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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
COUNTY DEMOCRATIO CONVENTION.

The Democrats OF Montgomery County
VIII meet In Convention at the Court House
I'm GAINESVILLE, ON Saturday, July %, 1884, at
IL o clock, a, M, for the purpose ofnomina-
ting two candidates for the Legislature, and
appointing delegates TO the Pictorial, Sena-
tOFial and Congressional Conventions of
this District.
The Chairman OF the various District
Cognmlttees Will please see that District
meetings arc held and delegates sent to this
County Convention.
by order OF Democratic Exec utiye Com
mlttes. CHAS. w. TYLER, Ohm.
CIArksville, July 8, 1884.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

THE Tennesseean, a Republican
campaign paper published at Nash
vile, inquiries: do those New York
papers love our Southland =? Does
Henry Ward Beecher ?" Here's rich
ness for you-a Republican paper
trying to prejudice us against Har-
per's Weekly, the New York Times
and Henry Ward Beecher because
they don't "love our Southland Well,
neither of these journals or the Brook
Ign parson were ever suspected of any
Overweening affection tor this part of
the country, but since they have quit
the Republican party, which is kind
of organized hatred of the South, they
may have 4 kind of dawning love for
us. We won't discourage them, any
WlV
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

The report in Washington is that
after Cleveland is officially notified
of his nomination next week, and
indicates his acceptance, ex-Gov.
Samuel J. Tilden will write him
letter cordially congratulating him,
and voGch-safing the assurance Of
his cordial support and cooperation
In the campaign.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
Election Notice.

4
| \ ON TIIURSDAY, the 7th day,of August,
1884, 1 win open and lloid -an elcetion IA She
different pr5cluets Of Montssoilefy Count y
for the purpose OF Clecting The following
officers: One Sheriff, ono Trustee, ono
Constable III each district except No IL
which elects two, and one School Commits
sioner for each district, and one Magistrate
in Dist. No. 2, lnado yacant by the removal
. Distriot No 8 4=fs Y J ahnson, Polk Prince,
VIM Marshell, judges; Clark Johnson, Chas
MsM ,s; "a elesf ,o Mtc S,S 9 \,
NO AoycliSss1Ioat :. z, l. 81 rs, eiIidr.
l. Dist. Nc. : T. y ~ II an, " & HaICisOn,
A A. M e .Iai5s gse' y 4tiiffgs t
1ltst. No. i;yht t;eyne, j. j SSsinor, r
'Saufhall, iuds,s, 2 = MabES, q I,IIeNNell,
clerks; D 2 Chester, officer.
/ Dist; No. 5-N ii Adams, Martin RoAseli,
g w Ford, judges Z + Fry, ii'rs Bourne,
clerks; u q taF9nt, ofiiccr. .fAt INN .,tt
Dist. No 71oliIi Tri6c, Ernme Morrow,
Bryant Nl;Nf+i6, einrtss J,io IL Will0ueh.
~ i,i S4'' So. :, ; Is station. Erepe Msdolc,
J II hiahOD, judge, II q Gold, Jas Oldham,
clerks " "a lGggllis oiiicerY AiR.t.{ :
DIST. M. S-D;lYc Buck; ] II hcacliam,
Luke Allen, JQdgei; Jas Dubois, fipss EN-
Dist No. 81 g Thompson, \ /, OnoaI, e
q FerreII judges; } IL Bnek. 'B Alien,
cIcrka; q W C#udie, officer.
DIST. NO. 10 a. y Began, ~ Williams,
j o II Hooper, JUDGES; WIN i;osers, " Il
Macon, eiGGits 81 soieu, offi.cr- ....
DIST. No. fl-L NJ Isudolph, j n Dickson,
y cr cISrfs jw e r5, oiesr John
Dist. No. u ~ Court-lotse 4 Willis,
s A caldwell. u Hawks, jndses; elns IIar-
rison, Clay Stacker, CLERKS; sam u bapey,
oi hist. No. u at Mark6t-t House IIanly
Campbell Johp Kick. John + C0utS, Judges;
Alex Davidson, Martin fsi'ter, clerks; q w
station, officer. ts
Dist. No. l3-J u Ussery; jas Scrugs, Jas
\ cliey, judges; j. II steele Bailey Johnson,
clerks; II L Lyle, oi1cer.t .-.a. $50.
Dist. No. A-Wright Burton, IAsmps Bur.
ton, II 1, King judges; Y z farrell, 4 T
Dist. No. l5-Jacob, Brown, q Albright,
Il W Pace, Judges; Jas 1lumphris, T. L
Foust, clerk Dayid Brown. officer.
Dist Ne. leIJ NJ Dicksol,i = 4 Harper,
Laughn, clerks; Sid q Batson, officer.
Dist. No. lib X Ramey, q Orgain, II w
Hale, judges; Geo Lowe, w COriew,
clerks; II d Stewart, officer.
Dist. No, lS-lI Davis, Wilson Baggett,
VIM CHANNEL, judges; Burl Martin, 4
Attaway, clerks; Jas Harris, officer.
Dist. No. IA Outlaw, J z Buckingham,
3 w Owen, judges; + Corban, Robt Swift,
clerks; w ID Tomlfnson, officer.
Dist No. 29-JaS Nesbit, Bud higgins,
Frank Smith, judges Joe Fletcher, j B
Ediin, clerks w i Welker, officer. =
Also an election will be held at Central
Chapel in District 8. for the purpose of
eIecting three School Commissioners for
School District No 81. ] o Bird, JnO Oneal,
w S Tyson, Judges; L ] Morris, VIM A
Oneai, Clerks; L L Oneal, Officer.
Officers will make out two lists aud re-
turn one 70 mo and tho other 70. the County
Court Clerk. : GEO. r. HAkItIS,
Sheriff of Montgomery County.
June 81, 1854 to.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

State Democratic Executive Committee
For the State at large--D. ID. Anderson. of
Knox; Geo. W. Darien, OF Davidson Jno.
II. Hillsman, OF Shelby.
First Distriet-John Allison, Jr., Of Wash
ington.
Second Dlstrict-lf. r. Sullivan, of Knox.
Third District-Jas. Byles, OF Warren.
Fourth Distrlct-J. A. TrouSdale, Of Sum-
ner.
Fifth District-T. ID. Gregory, OF franklin.
Sixth District-Chas. w. Tyler, of Mont
gOmery.
seventh Distrlct-R. N. Mckay, of Maury.
Eighth Districts. ID. Hayes, of Madison.
Ninth Distrlct-C. n. Ewing, OF w oakley.
Tenth District-C. A. Miller, of Hardeman.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

The Independent Republicans
make candid acknowledgment that
the other parties tried to dodge. They
say: Upon the practical questions OF
the tariff and finance and other ques-
tions upon which both parties arc
divided in themselves, we are also
divided in opinion"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
For District Electors.

Robert Burrow, of Carter.
2-S. q. Heiskell, OF Knox,
-
an. s. Elkin, of Sumner.
D.
6-J. w. Judd, of Robertson.
I'll. p. Padgett, OF Maury.
S-R. p. Cole, OF Henry.
M uarvav Afathaa NJ ShaIhv
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

In this cause it appearing from the aIliga-
ton in the bill which is sworn To that The
dofendants, Harry Crittendon and wife,
Sa!uc Crittendon. are nOu-residents of the
State of Tennessee, so that the ordinary
process of law cannot DC served upon them
Tits therefore ordered by the Clerk and
and make defense in this cause at the
Court House in Erin, Tenn, on or before
.September, 1884, or .eomplainants bin will
be taken for confessed as TO them, and
set for Hearing OK parLe; and that
cOpy of this order bc published for four con-
Secutiye weeks in the GAINESVILLE Chronicle.
This July 18th, 1884.
J. l.. McMILLANC. g NJ.
iuly 10, Si-iW
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND, 4 we'll
known newspaper correspondent who
writes over the pseudonym "Gath, .
had a letter in recentnumber of the
Cincinnati Enqulror telling some very
indecent stories about Gov. Cleveland.
"Gath's" reputation has been made by
the readable manner in which he
dresses up sensational lies. The En-
quirer, as everybody knows, is owned
and conducted by a disreputable char
actcr named Johnny MCLEAN, and is
q kind of un-illustrated Police Ga
zette. ISLANDERS ON public mans
moral character coming from such a
source and through such channel
are not likely to receive much ere
dence. Tho fact that Cleveland in his
race for Governor of New York was
voted for by a great many Republic
cans on purely moral grounds is
sufficient refutation of such charges.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

by what means has MFR. Logan de-
termined that Southern negroes are
all Republicans, when such fact is
not shown by the ballot-box returns
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

Fan River Advance: If there is
anything madden than "a wet hen
1t is Q woman who spendsan hour1in
neatly opening suspicious hooking
billet dotx sort Ofa letter TO her
husband only to find that il is =
bill from his tailor.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

For Electors for the State ut Largo,
j. ID. q. ATKINS. OF Henry.
RoBr. L. TAYLOR, of Washington.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

p. Capt. Andrews 90 years of age,
has completed his walk from South
Carolina TO Massachusetts, arriving
I'm Boston i'm good condition.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

THE Country Gentleman gives
the following as an exterminator of
the lice in poultry houses: "Mix
whitewash with kerosene, instead
of water, and add flour of sulphur to
the wash; apply copiously. Clean
tho floor frequently and sprinkle
with kerosene, then cover with
lime in powder. y .H ioot DJE
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
: sHoRTHoRNs.

--~>>-t = 1850 e>--S- - ~ =
sHoRTRoRNs.
Best bull yrs. odd aqd over
:. annaerS'
:. under / VI. old.
of any age.
Best COW yrs. old and over.
~ ~" under nd. :.
under VI. old.
Best herd Il BUY aiI n and or moro cows. any
age. s. -
DEyoss. ~
Best Bull OF any age.
Best Cow ofany age.
HEREFoRDs.
lest bull of any age.
Best cow of any age.
PoLLED ANGUS.
Best bull of any age.
Best cow OF any age.
MILK cows.
Best milk cow any breed or grade. years
Old and over. -
Best milk COW any breeder grade, years
old and under 8.
Best milk COW any breed or grade, years
old and under 4,
SHEEP.
OV10WO11Asos
Best ram, any age.
Best ram lamb.
Best eve, any age.
Best eve lamb.
Best ram and three of his produce, pro-
duce to decide tho award.
soUTHDowEs.
Best ram, any age.
Cost ram lamb.
Best eve, any age.
Fest eve lamb.
Best ram and 8 of his produce, the pro-
duce TO decide the award A #&S
n oxFoRDs. Sa 80
Best ram, any Qge.
Best ram lamb.
Best eve. any age.
Best eve lamb.
Best ram and 3 of his produce, the pro-
duce to decide the award.
sHRoPsHusEs.
Best ram, any age. :
Best ram, lamb.
Best eve, any age
Gest eve, lamb. Il
lest ram and 5 OF his5produee, the pro
duoe to decide the awaEds
ANGoRA GOATS.
Best buck, any, age.
Best owe, any age.
Best flock, buck and two or more ewes.
HOGS.
BERKsHIEEs.
Best boar yrs, old and over.
6mcs. f. a. Z months.
. =" q: = : !. unSor2; ,,on,,s
- pair pigs under months.
POLAND CHINA.
Best boar years and over.
90 {" year /" under z.
" q mos. Old and under II months.
{. SOW years old and over.
Z" I'year old and under 2.
mos. OLD and under II months.
t' pal pigs and uncer months. -,lt.
CHESTER WHITES. 55, u
Best boar years old and over. bod
Is IS year under
" g mos. - under IL months.
SOW years old and over.
6mos. I" under ~ months
d pair pigs under 6 months.
oHRssrIIREs.
Best boar, any age.
Best SOW, any age.
Best pair of pigs.
ESSEX.
Best boar, any age.
Best SOW, any age.
Best pair of pigs.
SWEEPSTAKES.
Including ali breeds.
Best boar, any age.
Best SOW any age.
Hest pair of pigs under SIX months.
FRUIT.
APPLES.
Best peck. ono variety.
Best half buShel three varieties.
Best peck cider apples.
GRAPES. --
Best two varieties three punches of each.
Best three varieties three lunches of each
Best single variety three punches. .sass.
PEACHES. sesEss
Best peck, one variety. Bf
Best peck, three varieties. 81
PEARS.
Best peck, any variety.
swEEPSTAKE KS.
Best display of fruit, not less than three
kinds.
M MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT AND FARM
IMPLEMENTS.
Best Irvine binder.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

An AIabama letter has
just delivered d letter written in
1850. IL is not known what reason
there Is for the haste. ( z4N-Kk r
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

Best Irvine binder.
i" moving machine.
sulky pillow.
ga I" throe-hOrSe pillow. 49, --.
- " tWo-horSe sIubble pillow. 81
Sc onc-horse cultivatiug pillow. IL
I" harrow for all purposes.
:" tWo-horS3 farm wagon.
hay rake.
threshing machine.
grain drill.
d" clover seed gatherer or huller.
" feed cutter.
hand corn shelter.
" grain cradle.
Z" farm fan or seed cleaner,
I" farm gate. sA.
"a washing machine.
chuTn.
farm cart. ..... .
" buggy.
barouche or carriage.
phDtOn.
display Of car riages and buggies.
display of furniture OF cabinet work.
display of dressed lumber, three feet
boards.
" pannel door.
s " display Of ornamental building ma
terial.
100 brick.
building stono prepared for use.
90 native marble. b. f.. ...s...hs
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Governor,
VIM. b. BATE, of Davidson.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
Public Sale
LAND!
Pursuant 10 a decree of the Circuit Court
Of Montgomery county, made at the May
term, 1884, in the cause of E
j. M. Pirtle and wife, ct ais,
VS..
Jno. Il. McIIemore and Lizzie McLemore,
and others,
! will offer for sale at public auction, TO the
highest bidder, at the Court House door IN
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, ON
MONDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1884,

&4S@S9S2 ~ 1@SdSp& 44bus 4OO1J
tract ofland containing fifty acres, lying
In civil district No. 3 OF said county, IL be-
ing the part OF the land assigned to Mrs. >.
W. Rogers as her dover In the estate of
Armstead Rogers, deceased, which was set
apart by said court 10 JnO. Il. McLemore
amt Lizzie McIemore In common. Begin
ming at n stake and pointers the southeast
corner of lot No. ito~wjt of the three lots
into which the said dover tract was di-
yidedl, running athence south with the
dbWer line &54 poles TO q stake, eHouth
cast corner of the said dover tract thenco
west with said dover line 2O6 poles to O
stake, the southwest corner of said dover
line; thence north with the line of said
dover tract 2914 poles 10 q black gum bush
and pointers, the southwest corner of said
lot No. 2; thence east with lot No 266 poles
10 the beginning.
months credit. The purchaser TO execute
note with eSecurity and bearing Interest
from date for deferred payment. Lien re-
tained therefor. No redemption.
g. ID. BAILEII, Clerk.
J. w. SCALES Atty for McIsemoFe heirs
July IL Si-4w
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
NONRESIDENT Notice.
In Chancery at Erin, Tenn.

J. l.. Mcmillan, Executor of d. n. Carter,
vs.. tho Heirs and Creditors Of
Il N. Carter.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
HA!IlHAi DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT.

FOR PRESIDENT.
STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF New York.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
OF Indiana.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

Best bnll 8 yrs. old and over.
- IS uuderS
VI. r.
under yr. old.
OF any aee.
Best cow yrs. old and over.
50 I" !" +" - under 3.
sasassszs. .aasst e ..ss.s...s.ss
under yr. old.
- OF any age.
Best herd, bull and or more cows, any
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

O-J. Harvey Mathes. of Shelby.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26

IL hasa curved blade. mado OF the highest
grlde Of steel. Tie wearing surfaces aro
chilled. A now and PEI feet adjustment Of
the cutting blade. IL Is Htrong and duyl'l'le,
viii do more work than my other implc-
ment Of In class.
Price IA ClarlTsv Ole. at Tetail, eS 30,
The lettar below comes from a section of
tho country where ours meet in composition
the celebrated aVirginia" cutter.
- EA MfsIsi wIeTlIER q PATCH.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Hoe cholera has broKen out in portions
of Pennsylvania.
MANY Nihilists have beer arrested with
in the past few days at Odessa, Russia.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES celebrat-
ed his seventy-ffth birthday at Boston.
Mass, on the 295h.
THERE were four deaths from cholera at
Marseilles and two at Toulon on the % h.
BERRY JOHNSON, a CoIored wife muir
derer, was hanged at Shreveport, La, and
William Williams, alias Frenc - was
hanged at Franklin, La, on the 29Jh.
THE residents of Snan yhai are becoming
alarmed and are leaving the city.
DIVERS who examined the wrecked
steamer Tallapoosa could find no bodies.
They found an awful big hole, though.
A HURRICANE at Evansville, Ind, on
the 20th destroyed property valued at a
quarter of a million dollars or over.
ANOTHER sugar firm has failed at Wen
na with liabilities upwards of S40J0,000.
THE Piegan Indians of Montana, 900 in
number, are dying from starvation at the
rate of one per day, as the result of made
quate appropriation for their support.
THE long drought in Virginia has been
ended by copious rains, and good tobac-
co crop is now assured.
THE Spanish clergy have started a DEM
OnstratiOu in every church in the coun-
try in favor Of the temporal power of the
Pope.
ABRAM PENICK, the leading shorthorn
stock raiser in the country, died near
Winchester, KY, on the 18th, aged eighty
three years.
JOHN SEALY, ex-President of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa Fe Railway, died sud-
denly at Galveston, Tex, on the 29.h, OF
heart disease.
GENERAL MILLor, commander of the
French forces in Tonquin, telegraphed
that the Chinese were preparing to invade
Tonquin, but he was ready for them.
In an accident to freight train on the
Cleveland, Lorraine g. Wheeling Railroad
on the 29th two men were killed and others
wounded, in addition TO wrecking fourteen
cars.
MISS FRANCIS z. WILLARD is authority
for the statement that SOD speakers are
laboring for the prohibition amendment to
be voted for in Maine September Sth.
WHILE proceeding from Evansville,
Ind, TO Henderson, KY, on the Goth,
transfer boat with cars on board was
caught in a cyclone, upset, and fourteen
persons drowned.
BEN BUTLER spoke at Williams Grove,
Pa, on the 29th to large audience, and
told the farmers how to rear their chill
drcn. The Greenbackers decided to make
a vigorous campaign in the State.
The prize drill at the Louisville Exposi-
tion resulted; Tredway Reserves, of st.
Louis, first Irize, $4,000; Montgomery
(Ala.) Grays, second, 81 90; INDIANAPOLIS
Light Infantry, third, 1870
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-04
In THE CHINA SHOP.

The Mud Works of the CeIestiaIs Knocked
to Pieces by the French FIeet-AII the De
fenses Along the River Min Destroyed.
LONDON, August %
Dispatch from Foo Chow state that tae
French iron-clads again resumed the at
tack on the forts on Mn River, between
hour this morning. The forts at Kin
Pal Pass offered a determined resist
ance, but the superiority of the French
gunners soon began to tell on the
works, and gun after gun was dis
lodged, until finally the Chinese be-
came demoralized at the sight of the
destruction going on, and fed from the
Fortresses, leaving every hing behind
Admiral Courbet then directed an tack
on Foo Chow, higher up the river, and
made short work of them, as the garri-
son had become panic stricken at the
sight of fire of the feet and hastily
abandoned the defenses, leaving the
French masters of the whole line of forti-
ications on the Min River up to the ar
scnal.
A dispatch to the Times dated Foo
Chow, p. m. to-day, says: "The Kin Pal
forts were destroyed"
LONDON, August q.
The Foo Chow correspondent of tn
Times says. "I have just returned from
Kin&Pai. All the defenses along the Min
River are gone. The Chinese troops
boIted from the French feet. Can is
bombarded, but the occupation of the
mainland is impossible
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-04
THE BLAINE SCANDAL.
One Who Ought to Know DenouRces the
Story as the Fabrication of a Pernicious
Scandal-MOnger.

One Who Ought to Know Denounces the
Story the Fabrication of a Pernicious
Scandal-MOnger.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August %.
The following has been received by the
Indianapolis Times. 1t is from VIM. NJ
Johnson, of Dallas, a highly respected
Democratic citizen, and a son of Thorn
ton +. Johnson, at whose institute
James G. Blaine and Miss Harriet Stan
wood were teachers
DALLAS, TEX, August 25.
To the Editor Of the indianapolis Times:
SIR;-In answer to your request for state
ment as 10 any fucts relating to he slander
upon MIR. and Mrs Blaine 1 Will say
this much: The sIander was first
1851, by a pernicio Is scandal-monger, a tailor
from Mil ersburg. KY, on a Wis to Drennon
His object in originating this story was either
to pander to the perniciOus appetite of young
some spite against Mr.. Blaine. MT
Blaine icing at this time absent on a
tip tTlp TO- 70 Lodlstlle, ~ Ine scandal dld not reach
ms ears, or 1t wouIt nave been disposed of
then aud there forever. Remaining uncOn-
tradicted, although unbelieyed it was scat
tered TO the TOUR winds of heaFen by the
lovers OF such tatCle, In this way originated
this baleful breath of SANDER against the fair
name of a most modest lady, without even
shadow of a fact to warrant it. MIR. Blaine
remained professor of Latin the institu
ton until 1852. My father, the principal, died
Does it stand to reason that with even the
least possibility of such story being true
that Mr. Blaine would have been allowed to
remain at the institute, or that my father
cOu have associated with such a man AS
for myself, | can say that for four years 1
knew Mr.. and Mrs. Blaine int mItelY, as thor
oughly as any man can know his brother and
sister living under the same roof, eating at
the same table, member of the same family
circle, yet 1 never dreamed of such IA sus-
piciOn. Never was there more modest and
prudent lady than Miss StanwOOd, never a
more perfect gentleman than Mr.. Blaine
While always like MIR. Blaine as a pro-
fessOr and admired him a man, yet n poll
tics we differ materially, much so as it is
possible for Democrat to differ from a Re.
publican, and tn statement is not written to
advance his cause as the candidate of his
party for the Pre- sidency, but to vindicate the
fair fame of Mr.. Blaine.
i close by stating that in my opinion, and
as far as know, the story is false and ma
lcious slander in every particular.
Respectfully, VIM. NJ. JOHNSON.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-04

Lieutenant Schwatka Defends the Course
of Greely and Party and Gives Them
Credit for Coming Out as Well as They
Did.
CHICAGO, ILL, August 81.
A letter from Portland, Oregon, gives an
interview with Lieutenant Frederick G.
Schwatka, of Arctic fame, on the Greely
expedition. He said: "Greely deserves
great credit for effecting his escape His
party was badly organized, but for this
he was not responsible. His party was
too large, and composed almost entirely
of white men. Had there been but five or
six white men, and the remainder of
twenty-four Greenland Esquimaux,I have
but little doubt that all the party would
have escaped" Lieutenant Schwatka
reviewed the course pursued by
Greely and gave it as his opinion
that Greely did the best that could be
done under the circumstances in remain
ing at Cape Sabine. "Canuiba ISM" he
said, ais to expected under the cfrcum-
stance, and where it is known to have
been resorted to there is more or less
suspicion. In this case the worst part to
me is the attempted cpncealment of the
alleged facts, as though it were wrong.
This is not the first recorded instance of
Cannibalism in an Arctic exploration. 1t
took place in Sir John Franklin's party,
and it has been noted in other disastrous
polar expeditions -