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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
CHOLERA AND THE COUNTY
COURT,

On the 2nd inst, our County Court
made an appropriation for the benefit of
the Physicians who attended upon the
persons afflicted With cholera while that
disease ragged ia an epidemic in JonesbOro'
and also Tor the town Marshel Capt. J. ].
Howren,% amounting in all to the sun of
two hundred and fifty dollars. The man,
ner in which this appropriation was made
has created some dissatisfaction among
some of the members of the County
Court, as well as some citizens who we're
opposed to it, and has elected q contro>
vcrsey through the columns of the Herald
and Tribune, which exhibits more
acrimony on the part Of the writers
than the amount involved would seem to
justify.
Hitherto we have taken no part in
this controversy prefering as disinterest>
cd parties to allow each one to present
his side Of the question without interior.
ance on our part. But the Incorporate
character Of the articles furnished us for
publication on both sides has satisfied US
that a further continuance of the contro>
versey will only succeed in e~ngendering
ill-feellug b:twoen the persons engaged
without accomplishing any good. W lie
the members of the County Court who
voted for the appropriation many Of
whom are heavy tax payers, observe the
highest need of praise for the generosity
displayed, we mus. not forget that those
who opposed it had an equal right to their
opinion and while their actions like those
of all public men are proper subjects Of
criticism, they should not subject them to
unmeritted abuse or unjust and uncalled
for invectivo on the rart Of those who
happen to differ with them.
We have every reason to suppose that
these gentlemen opposed the appropria-
ton from an honest conviction that it was
illegal or unwarranted, and holding such
views they would have been false to their
trust had, they failed 70 express them by
their votes on that occasion. We be-
lisve the persons who were the bcne6ci q.
ries Of this appropriation really deserve
every dollar they have receiv cd and
much moro. The only question at issue
was how it SHOULD be paid, and whatever
our W Opinions may be We must ac-
cord to others the same right of opinion
which we would claim for ourselves uu>
der like circumstanstances.
We have therefore concluded so far as
our paper is concerned to put a stop to
a controversy which can be of no further
benefit toany one. So far as the issue
itself is concerned, it is as dead as the
Missouri compromise. The appropriation
has been made and the proceed, paid to
the parties, apd no amount of discussion
will induce, them to refund it. Then
what is the use OF continuing D discuss
sion which is fast taking the form of q
personal quarrel and con only end in Per,
sonal i'll feelings?
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4 OF
cuANcERY COURT AT rAYLoRsvILLE.

cHANCERY COURT AT TAYLoRsvILLE.
Joseph n. shown, Complainant VS.,
Calvin {, White and Latayett Jones,
Respondent,
1T appearing to the Master from the
allegations il complainant's bill which is
sworn to that respondent, Calvin +.
White. y Il nGn-yAsidrnt of the State of
tennessee. 1t is therefore ordered by
the Master that publication for four sue
ce55lve weeks in the Herald u Tribune.
published in the town Of Luucsboro'.
tennessee, notifying said nonresident
TO appear ut the Court House in Taylors-
vile, Tcna., on the 81 Monday in Fcbru
airy nest, 1874, at Il term ofthp ChanCcry
Court thercand then to be held for John
son county in the LIST C|hamcery Division
in said state and plead or make other
legal defence to compliments bill or
tee same will be taken us confessed and
set for hearing eX parte. Witness, x. A,
Donnelly, Clerk and Master of said court
at office in Ta"lorsvlllr, this 10Th Scptem-
Der, 1873. X. A. DONNELLY, G&N
Sept. 2~5-w4pfS3.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30

At my request | was favorid with the
proof sheet of the remarkable communi.
cation that appears in the present nun.
Der Of the HERALD AND TRIBUNE. In
reply | would state in the beginning that
Squire S%hephard's article after being EN-,
asculated Of its witleSS and pointlesS per,
sonalities is q wholesale attack upon the
citizens OF Junesboro', as his article above
most conclusiyly indicates. In reply to
Mr.. Shephard's article | have no refers
encs whatever to the Shylocks and Small
Fry Of the County Court, as regards
SHEPPARD, simply because l know that
j. A. S~bophard's taxable property
amOu ITS to $i68 90 on which he had to
pay one cent and a half. in order to make
out that appropriation, The tax upon
one hundred dollars SO far as the $3.50 90
appropriation is concerned amounts, to
three mills and twenty>four ole huns
dredths and seven>tenths ola mill.
In looking over the tax list | find that
Col. G. W. Telford pays tax upon more
property, than all the eleven Magistrates
combined against the appropriation.
Mr.. Sheppard in his article says that
at least eight~tenths of the taxpayers OF
Washington County are opposed to the
appropriation, and will tell the tale in
thunder tones in the future" Mr.. Snep>
hard may be correct in his statement,
but :he undersigned knows of one taxpay-
er whose assessed property is $4,000
who has tod the undersigned that lie
willingly and freely pays the assessment
under the $3.50 appropriation.
How does this amount compare with
the assessed property Of Mr.. Shepherds
one cent and a half to the one dollar and
sixty cents, that this $4,000 taxpayer
pays-and this tax payer lives in the
county contradistinguisbed from q citizen
Of the town by the way of application so
that the matter shall not be mlsunder-
stood. The benc6Ciaries of this appropri
alton received $250 and Mr.. SHEPPARD
in the magpaminity of his soul secs ct to
use the following language I'VE know one
Of these gentlemen DR.. Sewer and know
him favorable have no cause to regard
him as anything else but gentleman, and
an eminent physician as regards tie other
gent eman spoken. of we have no aequain>
lance with them, but take it for granted
they are all that is claimed for them and
deserve the respect and esteem of all
good citizens for tho faithful performance
OF their duties during the PREVALENCE of
cholera in JOnosboro' which in addition
10 tho Consciousness of having performed
their duties as men, officers aud physio>
ians, which they have already received
something from the contributions made
by a generous public and to which can
be added by ones, twos, 6ves, and tens.
to make up the deficiency and above all
that final reward.
1t will be seen 10 the embodiment of
this paragraph that Mr.. Shepherd makes
reference to contributions made by a
generous public.
Mr.. Sheppard hinself had az oppOrtu,
nifty Of contributing enes, twos. fvos,
aud tens, to pay the benehoiariss of tins
appropriation ~irrespectiro Of their final
reward, he further says that 'rhsrs is
n F.. -
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
n THE CIRCUIT COURT AT JONES.
BORO'.
A. W. Mason,
Josephine Mason.

49, PHTIO NIWbUT.
IN this case 1t appearing from the allie.
cations iii complainants petition that the
defendant Josephine Mason, Is a nor.
resident of the State of Tennessee. II
is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four successive weeks in the
Herald and Tribune, a newspaper publish
ed In the town Of JonesborO, tennessee,
notifying said defendant to appear before
our said Circuit Court on the 2nd Nom
day, after the Fourth Monday in Novem-
Der next, and make defense to said com
plainants petition or the same will bc
taken for confessed and set tor hearing,
cXpartc. Witness c.. Wheeler, Clerk of
said Court, at office in Jonesboro'. This
October 18th 1873.
oct3Ow4ptS5.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30

caanics will lie kept in tho background,
with rothinS to encourage them, but a
great deal to sadden their hearts. When
they call to remembrance the state Of af,
fairs as they exist. Farmers and me,
chanics should work to each others inter.
est then they will advance along the same
road'to happiness.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
b. T SWiNGLE, c.. & NJ.
IN CHANCERY AT ELlLABETHTON.
D. A. Sutherland,
John Sheaver.

IN this cause it appearing from the
allegations of the bill which are sworn to,
that the defendant John Size YER, is a
nonresident of the State OF Tennessee.
1t is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four successive weeks in the
Herald and Tribune, Il newspaper publish
ed In the town of Jonesb0ro' FEM,
notifying and requesting said defendant
to a year before the Chancery Court at
Lllz abethton, Tenn, on or before the 2ud
Monday OF February neXt to answer,
plead or demar, to the said bill of COM
plainant or the same will BE- taken for con-
tesScd as to him and set for hearing. ex-
parte, at the next term Of the Court.
This October oath 1873.
JOHN G. SMITH, C. &M.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
NOTICE OF SALE.

BY virtue OF the power vested in me-
nndcr a Deed of Trust executed by Al
ifed Jenkins, and his wife. Mary G. Jrn-
klhs, on the 18th day of February. ~,
Tor me purpose Of securing thu plYnp.pt
Of dob ducJ II. DlsSer. Dosscr& Fam
VIM. Z. Reeves and James II. Dcakin',
VIII sell the farm upon which AIir'a
Jenkins How lives. lyiu. IN Washington
county, Tenn, Ciyil Distri,t No. II, 'a-
joining the lands II Mark Pennibakc
Nm. 7. Reeves and others, containing
by estimation $50 acres. Sale 10 be at inc
Court House door in .Ioncsboro', Tenn,
on Monday the 18th day of October. lSI5,
"bei Yeeh the hours OF I0in the forenoon
and Ain The afternoon for cash in hanu,
without the right of redemption, the SANE
having been waived by the said jenkins
aud wife tn said Deed OF rrust.
JOHN ALLISON, il.
sepllwiS5. Trutee'
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30

who devoted their days and nights to save
u stricken people aud the public pro-
pcrty of the county. This closes the
controversy as Tor as | ala concerned,
simply because there i, no one on the op'
posito side to fight me aud because ny
article Of two weeks ago has never bcco
answered.
S. A. BovELL.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
Oct., 9th, 1873.
IN CHANCERY Al JONESBORO'.
WAsHINGT0N COUNTY. TENNESSEE.
Joseph 5. l;hea,
X. Waffle.

I've dlltI.
IN this cause it appearing from the
allegations in compliments bill that
X. Walter, and Frank Walter, and l.. L.
Walter, trading under the firm name
and style OF Il. walter IL e o.,
who are made dbfsndants in this
cause are non-residents of The State OF
Tennessee. 1t is therefore ordered that
publication be made for four successive
weeks in the Herald and Tribune, news
paper published in the town of Jonesburo'
Ienn notifying said defendants 10 APP
pear before our said Chaucery Court Oh
the Fourth Monday. of November next
and make defence to said c~Omplainants
bill, or the same will be taken tor con-
lesscd as to them and set for hearing,
eXparte. Witness b. +. Swinglc, I lerk
aud Master OF said Court aC office in
1873,
B, L SWlNGIE. O. a. NJ.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
NOTICE.

IN olcdicrce to a G., fo., issued from
the lhuuccry Court If Washington c un.
ty Tenn, ut its May term lS73, aud 70
me Girectcd in favor OF u. i. Bursou,
aud .gaiwtN III, Love ud VIE, md |.
". llmaell, security for tic sum OF
$3.50 debt aud all legal costs, and in,
torest.. Iwjll eel at the Cou,t lloUsc
IGOR n tie town Of Jonesboro', on the
29th day November 1873, all the right,
titc. claim and interest, that the said l..
W. uarlsoll, has in and to certain tract
or ralsel Of land situated in Washington
County, Tenn, District No, s., adjoining
the lands of Wilson, Whillock, David
0'Bricu, and others, said to contain 200
acres more orlesS known as the odd Jaco,
U3rtsell, trJctot 1and on tho waters of
Au.e Cherokee Greek. Tins 29th day OF
Ottober 1873. 80 t.-,
e.,,--,r r. NJ YOUNG. G.
Deputy Sh'A,.
oct3OwlpfSj.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
TOWN and C0Nntpy.
IN CIIANCERY AT JONEsBoRO''
d. W. +. Peoples Admir- with the VIII
annexed of VIM, Cate, Deed.
VS..
Thomas Cate, ct. nj. Heirs and distribu-
tees OF VIM. Cate.

Thomas Cate, ct. al. Heirs and distribu-
tees OF VIM. Cate.
IN this clllse it appearing from the
allegations in complaints bill that -
Cate WIDOW of Noah Gate, Thomas llig.
den. aud Wifi, Rcbecca I!lgdcn, and
George Cate, are m]om-rrilcnt, of the
State of Tennessee, and that there may
be other relations whose names and resi-
dcuce are uuku0wn, ana who may be
claimants under said VIII. II Is there
lore ordered that publication be made for
four successive weeks in the Herald and
Tribune, a newspaper Published in the
town OfJouc>bOro', Tennessee. notifying
all nonresident defendants to appear,
before our said Chanccry Court on tn,
4th Monday in November next aud wakr
defence 10 said complaint bill. or he
ame will he taken tor confessed ana
set fer hearing cXrarte. Witness b.. F..
Swiuglc, G.. aud NJ, of said Court at oGic,
in Johcsboro, this the 2lstdav Of October,
1873. b. T. SUlNGLE, C.. d NJ.
73oct23wi s,
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
1iaolution Of Co.PartneYship

The Co-PartnerShlp heretofore existing
between George W. Hickey, and W. b. C.
smith, johnson Oily, is this day Dissolved
by mutual consent. The business ofthe
concern will be Scttledby CIV. Hickey
at johnson City. All parties are hereby
notified to come forward and make settle
ment with the above named firm, as tie
business must be closed.
oCt30lf.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30
Notice.

ALI persons are hereby notified no,
10 trade Tor Il note exected BY ME &c
Christopher {. Bennett. dated on q,
about May 18th 1872 due eighteen month.
alter date, for the sum of $27l 80 AS the
same was procured by fraud aud is with.
out any consideration ard the said Ben.
nett is hereby notified not TO dispose OF
Said note or to proceed in any way to
collect the same.
oct30w4.
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$a,5OO.OOO.
Total, 200 Gifts. all Cash.

A''"'' t~SpV' NlIJs' All NaSll,
amounting 10. ..",.......... z ,50a,OD
whe!herall the tickets are sold or not,
and the $4,000 gifts all paidin proportion
to the tickets sold.
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Whole tickets $50; Halves So; Tcuths,
or each Coupon,s 50 Eleven Whole Tickets
ilor 5000; 22t rickets for 81 .O0J; ll3 Whole
Tickets for s., 1000, g27 Whole Tickets for
$1,000. No discount on less than 500
wortho OF Tickets at a time.
Tickets now ready for sale, and al
ordors accompanied by the money prompt
~ filed. Liberal terms given to those
who buy to sell again.
re. BRl NLETTE,
Agent Pub!$%.ibr. Ky, and Manager
Giit Concert, Public Library Building
Louisville, Ky.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-30

Wanted.
$4,000 Pounds Dried F'acSter'
ries iOr which the highest market pn.a
viii be paid. N. S MAiIoNLI,
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The Ladies.

The Ladies.
are respectfully invited to call and ex
anime our beautiful dress goods.
VI. s, MAHoNEY,
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GRAADAor SynENGlylr KNOWN
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IN RESPONDUM.

j. A. S|uEpHERD.
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Fourth Grand Gift Concert
FOR TIE BENEFIT OF TIE
PUBLIC LIBRARY CT KENrUCEl

1900 CASH GIFTS 2l,5Ol,00
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04

The destruction of evergreens still
continues to be subject of discussion
in various of our agricultural and
horticultural journals. Experts diff
fer much as to the causes of the NOR
tality which seems of late to be in
cident to all kinds of conifers. By
many it is imputed to the severe cold
our winters after very dry summers.
Where they stand in ground that is
moist the whole year round there is no
such mortality, Others, again, be
lieve it to be due to the ravages Of in
sccts, and little red spider is thought
to be the especial bane of the Norway
spruce and hemlock. This little pest
may be got rid Of by simply drenching
the trees with water. 1t is asserted
that evergreens, frequently washed,
will never look rusty or be winter
killed. The experiment is worth try
ing. Another cause for this decay is
alleged to be the fact that coniferous
trees really belong to past geologic
age, and are slowly but surely passing
away everywhere; that, in regions
where they seem at one time to have
had exclusive possession of the soil,
the deciduous trees are encroaching
upon them and gradually usurping
their places. Be the cause what it
may, it is subject which should re
ceive the close attention of tree cul-
turists everywhere. The world can
not spare this most beautiful class of
trees.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04
Congressional Back Pay.

Senator Window writes to the
Minneapolis Tribune that he has
not yet covered his back pay into
the Treasury, because there is no
law authorizing him to do SO, and
if he should deposit it into the
Treasury he or his heirs would be
able at any time to draw it out
again. This, our readers will re-
member, is also the opinion of Gen
eral Spinner. It seems as though
the members of the Forty second
Congress have nowhere to lay their
heads. If they worked for, voted
for, and drew the back pay they are
vigorously damned by the popular
voice. If they are clear Of the
charge of voting for the measure
and yet have taken the money, they
are held just as bad, and are just
as severely punished. And if they
neither voted for the bill nor tool
the back pay, but have endeavored
to get rid Of it by covering it into
the Treasury-lo! the decision o.
Treasurer Spinner says that, not
withstanding, they are entitled te
the money at any time that they
wish it, and people after awhile vii
begin to believe that this is blind
contrived by Congressional cunning
and they will be berated worse thar
ever. Truly one may conceive :
more enviable position to be placed
in than any that the members O
the last Congress have occupied, OF
are in now.--lnd. Journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04
what the Birds Saw.

: Numerous others of our birds
would seem to challenge attention
by their calls and notes. There is
the Maryland yellow throat, for in
stance, standing i'll the door of his
bushy tent, and calling out as you
approach, which way, sir!' which
way, sir! which way, sir!' If he
says this to the ear of common folks,
what would he not say to the poets
One of the pewees says stay there!'
with great emphasis. The cardinal
grosbeak calls out what cheer
what cheer The bluebird says
purity. purity purity tie brown
thrasher, or ferruginous thrush, ac-
cording to Thoreau, calls out to the
farmer planting his corn, drop it,
drop it, cover it up cover it up
The yellow breasted chat says who,
who and tea boy What robin
says, caroling that simple >train
from the top of the tall maple, or
the crow with his hardy cav, caw,'
or the pedestrian meadow lark
sounding his piercing and long
drawn note in the spring meadows,
the poets ought to be able to tell
us. | only know the birds all have
a language which is very expressive,
and which is easily translatable into
the human tongue.-Scribner's for
September.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04

In his Rockville speech, George
w. Julian devoted considerable
time and attention to the back-pay
clause of the increase of salary law,
pronouncing that it was a s'steal"
We don't object to bis calling it q
steal Everybody does that
What we object to is the fact that
George W. Julian is himself a thief
in a worse sense of the word than
any member of the last Congress
who assisted in the passage of the
odious bill.
Mr. Julian was a member of the
Thirty ninth Congress. In July,
1866, that Congress passed bill
increasing the pay of it's members,
and made it retroactive, SO that
George w. Julian's portion of that
''steal' was about four thousand
dollars.
George W. Julian took the money!
Geoge w. Julian kept the money!
George w. Julian holds that
money to-day as his property!
The bill passed by the Thirty
ninth Congress was really more
odious than the one passed by the
last Congress. It did not cut of
mileage. it did not cut off stationery
and newspapers; it did not abolish
the franking privilege; while the
last bill did away with all these
things.
Now we want to ask what conf
dence the people can have in man
who goes over the country preach
ing reform, and carries with him the
trophies of rascally Legislation :
whose pockets burn with i'll gotten
lucre? Let George w. Julian stand
up and answer.
If it is wrong to take ''back pay
now, it was wrong in 1866. We
believe in denouncing the salary
grabbers, but we don believe that
an old salary grabber like George
w. Julian has any honest tight to
do it until he covers into the
Treasury his swag.-In Indianapolis
Sun.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-10-04

A California adventurer was trying
to get back to San Francisco from the
mines, where he had worked and
searched without success, until his
means were exhausted. He came to
q river, but the ferryman asked dol
lar to take him across. The adven-
turer said: .,,s
sThen must walk up the stream
until l can find it, for / have not a
dollar in the world"
If that is so,' said the ferryman,
'.jump in; l never refuse to take a
clever man across because he is
broke"
When they had reached the oppo-
sitesshore, the ferryman, who had
eyeu the adventurer very closely on
the way, Said:
Is not your name Jones?
1t is, replied the adventurer.
And your father used to live in
- street, New York;
He did, !" replied the adventurer,
with astonishment to find himself re-
cognized.
Thereupon the ferryman drew from
his pocket a bag and commenced
counting out gold pieces.
Il have made FIVE hundred dollars
by ferrying passengers; here are three
hundred of them for you. You can
pay me when you are flush, or if that
don't happen, all right. When 1 was
little boy and my mother was poor
widow, many time has your father
visited our home, and when he had
L IL
= would find money for barrel of -four
or to pay the rent when we knew moi
before where it was to come from; and
as long as l live, if I have a crus
when / find one of his sons in want,
shall give the biggest half"
The loan was gratefully accepted
by its aid the traveller was able t.
reach San Francisco, earn enough t,
pay his benefactor, and return safel!
to his home.