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

lou remember that OF the six Democrat
10 candidates for Presidential electors in
III California, one of them was defeated,
presenting the strange spectacle of of
The Hancock and one of the Garfield
electors being elected This defeated
enc, bear IN mind, was ID. s. Terry, who
prior TO the war, killed ID. G. Brodercll
IN duel. This speaks well for the peo-
pie of California. Terry's action in that
duel was astoundingly cold bloodcd and
vicious, If we remember Alright.
And now they call Malone "the Va.
Sphinx" because when he and John
Wise and Riddleberger went TO Bati-
more to look at the shop windows and
buy Christmas candy, he would not stop
that important and unpostponabIe bus
mess to tell them how he will vote in the
Senate.
The heavy decline in the price of cof-
fee has caused the failure of the largest
coffee firm in Amerlca-B. G.. Arnold &
Co., N. Y. 1t may hurt the very old
and heretofore strong house Of Arnold,
but the decline in conee after so many
long years Of high price in that article
VIII cause many poor mortal to smile.
Coffee and tobacco are no longer luXu-
ries. They are necessities.
j. Sprigg Campbell, a well known
young broker of Richmond, died last
Thursday of Meningitis,
Down comes the noted John Kelly,
the Tammany chief at last. Mayor
Cooper nominated Allen Campbell for
the office of Comptroller, and the Board
OF Aldermen confirmed the nomination
by vote Of 10 to 8. This puts Mr.. KEEL
ly out and we presume the Herald Is
happy.
The Wythcville Enterprise records the
death of Mr.. John p. NJ. Zimmerman,
the largest land owner in the county, his
possessions consisting of some s 900 acres
Of land of fine quality, most of lying be-
tween Wythevllle and the lead mines.
His death was from carbunclo on the
back OF his neck, In which position we
have noted that 1t generally proves fatal.
Diptheria Of very fatal type Is pre-
yniling In one section of Grayson county.
Five and six have died IN single fami-
~. There Is said TO be generally lack
of drainage, or some sort of water i'm
purity at the origin Of this dread disease
which Is but form of animal bacteria.
The Ore Knob N. G. Ia the scene of
the latest strike, thirty per cent. advance
being demanded by some 300 men en-
ployed to procure wood. The propric-
tors refuse and are looking TO the use of
coal.
Are we to be flooded again with shin
plastersp Mr.. ingalls, has introduced
bill In Congress to issue ten millions
worth of fractional currency-l0, 20 and
10 cents.
Mr.. Hayes Ia Signalling Tho close Of
his administration by few military
changes. Gen. w. u. lIazcn takes
charge Of the signal office or Weather
Bureau. Col. Miles Is to he made n
Brigadier and o. o. Howard Ia TO take
West Point, from which Gen. Schoflcld
10 to walk the plank
The stone child J. A. Kensly, Of new
Philadelphia, Ohio, died few days ago.
It's flesh Is rs hard as stone. The body
Is now guarded In strong vault,
Jay Gould, the rail road King, lost
100000 by the burning of his Green
house at lrvington, on the Hudson. last
Saturday Many OF the plants were
rare and costly, and there we're In Il
some from nearly every portion of the
earth.
Tho Welch family, crooked dlstIllcrs,
In Putnam county, Tenn. have about
cleaned up the revenue chaps out there.
Capt. jim Davis, the most noted Rove
nue. raider In the State, who has killed
two moonshiners already, had his skull
broken and was shot through the thigh.
He Is yet alive. His companion, G. W.
Campbell, was badly beaten, but got
away alive, leaving Davis dead, M he
supposed.