Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-12-10
Sidewalk Letter.
Oh THE SIDEWALK,
No. 10 TO-

Facy letters until the spring Dlfus come
and the gently swelling buds and ear
~ flowrets shall herald the approach
I OF the season when the New Year be-
gins her early toilet, He now treads
the legislative halls of the Virginia
capitol, where he is expected to play
upon the major chords of Readjust-
ment. which, if secured. will in time
bring prosperity to the State ana low
taxes 10 an overburdened people,
Meanwhile We young man will peram-
bulate the side walk in search OF stray
items
Well, the Miles trial is oyer at last.
The case was given to the jury on Fri
day night, who returned verdict OF
murder in the second degree against
r G. Miles, his penalty being fixed at
ten years in the penitentiary. Mis-.
Miles was acquitted. The State was
represented by Bailey & McCrOskey
and W ID. Haines, acting States At
torney, and the prisoners defence was
conducted by congressman, Judge
r. r. Butler, Thos. Curtin, A. H.
Blanchard, and Robert Barrow.
l learn that a shooting affair occur
rel ut the farm OF Mr.. Lucien Cook on
Friday morning last. between /. b.
anu IAONEtb 0bOIts III nAiOh l. ID
| Moore was shot in the right breast by
! Robert The ball lodged against rib
and was extracted by DIR. VIM. Dula-
ney. The wound is not bad one. -
! The parties are cousins and an old feud
( existing between them is the cause of
the shooting.
Sergeant KelIer's Surry county man,
! c. G.. Summey, made his escape from
the calaboose Friday night. Somehow
or other he succeeded in buriug holes
/ in the prison doors sufficiently large
/ to insert his hand through and undo
| the fastenings on the outside. The
! Sheriff Of Surry informs Sergeant
/ Keller that he has broken out of every
/ Jail that he has occupied, which are
/ said to be many.
We had an alarm of fire on Friday
night about O'Clock. Your sidewalk
man, together with number of others
faild to discover its location, and pro-
nounced the alarm false. | learned
the next morning that fire really did
occur, and but for its timely discovery
would have proved disastrous. 1t oc-
Cured in the second story If Mr.. Hay
ter's store, and originated from de-
fectiye fue, near which a quantity of
bale cotton and domestic was piled.
and which took fire from the fiue. 1t
was discovered 10y two countrymen,
who were staying over night with Mr..
Hayter, and were about retiring to
rest when the fire was discovered and
promptly eXtinguished. 4 little la,
ter and the building would have been
in flames The loss is estimated at S75.
Friday night | stopped iIr ct the
Crumiey Building, where the ladies of
the Second Presbyterian Church were
having q supper. Those ladies know
how to get up a supper, They are al
ways successful. God bless the ladies;
what would we do without them? By
the-way, the ladies Of the Mite Socie-
ty, NJ +. Church, will have a supper
at the same place on next Wednesday
and thursday nights. "Well done,
good and faithful servants" you have
already done a good part-you will not
be unsuccessful in this.
| almost forgot to tell about the snow
on Friday. Well, it showed all day,
but didn't stay long. The ground was
wet and great deal melted, but Satur-
day morning found US with about three
inches on the ground. l might as well
tell, Just here, how one of our most |
steady-going and highly esteemed |
citizens was awfully sold" by this |
same snow. You know that snow is a |
mighty good thing for boys and girls |
at least they think So They love to |
SNOWFALL. romp in the snow, and play |
all sorts of FRANKS on the passeIs-by. !
Well, some girls out at play concluded /
they'd have some fun, So they made |
a snow cake-moulded it in cake
pan and dressed it off nice and sent it |
to some young gentlemen, who after
finding they were sold, concluded that |
they would have some fun. Accord
ingly they placed the cake on the
counter in a certain store, and offered
it for rattle, at Is cents a chance, The
good citizen aforesaid came along and
they called his attention to it. He
looked at it; saw ii was a nice cake.
all iced up aud trimmed off nicely,
and concluded to try his luck.
OF course he won the cake. He was
very much elated at his success. A
basket was procured and the cake
placed in it, and tucking il under his
arm, he tEudged off home, thinking
the while what a nice present for his
family. But 10! when the cake was
the family burst out laugh
ing. In moment he saw the joke
And now he don't like ice cake any
more. The boys say the joke went
pretty hard with him, and that's the
reason l don't say more about it,
They are holding the % cents as
bonus for treat when they again see
the aforesaid same good citizen.
l learn that Mr.. G. B. James has
purchased the large and splendid
stock of clothing of Chas Thurman
x Co., and will at once take charge
Of the business. Mr.. James is a
young gentleman of talent and ener>
gy, and since his sojourn among us
has made a host of friends by his pop>
ular and engaging manners. | pre-
dict for him success. Charley Thurs
man goes 10 Nashville some time in
January and [ must say that en-
Wy the people of that city the posses
sion of a gentleman of such genial
manners. He has made hosts of
friends here who are 10th to part with
him. His success in this place, pla-
ces him high up in the scale as man
of unquestioned business capacity.
As a friend he IS as true as steel, as
a man, the soul of honor. He leaves
a splendid business in the hands of
Mr.. James. and goes to field of wis
der operations Here's to his health
and "may he live long and prosper"
| have now spun this letter out to
great length, and yet there's nothing
in it. When the sidewalk gets
little better and the Christmas bird
is gone, maybe I'll do little better.