Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-05-02
THE NEWS.
The Nashville races begun Friday.
Nashville is to have musical festiva

Nashville is TO have a musical festival
in May.
The American Medical Association
met at New Orleans Thursday.
Col Lamont the Presidents private
secretary, is quite i'll of malarial fever
Gen. Grants birthday was celebrated
throughout the Northern States and in
Louisville, on the 9th ult.
The Masons OF Louisville are making
great preparations for the celebration
OF st. Johns day, June "a.
Il Is thought that Judge ]. L. T.
Sneed will probably be appointed At
torney-General for the Department OF
the Interior.
Another engagement has occurred
between Russian and Afghan troops.
The former had an army of 1900
which was almost annihilated.
1t is said that Bismarck is strongly
urging that Turkey side with Russia
in the event of war between that
country and England.
The Chicago telegraphers demand
extra pay for extra work. They have
given the Western Union Company
until May LIST to consider their plea.
1t is reported that the Car has gone
to Moscow to issue AN imperial mani
festo cutting off diplomatic relations
with England and formally declaring
war against that power.
Ex-Gov. John c. Brown had his arm
broken in two places in collision of
trains on the Iron Mountain railroad
twenty miles south of st. Louis Mon
day. One or two persons were killed
in the same accident.
Tho late Jacob Thompson left $780,
000 i'll Pan Electric Telephone stock
to the University of the South, at Sc
vance, Tenn. His will directs if the
stock prove worthless that his widow
pay the University $4,000.
Several hundred OF Hon. S. S. Cox's
constituents appointed a committee of
/ twelve to draft resolutions requesting
Mr.. Cox to decline the Turkish mis-
sion, and asking the President to still
withdraw Mr.. Cox's name.
Carter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago,
has sued the Inter-Ocean newspaper of
that city for $4,000 damages. The
suit is based on charge made by the
lnter-Ocean that Harrison was "a
eonsort of thieves and ballOt-box
suffer"
Hon. Robert Mclean, our new
minister to France, sailed for Europe
Monday. The retiring minister, Levi
! P. Morton. gave grand dinner in
] Paris Sunday to which all the promi-
nent officials of the French Govern
ment and their wives were invited.
Andy Welper, the Louisville bar
keeper who killed Henry Clay, was
convicted of manslaughter and SEN
,anced to two years in the penitentia-
ry. The prevalent opinion is that
Welper was guilty of murder and
ought to be hung.
Monsignor Capel, distinguished
m Dln GI Of T-I
faith, has been lecturing in various
parts of the South recently. He
has paId Memphis two visits lately
and was in Nashville the first part of
the week.
A charter has been filed in the office
of the Secretary of State for construc-
ton and operation of a railroad from
point i'll Cumberland county, in the
foot hills of the Cumberland noun
tains, to run through the counties of
Putnam, White and Wilson. The same
company, of which E. w Cole is the
head, have organized the Cumberland
Coal Coke and Iron Mining and Man
uiacturing Company
Banner, April 9th: A Banner re-
porters political friend said this morn
ing that there was Il general under
standing among the knowing ones that
the extra session would be called about
June lst Some OF the extreme Dem
thnI,nhf ,.yr,,ll Oh Il Cd
back-dOwn on the part of the Governor
if he did not include the registration
law in his call. Others, of more con-
sentative way of thinking. say that IL
failure to mention this measure would
be no concessions; it was not ii uecessi-
ty and could we'll lay over for two
years.
John B. FOndren and his brother,
William w. Fondren. living in a log
cabin on Sand Mountain, near Lang
stOn, Ala, were arrested recently for
making fraudulent use of the mails
They advertised to send counterfeit
greenbacks for So on the 800 to any
address designated. The advertise
ment was answered and money sent
them from all parts of the United
Suites and Canada, but no counterfeit
money was sent IN return as promised.
AS the charge of counterteiting could
not be made against them they were
arrested on the above accusation and
are now in Jail at Huntsville.
Mary Anderson made her farewell
appearance in London Saturday even
ing at the Lyceum theater in "Pygma-
lion and Galatie" and Comedy and
Tragedy" Her reception was most
enthusiastic, and she received numer-
Gus recalls and was almost deluged
with flowers. She made brief ad-
dress, in which she said that her de- |
light at returning to the United States |
was tempered by the pain which it |
cost to say good-by to friends in Lon |
don, who received her so cordially |
when she appeared before them Il
stranger, who waited tremblingIy for
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