The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-09-06

Geo. w Byron, Esq, announces for
the Legislature.
This burning of school-houses in our
county should be investigated
We have in Winchester 9 widowers.
40 widows, Z bachelors and % old
maids.
The textbooks for 1881 we're turned
over to County Trustee Smith Monday
evening.
Rev. DR.. Howard will preach at
E Trinity Church next Thursday evening
at s o'clock.
, Winchester has 1872 dwelling-houscs,
, 40 business houses, & churches, and 4
, school.houses.
Exercises were resumed at the public
school on Wednesday last, but the at.
tendance being 50 small the school was
dismissed last Monday until further or.
lers.
There are, in the corporate limits of
Winchester white males over 80 years
Of age, 81; white females over 80 years
of age, Al white males over IS years
of age, 6; white females over IS years
, Of age, 8.
"Swamp Fox" Sd district, your let
ter was received, but we already had
in type the principal items of which you
write. Write again, and be brief. Give
neuS items, without comment, just AS
| our Decherd correspondent does in this
, issue.
Our genial and intelligent friend Mr.
b. p Hunt, has returned from bust
ness trip to the western portion of the
I State. He reports very favorably for
Gen. VIM. b. Bate, and what "Bell"
says in this respect may be relied upon.
There is no closer observer than 3. =.
Hunt, and no worthicr gentleman.
Mr.. George A. Pickup sent MS, last
week, samples of fair leaf twill and fair
leaf wooden goods woven ON loom
made by himself, and which is in opera.
ton at the Salem factory in this county,
and in which he is II partner. The
samples Of goods are equal to the best,
and reflect credit upon Mr.. Pickup and
the factory.
Hons. John NJ Bright, Richard War.
ner, A. l.. Lands and II. 7. Carr, can.
didates for Congress, addressed small
assemblagc of our citizens in the Court
! yard last Friday afternoon, We are
sorry that we were not present. 1t
seems that occasions of this kind always
Y happen when business in the office re-
;, quircs our attention.
=. The circus will not exhibit here until
y some time in October. Already some
> ofour swallow-an-elepha
> a-knat people have commenced talking
i. in opposition to it performing here. 1t
is good thing the world don't depend
on such long-iaced moral fanatics. We
are for the circus, let ii come when it
p, may. We don't have enough amusc-
? ments these days.
+ COUNTY CONVENTION. On last Mon
: day the Convention which had been
Il called for that day to select delegates to
s the Congressional Convention that
h meets in Tullahoma on the l4th inst,
l. was convened by W. Ransom, Chair
;, man of the Franklin County Democrat
It ic Executive Committee On motion,
: Mr. Ransom was elected permanent
Cha r,nan, and b. p Hunt Secretary.
1t was moved and carried that the
u Chairman appoint committee Of seven
!, to select the delegates, when the follow
! ing committee was appointed: A p
u Lowe, A j Silvertooth, j = Wedding
e ton, VIM Green, David Lyons, and T
u d Gregory. The committee retired,
" and returned with the following list OF
delegates:
&c lst District, Jno X Bennett, II 7
'e Stewart, Jno W Sylcr and & NJ Ray
+ ID, Geo w Abbott and J p Wedding
If ton; 3D., Isaac Nanzant, jr., and Thos
y Grant; 4th, W G. Motlow and o Y
Us Bruce; 9th, W NJ Reynolds and Jo,
9; Baker; 9th, Henry Weaver and A J
;" Wisenan; 7th, John Holder and II Y
Us Alexander; Sth, II X Powell and Bel
CT Knight; 9th, ID 5 Long and S L
y Rowe; 10th, Robt Hines and Jno {
Vi Montgomery llth, j X Shook and W
G j Bledsoe 18th, Jno NJ Kelly and inc
II Lynch; 18th, Simp West and Wn
y Champion 18th, \ J Sivertooth and
1T, Cage Clark; 18th, w II Phillips anc
~ II ID Devil 10Th, Robt Steele and
Ill Liable Parsons; 18th, W b Gossagc and
W l. Jones; 18th, jesse Gum and Il
. J Gillespie.
-. - On motion, this report of the commit
tee was adopted.
81 Motions were made respectively tina
~ the delegates be instructed for eX.Gov
,.' A S Marks and Hon Jno NJ Bright. Oh
~ viva voce vote. the Chairman rule'
n that the instructions were for OK Gov
~ Marks. A division Of the vote wa
oy called form the meantime numbc
"" Wy left the Courthouse, but were Gale
,s ~ back and division vote beng had,
49, aS' stood u for Marks and 81 for BIigh
~. ~, The Chairman announced the instru
I W., tons were for Bright by the last vot
NY So much confusion prevailed that fll
" 90" report of the proceedings cannot
ck. given.
, S~ The Secretary read the following re
md olution, which was oil on the trouble