Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-16
CLARKSVILLE.
An Improving TOWn-ImpOrtanee Of
ManufactOries-A New Wagon for
Parmers-The Knights OF
Pythias.
General Quarles for United States Sena-
tor and Colonel JOHN T.. House Can.
didate for Representative
His CRrd-RailrOad AT.
fairs, Etc, Etc,

From Special Correspondent
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, July a.
Clarksville is improving materially,
both in business and population, her citi-
zens being men of energy, enterprise
and intelligence. The grangers recog-
nizing
THE IMPORTANCE OF MANUFACTORIE S,
and appreciating the valuable results
that spring from such, are about to IS
tablish an enterprise long needed in
Tennessee. 1t is the manufacture of
wrought-iron wagons at a cost to pur-
chasers of one hundred and twenty-five
dollars only. The factory will turn out
three thousand wagons per annum, and
begin with capital OF one hundred
thousand dollars. Clarksville's future
must be bright and prosperous.
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
have recently organized at this place
Cumberland Lodge No. II, which num-
bers twenty-four members. Much inter-
est is being manifested in this order, and
applications for membership are con-
stantly received. Cumberland lodge is
composed of reliable, worthy men, most
Of them being young, and in a few
months will have large membership.
sitiOn this fall, provided the order will
have a grand reunion and public parade
in Memphis. I have met several gem
tiemen here who expect to contribute
goods to the Memphis exposition, and
among the wonderful and the mys-
teTious will be
SPIRITUAL PHOTOGRAPHS,
taken by medium. This medium is q
lady said to possess astonishing powers
of materializing. She has proposed to
Mr.. Mccormack, of this city, to take q
life-like picture of any deceased person,
through his Photographic instruments,
he to operate them while she will merely
stand near the camera ObscUrd, in the
glass of which she will cause the materi-
allied spirit-face of any deceased person
to appear. Though not a believer in
spiritualism, Mr.. Mccormack has con-
sented to allow this medium the use of
his gallery for an entire day, and has
invited number of leading citizens to
witness the experiment.
THE DROUTH-CEREALs
This year is one of the most ruinous
that ever befell Middle Tennessee and
Southern Kentucky. Even the grass
and the wild vines in the shady hooks
of the forests are parched, and have but
little of their fresh emerald beauty left
to please and charm the aesthetic eve of
natures admirer.
There will be about half a crop Of oats
and hay. The wheat crop, however, is
unusually fine, and yielded a rich haF-
vest. From Captain Andrew Cooper,
an excellent conductor Of this division
ofthe Louisville and Nashville railroad,
learn that the wheat in Warren, Nell
son, Simpson, Todd and Logan counties,
Kentucky, is exceedingly large. Guthrie
Coke, of Logan, informs him that his
field of two hundred and ninety-eight
acres Of wheat would average twenty
three and half bushels per acre. In
the Clarksville market millers offer one
dollar per bushel for wheat delivered,
but farmers are not inclined to sell, be-
cause of the drouth which has also
affected
THE CORN CROP,
especially in this Immediate section, and
hence to the Tennessee river. 1 hear
that in the above named counties not
over two barrels Of corn will be aver
aged per acre. The crop will be at least
short, which fact may have decided,
if not an immediate influence in ad-
vancing the price of wheat. The most
serious effect OF the drouth is upon
THE TOBACCO CROP.
In the "Clarksville tobacco district" !"
which legitimately embraces the coun-
ties OF Trigg, Christian, Logan, Todd,
Simpson, Hopkins, and Caldwell in
Kentucky, and Montgomery, Robert
son, Cheatham, Dixon, Houston, Stew