Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-28
THE NEWS IN RRlEF.

, The Chicago elevators now con
} tain SIG, 500, 900 bushels of wheat
There are said to be 1000 visitor:
at Hot Springs Ark.
Light SHOWS were reported from
p the Lake region. Tuesday night
The Spring races at Lexington,
Ky, begin May 9th.
A large cotton factory is to be
built at Henderson, KY.
i OF the 253 failures reported last
week in Bradstreets agency, only
one is credited to Tennessee.
Capitalists of Fort Worth, Texas,
are going to put 100000 in a cotton
factory.
The New South is the name of a
daily paper to be published at Mont
gomery, Ala.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
and Illustrated Newspaper are to
be published in London.
The Tribune of Evansville, Ind,
has absorbed the News both were
evening journals.
According to programme Henry
d. Mcdaniel was elected Governor
OF Georgia Tuesday.
Gen. Crook is after the fighting
Indians in New Mexico with 800
soldiers and zoo Indian scouts.
The prohibitionists will put a
ticket in the field in Ohio. Their
convention meets at Columbus,
June 18th.
The Admission, Ala, cotton mills
have shipped 100 bales of Admission
made cotton goods to China, and
have orders for 600 more.
The Democratic convention of
Ohio will meet in Columbus, June
21st to nominate candidate for
Governor.
The Independanto order ofOdd Eel
lows in America is Ga years old and
has 800 900 members. The anivers-
airy Ofits birth came on the Goth.
The Atlanta Evening Star has
been purchased by the Evening
Journal. There is only one even
ing paper in Atlanta now.
The executive committee of the
National Cotton Planters AssOcia-
has decided to hold the exposition
at New Orleans.
Hon. John P. King of Augusta
Ga, is the oldest living ex-United
States senator. He was eighty-four
on the ID inst.
A mob attacked O'Brien's circus
at Dover, DEL, Saturday, and shot
eight or ten of the employees. The
Dover people were dissatisfied with
the show.
The sale of seats for the Mozart
Musical, Festival took place in
Memphis Tuesday. The first choice
brought 5000 premium and the sec
ond $50.
The Fort Worth (Tex.) Gazette
received kilograms from the leading
journals of America, Great Britton
and France, asking for full partic-
ulars about the MuIhatton meteor.
President Arthur had a chill on
his way home from Florida and
was reported dangerously ill. He
arrived in Washington Sunday
night in good health.
A London dispatch estimates that
a formal demand will be made soon
for the extradition of O'Donovan
Rosa. The better class of people
in America will rejoice to have Ros-
sa sent away from our shores.
Julian Hawthorne is the author
ola new story entitled "Set Not
thy foot on Graves" Mr.. Hawthorne
has written one or two novels but is
still best known as the son of his
father.
Dakota has 100000 more acres in
wheat this year than last. Reports
from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky
indicate an improvement IN the
condition of the crop in those
States.
The National Land League met
in Philadelphia Wednesday morn
ing. The object of the convention
is to wind up the affairs of that body
and merge it into another body
whose scope will be broader.
The increased pay demanded by
the brick masons and carpenters at
Dallas, Texas, was acCeded to by
the contractors. The bricklayerS
now receive So and the carpenters
50, per day.
A fatal disease, common to men
and horses, prevails at COlata, Ill.
Two men died OF it at that place
recently. The State authorities are
killing afflicted horses and taking
radical measures to prevent the
spread of the disease.
The prominent iron men of the
South had a meeting in Nashville
Tuesday for the purpose of confer
ing with one another as to prices
and other matters in connection
with iron business.
Georgia will probably follow Ten
nessee in making certain species of
gambling a felony. Such an act
will be introduced at the Summer
session of the Legislature in that
State.
Hon. John d. White congress-