Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-24

tour Oh west tennessee.
Two hundred and twenty-seven
head of fine cattle and large number
of hogs were shipped from Gallatin to
points East Saturday.
A fire in Murfreesboro on Friday
night destroyed the stable of Mr.. Jas
Mcknight, seventeen horses and a
number of buggies and other vehicles
Ii was the work of an incendiary.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says
David Hughes to-day began the cree
ton of So new one and two-story
houses. There is considerable build.
ing being done, including several fine
business blocks.
Rev. Sam Jones preached in Nash
vile Sunday night in behalf of the
Randall-Cole Institute for orphans
At the conclusion of the sermon col
lection was taken up and $5.462 raised
Col. E w Cole contributing 5000 Of
the amount.
Trenton Recorder: While Sells
Bros show was at Humboldt, a negro
woman sold her baby to them for $40
AS soon as she received the money she
said to her colored friends, "Now ]
guess Use gwine to de fair!" The
above is actually true.
"A dispatch from Franklin, dated
the 18th, says: Rev. DIR. Strickland
preached to large audience last night
in the Baptist Church, beginning a
protracted revival meeting. He also
preached to-day and tonight, and will
continue Sunday and during next
week. Sunday afternoon he will i'm
merse candidates in the river.
"A communication from Carthage
says: The railroad interest still goes
on. At meeting at Lancaster yes
terday 1850 was raised out OF crowd
of fifty, and the district promises to
place the amount at $4,000 The
books now aggregate more than $40,-
600, and it is still being pushed. A
meeting was held to-day at Rome,
where it was expected good subscrip-
ton would be raised.
"A Murfreesboro special says: On
Wednesday morning Mrs. B. b. Kerr
was found dead in her bed. Mrs. Kerr
had been suffering for some days, and
the evening before her death the ply
stefan had, at her request, administered
morphine. When her husband went
to inquire as so her condition next
morning, it was discovered that she
had been dead some hours. She was
buried Thursday afternoon.
"A Chattanooga special says: Judge
d. M. Key to-day decided as unconsti-
susional the recent act of the legisla-
ture which prohibited any discrimina-
ton being practiced against livery sta
bles in admitting their passengers to
the point on Lookout The effect of
this decision is to give the Whiteside
family absolute control OF the noun
tain, with authority to exclude any
stable they see fit.
Thomas Gafney, little nine year
old son of widow, was run over by a
freight car at the Illinois Central
freight depot, at Jackson, about 8
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Both legs
and one arm were crushed and he
died in three quarters of an hour.
The car had been detached from the
engine while moving and the little
fellow got on the track after the en-
CINE had passed without seeing the
car
"A Memphis special of the 10Th
says: The Jewish Spectator, weekly
religious journal, made its appearance
to-day. It's an eight-page four-column
Its desire as given in its salutato-
ry is to be the exponent of Judaism and
advocate of progressive developement
in Judaism. Its tendencies will be in
favor of constructive, healthy reform
in Synagogue and Sabbath-school, and
in pursuance of the mental and moral
elevation of our people in private and
public life" Rev. M. Samfeld is chief
editorial contributor and HI. Peres,
Treasurer.
Jackson special: The thing Gre
ating the most interest in Jackson Just
now is the construction of a railroad
from Henderson to Jackson, to be
known as the Ohio Valley Road. Jack
son has had more prospective roads
than any other town in the State, and
this has been considered the least pos
sible and most improbable of the net
work of railroads proposed for this
pidC6. I1ONONCA, liAS IOaNl Is now all
fact, as it is under way from
the northern terminus, and ere many
months elapse, Jackson will have an
outlet by way of the great Henderson
bridge.
-Somerville Reporter and Falcon
On yesterday Mr.. +. Trimble received
4 car load of thoroughbred Norman
and Clydesdale mares. These mares
we're purchased in Illinois and shipped
via Bolivar, and are intended for breed
ng purposes only on his Seymour
arm near this place. These mares
ire all two and three years old, and
typical representatives of the respect
We breeds. Mr.. Trimble also has with
his lot Clydesdale colt, one year old