Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-06-03
PERSONAL.

Madison Avenue.
Mr.. Stephen Pettus, Of Pollard, Pet
tus & Co., New York, was among oui
tobacco men this week.
Mr.. w. o. Brandon. the pious and
portly editor of the Leaf is in Louis
vile.
Mr.. Ed. Thomas and daughter, Miss
Minnie, returned home from Cincin.
natl the first of the week.
The Hon. r. N. Rhodes visited Ev.
ansville, Ind, this week, on profession
al business.
We regret to hear that Prof. w. w
Yarren is confined at home sick. His
friends will be glad to see him out
soon.
Miss Ida King, daughter of Mr.. w.
J. King, left for Pensacola, Florida, ON
yesterday morning, where she will
/ join her father.
Misses Emma and Annie Dickinson,
two handsome and agreeable young
ladies from Trenton, KY, are visiting
the family of Mr. John Hurst.
Mr.. Herbert N. Leech, accompanied
by his cousin, Mrs. NJ Hooper, left for
Charlotte ON Thursday morning, to
visit relatives and friends.
Ex-Lieut. w. E. Smith, of Hopkins
vile, is spending few days at home,
looking after the tobacco trade and
shaking hands with his countless
friends.
Mr.. Caleb r. Lowell, now living with
the large wholesale hardware house of
Zones Brothers, Little Rock, Ark, is
here ON visit to relatives and friends.
His friends are glad to see him look
ing SO well.
Rev. B. u. Taylor gave us brief call
on Thursday evening on his return
from the recent session of the Presby-
terrain General Assembly which was
held in Huntsville, Ala. He was look
ing remarkably well for preacher.
The Rev. Jordan Moore, of Hum
phreys county, is visiting his son, Mr..
John ID. Moore, on Main street. We
regret to hear that he is confined to
the house by a severe case of rheuma-
tism.
Messers Geo. S. Irwin and Johannes
Kropp leave this morning for trip
to New York, combining business and
pleasure. Mr.. Irwin will visit West
Point during the commencement ex-
ercises, and witness the graduation of
his brother, Cadet T. G. Irwin.
Joe Mulhatton, the author of Beauti-
full Snow and other poems, but other
wise a respectable citizen, was about
the city this week. He tried very
hard to get us to listen to his epome"
on Spring, but we couldn't stand the
racket.
Miss Ida Morrison, of Pembroke.
Christian county, and one of Ken
tucky's most brilliant and yivacious
beauties, is honoring our city with a
visit this week, for the purpose of at
tending commencement exercises of
our schools. She is the guest of Miss
wi Duke, on Main street.
Our young friend, Ed. B. Williams,
is now in the employ OF II. W. Roach
the popular dry goods merchant, and
would be pleased TO have his friends
call on him when wanting anything
in that line. Ed is an experienced
dry goods man and as clever as he is
an efficient salesman.
Judge w. A. Milliken is now home
again from Nashville. He has finished
his third and last volume of his reyis-
ion of Meigs Digest and it is now be-
ing issued from the press OF A. B.
Tavel, Nashville. This work is spoken
of in the highest terms by the bar of
Tennessee and does Judge Milliken
infinite credit.
A telegram was received on Mon
day last by Mr.. ]. d. Champhn, con-
veying the sad intelligence of a change
for the worse in the condition of
Mrs. Champlin, who is now at Hot
Springs for her health. He left inn
mediately for the Springs, and on
Wednesday another telegram was re-
ceived by Capt. Crusman, announcing
no change in her condition for the
better and summoning him to her
bedside. He left Wednesday morn
ing. Nothing later has been heard
up to the time of our going to press
and we sincerely hope this estimable
lady may yet be restored to health
Gen. H. NJ Doak, of the Nashville
Banner, will deliver the Alumni Ora
ton at the commencement of South
western University, GAINESVILLE, June
9th. He is the foremost thinker and
writer ON the Tennessee Press and is
doing more to uphold the honor of our
sister State than probably any hun
dred of her citizens. That he will |
make an address on the occasion re-
ferred to, worthy to be heard and to
be considered, we hazard nothing in |
predicting.-S0atthK estuckiGn.
The Lexington (Ky.,) Gazette an
nounces that Major John r. Allen |
has been appointed and sworn in as
master commissioner OF the Fayette
Circuit Court, in place of the Hon. I'll.
M. Buford, resigned. The position is |
an important and lucrative one, and |
we congratulate our young friend on |
his appointment 1t is quite com
pliment to young man to be called |
upon to fill such responsible office,
but Major Aliens fitness and capabil |
ity to perform the duties incumbent |
on him are known to all. 1t could |
not have been bestowed upon a more
deserving or efficient man."
We wish also to congratulate Major
Allen on his good fortune. He is
claimed as a protege of Clarksville's;
graduated at the University here and
is known and greatly esteemed by
all of our citizens, for his fine talents
and genial social graces.
MpSSerS Rowling. Bros Il TURNKEY. |