Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-14


tine to Blanchard s.s.s
After ten days rest from sheir ardu
!, Gus labors, our State Senators anc
| representatives reassembled at the
capital Tuesday 70 resume work.
Mr. Cleveland spent Sunday quietly
and pleasantly at Greystone in con
: verse with its sage occupant 1t was d
friendly visit, Of course, with no politi,
cal significance
DR.. Heber Newton, of New York, a
distinguished divine of the Episcopal
church, is to be tried for heresy. The
Doctor discourses of punishment less
immediate and more future
DR.. Talmage thinks Bob Ingersoll
ought TO be jailed for blasphemy.
I What Bob thinks ought to be done
with the Brooklyn parson will proba-
bly, be forthcoming in a few days.
The President elect has spent the
week IN New York city, where he has
been visited by large number of
Democratic statesmen, among others,
Senator Harris, of Tennessee.
GAINESVILLE business men, do you
wish to lose the advantage over rival
towns which river competition gives
this city? Then go to Nashville and
lobby for railroad commission.
Mr.. Shelton, the business-like repre-
sentative whom we own in partnership
with Houston county, has introduced |
bill to repeal the merchants priv
lege tax,
1t is said that the object of Senator
Harris visit to Mr.. Cleveland was to
urge the appointment of ex-Congress
man Whitthorne as Secretary of the
Navy. We hope his efforts in that di-
rection will be availing. The place
could not be more ably filed.
Ihe investigating committees must
keep it in mind that they are not ex-
pected to aid in the white-washing
now going on in the penitentiary and
branch prisons. Nothing short of a
thorough investigation and an honest
report will satisfy the people,. +
The electoral vote for President and |
Vice President of the United States
'Tia1s formally counted by the President !.
'ro' tenn. OF the Senate in the presence =
II both houses of Congress Wednes-
lay and Grover Cleveland, of New :,
fork, and Thomas A. Hendricks. of .
indiana, declared elected. :
A bill has been introduced into the I
ouse to allow damages for the acts of b,
leep killing dogs and providing that IA
Q property shall be exempt from an NJ
xecution levied for such a purpose. W
Lr. Butler offered an amendment that r.
here no property be found, the dog il,
killed and the execution returned. DC
Savage Il Co. sent each member of OH
the Legislature valentine to assure h.
e SoIons that tbev ,yero ~ ii w
opposed, but were again ready and pr
Hing to serve the dear people and
r. Cherry under the new commission sto
Il, which it is understood certain pa The
OTIS are preparing. bv
We have heard it limited that Sena- ba(
Bagwell and Representative Mum ont
d are giving their time and talents ira
the preparation of new Railroad the
Bill If the chairman of VIII
Judiciary committee gives the doc at
tent touch of his master hand il nee
!, no doubt, be cone that will stick Sta
We would mildly suggest to Dir. ~ 4
niord, fearing that it has escaped =, :,
memory in his efforts to organize al,
aucus, that Montgomery county d;cs
ed against railroad commission a.
that the city of GAINESVILLE showed tbo,
utter disappFOval of the scheme. doc,
ne can proceed with his rat-killing oo,,,
, l:I,t. COul
'''''- No '-''i : i' iio hereafter bull
ldge Allen refused to grant the cont
ors of the Banner a continuance in as to
libel suit against them, and fixed
trial for the 23d of this month. 1t ga
take time to gather such evidence VIZ
.nsa dosorda,,t, III - Nero
-, - ~ ~ for g
Id have been granted them. The -o-
lc looks suspiciously on any at az I'll
1t to suppress testimony in this a'oC
tentiarv n,ottar ing
TWEEN
~ i1elSIlu stanford, the new Sen fused
from California, is the richest we're
eyer elected to SO high an Office close
y e otl'0u states he is worth aWful
10000. He is the man who paid few
Rev. John Newman $4,000 to floor
h the funeral of his only child, a lost h
bout l6 years old. The divine cent 9
u MS zee oy comparing the com emp,C
place lad to the Savior of Man formn
Senator Stanford is the protector liar CO
ne very cOmmendable education ted su
1 philanthropic enterprises in ded fl
mia He was Governor of the of AGE
% years ago, but quit politics to childr,
money. He is said to be an able sixth
10 ven DIS an aStute hnanceer. and ga
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