Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-09

sentative of the house of R. 8. Payne &
Co., who is canvassing the upper counties, |
spent few hours at home Sunday and re-
turned to Morristown
MIR. Geo. G. Andes, the gentlemanly
salesman for Cowan, McClung & Co., ar
rived yesterday from an extended business
trip through North Carolina
Mr. T. F. Howell, of Rome, Ga, who,
with his wife, has been sojourning at Tate
Spring for some days, arrived yesterday
returning home, and stopped over for
short time. Mrs. Howell remains at the
Spring and vicinity.
Capt. Me. H. Dooley brought his family
home from New Market yesterday, where
they have been for some time.
| Mrs. Prof John Marshall and little
daughter, Mary, returned yesterday from a
pleasant visit to New Market.
Mr. Jas. Cunningham, formerly of Nc
Mimi county, now of Mississippi, passed up
on yesterday evenings train bound for Tate
Spring
Mr.. John A. Armstrong, well-known
and popular young citizen of Jonesboro,
graduate of the University of Tennessee,
arrived in the city yesterday to accept
clerkship in the Pension Office.
Mr. Ed G. Blackwell, worthy and en-
terprising young business man of our city,
formerly with Woodruff & Co., left Sunday
night to purchase for the new firm of E. G.
Bubkwell & Co., a complete stock of hard
ware railroad supplies, &C., with which they
will soon commence business.
Capt. Ambrose Gaines, representing
well known Eastern shoe house, left yester-
day evening for a trip up the road.
Misses Annie and Lou CardweIl returned
on yesterdays train from visit to relatives
in the vicinity of McMillan's
Rev A. s. johnson, of the Christian
Church at Chattanooga, came down yester-
day from Whitesburg, where he has been
holding meeting.
Mr. D. L. Million, popular young
CHRONICLE typo, returned yesterday morn
ing from visit of a few weeks at his
Jonesboro home.
Mr.. J. L. Curtis, of the popular jewelry
house of A. N. Curtis, returned Sunday
from pleasant trip to Tate Spring.
Dr. A. P. White and Mr.. Chas. Arm
strong returned yesterday from visit to
their families in upper East Tennessee.
Mr.. Irwin H. Barker left yesterday even
ing for Tate Spring to spend some time.
Mr.. Thos L. Williams returned yesterday
from visit to his family, who have been
summering at Russellvi'le. They are now
visiting Colonel Moffett, at New Market
Tate Spring and Its EDioyments.
That far-famed and delightful summer
resort, Tate Spring, continues to retain a
very large patronage, and to be the center
of much pleasure and enjoyment. The
season, now pretty well advanced has been
perhaps the most successful in
the history of the Spring
and good crowd has been kept up from
the start. Health and pleasure seekers
from various points of the south, attracted
by the incompatible qualities of the water.
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host Capt. .Thos. Tomlinson, and his effic-
lent management continue to flock there
daily. Guests are constantly going also, as
the new ones arrive to take their places,
and the society is often changed
as to the personnel but retains its character
for livelihood and real enjoyment. There
are over 200 people now at Tate's and it is,
indeed, select gathering, and the cream of
society of several States is truthfully rep
resented. There are and have been the
fewest number of real sick people there
) this season, and all enjoy life to the utter
most.
The grand dress ball given last Friday
! night was an event of more than ordinary
interest and note. 1t was indeed an ele-
CANT and recherche affair." and seemed TO
bring out brilliant and dazzling exhibit of
the many tasty and attractive wardrobes
, represented on the grounds. Some of the
bellies of the place-of whom there are not
a few-were most deliberately
and tastefully dressed for the occasion, and
t We'd with each other in their contributions
to the success of the ball AL, both young
e and old, either joined in or lent their pres
S ence, the floor was kept constantly full, and
everything contributed to the signal success
of the affair.
Up till Saturday night Tate, in common
with the entire surrounding country, was
sufocating with dust and drouth, but Prov
r dence smiled at last upon them, and the
scorched and dust be-clouded face of nature
g was drenched and refreshed by delightful
rain, which continued through Sunday until
the prayers for rain were turned into
> prayers for it to let up. A decided change
in the atmosphere resulted, and there was q
general lowering over fires in the parlor,
sitting room and family rooms Sunday
night, and the enjoyments of the day were
somewhat interrupted thereby, but new life
was infused into the entire party the fol
lowing day as consequence.
An excellent sermon was preached in the
. parlor Sunday morning, by Rev. I. M.
. Lowry, talented and promising young
: Presbyterian minister, of Aberdeen, Miss
There was no night service
Senator Jas. E. Bailey and family, Of
, GAINESVILLE, and Judge Jno. Mccormack, of
Memphis, are among the distinguished