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The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
THE SOIL Or RUGBY.

The seasons of 1882 will be re-
membered in Rugby as vindicatory
ones, in that the soil, responding to
the sun and rain, has proved to all,
the ignorance and incapacity of
those who traduced the land as
generally useless, and incapable of
profitable production. The soil has
never had claimed for it other than
good second-class qualities, and the
past year has plainly shown the
truth of the statement, also that,
really, it had been moderated.
The kindly earth is here, "the
hour and the man" only are wanted.
As soon as the man-and no matter
of what nation-comes along, the
hour will come, too, when the soil
will gladly respond and press into
his barns all the prodigality the
God of Nature only is capable OF
giving.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
wAET3URG,
Special to the RmJbeiaa.

Special to the R'ybejan.
Jan. 5th.-Old Times chrome
logical recorder and usher of events,
with his usual regularity, comes,
bringing a new tablet on which to
engraye our deeds, admonishing us
to contemplate our past record, and,
if we have erred, to amend our
ways.
Mr.. Stors, of Indiana, who, With
his family, is staying at the Central
Hotel, has had borne to him son.
Mother and child are doing well.
The public business in the County
Court on Monday and Tuesday
was as follows; Mr.. Stevens was
reelected Chairman, and Joseph
Staples was elected Superintendent
OF Public Instruction. The new
road oyerseers are: First District,
S. II. Bradshaw, clerk and treasurer;
Second District, j. D. Kreis, clerk
and treasurer; Third District, J. j.
Nitchike. The assessment Of taxes
was made as follows: County, 80
cents school, 10 cents; which with
the States 80 cents, make 20 cents
on the hundred dollars valuation.
Road tax: Six days w2rk per year
and 10 cents per hundred dollars.
The following jurors were appointed:
lst District, J. G. Jackson, D. X.
Goddard; 2nd, J. Breedlove, S. G.
Bradshaw; 3rd, J. w. Morgan; 4th,
W. d. Francis, d. Kreis. S. T. Scott,
s. +. Webb; 9Th, j. w. Mosier, M
Hatmaker, A. R. Lewallen; 9th,
R. Anderson, A. G. Peters, r. Cook ;
9TH, Henry Cooper, &. NJ. Blood
saw, A. Agee; 6th, James Potter,
Isaac Hawn; 9th, John MAIDEN, j.
Handy; 10th, L. Cooper, Geo.
tohllt'l ve.4 ,s---nA.--> .p,, 4, ~. -~--.A,
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
THE srATE~DEBT.

There was some faint hope, very
faint, that the State debt under the
funding act would be left undis-
turbed by the Democratic party
upon its taking the control of public
business, but every expectation of
its doing SO has now vanished. The
announcement at the close of the
year that Col. Polk would not nav
the January interest naturally raised
IN all honest hearts an indignant
feeling of shame, but Eow the Senate
and House have adopted resolution
confirming the Treasurer in his
avowed intention, we are brought to
face an act as full of downright fraud
and deception as was any swindle
ever exposed in a police court.
tennessee has dealt a fatal blow
at It's honor and integrity, and one
~ s4ilpai as''-sv,ta9saql. ssa.a
most iljurlously to the Development
and position of the State. The only
really just settlement was at one
hundred cents ON the dollar, but the
sixty cents was fully accepted by the
bondholders as the best and fairest
way out of the interminable con-
troversy, and, further, payment of
interest and princi al was accepted
upon ''the faith, honor and public
credit of Tennessee.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
HEALTHY RUGBY.

The health of Rugby during theyear
just closed has been without draw
back. There has been no sickness
IN any way connected with the place
OF the climate. Only three deaths
have occurred, one from lung disease
contracted in the North years ago,
and greatly benefited by the change
to this plateau, one from rheumatism
OF the heart in a gentleman subject
through life to rheumatic affections,
and the remaining instance from
perltonitis. For such freedom from
sickness we must feel a full and
great thankfulness, and congratulate
ourselves upon the high and invigor-
ating climatic position of Rugby,
and its general sanitary arrange
ments.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
MORGAN COUNTY.

The county town of Morgan County is
Wartburg, and the various Courts are held as
follows -
CHANCERY CouRT.--IIon. D.. X. Young,
Chancellor ex-oficio. Meets first Monday in
March, July and November. Samuel II. Staples,
Clerk and Master.
CIRCUIT CouRT--Hon. D. K. Young, Judge /;
j. NJ. d. Mitchell, Attorney General. Meets
first Monday in March, July and November. j..
W. Scott. Clerk,
COUNTY CoURT.--M. Stevens, Chairman.
Quarterly Court meets first Monday in January,
April, July and October. Quorum Court meets
first Monday in every month. M. f. Redman,
Clerk.
COUNTY OFFIcIALs.--G. W. Green, Sheriff ;
John d. Kreise, Trustee: John l.. Scott, Regis.
ter Thomas Roberts, County Surveyor; }.
Staples, Superintendent Public Schools.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
SCOTT COUNTY.

The county town of Scott County is Huntsville,
and the various Courts are held as follows -
CHANcERY CouRr.-Hon. d. K, Young,
Chancellor Meets fourth Monday in March,
July and November. j. j. Duncan, Clerk and
Master.
CIRCUIT Court Hon. d. K. Young, Judge
J. NJ, d. Mitchell Attorney General, Meets
fourth Monday in March, July and November
r. HURT, Clerk; ]. j. Duncan, Deputy Clerk.
COUNTY CoURr-Hon. J. G. Parker, Judge
Quarterly Court meets first Monday in January
April, July and October Quorum Court meets
first Monday in every month. Jno. Pemberton,
Clerk; J. j. Duncan Deputy Clerk.
COUNTY OFFIoIALs.--Beaty Cecil, Sheriff
E. M. Sexton, Trustee; William Sharp, Regis
ter; Alvin Parker, County Surveyor; James Ii
LETTERS, Superintendent Public Schools.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The Senate and House met at
Nashville on Monday, and went
through some preliminary organ
ization.-The Rev. DR.. Hoyt, in the
opening prayer in the Senate, caused
some little sensation by very dis
tlnctly referring to call forms of
dishonesty" Senator Steel was
elected temporary Speaker. On the
sixteenth ballot Senator B. I. Alex
ander (D), of Rutherford county,
was chosen Speaker. Every member
of the Senate was present, and sworn
in.-In the House Mr.. W. L. Ledger
wood D), of Knox county, was
elected Speaker. -On Wednesday
the Senate and House adopted a
resolution instructing the Comp
troller and Treasurer not to pay
interest on the State debt under the
| funding act.-A resolution was in
troduced in the Senate by Mr..
Champion, of the 9th District, for
a Committee to prepare q bill to
settle the debt at fifty and three
On Thursday Governor Hawkins
delivered his Message. Hedenounced
the Penltentiary as a disgrace to the
State. A new site and anew build
ing ought to be at once begun. He
also spoke of the State Insane
Asylum as being inadequate to its
requirements. He spoke of the
University of Tennessee as deserving
of G ly care and consideration. He
n unced the administration OF
Justice in the Supreme Court, OWNS
to its slowness, as lamentabll
failure. His views on the debt
question we're unchanged. He very
earnestly recommended that further
time be given to the creditors that
that have not funded and provision
be made for the prompt payment OF
the interest.-The Speaker of the
House appointed the following gem
tlemen as 9 special committee on
the debt: Messrs Iyie, Head, Full
kerson, Gass, Smithhead, and Pat
terson. Ivie introduced a bill tc
settle the debt at fifty and three.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
Saturday the rotunda of the Max

Saturday the rotunda of the Max
well House was filled with candidates
for the offices to be filled by the
present Legislature. An amusing
scene was witnessed yesterday after
noon, between two aspirants for
sergeant-at-arms of the House. One
mistook the other for a member, and
grasping him by the coat, pulled him
over in a corner, and gave him the
talll-me-to-death-act for about fif-
teen minutes. At the expiration of
that time, the party addressed, in
formed the solicitous candidate that
he was also working for the same
Office. Scene-slam curtain and
red light Weekly american.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FENTRESS COUNTY.

The county town of Fentress County is
jamestown, and the various Courts are held as
follows -
CHANoERY CouRr-Hon. D. X. Young,
Chancellor Meets first Monday after the fourth
Mondoy in March, July and November 5.
" Bowden, Clerk and Master.
CIRCUIT CoURr.-Hon. D. K. Young, Judge
J. NJ. D. Mitchell, Attorney General. Meets
first Monday after the fourth Monday in March.
July and November. A. A. Gooding Clerk.
COUNTY CoURT-Hou. James GEORGE Judge
Meets the first Monday in each month. A. J.
Mace, Clerk.
COUNTY OFFICIALs'-G. W. Conatser, Sheriff
0. P. Cooper, Trustee; G. 5. kington, Regis
Stephens, Superintendent Of Public schools.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
The most interesting newspaper

The most interesting newspaper
item for some time is the union of
the Commercial with the Gazette, of
Cincinnati. The combination will
be good thing for the public If 1T
should give one of the very best
papers in the country, as it should
do. 1t will, however, be highly in
structive to watch Mr.. Halstead as
stroke oar, with Mr.. Smith as cock
swain, and, further, should the crew
pull well together, encouraging to
behold-for the benefit of editors
generally-so edifying an example
of Christian forbearance.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
During the past year Chattanooga
granted III divorces.

Mr.. Pendleton's Civil Service Bill,
if it finally runs the gauntlet and
becomes law, cannot fail of doing
some amount of good, although it is
far from being the bosom that is
required to cleanse the Augean
stables of the Government. 1t is
enough, however, to irritate the ghost
of Thurlow Weed.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FIRE NEAa JAMESTOWN.


We regret to hear that Mr.. J. G.
Wright, of Pail Mall, about six miles
from jamestown, Fentress county,
had, at the beginning of this week,
his store, with merchandise, and
other property, destroyed by fire.
We are informed the loss is about
$4,000 and that therewas no insurace.
The fire is thought to be the work
of an incendiary. The store was
about a quarter of a mile from Mr..
Wrights residence.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
ALLARDT !! !!
A New Anglo German Settlement IN
Fentress County, East Tennessee,
just opening.

Our Plat No. |, containing some IA 900
acres, subdivlded into lots Of 100 acres, is now
offered tor sale at figures that will bring an
hundred acre farm within the reach Of almost
every home-seeker.
town site reservation convenient to the
terminus OF the projected Fentress Co. R,R.
will shortly be plated and lots offered at low
prices.
These lands are on the Cumberland Plateau
proper. are abundaully supplied with the best
of water and many varieties Of valuable
timber. hey are well adapted for general
farming, though stock and dairy farming, the
cultivation OF root crops, fruits, silk, ETC., will
be more largely remuneratve.
For further particulars apply to
STEPHENS C GERNT,
PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.
Successors to ALLARDT & Co.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
CLUB RATES,

We shall be pleased to club the Rug6eian
with the following weekly aud monthly papers
at the low and advantageous rates given
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06

The Hon. B. F. Alexander, of
Rutherford county, the new Speake +
of the Senate, is but 80 years old.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06

We shall be also pleased to quote other
papers at equally low rates.
The price of the Rugbeidn is l.5O a year,
or FIVE subscriptions for $780,
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FOR SALE,

A Town Lot at the corner of Cumberland
Avenue and Harrow Road, Rugby. Any
person wanting building lot in this very
desirable locality can buy the above for $40.
1t cost SIS, Apply at the Office of the
Rugbeian
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FIVE CENTS
TENNESSEE NEWS.

iclllleSSee SENDS Tour C0l0red
Representatives to the House.
The balance in the State Treasury,
December 10, 1882, was $5OS,0l5.
The present General Assembly of
Tennessee is the Ard of the series.
Gen. Bate has appointed Mr.. R.W.
Cantrell, of Nashville, as his private
secretary.
1t is proposed to settle the debt
of Memphis, about $5,00O,oO0, at
fifty and six.
The recent field trials have proveu
that the dogs of Memphis are the
biggest in the country,
Two hundred and fifty applicants,
it is estimated, are in Nashville,
seeking to fill nine or ten offices.
A twelve year old boy has died in
Marion county from a wound caused
by a toy pistol He was son of
Mr.. W. r, Rankin.
1t is estimated that The expendi-
lures for buildingst Memphis during
the past year way Sl,25O,O0O, and
the D0qm still III be sola s%
u, and on crcagk
A temaletes be ring int. named
Mary Jennlnsga.Hs also 'i be- retained "ei on urea
in Meigs coururity g.
brother, taken to artburg the 18th day S" of
The last spike OH. STAPLES, C. & NJ.
side of the K. & 0.
driven at ten minutes Y S al {
o'clock on Thursday last; LAND.
Governor Hawkins recc the chancery
the establishment Of refofmber Term,
schools for children. He depraalee' at the ds,
sending children to the peri.~atlNOnday'
lrpen-
-.Ca9saattr.4oo8 6. 81 .-lls.ng Of gil,l SAID
up her charter, and becoming a tax
ing district. Memphis has done so,
and Nashville is thinking about the
step.
Thomas L. Moses has been elected
to fill the Office of principal of the
Tennessee Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
in place of the late Prof. j, II.
ljams.
A Baptist missionary at the Ten
nessee State Convention reported
three churches that paid their
pastors the munifcent salary of sc
year.
1t costs fifty cents to get married
in Tennessee, in Georgia it is double
that amount, while in Alabama the
price is almost prohibition, $3.50
being the rate of exchange.
Returns received Saturday from
johnson county give Bate l8j and
Hawkins l,046. This gives the
following totals: Bate, l79,O06;
Hawkins, 9l,906: Beasley, 9,572;
Russell, 1900 Union county is the
only one from which returns have
not yet been received.
Fifteen employees of the Chicksaw
Cooperage Company, at Memphis,
we're poisoned the other night by
canned peaches, which they ate at
} supper. Two Of them are seriously
ill. The poison is supposed to have
originated from the corrosive action
OF the ACID OF the fruit on the TIN
cans in which it was put up.
A corporation named the East
Tennessee Valley Zinc Company,
with capital Of 100000, has been
completed at Knoxville, with works
close to the city. The mines are
near New Market, between Loves
Lreek and Morristown, and are very
rich in deposits of zinc. About 300
hands altogether will be employed.
At Pikeville, on Christmas day,
Mr.. j. Lloyd was perSonating Santa
Claus, and came very near being
burned to death. As he was giving
out the presents in the church some
one carelessly threw upon him u
lighted match, and in an instant he
was on fire. The bystanders tore.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FISH ER'S REAL ESTATE
AND
COMMISSION AGENCY.

f. c. Fisher in announcing that he is pre-
pared to undertake the renting, the sale, and
the purchase of house property and farm lands
in and around Rugby would assure those
ladies and gentlemen who may intrust him
with commissions, that every care and prompt
attention will be given to all their require
ments. All transactions will be under his
direct sup, 'slon.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06
FOR SALE,

A Town Lot on Central Avenue, commanding
a beautiful and very extensive view, Apply
at the Office OF the Rugbeian.
The Rugbeian and district reporter. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1882-1883, 1883-01-06

Houses and farms for rent.
Town lots and farms for sale.
Lands suitable for vineyards, orchards and
fruit growing.
New lands laid out aud prepared for farms.
Contracts made Tor clearing, fencing and
building.
Intending settlers assisted in the choice Of
farms and building sites.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-11-14
STOCKTON ITEMS.

learn that our quarries have been cut
ting wages somewhat. as follows: One
quarry has put the time to nine hour
work at the wages paid for eight hours ;
another quarry still keeps the time at ten
hours work, bnt makes the wages at nine
hours. Why it is that an hours labor is
not worth as much now as it was one
month ago we fail to see, only that the
men at this time of the year cannot get
much to do outside of the quarries. Be-
sides, great many of the hands have
moved into this village and cannot leave
at present and have to work for what they
can get or 60 hungry to bed.
Our village just now is filled up in every
hole and corner on account of the quarries
and we have quite variety of nationali-
ties staying here, few of which l will
name. We have Italians, Germans,
Swedes, Hungarians, Scotch, French,
Irish aud occasionally Spaniard and
some black men, together with our per-
manent residents, all working in the same
gangs. One class of people l forgot to
name. We have quite number of En-
glish, mostly stone cutters also some
welchmen. So you see we have very
great variety of men and opinions among
us, but they all agree on the eating and
drinking subject, especially on the beer
question. Judging from the amount Of
beer shipped to our station, there are be-
tween twelve and fifteen hundred bottles
used up in week in this village, besides
some other stuff that does men no good
whatever. But Moses and the other land
lord are raking in the dimes daily.
We see some improvement in the walks
in our village. There have been severa
new hagstone walks put down this FALL
also some plank walks but our streets
are in very bad condition. Men have
been allowed to fill up the streets will
refuse from the quarrries until the mid
die of the streets is about one foot OF
more higher than the sidewalks and the
cutters are full OF mud, when IL the
street hal been stoned and turnpiked,
it would have been all right.
Rev. G. s. Conkling has just been bav
ing all of his dwelling houses given 8
good painting up, which adds much Il
the appearance of our village. o. r.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-11-14
RARE CHANCE FOR A BUSI-
NESS LOCATION.


NESS LOCATION.
The lot and stores on the south
east corner of Union and Church
Sts., Lambertville, N. j., are now Of
fered for sale. The lot is % feet
front on Union st. and l02 feet on
Church ST., clear of the street, and
is one of the most eligible and de-
sirable sites for business now in the
market.
The dwelling adjoining will be
sold if so desired. Terms moderate
and possession accommodating.
A Good Brick Dwelling House on
the south side of York street, east of
Main, and contains 6 rooms and st-
tic, all in good repair. Well Of good
water and cistern at the door.
No. /. Is nice three story brick
dwelling house, on Union
ST., between York and Dele
van, containing 8 rooms.
No. 4. A large brick dwelling house
with stable, on Bridge ST.,
near the depot. A good
business location, and in
position to grow in value.
No. 5. A brick house with vacant
lot, with barn, situated on
Washington and Coryell
SITS, very cheap.
No. 6. A large lot on the Delaware
and Raritan Canal, North
of Moore's Spoke Factory.
Lot is "a #. on the canal,
and has three tenement
houses renting for good
income, and the property
is also approaching in
value.
No. Z. Is a frame dwelling and store
room with a bakery at
tached, situated on Della
ware avenue, one of the
best streets in the city. A
good location for the bak-
ing business, and can be
bought cheap.
Several other desirable properties
now in hand and for sale not includ-
ed in the above list.
Sept. Ii, 1882.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-11-14

NEW JERSEY SoReHUM.-The Rio
Grande sorghum works of Cape May
county are daily turning out one thous-
and pounds of the best grade of sugar
sorghum, besides large quantity Of
syrup. The manufacture of sugar from
sorghum in New Jersey is no longer an
experiment.
The seed of sorghum when analysed is
found to be identical with Indian corn.
In China sorghum 10 grown exclusively
for the seed, as breadstuff, and more pe0-
pie In the world live from bread made
from sorghum seed than from wheat, corn
and rice combined.
The identity of sorghum seed and In
dian corn, and therefore OF their bread
making qualities, became known in this
country only quite recently.
In China it has been grown entirely for
bread for two thousand years, while Its
value as q sugar plant has not been
known.
At the Rio Grand plantation the cost Of
preparing the ground, planting the seed
cultivating, cutting, and transporting the
cane to the mill, is paid for by the seed
alone, either sold or fed to hogs for mar
ket. It costs less than one and quarter
cents per pound to produce the sugar
after that, thus leaving a profit which
must be regarded as highly satisfactory.
Sorghum will grow wherever corn will.
Its cultivation costs no more. 1t Is not
yet settled that sorghum will not beat
corn acre for acre, when the weight and
value of the seed comes to be considered.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-11-14
APPEARANCE OF A TORNADO.

As the tornado now sweeps onward In
It's course it rises and falls with series Of
bounds, and, with swaying motion, de.
scribes zigzag course, now forming chain
of loops, and again shooting of on an obtust
angle, varying in the speed OF its forward
motion, which may be anywhere from ten
to thirty miles an hour. At the same time
It is rapidly whirling on It's axis in the OPP
posite direction from screw, or the hands
of clock, the air revolving around the
vortex, necessarily attaining speed OF
several hundred miles an hour. First Wild
ening, then contracting, now bounding
above the treetops, and again descending to
sweep the earth bare of every object within
its reach, the aerial monster surges onward.
The largest forest trees, nero playthings IN
its grasp, are plucked up by the roots, OF
snapped off like pipe stems Substantial
buildings are first crushed like egg shells,
then caught up in the vortex and the debris
carried sometimes for miles before it 10
again thrown of by centrifugal force and
falls by grayitation anywhere, everywhere,
as soon as released from the monsters
grasp.
II Is difficult TO accurately describe the
tornado's appearance and work, even for
those who have been eye witnesses, or who
have personally passed through the hoi-ors
Its coming brings While accounts differ as
10 its appearance and behavior, as witness
cd from different points of observation and
under different circumstances, all substan-
tally agree that it is cone-shaped, its motion
rotary, that its apex resembles fire and
smoke, and that vivid lightning and heavy
rainfall usually accompany it. In rare in
stances, electricity, in the form Of st.
Elmo's FIRE, will precede the vortex, and a
white, steamy cloud will follow. 1t will be
observed that the form Of the tornado-cloud
Is nicely illustrated by the "proof-plane T"
used in teaching natural philosophy. The
small end of the plane is most heavily
charged with electricity, and, the nearer II
approaches to perfect point, the greater
will be the accumulation high tension Ia
caused, and the electricity must escape by
some conductor. So, in the tornado cloud,
the smaller the point or stem, the greater
the force exerted when it meets the earth
From Cyclones and Tornadoes," By George
q. Smith, IN Popular Science Monthly.