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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

BLACK ALAPACAS from Csc, to
$50 per yard-making the largest
and cheapest assortment ever offer
ed;
BOMBAZINES, in french and Eng
lish, from the finest to the lowest
qualities
BLACK SILKS, in all qualities, from
Soc, to So. so per yard;
BACKGROUND WHITE-STRIVE
SILKS at 90c. per yard would be
cheap at 81 35;
BACKGROUND COLORED-
STRIPE SILKS at 85c. would be
bargain at 81;
Handsome PLAIDS for Children's
Dresses at &c., usual price 4Oc, per
yard;
EMPRESS CLOTHS at IS. .40c, so,
and 60c per yard, just 90 per cent.
below regular prices;
COLORED ALAPACAS from % to
soc. per yard-ali extremely cheap;
The best TYCOON REPS, in choice
styles, at 23c. per yard warranted
to be the best goods manufacturer !;
ALL-WOOL DELAINES. from SOC.
to soc. per yard;
ALL-WOOL DIAGONAL DRESS
GOODS from SOC. to 81 per yard !;
Pure SILK and WOOL POPLIN at
75c. and 81 per yard worth 81 and
and $50;
A large assortment of SHAWLS and
CLOAKS;
JET TRIMMINGS in all of the new
est styles;
NUBIAS at SOC. would be cheap at
75c,;
CORSETS, white and colored, in all
qualities and sizes, from soc. to
So per pair;
ELEGANT BLACK WATERED
SASHES at So worth $3.50;
RICH SASH RIBBONS at so, 60. IS,
S5c.. 81, and $l.25 per yard;
GROS- GRAIN RIBBONS in all
colors and qualities at lower prices
than ever;
Narrow figured RIBBONS at 10 and
I5c. per yard worth 25c.;
RUFFS aud RUFFLES in fifty new
stiles from Zoe. to soc,
Ladies LINEN COLLARS at So.
75c. and 81 per dozen, worth more
than double the money;
Gentlemen LINEN SHIRT 30
SONS at zoe. Slightly stained)
worth Soc;
BLACK SILK MANTILLA VELVET
at $3.50 per yard worth 81:
BLACK SILK TRIMMING VELVET
at 81, $3.50, So, and $3.50 per
yard;
BLACK aud COLORED VELVE-
TEENS in all qualities at low
prices;
BELTS in all Of the newest styles in
great variety;
A large assortment Of FURS at prices
to suit the times;
GIL. CLOTH RUGS at 7jc., 81. %
$3.50. and S2-a saving Of fifty
per cent.
TAPESTRY and VELVET RUGS
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
We sec that Shade Westmore-

We sec that Shade Westmore-
land was forced to submit to the
brutal custom of sitting on his
own coffin on his way to the gal
lows. This is relic of barbarism
which we think is disgrace TO q
civilized people, when we hang g
culprit it should be done without
any unnecessary brutalities. 1t is
enough to let him see the gallows.
without the coffin and shroud.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
To Correspondents.

In answer to scores of letters OF
INQUIRY, we state: The Fifth Gift Con-
cert of the Kentucky Public Library
will positively take place November
80, 1874, and there will be no post
ponement, The capital prize will be
$3.50, 900. Save us the trouble oi
writing letters. good friends, and for
information concerning this matter
drop a line to Gov. Thomas E. Bran.
lette, Louisville, KY. You will re-
ceive full particulars by return mail.
Please spare US.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

from 50 to S12. This embraces tn
largest and cheapest stock of ruge
ever offered in any store in this
city.
COCOA MATS, all sizes and quail
ties, very much below the regular
price.
OIL CLOTHS. in al width. in the
newest designs-all to be sold at
great bargains;
BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY, THREE
PLY, INGRAM, VENETIAN,
COTTAGE, VIENNA, LIST, and
RAG CARPETS. You can get
good carpets from 25c. to 81 per
yard.
TABLE and STAND-COVERS in all
qualities:
PIANO-COVERS in all qualities
we call particular attention to the
elegant Embroidered Covers at 50
worth SIS;
TAPESTRY for LAMBREQUINS,
CURTAINS, and FURNITURE
COVERING, at 81 per yard which
would be cheap at Sc;
NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS
at 81. so for set for two windows,
worth 81 also, CURTAINS from
81 to $50 a set;
NOTTINGHAM LA IF for CUR
TAINS at 12k leg 20, 25c, and
up to $1.25 per yard-all very
cheap goods;
CURTAIN DAMASK and REPS in
all qualities
STRIPED COLORED LINEN DA-
MASK for table-clOths. at Use.
per yard, would be cheap at 81;
UNBLEACHED TABLE CLOTHS.
two and half yards long, at $l.25
worth 81,
WHITE LINEN TABLE-CLOTHS,
two yards long. at 81 worth Sl.50;
HUCKBACK TOWELS at 1928,
$3.50. So. $500, and up to Sl2
per dozen. This embraces the only
complete stock Of towels in this
city:
In fine DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE
CLOTHS, NAPKINS, and DOY-
LIES, you will find the only good
ass riment in this city;
FLANNELS a specialty-yOu can
find every quality in white, red,
blue, gray, plaid. printed, shaker,
and opera fInuels;
CAN ron FLANNELS- you will find
in all qualities from l2k to 4Oc.
per yard;
A large assortment of BED, CRIB.
and CRADLE BLANKETS at bet
ter bargains than ever;
BLEACIED and UNBLEACHED
SHEErINGS aud SHIRTINGS re-
tailed at Wholesale prices;
Thousands of other bargains not
enumeratcd-aIl Of which will be
sold at the lowest prices FOR CASH
ONLY.
Prompt attention given to orders.
Small parcels can be sent by nail.
When so ordered, send postage for
same.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

Chattanooga should be more
consistent. Last Thursday she re-
warde1 republican named James
with the mayoralty and then next
day hanged poor devil named
Westmoreland just becuse he
killed man. She should not be
SO son regular" in her treatment
of Sinners.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
Spring & Summer
Trade.

WE NAME THE FOLLOWING
100 pieces New Spring Prints in all
shades and at prices from to l2!c.
10 ps cambrics in all cOlors.
25 pieces bleached cotton from 10
to 25c.
Japanese Poplins. Grenadines, Ber-
ages and Alpacas, all styles and colOrs.
Drillings, Oenims, COttonades, Jeans
Tweeds, and Cottonades for men and
boys.
7-S4-45-4 brown shifting and
sheeting, ell prices. a.,
niii;us9ns, laces, outings. edgings and
Rulings, Green and brown Berage,
Hernannie and silk Berage Yeils.-
doz. Ladies French COrsetts, from IS
to 75c, for best Fresh covered, steel, kid
and plain corsett stays.
New style hoop skirts, such as Sly
Quaker, Novelty, Alice and ariata
skirts. new styles and cheap.
Ladies Spring styles of Skirts, en-
broidered and plain. Empress Kid
Gloves all shades. sizes and Colors, of
best quality and cheap. Lisle, Belvin,
thread and silk gloves. Ladies and
Gents linen, hem stitched and cam
brio hankerchiefs. Lace edged collars
and cuffs, Pat. Leather Belts. Gar
tiers, for ladies and children.
Hosiery in all styles at prices from
1Oc up, both misses, children. and la
dies. Spool cottons, best o. n. It. and
200 wards glazed thread. Patten black
and Brown flax thread-in hanks and
on spools. Needles. pins, mourning,
gilt edge and common. All the new
styles Glass, Silk, Lasting and Wood
buttons.
Envelopes, plain buff. white en-
bassed. Initial and fancy paper and
envelopes TO match. Fools Cap note
and letter paper. Shoe facets. Corsett
strings and knitting cottons. Pique
white, colored and striped. Very
cheap Pique trimmings, buttons and
fringes.
40 pieces Swiss muslin. Book, VictO-
ria, Plaids Brilliants, White cambrics
and Jackonetts, all prices.
Ladies new style cloth, kid, calf,
glove-tipped, misses and childrens
shoes. large line of best work and at
he lowest prices for good goods.
ems and boys shoes, Balmorals,
nd Brogans of best stock and in all
| tyles.
Our stock is just coming in fresh and
| of hOtfom nriceS
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
N. q II HODGES of Hanco

Mr.. g. I. Hodges of Hancock
Co. was arrested in Knoxville last
Saturday for passing a one dollar
note which had been raised to a
Ten. In default o. 1000 bail he
was thrown into prison. He is a
a respectable merchant and claims
that the note was passed to him by
James NJ. Patterson, near Cumber'
land Gap; tlat he was ignorant OF
IFS alteration. He is said TO have ex-
hibitcd strange degree OF uncOn-
Germ about his arrest,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
VWVHOMAS
u HOUSE,
Re opened by
J. NJ. THOMAS,

Main Street, Bristol, Tenn.
7 HAVE again reopened the Thom-
l. as House. on Main Street, and am
prepared to furnish first-class accom-
mediation to the public. No money
and no pains will be spared l, make
the hotel all it was in its palmiest
days.
Boarders will be received on good
terms.
Being provided with good stables ]
am prepared to furnish stalls. food ano
attention to horses.
Rail road passengers will find the
house located in easy distance of the
Passenger Exchange, the tables well
furnished and lodging unsurpassed.
Porters regularly at the trains to re
ceive baggage and conduct passengers
Jan g. Tiff
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
DIR. FULLER'S
Great Remedy I
NEW DISCOVERY

AND A SURE CURE.
For torpid Kidne, and Liver, Dyspepsia,
Asthma, Scrofula, Inflammation of the Lungs,
Heart Disease, Rheumatic Pains, and all
Chronic Diseases. A safe remedy for in
fants, and also safe preparation Tor the
female sex. All composed of herbs. From
one to three packages will cure almost any
pulmonary diseases mentioned above
diseases.
Any persons that are plagued with the
above mentioned diseases and wish to pur-
chase my medicine, can address
DIR. w. w. FULLER.
P. Q. Box, No. So,
Bristol, Tenn.
Price $l.OO per package. The money
must invariably accompany the order
Money can be sent either by post-ofice OIL
der or Registered letter. All orders prompt
ly attended to and forwarded Immediately.
Nov. l7.-3m.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
TIERS Cash
OR GOOD PRODUCE. At CASH Pr

WE keep the best stock of Groceries,
dyes, spun cotton, leather, nails, putty
glass, saddles, clothing, for men and
boys, hats, caps, books, stationary &c.
and invite the trade to examine our
prices and goods. Ne shOddy goods
kept or sold.
I. B. DUNN & GO.
May 5.-1s74.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

Opens every week, fresh invoices of
Millinery, Fancy Goods and Toys,
which are sold very low for cash. :
Resident agents in Baltimore and
Washington cities to select goods in
person at any time. The Patronage
of the Public is respectfully solicited,
and close prices promised
Oct. EFT.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
BRISTOL FEMALE COLLEGE
Bristol, Tennessee.
FACULTY:

Rev. B. G. MAN.RD, A. B.. President
and Professor Moral Philosophy,
W.D. VAUGHAN, M. D., Associate Prin-
cipal, and Professor of Physiology, Hygi-
enc, and Natural Philosophy.
Jos. NJ. DILL, A. B., Professor of An
Gent and Modern Languages, and Mathe-
matics.
Miss. NJ. L. LIDE, Music, Vocal and in
strumental,) Painting and drawing.
MISS ADDA VAUGHAN, Assistant in
French and English.
MISS SALLIE HENDREE, Preparatory
Department.
Mas. SARAH JEHroN, Ornamental Leath-
err Hair, and Feather Work.
MEs, HENDREN, Matron.
The Boarding Department will be in
charge of DR.. Vaughan and wife.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

A new and frst-class Hotel, furnished in
1874 equal to any in the United States. The
Proprietor assures comfort to the travelling
public.
May 5, lS74.-ly.+
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

WILL furnish designs. undertake Car
penters work and furnish lumber when de-
sired, and Superintend the erection of
buildings, and guarantee satisfaction.
Refers DOS. II. Hoge, Hon. s. E. Lybrook,
Maj. Eggleston and DIR. II. G.. Johnston,
Giles Co, Va, and Maj. A. D. Reynolds,
Bristol Tenn.
April Z, lS74.-lY.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

GLOBE IR, n WORKS, Dayton, Ohio.
Guaranteed to be tho best Wheel In the Worlu
AZ has been demonstrated by recent tests at
IIolSoke, Mass.
Send for Catalogue and Price List, OF
Stout, Mills & Temple, Dayton, Dino; or
James N W Idle, Agent, Nashvilie, Ienn'
Feb. "a, '74-lY
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24
More Dry Goods for Yonr Money at
LEVY BROTHERS

Than at any other establishment the United States Particular
attention called to the following articles:
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-11-24

The teachers OF Smyth county have
organized Teachers Institute. We
ace that Prof. Miller was elected Pres
ident and that Prof. Il. d. Walthall
and our young friend Andrew Estill
are among the vice-presidents.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
A Boys Adventures,

at IN inquest held the other day by
the Gloucestershire county (England)
coroner thore was related an extra.
ordinary adventure on the part OF two
little boys, one three and the other six
years OF age, the children OF parents
living in Bristol. The younger child
was sent into the street TO play in the
afternoon the elder one took his hoop
md ran away with II. The little boy
followed the other over Ashley hill and
round TO Horaeld, distance Of about
three miles. Here the children lost
themselves, and darkness coming on
they went into potato field and pre-
pared their bed In ono Of the burrows.
Early next morning man engaged to
dig potatoes in this field found tho two
children lying asleep. The elder had
on only his shirt aud socks, and was
benumbed with cold. The little one
explained that finding the ground cold
and wet his companion stripped him.
self so as to have comfortable bed,
and wanted the younger boy to follow
his example, but he replied that he
would not, because che wanted TO 20
home TO his mamma" The exposure
proved too much for the elder boy (the
child Of respectable widow, who died
from congestion Of the lungs and brain
fever q short time after his discovery
the younger child did not appear 10
have suffered at all from his strange
adventure.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
Inrestment VIII Positive Return.

No financial securities yet offered in tho
market hayo become 30 readily and gener-
ally popular as tho first mortgage premium
bonds Of tho Industrial Exhibition Company
OF Now York, and thoro exists many patent
reasons for this marked preference. In tho
first place tho bonds are placed at tho attain
AblO price Of $40 each, and tho rOturn Of the
principal 10 assured beyond contingency /;
further, the holder Of each bond participates
in every quarterly Premium drawing until Il Ia
redeCmed-pnnclpal and interert. The pre-
miums range as high az 100000 for single
bond. The nOIt Premium Drawing will DO
hell on tho 9Th Of December next, at St6lnwAy
Hall, New York. The character OF tho gen.
ilemnn who have the management Of this
great enterprise In hand, Is Of Itself ample
assurance that slo plan will DO carried through
10 successful contamination, and that the
interests Of the bondholderH will be faithfully
guarded.
BY addressing Morgenthsu, Bruno & Co.,
the Financial Agents, Of No. % Park Row,
n. Y, circulars giving full explanation may
DO obtained
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
Tho Frog in Trouble.

An ebservant Englishman writes
The fact that the common frog is capa.
BILE OF crying out Justify when he feels
himself In danger, does not seem to
have been frequently remarked. In my
small walled garden there is common
frog, who is persecuted by three cats.
His residence is q heap Of states al the
foot Of an lived wall, and here he is safe.
But II he ventures far abroad his tor.
mentors soon espy him, and, though
they seem nearly as much terrified aS
himself, they cannot resist the tcmpta.
ton TO touch him with their paws. he
Immediately opens his mouth and utterH
a prolonged cry, which appears to be
very surprising to the cats, who draw
back for q few moments, and then pat
him again, apparently out OF mere
curiosity, 10 be again scared by the
same unusual sound. This sound is O
Rhrill and rather peculiar wall, like the
note Of o small penny trumpet or the
CRY OF newborn infant. There can
DO no mistake about It, as / have re.
peatedly touched the freq with my own
hand after driving the cats away, and
the same cry has Immediately followed,
the lower Jaw being dropped so that
the mouth stands open about quarter
Of an inch ut the tip.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
Gcssamer WATERPROOF Cloak,.

The gossamer water.p proof cloaks In.
troduced last spring, says q fashion
journal, have now been thoroughly test
cd, and prove TO DO all that il claimed
for them. Experience in drenching
rains has shown that they are i'm.
pervious, and their light weight viz. /;
from ton to twelve ounces-is boon
to all who have used the heavy cloak OF
ordinary waterproof cloth. They are
made Of Scotch ginsham and Of silk
rendered impermeable by q thin coat.
ing Of rubber. These wraps arc COM
Portable in summer because they do
not add TO the warmth, and in winter
because they may be thrown over O
heavy cloak without adding to the size
or burden. OF tho graceful Inverness
shape, with cape forming sleeves,
thosa OF Scotch bingham cost from 50. q
to$l0.75. according to their length, the
longest being sixty inches circulars
with hoods cost from $3.50 10 1915.
Those made OF silk are 900. This rub.
Der fabric Is also used to form sort oil
bag skirt that fastens around the waist
under the dress skirts, covers the bot.
tom Of the dress, and passed up on the
outside to the waist again, thus protect
Ing the clothing perfectly and keeping
tie edges Of sliirts entirely dry and
clean in rain, mud, and snow. A cape
is then added to complete this water.
proof suit. This fabric may also be
bought by the yard for facing the bot.
toms Of dress skirts.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
A proyIdentlal Man.

This title now Justly belongs to a
physician who has added to the list OF
medicines new remedy, which appears
to include all that is most valuable in
the old pharmasopnia, and not TO in.
clude any Of the drawbacks with which
the so.called specifics OF the faculty
are chargeable. Tho providential man
Is DR.. Joseph Walker, Of California,
whose Vinegar Bitters have achieved,
in the short Spacsef two years, degree
Of popularity never before attained by
any advertised preparation in this
country. We have too much confidence
in the shrewdness Of the American PEG.
pie to suppose that this sudden and
surprising celebrity is the outgrowth
Of q delusion. Indeed, We have reason
TO know that IL is founded on innumera.
BILE and well.authenticated cures OF
almost all the bodily ills that flesh is
heir TO. Not the least among the merits
OF the famous tonic and restorative Is
its entire freedom from alcohol, as we'll
as from nil mineral drugs. II is COM
posed exclusively Of rare vegetable ex-
tracts. -Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
Amateur Smuggling.

In work entitled "Their Wedding
Journey" the author gently touches
the feminine passion for buying things
in Canada, In order to smuggle them
into tho United States. The wedding
iourneyer north Of the boundary line
buys goods she does mot want, for the
purpose OF snatching o fearful Joy in
getting them through without paying
duty. It cannot DO denied that the
world at large does enjoy cheating the
government out OF certain dues, which
do not take the form Of . direct obliga-
ton. People who would scorn TO use o
cancelled stamp, or take advantage OF
a mistake in making change OF the Sub.
Treasury, hug themselves with real
satisfaction over o silk dress.pattern or
diamond bracelet brought home from
abroad duty free. Annually many
thousands Of people returning from the
grand tour bring with them all sorts Of
goods. Some OF them spend days IN
preparing articles To eluae the vigilance
Of the authorities. They lie awake o
nights coniuring up ingenious devices
TO conceal their contraband goods, and
spend moro time and worry over their
complicated preparations than would
reckoned at ordinary rates-pay the
duty twice over. l'
The United States Commissioner Of
Customs extracts from the statistics Of
his Office some very curious conclusions
concerning this practice. During the
year ending June 80, 1873, the number
Of tourists returning hither from
Europe amounted to 86,S30. On an
average, these brought seven trunks
each, filled with duhable goods, but
paying no duty. Think Of the guilty
Joy with which the contents Of these
257, $40 trunks were spread out II
Yirtuous homes before we reflect that
according TO tile Commissioner, each
piece Of baggage represented $500 II
value, and that the wicked grand tota'
amounted to the appalling sum Of $12s.,
o05, O0Ol
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-12-07
'ChIld.stealipg in the West.

The banditti Of the West and South.
west continue to attract no small share
OF the attention Of tho decent citizens
in those parts OF the Union. They dis.
tinguish themselves each month by in.
venting some new method OF extorting
money. Sometimes they are heard Of
as the plumbers OF stage coach on q
frequented route; at others as the
riders Of a railway train; and now and
then as the captors and suckers OF small
villages. They probably do not mum.
Der more than one hundred men In all,
yet they manage to carry on IN active
campaign against property. Their
latest enterprise is addressed to the
abduction OF children, and the exceed.
ing sang Jrofd with which they demand
ransoms for tho innocents whom they
have stolen is simply astonishing.
They seem to have been studying the
practice Of Italian bandits, but, instead
OF taking a fat priest or rich politician
or manufacturer into their forest re-
treats, and there holding him until he
buys life and liberty with handsome
sum Of money, they lay hold upon the
hearts and purses Of parents Of one and
the same time by carrying of little
children. A few instances Of this kind,
attended with very provoking circum.
stances, latterly, have directed the ut.
tention OF the people Of Missouri, with
unusual earnessness, to the lawlessnesg
which prevails in many sections Of their
State, and they propose forthwith to
take measures which shall result in
bringing the offenders to summary JUS
tice. 1t looks, ut the present time, as
II abduction and murder might hence.
forth be punished as severely as horse
stealing In Missouri.
The masked men, who are doubtless
members Of some organization of out
laws, play their game very we'll They
recently galloped on to farm and
seized young girl, who had gone just
at d usk to the well TO draw q bucket OF
water. frightened away by her screams
and by the farm hands, who responded
promptly to her calls for help, they
seem To have lowered about the farm
and awaited another chance. 1t came
when the child was next day on her
way home from school, and they had
already bound and gagged her, and
were about to carry her away, when
o few neighhors passing by, again rem
dered the attempt futile. The news
papers report two cases, however, in
which children were actually carried
away, and were only returned to their
parents on tho payment Of a largo sum
to IN agent OF the abductorS. The men
concerned in this hazardous outlawry
till in their time by raids en- barns and
chicken.roosts, and have rendered the
farming population Of certain sections
OF Missouri 80 suspicious OF strangers
that when they catch one they feel
rather inclined TO shoot him, unless he
can at once prove himself, by unim-
peachable documents, IN honest man.
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