Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-06-18
DOWN OLD VIRGINIA.
Crossing Over from Tennessee.

the Route Tile Greet Ltermed'-
ute Belt as "a. agricultural Secs d.
tion-M the Old Dominion.
Special spond~nee the Pittsburg Telegraph.
CRPIsTIA NsBURG. VA, May 18.-
! Leaving MnIrIsiUwn, the rad Iunk
over a sdccrs-inu of ridges, The snII
| not being SO good, until hear GreeIe-
willie The monument To Andrew
Johnson, described Ia my last, Ii
| nlainlV VirIble from the railroad, To
! the sout west of the town Greene
vile is nestled among green hills, sur
rounded 10y rolling agricultu' al
| country, and attracts The attention of
| tray eIIrIs who have the fortune tO
uass il by day light. Still further cast
| IL Junpsi,OIO the oldest town in Ten
n,-ssee. built in hollow b, ,tween high
hills. lC has two fine sciIOolS, one
! being quite large, AID huilt Oh an eIe-
vuttiun to the east of the town.
Bristol il double city. 1t IL the
| terminus of the Eaht Tennessee. VII-
| gIinia and Georgia Railroad from the
Wrst, aud the Atlantic, Mississippi
and OHIO from Norfolk, LymrhbuTg
and The East. The line btLwtpn VIr-
ginia and tennessee runs through the
main street. II is within the memo
ry nf man when Pittslurg was on the
pOipI OF having two May ors, but BrIs.
tOl has not only two Mayors, hui two
city gOvETnmenls-O one Tor each Slate.
Imagine line through Fifth Avenue,
and the facility with which a fugitive
fIum the police could sep acT"Ss tn
| the other side and defy them. Thi- Is
the ease in Bristol, and many times
the police have stood on one ride of
the lIue and had to undergo the
"chaff" of the disor,lerly on the other
side, aud were pOweTltsS. But ucca-
HiOualty nIIshaIs occur. 1t WAS Tela-
ted that al inuIvldual came To grief
hy being too bold, who. having perch
Ell himself Ou pile of store boxes
near the line, beId an iudppehdrmI
and bold conversation with the officer
who had warrant for his arrest, aud
v hu stood within six feet of him
But eume one, With malice prtience,
tipped the boxes aud when the ground
y a. reached the fugitive found hIm-
self im the hands nf the officer, on the
wrong EI,ie of the line for INN.
The riiIZens on on" side uf NaiL
street are TenHessteHus. on the other
1Ihe NIrginians. On the Tpnnesste
side the sAlonn- are silent ~ The Thus
" imhIheA his beer. v hiie on the 9th
.r the ring of lie Moffett register an
nuuncrs the fsct tha' he has paid his
tpx. The MoIltt register is a neat
hox of iron eight inches long. four
and one half ~ide. and four and three
fuurths high. AT one side ID plate
of glass Displaying six dials. which
register drinks from Itns to miliInns.
On Tie other side is a crank. each rev
niu ion of which registers Cne. there
il one Kept for beer and mali liquors,
on which the tax is a half cent a
glass, and another for alcoholic liq-
uorS, on whirh the lax il two and one
half cents a drink. 1t il estimated
that the reN eru@, if properly register
ed will hr $500 600 I'er annum.
BRISTOL is in Sullivan equity, Tenn,
aud Washington county, Va. The
Cumberland Mountains are west and
The UnIc' Mountains. a range of the
Allrghanips. a To the east. 1t IL the
largest rlty between BynchhuIg aud
Knoxville, a distance of four hundred
and fifty miles and has got over the
mushram stage "f growth. The
original frAm buildings are hpiug re-
placed bv substantial brick structures.
The city is nearly mile long, and
still considerably scattered. II draws
trade from n region a hundred miles
in ,Iiamrirr. including the northern
MARI OF North Carolina. As a ship.
ming unIut for poultry, butter aud
Eggs. il ha . no rival in the South -
Chickens are shipped alive to New
York. from four Iu six car loads being
cent every werk. en,'h car c"nihlnlng
seventy cOoI,s of thirty five fowls = ell.
A n"ut one thousand pounds nf butter
J'er week, and ore 10 two ilIouS no
dozen pggE. Sir. w. w. Davis - TIE
pioneer in this trade. but there ere
several other houses engaged in The
buSin-ss. The first tobacco ware
house WIS rsialpli~h,d q last spring by
J. II. Winston Il Son, before which
iittle t0iIAccO wa grown. This season
over a million pounds will be handled
here That the tobacco is of eupe-
rior quality il evidenced 10y the fact
that lots II it have sold at 39Ic..
which, next season, would be equiva-
lent to fifty nr sixty cents. The pea
pie are now turning their attention Ia
tobacco culture. There is more virgin
soil here well calculated Ia produce
nod crnI's tlieh iU any of the old =
tobacco growing regions. Their meth
od of culture is two crops Of tobacco.
one of wheat. aud then three or four
in grass There is tnhaccO factory
here, conducted by a. ID keynuids.
making plug and smoking tnbaccn
The principal brands are ReN unid = |
Best, REYNOLDS No ]. and AAAA.
IH chewing. aud State Border and Ma
tiohal Ornnnkn in smoS ing tntacrn -
These brands find ready sal' through
out the South and Southwest. their !
trade extending TO Savannah. Mobile,
ard New Orleans. a cigar factory,
two woO'RIi factOries. furniture and
q cotton factory nre in operation. Al |
together. Bristol impTesses the visitor
with The convection that it will bs-
come ali important point and will
grow.
After leaving Bristol. the first town
Of Importance is A AhinPtl6 n, noted az
the home uf General Johnston. II is
the county seat of Washington coun-
ty. has iWo colleges and il hand
some. thriving gown. A few miles
east is Emory and Henry College, uu-
der the charge of the Meih"distr. aud
very thriving before The war. II now
has Rbou; eighty students. The Col