Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-02-15
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OK THE SIDEWALK,

The tabled horse shoe is no more. The
ground hog Is now the emblem. Boreas
like lion turns the last corner Of win
ter, shaking the earth, bursting the riv-
crs and believing like the eastern lorna
do. Saturday was fcarfully winuy.-
Sunday showed the mercury down to
plus 10, and yesterday was the "falrest,
coolest wonder" of the month. JEFF
Davis and all his men failed for -four
years Of apocaliptic wrath to move a
timber Of the Long Bridge at Washing
ton, but last Sunday the Potomac broke
up and like an arctic glacier, swept
four spans Of that immense structure
from its foundation. Mails and travel
were stopped. The dying adnnlstra-
ton of Hayes could only look on. Even
the mighty Conkling was dumb and
powerlcss In Its presence. The tabled
goddess of liberty from her perch on
the dome Of the capitol, yelled her face
In clouds while the waves and Ice held
high carnival that surpassed the dcmoni-
40 freedom when Early's men poured
into Montgomery Blair's deserted Halls
In '63.
The street Is anxiously quiet to-day
over the sale Of the A. NJ. & o.
II Is authoratatlvely announced That the
"hidden hand" in that yelled transact
ton was the Louisville and Nashvlllc's
that II was move to flank Mr.. Il. w,
Cole: that now the missing link must
be supplied IN one Of three ways. Build
the old G. G.. II. II. from Lebanon KY,
through Cumberland Gap to Bristol
Build the Nancy line from Lebanon,
Tenn. TO Brlstol-Gct the II. II. V. & G.,
from Chattanooga to Brlstol.-but-but
always make Bristol the goal You sec
the point. Then what becomes OF
"Clark's o. N. II. Thrcadp" Why II
may be that Clark'a thread will be trail
ed up to Salem, where II could be very
neatly threaded into the big needle Of
the A. NJ. g. OIL, q n. scoP
One thing seems certain. "0ut Of the
eater came forth meat" Malone, id
shadowless crltter, sNorc In his military
boots, "you shan't rtpudidte all these
labor claims and all this private stock
and all this four millions Of Virginia.
10 was tho "Littlc RcadIuster's' day 10
vctol And he vetoed, right under IIol.
llday's nose.
All this makes me very intellectually
drunk, but didn't mean TO forget oui
N. q. Gen. Imboden and lady were to
have LEFT to-day for Richmond and Ra-
leigh, but their little daughter, Helen,
vetoed that trip by breaking ont ycstcr.
day with measles. The North Carolina
arrangements are admirably maturing,
Capt. Walthall has completed the survey
10 Elizabcthton. Line Excellent. Dis
lance 2O1l miles. Capt. Slcklcr's corps
IL below Dr. lIilton's In Poor Valley
more than half way TO Estlllvillc. just
as soon M he completes that survey and
can profile Il, that span will be let Ia
contract, to parties who will grade Il In
some two months. 1'rack-hylng will
not be later than June lst
By-thc.way, lust thursday 10000 ties
enough to reach from Bristol TO Cllnch
River. were let TO contract. Messrs,
X. T.. Smith & Sou &c, the first 100000,
10 reach from Bristol to Estillvlllc-a
plague on that vile, let's shorten It to
Ebtill-at 1924 cents per tie. They are
Albcmarlc county men, and Capt. Smith
Ia veteran contractor Of very lhrgc ok
pciicncc. The 10000 to rcach from Es-
TN 10 Clinrh River, ten miles. were let