Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-10
NEWS In TWO STATES.
Tennessee and Kentucky Hap.
penings Briefly Chronicled.
Some News Notes That win Prove In.
teresting to Readers Of the Lest.
Chronicle.

The tobacco market at Henderson,
KY, is reported on a boom. Buyers
are paying fancy prices for good to.
baccO.
The railroad assessors of Kentucky
have just completed their assess
ments. The valuation has increased
over two million dollars. The l.. &
N. is assessed about $33, ,O00, 600 on Its
property in the State.
Henderson, KY. gets coal gas at
one dollar per thousand. The coal
costs the company, according to the
Cleaner, "a cents per bushel.
The recent municipal contest at
Louisville resulted in the defeat Of
all but one OF the regular Democratic
nominees. A coalition of independ-
ents aud Republicans did the work
in spite Of the strong fight for the
straight ticket by the Courier-Jour-
nal.
The following from the Giles
CountyiDemocrat would lead one to
believe that the people Of that coun.
ty are easily "torn up:" ION Mon.
day last we were shown letters
which disclose disgraceful episode
of the attempt to tear Giles county
up over the United States Senator
ship. Every member of the execu-
tive committee of Giles county has
received a letter or letters from Mr..
Laps d. McCord, containing com
plimentary ticket and invitation to
attend Gov. Taylor's lecture Thurs
day night"
The Pulaski Citizen will be par
doned for this, as the Christmast rush
for advertising space is now on:
."Gentlemen, kindly cut your ar
ticles on the Senatorial question
shorter TO insure insertion. Our pa
per only has forty-eight columns and
some of these have been previously
engaged by our advertising patrons"
The Pulaski Citizen doubts the as
sertion made by the LEAF-CHRoN-
TCLE: That this paper was the first
one to nominate Elk Governor Porter
or a place in Mr.. Cleveland's cabi.
net. The LEAF-CHRoNICLE nomi
nated him the day after the election,
md this was two days before tht
Citizen had told its readers Of the
landslide.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
ion has issued an order to the l.. q
N. railroad company requiring re.
duction OF rates on the coal from the
Kentucky coal fields on the South.
eastern road. There are many peo
pie in Clarksville who think cheaper
coal could be secured here II the
right kind of effort was made.
When will the people rebel against
the remorseless dirt road tax? 1t
kills horses, breaks wagons. and rsbs
the people day and night. The cost.
liest thing on earth when you consid-
er its length, breadth and thickness
is the dirt road; and the sooner It is
abandoned the better for the public
weal.- West Tennessee Wing.
Says the Banner: The quarterly
report of Treasurer House, which
was due Oct. 1, and which was not
published at the time because Mr..
Simonton, the chief clerk to the
Treasurer, who usually transmits II
to the Governor, was away at the
time it should have gone in, has
been in the hands Of the Governor
since Monday. The Governor has
been so busy this week that he has
not had time TO look over the doc
ument. Some time before
the election Gen. Norman had oc-
casion to write to Jesse Sparks, Jr.,
at Murfreesboro on legal business,
and In the letter he facetiously In.
vited Mr.. Sparks to Gov. Buchanan's
inauguration, which, ht said, would
take place some time In January.
Mr.. Sparks showed Gen. Norman
the letter to-day. Gen Norman
takes these things pleasantly. VI
A friend of Senator Bate Is re-
ported IS saying that the Senator
spoke freely Of his chances Of re elec.
tion. The figures given by him to
his friend were as follows: Over
forty of the eighty-eight members
are positively instructed for him and
over two-thirds OF the Democrats are
for him at this time. Said Senator
Bates friend to a reporter: "The
op ponents of Senator Bate will have
to do some mighty fine work to de-
feat him. No wonder they ask for
an appeal to some other tribunal be-
sides the legislature"
Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, is
spoken of as likely to become Secre-
tary of the Treasury under Mr..
Cleveland. A movement is also on
foot in favor of Mr.. Breckenridge as
Speaker Of the House.
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