Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-12-06

To the Chronicle:
The labors OF another pleasant
year among a kind people In the
providence Of God has closed. We
gratefully recognize evidences Of
good, and are now at the seat OF
our Annual Conference awaiting the
Bishops announcementpr syertnlly,
and desir0,Is of entering the duties
Of the field assigned with a deeper
conservation than ever. Both the
past and preceding year spent on
the same work have been prosper.
Gus. The Lord be praised.
Bishop Hargrrve has the business
Of tina Conference well In hand. He
knows how to transact business I'm
an orderly manner and ecOnonize
time. He takes the most direct
route 10 the heart OF things. He
knows what should be said and
done and how IL should be said and
done. He also knows what should
not be said and done. When q
motion was made for committee
on temperance, the bishop arose
and In few pointed remarks indi-
Gated the limit OF the powers of AN
Annual Conference On that subject
by saying II WAS merely and exec
uiive body; that II the committee
should bs appointed he should rule
out OF order anything they might
do transcending that limit. The
committee was ordered, and 1t re-
mains yet To be seen what they will
do.
Tell DIR. GOOdlOe that when we
have another session ut Little Rock
he must come and see US.
The city IL crowded, the Grand
Lodge OF r. & A. Masons meeting
at the same time with ms and yet I
have not heard a word OF complaint
among the preachers about their
homes, but on the other hand every
one seems delighted. We found
the hotels crowded on our ARRIVAL At
an unreasonable hour In the night,
and we had to apply to the second
one to secure lodging, which wat
the Capitol Hotel. Here we found
q splendid room neatly furnished
and a comfortable bed which we
occupied from 3 O'Clock q. IN. till
about 9 q. m, and felt refreshed
The cause OF our late arrival was
the wreckIng OF our train 8 miles
below Pine Bluff. A bridge had
been broken this side of ArksCity,
and the train could not reach her
turning table and was running in
the night with Its engine reversed
AS the headlight could not be OF
any benefit, being behind, we ran
right through DRIVE Of mules.
killing snd possibly injuring 9TH
ers. The tender few the track, the
engine maintaining its hold suffi
GENTLY long for the engineer 10 re-
verse its force and jump of. The
road there was an embankment
some s or 10 feet high, and the ell
CINE and tender both went iHtO the
ditch, bursting the latter perhaps
into n thousand pieces, and the bag
gage car was almost capsized. Prov
ideDtially no one Was hurt except
the mules. Our conductor walked
to Pine Bluff and harnessed anOth-
er train TO which we transferred, ar
irving safely and thankfully at the
late hour mentioned. / am hOspI-
tably entertained and feel very
much at hom9 at the residence Of
Bro. c. s. Collins, q lawyer OF the
city, the brother Of my good friend,
JnO. S. Collins, whom 1 left ia
charge OF ClarksvilIe Female AcSd- |
eIny. TOOK tea tonight by invi
tation with Col. Thee. Hartman,
where / met Capt. Cobb, son Of The |
lamented DIR. Cobb of Clarksville.
/ have also met our old friend, Ca |
leb Lowell and two Of the Wisdom
boys. All seem 10 be doing well |
and look quite natural.
Bishop Hargrove's thanksgiving
sermon to-day was splendid.
suppose we shall have 1t in the
papers, as reporter was
present. Our preachers generally |
seem cheerful. Their finances have
for the most part been low, but
believe they are the most liberal
set of men | ever saw.
Respectfully,
JOHN III. GOLD.