Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-07-15
Erorll Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, TENN
July litA, 1882

I utG5 ttAS 8HN dl4ANN0 tAt u tAt2a Nts
Depot Cincinnati, only fourteen
Minis. behind time, tired dirty and
sleepy | spent Saturday 10 Cha
elnnati attending 10 business, aud
left SUNDAY for L0uisville, Ky
where we had he pleasure Of
meeting judge W. b Hoke, Past
Supreme Dictator, * Of III also
Judge r J breckenridge, Treas
urpr of the supreme Lodgg. Al
4 fhe last session Of the Supreme
! Lodge hell ia Baltimore. il Wt-s
q ciipd To parmanentlV locate he
Supreme Reporter aud Supreme
Treasurers ofliea at louisville,
/ where the order was founded eight
years ago by seven young men.
! 1t now numbers over 100, 600, aad
! ia composed of merchants, law
yers, mechanics, doctors, preach
i ers. farmers and few editors
1 Judge reckenridge Informs me
i hat the payment OF death hene
fits last month amounted to $50,
/ 900 But | ana getting away from
my subject. AT Louisville / also
i had the pleasure OF meeting q
/ gentleman we'll known in and
! about Martinsburg, Mr.. John II.
feathers, formerly Of your town.
/ Mr., L. is member of the firm Of
/ Tapp, Leather d Co, the largest
manufacturers and dealers in
mems clothing in Louisville; they
also have factory in New Jer-
sey, where they manufacture eX-
clusiveIy for the southern trade.
After visiting the grain men Of
Louisville, | concluded TO strike
/ for this section, where | arrived
early this morning. Nashville is
q thriving place Of about $4,000
| inhabitants, is the capital Of the
State aud situated on the Cumber-
land River. The outlying coun-
try reminds one very much of that
Immediately around Martinsburg
The people, however, are little
more enterprising and use their
natural advantages to some pur-
pose. For instance, | was shown
through a -four mill, owned and
run by four enterprising gentle
men as the Lanier Mill Co. Mr..
l.. III. Lanier is President, l.. H.
Lanier, Jr. Manager, w. L. Cart
wright, Secretary and Major w.
III. Scruggs, Sales Department.
The mill has a capacity OF 500
barrels per day. 1t is "A roller
mill, has AZ sets Of Gray's CORFU
gated rolls. 16 Smith Purifiers and
/ Gray Purifier, The building Is
50x100 feet, .built of bricks and six
stories high. They are now erect
ing a warehouse 50x120 feet and
three stories high, alongside the
mill for storage. There are other
mills here,all doing good BUSH
ness, also several furnitur and
agricultural factories. The wheat
crop throughout this section has
been unprecedented, and the
farmers are correspondingly hap
pay. Good Longberry and Fnltz
wheat that would grade No. 2 in
Baltimore is being sold here for
$1.00 and $l.05. / saw the best
corn to-day that / have seen any
where along the route. The crop
generally speaking, is not as good
as / would like to see it. saw
field, of about 80 acres, near
Bowling Green, KY, about as tall
as Newt. Thatcher or Jim Nc
Donald, probably not taller than
Crum Curtis. Between Chilli
Gothic and Cincinnati / saw several
fields that would not reach higher
than Tim Wholey's ankles. Any
Of your readers, that may know
Tim, will, / know, pity the own
er Of that corn. In this immedi-
ate vicinity the prospects are good |
for fair crop.
This city can boast Of having in |
its limits one of the finest State |
Houses in the Union. 1t is built |
Of fine lime stone, closely resemb-
ling marble, quarried on the spot.
Hhe building is l35X240 feet and is
situated on commanding emf
hence, 175 It above the river. With
In It's walls to-day is being held
convention Of the debt paying
democracy Of Tennessee, for the
purpose Of nominating a Govern
or and other State officers. 1t is
conceded, however, that the Re
publicans (who are also in favor of
paying the State debt) will have a
walk over at the coming election. /
The Democratic party here, God
help them, have as many differ
ent factions as My Maryland"
/ leave here tomorrow for Lex
ington, Maysville, etc. When
you next hear from me l will be
in Indiana or Illinois. QUIZ.
Z. S Since writing the above, !