The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1903-03-13
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pretty extensive freshet this sprlug
The water is bluffing up against
the great levee, and running arounc
the end and spreading over the bot
tom.
Those who had cattle in the bot
tom have been very busy trying te
get them out before they were
hemmed in behind Black Bayou.
Several cows and yearlings and
some mules and horses died from
the effects of the recent inclement
weather.
Miss Maudie Dublin, one OF the
villages handsomest and most re-
fined young ladies, spent Saturday
and Sunday at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Meta Dublin, who resides
at the fourishing village Of Slough
Landing.
A few days since Oscar Haley
was riding that new saddle horse
of his over our very bad roads and
the animal got its foot fastened in
the tough mud and fell to the
ground, and young Haley arose on
" to find about FIVE broken ribs,
Welcome! Very welcome, "Blun-
derbuss!" You are correct as to
the price of hogs and the bottom
lands. We have known some "Blun-
derbusses" to be very effective and
we believe you are on parity with
any we ever had the pleasure to
have knowledge of.
No one would appreciate a CORE
spondents' dinner more than Uncle
Bildad. and we sincerely trust that
it may be had at time that we
can attend, and give poor, crouch
ing "Hobo' an opportunity to feast
his orbs of vision by gazing upon
our enormous stature; and also
show him how firmly we can grasp
the noble and sustaining hand OF
friend Prowler.
Last Wednesday company OF
seven persons, consisting of four
children, one elderly lady, one young
lady and one young man, started in
a skiff from near Three States to
attend supper and evening party
near Hickerson, and on the way the
small craft was upset and six out
of the seven were drowned. Mrs.
Kit Hickerson was the only one
saved, while Halle Hubbard, a
beautiful young lady of eighteen,
Bob Jones, the oarsman, a stout
and gentlemanly young man of
twenty-five, an old lady, whose
name we failed to get, and one small
girl and two small boys were drown
ed. Their relatives have offered a
reward of $50 for each of the five
unbound bodies.
Since our last visit two of our
most prominent men have passed
to the ever blissful shore. The first
was Benjamin Sidney Dunning,
aged about seventy-three years. He
was an honest old Confederate sol
der and did actual and valuable
service for the lost cause. Where
the fight was the hottest and waged
the fercest he was sure to be found.
He was Kentuckian and served
with eye scribe's" father under the
noble Forrest. After the close OF
the war he emigrated to Cape Girar-
deau, Mo-, where he resided for
some six or seven years when he
came to this place. He was the
father of eleven children, of whom
all are dead save two. One son,
Esq, NJ. j. Cunning, of Bessie, and
Mrs. Malinda Hedge, of the New
Hope vicinity. Constable Robt. S,
Dunning, of this place, who was
cowardly and treacherously murder.
ed by a hidden, but unsupported
enemy last April was a son of this
noble old veteran. He leaves wife
to mourn for great loss. May his
ashes rest in peace. The second
was David Trout, of Oman, sub.
stantial, thrifty and much respected
farmer. He suffered from that
dread malady, consumption. They
were both buried at the cemetery
at this place.
Because our mail is slow in reach
ing US and our letters equally slow
in reaching the editor some one
came to a very hasty conclusion
that we had forsakeu you, friend