Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-07-17
SIDEWALK LETTER
On THE SIDE WALK !

July 18th 1877.
Nearly every one passing up the sand
ana trick blockade of Main street tolls
me these are Dog Days but no one
seems to know what that means NV
own ignorance causes ne To ask n ii
no more con they tell me how they
Know when Dog Days begun. cXrenl
That according t. the old "a, inuu INV
legau-some say one day. and come
say another. In my despair | turn 10
Appleton's Cyclopedia, There I learn
they are so called because i'm The lati-
tude of the Mediterranean. which il
our latitude, the period Of preatest
heat III summer corresponds with the
one IN which the Dog Star rises at the
same time with the sun. The precise
date cannot lie determined. but il does
rot now occur until about the 10Th of
August, the time changing according
To the procession of the CuuinoXes,
Modern Almanac makers reckon il
differently. Some of them say Dog
Days run from July to August IL.
Others say from July "a to August "a.
AND this is what | know about Dog
Days. There can be no question that
IN his region rain was badly needed
and the heat is terrible,
| omitted To mention ut tie proper
time the confirmation services held hy
Bishnp Cain, OF Wheeling, in St
Anus, Catholic, church in this town.
lie l. said to lie the youngest Bishop
in America, but his sermons were
marked by very considerable ability
Many OF the protestant church menu
Oers OF this community attended the
services, and the church failed to seat
the numbers who desired to Ue pres
ent.
Exit raspberries. Enter dewberries
and tomatoes. OF the latter MIR, Char
ley Byrno has fine lot.
VIM. Helbert was tried last week
before Mayor Terry and ESD. Devault
for assaulting and cruelty beating Mag
Luttrell. Found guilty and sent to Jail
for six months. Jno. q. Highly of Alb
ingdon, Is now in the Penitentiary
awaiting the demand Of some internal
improvement company. The jury
sent him for sixteen years, and John
was thankful they did not hang him.
The story of his niece, whom he had
been outraging for several years, was
such that the community was furious
against him. He was recently hired
at the va House in this town, and
will be remembered as large mulatto,
with one eye deprived of its sight.
Mr.. J. w. Owen recently sold to Mr.,
j. A Buckner 22 acres of land, en-
bracing his new barn, at $50 per acre.
This Is case where the depreciation
of real estate is visible. The effect of
the torrid weather is being manifested
in some of the families of town. Mrs.
q. G. Hickman has been for two
weeks quite i'll Of acute Bronchitis
Mrs G.. Fl. Sewers has been exceed
ingly i'll for day or two, and Mr.. W .
ID. McCrOskey is seriously, if not dan
gerously i'll of typhoid fever. But of
all the Affections of our town must he
mentioned the family of DIR. A. NJ
Carter. His estimable wife is on bed
of if illness from which there is 10
expectation of h e r recovery. On
Wednesday evening last his oldest son
died, and on Saturday evening follow
ing the youngest son died. This leave s
only the little daughter. 1t is a sad,
sad case, and the family have the ten
derest sympathies of all our people.
Rev Oscar S Butirg has been called
to assist Rev. Dr. Dame at Danville.