Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-05-24
EVENT and COMMENT.

Prof. A. w. Wilson has resigned the
Presidency Of ROgcrsville Female Col
lege, and the position has been rendered
Prof. j. l.. Bachman, Of Sweetwater,
Tenn.
Capt. Fob Mitchell, Division Road
Master of the Salem Division of the n
u w. II. r., was killed last Thursday
near Blue Ridge Springs, by the collid-
Ing of his hand ear with n special train
on which was Etraveling Mr.. j. w.
Brock, who was having recorded in all
the counties Oh the line the transfer of
property from the A. NJ. & o. TO the
new company.
The new translation of the Bible was
made public in America last Friday,
May 20, 1881. The old version has last
ed $40 years, being translated from the
Greek In 1911 THE new version is not
divided into verses.
Sarah Bernhardt landed the other day
In France, on her return from America,
and fifty thousand people met her at the
wharf Napoleon could scarcely have
drawn larger crowd after the battle of
Lodi.
The n. g. W. II. r. Co. have purchas-
ed 5000 feet Of water front below Nor
folk, on three farms, and will erect
wharves for use In European shipment.
What "bcow Norfolk" means we can
not yet say.
The L. s. Senate adjourned last Fri
day and the Funder plan to keep Ma
hone out Of Va. during the campaign
for 1881 goes off In very fine smoke, like
other Funder dreams.
Nashville had thalf million fire last
Tuesday. The Maxwell House was sew
eral times on fire, but 1t was saved
Fortune favored Charley Thurman and
his great Clothing House escaped the
flames.
This is an era of railroads. Col. Cole
seems to have made important alliances
that, In some way not now understood
nv outsiders, mix up matters with the
n. & w, and the i. & N. and will open
up the Carolina and Ga seaport towns
to him. ] he Richmond and Allegheny
has consolidated with the Ohio Central,
which gives II connection with Buffalo,
Chicago and st. Louis. We have had
great faith In the II. & A. extending its
line through Craig, Giles, Tazcwcll,
Russell and Wise to the Kentucky sys-
tenn, but this last consolidation would
seem to weaken the probability of the
Clinch valley extension.
We suppose II may be said that the
low-tax men In Tennessee have enioincd
the execution of the new Funding Bill
Such bill was sworn to at Winchester
last Saturday by men worth five millions
Of dollars.
Collector Robertson of N. Y. has 053
appointments In his power The sala-
ries of these aggregate nearly million
and half of dollars. so, 1t Is no cause
OF wonder that Conkling wishes to keep
this great engine Of power under his
own thumb.
Houk has succeeded In postponlng I'M
I'll December the confirmation of VIM.
Rule M Z. NJ. at Knoxville. He seems
disposed to "lct on" that this Is "dog
fall" II so Rule is the top dog ut pres
ent, for he holds over until himself or
come else Is confirmed. Key and May
nard arc for Rule, and so are we,
A week ago the Giles county Jail open
cd and there walked ont into the dark
ncss and forest of Angels rest, Jno. II.
Abshlre, lately taken from Lee county
for horse stealing, and Jno. w. IIona-
ker, late Of W. Va, hut then under sem
tcncc Of three years IN the Pen,cntiary.
No one knows how they got out, save
that the jail was unlocked and the lock
thrown ont In the grass.
Tho T.. o. Department proposes an
"lnstant delivery" stamp--to cost bets
per letter, and which will require the
L. NJ. TO deliver II IN cities Immediately.
Can't thcy give the country some such
convenience
The Pcarlsburg Virgiaidn says the n.
u. X. II. had \ charter for n Il. u. up
East river into the 1asewcll coal fields,
and have already had IL surveyed. The
line Will be ~ miles long aud will GER
tainly he built SO the Piuinidn thinks.
For our part we do not think ~ miles
will reach only of the good coal, or even
reach ratcwcil county.
As the fundcr papers have had n good
time Growing over The alleged detection
of that good aud true Rcadiustcr Hon.
s. NJ. Fulton of Gmyson, We take pleas
urc In copying the following from the
Wythcvillo Dispatch.
"Ilon. y. NJ. Fulton, Of Summcrfcld
Grayson county, has written letter to
the editor Of the Alexandria Gdsettc Civ
Ing positive denial to the charge that
he wrote letter to Washington saying
"Mahonc has chosen to make his home
with the enemies Of the State and will
have 10 suffer the consequences.
"Onc bv one the roses fnde.o