Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-06-22
nv ENTiand COMMENT.

EN ENTnnd COMMENT.
Prof. Il. n. Boianan seems TO have
had fair excuse for rcSigning the chair
with which he has for year been con-
necicd at Emory & Henry. Last Thurs
dav he was married to Miss Ella Pierce,
At the residence Of her brother, Mr.. ID.
B. Pierce, IN Abingdon.
Mr.. Jno. Keller, died last Wednesday
Ut ! Is residence five miles south OF ABB
ingdon. He was MI aged and very re-
spectacle citizen Of the county.
Nrs. Ella o. Wittcn, late Of Peoples
College, Pikeville Tenn, has been elect
I'D ~ one of the teachers In Jefferson
VILE Va. High school, and has accepted.
Mrs. Wittcn II \ most excellent teacher
and this testimonial from the ,ople of
her old home IA one she Is In every way
worthy Of.
rhoS. Nast's latcst cartoon IN IIarper's
Weekly r'precant lightning as striking
Ohio, and "A monstrouS exodus of candi-
dates rushing to tho Buckeye State.
Tho Trustees of the University Of Ten
nesscc at Knoxville have elected Prof.
James Dinwiddie Of Clarksville Profess
por of Mathematics. Prof. Y. s. .Joynes
gctr the two chairs VI English and Nod
-rn Languages. McAdoo that Of Englirh
History, and I. q. Deaderick instructor
IN Ancient Languages. while Col. Craw-
ford IL Commander of cadets.
The Supreme Court Of Tenn. has, in
the case of Galloway q. Dwiar, county
court clerk. decided that the Torbrtt Is
sue Of the Bank Of Tenn must he recciv-
ed In payment Of privileged taxes due
the State.
Gen. Longstrert has been confirmed
Rs Minister TO Constantinopc. "Pete"
II said to Ike poor, after all his pull NJ the
public crib. In his new lookout on the
Bosphorus he can get peep ut his cols-
In Grant M hr takes his next trip around
the world.
The stockholders Of Cranberry road
met At johnson City last Wednesday.
Gen. Pardce was present and II Il said
tho company will now 80 to work and
complete the road from johnson City to
the Cranberry worka,
Most Of the parties to the Smlh-Elam
duel we're before the Grand Jury last
week and declined to answer questions
on the ground that TO do 50 might crmi-
nate themselves. They were dlscharg-
ed.
The bill to fix the manner Of counting
the Electoral vote Tor President wasa few
dAys ago dismissed IN Congress because
the Republicans had resolved To flllibu4-
ter the session ont rather than II should
pasa They wish 10 have fraudulent
Nirc President count in fraudulent
successor.
Memphis hNs completed twenty and q
half miles Of sewerage and thirty miles
of drain tile. when the city shall have
extended this system Ia It's completion
there will probably he no more yellow
fever. There has never yet been mn cpl
dcmic of yellnw fcvor or cholera that has
not been due to defective drainage.
Grecnvillc snd .onesborO are illustra-
tlons, and the matter may yet be brought
home to Bristol.
Ex-Gov. and L. s. Senator Ieh Vance
WA married lnrt week IN Louisville Ny.
80 Mira. Florence :. Martin. GOV.
Vance has been wldowcr aud has three
children. The bride, who was the Wild
wv of jno. Martin, \ pork merchant Of
Louisville. has one child. They were
married by n Catholic Bishop.
4 woman whppcr named Newton
Willis waa shot aud Killed on the 10Th
near Itogcrsvillc Tenn, by Geo. Maybe.
Willis was threatening 10 whip MaybeS
sister Mary. Not arrested yet.
The Lebanon Tenn. Herald says II
will not support for Governor any man
an Gov. Marks platform Of 1873. and
will not support Marks IN auy platform.
The Herald IL n Finder aud does not
like Marks low tax Views.