Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-05-05

ing the erection OF a new school
building in that city.
The Nashville races have been
in progress this week and have at
tracted large crowds of visitors.
The State exchanges generally an
nounce a great improvement in the
wheat crop.
1t is said that Chattanooga sells
nails cheaper than any other place
in the world.
Murfreesboro amateurs entertain
ed the people of that city one night
last week with presentation of the
cantata of esther"
The sweet girl graduates of the
Wesleyan Female College, Browns
vile, have publicly announced that
they will write their own essays.
The saw mill of Nicholson &
Gooffie, on Dry Fork in Sumner
county, was swept away by the
floods of the 22d ult.
1t is an assured fact that Trenton
will have a cotton seed oil factory
in operation by the first of October,
in time to handle the coming crop.
w. B. StaIey, Jr., son of Chan
cellor Staley, suicided with revolt
yer near Black Oak Ridge, Knox
county, Monday night of last week.
There is timber, coal, stone, iron ;
all in abundance, near McMinnville,
in its native state waiting for some
enterprising and skilled hand to
take and turn it into money.
The sale in marriage licenses in
this State has greatly decreased
since the price was raised. The
falling off in demand is attributed
more to the warmness of the season
than the increase in price.
The annual stock sale at Belle
Meade which took place recently,
was largely attended by stock men
from all parts of the Union. Sena-
tor Bayard was the most distin-
guished visitor.
A chair factory Is among the
probabilities for Manchester, and
thirteen thousand dollars has been
subscribed toward spoke and ham
die factory for that place, so the
Times reports.
In addition to the proposed can
ming establishment, Milan is going
to have a fruit "evaporator." These
industries will place Milan well for
W"-d in development, and in the
lead c the fruit interests of West
Tennessee.
A NUMBER OF ~nterprising young
mechanics, associate with some Of
the monied men of Men. n,,iI,o
are going to start a wagon faC~,r,,
in that place with $4,000 capital
The stock has been mostly sub
scribed.
Hon. H. L. w. Hill, of Collin
. River, Warren county, found ;
petrifed ANIMAL weighing min
pounds on the mountain near hi
place recently. He will present i
t to the Historical Society of Tennes
; see.
LQhn Reyier killed Melville Irb,
in Marry county IasU weeh. Lne,
were farmers and fought in field
The killing was done with a knife
Revier was promptly arrested ant
bound over for trial in the Circui
Court.
The Masonic Lodge of Columbis
has decided to erect a new build
ing on the cite of the old Hall. /
will be three story brick with
three doors front ON Eighth street
The Lodge room will be on the
third floor.
Mr.. r. G. Russ offers the Shelby.
willie Commercial for sale. The
office is well fitted up with a new
Campbell press, Gordon jobber
and the appointments that go to
make up tirst-class newspaper Of
flee. The Commercial is the oldest
paper in Bedford county-well es-
tablished and well patronized.
Dyersburg Gazette: No hogs are
allowed to run at large in Dyers-
burg; and we find it great luxury
to live in town where hogs can't
break into your garden and steal
and cause you to lose your religion :;
yet there are some folks who want
the hog law repealed.
Brownsville States and Bee: Mes
srs. Mclaughlin & Holbrook ship
ped specimen bunch of the fine
wheat growing in the lot near the
depot to B. F. Baker & Co., Chicago,
who reported that it was very fine
and that they thought there would
soon be boom in Southern lands.
MurfreesbOro News says: "Mr.
M. J. Tarpley, an energetic young
farmer of the eleventh district,
showed us some wool last week,
which was over thirteen inches in
length and as fine as silk. 1t was
clipped few days since from a cots
void. 1t was as fine wool as we re-
member to have ever SEEM"
Milan Exchange: Ex-President
Diaz, of Mexico, accompanied by
his suite, passed here on special
train yesterday afternoon, making
the run from Cairo, eighty-four
miles, to this point in two hours
and twenty-five minutes. We had
our notebook and pencil ready for
an interview, but saw only yell
low streak pass while we were at
the depot.
Trenton Globe: The fruit grow
ers of Gadsden are smiling broadly
On account of the promising pros
poets of the berry and peach crop