Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-07-07


ton of the Stewart County Court to
the dilapidated condition of the
court house in that place.
A correspondent of the Dover
Courier from Tobacco Port says the
wheat crop has turned out very in
differently in that section.
The Trenton Globe is tackling
Judge Biggs of the Gibson county
court very vigorously on his man
agement of county finances.
Cleveland celebrated the glorious
fourth with IA grand barbecue, free
to all and arrangements to feed
10000 people.
Another telephone from Nash
vile to MurfreesbOrO by different
route from that already built il con-
templated.
The city authorities Of Tullahoma
are enforcing the ordinance against
the erection of frame buildings. A
burnt town breads the fire
The Dandrige News had one page
of its last weeks issue filled with a
flaming advertisement of the 4th OF
July celebration at that place.
The last rail on the road connect
ing Memphis with Kansas City will
be laid soon, only fifteen miles arc
to be completed.
The sales of spot cotton in Mem
phis Oh the Goth were 1850 bales,
exceeding the sales at New Orleans
by / $50 bales.
The amount of TOrbett issue OF
the Bank of Tennessee to be taken
up with the treasury certificates, to
be redeemed annually for the next
five years, is $274,6SS.
The municipal authorities OF
Memphis have determined to rigid.
ly enforce the Sunday law, and
orders have been issued to the police
to close all the back as well as front
doors of saloons.
If the Tennessee papers that are
now making such industrious war
on the farm clutching" business
want their fierce philipics on the
subject read by the girls they should
put them along with the marriages,
etc.
TullahOma Guardian: So far as
we can learn there will be scarcely
half a crop of wheat made in this
county, OH an average. A few
crops here and there are very fine
and the yield excellent, but general
ly it is bad.
The Hurricane wooden mill, Hum
phreys county, consumes 800 pounds
of wool per week, and turns out $50
yards of jeans per day. The blan-
kets made there are durable and of
excellent quality.
The Clerk and Master at Nash
vile few days ago sold $3,000,O 900
in Confederate war bonds belonging
to the Bank of Tennessee, for $6, 900,
phos. 8. Mari being the purchaser
for foreign spectators.
Col. Robert l. Chester, of Jackson,
Tenn, is probably the oldest living
mason. He was INITIATED at Car
thage, in this State, in 1917. He is
80 years old, very hale and writes
without glasses. He has filled most
all OF the offices in the Grand Lodge
in Tennessee.
Gallatin Examiner: Sales of three
car loads of potatoes Thursday at
S1.l5. We hope for an advance next
week. The quality is good and the
yield will be heavy. We are glad
that many of our growers still let
them grow and do not hurry too
much in digging too early.
The Memphis Appeal reports an
alarming increase in the number OF
applications of friends of insane per-
Sons for admittance to the poor
house. The number ranges from
three to six day, but as no prOvis-
ion has yet been made for them
by the county, they are refused adj
mittance.
ShelbyvilIe Commercial Mr..
Martin Eulis brought into our office
last week a sample of II forty acre
field of timothy, the finest we ever
saw. One bunch of it measured
five feet five inches in height, and
the heads were from eight to twelve
inches in length.
Jackson Tribune and Sun: Mr..
Samuels bought poor and desOlate
tract of land at Harrisburg, or
five miles south of Jackson
about two years ago. He planted
this poor land in vines and fruit
trees and this year realized big
profit. The result is that many
thousand fruit trees and vines have
been planted in that section of Mad
ison county. Put good industri-
GUS Northern farmer in any neigh
borhood of West Tennessee and he
will revolutionize that neighbor-
hood in the interest of enterprising |
and aggressive farming. Hence it
s that the Tribune and Sun is CIV
ng so much thought and effort to
immigration.