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STATE GAZETTE COTTON GIN DESTROYED--Mr. Jeff FITZHUGH's gin, some eight miles south of Dyersburg, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday night, together with nine bales of cotton, most of which belonged to the farmers in that neighborhood. Loss about $3, 500; insurance $1, 500. A GOOD MOVE--There is now a movement on foot, headed by Mr. James BAKER, to start a cotton-seed oil mill in our town. Dyersburg is certainly a fine point for such a thing. AN AGED LADY--Mrs. Evalina RICHARDSON, the venerable widow of the late Dr. Stith RICHARDSON, was eighty-one years old last Wednesday and is nearly as spry as our good friend, Col. Robert I CHESTER. She came from Ripley the other day, on the cars by herself, and is now contemplating making a trip to Alabama alone. THE WORKMEN--The following are the officers elected in the Dyersburg Lodge Ancient Order of United Workmen for the year 1883: Z G WATKINS, P. M. W. ; Sol SOLOMON, M. W. ; John McGINNIS, F. ; C L NOLEN, R. ; E S THURMOND, G. ; H T TIPTON, L. W. ; W P FOWKLES, O. W. ; Sol SOLOMON representative to the Grand Lodge. FACTS & FANCIES, LOCAL & OTHERWISE--Mack HARTON is putting up a business house at the railroad depot. Mr. Rube BUTTERWORTH's handsome and commodious new brick house will soon be ready to move into. Russell SAGE, the New York millionaire is worth $75,000,000, and his income is $15 a minute. Gen. W C PENDLETON, chief of artillery of the army of Northern Virginia during the late war is dead. Capt. R A BURKE has moved into his handsome new residence and is proud of his new house. Rev. Jos. BORUM will preach at the Baptist tomorrow. Little Bettie SMITH, who broke her leg while playing at school last week, is getting along nicely under the care of her father, Dr. J D SMITH. The steamer, Alf Stevens, is now ready for business and will start for St. Louis just as soon as the Mississippi is clear of ice. Capt. BRACKIN will be in command. Mr. John SAWYER is making some valuable improvements in the Sawyer Hall. He is putting up steps on the outside and will put in more seats. H S NEAL was married to Laura EUDALY, at the residence of Jesse NORTH, by Rev. D A BRIGHAM, last Thursday evening. Mr. R M EPPSTEIN, the gentlemanly agent of the Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. , is in town. PERSONAL MENTION--John WALKER is now bookkeeper at J W BAKER's planing mill. Miss Dollie BENTON has gone to Nashville to attend Ward's Seminary. W C BROWN has sold his residence to Mr. BRINKLEY and gone to Arkansas. Theodore KING makes a tip-top express agent. George WEIMER has returned to Dyersburg and will make this his future home. Miss Mollie PIERCE, a most estimable young lady, now has charge of the public school at Fort Hudson. Capt. J F PICKETT, our new depot agent, is an experienced railroad man. Covington Record;Dr. S BUFORD, of Dyersburg, was in town this week. The doctor has lately moved to Dyersburg and gone into the drug business. Post-Master John SINCLAIR was married last Thursday to Miss Della NUNN, at Chestnut Bluff. Lawyer J H WARREN is visiting friends & relatives in Dyer County. Frank SHEPARD never lets anybody get ahead of him. He is once more the parental progenitor of a new baby girl. Forrest FERGUSON, one of the best young men Dyersburg ever turned out, is on a visit from St. Louis this week. Messrs. Chas C MOSS & Billy BELL have formed a law partnership. Mr. Ed WILLIAMD, of Newbern, is now traveling agent for a big lumber firm of Chicago. RO-ELLEN NEWS--Mr. Fayette Fuller's little daughter, Mattie, is quite sick with pneumonia. Mr. William Woods' Little daughter was burned very badly this week. While playing around a fire in the woods her dress caught fire and she would have been burned to death, but her mother ran to her rescue and in a hole of water nearby baptised her, and thus the flames were extinquished. Mr. George PIERCE has bought Dick RANEY'S farm and moved to our neighborhood. Mr. RANEY has bought the FITZHUGH place and has moved to it. Miss Bettie SAWYER, of this neighborhood, is teaching school at Friendship. Miss Bettie is a young lady we are proud of and thr Friendship people have displayed good sense in selecting her for a teacher. Miss Nannie WARREN will commence teaching school near Squire Hall's some two miles north of this place. Miss Nannie was educated at McKenzie, Tenn. Mr. Walter THOMAS, of Middle Tennessee, starts home, then comes back to see his brother Frank. Oh, how he loves him since he met Miss (left blank). Mr. Henry WARREN, of Carroll County, is on a visit to his uncle, Dr. WARREN. He's liking his uncle muchly now, and says he only came down to make arrangements to go to Texas. I wonder who he is making that arrangement with? FROM FOWKLES STATION--Emerson McCOY spent the holidays with his friends. McBRIDE has sold his dry goods to Mr. SUMMARS and expects to rebuild, but doesn't think he will merchandise anymore. He says he has lost about $2000-all he has made in 15 years. Signed Jason Jones. THE PRIDDY HOUSE--at Memphis, is now kept in a most comfortable and home-like manner by Mr. J H PRIDDY and wife. Brother PRIDDY is a retired Methodist minister and knows how to keep a hotel in good style at low prices. MAYOR THOMAS--An anxious public desires to know what you intend to do about the hog law you promised us. Mr. David N. COLLINS, of Covington, Tenn. , was married to Miss L A ATCHISON, of this county, by Rev. Jos. BORUM last Thursday.
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