Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-14

u ~ Harsnneld OF Illinois, IS IN q
d latin perfecting arrangements to
e tablIsh a creamery at that place on
large financial basis. He is negoti
! ting with prominent stock men, wi
whom it is understood he will form
: stock company 500 81
i Huntington Republican : The ]
ports from the wheat crop in CarrC
: County are by no means encouragin
\ The continued freezes. and thaws ha,
] had the effect of throwing the GROWN
sprigs, roots and all on the surface, {
much 50 that the prospect is that tt
crop viii be much too thin to yiel
well.
Pulaski Citizen: Mr.. Stephen Bile
near Aspen Hill, narrowly escape
killing himself by accident one da
last week. He felled a tree and b
some nlischance, which our informan
did not understand, he was caught IN
der it, The tree fell across one of.hi
legs and broke it, and he receive,
other less serious wounds. Though
very painfully hurt his injuries wer,
not thought to be at all dangerous.
Morristown Gazette: Uncle sanm,
Lane, who served his apprenticeship
as tailor with the late ex-President
johnson, during the days when Andy
sat crossIegged and sewed for living
Is the possession of the yeritable goose
that was used by Mr. Johnson. The
old iron will be sent to New Orleans
with collection of other articles that
Capt. Tomlinson, of Tate Springs, is
arranging for the exposition. 10
brownsville Democrat In recent
conversation with Mr. Bond, of this
place, we learned that during the past
year, from so to 100 prospectors were
induced BY him to visit this county
he took option contracts for the sale
OF 2l,9O0 acres of same, leased 500
acres, and settled nine families or
heads OF families. He has done vast
amount of advertising and eorrespon-
dence; and the prospect for immigra-
ton this year is much better than
last. ta
The Baltimore Mfg's. Record notes
the following improvements in Ten
nessee last week: M. A. Dotv, McMinn-
vile, is organizing a company to en-
gage in coal mining. The Cleveland
Chair Factory, Cleveland, will soon add
more machinery and enlarge capacity.
[. A. Snow, Chattanooga, who has
'een manufacturing wrought-iron
anges for some time, has purchased
lew building, which will be fitted
With complete machinery for making
lnges, laundry stoves, &c. The Cit
zens Gas Company, previously re-
orted as organized at'Knoxville, have
lected Frank McNulty president, and
!. N. Hood secretary and treasurer.
Viii select ground for the works and i
roceed to build. Capital $4,000.
Appeal: Nothing better tells the $
DRY of the progress of Memphis than /
e figures and facts published /
the Appeal as given by the a
ick-tax collector and the receiver by I
lie OF its reporters. 1t is really ex- t
lordinary and very creditable to h
e people and public officials that D
nile paying the current tax demands r,
a high rate enough to meet all the n
oessities of the city, county and n
lite, they have so reduced the ba k
res due the old city of Memphis as .,
leave with interest added but little T.!
IRE than $4,000 to pay. Besides al
5 very plain and encouraging in b,
alton OF public confidence there is W
other quite as much so in the fact in
t the ratio of delinquent taxes are 60
reaslng each year. These facts, co
pied with the improvements in ie,
ldlng that are going on and are in
templated, are very encouraging re,
o the future of the city. II.
AcKsoN, February 5.-GiIl f. Neil, .i''
has been a prominent dry goods -" -;
chant and salesman of this CITY VI
several years, committed suicide
he residence of his mother-in-law ~ M
1t 2 o'clock this afternoon by shoot ~
through the heart with a 80
lty-two caliber revolver. He re- ""'
d dinner, and while the family nv
eating went INTO the wood house, ''o
Il the door and committed the a.
] deed His wife found him a ~, ~.
minutes afterward lying on the ~ !,
with the pistol in his hand. He 81,
lis position as salesman by a re- ,
and falling to obtain 80.
oyment became respondent. A ST.,
er partner of his, while in a sim W
few years ago, commit 49,,
licide, and Neil always common E IT,,
the deed. Neil was fifty years ruon
e. He leaves a wife and two
WGO
- ~ - Voc q ii'eiii "eF u 'ile of NJ
lllant soldier, and carried to his -.
hon ora HE scars from, +l,o b1oo1 A'NA
ali. 90 ch;T.l - w 'ioOuy high
'''-N' : y me- of fl
lPHIs, Feb. 6.-The City of st. The
arrived here at noon to-day this l
st. Louis with 100 excursionists culat
Boston and other Eastern cites, nate
te to New Orleans to witness cOnse
Gras and attend the Worlds Iva va
ton. A committee of citizens / n
ted by the merchants and cot that v
changes met the excuasionists teer II
,orted tben, IN oorr;,o,oa =. - IN COZ
gcs, where they were formally Alder
led to the city. They alter fire de
lsited the congresses and oil IL
f Memphis and were shown
Q city. Their visit terminated
lonls IF the Tennessee Club,
they were entertained in
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