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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15
81. Louis { Tennessee River
PACKET COMPANY.


ONE of these elegant steamers leave st. Louis
~ every Weduesdayand Saturday for AN points
on the Mississippi River to Cairo, Ohio River tO
Paducah, aud Tennessee River 20 Florence, talk
ing freight and passengers for an points ON Che
Ohio 20 Pittsburgh, and on the Cumberland 90
Nashville Through bills OF ladiug, prompt sen-
ice, and low rates.
JOHN Il. MAssENGALE,
Traffic Manager
WharI-bOat foot of Olive street ST LOUIS.
tE' One of these steamers arrive at johnson
vile every Tuesday and Friday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15
PETITION TO SELL LAND.

W *. Hicks administrator Of Thomas
Brewer, deceased, vs.. like Brewer
90 ols.-ln the county court of Benton
County Tennessee
In this cause Il appears from affidavit
that defendants Daniel Brewer, Honder-
son Brewer, Thomas Brewer, Joe Harris
and wife, Lucinda Harris, John Brewer,
LIKE Brewer, ir., Arch Brewer, ir., MI.
Brewer Louis Brewer, Nancy @. Brewer
and Dicey Brewer are residents Of the
State of Arkansas and that the defend
amt Thomas Brewer is a resident of the
State of Kentucky, aud being non-resi-
dents of the State of Tennessee the or
binary process Of this court can not be
served upon them. 10 Is therefore or
dored 10y the clerk that said defendants
enter their appearance in this cause on on
before the first Monday ia April, next,
and plead, answer or demur tocomplain-
ants bin filled herein, or the allegations
contained therein will be taken for con-
lessed and the cause set for hearing ok
parte as to them, and that this order be
published for four consecutive weeks in
The CAMDEN CHRONICLE, a newspaper
published in Camden, Tennessee.
This the llth day Of February, 1895.
G.. b. GREER,
HAWKINS & CLEMENT, Clerk.
Solicitors for Petitioner Id
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15

TIE CENTAUR COMPANY,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15
DEALS N RIAL rsrArE.
Valuable Property has Changed Hands la
Our Midst this Week.

Several transfers Of property in
our midst have taken place. Mr.
=. 9. Rushing has sold his stock of
drugs TO Mr.. w. G.. Hatley. which
trade was consummated Tuesday
Register IL. &. Palford has bought
the residence property now occu-
pied by Mr.. J. w. Arnold. known
as the b. A. lofty place. Circuit
Clerk A. r. Brooks has purchased
about sixty acres Of the land known
as the DR.. Milton Travis farm, 2
miles east of town. Mr.. G.. WHY
Arnold has sold his tousorial outfit
to Mr.. Garland Hudson, who has
assumed charge. Mr.. p. Melton
has sold his residence property in
town to Mr.. ID. M. Farmer, and his
Harmons Greek farm TO Mr.. w. M.
Blanks. The transfer of property
has been made and Mr.. Melton took
charge of the Arnold House yester-
day. We learn that Mrs. Arnold
will remove to Brownsville shortly.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15
Castoria.

"CastOria isso well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known TO me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1895-03-15

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24

temperance, of which Mr.. Boyd is
chairman. aud the arguments over the
question were quite extended The
committee made some minor changes
in the bill as originally introduced,
reporting these in the shape Of a sub
stitute, and then recommended that
it pass the sena,e. 1t passed that
body. but was reconsidered and final.
ly indefinitely postponed
That killed the dispepasry bill for
that session, but it will come up
again both in the Senate and in the
House this fall, and the probability
of exciting times is not at all remote
The Senate committee is i'm favor of
the establishment of the dispensary
system. The Honae committee on
temperance is beIievedo, be agains'
it, though the issue never Vas drawn
closely enough to show just how the
committee did stand.-Au9usta
Chronicle.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
~'Telegraphic Briefs.
April II.

April II.
The shortage 10 the accounts of the
Whiskey Trust amounts to $1,139,-
443
England is no satisfied with Nicara-
gus's reply to her demands. and, 1t is
said. will proceed at once 10 enforce the
original demands.
A severe storm passed over North
Georgia last night. Two mes we're
killed at West Point.
Mrs. C. W Taylor, Of Columbia.
fell from the balcony Of her home yes
terday, a distance Of fifteen feet, and
vas severely injured about she head.
Constable Jack Bladder got into
trouble in Newberry yesterday while
drunk. He raised a disorder and drew
his revolver OF. several young men he
mes on the street.
Newberry was visited BY a sevore
storm Of cyclonic character yesterday
afternoon. Several buildings we're
wrecked and many trees blown down
The terms Of peace between China
and Japan have been signed and peace
formally declared.
Senator's Stewart and Jones have
decided to join the new Silver party
organized by Congressman Sibley aud
General Warner.
General Compo> has reached San
tiayo. Cuba, aud taken command Of the
troops
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
April 10.

In Knox County. Tenn, great ex-
ci,emeut prevails over the work Of a
rabid Cog. Valuable horses and cattle
have had we'll developed cases Of the
rabies aud have been killed The
fourteen ycar-old daughter Of j. F.
Neal was bitten by the dog and has
been taken to the Pasteur Institute.
Gilbert Coates. colored. % years of
age, was drowned in Savannah River
near Augusta yesterday. He vas in a
batteau, catching d%riftwood, and losing
bis balance overturned the boat with
the above result.
A dispatch from Vienna Says: FIT
ty thousand people have been driven
from their homes in the Liebach Dis
trict by the recent earthquakes, and
owing to the scantiness of their clothing
and condition of weather much Sickness
prevails among them.
While reading a paper before the
State Medical Association, in session at
Gainesville. yesterday, DR.. j. P. Wall
Of Tampa, Fla, dropped dead.
The Morning Post, Of London. is IN
formed from Rome that the Pope
through the congregation Of the propa-
ganda has addressed a letter to the
Canadian Bishops condemning all Cath
olics who attend the Protestant or pou-
sectarian schools, of Manitoba.
The Legislature of Florida has passed
a law making April 26-tbe Con-
federate Memorial Day-a legal holt
day.
Yesterday vas the opening day of
the base ball season in the National
League. 1t is estimated that 10000
persons witnessed the opening games.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
Our Cruisers at Kiel.
America to be Represented by
Fine Fleet-Compl1ment
to Germany.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Uoited
State is to be represented at the Kie'
celebration on June 10 by the 6nes'
American feet that has visited Euro
pean waters since the civil war. headed
By the armored cruiser New York as
flagship and the triple screw Eyer Co.
lumbia, which will be detached for this
purpose from Admiral Meads fee
when i: arrives at Key West uex'
month, With the addition of San Fran
cisco aud Marblehead, now in the Le-
want for the protection Of American
interests. Admiral Kirkland, now in
charge Of the European station, will
command the squadron.
The Minneapolis will be fitted up a
Norfolk as the flagship of Admiral
Meade during the absence Of the New
York in Europe, which is expected tc
be but temporary.
Considerable political significance is
attached to the orders sending the New
York aud Columbia to the North Sea
and through the pew canal into the
Baltic, where the last American war.
ship appeared 90 a mission of Mercy
carrying corn generously contributed ic
the United States for the starving
peasants of Russia. Extremely no
usual are the visits of American war.
ships to German ports and the Scauda.
navian coast, aud heretofore the Baltic
has been practically a sealed sea tt
them. The compliment paid to the
German emperor by sending such
magnificent representation aud the dis
play of the American flag to the othe'
nations where it is seldom seen. is *
pected to be productive of increased
amicable relations.
The detachment of these two effective
vessels, the New York and Columbia
from tie home squadron at this juno
ture is taken as an additional indication
of the confidence of the administrator
that the United States is in DO DANCE
Of being involved iu any troubles ove'
the affairs Of American republics. au(
that the Cuban and Nicaraguan dis
turbances will be settled without GU
Intervention except by diplomatic rep
! reservations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
A Crazy Train Robber.

New YORK, April 16.-The Wee
hawken. N. j. police have captured
Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber
who. with O'Donnsll, MaGuire, Davis
and Quigley. broke out of the Mattea-
wan Asylum on Wednesday last.
Perry when be was confronted With bis
photograph this afternoon, admitted
bis identity. He sill be held by the
New Jersey police until the Matteawan
authorities send for him.
Perry told of his escape from the
prison.. After his escape, be managed
to get two or three changes OF clothing,
all Of which be wore. His idea 10
doing this was if be happened to be
seen he would take of a suit and
throw it away and thereby change his
appearance altogether. Since his es-
cape he spent the nights among the
bills and walking as best he could IN
the day time.
Perry bitterly denounced his treat
ment at the Matteawan Asylum. He
said be had walked every step Of the
way from Fishkill. He was in this
city at one time in the vicinity of the
Hudson Street Hospital. Before sur
rendering he gave the police a fight.
He is scratched all about the face and
arms.
Perry was the last of the five luna
tics who escaped to be captured. All
got away on last Wednesday night
Perry got further away from the
asylum than any of the others. He
had succeeded in putting about 100
miles between him and the asylum
The others were caught IN the lmmedi-
ate Deighborbood of the asylum.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
April Is.

april 10.
Several earthquake shocks we're felt
in Italy yesterday.
j F Shuford o school teacher in
York County has been committed to
Jail FOR attempting to ravisb several Of
bis scholars. There have been threats
Of lypching.
Andrew Johnson, colored was
csugh. by an alligator while swimming
in the river at Green Cove Springs,
Fla.
Ex.Nlayor Wm. B. Smith, Of Phila-
delpbia. has obtained a verdict of
S45, 900 against the Philadelphia
Times for libel.
A slight earthquake was felt 10
Burlington, VI yesterday morning.
Japan has placed orders iu England
for several new war vessels.
Joseph B. Greenhut the President
of the Wbiskey Trust, and the mac
responsible for the shortage. has been
removed from bis Office by the courts.
Post Master General Wilson, while
visiting Richmond, Va, has been the
recipient of a great deal of aatteriug
attention.
Ger. Csmpos has 5000 Spanish
troops under bis command, and will
endeavor to put down the insurrec,ion
as speedily as possible.
The Baltimore T. Ohio Railroad has
skipped its dividend.
New York State has appropriated
$25. 900 to make an exhibit at Atlanta.
George Cowan, a student at Oberlio
College. Ohio, was struck by a pitched
ball while at the bat and killed To-
stantly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
Watching The Weevll.
An Expert Sent to Texas to Study
Habits Of an Enemy to Cotton.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE De-
partmebt Of Agriculture has sent an
additional expert South to investigate
the habits of the new cotton weevil.
which has been imported into Texas
from Mexico. Entomologist E.. A.
Scbwarz has gone to San Antonio and
other points in Texas to make q study
of the habits of this weevil. It is a semi
tropical insect and although it may
thrive 10 the lower corner Of Texas.
which is semi-tropicai in character. it
is believed that not many generations
can survive the climate of the States
north of Texas where cotton is grown.
All the United States cotton belt. with
the exception of this small region of
Texas. forming the point around
Brownsville 90 the Rio Grande. belongs
to what is known IS the lower austral
region aud the habits Of insects i'm
ported into that region are bound to
change from the habits of the same
insects which are found in the semi
tropical region. These differences
caused by the change iu climate are to
be the special study of the eOtomologist.
who has gone South. One thing so far
discovered is that the insect cannot fly
90 far 10 the climate north of the Next
can boundary, aad left to its own exer.
lions, it might not be a dangerous pest.
The chief u for alarm, however,
arises from the fact that the insect is
being and has been carried north lie
upgiuued cotton. and after reaching the
Atton belt, is able to survive the eli
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
Reliable Crop Reports.
Important Suggestions to the
Department.

WASHINGTON, April l6 The deHo-
erationsp of representatives of boards
of trade and chambers of commerce,
which have been in conference since
yesterday with the statistician Of the
Agricultural department. with a view
to a lettering the method of gather
ing crop statistics, after a further dis
cussion this morning, lasting until
~ 80 o'clock, adopted the following
resolutions:
THAT 1t is the Judgment Of the IN
terests represented in this conference
that the official crop reporting ser.
vice should be continued and that the
reports now regularly issued be con-
tinued with such notifications as are
here suggested
"That the April report on winter
grain be discontinued, but that all
other features now embodied in that
report, be continued
"That in all reports concerning
acreage of the various crops reported
upon, the department give the area
by States in acres, as we'll as by The
percentage of the previous years,
"That the department, instead of
having a principal correspondent and
assistants in each county as at pres
ent, make an effort to secure the re.
gular service of one or more report
ers in each township, all to make
their reports directly to the depart.
ment at Washington. That 10 the
selection of these correspondents,
they should not be taken from farm
ing classes exclusively, but should
include so far as possible representa-
tives of all classes of rural industry.
THAT the department discontinue
the employment of salaried State
agents in the regular crop reporting
work.
"That returns of reserves of wheat,
corn and oats. and cotton, be had for
dates representing the close of the
crop years. Wheat G" July l, oats
on August l. corn on November l,
and cotton on September l.
THAT arrangements be perfected
with the United States consular SER
vice for sending by cable to the de-
partment ON or about the ninth of
each month a statement giving the
best available information concerning
prospects for crops of grain and cot
ton in their respective districts, to be
published in connection with the do
nestle crop report when issued.
That it is the sense Of this confer
ence that a law should be enacted
Furnishing by fine and Imprisonment
any employee of the Department Of
Agriculture who divulges to any one
outside of the Department of Agri-
culture, any statistical or other gen.
eral information of the department
previous to the time appointed for
officially presenting the same to the
public
These resolutions are submitted
tor the consideration Of the Secretary
of Agriculture. Whether or not they
will be adopted by the department is
a matter for the further consideration
or+bo Coorotorv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
A New Pastry Cook Book.

Miss l.. A. Willis, Principal Baltimore
Cooking School, has compiled q new Pastry
Cook Book, which is being distributed TO the
patrons of the well-known Horsford Bread
Preparation. The reputation Of the author
renders the book of especial value. Mail one
wrapper from u package of Horsford Bread
Preparation TO the Rumford Chemical Works,
Providence, R. l., copy will be sent free.
April l0-3t.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
Another Characteristic

OF the business man IS hat he has al eye "a
the dollars. If his good judgment enables
hin 70 detect the actual merit OF a project
before his ~ne:9hhoss ges into line he GEES
h on the bot.on door" while his less shse8d
neightos waits unti, all the world wants II
and then he 6ods the stocks hevt up."
II is this characteristic of Carolina business
men that Is leading then 50 generally to
procure the Encyclopedia Britannica xhase 4
may be bad at Introductory rates Athosoozh
business man sees hoy the Britannica
publishers car afford to permit a great papss
like The Columbia State,
eEer their up-ro-date edition at introductory
3fices for a short time until the public
generally has become familiar with its
SuEpessing merits. Then all VIII want Il,
snd they VIII have to pay the publishers
regular price while the man who was shfeVd
enough to purchase during the Introductory
period has saved just S1.eo PEI volume o.
The price OF the work.
Write for spplicat n blank 70
The State,
Columbia, S. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24
A Business Nan

Ws.es 70 know fne duth. tAs vAoh truSt. 81
soshina but tie uuth Ao6 - Ssass tAAt
txyth boiled DOM.
He has no tine to vasto tn S4inntne Aesu
de edges Of . subject. b. wants 10 RI al. Dc
Rtss Of the whole nsttes. aa4 DOES not eaI2
for = hundred pages Of epsn4oas 4 b eaosx
ali Ia q Aund,ea HneS of soHd txc3.
That is to say ~ vaaes Tia Eaeyeiopa&A
Britannica, for 20 ofhas yoek Win 20
completely nset ths busy mans needs. Il
has Justly been eaEsed the knowledge Of -
whole world compressed inso FIVE feet OF
book Shelf"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24

1t will be an agreeable surprise TO persons
subject to attacks of bilious collie to learn that
prompt relief may be had by taking Cham
ber,nin's Collie, Cholera ADD Diarrboea Rem
edy. la many instances the attack may be
prevented by taking this remedy as soon
as the first symptoms of the disease appear.
Is and 20 cent bottles for sa lie by Dr.. A. J.
China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1895-04-24

All books used in the classes of the Sumter
Institute and the Graded School, at Whole
sale Prices at H. G.. Osteen Il Co.'S. next to
the Watchman and Southron office, Liberty
Stroot
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28
TRUSTEES SALE.

BY authority vested in me by a
deed of trust executed and deliver
ed by the Kizer Lumber Company
dated and recorded on the 28th day
of January, 1895, I, b. 4, Estes,
trustee, do hereby offer for sale at
private sale, for cash, for the bene-
tit of certain creditors Of said firm,
the following real and personal
property, towit'
All of blocks No, 81 and Y, in
Texarkana, Texas, and the planning
mills, dry houses and machinery,
known as the Kizer Lumber Com
panys plant thereon, Also the
stock of rough and dressed lumber;
also the stock of sash, doors, bin Is
and mouldings; also the stock OF
goods, wares and merchandise of
said company, situated in the store
house on corner of Broad and Ma
pie streets, Texarkana, Texas,
Said property will be sold in lots
and parcels to suit purchasers,
Complete inventories of said prop.
erty can be seen at the TeYarkana
National bank,
For further information apply to
undersigned, or to Ivan M, Davis, in
the Office at the mills,
b, Y, ESTES, Trustee,
This February /, 1895 "a
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28
For Over Fifty Yoars

AN OLD AND WELL-TRED REMEDY
Mrs, Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for their
children while teethiug, with per-
feet success, II soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colo and is the best
remedy for diarrhma 1t is pleas
ant to the taste, Soldby druggists
in every part of heworld Twenty
five cents a bottle, It's value is in
calculable, BE sure and ask for
Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind 6-b-93-ly
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28

There were 253 cotton and wooled
mills established in the United
States last year. OF this number
249 were located in the south. 1t
is predicted that in the next five
years, says the Arkansas Gazette,
the south will be the greatest man
ufacturing country in the world.
Georgia obtained more than half OF
these textile plants, and is the lead
er in this respect of all the South
ern states.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28

The following from an Exchange
is excellent, stay on the farm young
man. The towns and cities are over.
supplied with help, and the profes.
sions are crowded except at the top
No business provides so much ease
comfort and independence as that of
farming England became pauper-
lied because so many people, lett
the country and went to the city,
The tendency in the south has been
the same way in the last quarter Of
a century. lfthe young men had
stuck to the farm there would not
be SO many tramps in search of
work, Get you a little farm, and
eudeayor to get some good woman
as a partner and then you are pre-.
pared to enjoy life,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28
Small Beginnings

Make great endings sometimes,
Ailments that we are apt to consld-
er trivial often grow, through neg.
lect, into atrocious maladies, dan
gerous IN themselves and productive
Of others II is the disregard of
the earlier indications of Ill health
which leads to the establishment of
all sorts of maladies ON a chronic
basis, Moreover, there are certain
disorders incident TO the season,
such AZ malaria and rheumatism,
against which Il is always desirable
to lortiiy the system after the eX,
posure to the conditions which pro.
duee them, Cold, damp aud miasma
are surely eounteraeted by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bittere, After you
have incurred risk from these in-
Auences, a wineglass full or two of
Hostetters Stomach Bitters direct
ly afterward should be swallowed,
For Malaria, dyspepsia, liver com
plant, kidney aud bladder trouble,
nervousness and debility IL IL the
most deseryedly of remedies aud
preventiyes, A wineglass full be.
fore meals promotes appetite,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de
range the whole system when en-
tering it through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from
reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good
you can possibly derive FROM them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
byF. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine,
1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by f, j, Cheney 81 Co,
Testimonials free,
Bsg" Sold by druggists, price, 75c per
bottle.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28

II a volume of one thousand pages
were written and printed it could
not say more than the paragraph
which we take from the Paris Ex-
press, 'The question is a uniform
system Of text books in public
schools is one of the most import
tant before the legislature, With
such a law in force, and county
superintendents to visit our schools
regularly, the frequent changing of
teachers would not cause such rad
ical changes in books and the
methods Of teaching.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-02-28

An Exchange says; 'If a doctor
makes a mistake he buries it; If a
merchant makes a mistake he never
tells it; if a lawyer makes a mistake
he crawls out of it; but if an editor
makes mistake he puts it on a
large sheet of paper for the world
to look at, and in every community
there are cranks who think they are
models Of wisdom becansc they oc-
occasionally discover them.