Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-10
EVENT ana COMMENT

EVENT and COMMENT
Notwithstanding the reduced num-
Der Of visitors i'm the mountains there
are more ut the Blue Ridge Springs
than for any previous season. The
Yellow Sulphur has 200.
J. Il. Eustice has been elected clerk
Of the Va. Board Of Public Works,
over Col. 5. E4ssgtt French. Ealary
500
Seth Woodruff, and aged and prom
incnt citizen Of Lynchburg, died last
week.
Col Forney writes that the damage
by storms in Europe. will result in
the shipment Of Wheat from Amer
la. and the shipment Of gold To Us in
stead. Railroads will have their
ircights largely increased and times
will again look up with u. But then,
we have had storms ourselves and our
wheat is very much injured
The Democrats carry kentucky,
McCr US majority for Governor, be-
ing e, tinated at $1,000. As Bristow
was placed in the cabinet 10 turn the
Ozark and Bloody Ground" into re
publican State, there seems to have
been failure in management.
The Milan, West Tenn, Erchangc,
asks that jefferson Davis be made
Senator in lieu of Andrew Johnson
VIII the late Senator BrownloW second
tho motion?
The Knoxville Age says that hogs
are very scarce in East Tenn, and
that some farmers are paying as much
rs six cents gross for them, to con-
sumo their immense crops Of corn
The age intimates that this is too
much aud they had better stop it.
The st. Louis Globe says "the ex-
cuses put forward by Tennessee to palIi-
ate the July defalcation, sounds more
like the pleading of a convicted pick
pocket, than like the official senti-
Inent OF a sovereign commonwealth.
The President has signed the COM
mission of Henry Happy Wells, az
Attorney for the Dist. Of Columbia
This gives the Ex-Governor $50, 900
per annum for pocket change.
Col. Joseph Mayo has been dis
charged from the Western Lunatic
Asylum, and is Of sound mind. So
that he will shortly be put upon lTial
for the alleged $50. coo embeZZlement
over which he went deraugcd.
w. n. Berry, who is to be hanged
at Knoxville om next Friday for the
murder Of his wife, and Of whose guilt
IL is said there cannot be the least
shadow of doubt, says:
Before God and man | am limo
cent OF the charge. | say this with q
full knowledge OF the fact that ] am to
be executed on the 18th inst, and will /
have TO answer for what | speak at the
bar OF God, my wife's is not upon my
hands, / am at peace with my Ma |
ker, and do not fear to meet him.
It seems that the administration |
has determined To drive out as intru- |
drrs, every one in the Black hills |
Yet these intrudcrs are to be allowed |
To assert presumption claims over 9th /
O. people who will not be allowed to |
intrudc. Certainly if il be right for
these people TO stake of claims, other
people ought te be allowed the same
privilege. The following will show
the situation:
"a dispatch from the Black Hills
country says Gen. Crook IN his order
directing the miners to leave by the
18th Of August, suggests that they
assemble at the Military Post about TO
be established at Camp Harvey, on
French Creek, on or before the 10th Of
August, and then hold meeting and
take such steps as may seem best to
them 10y organization and drafting of
proper resolutions TO secure to each
when this country shall have been
opened the benefit of his discoveries
and labor he has already expended.
The good old sober town of Athens
Tenn, lyncheG a negro at a. NJ. on
Friday last. On thursday he had met
a Mrs. Howard wife of Jno. Howard,
in the road near town and had attempt
ed 10 rob her. II is also said be threa-
tened to violate her person. He was
tracked, caught, identified, put in Jail
and next morning taken out and shot
on neighboring hill. He was an es-
capped convict, having goneto the State
prison for horse stealing.
Gen. Alexander Hamilton of New
York died last Sunday week. He was
a son Of the Great Alexander Hamil-
ton killed by Aaron Burr in a duel
aud was aged 50.
\ train of ears last week went
through 4 bridge on the Hannibal and
st. 10. II. r. in Missouri, and there
went down with il Tire trunk of = sam
pie vender Of Fitch & Chattcrton New
York, with $4,000 worth Of diamonds
and other jewels in it. The trunk has
not been found.
The boiler Of a Steam Thrcsher cN~
ploded near Columbia Tenn. a few
days ago, killing three persons and
wounding seven others Moral; Never
pat any but experienced engineers in
charge of engines.