Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-05
RAE MILITARY RAnsan.


Military Notes I'm General.
We are glad to announce that the
grand military bazaar to be given
by the G. G. G.s, commencing on
next Tuesday night, the Sth inst,
and continuing for four nights, has
assumed definite shape, and bids
fair to be the most brilliant aud
popular affair Of the season. The
ladies Of the city have kindly con-
scented to lend their generous and
valued assistance in this Ineritorious
cause, and have entered into the
spirit Of the occasion with their
characteristic energy and vim,
which is always a guarantee of a
perfect success. They had largely
attended and enthusiastic meeting
at the elegant residence Of Mrs.
| John West, on last Wednesday
afternoon, to consult with the COM
mittee on arrangements from the
company, and to appoint their own
committees. The following ladies
were present, besides Others whose
names we failed to learn, but we
could not get the different commit
tees Mesdames S. f. Beaumont, f.
p. Gracey, John f. Couts, A. III.
| Munford, John j. West, Juliet
Courts, 4. Howell and S. B. Stew
art.
The young ladies are highly de-
lighted at this opportunity to aid
AMI encourage the gallant soldiery,
and are busy as bees (not in making
honey; they don't need any manu-
featured sweetness), but in gather
ing together all sorts of brio a-brac
and articles of virtu, and in making
nice little toilet articles TO place in
the booths for sale. The splendid
and brilliantly illumined hall of the
the Exchange will be tastefully and
exquisitely beautified with festoons
of evergreens and tropical plants
and flowers, and under the entranc-
ing strains of superb orchestra,
which will be on hand every night,
will indeed seem like the enchanted
realms of fairy-land.
There will be three beautifully
arranged booths, filed with all sorts |
of elegant fancy goods andopresided |
over by bevy of celestial beings,
minus the feathery pinions.
There will be a splendid lunch |
served each night, where the inner |
man may be refreshed with hot cof- j
fee and all the delicacies of the sea-
son.
A program of various attractions /
will be offered each night, such as
music, vocal and instrumental, rec
itations, etc.
There will be voting for the most |
popular persons, and the bellies and |
beaux will have abundant opportu-
nifty to show how much pecuniary
fOndness they have for their favor
ties. In short, nothing will be lett |
undone to make this the browning
social event of the winter.
Let the merchants and young
men of the town club together, and,
by lending cGuntenance to this en-
tertainment, raise the incubus of
debt which now clogs the prosperity
of this splendid citizen soldiery.
With proper appreciation they will
become the honor and pride of
GAINESVILLE.
The Porter Rifles, of Nashville,
are to have new uniform.
The Rock City Guards bazaar at
Nashville last week was a grand
success. They owe their great sue
cess to the magnanimous way in
which the ladies and business. men
of Nashville aided them, the first
by their presence and tasteful adj
vice and services, and the latter by
very generous contributions. The
American, in speaking OF it, says:
The Olympic Theatre presented a very
brilliant appearance last night, the delega-
tiOns from the two companies in their uni
forms adding greatly TO the beauty of the
scene. The young ladies', who had known
of the proposed attendance OF the soldier
boys, prepared to greet them with an unus-
ual care in their toiettes, some of them be-
ing exceedingly handsome, and all being
very effective and becoming.
Miss Maggie Buckner had new delega-
ton Ofbeauty with her under her bOwer-like
10 for aVrt-
cles, etc.
Mr.. VIM. a. Wynne (who says
there is nothing in nancy of the
Porters, won the elegant gold medal
offered for the best-drilled soldier.
The medal is handsome gold pin,
from which is suspended shield,
carved and otherwise ornamented.
Oliver w. Corbitt, a member of
the Porter Rifles and prominent
contestant 70, the gold medal in the
contest last Tuesday night, is the
winner of the diamond ring ratified
off at the Rock City Guards bazaar.
The Banner says: 1.-THE Light
Dragons will haye target practice
at their armory Tuesday evening.
Capt. COwan tells us that his COM
pany, as soon as the floor of the ar
mory can be prepared, will intro
duce roller skates for the pleasure of
the members and their friends. A
good man."
River News.
The river at this point is slowly
falling, with six to eight feet on the