The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-03-10
CHA TAN G. A.
THE GENERAL BUSINESS.
CREDIT OF THE CITY.
Amusement Seekers,
THE CHURC IIES.
THE MOST UPHILL BUSINESS.
ChattanOOga's Spirits.
THO SAD ACCIDENT,
The Enterprise.
C~hattanOOga's Spirits.
The Enterprise.
A FITTING CONCLUSION.

tne rlOOu, the "hallrOad center OF the
South" the pittsburgh of Tennessee" or
whatever you may choose to call this I'M
paved locality, there have been a few
changes and improvements, among the
many needed, which may be worthy of re-
cord in the columns of your paper.
THE GENERAL BUSINESS
of Chattanooga is decidedly more vigorous
and active than it was a month since.
While new establishments for the prosecu-
ton of every branch of industry are being
put into operation, we here of no suspen-
sion of old firms and see none of the long
faces on change so Indicative of threatened
misfortune. AS the town fills up with
people, the increasing demand for the nee
e~ssaries and conveniences of life keeps
fully up to the constantly augmenting sup
ply.
THE CREDIT OF THE CITY
has considerably improved since the first
of the year, though it is dubious whether
such improvement is due to any e%xtraor-
dinarily judicious action on the part of the
new local government. | think, perhaps,
it is more the result of confidence in the
future prosperity of the place, under any
kind ofinternal management. "City scrip"
at all events, to the great satisfaction of
holders, has advanced about 10 per cent.
in value within the past two months.
AMUSEMENT SEEKERS,
who are willing to run the risk of breaking
their limbs in the pursuit of happiness af-
ter dark, will seldom be at a loss here.
Among the latest attractions is a large
Skating Rink in Cav and James new
building, on Market Street. Three nights
in the week it is crowded with the beauty,
grace, and a fair proportion of the awk--
wardness and ugliness of the city; and
such gliding and sliding we're certainly
never seen before. The ladies, of course,
excel, Notwithstanding the superior facili-
ties for the use of their legs secured to
the gentlemen through the medium Of
pantaloons. The establishment ofthe Rink
is supposed to be a branch of the Tennes-
see River Improvement, Colonel Cav hav-
ing ascertained his inability to make the
river itself skatable. He takes a great
interest in its success, particularly having
been at home ga big thing on ice," him
self. Skating must be an invigorating ex-
%ercise, mentally, for | notice that, after an
hour or two's gyration, Maj. Kirby grinds
out copy for the Times with twice his
usual rapidity-particularly when he is il
a hurry to get back to the Rink. A hand
som Billiard Room, with three elegant
brunswick" tables, was thrown open for
the first time on Saturday night by Messrs.
Kelly & Webb. The game of Billiards is
a f~avorite one here, and there will be no
lack of a sufficient number Of the Knights
of the Cue to keep the new establishment
living. The Chattanooga Dramatic Asso-
citation, under the excellent managem ent
of Mr.. E. H. Cramer, give occasional en-
tertainments which are always we'll at
tended. But brass bands and string bands
are peculiarly the rage here, there being
an average of about one to every fifty
yards. They play at night until literally
''you can't rest" 1t seems to me some
times hat every man in Chattanooga who
isn't footing a horn certainly must be
scraping a fiddle. AS one result of this
musical procliyity, balls and dancing par
ties are of almost nightly occurrence.
THE CHURCHES
generally have a quorum present ON Sun
day mornings, a majority of the members
attending when they have no plausible ex-
cuse for staying away. Outsiders, in the
liberality of their hearts, do not generally
attend unless a collection is to be taken up.
THE MOST UPHILL BUSINESS
in Chattanooga seems to be running a
newspaper, although the Times is, to all
Appearances, we'll on its legs now. With
the help of it's new Job Office, just receiv-
ed, and the general clever management of
its proprietors, | hope to see it a perma-
nent success. A Republican Weekly has
been threatened for seme time, but the
protector may not thoroughly wake up till
"Kirby dies" a consumation not at pres
ent in sight, that | know of. Captain G..
W. Baker has in successful operation a
considerable Book and Job Printing estab-
lishment, and his work gives general salts
faction "as to price and quality"
c~HATTANooGA's SPIRITS
have not been depressed by the failure of
the Kentucky Legislature to pass the Gin
cinnati Railroad bill. The interests of the
people at large will not always be allowed
TO remain at the mercy of city rings and
dishonest law makers, and the construc-
ton of this great work will be only a ques-
ton of time. At present, Chattanooga
can afford to flourish with the handsome
assistance it is receiving from the Tennes-
see river and the onstantly-pushing-ahead
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad, its
numerous other feeders, and its lively
daily increase of population. Central
Kentucky can less afford to do without the
Cincinnati road at present than we can.
HI SAD ACCIDENT
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