Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-09-01
STATE NEWS.

State.
A new paper is to be started in
Jackson called the Forked Deer
Blade.
Chattanooga suffered Ga, 900
damage by the recent storm that
passed oyer that city.
There is a tree growing near
Lynchburg that bears fruit some
what similar TO cotton hollis.
The crops are good in Madison
county and Jackson is looking for
prosperous times next fall. .-s
\ farmers club has been organ
lied in Lawrence county for the
discussion OF matters OF mutual in
tereSt.
Tennessee has been freer of cir
cuses this summer than during any
season in the memory of the oldest
citizen.
a bolt of lightning killed TWEEN
ty-seven hogs and cows that were
seeking shelter under tree at Blue
Springs. ..l .f
Irish potatoes are so plentiful at
Huntingdon that they are only quo
tel at ten cents per bushel in that
market. - d - F. d 40 q 81 ~ =
Two hundred and fifty delegates
attended the West Tennessee Far.
mers convention which met in
jackson the 10th.
The Tribune and Sun thinks the
SOmerVille branch of the Memphis
& Charleston railroad ought to be
extended to Jackson.
Crop reports from all portions of
the county indicate fine prospects
for All excellent yield. The tobacco
and corn crops is very fine.-Paris
POST e-- Old. s. e.r. a. rz
The price OF wheat ranges from
sixty cents TO one dollar per bushel
in West Tennessee. In the eastern
parts of the State il commands 81.
Mckenzie News: The roads
throughout the country are in bet
ter condition than we ever saw
them. This is attributable to the
much abused road law.
Since the law in regard to the
sale of pistol cartridges has gone into
effect, shooting scrapes are rare in
Benton county. The pistol has cost
many lives in that county.
No whisky will be sold at Adj
ANS station, Robertson county, af-
ter the 18th of September. There is
still hope for the temperance cause
when such reports come from old
Robertson,
Mrs. Samuel Scheibler died in the
dental room of Messrs. WessOn 4
Sons in Memphis on the 10th from
the effect of an administration of
"Samson" unskillfuly given by DIR.
y. WeSsOn Jr.
Sumner county farmers say the
disappointment i'll their wheat crop
will be balanced by the promise of
huge corn crop, with plenty of
hogs to consume it. On this point
they are positive.
y negro woman living near Sa-
vannah died of superstition few
days ago. She failed in turning
back to make IA cross mark, and it
SO preyed upon her mind that she
died in TWEEN ty-fOur hours after.
Hollow Rock has fish pond in
which there are from five hundred
to one thousand fish German carp)
They are growing nicely, and come
promptly to the ringing of the bell
for their meals, like well regula-
ted family of children.
Trenton Globe: A negro girl
living in the Fourth district died
suddenly this week from eating
peacheS.-JOhn McDearmOn, col
Ored, living near Brazil, was tool
ing with gun the other day. when
it went off and killed his wife.
There is talk of railroad from
Gairn ~ (which mill of
course pass through Tennessee di-
agOnally. The Pulaski Citizen cred
its eX-Gov. John G.. Brown as say
ing: "This is the mos. important
railroad project now before the peo-
pie"
There is not saloon within 'he |
borders OF Chester, Hardin, \ -
Marry, Decatur, Henderson and Per-
~ counties, with the exception Of |
Lexington in Henderson county,
and the act repeating the charter of
that town goes into effect the first
of January.
An accident, the result of care
leSsness, resulting in the death of
a horse, took place in Humphreys
county few days ago. y scythe
was hung upon the lower limb Of
tree standing in II lot in which
horse ran loose. The horse ran I'M
der the tree, disembOweling him
self against the keen blade of the
scythe, and soon after died in great
agony.
Edgar Randolph, young fruit
vender in jackson, being leased by
"A cOlOred boy few days ago,
knocked his tormentor in the head
with brick. On examination, it
was found that the brick, which
had struck the negro ia the fore
head, had fractured and crushed his
skull. aud the surgical operation of
trepaning had to be performed upon
him.
The Memnhis Avalanche says: