The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-10-24
FROM EVER wHERE.

FORM or Varl-colored transparency
lighted with electricity. 1t is
handsome advertisement tor his
drug store.
E. P. Grissom, VIM. Goodwin and
Chas. Williams took advantage OF
night off when Ward came to town
and went 'possom hunting last
Wednesday night. They bagged
two Dig fat 'possoms.
C. W. Guemally, of Pinckney'
vile, ILL.,, IS employed as jeweler in
Lukens' jewellery store. The young
gentleman comes here we'll recon-
mended, and we are sure he will
find his new location pleasant.
Regular service at c. P. Church
next Sunday and Sunday night;
communion service and reception of
members at II am. At night the
subject of the sermon will be, 1.-The
Dance and the Dancing School. "
Blind Joe will play at night at
night as usual.
The ''inclement" weather We'd
nesday night, or the total eclipse
of the moon last week, or something
"rotten in Denmark" had a rather
dampening effect on Wards min
strel performance. Hear anything
drap? He still owes us that five
for the 1901 programs.
Col. H. r. Fields last Monday
sold his splendid farm to Mr.. c.
K. Lyon, of this city, for $16,0 900.
1t is considered one of the best
farms in the county and brought
good price. Mr.. H. M. Golden,
went down Tuesday and surveyed
and established the lines.
P. H. Owen, our good Protemus
friend, a popular citizen and most
excellent gentleman, is employed as
clerk in the Registers office at the
: courthouse this week. Mr.. Sanders
has been compelled to increase his
force on account of the heavy bust
ness in real estate transfers.
The new concrete walk on Mary
street is about complete. Mr.. Il. L.
, was the contractor and the city ard
property owners are indebted to him
for a good job. Robinson, Brans-
ford & Co., Moss Pharmacy and
, Thompson's Drug Store all have
neat tile signs laid in the pavement.
H. Dietzel, N. B. Pleasant, David
= Hamilton and Rice Pierce, Jr., are
= the bondsmen for Shaw, Pleasant
and others, who were enjoined from
buying fish taken from Reelfoot
= Lake. The injunction, issued or
: behalf of Harris and Burdick, was
dissolved by Chancellor Cooper last
week at Trenton.
Rev. and Mrs. r. B. Marshall, o.
Batavia, ILL.,, will be the guests Of
: DR.. T. E. Marshall for a few weeks
They will then visit their parents
2 Mr.. and Mrs. Nose Marshall, al
f the time of the golden wedding
t and remain until the Christmas
holidays. Mrs. Marshall arrived
from Chicago this week and will bt
!, Joined in few days by her husband
9 Mr.. Jno. Harris, who has beer
: running a corn shredder this sea
son, has just finished the crop of Mr.
. Sam Wade, west of town. He re
ports the corn crop generally to bt
:. very good. The shredding OF corr
= utilizes the entire crop-shucks
fodder and stalk, and is certainly {
great improvement over the ole
! prohigate custom of throwing i
away, to say nothing of the extra
= labor to get rid of the stubble.
Wards minstrel show "Wednesday
night was, so we learn, some better
) than theperformance given last sea
. son, though it was nothing extra
: by any means. After the band hac
u PLAYED, the dust cleared away anc
the footlights had been turned out
y it was discovered that the gross
S receipts actuallyamounted to $500
l. OF this handsome sum Ward go
y 500. His daily expenses are $685. 90
so we are told by people who know
T, This puts the manager out of this
r town with a clean seventy-tive II
e the hole. Again we say that the
p. day for such "Billy-in-the-low
ground" minstrel gangs to flourish
V in Union City has passed.
S New stylish hats at Fish Bros,
: 5-ROOn) House