The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-08-30


her left side. She was picked up
with a broken arm, and suffered
considerably while the wound was
being dressed.
lack Corum returned from Okla
homa last Friday. He is now as
sisting his brother, c. H. corum,
at the grocery. After September
] he can be found at verhine's
Dry Goods Store.
Mr.. Gus Burnett, OF Ballard
County, Ky, passed through the
city returning home Tuesday from
Trenton. He has been negotiating
with parties at that place to estab-
lish a race track. He was accom-
panied home by Joe S. Latimer.
The street crossings on Exchange
1 set at Mrs. Mamie Little's
residence and boarding place and
on Main from Grissom & Godwin's
to NaillIng's, have been improved
with double walk Of large step
ping stones, one of the best inn
proyements in the city.
], T. Glover, one of our good
agricultural friends, living in the
country west of the city, left this
week with his family for a couple
Of weeks stay with relatives at
Puxico, Mo. Mr.. Glover owns
good farm near that place and is
out giving it his personal attention.
Miss Mollie Bourne and Mrs. Ida
Griffin, Of Morgan & Hardy Bros.
Department, are in st.
Louis and Chicago purchasing their
fall stock OF millinery. Miss Docia
Baines, who has charge of the dress
department, is also in St.
Louis, taking a course Of special
lessons in cutting and fitting.
Dir. e. H. White, an old-time
friend of The Commercial, and a
popular physician Of Rives, came
around and paid us substantial
call Monday. The Doctor says
there is not great deal Of sickness
in his country, but he has one very
sick patient in No, Z, Mr.. Sam
Jackson, who has very bad case
OF tlux.
Marshal Jesse Walker, Of South
Fulton, gave free excursion to
Union City Monday morning. He
carried three and they were very
Limid about accepting his hospital
Ity, as they kept out OF his sight as
much as possible after learning
that they were going to receive
special invitation to go. Fulton
Leader.
The Fulton Leader says that
Hon. Geo. Winstead, Obion Coun-
tys Rockefeller" farmer, was in
he city Monday inviting all his
friends out to see him. He has one
If the largest watermelon patches
n the county, and says he pulled a
a few days ago that
100 pounds.
r. d. Hubbs, formerly of Obion,
ately a resident of Bessie, Lake
County, came around to see us
tuesday. He reports fine cotton
:rop in Lake County. He is in
business with ID. w. Hubbs. who
,wns and operates big cotton
and is in the mercantile
,usiners at Bessie. We are told I
lie has 5000 acres or more in cotton
his year.
Dir. w. M. Turner went out for a
ew hours hunt Friday evening,
md came back with crippled gun.
The shells had evidently been load
d by pile driver. Upon discharg-
ng the gun one of the barrels close
D the breach was torn open, and
arge plug more than an inch wide
blown off. The Doctor was con-
iderably stunned and bruised from
he shock, but not undaunted he
undertook to fire the other barrel
With almost the same result. The
DOCTOR returned minus game and a
rood gun.
Max Zimmerman has gone to
demphis, where he is engaged or.
-anist in the Linden Street Christ
an Church. He will also teach class
n music. Max has just returned
rom the Summer conservatoire Of |
dusic at Aslleville, N. c., conduct
d by Carl Won Strasburg and
ferdinand Dunkly, piano and
,rgan masters of New York City:
DR., Ed Ownby, who has had charge
L Max's musical education, informs
is that the professors pronounce
dax an artist Of unquestioned tall
mt. This is also a compliment to