Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-12-05
NEWS ITEMS.

NEWS ITEMS.
Congress meets Mondsy.
"A chair factory has been ORGAN.
lied at Gallatin.
The elections in Great Britain
nave gore largely in favor of the Con,
serVee.tives.
The second volume of Mr.. Blaine's
Twenty Years In Congress" will be
published in January.
The Chicago Reform Alliance will
take steps to close saloons in that city
on Sundays.
The Conservative press of Canada
urges the Government to take steps tC
assert Canada's claim to the State o.
Name, which, they allege, is a just one
A small fire in Jackson. Tenn.
Sunday, gave an opportunity to test
the water works recently completed
and they proved to be complete sue.
cess.
Every saloon in Chattanooga was
closed Sunday. This is the first in
stance of rigid observance of the
Sunday law In that city. 1t is said to
be due to the moral influence of the
Atlanta election.
Frank Talbot, a brakeman en-
ployed On the Kansas City, Sprinfgeld
d Memphis Railroad, was killed Mon
day at West Memphis by being crush
ed between two cars which he was en-
deavoring to couple.
MIR. w. w. Huff of Atlanta and
Miss Carrie Wade of Murfreesboro,
were married in the latter place
Thursday OF last week. The bride
was the daughter of Eth Wade, Clerk
OF the House of Representatives.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Bar
rett will play in the large cities next
year, alternating the leading parts.
MIR. Barrett will select the support.
Their purpose is to revive the interest
OF the public in the truly legitimate.
Mayor Booker Read, and Wharf
master Chas. Kreamer of Louisville.
had street fight Sunday. A difference
concerning local politics, caused the
difficulty. Serious results were preven-
ted by the intervention of friends and
officers.
Among the new members elected
to the British Parliament is Louis J..
Jennings, formerly editor of the New
York Times, and now a London cor
respondent for American newspapers.
Another new member who is a native
OF the United States is Burdett-C outts,
whose chief claim to be known of men
comes through his rich wife, the Baro-
ness Burdett-Coutts, who married him
into prominence.
Courier Journal: The Circuit
Court Hamilton county, Ohio, yester-
day elected nine Republican Represen-
tatives to the Legislature. The only
Republican candidate defeated was the
noted Col. Bob Harlan, the colored
turf patron, the court preferring to
send Democrat rather than Robert.
This unique plan OF conducting cleo
tons is not likely to grow in popular
ity outside the remarkable State of
Ohio.
-KNoxvILLE, Nov 3d. Special. /
Another divorce suit of rather a sem
satlonal nature has been made part of
the public records in this city. Last
spring Andrew Waldron, a young
induced a girl aged 13, then
Intending the public schools, to elope
With and marry him. Their married
life was apparently a happy one until
| few weeks ago, when the young hus-
oand grew tired of his wife, and Sat
lrday filed a petition for divorce on
he grounds that he was not satisfied
With his wife on account of her tender |
Ige.
The remains of the late Vice
President We're removed from the FAM
ly residence to the Courthouse in In |
Annapolis Sunday where they Law in |
tate until Monday evening. They |
we're guarded by detachments OF 20 |
ice and military More than $4,000 |
people passed through the building
turing the afternoon, and yet many |
alled OF an opportunity to view the !
emaIns, so great was the crowd The !
lrst persons in the long column were |
Thomas and Harry Morgan, nephews
If the Vice Presidentthe latter being /
he last person TO whom he ever spoke.
A dispatch from Atlanta dated
Nov. 3Oth says: The ordinary OF Full
on county, in which Atlanta is situa-
ed, was to have declared the result of
asst Wednesdays prohibition election
Late tonight, however,
.ullus Brown, attorney for the Liquor
Dealers Association, went before Judge
IcCOy, United States District Judge,
md secured a temporary injunction
gainst the count of the vote. This
tep shows that the liquor men pro-
'oSe to secure a standing in the Fed
raj Court, where they will keep the
ase for years The news is not vet
nown in the city and it will create
reat excitement.t ON orrow.
-CHATTANooGA, Nov. 3O-Since the
urning of the CoIored Orphan Asy-
am, eight days ago, the city authori-
les granted the use of an unoccupied |
chOO house to the trustees of the in
Iltutlon. Tonight a dastardly at ,
empt was made to burn the building :
hitch is One-story frame The in !
endiary pulled plank from the side )
I the building, saturated the boards )
18th coal oil and set it on fire. The /
ames were fortunately seen by pass c
lg citizens and extinguished before t
ny damage was done. Suspicion is C
.tached to man who had grievance r
gainst the institution. The affair Y
i'll be thoroughly investigated. Had 4
lie attempt been successful number \
cOlored children in all likelihood q
ould have been burned to death. /,
Knoxville special of the 2Sth, saws: Il
sensation is brewing in high society n
relies in this city. Fritz w. Hamif- IL
n filed bill in chancery yesterday, u
king for a divorce from his wife, u
irrie NJ. Hamilton, on grounds of Il
also asking for a divis- W
n of property. The details are very b
icy. Hamilton alleges that while he te
rs sick at Trenton N. j., last spring, &c
s wife was travelling over the coun- CT
Y with a wealthy railroad man of m
ilwaukee. He further alleges that Ell
e visited Denver, Col, and lived as
ere several months as the alleged tn
fe of an attorney of that place, and az
at she had been too friendly with an II