The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-01-17

Mayor John q. Walker lett Tue
, day tor Centreville to spend a fe'
days with his wife, who has bee
visiting relatives there severe
days.
A large, brilliant meteor foate
gracefully down from the southwes
Wednesday evening about o'clock
with spiraltrail behind, going on
very slow
/ ]. A. Ward, who was carried from
this county to Bolivar some months
ago and confined in the asylum fol
the insane, died at that place las
Monday nj ght
Chancellor John S. Cooper, d
Trenton, was in the city Monday
in the interest of his candidacy for
reelection to the office Of Judge ot
this Chancery division,
George S. Hardy went to Louis
this week to attend a directors
meeting of the Hawley-Murphy
Trunk Company and to spend a few
days looking after its interests.
Mr.. John w. Roper, Of the State
Line neighborhood, has bought
land near Rector, Ark, and has
moved his family there. He is a
good citizen, and we regret to give
him up.
Rev. E. K. Bransford has located
at GAINESVILLE, Tex, having been
to the Texas Confer
ence. He is much in love with
Texas, and thinks he will make it
his home.
J. H. Owen opened a school at
Spout Springs on the Lake last
week. The school there is not
large one, but Mr.. Owen was greeted
BY an unusually good attendance
Tor the first week.
Mr.. Thomas Reaves, of District
No. 4, about four miles south of
own. had the misfortune to lose
lis residence by fire last Monday
-fternoon. We have been unable to
earn the particulars.
The remains of Leak Hubbs, the
Dung man who died at San Anto-
10, Tex, an account of which APP
cared in these columns last week,
rrived here Sunday and were in
erred in Shady GroveSCemetery. ,
Ed McKeller, of Charlottesville,
TO-, has accepted place for this
ear with A. D. Sears in the tin ,
lop. Mr.. Sears bad health ne
,ssitated the securing of an ex-
erienced man to attend to his !,
lsiness.
Mr.. /. P. Foster, wife and baby
BENT the dav here Monday with +
:latives and friends. They were
1 their way to Jackson, their home,
ON a visit to Mr.. Fosters parents ,
. Gardner. Mr.. Foster has good t
ace with the M. & o. road as en- |
neer, and is doing mighty we'll. {
Ex-Sheriff John Stubblefeld is q
locate in Louisville at the expi- b
Ltion of his term Of office. He y
As made a good officer, is a genial : :
ever, wholesouled gentleman, and b
lie Courier wishes him we'll in his 7
Nv home or wherever his lines of +
ie may be cast Hickman Courier. |
Mr.. Robert Hammond and Miss !,
Izzie Joyner, two prominent young
.ople Of the Houser Valley neigh
'rhood, west of this city, were !
lited in marriage Sunday evening t
about 4 O'Clock in the waiting S
ON Of M D. William & Co. s liv-
4 establishment, Esq. r. Polk, :
ieiating. !,
w. B. Mills and family have ar f
led IN the city from Trenton and
E now comfortably located in the \
city cottage on Exchange street f
Gently purchased by Mr.. Mills Ii
sri Mf M r. Porter. Mr.. Mills Q.
eeeeds Mr. Porter as travelling I
presentatige in this territory for
Bslknap Hardware Co. !.
Aar Jack league, one Of the M.
q s best engineers, was married a
# Sunday evening at Jackson to N
E 81 ina eity's prettiest young
lies Mn league was at one " "
~ eitizsn Of this city, having dr
afge Of switch engine No. II, and
pleasantly remembered by a large Ii,