Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-08-25
PERSONA.

Maj. Gordon left the first of the week for
Alabama.
Mr.. Geo. $. Dick returned from Lake Weir,
Florida, about ten days ago.
Miss Ellen Sidnor, OF Kadensville, was
visiting friends in this city Thursday.
Miss Matte WheatIey, of New Provi-
dence, is visiting friends at Roaring Springs.
Ky.
the city on Wednesday. He was formerly a
citizen of this county.
Mr.. James Neblett, OF Dickson county, has
accepted position on the /. Il. Il T. II. R.,
as civil engineer. He is a young man of
fine business qualities and a good surveyor.
Mr.. NJ. A. Straiton has returned from a
visit to relatives in Virginia. While absent
he also visited the Eastern markets and
purchased large addition TO his stock OF
shoes, etc.
Mr.. ]. Reginald Taylor, recently from
Philadelphia, and well known as a writer
for the press, is visiting his brother, Rev. ].
r. Taylor, near ST. Bethlehem. He was in
the city Thursday and favored us with
call.
Dr.. J. N. Waddell, the much esteemed
Chancellor of the South Western Presbyte-
rian University, has been at home for a
week or so from his southern trip and is
busily engaged in preparing for the opening
of the Fall session.
Capt. John w. Morton, OF Nashville, came
up to the Farmers picnic, and before he re-
with a call. Capt. Morton is connected
with the Spirit of the Farm new agricul-
tural weekly to be started in Nashville soon.
Miss Annie Howell, after spending several
weeks with friends in New Providence,
will leave this evening for Hopkinsville, |
where she Will re-enter Bethel Female Col |
lege. Miss Annie is a general favorite in
Providence, and her many friends will miss |
her much.
Springfield Record Miss Cora Yates and |
Mr.. Sam Caldwell, OF GAINESVILLE, and Mr.. |
John Caldwell, of BOnham, Texas, were |
visiting Aunt DOllie Yates near Black Jack, |
several days last week. They returned |
home last Monday, much delighted with |
their trip.
We had very pleasant call from Mr.. |
Ford House, of Dallas, Texas, ON Wednes-
day. He and his sister-in-law, Mrs. JEFF |
House, arrived on Tuesday night, and are
the guests Of Hon. JnO F. House. Ford left |
here in 1871 and has remained in anG near |
Dallas ever since. He is enthusiastic on the |
Texas question.
Mrs. Il. L. McCulloch arrived at home |
from a three weeks visit to her parents
near Henderson, KY, OH Friday night of |
last week. She was there during the de-
hail storm, and says it was simply
terrible. The trees were stripped of their
foliage, the corn and tobacco were literally |
ruined, nothing being left but the stalk
every pane OF glass in the windows were
broken, and i'll fact, everything on the farm
was destroyed.
The friends OF Mr. Arthur E. Harris, of
this city, will regret to learn that he is to
leave us. He will exchange his place at
Crusman * Howard's where he has been
for 80 long employed, for the position of
travelling agent FIR the wholesale grocery
and liquor house of Phillips, Jackson Il Co,
Nashville. MIR. Harris will, no doubt, make
an exemplary member of that noble band
of commercial evangilists, commonly called
drunmers, and has the good wishes of ev-
cry body.
Mr.. Henry Bryant and Mr.. Thomas Greer,
from the neighbOrhOOd of Ceruleau Springs,
were in town on Tuesday and
Wednesday. They came in the interest of
the route OF the new railroad via Cerulean
Springs to confer with Maj. Gordon, but he,
un fortunately, was not at home. 1t is graf
flying to know that so many good routes
are competing for the road, because it ar
CUES that the people want it and feel the
need of it. Cerulean Springs is celebrated
Is Il watering place and this road running
% it would render it n great place. We can
axe no side in the location of the line ,
either Montgomery or Cerulean Springs will
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