Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-07-21

from 1000 to $4,000.
The Southern Standard, published
at Meanwhile, has been enlarged
frora a seven column folio to five
column quartO. The enlargement
of the paper is accompanied by the
purchase of a new cylinder press.
We are glad to note this evidence
of prosperity in such valuable agri-
cultural Journal.
Murfreesboro has "Young Mems
Heather Association" 1t held a
hilarious meeting in the court house
yard in that city Sunday evening
and adjourned to meet again at the
recorders Office Monday morning
where each member made a gener-
Gus contribution to the cities finan-
ces.
The Manufacturers Immigration
Association was organized at Col
umbia last week. 1t has for its
object the encouraging, originating,
locating and building of manufact-
uring establishments in Columbia,
by inducing immigration for that
purpose and otherwise.
Jackson Tribune and Sun: A club
of farmers in the Lawrence neigh
borhOod of this county, three and
four miles from the city, have or
dered several thousand peach trees
and large number of Strawberry
and raspberry settings, and will
plant this fall and next spring lare e.
ly in fruit.
Dickson Press A large amount
of corn in this vicinity will be
plowed for the last time this week d,
and in farmers parlance, will then
be "laid by" Reports from all
parts OF the country indicate that
the corn crop will be immense,
which is very encouraging in view
oGthe partial failure of the wheat
crop.
Ex-Sheriff Robert Blevins and d
boy named Morrison were severely
wounded at Rogersville by pistol
shots inflicted by Charlie Wells, an
old citizen of the place, who has
been regarded as OF unsound mind
for many years. Blevins received
a flesh wound in the thigh and
Morrison is reported as shot through
the lungs. Wells is in Jail.
Commissioner McWhirter i'm q
card i'm the Nashville World urges
those who desire that the Tennes.
see State enhfbit at the Louisville
Exposition be success to forward :,
without delay, choice specimens Of
all productions of the farm, adj
dressed Tennessee State Exhibit,
Southern Exposition Building,
Pro. G. E. Merrell agent Louisville,
KY. The railroads will ship all
such freight free of charge.
CHATTANOOGA. July l3.-During
past few weeks an event has devel-
oped which will be of vital import
ance to Chattanooga. The Cincin-
natl & New Orleans and the Tere
Haute & Evansville railroads have
consolidated. Their leading shops
now at Ludlow will be removed to
Chattanooga. One part will be de-
voted to the>manufacturing of loco
motives for the road and the other
for building cars. The consolidated
shops will be the largest in the
South and will employ nearly 600
men.
Maury Democrat: A most re-
character was brought to
Columbia few days ago and plac
ed in Jail, ALI "The Warrior" an
Idotic colored boy who has been at
the pOor-house for some time. The
keeper of the poor house found out
that this boy was in the habit Of
catching snakes and ground SPUR
rels and eating them raw. When
brought to Jail and stripped to put
on a clean suit of clothes nine snake
heads were found on his person and
several dead snakes, were wrapped
about his body. He disliked very
much to give up his snakes. He
was placed in Jail to keep him from
getting any more such food.
Nashville World. 10th: zone
and one half miles from the city of
Murfreesboro, on the Woodbury.
pike, is situated the beautiful home
Of Maj. Jesse Sparks. His farm
contains over 200 acres. Ten years
ago, the land that once was as fer
lie as any in the United States was
worn out by continued cotton rails
ng and the peculiar system of far
ming, incidental to slave labor. Tt
lay it is one of the most fertile |
farms in old Rutherford. The rails
ng of cotton has been abandoned |
md clover, wheat and fine register
ID jersey cattle have taken the
place Ofcotton and slaves.