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

Johnnie Hutchins drug store is a
popular watering resort.
We have room for few more an
nouncements for the Legislature.
A four-year old son of Mr.. j. f.. Hor-
ton, who lives near Maxwell, died last
Sunday night.
Capt. S. d. Mather announces HIM
self candidate for the Legislature. See
Exercises will commence at Mary
Sharp College next Wednesday. we
hope for full school.
Mr.. Kleinwaechter, our shoemaker,
has purchased the house in front Of the
Jail, and his family are now occupying
it.
The protactcd meeting at Mt. Re
serve 0'ayncs Church closed last Sun
day with u professions and 10 additions
to the church.
We feel that, with the action now be-
ing taken by the authorities, smallpox
in Winchester will soon be numbered
with the things of the past.
Inasmuch as the candidates for the
State Senate announce only in the Bed
ford county papers, we guess they don't
propose to "run" outside Of that county.
This is "new departure"
Jno. NJ. Hutchins has just received
an elegant stock Of toilet articles and
very rare and fragrant extracts, the
perfume of which would have added to
the historic charms Of Egypts dark
eyed queen.
Capt. Tolley will speak in the interest
of Gen WIN. b. Bate, and Col. Holman
in the interest Of } ii. Russell, ut
Hunts Station Saturday, Sept. 9th
Candidates for the Legislature are in
vited to be present.
Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, was in
our town last week. His son came with
him, and is now a pupil in the Winches-
ter Normal. The Governor made lit
tie talk to the Normal school, and
we have heard his remarks highly com.
plimented
Two new cases of smallpox have de-
veloped in town since our last-Ellis
(son of our hack-driver, Mr..
Glen. Aredge,) and Miss McHan
The former is varioloid. The latter is
continent smallpox, and was contracted
in Chattanooga recently.
CoNvoCATIoN SERVICES AT TRINITY
CHURcu.-Rcv. DR.. Gray, OF Nashville,
will preach Thursday evening, inst.
8 o'clock. Subject: "a knowledge of
doctrine promised to the doer of Gods
will" Again, on Friday morning,
ODD inst, at 10 o'clock he will preach.
Subject: "The Christians love for the
church."
DEcHERD, Tenn, Sept 4, 1882
The new steam Aour-mill is now running
day and night. We have no smallpox
here, and hope we may avoid the pesti-
lence. Mr. Vitas Nagle, of the 9Th dis
trict, lost daughter last week, with
malarial fever. Three others of his
family were down at the same time with
the same fever. Elder j. NJ. +. Smith
son is very sick with bilious fever. Rev.
Mr.. Groves, of Fayetteville, preached at
the Presbyterian Church here yester-
day-Sabbath. y.
DR.. Clark, of the State Board OF
Health, visited our town Sunday morn
ing last and had Il conference with our
Winchester Board of Health in regard
to the best course to be adopted to free
our town ofsmall.pox. lie found that
our physicians had already done and
were still doing everything that doctor:
could do to control and get rid Of tn,
disease. lie endorsed the measures the
doctors had advised to isolate and quar-
anime every case that now exists OF
may hereafter occur in our community
and approved Of the arrangement
made for hospital and pest-house, DC
This great good, however, has resulted
from the doctors visit {: The citizen
now readily acquiesce in whateve
measures our Board of Health ma,
adopt. The smallpox cases have al
been moved out o. town to hospitals pre-
pared for them, and DR.. Murrell is EN-
ployed to attend them exclusively
abandoning the general practice for tn
time to the other doctors-Shapard an
Grisard. Doctor Clark thinks We wi
soon be entirely rid of the disease.
maxwell, Tenn, Sept. 4, 1882
Our farmers are busily engaged pre-
pairing their lands Tor wheat
This portion of the county is besse
with an Industrious, energetic class {
farmers. They are all trying to max
the most of their situation by close al
plication and well-directcd labor. The
are rapidly improving their lands |
clovering and growing wheat. Theya
introducing the best of machinery, al
are, therefore, reaping the best result
This l regard as about the best pc
ton of our county. 1t is tolerably ft
tile, lies moderately well, and is usual
f healthy. Maxwell, which is our mi
$ ket, is n business little place. The
e are three stores, n post-officc, n blat
: smith shop and shoe-shop. Our M
u chants Martin d Foster, Patrick, a