Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1881-02-17
AOsAA COAUMM.
The Voltaic Belt Co.,
February 18th.

Beautiful weather last Monday and
Tuesday,
A very fine drove of cattle passed
through town last week.
Local items are as scarce this week
" hens teeth.
A great deal of sickness is reported
throughout the county.
And still the lotteries in Jonesboro
flourish.
Next Tuesday will be Washington's
hirtn-day.
Will Dosser is the happy man this
week. His is "a boy!
Measles are reported to be raging
at Johnson Iity.
Chuc' y River, we understand, was
booming last week.
Drummers are as thick in these
parts as feas or a dog in August.
Rev. w. A. Therrell resigned the
pastorate of the Baptist Church last
Saturday.
Rev. L. 81. Massey, the new pastor
of the NJ. Z. Church, preached his
first sermon last Sunday night.
Quarterly meeting at both the NJ.
+. Church's in town last Saturday
and Sunday.
Horse-swapping is beginning to be
an established profession in our
town.
Jonesboro proposes to have a full
representation at the inauguration of
Garfield and Arthur.
Our devil is happy. He only re-
and he was afraid he would get
twenty-five.
HJlston Presbytery, in connection
with the Synod of Tennessee,
will meet in this place on Thursday,
oath of March neat.
Mr.. C. II. Ogden, OF the firm Of
Ogden Bros. Knoxville, was here last
week, supplying u mercha It's with
books, paper, etc.
The western fever Is raging in this
county. Almost every train bears
way mn of orr native young men
to the far west
The narrow guage road that runs
out from Johnson CITY is expected
to be completed as far as Elizabeth
ton by April 18th.
We hope the recent winds and
the few pleasant days of sunshine
we have lately had, will dry the roads
sufficiently to make travelling over
them safe.
Resolved, "That Chinese Emil
grafton Should be Prohibited" is
the question that the young bloods
of town will debat tomorrow II ght
at Martin Academy.
st. V ~lentines day nassed off very
pleasantly to the young fol $ III
town. We understand that Mr..
WIN Elam received several very
appropriate comic ones, but the
bnys say he didn't seem to appre-
ciate them.
Wheat don't look so very fatter-
ing as it gene ally do S abont this
time of year But it is thought that
when warm weather sets i'll that 1t
will com out OF the "kinks.
Billy Stephenson is o travelling
in the interest of the Knoxville
Chronicle. Billy IS a frst-class and
wide-awake business man, and we
are sure he will give entire satia-
faction.
DR.. VIM. Smith, of :ickers, and
DR.. Mlrtin, Of johnson City, both
good Dentists. are in J~onesboro this
week. Those in need Of dental work
had better avail themselves OF the
opportunity offered.
MIR. Nathan F. Peoples and Joseph
Miller, formerly Washington Conn
tv bows, but now residents Of the
State of Illinois, returned to that
State last Monday night after Il shor
WISH among IIcfIOo Il
this county. Taey were accompanied
by Mr.. John~F. May.
Peter Cooper. of New York, ceie
brafed his ninetieth birthday las
Saturday, Feby 18th Mr.. Cooper
it will be remembered, run as tn
Greenback candidate for President II
1876. and was, perhaps, the oldes
nan that ever run for that Office.
We are glad to learn that through
the generous subscriptions OF tn
citizens of this place and of johnson
City. and a liberal subscription OF tn
neIghbors. that nearly a suilcen
amount of funds has been raised t
rebuild the property of the Wido'
Hopper which was devoured by tn
flames a short time since