Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-12
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Hon. HI. II. Buquo of Erin, at
tended chancery court Friday.

Mound, and G. C. Robertson o
Dover, were in the city this week
Mrs. A. NJ. warfield left for Hop
kinsv;ile last Monday on visit tt
her daughter, Mrs. Wood.
The Rev. John t. Hendrick OF
Paducah, KY, is in our city on a
visit to his sons and other relatives.
Mr.. f. C. Hendricks was sworn
in as a practicing attorney in the
chancery court last Monday.
Miss Lizzie Leavell, a popular
young lady of Christian county, is
in the city this week, visiting her
friends.
Mr.. A. III. Munford of the bar,
took flying trip to Perry county,
Tenn, this week, on professional
business.
Miss Laura Edmondson, of the
Soutside, has been visiting Miss
Mary Caldwell, on Greenwood av-
enue, this week.
Mr.. t. L. Porter, large tobacco
planter of Todd county, come down
last Wednesday to attend the to-
bacco sales. He says, no ''White
Burnley" for him.
If you will "Keep your little heart
for me-" you can get "Waked by a
kiss" at Owen & MoOre's. These
are songs to be found at the book
and music store.
Judge Geo. f. Seay is holding
chancery court this week, and max
ing business boom. A litigant never
complains that he is sin chancery"
in his court.
Messrs. Pc. Caldwell and Junius
Morris, two young gentlemen of
Dickson county, were in the city
this week, the guests of DIR. Lar
kin. They made our office a pleas
ant call.
Mr.. Jas. Dubois of Woodlawn,
and an old friend and subscriber of
the CHRONICLE come in last week
and renewed his allegiance to us.
He said he couldn't live without
the CHRONICLE.
Mr.. VIM. T. Atkinson, the clever
salesman at Owen & Moore's book
and music store, ran up to Bowling
Green, his old home, last Thursday,
and spent several days on visit to
his family and friends.
Mr.. b. HI. Owen, Supreme Rep
resentative, and Messrs. G. B. Will
son, }. G. Joseph A. A. Johnson,
and other members of Cumberland
Lodge, Knights Of Pythias, this
city, attended the annual session of
that body in Nashville, this week.
Commodore COuts has become
gay commercial tourist, and talks
glibly about the virtues of Cincin-
natl as a furniture market. He
a large bill in our city while here.
He promised to "cheer' us the next
time he comes.
Messrs. Hugh Wallace, Winder
McGavOck, John DeGratfenreid and
Judge Cook, all of Franklin, Tenn,
were in the city Thursday night,
and took in the "bazoo." They had
been in attendance upon the marri-
age of Mr.. Thos. DeGraffenried, at
Russellville, Ky.
Mrs. Sam Rice of Elkton, KY,
died in that city last Thursday
week. She was a highly esteemed
and amiable lady, and had many
friends and acquaintance in this
city who heard of her death with
great sorrow. She was a sister of
Mr.. Jas. King, of this city.
He was talking to her the other
night, and as he drew near to the
soft and tender part where the ques-
ton comes in, he began to falter, not
being very fluent with the oily
words of loves sweet persuasion.
She grew impatient and startled
him with the exclamation, sob, let
her babble."
Bristow's Register says: "Mr. r.
f. Harrison, formerly of this place,
now with ". L. Williams, of Clarks-
VILE, visited his friends and family
last Sunday, accompanied by Misses
Jennie Harrison and Sallie King,
two of Clarksville's most attractive
young ladies. The ElktOn boys say
come again and stay longer"
Mr.. Ralph Semmes of Memphis,
Tenn, who is member of the fam
Gus Chickasaw Guards, and made
many friends here during the
Chicks summer campaign here, in
1879, showed his genial counten-
ance around town this week. Ralph
says the GAINESVILLE boys are always
hanging around Memphis, and he
thinks a fair exchange is nothing
but what is just and equitable.
Our friend, Mr.. Ed. b. Williams,
formerly with Messrs. Coulter Bros.
& Stratton, of this city, has accepted
a situation in the large wholesale
dry-goods house of Messrs. Thomas,
Dibrell, Morgan & Co., of Nash
vile, Tenn. We congratulate this
extensive house upon securing his
services, for there is not more
thorough and competent salesman,
in this line, in the state, than Ed.
Williams. He will represent his
house through this section of the
country, and we advise the mer-
chants to deal with him.