Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-04-21
TENNESSEE TALK.
A new Episcopal church is being
built in Fayetteville.

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A cotton compress with the capac-
ity of 100 bales per day is to be built
in Chattanooga.
The modern Blue Beard is to be
found in Lincoln county-he has
buried twelve wives.
McMInnville is going to have a
new city hall, constructed after the
most approved style.
A normal Institute will be held
at Jackson, beginning June 18th
and ending July 9th.
A new National bank will be
among the many evidences of prog
ress at Union City.
The Spring races have been in
progress at Memphis this week and
have attracted considerable crowds
to that city.
An entertainment by the Mem
phis Dramatic Company failed to
please the people of Brownsville last
week.
The citizens of Columbia adopted
proposition to build a good sys-
tenn of water works in that city Sat-
urday, by large majority.
The Knoxville Amateur Mascotte
made a fine impression in a per-
Torrance at Chattanooga, on the
night of the 18th.
The people of Shelbyyille are still
determined ON building a wooden
factory Notwithstanding the recent
destructive fire in that city.
A little boy named John Head,
the son of Mr.. G. r. Head, had his
skull fractured by fall at Gallatin
recently.
The Rutherford county Live
Stock Association was organized in
Murfreesboro last week with %
members.
Several hundred dollars worth of
earthenware was destroyed at pot
terry near Paris last week by the
falling of brick kiln.
The charter of the Hiawassee
Manufacturing Company of Nc
MINI county was registered last
week.
A german at the Bethel House in
Columbia, on the night of the 18th
was very important social event
in that city.
Thirty-odd divisions of the Sons
of Temperance have been establish
ed in East Tennessee within the last
four months.
The war between the Edgefield
street railways has been brought to
an end by a consolidation of the
competing lines.
The Exchange thinks Milan ought
to have barrel factory to aid the
fruit and vegetable ship
pers of that locality in packing their
produce.
The recent conf1agration at Shell
byville has brought all the neigh
boring towns to consider the neces-
5ity of some means of protection
against fire.
A brakeman named Dock How
ard, on the Nashville & Chattanooga
road had his leg crushed while at
to board train at Bridge
port on the 18th.
Mr.. Richard Benson, ST., one of
the oldest citizens of Robertson
county, was killed on the 18th by a
'aw-log which fell off of a wagon
and crushed his skull.
George Simpson, white. was kill
I'd by Reuben Kizer, black, in
Saturday night. The
evidence about the circumstances of
he killing seems to be mixed.
Major C. G. Connor has purchased
/ controlling interest in the Chatta-
looga Democrat and will be its |
EDITOR and business manager. He |
tates that the paper will be an in
dependent Democratic journal.
Hon. S. r. Latta, of Dyersburg,
ell through cellar opening on the
treets of Jackson Sunday night |
md was severely injured. He was
the Supreme Court in that
'ity.
A saw mill in ObiOn county gives
employment to over 100 men. The
mill is eight miles from the rail-
DAD, and the owners have recently
an engine which hauls
he lumber to the station over a
Runway.
The County Court at Tullahoma
t its late session. released all tina
hinery, personal property and
took held by shareholders in any
establishment here
fter erected and run in this county"
or period of ten years.
Lincoln county goes up head. The
ecent County Court levied tax of
)rty cents for school purposes.
leep that up for ten years and the
increased price of real estate will
rove that the tax was the best in
estment the people of Lincoln
Ounty ever made.
The bill to change the line be-
Veen Stewart and Houston coun-
es failed to pass because it would
ave reduced the former county
Glow its constitutional number of
Iuare miles. The wonder is that 1
he Legislature should have let so
nall thing as the constitution de- ,
rive them of the pleasure of chang :
lg a county line. :
The bunko men who followed the ,
circus got away I