Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-01-31


over the early prospect Of building
the railroad up Lookout Mountain
and universal desire that the bill in
troduced in the Legislature establish
ing schedule on tariffs for The line
will pass. The Gibson Lee Stove
Manufacturing Company have. con-
cluded to double the capacity of their
foundry and will make the additions
at once. 1t will employ fifty. hands
when enlarged. So g lsea
NASHVILLE, TENN, Jan. 25.--State
Senator Smith and ex-senator SMALL
man room together at Mrs. Bailey's
clearinghouse. This morning when
they woke, Smith found his pants in
the middle room and the pockets rified
of $780, Smallman's pants were
brought inifrom the yard rified of $50,
all he had. They slept in the front
room of the first floor, and had been
leaving the door unlocked ever since
the Legislature has been in session.
Nashville Banner: A number of pc
titions addressed to Gov. Bate, asking
him to pardon Col. VIM. Spence, who
was sentenced last Saturday to be
hanged on the 18th of next March for
killing Col. Edward S. Wheat, ON the
14th of March, 1884, are being circula-
ted. The first signature is that of Mrs.
Wheat, daughter of Col. Spence and
widow of Col. Wheat. The next is
Edward S. Wheat Jr., and the third
SamuelJ. Keith, administrator of the
deceased. The petitions are also sign
ed by former partners and employees
of Col. Wheat.
Athens Post: On March l the Gil
lette Irvine Company will commence
at Mt. Verd the manufacture of Seine
Irvine. The machinery for this is
partly here now. 1t is of entirely new
design, possessing the superior merit
of producing hard Irvine that will
not kink. The gentleman whose name
the company will bear is the inventor
and patentee of this peculiar machin-
cry, and therein is the great value of
the PRODUCING other manufacturer
OF twine can approximate it. The
capacity at the start viii be $50 POUNDS
daily, and the market for it Philadel-
phia. %
Jackson Tribune and Sun If pleu-
70 pneumonia is epidemic about jack
son it may be known at Nashville and
Washington, but the ignorant suffer-
ers are not aware of it. When DIR.
Salmon comes here we hope he will
let US know how to tell when our cat
tie have this terribly destructive dis
ease. That may be the name of the
instrument with which our cattle are
killed by the butchers, but that is
about the only way many of them die
here. Every year cattle are bought
and sold here, and nobody ever hears
of these terrible things until some
Government doctor gets hold of the
subject. Cattle bought abroad and
shipped here do well, and cattle raised
here and shipped abroad do well, and
yet we are told that the line of the in
fected district passes through Decatur
County, takes all of Hardin, part OF
Henderson, and runs from Mifflin
slightly south of west to Denmark
through Madison. 1t may all be true
as charged. but it is strange that we
are just finding it out,
In the Supreme Court at Nashville,
Saturday, William Spence was sem
fenced to be hung for the murder of
his son-in-law, Col. Ed. Wheat. In de-
livering the sentence Judge Cooper
said: 1.-THE prisoner is an old man,
whose three-score years and ten will
be completed next month. The record
shows that during this long life, up to
the commission of the offense for
which he stands convicted, he was a
good citizen of unblemished charac-
ter, remarkable for his kindly and
peaceful disposition. He was for years
q man in active business, merchant
and banker, and in easy ciroumstan-
ces. OF late years he has been reduc-
ed to poverty, supporting himself and
family by conducting a market gar
den. No doubt age and unusual and
exaoting labor have weakened his nat
urally strong mental faculties. Under
these circumstances, and in view es-
pecially of his age and character shown
by the record, we think this is a pro-
per case to make, and do hereby make,
4 certificate to the Governor of the
State, under the code, section $3.50,
which will be entered on the minutes
Of the court, that, in our opinion, there
ire extenuating circumstances attend
ng the case, and that the punishment
ought to be qommuted:
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