Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-07-02
SIDE-WALK LETTER.
OK THE SIDE w ak,
July I'd, 1878.


Farewell to June, that bright arc OF
time 'twixt spring and summer, ia
rant of roses and morning ueW, pro-
Ii6r of strawberries, and bird songs.
Never had we a better one than the
one lust gone. II gave hs ripe peach
90 aud APPLES that belong to July. 1t
pave US a splendid harvest, notwlth-
standing the croakers. Enter July
The weather Is hot, but the skies are
Itke those OF Greece and tile iIhpacted
solar heat maketh the corn To- grow
Last Sunday was d streak Of glory
It made a thousand muscles strong and
a thousand joints elactic. It gave Ia
a new moon q sweet little shower and
the most gorgeous rainbow OF the de-
cade. A ine shower swept down the
Holston next to Iron Mountain and
left Bristol basking in a sunshine that
painted OIL the dark cloud to the east
in double-limned beauty that ETHEREAL
are that treasured Noah and inspired
Amelia
Col. Fulkerson ent TO the wOOdg
yesterday and will pop up at Lebanon
to day, and have a word to say about
the state debt, Next Thursday he
will answer an invitatian from the
people at Nrwbern. Not Heermans'
j'eODIe. which are, or is and was on
the "yeiher side" Senator Phleagar
is hooked for a reply, and won't thee
be fun when those two Senators c p?
Did you hear Capt. Manard bad re-
signed as pastor Of the GoOds0n Bap-
fist Church? What's the matter say
YOU? What was the matter with Adj
am Anyhow he and j. J. Burnett
are going to teach School at Tazeweli,
and we have lost Manard. who never
had q superior in the field he vacates
in Bristol.
The many friends Of Madrme RuIl
have at last gotten her cnhsent to give
a musical concert next Tuesday night
at the PRESBYTERIAN School building,
opposite the First Church Madame
RuhI will furnish us a rare entertain
meut, and will have q fine corps OF as
sistants. Be on hand promptly at 8
o'clock. tickets at Book Store and at
the door. Admission only a quarter
We hope she will have a liberal pat
ronage The object is q worthy one,
and we should all contribute a little to
aid in it..
Last Friday one of the Gypsies now
and horse jOckeyiDg about
town, let a little child fall from a horse
near the Va. House The horse, by
some means | don't understand. came
so near tramping on its head hat his
shoe cut the little creatures ear nearly
off Dr.. Templeton dressed the wound.
Capt. S. Y. B. Williams is always
doing bume good thing. Finding Jere
Bunting did not wish to tool away his
vacation, having been all winter at
school, in Richmond, gave him a
clerkHhip ~ the Tenn. Depot. Blythe
way the l.. T. Va & Ga r. r. have to
make their choice between repairing
old depot or building Il new one next
fall. / hope they will give us q new
one aud elect a less "iuc0nvpnient site.
Gems. Hoke, of y. G.. and5ackson, of
.JnuesbDro. we're in town last Saturday.
The latter tells me HAT the lessecs Of
the PenItehtiary offer To complete the
railroad from johnson City 10 Gran
berry and trke fOur-fifIlIs of the cost
in ore, and we can expect the rnad be-
fore a great while.
The Bristol Boys went u abingdon
on a haze hall excursion last Friday.
and were again bt ateu 10y n score of -
20 81. To cap the climax The Abing-
don COlored club came down on SatuT-
day ard cleaned up the Bristol culured
club, Is 20 81. The Abingdon ROSTERS
now decline to TOOst lower than the
courthouse stesple. The Bristol boys
are now organizing a new club and
mean to try again.
The congregation of the ID Preshy-
terian Church have procured a bell,
which they placed in position last Fri
day. The lone of this bell is not sur
passed by any in town. see in town
pr. MSssie, of n. c., a s0n-ln-law OF
the late g BeidIeman.
Great is the glory of Kuhnert's ice
cream, and his new ralooU is the de-
light OF the ladies. The sable Tom
Pepper wss rOyed in last Sunday. BY
the way Keller has no opposition for
the new Sergeancy. The new board
will qualify this evening and elect a
Sergeant. Mayor Terry will appoint
his new committees this evening.
Beatrice peaches riPened in town a
week ago. This is n0w the earliest
peach known.
Mr.. J r Anderson. Cashier. Of the
Bank Of Bristol, tells m a s-cret. Our
merchants, he Gays, pay their bills
more promptly than those of any 9th
er town. Money he thinks more plen-
tiful now than at any other time re-
Gently.
The happiest man on the street ia
my Friend Jesse Buckuer, who will
soon cross the Danube and ensconce
himself in his new palace. If he
can't live and be happy there l neon
to eend him to COnsJantiuople. He
proposes n model farm. and / a see
hay seed in his hair now Capt Will
lisms is grinding new wheat at
'Campbell's Mill" in this town, and
he is making 4 very fine article Of
-four. Try it!
Persons buying tickets to the pic
mic at Preston's Spring next Thursday
will be provided with a special car
The train will leave here at 8 o'clock.