Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-08-19

Il
formed through the columns of your
paper, of the lamentable loss you have
sustained in the death of your CO.
worker, Mr.. Thomas, but as it is the
fat of inscrutable Providence to which
mortals have to succumb, | can only
offer you and his estimable family my
heartfelt sympathy and coincidence.
notice also that the breach thus oc-
casioned, has been filled by my old
friend Dr. Wright, and tender my con-
CALCULATIONS to your accession of such
a competent and talented gentleman.
Business on this coast is quite dull
this summer, and reports donot picture
the situation as any better in other
sections of the Union, and we there
fore console ourselves with the poor
reflection that misery loves company"
and anticipate quite lively trade this
fall.
Crops of all kinds have turned out
remarkably well, and but for stag
nant market and prices ruling low,
money would be more plentiful Grapes
which have been coming in for several
weeks past, are getting more plentiful
now-the best white grapes being now
sold at retail for to cents per pound,
and will probably come down to one
cent in the next fivc or six weeks.
Pears. apples, peaches, apricots, plums,
cages, prunes. figs, musk and water
melons in abundance, and the vege-
tartan is in his glory.
The feeble efforts of your humble
correspondent utterly fail to do justice
to this country, but nevertheless | will
scribble and note few items, all of
which you have undoubtedly read in
newspapers, some Of which | sent you
occasionally, but which some of my
friends have probably never read.
The fact that Southern California is
fast becoming competitor of the more
northern latitude, as regards cereals,
grasses and fruit, is an indisputable
fact. The honey interest is also at
tracing a great deal of attention, since
apiaries are yielding at the rate of225
pounds of No. honey per stand Tor
hive) per year, and although the pro-
duct sells at the low price of from 3 to
5 cents per pound, yet it pays we'll to
raise it as the culture requires but
little attention compared with other
branches of industry.
The mineral and metal deposits of
this section are in rather dormant
state as yet, but are gradually develop
ing and will ultimately prove bonanzas
of no mean calibre. Oil, coal and tin
mines are in process of being opened,
and the prospects Of the former bid
fair to rival the oil wells of Pennsyl-
vania. The cactus of the desert is also
being untitled, and company is now
reducing it to a pulp for the manufac
ture of paper. A rock possessing all
the qualities of soap, is ground up and
made to take the place of chambers
soap. FORESTS are being planted by
associations and individuals, which in
a few years will yield material for the
artisan as we'll as fuel. A company in
this city is also manufacturing the
asbestine stone, and pipe as we'll as
ornaments. This artificial stone will
take the place of brick and timber for
building purposes, as it is almost equal
to stone in hardness, and for sewerage
it is as well adapted as iron, and at
much less expense.
The water supply of this city is suffi-
cient for a city of three times its pre-
sent population-the water company
having recently substituted y inch
maines for their former smaller pipes,
besides which our very energetic and
enterprising Mayor, P. Beaudrie, has
two large reservoirs on his own domain,
from which he supplies the more ele-
waited portions of the city with pure
and wholesome water.
As my letter is beginning to be
voluminous and probably wearisome,
l will draw it to close, but cannot
forbear mentioning the very grand and
imposing display of the Centennial
Fourth in this city. 1t seemed as
though everybody Of whatever cline or
country, sect or opinion, Spolitical or
religious, male and female. adult and
juvenile was infected with the hilarity
and joyousness of the occasion, and
the grand procession which occupied
three quarters of an hour in passing
any given point. 1t wound up with
balls. parties, theaters, and oratory.
Two or three fights, several DRINKS
and possibly many headaches were
the closing scenes.
L. STRAUs.
Los Angeles, CAL, Aug. 1876.
tits not Hayes whom the Democrats
fight. He is merely q figure head.
They fight the worst elements of