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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
H. g. L. co.
Interesting Meeting Last Night
Election of Officers.
Action in Regard to the Election
of Chief.

The Hook and Ladder company held
its regular monthly meeting Thursday
in the city hall.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President--Jas. T. Kennedy.
Vice president-W. b. Young.
e" Secretary-Alex Davidson.
financial secretary-W. L. Beach.
Treasurer-W. b. Kincannon.
Financial committee-W. Z. Nc
Corkle, w. T. Donaldson and w. 7.
Averitt
Captain-Joe G. Mattill.
Ladder director 7. Averitt
Assistant-John Stewart.
Hook director-Dick Lyons.
Bucket director-W. t. Donaldson.
A committee of five was appointed tC
confer with a 81 mil2r committee from
the fire company with regard to the
election of the chief of the fire depart
ment. The following constitute the
committee: Davidson, Donaldson
Averitt, Mattill and Young.
The Hook and Ladder company
claims voice in the election of a chic
of the Fire Department, and there i
some controversy on that point among
the firemen.. II a chiefs elected with
out the participation OF the Hook ant
Ladder men, they Will protest agains
his confirmation by the Board OF Mayo
and Aldermen.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
Sound the Loud Tocsin, Blow
Your Whistles and Let all
the People Rejoice.
The Claims of the Searcy Heirs
Have Gone to the DENIM
ton Bow-Wows,
And the Clarksville People Own
Their Own Property.
The Supreme Court Itself Hath
Said It.
speeIaI o the EyenIng ohronIele :


NASHVILLE, Feb. 10.
The opinion Of the Supreme Court
was delivered this morning in the cases
involving the title to a large amount of
valuable real estate in the heart OF
GAINESVILLE. The Chancellor's decree is
affirmed in every particular, leaving the
title to the property in the present
holders.
On receipt OF the news, which the
above dispatch indicates, to-day, there
was great rejoicing. The Searcy suits
have long hung like night mare over
large number of our property hold.
ers, threatening them with heavy losses
There has been but little doubt at any
time as TO what would be the final issue
OF the suits, but so long as they remain
cd undecided there was an uncertaint,
that caused alarm
1t was great relief to the owners o
the property TO be made free from thi
uneasiness and to know that they coulC
now read their titles clear.
People not imediately interested
were also glad of the result and tn,
whole town participate in the rejoicing
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
John W. 6reathltt, Jra Fatally Wounded by
Wilbur Wilson.
New lera1

Wilbur Wilson.
New lira.l
Tuesday afternoon at 2 :20o'clock one
OF those unfortunate events occurred
which never fail to shock commu-
nifty.
A number Of young men were stand
ing in front OF Rreathtt's grocery on
the corner of Ninth and Clay streets
engaged in snow-balling. They for the
time being had stopped, and two or
three were trying to throw over the
spre Of the Methodist church. About
this time Mr. Ernest Foulks and Will
bur Wilson came down Ninth street,
and as they approached the crowd Of
young men, several OF the more sport
i've made demonstrations as if they
were going to throw at them. Wilson
had a % calibre target rifle under his
arm, and Foulks jocularly told him
he had better load up." Wilson took
a cartridge cut Of his pocket and put il
in the gun. They then passed on and
when Wilson got in front OF Aberna-
thy's warehouse John Breathitt threw
at him. Wilson turned and raised his
gun to his shoulder. The boys then
laughed at him, when he raised his gun
again and the fatal shot was discharged
Wilson then passed on down the stree
in company with John Feland, jr. Fe
land told him he ought not to have
shot into crowd in that way.
Wilson said that the gun was dis
charged accidentally and he hoped ht
had hurt no one. Neither OF then
knew that Breathitt was wounded no
did they find it out for half an hour
AS soon as Breathitt discovered he wa
shot he went up to his room in tn,
second story of the building. Ill
rapidly grew worse. A physician wa
sent for and on Wednesday morning
r the sad announcement was made thu
he could not recover, The ball ha'
penetrated the bladder, and death wa
an inevitable result John Breathitt j
a noble young man. Kind, generou
and true, he is the idol of his father
family and is held in high esteem b
all who ever knew him. By industr
. and economy he had started out on
prosperous voyage but this sad acciden
u has probably cut short life of usefu
e ness and honor His fathers family ar
o PROSTATE under the blow and hi
o friends are grief stricken. Wilson
broken hearted. The shadow that III
q crossed his life has cast deep glooI
! over his soul. lie says that the irrepal
= able injury he has inflicted on his frien
- was purely accidental and is is so niue
the more to be deplored. Wilson WI
t brought before Judge Winfree Wedne
1t day afternoon for trial. He waved a
V examining trial and was placed under
q bond OF g., 900 oawait the action of ii
grand jury In justice to all the partit
connected, we wonld state that the COZ
l. versation between Wilson aud the youn
+ men before the shooting was entireI
; good humored.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

THE American several days ago pub
lished list OF the privilege taxes col
lected in the various counties in the
State during the past year. 1t is a graf
flying evidence of the prosperity OF
the city of GAINESVILLE that Montgomery
county stands fifth in the amount paid.
The counties paying the highest amounts
came in the following order Davidson
Shelby, Knox, Hamilton, Montgomery,
containing respectively the cities OF
Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chatta-
noogo and GAINESVILLE. The amount
paid by this county was Sc, 1925 This
tax is collected by the County Court
Clerks and the amount collected Is
largely due to their efficiency. This is 4
good showing for Clerk Moseley.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
Errors in Tobacco Culture.
Nashville American.

The tobacco planters in the State are
considerably discouraged by reason OF
the dullness of the market. The cause
of the low prices which are prevailing
is due more to the lnferiority of the
crop than to want OF demand for a
good article. Tobacco, except excel
lent crops, is now selling in the Clarks-
vile district lower than it has been for
many years. Real good crops are
bringing from cents to 10 cents, but
the great bulk of tobacco is hardly
salable except at prices that will entail
loss to the farmers.
The inieriority of the crop is due pri-
marily to the prevalence of widely ex-
tended drouth during the last summer.
The leaf is small and lean and the crop
will yield at least one-third Tugs, while
the remainder is not of a serviceable
quality, This is true, however, only OF
the drouthy districts. In other locali-
ties where good seasons prevailed the
character of the tobacco is very good.
There IS too much effort made in Ten
nessee to produce large crops instead Of
good ones and the result is that we have
greatly injured the reputation of Ten
nessee tobacco. The time was when the
rich, heavy, fatty tobacco OF Tennessee
was unequaled for shipping abroad and
brought prices highly remunerative,
These prices induced planters to extend
the area without giving sufficient atten-
ton to the manuring and preparation OF
the soil or the proper manipulation OF
the crop. Too much land is planted in
tobacco for the force employed. Three
acres for grown man was once consid-
cred full crop but within recent years
large crops have been set out with a
few hands, and planters have taken the
chances Of getting more labor in the
busy time of worming and suckering.
1t is too often the case that no more
labor can be secured when it is needed
most and the result has been that the
crop is worm-eaten and the substance
from the leaves is distracted by the
suckers, which are suffered to grow be-
cause of the inability OF the planters tc
secure help at the proper time. This
is all detrimental, and gives bad repu.
tation to the crops.
There is no crop grown which re
quires such constant care and the eXer
else of such expert knowledge as tobac
co. From the time the seed is sowr
until it is placed bundle .by bundle il
the hogshead, tobacco demands thu
most watchful attention. The last neg
lect in the preparation OF the soil, in thu
cultivation of the crop, in the toppinI
worming, suckaring, housing, ordering
asserting, stripping, packing or prism!
will detract from its value. The man
agement Of the crop is given up to-
, much to ignorant labor and it does no
5 now receive the constant attention c
, the planter that it once did. II the to
bacco growers of Tennessee expect t
make the crop profitable, they mus
g give more attention to it.
S Efforts are now making in man
# parts OF the State to grow tobacco wher
it has not hitherto been standard croE
, The advice OF the American to the fal
mers in all such localities is to 60 slow
. Make a good article, but do not attemI
to grow large crops. Remuneratio
wall be the result of quality not quar-
tity.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
ST. VALENTINES DAY.
Expensive Souvenirs for Loving SWANS and
Lisping Damses.
fCourier Journal


Like Christmas and New Years
cards, valentines have come to be ex-
pensive and beautiful. There are more
varieties OF valentines this year than
ever before, and it is said that they
will be fashionable. The old style of
raised paper cut and colored in fanciful
designs, with little cupids peeping out
of mass of tissue paper, or little green
birds sitting on diminutive eggs, and
inane verses expressing the unfortunate
state OF the unknown bleeding heart,
have gone quite out OF date.
In their stead have come gorgeous
works of art more or less artistic in
design, They are "hand- painted" on
plush or satin or silk; they are made
uD into sachet bags, fans, or whatnots,
They come high, but the dealers say
the people must have them. In a
Fourth-street window are valentines
ranging in price from two for five cents
to one for $50. The cheap and nasty
cartoons are supposed to be funny, and
are sent about as whitening sarcasms
upon the recipient. The expensive
things are in all kinds OF shapes. There
are good many made in imitation OF
the rustic. They represent in relief
lunches of grapes clinglng to the bark
of a tree, and perhaps a bird hovers
near by, or birds nest is shown.
The prettiest things are made by
Prang, the Christmas-card man, in
whose stock there is as much variety as
there is in the Christmas cards, though
there is not so much beauty IN the de-
signs, as prizes of 81 900 have not yet
been offered for valentine designs
Some OF Prangs cards, however, are
gery beautiful.
A dealer yesterday exhibited bit Of
satin with a sleeping cupid lying in d
bank of flowers. The price OF this was
Sl5 1t was not so much satin Tor the
money as was contained in large fan
price 81; nor was the painting so good
.as that on the fan. There did not seem
TO be much logic in the prices. Another
very pretty trihe was ian-shaped design
of silk plush and white satin, trimmed
with swawn SHOWN, lace and silk cords
This was decorated with landscape
surrounded by flowers that bloom il
the spring. Its cost was $40, tra-ia
Another valentine sat on an easel |
was painting on satin, and on meta
scroll was the information, "Tll bt
your valentine" price IS. Handker
chief boxes, birds nests, jockey caps
bronze relieis set in plush frames, arr
among the expensive articles. Their
are plenty of pretty and cheaper things
and the maiden whose lover lets he
sigh in vain for a love token on ST
Valentines day should "geta new boy;
4here will be no excuse for such shame
less neglect,
The dealer says the profits on tn
single valentines are large; but valer
tines are, like everything else in Cupid
traffic, precarious. The season onl
lasts week, and they generally have
aarge stock of surplus satin and sent
ment left on hand. This year the
l.
expect to do good business, how ",
IS the expensive valentines Will
fashionable.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

Mr.. JOHN S. ELDER spent few days
in Memphis last week. His cousin
Miss Hattie Ensley, of thatcity, returned
with him and Is now a guest at Mrs,
Elders on Second street.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

THE State Temperance Alliance will
meet in Nashville, Tuesday February
23rd instead Of the 25th as heretofore
announced. The railroads will give
reduced rates to delegates.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

NASHVILLE Union: Miss Laura Ed
mondson, OF South SIDE, Montgomery
county, T nm, is visiting h mily of
Col. VIM. Moore, OF Est Nashville.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

BETWEEN the acts at the Opera Friday
night. Miss Eva Saunders appeared
before the foot lights and treated the
audience to a song. She was Justify
encored and forced to sing the second
time before quitting the stage. Miss
Saunders is young lady of very fasci,
mating appearance and sings charmingly
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

HoPKINsvILLE New Era: Miss Clara
Stacker, who has been visiting the fam
lily Of Mr.. c, NJ. Latham, has returned
to her home in GAINESVILLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

AT meeting of Washington Irving
Society last Friday the following officers
were elected for the ensuing term
w. b. White, president; w. F. Tins,
vice-president w. H. A. Johnson, sec.
rotary E. w. Food, supervisor. A
committee was appointed to make ar
rangements with Stewart society tt
have a public debate, some time il
March.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

DR.. G. H. VIEHE of Henderson, KY,
was in the city Monday, He came to look
after his son Mr.. Carl Viehe who has
been working as a compositor in the
CHRONICLE Office for several weeks.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

Mn s. oPpESHEINER received a let
ter several days ago, giving the lnleiil-
cpnee # the death OF his mother ~
+ Fraucnberg, in the province OF LOr"in'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

CONSTABLE CHARLIE LOWE has charge
of delinquent State and county taxes
due within the limits of the city Of
GAINESVILLE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

THE matter is set at rest. The ground
hog has been caught captured and
killed and can't, under any circum-
stances, get back in his hole. Mr. Sam
Cunningham who lives near the Seven
Mile Ferry, discovered the varmint
skirmishing about in the woods and
proceeded to make sure that he wouldn' t
get back into his hole again. The hog
was on exhibition at c.. NJ. Barker s
grocery store Saturday morning.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20
The Puzzle Solved,

The puzzle which Messrs Bowling &
Wilson published as an advertisement
in the S. w. p. U. Journal and for the
solution Of which they offered S. in
goods as a prize, has been rightly inter
preted by Mr.. Jno. w. Faxon, as will
be shown in the following:
Messrs. Boarling e. IVillson, ClarksUiae,
Tenn.:-DEAR SIRs The solution Of
your puzzle in the S. w. P. U. Journal
viz: s. w. p. U. o. B. A. w. G. v
r. F. T. NJ, is as follows: Studentt
when purchasing underwear of Bow
ling and Wilson get value received
llr their money. Yours truly,
JNo. w. FAxoN.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

w. A. DUDLEY and wife have con-
veyea to Ed and Patience Carney, fifty
acres OF land in the Fifth district for
81, 500
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

Miss MINNIE DANCEY from near
Guthrie is visiting Miss Fannie Fox on
Seventh Street.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

MAJOR e. G. GORDON has returned
from q trip south.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

w. d. Swift has conveyed to r. F.
Sanders Al accres of land in the
Eighteenth district for $500.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-02-20

Miss MATTE L. 4. RIGGISs has just
returned from a visit to Christian coun-
ty, Ky, accompanied by her cousin
Miss Pattie CARROT OF Longville.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-17

ground known as Lcerto Park Gates and Tonpkins
Five indictments presented In tho Court OF Sessions
Yesterday charging Charles Bnkoney with assautas to
girls them his daughter o trustee Vi INC
Welcome Primitive Methodist Church in Class0naye
Yesterday Mrs Mary McCabe, forty, OF No
North Sixth attempted 10 kill herself by taking dose
OF ammonia In NJ Of dcspondency. Sho taken 10 81
Catharinos Hospital for treatment and will probably re-
cover.
The decree ~ absolute divorce secured by Mrs Abbe
Grove from Thomas Grove about two yenrs was mod
fed yesterday by Judge Cullen to permit the parties
the suit 10 rcnarv The defendant has Inherited considerable
property since the divorce granted
The third victim of ockaw superinducci by the effects OF
slight wound caused by the blank cartridge OF toy ps
died yesterday. lie Charles Blarus. eleven or NO
22l Rutedgest He wounded slightly In the hand on
July g. and the symptoms Of ockaw set In eight days aof
ward.
Mayor Whitney yesterday signed the rosoluons of the
Board Of Aldermen granting 10 the Union Eloyae1 haro.a
Company franchise To construct elevated roads III tie
assigned 10 N by the Mayors first Rapid Transit
The will have 10 secure the consent Oh Pr"R
bush and Fulton sS
motion for amony and counsel fee was granted Dy
Cullen yesterday IN the suit for limited divorce Deguh
Mrs b. Gabrielle Sweet against Milton B Sweo the 80
and keeper Of No 3Os broadway, VINO was III
time associated with James Brcsn In the management o %
Hotel Brighton at Coney Island They were marrcu III
1884 and have child. Tho plnintln Was III III
south defendant In business with MS
The parties the suit separated year "
the marriage but the wife was supported unt Juo Vi ~
year. She asks for limited divorce and support
New-York tribune., 1886-07-17
NEW.YORK CITY.

An unknown man was found in the East River yester.
lay at Sixty-thlrd-st
John varaclough who refused to give his address,
threw himself IN front OF coal cart In Jedersou.st
last evening, with sncidllintcnt.
pistol shot hred in the ha!way OF No. 523 West
Sixueth-s carly yesterday and the bullet struck Ed.
ward Whitney, who lives opposite
Surrogate Rollins yesterday granted further allow
OF $4,000 TO Mary Irene Hoyt from tho estate of
her father. Jesse lioyt whose Will she Is contesung
A plate glass window OF tho gIncrry AT No Hest.r
At WAS broken ON Thursday night and the police wero
told that a man had thrown boy through the window
Contracts for supplying the Treasury. Interior ant
War Departments at Warrington with about 10 600
gross OF rubber bands have boen awarded Centres
neatly dressed baby abandoned at Nnety.nrs
and lhe Boulevard Thursday night Pinned To n.
dress this notice: Thomas Howard. baptlzea a
Catholic"
The Mediterranean steamer ArchImede arrived here
yesterday with twenty-five Zingar gypsies Tnsy aud
their canpns equipments. performing bear aud i've
nODkrys Will be sent back.
The business failures throughout the country in IN.
last seven days, reported to r. q. bun Co. of the
Mercantile Agency. number for the United states i63
aud tor CeDada twenty. as comparei with l79 last we.
Undertaken tadens complaint that the Undertaksr.,
Association bOycOtted him 10 >tl before the Grand Jurv
Assistant DisrcAttorDey Sempe sad yesterday that
ali the evidence In tie Case had been submitted.
" Major" Ryan, arrested com plant of Henry Ki,g
OF No ll5 Fifth ave, from whom ho obtained S.
pleaded guilty yesterday IN special Sessions Court lie
received sentence OF one year In the PcnitentAry aud
a fine OF 5000 ~
Annie CrnneD. who leveei pistol at the head ~
Jantor MIicnsl OF tns Benedict In Warrington Square
every indication OF insanity aud was TO the Cnar,.
ties COMMISSIONERS
A bag or mail from tho Oregon was received at m.
Post Office Thursday 10 contained papers from Lon
don, winch were In HI extremely bad condition the al
drosses being almost totally oblteratrd. or tne fua
bags dispatched 462 have been recovered.
superntendenfs house cost 500 900 Ia to ne hnl,
on the grounds OF the st. Lnke's Hospital. The Rev
to nud house at No AZ East one and-twenty-
ninlh-sL Tor SZl 900.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-17
TALK OF A NEW CITY BUILDING.

A CRIMINAL COURT HOUSE PROPOSED On IHE SIZE
or THE FREIGHT DEPOT IL CESTRE-sT.
Mayor Grace Controller Lccw and other members
of the Sinking Fund Commission are to confer soon
wlth representatives of the New York. New-Haven
aud Hartford Railroad Company III regard to a
surrender of the lease held by the railroad COM
pduy of city property bounded by Centre, Franklin II,
Lin and White sts. THIS block of property was
leased Tor twenty-One years To the railroad com
2any IN 1871 at an annual rental of $4,000.
2ntll recently portion of the premises has been
Ised as a freight depot for the NewHayen and
Harlem railroads Since the freight depOs have
been removed TO other points IN tue city the rail
road companies do not require the premises and
they have made an oner TO surrender the lease.
There is some talk OF the city taking the block,
tearing down the present build M and erecting
adjoins the Iombs Prison, and If the criminal
courts were removed there II would save much ex.
pense III Transferring prisoners to the brownstone
court house. This alone would pay the interest
sum nearly sufficient to erect a commOdlnus
building Tor the courts. But at present the city is
paying $4,000 for rented buildings not count
ing aImOries and dTlii-ToOms. BY the removal oil
the General Sessions Court, the District Attorney
the City Court, ana the IxcIse Commissioners TO
this proposed new building, great part nf the
$4,000 now paid IN rents could he saved
This would give room III the City Hall for the
CorpOratiOni Counsel while the brOwnstone court
house vacated by the GeneralSessiOns Courts could
be used for other city departments now housed in
rented buildings. Ii could be enlarged for that
purpose II necessary. coart building on the site
OF the old New-liaven depot would not only he
convenient. but ii could be nads comInodions with
out being ~ expensive As would be necessary IL
erected In tho City Hall Park The District-Atto
pey and the judges Of the General Sess ons Court
bave Dccn Trying Tor long time ~ get more room.
New-York tribune., 1886-07-17

the Tombs keepers which went mp somewhat like O
rocket two weeks ego came dowp like stick Yesterday
aud tho spectators treated TO the spectacle or
Counsellor Keller Lawyer Brady and the sccused keep
ers resolving themselves into mutual admiration
society ExAssistAnt District Attorney Brady, whom
Mr.. Keller accused through owen MoNsy OF being
guilty OF allowing Tombs keepers 10 bring him business
was deeply affected ana disclamud having paid any
consideration FOR the trouble taken by Eyers and Mona
mara. tho kcIoers. Then Lawyer Keller said that he
dn't for one moment believe Mr.. Brady would do any,
thing wrong ami Mr. Brady said he did not believe that
either OF the keepers would do anything wrong and the
allied to see that one had not done
just the right thing.
President Porter wanted to know Who had pred tt
attack Oh the keepers and Mr. Keller said be would try
to find out and lot the commissioners know. Then,
eyerybody went away smiling and had something
When n TRIBUNE reporter asked Commissioner Porter
what had become OF Howe & Humue's charges against
Keepers OBrien and Mcnamara In connection with tho
Nc raths who awaiting sentence for he sup
posed they had faded and died ip infancy. you SEQ
everything is settled satisfactorily said the commis
sOler