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

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one OF the largest tobacco planters in all the
GAINESVILLE district, spent Monday With his
friends here. He Is warm friend of Hon.
james A. Mckenzie, and greatly regrets the
defeat Of that gentlemen
Judge II. II. Lurton viii make his home
In Nashville after the first OF October, and
Mr.. John Pettus Will occupy the I-ire's ele-
CANT house. The people OF Clarksville In this
case welcome the coming" Of Mr.. Pettus, but
they regret losing Judge Lurton and family
from the social circle.
Hon. James B. Clay, OF Henderson, KY,
was In the city Thursday for the purpose, It Is
understood, OF learning public sentiments In
regard to the extension OF the Ohio Valley
railroad to GAINESVILLE. Our people are ready
TO enter into any well defined agreement
based upon business principles.
The recent Congressional Convention in
Nashville paid high compliment 10 our
young townsman, Mr.. M. Savage, by selecting
him as permanent Chairman. The young
men are coming TO the front, and II becomes
them now to exercise their authority 'with
equal justice and regularity to ell the breth-
rem"
Brownsville States Democrat; Mr.. Walter
Puryear left Wednesday night for GAINESVILLE
TO accept position with the well known drug
house of Owen 4 Moore. We take pleasure
in commencing him as an experienced and
competent druggist, a careful business man,
and rs in every way worthy OF confidence
His many friends here wish him great success
In his new home.
Henderson, KY, News "Capt. =. NJ. Duffy
of Guthrie, one Of the best writers anywhere,
and a genial gentleman, has taken editorial
control Of the GAINESVILLE, Tenn, CHRoSIcLE.
We knew the captain would naturally drop
back into old harness, and doubly welcome
him. Don't go In the cave too often, Cap"
Ali right, Samuel Thanks for your remem-
brance, and wen keep the cave cool for you
until you come again.
Mr.. A. b. White, Cashier OF the CONNER
cial Bank OF Paris, Tenn, was the guest of
Mr.. w. s. Poindexter last Sunday. Being
actively engaged In business himself, Mr..
White was greatly interested with the air OF
life and energy apparent In our busy little
city, and he could have met with no one
better qualified to tell him OF Clarksville's
pitality, than Mr.. Poindexter.
Mr.. John M. Henry, OF Simpson county.
y.,spent Monday In the city. He was raised
at the spring on the head waters OF Barton's
creek In this county, and knows all about the
iron banks over there. He says that the iron
banks can be reached the cheapest and best
way by going down the l.. & N. road about
twelve miles, to Budd's creek, and then a
railroad branch ten miles out will reach the
iron at Mt Vernon and Washington furnaces,
the places where they were operating before
the war.
DIR. John Berrien Lindsey, who has so
successfully edited "The Military Annals OF
Tennessee" has been among his friends here
several days this week delivering copies OF
the book to subscribers. We say he has been
among his friends, and when we say this we
mean not only Confederate soldiers, but also
the brave men who fought them on the battle
fields OF the South, for every soldier honors
true bravery, and Dr. Lindsey, while acting
the honorable part of "Old Mortality In re-
moving the moss and lichens which might
cover, but never obliterate, the names OF our
fallen brave, is at the same time carving his
upon the monuments of orr dead and the
hearts of the living.
-fir. James Stewart, whose farm is located
near Sulubrla, in Christian county, Ky, has
measured leaf of his growing tobacco which
Is twenty-seven inches and quarter wide,
and forty-two inches long. He claims that he
will make twenty-four hundred pounds per
acre on part of his crop. Mr.. Joseph Will
ifams, OF the same neighborhood, says he will
make fifteen hundred pounds to the acre.
Mr.. Sandridge Dickinson, near Trenton, has
tobacco leaves measuring twenty three inches
wide and forty-four inches long. Mr.. Henry
Williams, near Guthrie, has measured stand
ing plant of tobacco in his crop, and opposite
leaves, from tip to tip, measured eight feet.
Mr.. Williams takes the CHRONICLE, and his
tobacco takes-yes, 1t "takes the cake"
Springfield Record "Capt. FRANK Duffy
has host of friends and admirers In this beat.
He has taken charge of the editorial depart
ment OF the otd GAINESVILLE CHRONICLE, q State
paper that has been good authority on most
questions for over half century. We are
glad to know personally, that it has passed
into good hands, into the hands of q "borned"
newspaper man, and all his friends will unite
with the Record in rejoicing at his again join
ing the band of the worst abused creatures on
the earth-and we might say, the worst abus-
ers of people now extant." Many thanks,
brother Archie, Wen now again take up the
line of march together. You know that as q
newspaper man we never abused anybody,
even during Brownlow's time, though we
were sometimes moved by the spirit of Old
Adam to pick up some renegade who was
trying to abuse our old comrades and shake
his frightened carcass in all its wrthing de-
formity before an outraged and indignant
public until he telt as he was rocked in the
cradle of a Kansas cyclone-but then we never
abused anybody.
Mr.. JOHN GAIssER will except thanks
OF the CHRONICLE for bottle OF excel
lent wine made at the vineyard OF Mr..
E. CASTER, near this place. This enter