Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-12-14

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fable. We must not see our reward in
advance. We must take the painful
track of duty and the rugged road of
virtue because they are such and not
simply because they lead to some sup
posed reward. Our Spiritualistic friends
deny Mr.. Rogan's allegation that it leads
to libertinism-that they tolerate polyg-
amy. leave that to them.
Let me descend to material things.
Pork is worth cents on Main Street,
wheat los, corn 4Oc. Eggs are up to
3Octs.-nearly the price of postage
stamps for letters. Butter is reasonable
only 2Octs. Coffee is declining to fig
ures that are somewhat natural. see
that the failure of the great N. Y, coffee
house followed quickly on the death of
the greatest man whose business il was
to bull the coffee market. Sugar is low
er. We can have a cheap enough time
Of it at Christmas. Next year | think
we shall have coal cheap enough and
much better for the holidays. You note
will you-that we have secured a char
ter for an extension of the N. G. to
Elizabethton. Make the survey-locate
the line--gentlemen of Bristol and have
your profile ready for the contractor and
we will show you the iron key to pros
perity. Don't you see little tariff in
this? Don't you see that as people can't
go to England fol cheap iron, they are
going to Stone Gap for it? Aye? You
catch that pointS DON'T you see that
the tariff on wool is filling this country
with sheep?
Guy Written has ground hundred
thousand pounds ofbone dust and is now
putting up foundry above Mr.. Ovens Il.
The AthenGans celebrate their eleventh
anniversary next Friday evening
at seven o'clock. DeClaimer p. H..
Gray, subject, The Private Sol
der. First orator, w. S. Steele, second
orator, II, p. Britain. Question for
debate, "Was the execution Of Mary
Queen Of Scots justilable?" Afiirma-
tive, II. G. Murphy, II. w. Taylor.
Negative, c. r. Pepper, w. r. King.
The exercises will be very interesting
and / hope the ladies will be there in
force. The Mite Society will have an
elegant supper tomorrow evening and
next "Wednesday and Thursday in DR..
Hicks new store near the Main Street
bridge. The perseverance of these la
dies is equaled only by the splendor of
their results. Mr.. S. r. Ferguson has
moved into his fine new dwelling on
Shelby Hill. During last week the
weather was cold but delightful, and it
on Sunday turned the corner of the
weather bureau with n, slea, followed
by a warm fair day on Monday. | find
that sleet Is generally followed by
warm weather. Matters have been Il
little warm at Abingdon. The affair be-
tween G. T. Smith and Judge Ward end
ed in challenge from Smith, which
Ward refused to even read, declaring
he refused to recognize Smith as gen.
tleman. Then Smith followed with Il
denunciatory card in the Standard.
Last week Ward deyotes a page of the
PGginidn to letter from j. Marshall
McGue in which Smith was shown no
mercy. On the n, G. II. Il. the cngl-
neer corps has located the northern di-
vision to point half way between North
Fork Gap and Big Stone Gap, some or
8 miles This side Of the latter. IL will be
completed in some two weeks, when the
corps will commence at Specr's Ferry
and locate the line from that point TO
Mendoza. look for Gen. Imboden to
be at Bristol inside this week. The
heavy loss Of Postmaster Carter at Es-
tillville, last Sunday night Is sad one.
Nine tenths Of all he possessed is ashes
to-day. The mails are Il total loss eX-
cept the registered letters, which may or
may not have been saved. No insurance.
Miss Hattie Winston, daughter of Prof.
j. II. winston, Of this place, who has
for years been living with her friends in
Louisa county, was married last Thurs
day morning to Mr.. Robert Ryland
Gwathmey, Of Richmond, and the bride
and groom are now on visit to Bristol.
saw DR.. Sullns on street last Saturday
and never before saw him looking so
well. Emory has so students. Sad to
say Mr.. L.. X. Byrd and lady lost this
morning their only daughter, Mary Vir-
ginia. Cause, measles. Mr., II. NJ,
Smylhe, editor Of the Cllnch Valley
Ne,os, was In town last Thursday on his
way from the South to the cold heights
of TazewelI Mr., G. l.. llamblen of
Jonesvllle brought to Bristol yesterday
couple Of chr loads Of hogs. Lee can
beat the country on me hogs.
Don't forget that Brown brothers are
ready to make your new vehicles, and
to repair your old ones. Give these
worthy and cnterprislng young men
your patronage at once, and thus encour-
age them In their much needed enter
prise. Take your buggies to them to be
repaired. It will be an net Of public
policy to patronlze them in that hard pc
rlod which Immediately follows the first
founding of any new branch of trade.
Mr.. Geo. llarmeling's resignation MS
Local Express Agent expires to-day and
W. s. Jcnnlngsuccoeds him. jennings
is most excellent and popular young