The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-10-11
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
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Chicago. Mr.. Dircks is looking af-
ter business and Mrs. Dircks is
taking a pleasure visit.
See the "Stolen Wiz at the
Opera. house tonight and help the
public library. The home talent
are in good training and will give
an interesting performance.
From the News-B Banner we see
that VIM. Marshall, living near
Troy, cut an oak tree that produc-
ed So worth Of bolts and six cords
of wood, making a total of about
$40, the value of one tree.
Mrs. chenault, of Gallatin.
Tenn, was here last week, the
guest of Mrs. Walton and Mrs. Ed
crenshaw. Mrs. chenault and Mrs.
Walton are this week visiting rela-
tives near Rives and Polk.
Clarence Hayden has returned
home from Chicago. He was en-
gagged on the night excursion
steamer, Virginia, which plies be-
tween Chicago and Minneapolis
during the summer months.
The friends and acquaintance
of J. J. McCaleb we're panied to
learn of the death of his daughter,
Mss Willie Irene, which occurred
last Saturday ten miles northwest
of the city. She was 13 years of
age, a beloved companion and play
mate, and the bereavement falls
with its weight OF sorrow upon the
family and friends.
Squire A. Nicholas team got
frightened last Tuesday morning,
ierked loose from the hitchfug post,
and went through town in whirl-
wind of dust. Turning the corner
at the post-ofice, they ran into
telephone pole and "finished" the
wagon tongue. There was con-
siderable excitement until the dust
settled and it was found that no
body was hurt.
Upon retiring from his Office as
County Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction, r. L. Bynum was
presented by the teachers of Obion
County with a gold watch cham
and medal suitably inscribed to
match as a charm, as an evidence
of appreciation and regard for the
splendid record achieved during his
four-years' service in thatoffice and
his universal good fellowship with
the teachers of the county.
The members of the Christian
and Missionary Alliance in Union
City have the use of the Primitive
Baptist Church for their regular
weekly meetings, which is Sunday
afternoon at $50. On next Thurs
day evening at 7.3O, Friday after
noon, 2.30, also Friday evening at
730, services will be held in the
church by Rev. w. #. Meminger,
OF Chicago, who represents the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
in the South. The public is cor
daily invited to attend.
Mrs. Mary G. Logan, widow of |
H. Logan. who was cap
tain in the Federal Army and who
was killed during the war, died Of
fiux at one o'clock Sunday afternoon
in District No. 10, aged 70 years,
and her remains were inferred Sat
urday morning at Ii o'clock in Old
Republic cemetery. Deceased, who
leaves two sons and a daughter, was
a member of the Baptist church at
Mt. Olive for more than half CEN
fury and has resided in the house
in which she died since 1882. She
was noted for her pure Christian
life.
J, Moss the druggist, informs us
Of the marriage of his brother,
w. G. Moss, and Miss Allie May
Porter, at the home of the bride at
Thompson Station last week. Mr.. I
Moss Is a resident of that country,
the owner of one Of those fine Mid
die Tennessee stock farms, and his
bride an accomplished Tennessee
belle. They left for a bridal tour
If Washington, Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and all the famous places of in
crest. His many friends at the old
homestead and those of his brother,
The popular proprietor of Moss
Pharmacy, would like to hail them /
with pair Of old slippers and a |
shower of rice, but as they are not
n reach congratulations are for
varded by mail.
The Nashville correspondent
rom here reports from Obion Fri
lay evening that e. Fl. Russell.
Who was hauling gravel for the
,ublic road, backed his wagon up
o the mouth of the gravel pit and
vas busily throwing in gravel
shen warning noise Of the earth \
aving started him in a hurry for the
ntrance. He ran astride of one of