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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
BALD MOUNTAIN ECLIPSED.
A CURIOUS PHENOMENON.
4 Solid Limestone Ledge Bursts
spontaneously.

Mr.. James A. Miller, who re-
sides in Rich Valley in this conn
ty, half way between Abingdon
and Saltvillc, Informs us that on
Friday the 23d Of August, at Z "A.
m., ledge of limestone, some ff-
teen PAGES in front of his dwelling
and about ten feet square of which
is exposed to view, commenced
cracking and making harsh noise
as if gradually bursting. These
sounds continued tor about all hour,
during which there were clouds of
dust rising from the surrounding
earth, the ledge of stone exploded
with a heavy thud, ike tI.at of a
huge powder blast. The rock was
shivered TO an extent not yet
known. Large fsures were OPEN
ed, and, although he has removed
over three wagon loads of the
fractured stone, he is not able yet
to define the extent of the explo-
sion. The rock was surrounded
and covered with earth, excepting
the ten feet square surface alluded
to, and this portion came no high
er than the surface OF the ground.
To this is due the fact that none of
the fractured stone was thrown out
by the explosion.
Mr.. Miller has no idea of the
cause Of t h is explosion. The
weather was clear and the morning
cool and pleasant. The rock was
APPARENTLY Seamless and perfectly
solid.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
About the FIRST Tenn. Dist,

The HERALD AND TRIBUNE calls
Bob Taylor "gut scraper" be-
cause he is an accomplished violin,
ist. Helms of the Morristown
GAZETTE says won't it be humili-
alton to have your pettibone, car
pet-bagger, all the way from the
shore of Lake Michigan licked by
''gut scraper" from Carters And
now they say Pettibone is a rela-
ton of Old John Brown. The
Knoxville CHRONICLE doubts the
story, but fearing it may be true,
hedges by declaring ono higher de-
gree of courage was ever displayed
by man" than was by John Brown.
The CHRONICLE says of Petit
bone, "the only question is, is he
''the man for the place."
We think not.
Bob Taylcr may be "gut scra-
per according &c the Brownlow
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
Death 10 the CurculiO.

One who has tried it says that If a
small quantity of salt is sprinkled undt r
the plum trees, just as the fruit j.
forming, it will kill the curcullo. and
prevent the young plums from being
stung. The SAME person says wood
ashes spread underneath the plum
trees will also drive the curculio away.
He applies both of these remedies,
and always has nice smooth plums
and bauntiful crop. Perhaps both
are effeetuaI: The ashes viii, at least,
promote a vigorous growth, and the
salt can do 20 harm, il used sparing-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10

Rev. DR. McCampbell. of the Pres
bytArian church. and Rev. Mr.. Hall
of the Baptist church. died of yellow
fever, at Grenada. Miss. last Sunday
morning. They staid with their flock
all the time, and have gone to their
reHard. d.-Erchnnge.
Rev. DIR. McCampbell was in
1865 a resident of Bristol, and
will be remembered by many of
our people.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10

We are in close communication
with the people of Scotc. Lee aud
Wise and we tell our friends Rich>
mond will get nearly the whole vote
in Wise, over Is per cent OF 1t in
Lee and he will carry Scott by 400
to 500 and a count at the polls arjl
sbO1r II
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
Communicated.
\ Trip to the Southwest.

PLEASURE AND P0ITICS-HOMICIDE
AT rONSVILLE-WHAT A News
REPORTER SAW AND HEARD.
Editor Of the Meas &.
Some evenings since your CORES
pondpnt found himself in the saddle
with his horses head turned toward
the setting sun 1t was not pleasant
for him t. contemplate his line of
march, for it involved a compani0nless
ride over many furl0ngS of mountain
Ou- c0nntry, and however much he
was inclined To reflect upon the pleas
ure that's in the pathless woods, or the
rapture that's on the lonely shore. he
had yet greater disposition to believe
that it Is not good for man to b. alone.
He saw much to confirm him in this
opinion. When some ten miles west
of your town, in a sequestered little
grove, his eyes rested upon a pair of
beings, who, it seemed to him, had
strayed away from cruel world Ia
seek a kindred spirit and, perhaps,
"breathe out a tender tall" that Burns
says furnishes, if anything does. a
cordial in this melancholy role You
know, Mr.. Editor, it must have been
charming. at the hour of twilight, th
behold the lady. radiant, "a she was,
with the smiles and beauty of (may
be- sixteen summers. and so il was.-
She seemed to me a picture of lowell
ness, and, if certain things were SO,
thought she would have due appre-
citation of the lines
''And when beside me in the dale
He carolled lays Of love,
His voic = lent fragrance to the gale
And music to the grove"
But what of the knight that sat he
side her? Who knows of the cares,
anxiety and troubles. pangs. agOnieH
and doubts that might have prOtruded
their ugly heads in the play ground of
his fancy and dist rbed thereby the
serenity of his soul. / passed on. re-
fiecting on the merits OF the ancient
msXim-csll no man happy till he is
dead.
A few miles further on found nv
self lulied hy the falling waters of the
Hol-t0n and sank amid rosy dreams.
to sweet forgetfulness of life. ~
The next day travelled with one of
the patrOits nf II. upon whose d eds
the muse of history has never dwelt,
but whose fancy rambled through un
written pages and entertained me
with narratives of warfare from the
rising of the sun till the going down
thereof When it was about as dark
as Erebus our roads diverged. and
then your correspondent was of the
opinion that it is not good for man to
be alone However. he jOurned on
some five or six miles through the
mountain gOrges till through the
generosity of fate ne found resting
place some ten miles from
GLADEvILLE.
Here l learned tha. Jim" was to
meet the Governor in the political
arena on the following day at said viii
laae. OF course l was eager to enjoy
that sort of contest, and so [ rode
early the next morning. Goodly pros
poets greeted Lie on my way. and
wild mountain scenery, worthy the
artistic touches of the most skilled
paiuter stretched out on my right and
left. These views were very dazzling,
but 1t was only at intervals | had the
opportunity to enjoy them, for ever
and anon i was accosted by some
bTawny armed sovereign who enquired
about Jim" with degree of interest
that was only equsllej by the zeal
that Vsa manifest on his coUntepsncc.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
SHERMAN 1863.

Mr.. Secretary Sherman h s
''swunk wonderful" as a Green
backer. In 1868 he wrote this :
DEAR SIR was pleased to receive
your letter My personal Interests are
the same a. yours but like you, ! do
not intend to be inf Ieneed by them.
NV construction of the law is the re
suit of careful examination, ami | feel
quite sure all impartial court would
cnntiTfsi it, If the case could he tried
before a court. | send you my views
as fully stated in speech. Your idea
is that We propose To repudiate or viO
late promise when we offer 10 re-
deem the "principal" In legal enders.
/ think the bond holder violates his
promises when he refuses TO take the
same kind of money he paid for the
bonds IF the case Is to be tested by
the law. ! am right; if it il to be test
ed by jaw Cooks advertisement, /
am wrong. | hate reputation or any
thing like it, but we ought not to be
deferred from doing what is right by
fear of urdeserved epithets. II under
law it stands the holders OF the five
twenties can only he paid in gold,
then we are repudiAtors if We propose
to pay other wise. If the bOndholder
can legally demand only the kin of
money he paid, then he is repudia-
tor and extortloner to demand money
more valuable than he gave.
Truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10

adjustment as much as he pleqses,
for he voted for the first Funding
Bill, and in 1896, while he was in
the Senate, he refused to meet with
the Readjusters and held himself
aloof from them. To vote for him
would not do.
We see no way out of all The diff
Guilty but to support the nominee on
principle. Those who think we have
not done well enough can come to
time and help US all better in 1880.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10

To all such inquiring friends il was
unnecessary to descant upon the mer-
its OF the nominee, for they all, with
here and there rare exception, seem
ed to know that Jim" was the fas.-
est horse on the track, and by far the
test. Some of them likened the old
Governor 10 a candle that fiickers a
little while after the light has been
blown out, and some who had been
his friends said the fire had gone from
his mind and the vigOr from his
limbs, and hencpforth. as for them,
they would march under di fferent col
Ors. The discussion took place at IL
O'Clock, and when it was over the
Governors face looked like the home
of desp ir. He was heard to remark
that Re had forgotten the most impOr-
tant part of his speech. 1t would be
a sad thing if the Governor should go
to Congress and get agitated "a he was
AT Gladevi:la and forget what the peo-
pie sent him there for. but we have
every reason to believe that such q
calamity is not in store for the Ninth
Congressional District of Virginla.-
Col. Richmond's praises We're upon
the lips of all "a your correspondent
travelled down POwell's mOunta n.
through the viii Cat Valley and into
the fertile fields of Lee, and the gene
raj impression in those places is that
Col. Richmond is the coming man.
We returned by way of PattOns-
Vile, where. on the previous Monday,
fight occurred between one Wells
and Walling, which resulted in the
death of the latter from blows dealt in
a vital part by the fists of the former
The dispute arose over game of
quOits and no proof was made that
arms were used by either party
Wells seemed To regret the occurrence
very much but was sent Gil. Giiui sO
goes ,i:- ;reaf: of Justice.
At Estillville we heard that the
Governors forces were diminishing
every day, and on this pleasing infor-
nation we turned our head home
ward, resolved to live, lie and be bur
led in our native hills of Washington.
HARPAGUS.
BRISTOL, TENN Aug. 80, 1873.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
AppOin IN e n : made by the
JOneSbOrO Convention.

OOneSDOrO convention.
The Convention at JOnesbnro,
after the nomination of r. L. Tay-
lor, made the following appoint
ments for party purposes in the
District: w. d. Haynes, Esq,
of Sullivan, was appointed Chair
man of the Executive Committee
Of the Democratic party of the 1st
Congressional District, and the fol-
lowing County Chairman in the
several counties, tc-wit:
Carter, DIR. j. NJ. Cameron /;
Claiborne, j. N. Treese /; Cooke,
D. L. Boyd Granger, Jno. K.
Shields Greene, VIM. r. Brown !;
Hamblin, j. NJ. Bewley Hancock,
Henry Coleman; Hawkins, Henry
G. Smith Johnson, Jos. Wagner :.
Sullivan, VIM. d. McCroskey !;
Unicoi, j. E. Pursinger Washing>
ton, g. j. Lyle.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
J.E MITCHELL,
Agent Henderson's Looms. ST Louis. y

An DISEASES or TIE BLOOD IL VFGETISE
will relieve pain cleanse, purify. ard cure snch
diseases, restoring the patient TO perfect he alth
after trying different physicians. many remedies
suffering for years. IS Il not conclusive proof, II
you are sutferereT, yuu caI be cured Why is
this medicine performing such great cures II
works in the blnod. in the circulating fluid II
can truly be called the Grsdt Blood Purifier The
great source of disease nig' mates in the blood
and medicine that does not act directly upon IT,
to pnrIfy and renovste, has amy just claim ~ IN
public attention.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
VEGETINE
Eas Entirely Cured Me of Vertigo.
L., 1s-s

Mk H. r. STPvENs
bear SILL ave use3 several bottles Of fVgG-
ETISK'; il has entirely cured If TertigO-
ave also used it for KiiRsy Compliant. II Is the
best madeleine fer kidney complaint. would re-
commend il as good blood purlaer
n. YOCUM.
PAIS AND DISEASE Can we expect - enjoy
good health when bad or corrupt hum0Is eireuiat4
with the blood. causing pain and disease aad
these humors baing deposited through the entire
body, produce pimPles, sTrptions, ulcers, indiRss
tiOn, costiveness. hea taches, neurnlgia, lheuma.
tism, and numerous ether complaints Remove
the cause by taking VEGETIS the most reliable
remedy for cleansing and purifying the blood
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10
VEGETINE.
Purides the Blood AMI Gives Strength.
Dc QuoIS, Ill, Jan. q, 1878.

Mr.. II. R. STEVENS
Dear Sir.-Your ''Vegs:ine" has been doing
wanders for me Have been having ths Chiiis and
Eersr cont racted In the swamps OF the south
nothing giving me relief until begaR the use Of
your Negetine. it giving me imm ediHts rplief
toning up my system, purifying my blood, giving
strength whereas all other medicines weakened
me, and filled my system with poison and / am
satisfied that IL families that live in the ague dis
tricts Of the South and West would take Vegetine
two or three times week they would not be
troubled with the CilLs'' or the malignant Feuers
that prevail certain times o. the year save
doetoIs' bills, and live 0 a good old age,
Respectfully yourS,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-09-10

idiom, but if it ''e true that Petit.
bone is kinsman of old John
Brown, then he's akin to hemp
scraper.
"And we'll drap him in the
happy land of Canaan"
What in the thunder ara you arter.
You little man from Carter.
Don't you know I'm the tall Michigander'
l runs the revenue Int rnal.
And gives East Tennesseeans, Internal.
The very deevill, only l sometimes think q
Seat in Congress will be equal to trailing
Mountain boomers in Carter and if
Anything still more grander.
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ADVERTISING RATES
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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es, each * oo
Town and Township Offices 2.60
The above rates win be rigidly adhered to
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The Tennessee Nationals.

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BRISTOL. TENN Aug. 80, 1873.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
YORK-ANTwERP RULES.

Aspccal meeting Of the Chamber of Commerce. toI
which the consideration Of the report Of the special
committee the York Antwerp rules OF adjustment
of general average had been postponed held yes-
terday afternoon, President s. ID. Babcock In thu
chair The minority report. made by Mr.. Daniel
Drake Smith. first taken up. Mr.. Tabor expressed
himself in favor of it, He thought that the shipping
interests of Europe should move in the adoption Of
the second rule before the merchants IN this country
committed themselves.
Mr.. A. Foster Higgins did not think that tho
Antwerp rules correct He advocated the de-
filming by Congress of bills of lading. The conven-
ton which had adopted the Antwerp rules in their
sweeping copditons must have aimed them againssl
the United States. In Mr.. Smiths opinion the subs
jcct only to be settled by the different nations
making concessions to each other in regard to these
rules
The speaker read a review OF the majority and
minority reports of the committee. in which h0
dwelt on the objections to the Antwerp rules. Mr..
James W. Ewen. Captain Ambrose h. Snow and
Others spoke the subject, when vote was called
for. The question was first on the minority report.
which the chairman at trst decided adopted. but ON
rising vote it found to be lost by vote Of IL
to 10. The majority report was then adopted by q
vote Of Is to To- after which the chamber
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
MRS. STEWARDS DONATION.

New YORK, Dec. 10, 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-
am member of the Hebrew Benevolent and
Orphan Asylum, and such heartily indorse your
editorial in to-day HERALD You say justly that it
was not gift to the managers but to the poor suffer-
under their Charge 1t is indeed Ito be regret
ted and deplored' that placed in positions Of
trust should allow their personal feelings to warp
their judgment to such degree to incapacitate
them to draw the line between their feelings and
their duty. The trustees Of the asylum in refusing
to accept the donation from Mrs. Stewart have
stepped the limits Of their power. The asylum
institution incorporated under the laws of the State
of New York. and has nothing in common with the
quarrel of the Seligmans and Mr.. Hilton 1t is or
ganized for specific purpose the trustees are to
administer their trust in the interest of the insttu-
ton. They have discretion i'll tho matter
of receiving donation under the bylaws.
They have not acted in The spirit of trustees. The
donation OF Mrs. Stewart Mr.. Hilton, as You
choose. unconditional one and under clause 2
of section and section Of article of the bylaws
Of the Benevolent Society it is the duty Of the rns
tees to accept the same. They had more power to
decline this donation than they had to decline the
$4,000 received from the city last year and other
donations. Mr.. Jesse Seligman, however, is presi-
dent of the society, and Mr.. Spngarn who made the
statement in to-day's HERALD is associate of Mr.
trustee in the society which will probably account
for the action upon the part of the trustees. The
by Mr.. Seligman in his controversy with
Mr.. Hilton. but they know when and
where ii is time to draw the line.
They not to be made scapegoats of. The
Jewish community will not ndorse the action of the
trustees OF the asylum, and as the bylaws provide
that the action of the trustees is subject to revision
upon appeal to the society. and that fifty members
may call such meeting. the writer, member,
would suggest that this course be at taken.
Under the bylaws of the asylum If man called Mr..
Segman or Mr. Spingarn "a mean jew" insulted
all the other trustees and even the entire Jewish
community, and then turned around and presented a
donation the asylum. it would be the duty of the
trustees to accept the In tho meantime trust
that the public will suspend its opinion in this mat
ter until such time the members of the various
organizations interested shall have passed upon the
action of their trustees. g.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
OPINIONS OF A JEwEss.

New YoRK, Dec 10, 1878.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
/ beg to say few words in regard to the unplcas-
ant feeling existing to whether the Jewish char
tiles right wrong in refusing Mrs. Stewart 8
donation.
When the "Grand Union" affair created such ex-
citemcnt Mr. Hilton declared that he acting as
Mrs. Stewards agent; il such were the how
can he suppose for instant that by offering a
paItly sum the Representative Jewish gentlemen
(trcasurers of the various nstitutions) would call
..after two o'clock ut his Office to get the money
Had Mrs. Stewart wished to donate, no matter
what amount, why not send check for that amount,
any lady or gentleman would have done
III you make u present is IL customary for you to
write letter, saying III you send for and you
get itY
Had Mrs- Stewart sent her check IL would have
been thankfully received and gratefully acknowl-
edged
Mr.. Hilton may be clever lawyer, but whether he
will prove a success merchant "hotel keeper"
remains to he seen. JEwESS.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
A JOCKEYS JoURNEYINGS.

young fellow with small. close-cropped head.
tattered garments and somewhat uncleanly face,
brought before Judge otterbourg at the Jefferson
Market Police Court, yesterday. one to whom
superintendent waling desired to call the magis.
trates attention.
"What's wrong with him o. asked the Judge.
"He KEN from California, all alone" said the gray
bearded officer, 'and he wants to be TUX care of for
few days, Yer Honor"
'What brings you here r.
al had nothing TO do after came East, and so 1
gave myself up to the police'
Take his confession, Eugene. Will two months
on the Island be enough for your" said the Judge.
III guess twill" responded the boy, who a minute
after began his confession to the clerk.
In substance that document may thus be stated
Urah Wharton said he born in Wolf Springs
Farm in Alabama. When he four years old he
went to Portland, Oregon, and aftcrward moved to
California, where his mother died aud his father took
to drink. Since he has grown strong enough
he has been n jockey-rode Mollie II, Aodoc
Chief, Tech, Molle Mccarthy and other noted
stccds He got along pretty we'll, but spent
his money like youngsters of the whip and spur
usually do. About five months ago he resolved to
come East and having no money determined to .sbeat
or steal his way through, he described IL. Ac-
cordngly he got "the emigration train. and after
many vcissitudes, such being left of here turned
adrft there and kicked of in other places he found
his way Jersey City and thence the river
Gotham where he has almost starved to death since
his arrival. Western shrewdness showed him how to
avert such fate that by the appeal he made yes.
terday.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
A WOMAN WHO SHOOTS.
From the Portland orcgonian, Dec. Al

From the Portland Orcgonan, Dec. Al
About twelve o'clock Monday night an unsuccess-
ful attempt made To break into the house oc
Charles Mcdonald, which is located the Of
and Tenth streets. in East Portland. Mr.. Mcdonald
Is an engineer the express train and does not
remain at homo during nights. Mrs. Mcdonald was
sleeping up stairs with her two children when she
aroused from her slumber by the tsrking OF n
small dog which she kept in the room. This caused
the lady to set out OF bed. throw wrapper and
come down stairs. She observed the precaution to
take revolver which she kept in the bedroom. De-
scending the stairs noiselcssly she reached the
floor pausing for moment, she heard some instru.
mcnt of iron fall the porch in front OF the win
dows. She stood transtixed with fear for moment:
but rcgainng her sefposscsson resolved TO give the
intruder "a tropical reception. moment later and
she the curtain OF ono OF the windows moving.
and without an instants delay the plucky woman
began shooting In rapid succession she discharged
five shots At the first shot the burglar droppea
below the window sill and escaped All the i've shots
passed through the glass very near the same place.
none of them being one foot apart. After emptvinu
the pistol Mrs. Mcdonald shouted for help which
speedily brought To her assistance Mr. Miller, one OF
her near neighbogs. However, the burglar had msda
good his escape.
The New York herald., 1878-12-20
PHILIP WHITNEYS KNIFE.

An inquest was held yesterday on the body OF John
Malloy who was stabbed end killed last Sunday, in,
front of his dwelling Forty first street. Tenth
avenue George Dcgnan. of No. 400 West Forty-frst
street. testified that Friday night he had heard
the prisoner. whitney, make OF threatening,
language to Maloy. and that the former drew knifa
and he would not be intcrfered with by de-
ceased or anybody elso on the night of the homi-
eide Mslloy went to the sidewalk to close tho
cellar door, and Whitney followed him; the two
men had clinch and NIalioy thrown; Whitney
exclaimed, II have given it to you now" the de-
ceased was carried into his house and died shortly
afterward. The jury. after brief dcliberaton,
turned verdict that deceased came to his death by
stab wound inflicted with knife In tho hands oe
Philip whitney.
The prisoner rcmanded to the Tombs without
bail to await the action of the Grand Jury. Degnan
gave bail in $500 to appear as witness in the case
when called upon.