Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-28
STATE NEWS.
MIR. + f. Falconnet of Nashville has
obtained patent on "a vessel for aerial
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to be replaced by one OF the handsom-
est hostelrys in the South. It's well
earned reputation has given it a pat
ronage SO large that more extensive
building has become necessity.
At meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Covington Tannery last
week, an additional thousand dollars
in stock was ordered to be issued.
Seven hundred dollars of this stock
has been taken at a premium of ten
per cent
Upper Cumberland Mr.. Tom
Masters of Sulpher Greek, Clay County
was married six years ago and up to
date, is blessed % with nine children.
His excellent wife has three times pre-
scented him with twins and last week
surprised the happy (?) father with
triplets.
pyersburg tiazette: Let the Ten
nessee Legislative solons pass similar
bill and stop vast growing evil in
every village, town and city in the
state. The lower House of the North
Carolina legislature has passed bill
prohibiting the sale or gift to any boy
under ten years of age of cigars or
cigaretts. 1t will pass the Senate it is
| claimed.
Dyersburg Gazette: A few days
ago our friend Monroe Sawyer, who
lives near Ro-Ellen in this county,
killed fine porker that kicked the
beam at seven hundred and twenty
three pounds. One of his hogship's
tusks measured IL and Is inches. Mr..
Sawyer took them with him to New
Orleans and will place them in Dyer
county's exhibits at the Exposition.
Upton Record; Esquire d. E. Hay
ME gave us the dimensions of grape
vine that grew in his neighborhood.
1t gives one an idea of Upton county's
soil. 1t takes rich soil to grow such
vines. The vine measured thirty
inches in circumference ten feet from
its root, and there is no telling its
length. 1t would have furnished har-
ness enough for a Kentucky hang
man. u Il
Camden Herald: A bill to repeal
the railroad commission law of 1882,
is before the legislature, and will doubt
less pass. That is all right, the bill
shold be repealed at once. But there
is another bill before the legislature to
amend the existing commission law.
That is all wrong, because we need no
C mmission. A commission would be
detrimental to the best interests of the
State at the present time. Let us have
a rest on the subject.
Milan Exchange The changes de-
manded in our court circuits and dis
tricts and the workings of the courts
generally, the prohibition question,
the state debt, and many other things
require action by Il constitutional COLI
vention, so that they may be settled
and eliminated from party politics:
and this should all be done before the
next general election OF judges, so that
| confusion may be avoided. Let us
have the convention.
Humphreys County News: The
writer has been at some pains to inter
view large number of leading citi-
Gems living in different sections of
Humphreys, some from Dickson and
several from Houston county upon
the subject of repeating the Railroad
Commission law. With only an ex-
ception RoE and then, these people
say repeal it, and more, express an
earnest wish to have the question re
moved entirely out OF politics. Not
only do the merchants and those
among us that do most business with
the roads favor the repeal of the law,
buta large majority of farmers in every
part of the county.
A Huntingdon correspondent of the
Nashville World claims to have dis
covered and explored a remarkable
cave IL she southeastern portion OF
Carroll county, IN Slnch were the
skeletons of black man and white
woman chained to the floor, a table,
pack of cards, two flint-lock horse pis-
tolls, several letters containing the
names OF people in Middle Tennessee,
etc, The ro1H xa9 @Seile9 On sides
and overhead with rude clapboards,P
and was about eighteen feet square:
On one wall was found inscribed
John \. Mural, 1929 The cores
pondent 6onGludes that this was once
place OF refuge for that noted aut-
law, and says that 1t has caused great
excitement in the neighborhood. He |
says the cave IS on Mr.. w. c. Blair's
land.
The Baltimore Manufacturers Rec
ord reports the following improve
ments in Tennessee during the past !
week; The East Tenpesseee Coal Co. !
Knoxville, will soon make improve !
ments at their coal mines, so us to in
crease their output. A saw and grist
mill will probably be built soon on
the property of ]. II. Cobbs, Cooper
town, by Mr.. Brown. Edward &
Cook, State Line contemplate building
a distillery. The Great Southern Mar
BILE Co, has been incorporated in
Knox county. Reynolds & Curl, Nc
Minnville, have purchased saw mill
at that place and will soon add plain
ing mill and also sash and door fac
tory. The Chattanooga Ice Company,
previously reported, have
awarded the contract for building
their ice factory to John w. Wells
Stivers & Woodburn, a new firm, Chat
tanooga, will erect planning mill and
put in complete machinery. There is
a prospect for the establishment in
of works for n,onufao