Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-07-28
AN OLD PAPER OF INTEREST.
Chronicles Interesting Events in Nashyille's
Early History.

Chronicles Interesting Events in Nashyille's
Early History
T. G. Mcdowell, of Lockhart. Texas,
writes the Tennessee Centennial an old
and interesting paper which will be
framed and displayed in the Press
building at the Exposition. 1t is q
copy of the Clarion and Tennessee State
Gazette for July so, 1917. This paper
was then printed weekly at Nashville
by T. G. Bradford. 1t is FIVE column,
four page paper and contains more
interesting advertisements than it does
news.
Particularly interesting is notice
headed Theatre" which evidently
precedes the coming of the first the
atrical company to Nashville. 1t "re-
spectfully invites the inhabitants of
the town of Nashville that part of
the theatrical company from the State
of Kentucky have arrived" and that
they propose IN Es short time Us the
necessary arrangements can be made
to present them with a regular series of
dramatic entertainments. A building
is being prepared, they state, and
pledges are made of their utmost ex-
ertions to merit the respect and patron
age OF the public.
G. Stump advertises that the barge
Dolphin has made the shortest voyage
ever made from New Orleans to Nash.
vile. sixty one days, bringing him
groceries, etc., wines, rum and hard
ware.
Robert Whyte, Felix Grundy, John
p. Irwin, James Trimble and Robert
Searcy, trustees, insert half column
advel eltisement of the Nashville Female
Academy, announcing that the build
ings ION Church Street between Nc
Lemore and Walnut) are at last COM
pleted; that Dr. Berry and his wife, of
Salem, Mass, have been engaged and
ere now in the city; that the terms will
be $12 so to $25 per session, and giving
the scope of the curriculum.
Thomas Yeatman advertises new
spring and summer goods just received
from Philadelphia.
There is q number of humorous para
graphs, including the following: "A
gentleman having pad that started
and broke his wife's neck, neighbor
ing Squire told him he wished to pur
chase it for his wife to ride upon. No
no, says the other; 4 will not sell thu
little fellow, because intend to marry
again myself"
President James Monroe advertises
the sale of lands in the Alabama dis
trict Of Mississippi Territory, in con
formity with the act of Congress oi
! March 8, 1915 providing for fixing thu
boundary line under tks treaty will
the Creek Indians, andtfor selling tn
land SO acquired. The sale was to tax
place at Milledgeyille, Ga.
An editorial paragraph is worthy o
reproduction:
"The filthy, dirty, polluted note o
Col. Cannon in yesterdays Whie
signed IL Thomas" would be scan
: dal to any person except a contemp
ible scrub of County Court lawyt
reared in the Mountain Roofing tt
character of the Clarion is too we
established to be injured by such
critic, who, having politically sunk #
his public misdeeds, is desirous of pul
ing down others to his level, but
will fail in his wishes, and will ba'
the peoples g permission to study dece
language in his mountain haunts,
what is patriotism in cam. A wo
to the wse.'
Stump & Cox advertise large O
sortment of dry goods, groceries, har
ware, queensware, salt and bar iro
which they will sell at moderate a
vance for hemp, cotton, tobacco, wot
beef, hides, beeswax, fur, saltpetre
II cash.
l. The only piece of local news in t
a paper is in the editorial columns, beir
G mention of the starting Of the fiji
n steam grist mill, of which Messl
o Whiteside, Hall, Balch and Kingsl
were proprietors- "She moved off wi
r. great ease and fulfilled the highest e
v pectations of the engineer. Mo dou
70 now remains of our being soon abu
" dainty supplied with meal and flour
y The success Of the enterprise is hail
D. as the beginning of new era th
/: will render us, as we should be, ri'
- and independent