Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-12-01
FROM OVER THE LINE.

MT. SSS6 hNdlS anu MISS ENdllO Sl6SST, Vi
Church Hill, were married Monday, the 18th
ult.
The farmers about Montgomery have sold
quite a number of hogs recently at four cents
gross.
The Cadiz Telephone had number OF
new GAINESVILLE advertisements in its last
issue.
Mr.. p. s. Jefferson and Miss Carrie Baker,
both of Cadiz, were married in that place
ON the 2lst ult.
Mr.. J. r. Roberts, of Elkton, and Miss
Hattie Lee Rutherford, of Daysville, were
married on the 2Sth.
DIR. John NJ. Zarecor, of Murfreesboro, and
Miss Mary Belle McReynolds, were married
in Elkton on the 18th ult.
MIR. John Sanders, of Trigg county, made
this year 400 gallons of sorghum molasses
from the corn grown on one acre.
The Catholic fair held in Bowling Green
on three nights last week had large attend
ance and large receipts.
Mr.. Francis NJ. CarlOss was married to
Miss Maggie Lavels, at the residence of Esq.
Joel Wilson, in Trigg county, on Tuesday,
the 25th.
The most important event in Hopkins
vile last week was a concert by the ladies
of Grace (EpiscopaD Church. The net pro-
ceeds were $40.
Mr.. B. F. Jennings and Miss G. E. Boyd
were married Nov. 18th by Rev.T. E. Richey,
at tho residence of Mr. Robert Dranar in
Caldwell county.
Mr.. Frank Snodgrass and Miss Lee Tut
were married at the home of the brides
mother, in Smiths Grove, Warren county,
on the 18th ult.
DR.. John o. McReynolds, of Elkton, KY,
has been appointed by Gov. Knott to fill the
vacancy on the State Board of Health caused
by the promotion of DIR. ]. N. Mccormack,
of Bowling Green.
Mr.. Henry Williams, in the western part
of Todd county, has sold his farm to John
r. Finch. Mr.. Williams proposes to move
to Christian county. The price paid was
$50 per acre.
A great amount of the tobacco in several
portions of Todd county has been sold. The
price ranges from six to eight dollars per
hundred. Some few crops have been sold
for more.
South Kentuckian: 1t would be a good
idea for people to sleep with their firearms
within reach. Our exchanges all over the
state are nI1ed with accounts of bold burg
laries.
Princeton Banner: There are people in
and not forty miles from Prince
ton. who don't waIsG this road L., A. & IT,
built at all, and they are constantly saying
something about it to discourage its friends.
Put no confidence in what they say.
Elkton Register: We are glad to hear that
the corn crop, though not an average one, is
yet good enough in all parts of the county
for home consumption. Late tobacco was
not sufficiently cured when the freezes of
last week came. 1t will damage in the stem
where it was not fired" well. .
Princeton Banner: Quite large number
of hogs were delivered at the depot last Sat
urday, and some of them were extra fine
hogs. Among them were q by w. H. Jones
that averaged 81 pounds, and many others
that aveaged $50 to 800 pounds. The sellers
got about 4c for them.
Hopkinsville New Era: We have been
presented with a sample of "Big Willis
Corn" raised by Mr.. Prentiss Mercer near
this city. The ears measure twelve inches
in length and there Is not a defective grain
On any of them. The average yield of the
whole field was sixty-five and One-fourth
bushels per acre.
DIR. d. w. Yanden, the distinguished sur
yeon of Louisville, has been elected an hon
1rary Fellow of the Medical Society of Lon
lon, one of the most ancient and exclusive
If all scientific organizations. This is a
rarely paid, and only to the
most distinguished foreign physicians and |
Hopkinsville New Era: The old woman |
Who tried to collect toll of Phil Sheridan's |
roops on the Berryville pike at the time of
he battle of Winchester, is still living, and |
t is said that it makes her feel very badly |
o think how much the turnpike company |
ost that day just because there happened |
o be a fight going on down the road.
An old man named King and his wife |
Who lived alone near Hickman, KY, were |
and robbed one night last week.
rhine. 1t was seen by an extra bed that had |
,een used, and an extra plate at the table,
hat some one had staid with the old people |
It night, and circumstances pointed to the
,eddler. He has since been tried and re-
eased.
Cadiz Telephone: One night last week
ONE one tried to break into the residence
f Mr.. Walter Gray, of this city. The impu-
ent scamp succeeded in getting into the
all, which aroused one of the family who
an him off. He then came back and tried
o break in at a window, and was again
cared away. Burglars are numerous now
ur citizens would do well to keep a shot
un or revolver near them at night well
Oaded.
The Bowling Green Gazette has discon-
Inued its semi-weekly edition, and gives
he following reason for doing so The pur-
ose of its publication was to present
yeekly and semi-weelzly edition of the
aper with q view to their final mergement,
he survival of either being dependent upon
ublic opinion. The evidences in favor of
ne weekly edition being so largely in excess
f those of the semi-weekly, the manage
lent has deemed it proper to do at once
hat it would do at an early day.
Princeton Banner: Dawson is dead now,
ut she will become alive again when the
Ises come. During the winter the Arcadia
ompany will add one hundred rooms to its
ready commodious hotel, and Capt. Ham,
y will add largely to his hotel. The race
ack win tie improved and ornamented
it'll a large flower garden, summer houses,
C. The hotel accommodations were in
Efficient the past summer to accommodate ,
lie guests, and hundreds had to be turned
I. There is no discount on the Dawson
alter. 1t has fine medicinal qualities, and
i'll soon take rank with the best in the
nited States.
New Era Solomon Snorton, ,
lored, mail-carrier, was robbed Wednes- l
~ night about mile and a half this side S
Church Hill, and within few yards of Y
e same place where he was robbed OF the
all on the 18th of January last. He says
at man stepped out of the fence corner i
i'd halted his vehicle, whereupon he fired c
the robber, who returned the fire. He ,
Us he tried to shoot again, but his pistol
apped and he then ran off, leaving his l
hicle and the mail in the road, and when
ventured back the robber had taken the i
all sacks and gone. This is the third time :
e mail has been robbed on that route in
e last few years