Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-11-17

The people of Logan county are turning
their attention more than ever to raising
fine stock. The Herald-Enterprise has been
interviewing the leading farmers ON the
subject and finds them wide awake to the
advantages of Improved breeds of cattle,
hogs, etc.
Ira Hamblin, son of Smith Hamlin, a for
mer resident of Logan county, came to that
county recently from Texas to visit his
uncle, John NJ. Hamblin, near South Union.
Last Thursday he rode horse belonging to
his cousin to Russellville, and sold it to Mr.
]. Y. Coles, keeper of a livery stable in
that place, and left for parts unknown.
Farmers Home Journal Mr.. B. H. Logan,
late of Shelby county, but now resident
of Christian county, KY, is fancier of the
Berkshire breed of swine, and as a starter
of flrst-class herd, has purchased boar
and 5 sows from w. T. Hills Walnut Grove
herd, Belmont, KY. His selections are all
first-class animals, and at the top as to
breeding.
Russellville Herald Enterprise: E. R.Rizer
is a considerable stock man. Three years
ago he bought half-breed Jersey cow and
calf for s45. Since then he has sold calves
from the COW to the amount of Sis, and he
still has the COW and the original calf, both
| excellent mixers. His last sale was two
calves, SIX months old, for which he received
SIS.
The Lyon county correspondent of the
Paducah Journal says: There has been
more excitement in the tobacco market in
this county since it opened for this season
than for SpUoral wars hoforo 4 laaSf 0pa-
fourth of the crop has already been sold, at
prices ranging from IS to $3.50 "all around"
The crop proves to be much better both in
quality and quantity than was expected it
would. Prices are likelyto go higher as the
| season advances.
Bowling Green Gazette: The case of the
| Rev. NJ. M. Hunter, member of the Louis
vile Annual Conference of the lie. Church,
South, was last week brought before a COM
mittee of able ministers, presided over by
the Rev. H. NJ. Ford, Presiding Elder of the
Bowling Green District, and after a most
searching Investigation he was unanimous
ly acquitted of all blame.
Mr.. Frank Walton, of AllensvilIe, and
Miss Charlie Ware, of Trenton, were married
at the residence of the brides father in the
week. The attendants were Miss Lizzie
Ware and Mr.. VIM. Day, Miss Annie Dick
inson and Mr.. A. H. Byars, Miss Mamie
Gooch and Mr.. Walter Fort, Miss Annie
Ware and Mr.. B. Golladay.
Bowling Green Gazette: Hand in hand
with the gloomy reports as to tobacco guam
tity being very short, comes the unpleasant
news that quality is also complained Of
| The drouthy season is said to have proven
unhappy for uniformity of leaf maturity
| and that the plant is going to be unsatisfac-
| tory both to grower and buyer. OF one
| thing, however, the planter may feel assur-
| ed, that for any kind of tobacco he is to get
good price, and for extra handled tobacco
of good quality he will get a royal price.
The money influx will be quite as great as
| if a big crop had been raised. The COM
pensation will come in the advance in the
price.
The Changers OF Church Hill and Casky
in Christian county, are at outs with the
Hopkinsville warehousemen. The tobacco
raised by these Oranges has generally rang
ed from five hundred to one thousand hogs
| heads. For the last five years 1t has been
the custom OF the Changers to arrange to
consign their tobacco all together to one
warehouse, and the warehousemen have
given them a rebate. This arrangement
was made by letting the contract to the
lowest bidder. But now the warehousemen
have agreed among themselves not to allow
any more rebates, and the indignant Gran
gers have determined not to ship any more
tobacco to Hopkinsville.
There was unusual commotion on the
Louisville Tobacco Change, Friday last,
caused by the exposure of the most palpably
fraudulent nesting trick that has been I'M
folded for long time, and one that should
be pushed to the bitter end until the perpe-
TRAITOR has been landed safely behind the
bars at Frankfort. 1t appears that hogs
head classed medium Tugs" had been placed
on the brake at the Peoples Warehouse, and
was sold to the agent of Kremmelberg & Co.
at S. 20 per hundred. The package broke
the scale-beam at upward of 1900 pounds
and the purchaser sent it to Thompson's
place, on Ninth street, to be rehandled. At
this place the discovery was made that about
three hundred pounds of the hogshead's
contents were medium Tugs, and the rest
was factory sweepings, manure and ashes,
while broken brick and other debris were
thrown in to make it weigh. This bungle-
some attempt at fraud was at once reported
to the purchasers agent, and in short time
all the buyers on the brakes were talking
about it, and some were ready to throw the
blame on the inspector; but the tag on the
sample had "wet trash at the bottom" in
red ink on it, and the customary danger
hole" was punched through, thus certifying
that that officer had certainly done his duty.
Mason q Co., proprietors of the Peoples
Warehouse, say the hogshead was sent to
them from another local house, so, as the
matter stands, there is no telling who the
original consignor is, but it is thought the
job was put up at Paducah. Litigation will
surely come of the matter.