The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-10-31
CRoNANVILLE.

Friday.
Finis Beasley, a nice young man
from Greenfield, is now making his
stopping place at the home of the
efficient Doctor w. l. Buck.
Thompson, the "River Photog-
rapher" from Elm Grove, Ky, is
now anchored off the big boat
opposite Winchester Chute, and is
doing some real nice work.
Why has our distinguished
correspondent, Rus II. Kuss, for
saken our columns? Come again
please sir. Sylvan, we are await
ing information as to your street
number and address.
Isaac J. Dublin, of Hickman,
spent last week in the village as
the guest of his brother, E. Thos.
Dublin. He seems favorably i'm
pressed with the farming qualities
of our soil, and with the enterpris
ing appearance of our farmers.
The mercantile firm, styled J. B.
Hopson & Co., of which Jno. B.
Hopson is senior member and Geo.
r. Hopson is junior member is do.
ing one of the best businesses that
was ever done in this village. This
is only due to the kind, courteous
and fair treatment given thelr
customers.
W. I. Dublin and wife returned
Tuesday from a weeks visit tc
Mayfeld and Lynnville, Ky, where
they had been to visit relatives and
old friends. Mr.. Dublin brought
his mother back with him. She is
a noble old lady who is now in he1
eighty-second year, and whose
health is very feeble.
DR.. Buck demonstrated his skill
in a surgical operation Thursday,
by cutting wart off of the leg of a
young mule. 1t was an enormous
wart, weighing nearly 5 pounds
and was supplied with blood by
four arteries. 1t required good
skill to pick up and larigate them
to prevent the mule from bleeding
to death.
Uncle Sid Dunning, one of the
oldest citizens of Lake County, an
old Confederate soldier, brave and
true as most OF them we're, and
who has been confined to his room
for the past two years from a very
severe attack of paralysis, has
broken up house keeping and is
living with his son, Esq. w. j.
Dunning.
e Thos. Dublin, wife and little
son, Erie, accompanied by Toddit
and Virgie Dublin and Brit Cook
left Saturday morning for d1fferen
points in Kentucky. Toddie will
stop at Hickman. Mr.. Cook will
stop over at Beelerton, while E
Thos. and family and Virgie will
go on to Water Valley, They ex
pect to have jolly good time.
The Rev. John t. Barker, form
erly of this village, but now ;
citizen of our friend, Sylvan's town
Hornbeak spent couple of days il
the village as the guest of hi
sister, Mrs. Hint Dunning. W.
were glad to see the pleasant fac
of Brother Barker on our streets
We congratulate Hornbeak for he
choice in selecting him as pastor.
One day last week the levee con
tractor who is now at work a
Hickman sent young man with ;
two-horse wagon to bring som,
dynamite that the Cary Bros. lief
near the Dublin farm at Slough
Landing, After loading he drov'
some five or six miles up thu
bottom toward Hickman and &C
cidently let cigarette stub fall OF
the explosive. Immediately blazt
leaped into the air and the young
man acted upon the first impulse
and sprang off of the wagon anc
took to his heels leaving the mules
hitched to the burning wagon. The
mules made a vain attempt to ge
away from the blaze and in then
rush hung the wagon on a tree anc
could not get any farther, and they
were burned to death. The Wagon
was nearly burned up, only few
of the larger timbers not being
burned. The explosive was MOI
capped and did not explode, but
| lust burned like kerosene.
UNCLE BILDAD.