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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

"He shines by his own decay is
tho way the STATE tries to discrcdit
the Seymour Boom. That is the old
fellow is either fox>fire, or mncker- :
ell, shining and sinking by moon
light. 1t is true Mr.. Seymour is on
ly 60. but he has reached the indo-
lent period Of life, and does not wish
to be bothered with such foolishness
MS the presidency, which he and we
have Just seen can be had for the
stealing.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
Practical President Lincoln.


An incident is reported by Mr.. Muir
doch, the tragedlan, of MIR. Lincoln.
Few who lived through the war have
forgotten the poem of the Sleeping
Sentinel u which was written by Jan
vier in commemo alton Of an act OF
clemency by Lincoln in pardOning q
young Vermont volunteer at the very
moment when he had been led out TO
he shot for sleeping at his post. The
first public reading Of this poem by
Mr.. Murdoch took place at the White
House, the President the poet, and n
large assembly being present. Before
reading the verses aloud Murdoch pri.
va,e pointed out to Mr. JHnvier a
slight poetic license where he had de.
scribed the arrival Of the Presid mt
with the pardon az being accompan-
ed by the sounds OF. rolling wheels,
whereas Lincoln had ridden on horse
back TO the place Of execution. jan
vier thought 1t matter Of very tri-
fling consequence, and the reading
proceeded. AT the close the President
and many of the party were IN tears.
Lincoln. wiping the tell tale drops
from his cheeks, then said hastily in
smothered voice, "Very touching
Mr., Jauiver, but | did not 90 in a
coach" A.- BH
"Oh, vel Mr.. Lincoln" said Sena-
tor Foote, OF Vermont, 1--WE all know
you would have.gone on foot If it had
been necessary" Yes, but the fact
is-and let us stick to the fact Venl
on horseback, /" insisted Mr.. Lincoln,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

The recent killing OF Jesse James,
the noted outlaw by George Shepherd,
his old companion In crime, re,ivee
many "Reminiscences OF them both In
this community. The father OF the
James brothers was uatlve Of this
county, aud connected with some Of
beat families, When ayoung man,
Mr., N. Long and Mr.. George w. Nor
ton, now of Louisvllle, then residing
here, pald hls expenses at Georgetown
College, whore he was educated for the
Baptist ministry. In return for this
act OF kindness. the James boys, In
company with Jack" Shepherd, the
Youngers aud their gang, numbering
ak In all, made their famous raid on
N. Long & Goa, band In 1907, and re-.
litved their vaults Of $4,000.
Shepherd was captured and brought
here for trial. His true name IL George
shepherd, and 80 he was called by his
wife during his stay here pending bis
trial. The examining court fixed bis
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 2, 1879
EVENT and COMMENT

The Marion Herald says number OF
the friends of Gov. McMullin wish tc
have his name brought before the Gen'l
Assembly for the L. S. Senatorship.- -
As the Governor is now regular can.
dldate for Congress, we fear it would be
little bit unwise to force him into the
Senatorship. According to his own the.
ory he would have to resign the Senator.
ship to run for Congress, as he declares
no man should run for one position
while holding another. The Governor
claims the right to run against Rich
mond and Newbery again, and OF
course he means to make that square is
sue on Fiat money.
Miss Virginia Paul, sister of Senator
Jno. Paul, died recently in Rockingham,
and we learn the latter recently buried
his beautiful and lovely little daughter,
the pride and glory-the only child of
his home. He has our profound sympa-
Jny III MS STcdJ ulslTesS'
The Wytheville Enterprise records the
sudden death Of A. w. Mathews, Jr.
son Of Capt. Andy Mathews, of Pulaski.
He died at the Hancock House last We'd
nesday morning.
In the case Of the Portsmouth tie be-
tween Boush and Edwards; Boush Re-
publican, drew the lucky slip of paper
and was awarded the seat in the House
Of Delegates from that city. Thedraw-
ing was done by the board of State cam
vassers, consisting of the Gov, Atty.
Gen,l. and Auditor.
Sacred Hymns are not usually used
for strategic purposes, but during the
session Of the Va. Conference ut Nor
folk, last Tuesday, there was a panic
. caused by the burning of piece Of pa
per at the register. In order to subdue
the excited aud panic stricken crowd,
one of the breethering struck up "Jesus
Lover of my Soul" and the result WIS
n success.
The coal miners on tle KNnaWha and
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

Inssmuch as the South has to bear
the odum of the shot gun, would not
1t be a good idea to get some Of it's
advantages by using it at once GU
Bob Toombs E?
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
The Dwelling oG Col. Nat Is.
Mende Burned Down,

CuLpErpER, Nov. 2l.---1'he new and
elegant mansion, near Culpepper ofCol.
N. b. Meade, formerly editor Of the
WING, WIS totally destroyed by fire with
most of the contents this morning. The
fire was cnused by defective flue. The
property was insured for $4,000.
F.DJ
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
Mamn0lh COlOTal Fashion Plates

Ahead Of all others These plates
are engraved on steel, twice the usual
.i2e and nre unequaed for hoculy -
They viii he superDy olored, Also,
Household and other receipts; articles
on WAX Work Flowers Manage.
ment Of Iufants:ln short every thing
interesting to ladies'.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
SPLEND!lLY ILLUSTllTEl LRTICLES.

Its tales aud novelets are the best
published anywhere. All the most
popular writers are employed 10 write
originally for Peterson IN 1850
FIVE ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT
NOVELTIES viii ho given. hy Ann
:. Stevens, Frank Lee BpnQdlcl, Fran
cls Hodgson Burnett, &c., &C.. and
stories bv Jnuc G. Austn by the uu.
lhor Of Josiah Aliens Wife by Re-.
hrcca Harding Dayis, aud all The best
female writers.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

Why not take drink over this
whole trouble, and then unanimously
tender the position Of Senator to
Gov. McMullin? This would oi
course defeat and displcOse nobody,
but would be the triumph and delight
to all. Think of it, will you, and let
us know at your earliest convenience
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

BAYARo is the man, but mind you !,
pronounce II By-ard, for you will
have occasion to use II several times
yet. and you had just as well begin
correctly.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

in borrowing money, which he never
repays, was awakened the other night
by noise in the'parlor below, and go
ing down stairs discovered n burglar
there. He made his acquaintance and
borrowed all the money the poor burg
lar had. Housc-brcakers cannot-be too
careful nowadays CiAciaaQH Saturday
Might.
81 want to sell you an encyclopaedia" :"
said a book-agcnt to one of our foremost
pork men the other day, who, by the
way, is better posted on pork than he is
on books. "What do / want with your
encyclopGdiaY" snared the pork man
81 couldn't ride one if | had it," lie
Thought it was a new variety Of veloci-
pede. Cincinnati S1mday Might
The Patter Of the Shingle.
There are many boys in Bristol who
will appreciate this. They know full
well how it is themselves.
When the angry passion gathering in
my mothers face | see,
Amp she leads me in the electromagnetic
ly lays me on her knee
Then | know that | will cath it, and
mylflesh in fancy itches,
As ] listen for the patter of the shinglc
on my breeches.
Every tinlile of the shingle has an echo
and sting.
And u thousand burning fancies into ac-
tive being spring,
And a thousand bees and and hornets
meath my coat-tall seem to swarm,
AS listen to the patter of the shingle-
Oh! so warm,
In splitter comes my father-whom / |
supposed bad gone
TO survey the sitlatlon and tell her to
lay it on;
To see her bending DER me as listen to |
the strain
Played by her and by the shingle in a
wild and wicrd refrain.
In sudden intermission, which appears
my only chqncG,
| say; "Strike gently, mother, or you'l
split my SundNy pants.'
She stops q moment, draws her breath,
the shingle hoRs aloft,
And says, 81 had Dot thought of that
my son, just take them off,"
Holy Moses! and 1,c angels, cast thy
plying glance, down;
And thou, oh, family doctor, put u good
soft poulticc on,
And may I with ropls aud ounces ever
hsliugy mngr,
Fever say anodlsr word'whcn mother
Yields the sliugle.
S.T.s.-Wc are sorry You don't like
the paper. We publish it simply and
solely to please yor. We should ask
you to come down md edit It, only that
some iniquilous idiot might write to tell
YOU how much better he could do it him
self and that would probably annoy Il
nervous person likeyou,--Pgct,
"pa,' said q bright 10y the chcr day
"what rs wine umdoorg And the Ioo'-
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

The coal miners on the Kanawha and
New river have struck for ten cents adj
vance on coal
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

pureuont 20 decree rendered In
said cause at The October term, 1870.
~ the Circuit Court OF Washington
county Va. the undersigned wllltnke
al account at his oiiloe IN Abb, adon.
Va, on the 22nd day OF Nov. inst. To
ascertain 'the amounts sin due on
"lhe dehtp secured by said deed NJ trust
'in the bill mentioned aud also what
"suma have been paid by y. w. O ven
'as trustee under the deed of trust
"nforesald, and 10 whom paid and
"whpn, and also ascertain the annual
"renlnl value Of the house aud lot In
"bill mentioned since the execution ~
aald deed of trust y
Parties interested IN the nboye NO.
count will please appear before me ON
that day, especially j. w. owen
Trustee. In COSBY ~
Commissioner Ia Chuncery.
nov. II '7D-4t.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
Commissioners Notice.
James M. Trammell, Petitioner

Peter G. Archer, j. w. Owen, Tlus.
tee, j. II Winston n Co. Buntng d
Pepper, j. NJ, Barker. $. l.. Saul,
Burrow q Berry, w w james, J. G,
Hummer, aud W. r. Dulauey, p
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
shepherds Vengeance.

WHY JESSE JAMES WAS SHOT NY HIS
ooMRADE-B 1NaRAT1TuDE or
THE RussELLvILLE (KY) BANK
RoBDERs.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
CHEAPEST and BEST
d
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FULL-SIZE PAPER PATTERNS |

A Supplement will he given In ev-
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size pattern for q lady's. or child's
dress. Every subscribe will receive
during the year, twelve Of these pat
terms, worth moro, alone, than the
subscription price.
Ptersou's Magazine contains. every
yeor, 100 pages, IA steel plates, II col
oted Berlin patterns, II mammoth
colored fashioned plates, "a pages of
music, aud about 500 wood cuts. It's
nrInNlnal emhel lishmenls are
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

REoIfyE
KEUIIVE
New Goods
VERY w HER.

They sell for dash ard GOOD
PRODUCE, and uolblng on CREDIT,
and that is the reascb they sell goods
for less than anybody else, If YOU
have never traded tiere give them
trial.
JAMES W. NonvriL and Geo Frank
johnson are with thl house. aud de-
ire their friends togiye them their
trade. Nov. 26-4w
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02
Superb St3al En9raVinus !

lts immense circulation enables lts
proprietor to spend more on embellish-
ments, stories, tec,, than any other --
II gives more for the money, and COM
hines more merits, than any I'm the
world IN 1880, u NMw FEATURE win
be introduced IA the shape Of u series Of
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

Every tinkle of the shingle has an echo
and sting.
And thousand burning hncics into ac-
tive being spring,
And q thousand bees and and hornets
meath my coat-tall seem to swarm,
AS | listen to the patter of the shingle-
Oh! so warm,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-12-02

In a spnlttcr comes my father-whom
supposed had gone
TO survey the sittmtlon and tell her to
lay it on;
To see her bending DER me as listen to
The strain
Played BY her and by the shingle in n
wild and wicrd refrain
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
FOREIGN NOTES.

Ninety persons exercising trades and
professions in Great Britain have incomes
exceeding $250,000. About three thousand
have incomes between $25, 900 and 1886, GOO.
Advices from all sides represent that
Eastern Roumelia is in a state OF complete
anarchy. There has been a series Of NASSAU
cres. Sclav committees multiply daily and
preach the determination of the Mussulmahs,
and the union of Eastern ROumeIia,
Macedonia and Thrace with Bulgaria forming
one $clav kingdom"
Reports have been received from
Santiago de Cuba that the slaves on the
plantations have demanded liberty, and that
their masters have agreed to give them
freedom if they will engage to work three
years for wages Many slaves are running
away. and the local authorities have asked
Captain General BancO what they shall do
dispatch from Madrid announces that the
government will propose to the Cortes that
all slaves be given their liberty on July l.,
1880, on the condition of seven years
obligatory labor with wages paid.
The will of the late queen mother of
Spain has been proved. It is a somewhat
curiously interesting document. By it she
bequeaths large sum of money for masses
5000 to be recited for her soul, similar
Off given up to King Alfonso. The bulk of her
property, which is very consider able, she
distributes among the members of her
family
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
Southern Gold Mines.

New York Evening Post Letter.
The publication of the news that the
Whitehall gold mine, near Fredericks
burg, Virginia, had bsen recently sold
to northern capitalists, and that opera
tiOns will be resumed under the new
owners next month, revives interest in
matter affecting the prosperity of the
south and indirectly to the whole coun.
try. 1t has lo.,g been known that gold
as well SIS other minerals exist in paying
quantities in several southern states.
The mines about Fredericksburg have
for many years yielded large returns,
$500, 900 having been taken out of sin
gle one. Statistics show that the best of
these mines may be reli d on to return
fifteen per centum on the capital ins
vested, which, if not a sufficient profit
to invite speculation is quite enough to
give the property a good business pros
peTity. It is a fact that some of the
severest battles of the war were fought
in gold mines All the battle. fields of
the Wilderness and Charlottesville are
regions where the intelligent and induss
triOus placer-miner can gather on an
average FIVE dollars day in gold dust;
and, as is always the case in mining, rich
prizes are hidden in the sacred soil to
reward occasionally the searcher with a
little fortune. Not that Virginia offers
the tempting prizes of the west, but she
holds in her soil a livelihood for any
educated and patient miner. One great
reason why mining in that state has
been unremunerative in the past has
been the expense of corporate organizes
ton. Attracted by the evident richness
of the mines, companies are formed with
an elaborate set of fancy officers at fancy
salaries who order fancy machinery. A
director is sent down, perhaps, who
knows more Of dry goods than mining,
and the result is loss aud failure. But
practical men, who are content to be
economical, industrious and patient,
have made and are making good busi-
ness profit out of the Virginia mines.
Gold is only one of Virginia's metals
A gentleman who is practically ac-
quainted with American mining informs
mo that the iron mines of Virginia are
as rich as can be found in this country.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The principal industry of the town
of West Falmouth, Mass, is the tying OF
business tags with bits of strings, by which
the tags may be attached 10 articles which
require to be labeled. A correspondent
writing from that village says: These strings
are given out by the 1900, with cores
at the rate of II to II cents a thousand.
Young children tie with their mothers, and
even old men, and it is the great source for
pin money in the community.
The silver certificate bids fair to take
the place of the standard dollar to a great
extent. In paying out ten per cent. OF
checks in silver dollars, the Treasury is
generally asked for certificates in their stead.
This is especially the case with banks. The
banks then pay them out over their counter
the same as greenbacks. In this way large
amounts of silver certificates have got in
circulation
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
A Young Woman ScaIped.
Boston Herald.


A terrible misfortune befell Elisn
BeIcher, a young woman employed in
the morocco factory OF Dwight q Co.,
Brooklyn, the other day. The girPs
duties were in an apartment where
machinery is used in dressing leather.
Miss Belcher was accustomed towear her
hair streaming loosely down her back.
In passing near a swiftly revolving thatt,
her black hair was caught and wound
about the iron rod. Before the machinery
could be stopped the girls scalp was
completely torn away from the back OF
the neck over the head to the eyebrows.
When released she presented a horrible
spectable. Strong men who were present
shuddered at the sight. Blood streamGd
copiously from the arteries and veins
that had rudely been torn asunder.
She was nearly insensible. Pending the
arrival OF surgeon, the large flap of
scalp was replaced temporarily and the
Girl was made as comfortable ss possible.
After her removal to st. Catharine's
Hospital, Miss Belcher was treated in the
usual manner In such cases. Her
recovery from the dresd ul shock to her
nervous system, considering the excessive
loss of blood, is extremely doubtful, even
if inflammation or other serious results
of the dislOcstion do not ensue.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01

tions, that one has with Others" q
admits that there are American minds
enlightened and cultivated in art, let
ters, and science, but they associate
with each other almost exclusively in by
no means numerous group. He describes
as follows what he eonoeives to be a far
larger class; Amer ca is full Of men
who have succeeded maryelously, but
who are themselves failure; whose
residences are splendid, but whose souls
ase vulgar; who have pictures and can
not appreciate them, books and do not
resd them, clothes and bad fashions,
clientes but no society, fatterers but no
friends They have acquired fortune By
great effort, but they do not know how
70 enjoy it. To be su e, there are emil
nent minds"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
dearest Thou Not Y''

Ca-est Thou not7 o Thou that givsst life,
Carest Thou not? who art the love thou tezchest
While half IhY children perish in the strife,
For lack Cf the sweet charity hOu Preschsst.
The eye that Sees the heart that longs and yeaTns,
For beauty. wealth and calm Of golden hours
Or bOH, or Nature, gave the brain that burns,
The mind that chates To use its latent powers
Caug It In the bitter net OF circumstance,
We strive ana faint amid each bafiii0g fold,
" hile careless hugers u ke or miss the chance,
Or Idle with th7 precious thing they hold
And favored darlings Of the world look down
rom the fair height by fate or birthright given,
Wondering 10 see how under fortunes fr0Wn
Along steep paths our tired feet are driven.
Carest Thou not ? Our priced Embitions fell.
Our deareEt dToop, in full days shsdoved too
Their young eyes oTced to read the weary tale,
While their vain struggles our past pangs renew.
We fsia would see and save, and live, and lau IN
Fsin would have honest hea and open hand
Ali hope and love make but a breaking STAFF,
When mid cur sbatteIed dreams alone we stand.
Csrest thou not, o Lori2 Cd age creepI on,
Blighting each lingering bl)Om we dare to
eheTish:
a little while an1 the last day is done.
Ca, est TnOu 70, Lpid, bscluse we perish
Oh, stIetch the rsht band strong TO stay and savel
Speak, thrOIsh wild winds above, wild teas be-
meath;
Sav, despite fsi ing life an l Onening grave.
Why will ye dub, ye Of little faith 2"
-[Harper's WesklY.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-01
How He Convinced Them.
Dallas Herald.

Elk. Governor J. w. Throckmorton
certainly understands all the arts of an
old Texan. In his speech defending Ed.
Bomar, at Gainesville, after having
81 oxen about an hour he said:
"Gentlemen of the jury-It is said by
the prosecution that because the de-
ceased was in his shirt sleeves when
killed, he had no pistol"
Here Mr.. Throckmorton pulled OF
his coat and stood before the jnry IN his
shirt sleeves.
'Yeu would say" continued Mr..
Throckmorton, "that l am not armed
because ] am in my shirt sleeves. Look
do you see my arms p cried he, holding
up his hands
No signs of arms could be seen.
Mr.. Throckmorton then drew pistol
from under bis left arm, another from
under his right. one from each boot, and
a huge bowie knife from the back OF hiE
neck placing them upon the table.
"You see, gentlemen, though IN my
shirt sleeves, could be well armed"
This wss a clincher, and 1t ca rried the
point, entirely destroying the argument
Of the prosecution.