Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-08-20

Mr.. George Cashier and wife. of Memphis
are spending a few weeks in the city.
Mr.. j. G. Snow, a prominent: tobacconist o
Nashville, visited the board here this week
Mr.. Henry Wilson, of Bowling and Will
son, goes East for goods next Monday.
]. w. Rice, Esq, and Judge Scarborough
Of Dover were in the city this week.
Mr.. NJ. g. Cope, the cashier of the First
National Bank of Paducah, spent several
days in the city this week, visiting friends.
Misses Mamie Adams and May Jordan
have returned home, after delightful stay
of six weeks with friends In Paducah.
Messrs. Sid Batson, smith Batson, and R,
A. Harvey, of the Southside, were among
the gay excursionists to Niagara this week.
Mr.. A. ]. Lyle, of East Point. Ga, former
ly resident of this county, gave call
this week. He, with his family are visiting
his father on he Southside.
The Misses Wisdom, of Paduoah, after a
pleasant stay with relatives here, left the
first of the week to visit friends at Trenton,
Kentucky.
A postal from Prof. ]. n. Neblett, who
has been spending a few weeks in the noun
BILE Improvements in his health, which will
be gratifying Intelligence to his host of
friends Brownsville States aud Bee.
The party of Niagra excursionists are ex-
pected home tomorrow morning. Letters
from members of the party to friends here
state that they were having a delightful
"Trip.
Messrs. r. N. Rhodes, ]. w. Rudolph, j. Z
Bailey Jr. and F. &. Irwin, left last Thurs
day, for weeks fishing at Yellow Creek.
They sailed from here ill large skin. We
wish them something more than "fisher-
mems luck"
Mr.. w. A. Forbes, who left here some
weeks ago for Chicago, is now with G.. ".
Hecker q Co., large manufacturers of flour,
Nos. So and IS River Street, that city. His
friends viii be glad to hear that he has Sc
cured so good position.
Thelpeople know that's Piano or an Organ
is just what it is represented to be at owen
& Moores, hence three more families and
a church have made themselves and Owen
& Moore happy by the purchase of a Piano
and Organ.
Mr.. Louis T. Porter, of Rockdale Texas
has been here on a visit to his parents for
five years, and his many friends IN the city
were glad to see him looking so well. and to
learn that he has been prosperous in his
adopted home.
Pete Johnson has been in delicate health
lately, and is now recupercating at the:cave,
There was an unusually large number of
children in attendance last Tuesday, and
Pete was the center of attraction with them
all. He played old sister Phoeby, fish and
many other amusing games to the great de-
light of everybody. Pete is quite an aequi-
sition TO this celebrated resort.
Hon. G. q. McElroy, of Bowling Green,
KY, a prominent memb er of the legislature
of that state, is in the city on visit to his
aunt, Mrs. DR.. Finn. Mr.. McElroy is very
prominently spoken of for speaker of the
house during the next session. He has
many friends in this city, where he first be-
gan the practice of the law, who would be
position. No man could fill it with greater
ability and satisfaction, we dare say.
The friends of Arthur Harris, son of Mr..
Geo. Harris, this city, will be pleased to hear
that he has secured situation with Messrs
Field & Co., successors to Field,
Letter d Co., Chicago, ILL.,, the largest dry
goods house in America outside of New
York City. 1t was through the kind infiu-
ence of Messrs Bloch Bros, of this city that
Arthur was able to secure SO good a situation
He is a COMPETENT and energetic young BUSH
ness man, and we predict will easily sustain
himself.