Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-10-27

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sion for distribution throughout the South
John Kelly's newspaper, the Star, pre-
diets that New York will go Democratic in
November by majority of fifty thousand
votes.
The fall meeting OF the Jockey Club has
been in progress in Memphis the past week
Large crowds attended and the races were a
great success.
The three-year-old colt Pinnacle, by Al
mont, has been sold by Gen. Withers, OF
Lexington, to ]. Il. NuttaIl, uf Manistee,
Mich, for 5000.
Twenty passengers were killed or injured
by the falling in of a railroad bridge near
Fort Edward, N. Y, Monday, while train
was passing over.
A circular of the bylaws and constitution
of the Kentucky Bible Society, of the date
of Sept. 26, 1916, is in possession of a Lexing-
| ton newspaper man.
a railroad accident occurred ON the l.. &
n. Air Line near East st. Louis, Tuesday
morning, i'll which forty persons were in
jured but no one killed.
| An English syndicate is negotiating with
the Lexington and Carter County Mining
| Co. for the purchase of large tracts of coal
lands in Eastern Kentucky.
a young man at Portland, Me-, claims to
be the missing Charlie Ross. He says he
was kept in a dark room four years and
| subsequently, taken to Brazil.
Boston capitalists propose to er, ct a cotton
mill at Lynchburg, Va, agreeing to sub
scribe S750,0O0 ii the citizens will furnish
S250OOO, making the enterprise cost $780,
600.
st. Louis has got the municipal reform
fever. A Law and Order League has been
formed to secure good local government
and turn out the gamblers and political
ringsters.
Beasley's bill to enjoin the funding board
from carrying out the so 3 act has been dis
missed at the cost of complainant and Ia
securities. The persistent old crank has
appealed it to the Supreme Court.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge occupied a
seat with the judges of the United States
Supreme Court while the court was in ses-
sion, at Washington last week. He iskthe
only man who ever enjoyed that honor.
During the coming winter the people of
the United States will have the pleasure of
listening to lectures by Gerald Massey, Mat
thew Arnold and Miss Emily Faithful, all
of whom come from the other side of the
blue Atlantic.
AT the close of the performance of "Par-
thepia," at the Lyceum, Saturday night,
Mary Anderson was presented to the Prince
and Princess of Wales, and received a bou-
quet from the Princess and nice compli-
ments from the Prince.
The negroes in all the large cities of the
North have held Indignation meetings in
regard to the decision in the civil right bill.
The mass of the blacks at the South are
quiet on the subject, because they didn't
know there ever was IA civil right bill.
Since the LIST of last January, S4S,O0O,0OO
has been spent in the erection of buildings
in New York City. The expenditures dur
ing the past fl We years aggregate SlOO,00OO0O,
indicating that the chief city in the United
States is making wonderful progress.
The Democratic factions in New York
have harmonized, and the Citizens Com
mittee have retired from the contest. The
Democrats are confident of success, and
election of the ticket by from 10000 to $4,000
votes,
The whole number of postoffices on June
30, 1888, was AZ $685. an increase of ,63l during
the year. Appointed by sections, the in
crease in the New England States was 50 /;
Middle States, 223; Southern States and
Indian Territory, 725; States and Territories
of the West and Northwest, $50, and Pacific
slope, Is.
Aspecial cablegram to the Courier-Journal |
from Hong Kong says that ii prisoners fall
into the hands OF the Black Flags they will |
be reserved for torture, but the bodies of the
dead will not be found, as the Chinese be- |
lieve that eating the flesh of ferocious men |
makes them brave, especially the hearts |
and livers. Therefore they are accustomed |
to eat their enemies.
Saturday night Charles Mccartney was |
attacked on the streets, at Flemingburg, |
KY, by James T. Tenwell and Frank L.
aggrieved by publications in |
McCartney's newspaper. They used stones
as weapons. Mccartney drew q revolver
and shot both. Tenwel died yesterday
and Thompson is supposed to be
MORALLY wounded. Mccartney has been
arrested.
The First Assistant Postmaster General
in his report says In view of the excess of
the receipts of postage ON local matter alone
over the cost of its delivery, 81, 02l, 1874, 1t
seems that the time has arrived when post
age on local letters at offices where the car
rier system is in operation can be reduced
from two cents to one cent. Such a reduc-
ton will surely result in a very large in
crease in local business.
The following States will elect Governors
and part or all of their Legislative bodies at
the election in November next. Maryland,
Minnesota and New Jersey,
There will also be elections in the following
States at the same time for different State
officers Mississippi, Nebraska, New York,
and Virginia. 1t will thus
be seen that there will be elections in nine
States in November. This, with the two
already held, will be a fair intimation of
5he probable result in 1884.
The colored residents of Washington have
adopted resolutions demanding that equal
freedom and the protection of the law" be
afforded every citizen of the United States.
The meeting, which was held ON Monday
light last, was addressed by Fred. Douglass,
col. r. G. Ingersoll, Judge Shellabarger and
DR.. Rankin, all of whom declared that the
iecision ofthe Supreme Court was unworthy
If that high tribunal. Similar resolutions
we're adopted by colored people in Cincin-
lati, Louisville and New York.
A telegram from st. Louis Monday stating
hat a new clew had been found to Charley
Ross, has been cOrroborated by the state
nent made by a gentleman in Pittsburgh
rom Wyoming Territory, who says that
Henry Mosber, brother of Mosber who ad
nitted the kidnapping of Charley Ross, was
ynched near Chyenne five weeks since.
dosber begged his life should be spared ,
wenty -four hours, and said he wanted to
i've the world information for which 1t
lad been seeking for years past. He ad-
nitted having in custody person held for
ansom for more than a year. and said he |
lad been driven to the far West by the not
pursuit OF detectives. The time was not
Allowed and the secret died with him. The
rhine for which Mosber was lynched was
lilling J. H. Hentzell and murderous as
ault on Jim Knight. II