Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-04-04
THENEWS
The House adopted a resolution


Alexander R. Lowton OF Georgia. is
Minister to Russia.
Anthony NJ. Keeiy of Virginia, is
Minister to Italy. Z anahl Il W n
George W. Merrill OF Nevada, is
Minister to the Hawaiian Islands.
Edward Park Eustis Lewis of New
Jersey, is Minister to Portugal.
Rasmus B. Anderson of Wisconsin,
is Minister to Denmark.
The Illinois Central railroad will
build branch road from Yazoo City,
Miss, to Memphis.
The Ferry Ministry in France have
resigned because of the recent defeat
in Tonquin.
The President was in his pew at DIR.
Sunderland's church in Washington,
Sunday. ~
| William Caldwell has been made
surveyor of customs at the port of
Cincinnati.
The Grand Lodge OF Tennessee
Knights of Honor will meet in Mem
phis On the 18th.
Rev. Sam Jones of Georgia, has been
| string up the denizens of Knoxville,
this week
The Chickasaw guards of Memphis
are drilling every night to participate
i'll the May drill at Mobile.
! The French government will send IL
reinforcement of $4,000 to the army
in Tonquin with instructions to march
on Pekin.
The Chattanooga correspondent of
the American thinks the heaviest crop
of strawberries ever raised in that Sec
ton, will be produced this year.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee has resigned the
command of the Virginia MALTA and,
it is reported, will be made Assistant
Postmaster General.
Nathan Gregg has been appointed
United States Internal Revenue Col
lector for the second districts of Ten
nessee.
Aquilla Jones, Sr, has been appoin-
ted postmaster at indianapolis. He
was the candidate for the position fav-
ored by Mr.. Hendricks.
The Chinese defeated the French at
Lang Son in an engagement Friday.
Gen. Negrier was severely wounded,
and his army retreated back beyond
Dong Dong.
Thomas NJ. Waller of Connecticut,
has been made United States Consul
! General to London and Frederick
Paine of Maryland will fill the same
place at Berlin.
A dispatch from Springfield, Tenn,
states that the wheat crop prospect in
Robertson county has improved some
what and it is now thought half crop
win be raised.
A bill has passed the Senate making
it a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of $500 and six months imprisonment
in the county Jail, to keepa public hall
for games OF keno or other species of
gambling.
The following appointments of
Consul Generals have been made
Edmund Jassen of Illinois, to Vienna;
Halter Gross of Pennsylvania, to
Athens; Evan 2. Howell OF Georgia, to
Manchester, England.
The bill to encourage the raising of
blooded stock in Tennessee and to
authorize the selling of pools on races,
was amended SO as to apply only to
counties of $4,000 inhabitants and
passed the Senate.
The management of the Springfield
Record changed hands Monday Mr..
Archie Thomas, the former editor of
the Record, having purchased the
controlling interest of j. w. Judd
who now retires from the editorship.
Henry w. Grady, who, with Sena-
tors Brown and Colquit, called on the |
president to invite him to Atlanta dur |
ing the commercial convention i'll |
May, has telegraphed the Atlanta Con-
stitution that in his opinion, Mr.. Cleve- |
land will come.
Col. C. NJ. McGhee, of Knoxville, /
proposes to present II magnificent |
three-story brick building, now being
erected in Knoxville, to that city for
public library, as a memorial of his
deceased daughter The gift will rep
resent a valuation OF about $4,000. |
The following are among the latest
appointments sent in by the President
ENJOYS Extraordinary and Ministers
Plenlpotentiary of the United States
VIM. B. Roberts, of New York, to
Chill; Chas. w. Buck, of Kentucky, to
Peru; Richard B. Hubbard, of Texas,
to Japan. ConsulS-Chas. j. Russelll
of Connecticut, to Liverpool; w. M.
Lang, of Texas, to Hamburg.
The House at the Monday night sess-
ion took up the senate resolution on
third reading providing for submit
ting to the people the question of
to the state constitution so
as to prohibit the sale or manufacture
of any intoxicating liquors, including
wine, ale and beer. After warm dis
cussion the resolution was passed-57
to 20. +
The Unions Memphis correspond
ent says: The Avalanche will make
I new departure for Memphis news ]
paper the coming week. 1t will dis
ard the old blanket sheet which has