Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-22
TENNESSEE TALK.


The Times.J ournal wants some
body to start q dairy and q hennery
near Waverly.
The States and Bee urges on the
city authorities of Brownsville that
street lamps are much needed
institutions in that berg e
The Illinois Central announces
that the road will carry seed corn
free of charge, and from any point
along its line.
The Brownsville States and Bee
says there never was rarer OppOr-
tunify for capitalists than in re-
building the cotton factory recently
burned in that place. 's
Murfreesboro News: We under
stand that a small amount of ferti-
lizer put on wheat helps the crop a
great deal. and makes poor wheat
good. Try it, farmers. -
Trenton Globe: Trenton cotton
seed oil mill stock can not be pur-
chased at $1.174. This is indeed
encouraging to the company and
the city. Many false prophets will
now retire 10 the shade. The mill
is a grand success. ''5--" '@'fsa
Columbia Herald: Messrs.
Mckay & Figuers and B. A. Rog-
ers are trying to organize compa-
ny for the Manufacture of pressed
brick with the latest improved ma
chinery, and with Il capacity for
making $500 per day.
Murfreesboro News: A preten-
ded deaf mute was in Murfreesboro
the other day. His tongue was ac-
cidentally loosed and gave him
away, hat not before. the pockets OF
several KIND hearted people had
given away. s',i 9ldsT
Dickson Press: N0twithstand-
ingstins tlenimalizedT condition OF
the r0atls, James Alexander has
succeeded in hauling 1000 dozen OF
eggs to Dickson in his wagon dur
ing the past two weeks, besides
the usual amount of other pro-
duce.
Dresden Enterprise: Dresden
citizens should agitate the question
of tobacco factory. A stock COM
pany could raise the necessary
means ). our town is suitable loca-
ton for such an industry, which
would no doubt give our business
interests an upward impetus.
Brownsville Democrat: Browns
vile is flooded with negroes from
the farms of the county, where the
"all cotton" plan has been aban-
doned, and new and more eniight-
ened methods adopted. They are
here in such great number that they
have become positive nuisance,
and a standing menace to. the
smoke houses, hen-coops, woodpiles
and grocery stores. Thefts are re-
ported almost daily.
Morristown Gazette: In one of
the marble quarries in Hawkins
county, near twenty feet below the
surface of the earth, human bones
were found. From every appear.
ance the remains had been placed
there ages ago. The bones were
sent to the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington, and in due time we
may hear something from the wise
men there of the extinct race of
people to whom these bones belong
ed.
Columbia Herald: A new de-
parture in cattle purchases is the
one made by Messrs. Brown &
Polk and brought to our county
this week. 1t IS bull of the
Polled Angus breed, being horn
less and said to be good both for
butter and milk. They are also
said to be in good demand among
cattle dealers ON account of their
easy feeding and shipping, from
their being unable to hurt each 9TH
er.
Columbia Herald: The Column
bia Cotton Mill Company, this
week, purchased cotton to the
of $1,000 for the Laurel
Hill mill and also passed its check
for about $4,000 for other things.
The Laurel Hill factory is now
being run by the new company,
and Mr.. Jones leaves in a few days
for the East to purchase machinery.
The matter Is being pressed now as
vigorously as possible, and it is
thought that the new mill will be
in operation by November 1st.
Brownsville Democrat Mr.. r.
G. Dougherty and family, accom-
panied by S. M. McCully and FAM
lily, nineteen persons in all, from
New Concord, Ohio, have bought
and located upon Henry Noland's
place in this vicinity. They are
Just the people we want, intelli-
gent, industrious and energetic
Western Messrs. ID. o..
and s. F. Thomas are setting out
this week ten acres in strawberries,
ten acres in peach trees, and six
acres in apple trees on their farm
Dne mile from town.
Shelbyville Gazette: We are in
that the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company have decided to
build another line TO this place from
Nashville by the way of Union
vile, and will begin work this
week. 1t will take about thirty |
lays to complete the line to this
ooint, when il will be extended to
Aynchburg and other surroundings