Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-02-02
'TENNESSEE TALK.

Cleveland is to have a sash and blind fac
tory.
! DIR. Shacklett of Kensengton Springs has
leased the hotel at Ashland CITY,.
Rev. Jerry wetherspoon, D. D., OF jack
son, has been called to the charge of the
First Presbyterian church, Nashville.
A correspondent of the American from
Huntingdon says there are not fifty free
trade Democrats in Carroll county.
Col. George M Drake of Washington has
autographed his acceptance of the editorship
of the Knoxville Chronicle, and viii assume
control of that paper.
The election for magistrate in Ashland
City last Saturday resulted in the election of
mr.. J. M. Eatherly, who beat his opponent,
Mr.. w. NJ. Pegram, by five votes, the vote
being 81 for Eatherly and SO for Pegram.
Tennessee ranks fourteenth in all the
States and Territories in the production of
iron and steel, making n, 100 tons In 1880 to
"a ,3O5 in Is7O-an increase in ten years OF l25
per cent.
Mr.. Jones, proprietor of the Laurel Hill
cotton mills, will remove his factory to Col
umbia if the citizens of that place will in
crease the capital stock to 100000 taking the
mills at half that amount.
There is a strong temperance feeling in
Winchester and the charter of the town
was recently repealed to get rid OF sthe sasz
looms. The News of last week says q "a =
tiger is in operation in this place in DEE
of law and morals" -
The Sewanee correspondent of the Frank
lin County News says: The prospects of the
University for the coming term, which be-
gins March 18th, are more fiattering than
usual, and many of our citizens are very
much encouraged and look with great inter-
est to the opening of the school.
Bolivar Bulletin There is less reason and
excuse for emigrating from West Tennessee
now than ever before. This part of the state
is on boom, and is destined to continue to
boom, until every man in it feels the new
life and energy that thorough system of
diversified farming and manufacturing i'm
parts.
Ashland City Reporter: Esq.A. N. Stroud,
OF the 18th district, died at his home, OIL the
night of the 10th inst, after a protracted ILL
dess. In the death of Esq Stroud, Cheatham
county loses one of her best citizens. He
was a man of answering integrity, and
had the moral courage to stand by his con-
victions of right.
Cumberland Iron Company have decided
to "blow out" their furnace, (Bear Spring.
and have discharged all their employees ex-
cept those engaged in agriculture. We do
not know what reasons. if any, are assign
ed for closing. Several hundred men are
thrown out of employment, and many will
be hurt seriously, as very few of the labor
ers of furnaces are ever to accumulate
much money.-DOUer Courier.
Waverly Times-Journal: Messrs. j,
Frank and Auguste richards, the two capt.
alists who purchased the large body of land
from MFR. T. U. Harris, a few weeks ago,
barb wire fence around
the tract south of Waverly, bringing large
herd of cattle, and putting them on it to
gaze during the summer months. They ex-
pect to buy Duck river corn to feed during
the winter.
American: The three counties in Tenues-
see which have over a million dollars of
capital invested in manufactures are David
son, Shelby and Hamilton. Davidson rank
all the countiespin the State, with 352 manu-
establishments and a capital of
81, ll0,345, employing 4,13S males over the age
af 1888 females over the age, of Is and 474
children, to whom are paid annually 81 1885,
COL. The value of the material of these fac
tories is 1854, 84I, and the value of products,
IS, 3S5,2L.
a 0nl nod
week was greatly mourned for by large
number of friends among the white people.
One of the largest mercantile firms in the
place closed its doors and hung Grape on the
outside. The Citizen calls on the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette and other bloody
shirt organs to make note of the instance,
and also holds up the example of the dead
man to other colored men to show that they
can gain the respect and esteem of the white
people by proper department.
Murfreesboro News: Richard Webb, a
colored youth, who lives beyond Salem,
about eight miles from this city, ran away
from his home last week and went towards
Nashville. He laid out one night, in a
wagon bed, near Smyrna and as a result his
feet were so badly frost bitten, that when
he was brought home both of his legs had to
be amputated just above the ankles. Drs,
Byrn, Ransom and Rucker performed the
operation. Atlast accounts Webb was do
ing as well as could be expected.
The She lbyville Gazette in singing the
praises of the town in which it is published
says: 1t has good situation, healthy eli
mate, and good citizens; and if you want
10 find clever business men come to Shelby
vile; If you want to find men who patron
ze their home paper, come to ShelbyviIle;
If you want to find good schools come to
Shelbyville; if you want to find men with
get up and git" come to Shelbyville; if
you want to find good society, come to Shell
oyville; in fact, ifyou want to live long and
lie happy, come to Shelbyville.
Covlngton Call: Early last Monday morn
ing, while the work train on the c. o. q s.
w. K. r. was lying at the depot, a negro
cook on the boarding car named Jim Grit
18th playfully pointed a pistol at another
negro named George Orr and said, al am GO
ng to shoot you, George" At the same
he pulled the trigger and the pis-
ol fired, the ball striking Orr in the head
The result was fatal-to the bullet-as it is
low fiat as pancake and entirely worth
ess. The thickness of his skull saved Orrs !
ife. DIR. James r. Sanford attended him |
md took the bullet out, finding that it Just |
anged around under the scalp but did not |
penetrate the skull.
As train No. 6 on the Nashville & Chatta-
looga railroad was rounding the curve of |
'oint Narrows Tuesday the engine struck /
'ile of rock that had fallen from the noun
ian. The engine and baggage car broke loose
rom the passenger coaches, and were hurled
escent they were turned over twice, final
Y lodging near the river bank. The passen-
er coaches were turned nearly over but
Idged near the track, thus preventing a
lore disastrous accident. The engineer,
ichard Sawrie of Nashville, was killed in
antly; Joseph Flanagan, fireman had his
g broken near the thigh: James Thomas,
xpress messenger, was severely hurt, but
OF fatally; Conductor Tucker, and the
realman and Baggage master, were slight
bruised. None of the passengers were in
red.
jackson has gone wild over a wooden
ill. Jackson has Just discovered the fact !
Mon City would trot along ahead of her
the leading city of West Tennessee.
the much lioniZed wooden |
ill Jackson is taking mighty slow steps
side our progressive little "city of whfs-
as," factory whiStleS-WhistleS which tell ,
hundreds of busy hands-whistles which
IL of prosperous and happy families ,
hiStleS which are loved by all for the joy