Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1886-04-03

sKY NEWS.
= Perkins Of Auburn has
goA, .s,,Juth Union to live.

Il
The Baptist congregation at Auburn
have called Prof. Burnett to preach for
them this year.
1 Mr.. Jno. j Gaines, Of Montgomery,
is dangerously i'll with pneumonia and is
in very critical condition.
There have been revivals recently
in the Baptist, Methodist and Presby-
terrain churches of Hopkinsyille.
Geo. d. McCarty, OF Auburn, has
gone to Kansas City, Mo-, to make that
city his future home.
DIR. John Broadus collected 100000
in one week to erect buildings for the
Baptist Theological Seminary in Louis
vile.
Mrs. III. T. Johnson died at her
home near Pools Mill last Friday, She
was the mother OF Mr.. Geo. Ii. Johnson
of Hopkinsville.
MIR. VIM. w. Crews one oil the
most highly esteemed citizens OF Ben
nettstown is in very poor health, his
many friends hope he may soon re-
cover.
Miss Cora Harris, step-daughter OF
Mr.. W. IL. West, died OF consumption
at the residence Of Mr.. Isaac CARROT in
Christian county, Monday morning at
4 o'clock.
II There is only one man in the Hop
r kinsvillc Jail. This is the first time the
y inmates of the institution have been so
few in number for so years.
N Mr. Owen Lyon and Miss Matte
" Hampton were united in marriage al
the residence of DR.. L. ID. Walker, at
Dunmor, Logan county, March q.
The third quarterly meeting of the
Fairview circuit, NJ e. Church South,
II will be held at Shiloh April 10Th and
18th, with Rev. ]. w. Blgham conduct
ing the services
Mr.. James Cook, one of the best
mechanics in Christian county, died at
the residence of Mr.. Clay Long near
N Asberry church on the 10th ult.
Mr.. Herschecal Moss and family
of Bennettstown, will leave soon for
Texas. He will have sale OF all his
kM personal property on the 25th of this
] n month.
DR. r. r. Bourne, who has been
one of Hopkinsvilles most successful
i dentists for several years past, has sold
out to DR.. G. e Medley and will in few
weeks leave Hopknsville for the pur-
pose OF locating in some one Of the large
cities.
The Presbytery of the Cumberland
MI Presbyterian church will meet at Sharon
] N church on Friday G ore the 3rd Sun
day in April. There will be dinner on
the ground Friday and Saturday. Rev.
Mr.. Gill will preach the opening SER
mon.
w. K. Walker, of Rocky Hill sta
ton Logan county, lost by fire Thurs
j day his large tobacco factory, containing
between 10000 and 10000 pounds Of
tobacco. With the exception of a
small policy, we learn, of $500 on the
whole outfit, the loss was total one.
: IN The cause of the fire is unknown but is
\ supposed to have been the work of an
kincendiary. Mr.. Walker is an enter
prising, clever gentleman and we deeply
sympathize with him in his great mis-
fortune.
--Russellville Herald: A new swim,
die is being worked in this section. II
is always worked On Sunday afternoon
A prominent saloon keeper is approach
ed by a scared and troubled man-gen-
teelly dressed He had visited the sa
loon through the back door. Coming
out he had been arrested and had tC
put up $40 in the hands Of the officer tc
appear next day, presumably to testify
against said saloon, for some crime he
knows not what. The $40 was all he
4 had; he is anxious to go to some neigh
n boring town. He gets the $40. The
next day the saloon man finds that hi
has been swindled. 1t is a neat trick
and will "work" every time.
One night recently Tom Harris
son of Esq, N, ID. Harris, who live
near the Logan and Simpson line, wal
awakened from his slumoers by nost
ut the stable. He arose anu got revol
yer and started to the stable to invest
4 gate the matter As he was approach
ing the stable his dog bayed at some ont
behind haystack. Whereupon an I'm
known man stepped from behind "th,