
tinental. ~ am railroad COM
missioner, sir" The conductor,
nothing daUnted, retorted that the
commissioner ought to know with
out asking what the red flag meant.
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THE divisions among the Demo.
Gratis of Cincinnati and Judge Hoad-
Iey's untimely sickness may cause
the defeat Of the party in Ohio, when