The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-11
b.efrce from Bristol.

',"r" fr"ndrnrc Of the Richmond Dispatch.
BRISTOL, Tenn, July 8, 1872.
lir high range Of the thermometer i'll the
eastern cities i ample ground for the laluenta-
~" cry that arises from those burning locali-
IT,, and II the coincidence of mountaineerS
N'it amworate their condition, he assured
''"l viii >lrrdily grow cooler. Heat here is
'lI transient. and Il body willingly submits
''c-''l -iiv" degrees Fahrenheit the better
- '"3"I III" cool and refreshing lrcczeS of
r"h returning and retiring sun.
IH>lmr>-, pf course, is languiShin" ut this
''t>". farmers being busy harvesting tifeir
'"'i"nhl crops of wheat Reports from Va
,"u> parts of Granger, Jefferson, Johnson,
Washington. Hawkins, Carter, and Sullivan
"uiltI">, III Tennessee, and Washington,
colt. Lee and Russell, in Virginia, are Of
~" most chccrin" character; all, more or less,
concur in the opinion that a largcrand better
""p Of wheat aud oats has not been garnered
III lfIS section for Years past while the corn
J! cooking as finely as could be desired. The
@IIlc crop Is abundant. and the peach not far
'".yW the former.
The final survey of the Virginia and Ken
lucky railroad is completed, and while the
rty of Louisville has declined to loan her
ior more than one million dollars for the
purpose of extending its Lebanon branch to
HiillcrIand Gap, there to meet the great
'''',"'datcd line from Norfolk, it is not at all
iF"nablc tina, that connection will fail to be
iG'"r, as one of the important contingencies
'l"l' Which the three important roads lead
NY from Norfolk to Bristol are consolidated
!, The completion Of this link, making them
III" True Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio rail.
''aa' The foresight Of the founders of this
-Ioa' and important Virginia enterprise is
'acut" 'aIIow it 10 hinge upon the whims
" any one community. The chief corps of
'H"rr> have started on 4 horseback trip
.,il""9h Tennessee, probably prospecting for
'.is'r connections.
me cornerstone of male academy i'm.
'''''lS"oll Will he hid on the 18th of this
,''iL'h' The various Masonic lodges from
'''''''' Springs, Bristol, and other points,
hi"cca 10 be present. 1t is understood
,"', l4'i Grand Master Il. +. Owens will
t,'I'l'n HE interesting ceremony and de-
, ,''i az address. Although some distance
''', nGmImIicrS, it Is announced here that
-"">' Eminent Grand Commander of the
''''V '"InIlandcry of the State Of Viz
",'' HIS Hi%uiilcd his intention OF issuing an
:, ''hF"Hing all the communicates of the
>.@ % at The Montgomery White sulphur
,i !ninS' on the 2lst of August. The Sir
H ",SnN WIN add no little interest to the
l ..t',,s OF that already Eden of pleasure and
g., your readers are aware, the boundaries
,,r.,, Luna and tennessee find their in,agi.
q, n 'i'ic' through this town, the correctness
u',, "i'''h las Of hate years been seriously
'"i"n' ana were positively asserted by a
...'.'',.. VI ','r United States Government en-.
a,,,, ,' u: ''Uio be the wrong boundaries by
Is>l .n,, '' Hi''e: south. The Legislature in
81, t.' rt1'ited commissioners to ascertain
,ruy, ,''' ;',.1Is OF Virginia, but Tennessee,
c..rIr, ,'I,'i'" with the present lines, de-
1l.. r,,.,.' "',' my Thing 10 do with unscttipg
ST.. t,r,,r,.',', -" presume that Virginia
; ',>>" u ran The ipc on tliilty-six de-