Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-04-11

The town was crowded with people on
Monday.
Henry Ferguson, departed this life last
Saturday.
Why are you a sheep? Because a
sheep is eve.
Gen. A. f. Jackson is confined to his bed
with sickness.
There is a prospect of a decline in the
price of flour-Sell.
The best thing out yet for real comfor
AN aching tooth.
Miss Mollie Webb has returned Tome
from a visit to Lebanon, Va.
Farmers are ready to plant corn-wait-
ing for the Gog-wood blossoms.
Our merchants have been driving n
lively trade for the last three days.
We regret to learn that the health of
Mr.. leonard Wood is growing worse.
David Beatty was eve rutcd at Columbia
on the 9Th instant for numbering his wife.
Our market is now amply supplied
with Meal, Flour and Bacon. Prices rule
good.
The warm weather and rains of the last
few days will vecctate garden plants rap
idly.
Large quantities of vegetables are ship
ped over our railroad from the '.sunny
South"
Rev w. &. Daily, the Presiding Elder
Of this circuit, is spending the week i'll our
town.
ADonatinn Party will meet at the re-
sidence of Rev. Geo. G.. TErcasher, this
evening.
Notwithstanding a note to young
lady to call, which is accepted, and then
not going.
The Municipal authorities of Leesburg
has suspended the use of street gas-liShts
.'Guge'' is raving mad.
Some fellow who properly comes under
the head ofs.ncccssary evils is poisoning
the canincsin East Town
The wheat that survived the rigors of
the winter, looks promisingly. 1t Is badly
frozen out i'll many places.
The scholastic population of Washing
ton county is 5000 and about fifty schools
are reported as hci,ig i'll operation.
Nearly all the counties in the State have
levied II tax for school purposes. The
exhibit of our illitcracy has 4 good effect.
Miss Fannie ltyland is supplying the
place of Miss Anna Mason as teacher at
VIZ S7>
Uncle George Kenney was out in his
linen dustcr on Monday. lie has the hon.
or of sporting the i'First Rose OF Sum-
mer."
There has been less drunkenness and
boisterous conduct on the streets during
this term of the Court than we have ever
known.
Nj. John NJ. johnson. of Jolnson City.
returned last week from SOuth Carolina.
whittier he has been WITH Il drove of
horses.
Our fellow-tOwnSman. Mr.. Jacob Adler
departs for Europe in Il few days. Other
parties will leave for the same destination
later in the St a>on.
The new Railroad Schedule goes into
effect next Sunday, the 18th. The time
of the Mail Trains only slightly changed,
the Rat trains cOnsi ierably.
The Match Game between the Jones
borough and Boouc's Creek Base Ball
Clubs to have been played last Saturday,
was prevented by bad weather.
A. bur. larics have become so frequent
in all parts of the country, we advise our
friends to sleep with one eye open and u
Colts argument under their pillow.
Bowel e Mathcs have just started their
splendid Soda Fountain. We have been
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foaming beverage is as delicious us it is
Try it.
Mr.. Daniel Crumlcy died at his resi-
dcnce, near Leesburg, on Monday the Sth
inst. The deceased was born March 2Sth,
lSO6, and cons. quently was i'll his sixty
seventh year.
Two young ladies were circulating a
petition among our citizens, this week,
mcmoraliZIng Congress to make All ap-
preparation Tor the relief of the famine |
Pcrsians.
Rev.. j. l.. Mann, will preach next
Sabbath 1T the usual place of worship.
Remember a collection will be taken up
I % defray the expenses OF delegates to the
Conference.
A teacher in one of our public schools
saws .'that more parents are ruled by their
children in Joucsborough that an place
lie ever knew" We believe ..ie uttered a
truth-shamcful and disgraceful.
Mr.. G. f. Cox, Captain of the Boone's
Creek Base Ball Club requests us to say
that the report of the Flag. that he pro-
three cheers for his Club after t he
game ut this place is a mis-statc-
Inent
CALVIN Lodsdon. the murderer of the
Ganaway family, WIS hung at jamestown,
County, last FIIday. lie confess
Scu Ills quit anu impiiCdtCu SeNcIaI WO-
men, who had been tried and acquitted
of the charge.
Thomas j. Squibb, and Joshua E.
Tilson, had q small .'dash'' at the pugu-
listic on thestreet Tuesda q. No blows and
damage. Squibb was arrested and taken
before Squire Meek who taxed him with
q fine of $500 and the costs.
Many counties i'm the State &rG i'm pos
a tax on supcrllous dogs. Why does
our County Court 10 likewise and
appropriate the money to school pur-
poses! From their recent noble action
in this behalf, we believe they will do
this rery thing, and shortly too.
The revelation of the enormous wealth
which Democratic thieves have ~plundered
the people of New York City have
stirred the envy and stealing in%clinations
of many a Democratic knave of the
small fry, who siglls:
want to be a rascal,
Among the rascals stand,
a bride marked OH my forehead
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