The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-02-07
Valentines at G. G. Phillips.

The brick-work on the town hall was
finished last week.
There are numerous cases Of mump'
III town and vicinity.
Col. j. j. Hickman organized a Tenn
perance Lodge at Cowan lately.
1t is limited that the denizens of Frog
Town want q charter in thern, too.
Miss Lou Hogg, of Texas, "a Norma
pupil, } is quite sick at Prof. TerrlPs.
Mr.. Joe A. Carter has been quit,
sick for several days, but is improving
Prof. VIM. McIlheran reports his
school at Cowan in u furnishing condi
ton.
Mr.. Is p. Hunt will leave for Hunts.
vile, Ala, this week, to he absent sew.
eral weeks.
Miss Emma TerrilI, formerly of the
the Winchester Normal, isquite sick at
Tracy City.
Our Cowan letter was handed in too
late for last week, and it is too old for
this issue.
Mrs. Carney, formerly of Decherd,
has rented large ncwly.ercctcd hotel
at Chattanooga.
Several angels of commerce Common
ly called drummcrs,) visited Winches-
ter since our last.
Esq. W. B. Gossagc, of Esti!lSprings.
qualified as administrator Of the estate
If his father last Monday.
We hear of several chickens being
stolen recently. Preparing for another
Big meeting, likely.
Our country cousins don't mix with
is much since we got into our new Of
ice. Whazzcrmazzcr =?
Some of our citizens commenced
cleaning their ground last week, prepar-
'tory to gardening.
Some of tie disciples of Isaak Walton
ire anticipating fine time this Spring.
We are one Of EN-.
Prof. Joe Estill came down from
Manchester last week to see some sick
members of his family.
If our clergymen would send in their
Sunday announcements we would gladly
give them a place in our paper.
The Rev. DR.. r. A, Young, of Nash
vile, will preach at the Methodist
Church next Sunday mornings night.
Mr. Brown, of Minnesota, has been in
,ur town and vicinity for several days.
lie is prospecting with Il view Of loca-
ing here.
We are glad to learn that Mr.. Joe
Miller, of the Cowan district, who has
,een very sick for some time, is i'm
proving.
Rev. j. r. Curry left, yesterday, on
| visit to Nashville Wonder if the OBJ
ect Of his visit is to attend the Mardi
iras ball
Capt. Glen. Arlcdgc entered upon his
lutics as Clerk u Master last week.
John Arledgc, his son, was sworn in as
lis deputy.
Quite number of Ohio citizens have
,ecn prospecting in our county lately,
md we learn that they are lavorably
with the country.
We would rejoice to chronicle the
act that the thief who stole Judge
5wain's chickens recently had been
caught and his anatomy perforated.
What fool man is for getting
trunk and then attributing it to the
cursed stuff" It's the man that's to
blame, and not the liquor nor the saloon
keepers.
Our Representative, Hon. w. A.
Iarkin, mixed with the people here
and left for Nashville Tuesday
morning without calling on us for i'll
;tructions.
We were shown, last week, a speci-
ncn of painting executed by Prof.
Gardner, of Mary Sharp College, that
would reflect credit, we dare say, upon
my artist in the country.
Mr.. +. NJ. Simpson, druggist, who
las been engaged at j. Nj. Hutchins
lrug store for two or three months, left
or Nashville Monday. lie made many
friends in Winchester.
At a meeting of the Knights of Hon.
or, last Monday night, Mr.. Lee Ayers
rendered his resignation as Financial
Reporter, and |. G. Garner was elected
to the position j. M. Bledsoee was
elected Dictator.
There is n good deal of newspaper
talk about the beauty of Langtry, the
actress. Pshaw! There are at least a
hundred ladies in Winchester more
beautiful than Langtry, but we would
not tell their names for the world, for
fear that they would become "stuck up
with vanity.
A friend at Belvidere sent us quite
on ;nterostiuo letter FIR last weeks .Iour.