Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-01-12
TENNESSEE TALK.

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Milan had q forty thousand dollar IRE on
the 4th inst, the second fire that has occur
ed there recently.
Five prisoners escaped from the athens
jail the night Of the attn. They sawed the
bars in tive with a steel boot shank = Sa
GOV. Bate has appointed Hon. D. P. Had
den, of Memphis a member of the State
Board of Health.
| 1t is reported that telephone line from
| Shelbyville via Lynchburg will soon be in
/ operation to Tullahoma.
| During the period from June 1st 1880 to
| Jan. LIST 1884, 1893 looms and 32,609 spindles
were added to the cotton mills in Tennessee
and IL new mills built.
The contract for flooring and lathing the
Custom-house in Memphis has been awar-
ded Hough, Ketcham & Co., of Indianapo-
| lis.
Tom Meals State Gazette, published at
| Dyersburg is nineteen years old. 1t is
| sound and sensible paper and is likely to
live and prosper as long AS its present able
| editor is at the helm.
Col. VIM. Moore recently of the firm of
| Woodland & Moore, Nashville, is coming to
Chatham county at an early date and will
locate on the DIR. loves farm near Pleasans
View, and engage in stock raising.
The Messrs weatherly Brothers have
greatly improved the Bolivar Bulletin aud
deserves a larger local patronage in the
advertising line than the Paper seephs to en-
joy. - SaSrss5f ~
| Editor of the Fran News
is pious young man and ma wig,
orous war on the wicked that heSs to
have the title the Pope gave Henry 1,
But for all that, he has trecherous nre~
| mory and sometimes forgets to credit In
paragraphs he copies from other papers.
Mr.. VIM. Russell, who has been connec1euf
| with the Shelbyville Gazette for severaI
years in the capacity of editor publisher or
proprietor. has sold his interest to his for
mer partner, Mr.. w. A. Frost. late of the
| Lynchburg Seminal, who will have charge
| of it in future.
| A convention of Dairymen and farmers
| composed of Northern and Southern men is
| to be held at Jackson on the 18th of Febru-
airy. Commissioner McWhirter will call
| the convention to order and Governor Bate
| will make the welcoming address. A lengthy
programme has been arranged in which |
several Northern men will take part.
Tribune & Sun: The fine corn mentioned |
in Capt. Merry's letter of last week as as
tonishing the natives in Chicago, was rails |
ed by our friend, Sam. L. Mcdonald, five |
miles east of this city. He raised 1t on bot |
tom land and plowed it only once. He has |
large lot of of the same corn just as fine,
and promises to bring us other specimens to |
send to Capt. Merry.
Gatlatin Examiner: At the meeting of
the new Board Thursday night, the new
officers were sworn in, and the assessments
for 1884 made. The only change in rates was
that on Tipping Lincenses which was in
creased from $50 to S225, The other assess
ments stand as in 1888. 1t now costs over
5000 to sell liquor in Gallatin.
The negroes had quite a riot at their church
on Thompsons Creek. in Bedford county
Christmas night. They were to have had
Christmas tree, but about the time they had
got the presents arranged on the trees lot
of drunken negroes entered the church, took
the tree down and dragged it outside and de-
stroyed the presents.
The Funding Board of the Taxing Dis
trict, who have the settlement of the debt
of the old city of Memphis publish report
tomorrow which shows that of the estima-
ted debt of five and half millions, they
have funded three and half millions, of
which S35O,OOO were judgements. The time
for funding expires Jan. 81.
Winchester News: The re-opening of the
Normal for this term, last Tuesday, was an
interesting occasion, and enjoyed by the
throng of visitors present. This deservedly
popular institution is constantly increasing I
in patronage having started with an I'M I
usually large number this time, and the t
prospects are f1attering for a larger attend :
-ance in the future. l
Bolivar Bulletin; While at the depot last
week we noticed several of the latest i'm .
proved looms for the Hardeman Wooden
Mills. The enterprising proprietors are now
preparing to push their business through
the coming season and are putting up the /
latest improved loorns and other machinery j
necessary to make the Hardeman Woolen q
Mills second to none in the south, /
Memphis Ledger: "Dr." Slade, the IA :
nous bowling spiritualist, was thoroughly
detected and exposed at Chattanooga, the Y
other day, by John ]. Littleton, Jr., editor
of the Democrat. This has been done before
III the world that such characters cannot be
shown up too often. Mr.. Littleton now :
offers to do the same tricks as Slade at half
price.
DICKSON, January IAN unknown man
was found dead near the track of the Nash
vile, Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad, ,
about three miles west of Dickson, this y
An inquest was held and a YER =
was frozen to death. There was nothing
about his person by which he conId be =
Unidentified. The deceased was a middle :.
aged man. -
Bolivar; Bulletin: The Illinois Central n
Railroad is by far the largest tax payer in I'll
county. Its property in Harde- b
man county is assessed at nearly n million
dollars, and the taxes paid in to Collector IN
J. e. Savage for 1888 for county purposes =
to S35l7, The tract and road bed Z,
Ire valued at S20,260 per mile. Our citizens 8
10 not seem to be aware that very great "
portion of our support for public schools and :,
or building and keeping up our roads and :,
bridges is derived from the taxes paid by ~
our railroads.
The Shelbyviile Commercial, a disyrunt- T.
ed and never to-be-s atisfied Beasley paper, 81
to growl at the 1913 act. We clip us
he following from its last issue: 1--WE hope ia
hat the leading Tax men of the county will Ii,
meet together next Monday in private con- tn
ultation and set day for the assembling of
he Low Tax men of the county for the pur-
'ose oftaking steps for the more thorough ~ ~
organization of the party. That the 5O.3 act -
a fraud and a swindle there is no room to VI
oubt." 49,. p
We hope for the credit of Bedford county q
hat the cranks and demagogues herein des- W. W.
gnated as Low Tax men" are few in num- IN
er. -
Dyersburg Gazettee: On Sunday night, fin
)ecem Der 23d, at O'clock John Kizer was On
hot while in the act of pulling of his boots ep
II the front porch. He was staying at the OR
of w. C. Thomas, near Rt-EIlen, IN
nd died from the effects of the SHOT on or
tuesday night. Coroner Fields held m lin
uest over the body Wednesday which re-
ute IN this verdict: "We find that John
rizer came to lbs death from a gun ,