Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-10
TENNESSEE TALK
The East Tennessee Farmer

TheEsmall-pox is said, has bro
ken out in Williamson county, a
few miles of West Harpeth Station.
It is estimated that there has
been four million of strawberry
plants set In West Tennessee this
Spring.
1t is estimated that $28, 900 was
the amount of damage sustained by
the fruit crop recently near jack
son.
The machinery for the new sor-
ghum mills at Franklin Tenn, is
now on the road, and will soon be
put up.
The Nashville Creamery, an en-
terprise recently started at Nash
vile, is already doing a splendid
business. $780,
State Comptroller Packard says
that 50, $50, 200 in old bonds have
been taken up, and SO, LAG, 900 new
settlement bonds issued in their
place.
Milan Exchange: Mr.. G. M.
Merwin, of Medina, so far as We
have heard, leads the country with
early berries. He gathered case
for shipment last Saturday.
Nashville Banner: DIR. W. g,
Patrick, of Fort Smith, Ark, has
located at GAINESVILLE, Tenn. He is
a gentleman we'll worthy the esteem
and patronage of his new neigh
bors.
Milan Exchange: Eleven cases
of Strawberries were shipped from
Gadsden last Tuesday. They will
pan out we'll no doubt. Gadsden is
generally in the lead of West Ten.
nessee.
Mr.. r. J. Matthews, of Hum.
boldt, shipped the first case ofstraw
berries from that place Saturday
the 26th ult. The name of the berry
shipped is the "Crystal City," said
to be very fine berry.
Gallatin Tennesseean The Cot
ton Factory at this place has closed
for three or four months. The OBJ
ject in closing is to make necessary
repairs. Over one hundred en-
ployees are now out of employment
This is bad for Gallatin.
Columbia Herald: Prof. Bennett
has been this week surveying and
stalking off the new cotton factory
lot for the building will be begun in
a few days. When completed the
factory will be one of the most COM
plete in the South, and will have
the capacity of about lis looms.
Jackson Tribune and Sun The
prospect of the wheat and oat crop
in this section is very favorable.
If nothing occurs in the future to
damage it the crop will be an aver
age. The usual acreage of cotton
seed has not been planted this seas
on, the land being sown in grasses.
We understand that a man NAM
ed johnson forged a note and sign
ed the name of Nathaniel Huddle-
ston TO it, and sold the note to a
Mr.. Gibson, of this county. We
did not get the particulars nor
learn whether the forger was known
in the country or not.-BOIiUGr B,d-
Letin.
The Murfreesboro News has
changed hands and is now owned
by Messrs. c.. III. Byrn and Jno. E.
Richardson. Heretofore it has been
exceptionally we'll edited and we
hope that it will continue to occupy
the same high position among Ten
nessee newspapers it has always
done.
Memphis Appeal: The ontstand-
ing debt of the State was estima-
ted in 1882 to be $50. 100000. OF
this, So, $3.50, 200 has been funded I'M
der the fifty-and-three act. This is
what might be termed making
haste slowly" At this rate of
spec d it will take nine years to fund
the whole amount, that is, if the
consent.
Lebanon Herald: While work.
men were engaged in removing the
belt off of a machine at the barrel
factory, Tuesday, a stick held by
one of them was snatched away by
the belt, and struck Mr.. John Cow
ington, one of the proprietors of the
factory heavy blow on the head,
him on his back across a
and it is feared he receiv-
ed serious injury internally.
Ashland City Reporter: The en-
citizens of Bellsburg,
Dickson county, are talking of hav-
ing a telephone line put up from
this place to Bellsburg. A gentle
man of that place said, last week,
that 5000 colud be raised for the pur-
pose, and as the distance is only
nine miles it seems to us that 5000 |
ought 10 be sufficient amount to
construct the line.
Columbia Herald: 1t has now |
become know as a fact, that Jesse
James, under the name of j. ID.
was in the clock business
n this county in January, 1880.
He represented some clock COM
)any, of st. Louis, and boarded at
he Howard House at the depot.
Quite number of our citizens re-
him. He procured license
rom County Court Clerk.
Jackson Tribune and Sun: Last
sunday a Mr.. Junior and Mr.. Bob
Jonner, of Gravel Hill, McNairy
Ountv. eat hamIOck root for SDip-