Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-09-25
cLARksvILLE TO-DAY.

NNeg Sho VI our prOmlnen
business men called at the CHRoSrcL,
Office and invited the editor to take
ride with him around and see the city
Starting out from the Harris hotel
the place where its seem when VISITING
the city the farmers most do congre
gate, We drove across the square
passing the Post-office, the management
Oh which is most admirable conducted
by Mrs. M. B. johnson, recently ap.
pointed by President Cleveland We
passed the Office Of the Southern Elk.
pross Co., the agent OF which is Mr..
Millett, formerly of Henderson Ky.,
aud passed the Market House build
ings and the Clarksvilie National Band
OF which that solid business man Mr.. A
howell is Cashier, we arrived at the
Tobacco Exchange. This is a magnifi.
clent structure, complete in every point
and expressly adopted for the comfort
and convenience of planters and buyers.
Around its board in friendly COMPETE
ton may be seen buyers from all the
principal European markets and our
own home purchasers, each selecting
the tpye and grade OF tobacco REQUIRED
by the demands OF his customers wbetb.
er toEll Reggie orders or to supply the
demands of Bremen or answer the 70.
qu'rements of Egypt and the markets
of the East.
Opposite the Exchange is the extern
sive tobacco establishment, of Hancock
Frazer q Co., known as the PEOPLES
Warehouse, the proprietors OF which
are deservedly popular.
Below this, near the river, is the i'm.
mense buildings of the Central Ware.
house, Kendrick Pettus & Co., propri-
etors, who do an extensive warehouse
business, and whose trade includes
large section of Southern Kentucky
and West Tennessee as we'll as the sur.
rounding counties in Tennessee. Adj
joining their tobocco house thew have
also mill furnished with the best and
latest improved machinery and turning {
out one hundred and fifty barrels Of i
Hour per day. Our older farmers will '
remember this as the mill formerly t
owned by Seat & Kropp-fronting on e
the river. f
Gracey & Bro. own the wharf boat
which lies near this mill at the foot Of
Main street. The Steamer Julian 4
tracey and barge now belong to Can't fc
tyman's line, and the Steamer Belle b
II Fountain and barge (Priscilla) are al
'wned by the GAINESVILLE Packet com v
ANY. n
Near the river is one of the best CO
obacco establishments in the c;tv tr
wned by Mr.. Sterling Beaumont. en-, tn
aged chiefly in putting up "Strips'' of
ne best quality for the foreign markets in
Neal d Gilmer are large dealers in Sc
re same line and own large buildings II
which they do an extensive business all
On the corner of College street, and VIZ
onting on the river, still stands the RAJ
q buildings occupied thirty years ago gr
Y Ed. Carney in slaughtering and tin
'cking pork. In these days hogs brv
ere driven to the GAINESVILLE market ex]
om Warren, Logan, Todd and Chris.
IN counties in Kentucky, and from dis
adjoining counties in Tennessee liza
eve may add, in parenthesis, that be
gs were then sold for two or two and VIII
II cents, gross, and yet farmers made vii
'ney. That would be considered a Lol
y low price now, but in those good his
days people worked--now there is less
much farming on horseback-and the
ouggies.) gen
ust above this we saw a large Hunt.
Boat lying slowed away waiting for
hunting season. Our friend told O
t was owned by NJ. H. Clark and shot
nds whom times past have enjoyed the
TT along the Cumberland, and
ong the gentlemen of the hunting
none contributed more to its
Fellowship than Walker Williams
use recent death every citizen of
.ksville regrets.
. d. Lucket's Steam Stemmerv IL
It's on the river, and is doing large l.s I
ness. IL q
he city ferry is owned by 10, T. "a: axe e,
1son, and the river being navigable !. ~
Steam boats nearly all the year, it is oi on
able property. 80, Or
arris, Buckner q Co., OF the Ele. WI, :,
roo establIsbronta ., .s . I.s' Jane
are both; originally, Christian anu 4
, and Capt. Buckner's genial and Dr.
i manner have endeared his to the perso
lie of Clasksy,l,e " '''' he sp
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