Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-09-27

e occurs. This state of affairs do
/ not show a retrogade. The style
r building houses is on the most i'm
D proved plans, containing all tn
d modern conveniences to be foun
2 anywhere. Buildings are put u
5 with an eye to durability, eleganC
5 and convenience. Many are trul
palatial.
, The public buildings Of not
t erected since the close of the wa
are of the first order. The firs
, Baptist Church rests on a CON
manding site on Madison street,
built of brick, commodious, s1.;;ssra 1;sra
BILE, neat and unpretentiousa 1t j
noble edifice well adapted to tn
purpose for which it was erected
and is every inch a church. TIL
pastor is Rev. A. ID. Sears.
The Presbyterian Church, built o
brick, relieved by polished pillars
monldings, ETC., of white stone
This church is very large and elab
orately finished within and without
and may be called magnificently
beautiful. Rev. ]. w. Lupton il
pastor of the same.
Trinity Church (Episcopal) is {
noble pile of massive stone masonry
built of rough-hewn projecting
rock, relieved by polished white
stones, after the ancient order oi
church architecture. 1t looks as
though it had been erected in re.
mote age of antiquity and trans.
ported entire down the stream Oi
time to its present location. II
arrests the eye of every passer-by
and commands his attention. A
moonlight view of it to a contem-
plative mind fills the beholder with
deep solemnity, which, rising to
intense admiration, becomes blended
with sublimity itself. Trinity
Church stands majestically grand
and like unto giant wrapped in
his own strength seems to bid def
ance to the ravages of time in cen
turies of the distant future. These
three churches recently built reflect
great credit on the contributors, the
architects and the builders, and are
prominent landmarks in the city.
Rev. p. A. Fits is the rector.
There have also been erected by
the colored people two substantial
and commodious brick churches,
which are very slightly buildingsand
creditable to them and to the city.
Others of less note have also been
built. (Names not known.)
The city public school building
has been completed. 1t is substan-
TALLY built, and is in successful Ope-
ration; is under the superintendent
of Mr.. Perkins. All the grades and
the high school are under its roof.
1t occupies one of the most eligible
sites in the city. Another school
house has been completed for the
colored population. This house is
also well built and with every con-
venience to be met with in the best
regulated school-houses.
The appalling and disastrous cons
fiagration which occurred on the
night of the 18th of April, 1878, by
which the Court House and about
sixty other buildings, consisting of
stores, warehouses and some dwell
lings, with an immense amount of
personal property, were entirely
consumed. The fire threatened al
most total destruction to the city,
but was at last subdued by resorting
to gunpowder to stop its ravages.
Although everybody complained
of hard times and but little money
afiOat, the smoke of the debris had
not entirely cleared away when the
sound of the pick-aXe, the trOwel
and hammer was heard over the
burnt district, and in nine months
nearly the whole was rebuilt with
themost substantial brick brick bb;iiiiiitdings,
and all occupied, which has evinced
an energy and power of recupera-
tion seldom to be met with any
where.
Building houses is still the order
of the day all over the city, particu-
larly private residences. Water
works have also been established
here, by which the population can
be supplied with an abundance Of
water for all purposes by paying for
the privilege.
Having "tramped" all over the
city and taken a general survey of
it, / found that it had not only
"gone down hill," but has gone
down all the hills, covered the val
leys, climbed the opposite hills and
is spreading its wings into the coun-
try.
/ had occasion to spend day on
the commons contiguous to Clarks-
vile, where cows are wont to con-
gregate, and am persuaded that the
cows / there saw, together with
those being inside of enclosed pas
lures, must amount to twelve or
fifteen hundred, and generally of
fine breed. This may account for
the fact that Clarksville contains
such a multitude of healthy chill
dren, probably greater number by
far than any other city of its size to
be found throughout the entire
country. Several dairy establish
ments have been in operation for
years past, and literally sustained.
Bread and cake bakeries, family
groceries and other necessary arti- !
cles, all of which are delivered at
the dwellings of the citizens, if or
dered, provided the cash is paid or
can plainly be seen in the near
future.
The meat and vegetable market
is generally well supplied, prices
by supply and demand,
and aS IN v,.,ynt,a hles and fruits they