Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-07


derbuilt, son of the great William n,
arrived in Nashville en- route to New
Orleans. He was accompanied hya his
wife and three children and Messrs- |
Frank Foster and G. II. Redmond, of |
New York. The party are travelling in
special tram of two coaches which are
superb specimens of beauty of decora-
ton and luxurious appliances. They
are ornarnented on the exterior with
exquisite paintings of picturesque
scenery along the New York Central
railroad. The party occupied a suite
of six rooms at the Maxwell. They
leave this morning at sos.
J. I'll. Odum lives ten miles from
Auburn. On Thursday night he sat
down with his family. of wife and five
children, to supper. He helped him-
self to biscuit, buttered it and took
bite. II tasted bitter, and he took the
bread from his mouth and would not
let his family eat the biscuit. In the
morning the same thing was repeated.
Mr.. Adams suspicious were aroused,
and suspecting poison, he threw two
biscuits to the dogs. One canine spit
his bred out after tasting it and lived
but his companion swallowed the NOR
sci and was dead in fifteen minutes.
Three house cats were the next sub
iects of experiment, and all were dead
in the course of an hour. Mr.. Odum
then sent FOR a physician. He came
and instituted thorough search. The
material in the soda jar, which had
been an ingredient of the biscuits, was
found to be half and half strychnine.
Traces of strychnine were also found
in the -four barrel The legal authori-
ties are investigating what must have
been diabolical wholesale attempt at
murder, no arrests have been made.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord notes the following enterprises
started in Tennessee during the past
week: f. M. Watts, Coopertown, is
building -four mill and will also add
saw mill machinery. Douglas Morris,
Knoxville, reports that a wagon factory
will soon be established in that town.
The Bohlen, Huse, Machine & Lake
Ice Co.. Memphis, will build an addi-
ton to their works. The Tennessee
Creamery, Co., to manufacture cheese,
J &c, has been organized at McMinnville,
by r.. Jones, J. M. Thompson and 9TH
ers. The Excelsior Brewery Co, St
Louis, Mo-, have purchased the old
Memphis Brewery property, Mem
phis, for about $4,000 and will spend
about $4,000 in improving it for max
ing beer. ]. w. Schoor, of the Excel
sior Brewery Company, will reside in
Memphis and superintend the work
Negotiations are pending for a cotton
factory to be started in Brownsville
The Lookout Rolling Mill, Chatta.
nooga, owing to the death of the prin.
cipal owner is to be sold, and will then
probably be put in operation again
The Citizens Gaslight Company, Of
Jackson contemplate charging their
works and changing their present
method of manufacture from the old
naptha process as now used, to coal or
some other process, and invite cores
pondence from gas engineers and con-
tractors looking to this end. The
company has only recently acquired
possession of their works at the end OF
a long lease, but are in healthy con-
dition, and have about 400 consumers.
Mr.. ]. W. Allison, president, will give
information. The Gibson-Lee Manu-
featuring Company, Chattanooga, will
more than double the capacity of their
stove foundry. Will erect a moulding
room 6Ox135 feet. A Grand Rapids,
Mich, firm contemplate starting a
cracker factory at Knoxville. The
East Tennessee Coal Co, of Jellico,
now mining Is cars of coal day, will
largely increase their output The
RoaEe Iron Co, of Chattanooga, con-
template making extensive changes in
their plant with view of starting up
these works. Committees have been
appointed to investigate and report as
to what line of iron or steel manufac-
ture promises best results.