The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-06-05

town numbers about two hundred in
habi,ants, a splendid our house, a
good and substantial Jail with four in
mates liz 1t at present.. A broom stick
factory, that turns M on an average
about two thousand per day, with
Scruggs q Bessinger, proprietors. One
church, all denominations use II and
preaching nearly every Sunday. \
thriving Sunday School with j.. p
Parker as superintendent. \ lively de-
batting society, which Il the lie OF lie
town every Wednesday night, and, J..
styled the Ootcwah Demosthcnian De-
batting Society. The boys let tiie qucs-
ton they had for last Wednesday might
50 by defl8it, for what ptWpoe ! do
not know, they nus not b. guilty Of
such = Trick again, or We will have 10
give them = black mark. The quest, OF
may have been too profound for them
and they could not fathom il. The
question was Resolved that the Bible
teaches the doctrine of dnal apostasy.
| don't think the society OF git to dis
band while there is rs much interest
manifested by the young talents of this
place, Gar little town is also almost
surrounded with iron ore metal.
There is two or three companies engag-
cd in uncar!hing this ore within five
niles east Of this place. Capt. Bond,
j. A. Green, j. n. IIinch and Van Mi
ser, all together, | expect they work a
hundred hands, they ship several tons
per week. This is giving employment
to a great many hands and is scattering
a good deal of money in II country.
This place has two dry goods stores
j. Z. Wells and z. ". Lowe, one drug
store d.. G.. w. Clin9dn, two groceries
w. W. Blackwell and Longley & Push,
one gun shop +. NJ. Wolf, two black
smith shops \. Post and J.J. Bcnyhill,
and 4 fOU.ishing school with Prof. vs..
+. McCarr,n us principal, WHO Is also
superintendent OF schools OF this OHE
ty. His school closes with al eXliibi-
on the 20th inst, the public i invited
TO witness the progress Of his students.
The Prof. intends after his school is
out canyassing the county thoroughly
in the Interest OF schools and If he can
stir up an interest among the people in
that direction.
While l am writing ! sec a funeral
procession coming down the street.
This makes me. feel melancholy and
sad. Every persons countcnNneC seems
TO be clotked with monraing. Prof.
McCarron's sweet little baby died yes
tcrday after lingering several days in
the aSonies Of pain il finally closed its
little eyes in death to pass through a
vale Of darkness from this world, TO
open them in another and, in a land
Of bliss, where it will know no more
pain. have often thought,
Our griefs are often only sent,
Owing souls to chasten;
And chcriscd treasures from us rent,
Some greater good to hasten.
Each tempest beareth on its wings,
For all liz Ills a healing;
Each binding sorrow to us brings,
! Ga,,, .rno1 ,rs "a NJ =, ,.o,-nolinr
The wheat crop AZ present is look-
ing very well and believe will
make q pretty good average crop. The
rust has struck L in this section, but
700 lata to do much damage rs the
wheat is too forward. ! hear Of sever
al going to cut this week. The oats
crop Is An cutire failure, what is left
has turued 10 cheat and will not make
II good pasture. Corn is beginning to
grow, the dry weather has set it back
co lsidcrably, we are needing rain o.
in these diggins. fear the watermel-
on propects are blasted on account Of
the dry weather, if so, it will be a pow
erful draw back on Col. Clingan, and
Pap Wolf, as they have set in for the
summer TO play checkers and live on
watcrmelons. You can tell Majors
Wilhoite and white they need not come
this way to play checkers for we have
il down here to perfection and reduced
science.
II you have any professional marble
pllyers at your place send them down,
aud We will put Jack Heaton against
two Of your best. / noticed in your
last weeks paper a letter from w. K.
Davis, at Georgetown, lie give the Dol
tewah crowd who attended the closing
exercises of Prof. Gates school kinder
Of a blow-up. He said Prof. McCarron
give the school an excellent talk and
Col. Ciingan spoke to the ladies. That
is nothing new Tor the Col, he is q
powerful ladies man and is always
making speeches 10 the fair sex, whcth-
CT he uvalls anything or not ! cannot
say, but he says he has been a candi-
date for matrimOny for the last ten
gears and never las received a single
vote yet after all his speech making.
l heard the Col. say lie never enjoyed 4
trip better in his life than while at
GEORGETOWN, says be thinks he will have
to go back again. but l think lie will
10 r%rnsshonnnr Wise next tin. One