The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-08-23
RAILROAD TIRE TABLE.
DEClIERD. TENN.
If. II. DULIN, Local. EDITOR.

The Winchester Normal will open
next Tuesday.
Circuit Court adjourned last Wcdnes
day-all cases before it being continued,
rs usual
The Winchester Silver Cornct Band
is past resurrection. The instruments
were shipped of last week.
Our market is gluttcd, almost, with
watermelons and other fruit, and town
hogs are living high.
A tel-lie-phone line would get a good
patronage at this place, especially just
previous to n county election
Owing to the high price of provisions,
our clearinghouse keepers propose to
increase the price Of board about 20 per
cent.
We forgot to mention, in our election
report, week before last, that "No Con-
yention' was carried almost unanimously
in our county.
Work is progressing on the public
roads throughout the county. Good.
But still we are opposed to the present
cumbersome road law.
1t has become 50 Of late years that
rood music is a requisite, almost, to the
services in our churches, and we think
the organists should be paid for their
services. More anon.
Franklin county is as well adapted to
stock-raising as any county IN the State,
and We do not see why our people do
not take more interest in this branch Of
industry. There's lots Of money in it.
Judging from the number of country
people who come to town to buy hogs,
there must be a scarcity Of hogs in the
country. Seven cents grossls offered for
shoats, We may expect to pay high
for pork next winter.
Last week We ack nowledgcd the re-
ceipt of three apples measuring, each,
l2l inches in circumference And
''pow comes along DIR $. W, liough-
ton with three that measure, each, l2Y
4 inches Next
Mrs Eva Grace Bobo, of Lynchbur-,
(wiit Of Col. L. S. n. Bobo,) has been
quite SICK at the residence Of Mrs.
Green, in Our town, for the past two or
three weeks, hut we are clad to learn
from the Colonel that she IS improving.
Elk River Mills, 3 miles from town,
will soon be ready to commence grind
ing. The proprictors (Nlcssrs. Davis d
Boglc,) have pat in the most approved
machinery, and intend to turn out the
finest grades Of flour and meal. We
5cspeak for them u good custom.
On the 10th inst, at Shelbyville,
Tenn, Mr.. David 5. Curle, formerly Of
this place, was un.cd in marriage to
Miss Emma Russ, daughter of Mr.. X.
* c. Russ, editor Of the Commercial.
The happy couple left for TcXarkana,
Texas, where they will reside in the
~ future.
We often hear or country people
complain that il one of their number
comes to town and "cuts up Il little he
is arrested and made to pay fine,
while "town fellow" can do the same
" thing without mocstation. We can
b hardly think this is so. If it is, it
should be remed;ed.
At late meeting of the Board of
81 Trustees of the University of the South,
at Sewanec in this county, Il committee
# was appointed to whom was referred a
'N resolution involving the eXpcdicncy OF
changing the name Of that institution
to "Sewanee University" Its thought
thata majority Of the Board favor the
' change.
nj Another grand excursion trip to all
the prominent points in Arkansas and
ss Texas, at lower rates than ever, has
| been arranged. The excursion trains
III will pass Dechcrd on tho 9th at 9:l3
a. m. and 3:45 p. III. Tickets good for
80 30 days. For further information cal
on the agent at Dccherd.
Messrs. w. Ransom, A. p. Lowe and
j. W. Syler, Democratic Executive
Committee for Franklin county, have
called a convention to meet at The
Courthouse in Winchester on Monday
the l;h day of September, for the pur
/ ~ pose Of electing delegates to the convcn
ton at Tullahoma on the l4th Of Sep
TENDER to nominate candidate TO
Congress for this (thc 5th) Compression
al district. Everybody invited to at
tend.
On Wednesday night of last week tw
barrels Of whisky were stolen from tn
warehouse of Tripp & Spencer, i
Moore county. Upon discovery Of tn
theft, search was commenced to find
clue as to who got the whisky. 1t 500
leaked out that Mr. W. W. McClelanc
saloon-keeper in our town, and Il NJ
gro named Dave Martin, had been see
IN u wagon containing two barrels o
tho the road leading to Winchester. o
thursday DR.. Trip, accompanied b
sheriff Travis, Of Moore county, arrl'
ed here, and on searching the saloc
found the whisky, and also the barre
mat contained it when stolen. II
T,hiskey had been pumped into barre
belonging to McClelland. Mcclellan
was arrested and telegram sent to
revenue officer to come and take char