Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-11-19
Personal.

Judge Trigg closed his Nashville
term Yesterday and will be at home
tomorrow to remain till the Knox
vile January term.
MIR. I. E. Chapman has become
member of the firm of Rogans &
Chapman, at the Nickels House Cor
nor. He is one of the most expert
enced and popular merchants in the
country.
Mr.. King Dishman, who has been
quite sick, was permitted by his ply
sician, DR.. Hicks, to go home to-day.
R. M. Dickey, one door west OF
Barker's, has very fine stock of to-
bacco and cigars. We speak from
trial.
Miss Bette A. Browne, late of Sui
Inns College, left last evening for her
home in Texas, in company with Mr..
John A. James.
Mr.. Chas. w. Bensfeld, leader of
the Bristol Brass Band, is building a
Pottery near Susong's, where he has
found an excellent article of Potter's
clay.
Mr.. Samuel Vance, one of the
original subscribers to the Ne10S in
1868, and one of the best farmers of
Sullivan county, paid US visit to-day.
We wish the world was peopled with
such men.
Mr.. A F. Steber, late of Yarbrough
& Wood, has received a fine position
with John c. Austin & Co., of Gin
Cinnati, O., and will leave Bristol to-
morrow, to our regret.
Mr.. Henry Brown remains painful
ly Ill of liberation of the bowels.
Mrs. G. G.. hickman is very ill of
pneumonia, just as Mr.. H. is again
able to go about town. DR.. Butler
has the case.
Mr. A. F. Barrow, Agent for the
Abingdon Nlg7nan, called to see us
this morning.
Rev. j. P. Briscoe of Blountville,
after II years service there, has been
called to Walnut and Maple Grove
Churches. and will be installed on
the 9th,
DR.. NJ. j. Withers expects to cons
plete the glory of this life tomorrow,
by obeying the matrimonial injunction
of Holy Writ. Place, WalIace's
Switch. DIR. a. j. Brown will be
present.
Gov. McMullin paid us a courteous
call last Friday evening.
Mr.. Henry S. Preston is said to be
lying dangerously i'll at Abingdon,
from his late wound.
The late Junior Editor of the
Nesrs, Mr.. E. Fowler, passed South a
few days since on a matrimonial ex
cursion. Particulars next week.
DIR, VIM. E. Hoge of Bland Co. is
in town, the guest of Maj. Reynolds
being on his way TO Memphis after
the two or han children of the late
Henry B Edmundson, brother of
Esqr. w. c. Edmundson, of this Co.
We find the following personal no
tice of our townsman, Charley Thur
man, in the Nashville Ams,7can of the
10th. We copy it with regret and
pleasure. Mr.. Thurman has done
a large business in Bristol, and has
become one of our most popular and
esteemed citizens. We part from him
with many regrets, recognizing the
enlarged field for his operations in the
city of Nashville, regretting to lose
so valuable and pleasant a townsman.
He will will go with the good wishes
of all our people. Here is the extract:
PERsoNAL.-We had the pleasure of
a call yesterday from Capt. Charles
Thurman, a prosperous and enterpris-
ing clothing merchant of Bristol, in
this State, whose present visit to Nash
vile is as the representative of King
Lodge, of Bristol, to the Grand Lodge |
of Masons, which meets here this
week. Mr.. Thurman is the head of
the clothing house of Charles Thur
man & Co., Bristol, and is also con- !