Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-04-02
SIDEWALK LETTER.
On THE SIDE WALK, /
AnriI Oh 1879 Z

The Equinox sme behind time, but
seems disposed to stay. My friends
from the country, as they file by, tell
me the fruit is unhurt. Peaches are
vet In great abundance. and, barring
tender varieties of cherries, whenever
peaches are Unhurt the other fruit
need not he enguired after.
Al-foOIz-day had its vOtaries as
usual. Some sharpe, thinking the
''eRrIy bird catches the worm" went
into printers ink for q hand-bil an
nOuncing that ONT professor" from
"faderlRnd" would, at II g. M. walk
a rope from Barker's building to Fer
guson Block, and hired a boy to flag
the town to the music of q hand-bell
at an early hour. He ''bursted," for
some philanthropist tagged the town
with the proper warning. There were
many sells On yesterday, but this was
not one of them.
The Telephone is the latest thing
out on our streets. A Irvine 500 feet
long, with a tin peach-can at each end
and a diaphr8m of strong paper serves
as the machine, aud messages are
easily transmitted through it.
Farmers tell me the wheat looks
acknowledgements better. The ground
is close and tough to plough for want
Of sufficient freezing weather during
the winter.
By-the-wav, the North Pole. that
great lRbTatOTy of winter material,
seems to have been a failure last win
ter. As it could not furnish an aver
age winter, how q it be expected to
get up a stormy spring B.? The Herald
expedition ought TO find an open track
to the Pole.
Remember that Col. Collier is to
speak i'm town next Saturday at 8 D..
IN. Look and listen, for he wishes to
be Governor.
Our Bristol friends had a holly con-
tested election for Police Justice last
Saturday Mr.. CrOwell was absent on
the BlOuntvilie criminal jury, and de-
clined to run. The vote when counted
stood, Pile "a, Payne "A. So here's to
Judge Pile!
GU Presbyterian friends of the Sec
ond Church have had a special session
of Abingdon Presbytery in their new
and handsome church On Sunday,
after sermon by Mr.. HOgshead, Rev.
J. W. ROgan vas installed as pastor.
Mr., Barnett, Of Abingdon, delivered
the charge to the new pastor, and it
was q model of cbaste and careful
composition, Astounding in fine senti-
ment and religious psthos. Mr.. Sui
livan, of Glade Spring, delivered the
charge to the congregation, and he did
so in a 20 minutes address that sboun-
ded in plain, practical, pointed home
thrusts that were calculated TO do
much good. Mr.. ROgan Is a young
divine of much promise. The church
building is the work of Mr.. A. Film
ger, and it should rank him as a very
superior workman. Everything is
well done and in excellent taste.
AS TO the town sick list. Mr.. r.
Cecil Chapman is rapidly convales-
cling. Mrs. Lindsay is still seriously
i'll and suffers much. Mrs, Chance
aulme is convRlescent.
Mrs. Capt. Davidson died last Fri
day evening of consumption, and was
buried in the town cemetery at 4 p.
n. on Sunday, q vast crowd attending.
The burial took place from the Baptist
Church, the funeral being preached
by Rev. B. q. Msnard. Blythe way,
Mrs. Davidson was a sister of the
world-renOwned Joe Sweeny, { h e
champion Banjo player of the world.
Her husband, who survives her, conn.,
msnded the second section of the
Latham Battery at the first battle OF
Manassas, and opened the engagement.
Mr.. J. A. Williamson, of George
town, DC, is erecting q stock pen near