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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

WE failed to mention last week
that Judge Jas. M. Quarles, Judge
of the Criminal Court of Davidson
and Rutherford counties, had re-
signed his judgeship, to take effect
on the first of next month. Judge
Quarles is regarded as one of the
abIest Criminal judges in the State,
and his determination to resign his
seat is universally regretted by the
bars of Davidson and Rutherford
counties. The insufficiency of the
salary paid, is said to be the cause
of his resignation, as he can easily
command more in the practice of
his profession. To command the
best talent of the bar in these oner-
Gus and responsible positions, the
State will have TO and ought to pay
at least a fair compensation. The
salary of both Criminal and Circuit
judges is now too small. Judge
Quarles' successor has not yet been
appointed by the governor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
Why The South Doesn't Get Rich.


Where has all this money gone?
What has become of the $50, 000, 900
that our farms have given us as the
total value for leading crops
The answer comes back to as
from every side. The desk on
which we write was bought from
the north. and SO was the pencil
with which we write. Part of the
eighty millions WAS. sent out of the
State to buy the carpet on our office
floor, the curtains on its windows,
the ink stand in front of US, the pa
per cutter, the chair we sit in, the
coat, breeche5, buttons, vest, collar,
cravat, underclothes, and hat we
wear, the sofa in the corner. the
wardrobe, Washstand, the bowl
and pitcher and Stop bowl, the stove,
the spittoons, the match box and
matches, the mantle-piece, the locks
ON the doors, the files for our news
papers, the mucilage pot and muci-
Iage, the water bucket and dipper,
the scissors and even the waste bas-
ket. The only home made thing in
the room is a knock-kneed white
deal table that is disgrace to its
section and the writer of the lines,
who to say the least of it, is not
knOck-kneed. . E-,
This is where the money goes.
Out of the State to buy about every
thing we use-all that clothes our
wives and children, or decOrates
our homes. Such constant drain,
for small things as we'll as large,
will consume many million of the
dollars that the strong armed far
mers have dug out of the ground.
What we need to supplement the
splendid work of our farmers is
manufactures. We need factories
that will supply the articles we are
now sending out of the State to buy.
We are moving rapidly in that di-
rection. New factories are being
builtand new articles made at home.
Even now we note that the watch
at which we have glanced to catch
the time, and the humble but use
full broom that rat has just tum--
bIed down behind our office door,
and the sashes that the keen west
wind is rattling in our windows,
formerly all imported, We're all made
right here in Atlanta. But until
great many more factories are built
within our borders we will be wan
ting to know where the money goes
as the total year after year is footed
uD,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
/ am, respectfully,
Ed. G. CAMPBELL.

A NEW nickel has lately been
coined and put in circulation by
the Government, but as it is likely
to prove decidedly more of boz
nanza to counterfeiters and conf
dence men than an accommodating
small coin to the people of the
country, we Opine its days will be
short. 1t is said to be nickel or
tive-cent piece, but it seems there is
nothing on it to designate whether
it represents five cents or five dol
lars. The only indication of its
value is said to be a big V on one
side and the usual Goddess of Liber-
ty on the reverse.
COunterfeiters, taking advantage
of this and OF the fact that the coin
is very nearly the size of five dol
lar gold piece, have washed them
with gold and passed numbers of
them off as So gold pieces. The
game has been played numbers of
times in New York and other large
cities where the new nickel has
begun to circulate. 1t is a matter
OF great surprise why the Govern
ment should have issued so defect
i've a pattern. The Treasury De-
partmeut had better call in these
coins and make another attempt.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

The store of Mr.. George E.
Raucher, a merchant at Erin, was
entered by burglars on Thursday
night of last week and his safe bur
glarized of some $500 in money. II
was a neat job, the thieves leaving
no trace OF their identity. A dis
patch TO Sundays American from
Mckenzie, Tenn, gives the follow
ing account OF the probable capture
of the thieves:
NICK ENZIE, TENN. Feb. I7.-Fri-
day morning, Marshal johnson re.
ceived a dispatch from Erin, direct
ing him to lookout for safe robbers,
He has been on the watch since,
and to-day arrested two men, who
answered the description. One,
with a drawn pistol, attempted TO
escape and was pursued by one hun
dred men. After chase of half
a mile he threw the pistol into a
pond and surrendered, when Mayor
McBane drew a double-barrelled
shotgun on him. He also threw II
package into the pond, which was
supposed to be burglars tools. A
series of shots were exchanged in
the chase, but no one was hurt.
Three hundred and twenty-five dol.
lars were found in various parts of
their clothing. They gave their
names as Frank Moore and Wilson
Allen, from Louisville. A dispatch
has been received from Erin, direct
ing the Marshal to hold the pris-
Oners.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
10 Prevent pitting i'm sma,i-P.

10 Prevent Pidting in SMALLPOX.
AS the small pox is prevailing in
many portions of the State, the toll
lowing article from Chambers Die
tionary of Universal knowledge,
may be read with some interest:
In a case recently treated, in
which the eruption so completely
covered the face that it was almost
impossible to place the point uf the
finger on it, without touching it in
one or more, places. DIR. j. G.
Whitchill, of ST. Louis Missouri
medical Archive5) succeeded i'm
aborting the "pocks' completely.
by amounting the face freely with a
solution of carbolic acid, one scru-
Pile, and bisulphite of soda, two
drachms, in one ounce of pure fresh
glycerine, and cousino, each ver5ci-
Gle, as soon as formed, he punctured
with a finepointed piece of hard
wood, and some of the solution in
trOduced. AT the same time light
was excluded, as far AS possible,
from the room and IMMINENT of
croton oil used over the chest as a
reyulsion. Not Spit was formed
on the face. '9"i'.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
The Struggle for Gold.
Boston Advertiser.

e a. /.
While theorists reason abont sil-
yer and silver dollars, the great ma
tions of Europe fight for the pos
session of gold-Our gold, The bat
tie for the books and the essayists
turns on silver the bankers and
the merchants struggle 10 for the
possession of gold. And this strug-
gle bids tair to become particularly
intense during the present calender
year, not because bimetallists
aremOre numerous, but because
some great countries have adopted
a new policy. 1t behooves our mer-
chants and bankers to watch this
policy, for they will be among the
first to feel its effects, Nobody
knows with any certainty that we
shall export or import gold but the
chances OfimportiDg it are certainly
not improving.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

APROPOS of the Road law which
is to receive the attention of the
Legislature, judging from the sew
eral bills already introduced on the
subject, the Winchester Home jour
nal suggests the following:
Pass law giving each county a
right to levy just as heavy tax as
it chooses for the purpose of keeping
its public roads in good condition.
Pass another law creating a road
Inspector, to be elected by the vo-
tiers of said county, and to receive
such salary as the county court may
designate, say $500 or $1,000 per an
mum. Make him liable for non
performance of his duty, which
should be to 60 all over the county
every month, or oftener, and see
what roads need fixing, and employ
hands to fix them, giving them or
ders upon the county trustee for
their pay.
Such a law would at least have
the great merit of simplicity and
intelligibility, something that the
present cumbersome and ineffective
law does not possess. There is too
much machinery in the present
law
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

On last Saturday morning Mr..
John. S. Elder discovered the front
door of his Opera House open. and
also the side door leading from there
into the upper story of his hard
ware store. He Immediately sus-
piciohed that some one had entered
his store during the night, but upon
examination, he found his cash
drawer untouched, his safe locked
and no evidences of theft or dis
turbance in his stock. He conclu-
ded that if any one had entered the
store, they had not removed any
thing. OnsSaturday afternoon, how
ever, when preparing to make his
bank deposit, he discovered that
the cash in his safe was some 1868
short. He knew the amount he
had left in the safe the night previ-
GUS and, as the safe had not been
damaged in any way, he naturally
came to the conclusion that the
robbery had been committed by
some one familiar with the premi-
ses and the combination of the safe.
Suspicion settled on Mr.. Fred Nay
lOr, young man who had formerly
clerked for him, but who had
been discharged on account of his
dissipated habits. Mr.. Naylor was
hunted up and arrested by the Off
GERS, when STA in cash was found
upon his person and also a new
suit of clothes, new gold watch,
chain and ring, which he had
bought during the day. He con-
fessed having taken the money, to
Mr.. Elder, but plead that he was
drunk at the time and was really
not aware of what he was doing,
that he had been on a long spree
and did the act when morally ire
sponsible.
He was placed in Jail that night,
where he has remained ever since.
The Grand Jury found a true bill
against him on Monday, according
to the above facts.
This sad downfall of young Nay
lor has been a subject of sincere sor-
row and regret among the citizens
of this community, by nearly all If
whom he was known and liked,
and by many of whom he was for
merly held in the highest esteem
and regard. He had been, up to a
year or so ago. clerk ia several OF
the stores of this city and was great
ly liked by his employers for his
fine business qualities, his acknowl-
edged tact, energy and probity of
character and was thought to be
rising young business man. He
was bright, active, intelligent and
had host OF friends. Genial and
sociahie in his nature, he, in an evil
hour, took to drink, and unfortu-
nately, went the way of many a
young man, who had he never tasted
the destroying cup, might have
lived an honorable and respected
life. Nothing but sorrow and regret
can fill the hearts of all who knew
Fred Naylor in former days.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
A $1,000 .s,plicaIRewara.

The publishers of Ru.ledge's
Monthly offer twelve valuable re-
wards in their Monthly for March,
among which Is the following:
We will give $40, 90 in gold to
the person telling us which is the
longest verse in the Bible by March
10th, 1882. Should two or more cor
rect answers be received, the re-
ward will be divided. The money
will be forwarded to the winner
March 18th, 1888. Persons trying
for the reward must send 20 cents
in silver mo postage stamps taken)
with their answer, for which they
will receive the April Monthly, in
which the name and address Of the
winner of the reward and the cor
rect answer will be published, and
in which several more valuable re-
wards will be published.
Address, RUTLEDGE PUB. Com.
Easton, Penn 10
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

The New York Sun, speaking Of
the premature and crazy clamor for
Governor Cleveland as Presiden-
tial aspirant in 1884, sensibly says
A good Governor of New York
would be very apt to make good
President. After Grover Cleveland
has proved himself to be a good
Governor, there will be plenty OF
time for his enthusiastic admirers
to push him as a candidate for the
Presidency.
He was a most efficient Mayor OF
Buffalo. He can also congratulate
himself that, on every occasion
since his election when he has
opened his mouth to address an
audience, he has shown most ad.
mirable comprehension of the prin-
ciples of Democratic government.
But for all that, he is still but a
colt. He has gone comparatively
short distance in the race of life.
He is only a little more than forty
years of age, and is still a bachelor.
When 1884 dawns, Gov. Cleve-
land will be a tried servant, an old
er man than he is now, and we hope
he will be married. He can then
be brought forward much more APP
prOpriately as a candidate for the
Presidency than at the present
time. DO not hurry him.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
THE Louisville Commercial

The Louisville Commercial of
Wednesday, has this item about re-
sumption of business in that city :
The city once more begins to pre-
sent its natural appearance. Last
night the gas was turned on, and
the. thousands of bright jets here and
there drought the city told that the
flood, which has been upon US for
so many days, was subsiding. In
the course of a few days the river
will be back within its bed, and
business, which has been almost at
a stand-still, will be renewed with
increased vigor. Already business
is beginning to loom up but until the
st eamboats and railroads run regu-
la rly it cannot be expected to be
what it was before the freshet.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

HARDLY one frightful disaster is
chronicled these times before an
other crowds close upon its heels.
Now comes the news of the burning
of the steamship Moro Castle, at
Charleston, S. g., on Wednesday
morning. The Moro Castle belong
ed to the Clyde Line, running be-
tween New York and Charleston.
The officers and crew barely escaped
with their lives.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
Ex-rreasurer pOk's Proposed Settlement

Ek-TreoSurer PoIk'S Proposed Settlement.
In the Legislature on Wednesday
Mr.. Thomas, Of the special joint
committee appointed to confer with
the attorneys of M. T. Polk, relative
to a settlement with him, reported
the following offer for settlement
submitted by his attorneys:
Hon. W. NJ. Daniel, Chairman:
The undersigned are requested by
some friends of Col. NJ. L. Polk to
make to the legislature, through
your honorable committee, the fol-
lowing proposition for settlement
in full of the alleged deficit of Col.
Polk to the state: They will pay
within ten days after its acceptance
by the state $780, 900 in the currency
of the Bank of Tennessee, and $751;
900 in the bonds of Tennessee upon
which are accumulated coupons to
the amount of $33, $50, but which
will not be taken into account as
part of the credit if accepted, and
within ninety days more to pay
$4,000 more in the currency of the
Bank of Tennessee; the balance of
said alleged deficit TO be paid by the
note of Col Polk, due in one year
from date, which shall be secured
by mortgage or such other mode
of indemnity thereon as the state
may desire, upon the interest of
Col. Polk in his Mexican mining
property, which interest is the one
third and is coupled with the obi
CATION of his co-Owners that he shall
be paid out of the first receipts of
said property the sum of $4,000.
Said interest shall be taken charge
OF at once by an agent designated
by the State, and Col. Polk empuw-
cred, if necessary, to operate said
property free of expense to the state,
secure the proceeds and apply the
same TO the discharge of any bal
ance due by said rate, which, how
ever, may at any time before pay
ment, otherwise be paid in the cur
rency of the Bank of Tennessee.
We are satisfied the above PROPOSE
ton is all that his friends can do,
and that if accepted will be carried
out promptly and in good faith.
Pos f1IIv
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

THE State House of Representa-
tiyes refused last Saturday, by a
vote of SIS to "a, to unseat Rivers,
the colored Representative from
Fayette county, whose seat was
contested by Steger, a white Demo-
eTat.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
Advertised Letters.

Thefollowing list of letters remain
uncalled for in the GAINESVILLE Tenn. >,
post-Office up to Saturday, Feb. "a,
1883. fnOt taken out within thirty
days, they will be semitic the dead
letter Office at Washington
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

WE owe our highly respected con-
Temporary, the GAINESVILLE CHRoN-
ICLE nj, apology, for not giving 1t
credit for one of its spicy editorials
which we published in the Courier
lastaweek.1 1t was an article urging
DenpIe TO Subscribe for their eounty
paper. and IL was not our intention
To claim the credit of it, but it was
a mistake either In the prOOf-reader
or printer, aud we hope the CHRoN-
ICLE will pardon it.-DOcer Courier.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

Mrs. Edward Hensley, of Frank
fort, KY, has recently received
notice that she il one of the heirs TO
o fortune of 800, 900 900 left by Col.
Bradford. an old English colonial
governor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

TR0URLE which to-day looks as
big as milestone may ere to NOR
rows shutdown shrink to the size
of an ice-cream saucer.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
A. S. COLYAR,
f. H. EAST,

JNU. W OHILUhE4SS, y Il.
Mr. Thomas advocated the ac-
ceptance of the proposition. The
only differenc between it and a cash
settlement, would be in the part
paid i'm railroad bonds. The mine
In Mexico i'm which Mr.. Polk had
an interest promised well, and
would probably enable him to meet
his note.
Mr.. Thomas urged prompt action
as Col. Folks life was in great dan.
ger on account of his confinement.
The consideration was made the
special order for p. IN. Thursday.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24

THIS State needs first class stock
law. 1t is much cheaper to fence
up the cattle, horses and hogs than
it is to build fences to keep them
out of farms. Itcosts. several mill
ions of money to keep up and repair
the fences annually. The fences
throughout the State are poorly
kept and timber is getting scarce
for rails. One half the work on a
farm can be saved by keeping up
the stock, and last but.not least-if.
the farmersiare forced to keep up
their stock, they will raise none but
first-class stock and thus improve
their value in the county.-Witan
Exchange.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
The Causes of Flood.

Lieut.. Commander Gorringe,
United States Navy, who has devo-
ted much attention to the hydraul-
les to rivers and the cause of fresh
cts, has been interviewed in regard
to the recent floods in the Ohio and
Mississippi valleys. He believed
that the prime canse of the floods,
both in Europe and this country,
was the destruction of forests, but
there are other and more artificial
causes which have operated in the
case of the Ohio river. The natural
waterway of that river has been
materially reduced in capacity by
the construction of bridge piers in
its beds and quays and wharfs, and
other structures along its banks.
These structures occupy space that
would otherwise afford room for
surplus water during the floods.
Wherever bridge pier is built,
There is an accumulation Ofsilt and
sand on the lower side, and this &C.
cupies still more room. This can
not well be avoided, but the water
way between and below the piers
should be deepened and the natural
Cdp1SlLy IldiAld1nCO1 III ICSdlu w
the Mississippi river he thought the
way to prevent overtiows. was to
raise and strengthen the leyees and
to dredge the river where the water
way is most INSTRUCTED by bars. He
did not believe in the jetty system.
He added; You may deepen
the immediate location by con-
tracing the channel, but the mate
rial swept out by the increased cur
rent will be deposited lower down
and form other distractions that
will have to be again dealt with.
Half of the money required to car
ry out plans of the Mississippi Riv-
er Commission would be enough to
dredge every bar on the river to
depth adequate for carrying off the
fullest freshets, and if the dredged-
material were deposited on the
banks to strengthen and increase
the height of leVees, the object to
be arrived at would, in my opinion,
be most economically and rapidly
accomplished" e
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-02-24
FrankLes,ss's Popusar mon.n,y


The March number is one zof the
most Interesting that has Vet ap-
peared of this attractive Magazine.
The opening article by Noel Ruth
veil- = From BaImoral to- sborne., -
with its eleven fine illustrations, is
admirable; and the following will
well repay the reader: "Cyclones
and Tornadoes," by F. Grundy
"Gustayus Adolphus of Sweden.'s
by Alfred I'll. Guernsy "Fires in
Theatres and their Prevention BY
Horace Townsend s.1ongnes froln
TOmbs-The Mounds of the United
States and the Tonbs of Peru" etc.,
etc. They are deliberately illu stra-
ted. In the department of fiction
are contributions by w. o. Stod-
dard, +. s. Kenneth, May Russell,
Spencer W. Cone, w. Edgar Nc
Cam, etc, ETC.. There are Interests
Ing sketches and adventures, poems
OF great merit, and a new serial of
great interest is commenced, enti-
tied, "The BeantifaE Countess of
Clarville." The miscellany is COM
prehensive, amusing and the embel-
AAH'hAhOheO ChCCilCuts "A Is
given with each number. "For
Life or Death" is the title of the
present one. Price, % cents copy;
% n year, postpaid. Address Mrs.
Frank Leslie, Publisher,'53, 55 and
81 Park Place, New York. - 1913.
The Grand Lodge of Knights OF
Pythias at Lebanon, last week,
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Grand Chancellor, w. r. Carlilse,
Chattanooga; Grand Vice Chancel-
lor, Geo. E. Seay, Gallatin; Grand
Prelate, j. III. Leibkman, Memphis;
Grand Mastered Exchequer, T.. ID.
McCord, Pulaski; Grand Keeper of
Records and Seal, r.. L. G. White,
Lebanon; Grand Master at Arms,
w. A. Wade, Milan; Grand Inner,
Guard, j.. G. Schultz, jackson;
Grand Outer Guard, l.. B. Gold.
smith, Stanton. r.. H. @. White
was reelected Supreme Representa-
tive for four years. III &ss Fl
Jackson was selected as the next
place of meeting. AA "