Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1883-09-13

COdi tiiio WINTER. Hec HIS nO1iOO.
The lumber yard at this place
is full Of fine lumber.
The board of pension examiners
met yesterday.
"A. G. Mason can sell you your
coal to best advantage. See his
card.
ALL the hacks III town were IN
requisition Sunday to transport the
crowds going out OF town for the
day.
Col. Osborne, the Baldwin Fer
tilizer agent was in town last Tues
day.
Mr.. w. H. Dosser has been con-
fined to his room for several days
with sickness.
Prof. A. M. Metsatel moved to
Rheatown last week. He will take
charge Of the Masonic Institute at
that place.
-Bayless s. Deakins have 5000
pounds Of lard to sell, IS stated IN
their notice on first column OF this
paper
The Fair is near at hand. LIE
You have anything worth exhibiting
be sue and enter it In time.
-The wife of Mr.. Jesse Is. Gal
| loway, living near Bashor's Mill,
died last Saturday
Col. Reeves offers a bargain i'll
another tract Of land. See his ad,
i'll another column.
The friends Of Miss Eugene
| Murphy Will be sorry to learn that
she is no better.
john S. Hayes has been confined
to his room for several days with sick
ness, but is able to be out again.
John Merit exhibited to US last
| Saturday a large German Carp which
weighed about 3 pounds. It was
caught in Charley Green's lond.
Mex week we will tell our rea-
ders all about the wedding that came
off last night.
"A report reached here last Mon
day that John Ferguson, living
some four miles below town, had
accidently shot and killed himself.
Mr.. James Davis, who has been
! confined to his home, near town for
some weeks, with sickness, was
able to be in town Tuesday.
The grand annual Watermelon
eating, given by Corporal Babb, came
off last Sunday evening, and ten
large melons were speedily deyo ured.
Miss Lena and Ed Mason, Miss
Selma Boyd, Charley Munsey and
Will Hoss, who have been suffering
with d~iphtheria, I improving.
Mr.. j. I. Hawkins, who left
Jonesboro for the West, some three
months ago, is now located at
Neoshe Rapids, Kansas.
Mr.. J. d. Mcpherson, who has
been attending the Commercial Col
lege, at Louisville, KY, for the
past three months returned home
Saturday night, and is again with
Mr.. S. II. Anderson.
BY request we have sent several
| copies Of the IL. & u. out OF the
county to gentlemen who promised to
| remit on receipt OF first paper. They
haye probably forgotten the matter.
| Please remit.
Henry Fleming, who has been
visiting relatives in this place for
some weeks, started last Monday
morning for Butte City, Montana
Territory, where he is at present en-
gagged in business
The prospects for a brilliant Fair
this season are far above the average.
Let each OF our farmers show the
best products Of his fern and eyery>
body else show the results OF his
or her skill.
John Slack OF the Bristol Couro
Ter is showing a weakness for writing
up old times. and the boys will begin
to call him uncle John" before he
is aware of his age.
The attention Of our readers is
directed to the displayed adyertise>
ment Of Messrs. May & Patton which
can be found in another column:
They are deserving gentlemen, and
we bespeall for them a liberal share
Of the public patronage.
We are requested by the on
mittee to announce that the time for
holding the musical contest at the
court house, during the Fair, has
been changed from Wednesday to
Thursday night, and from Thurs
day to Friday night.
We are requested by Rev, b.
III. Gudger to announce that the
fourth annual camp-meeting at the
Stuart Hill camp ground, will con-
vene on Thursday before the fourth
Sabbath in September.
The Ministers and Deacons'
meeting Of the Holston Baptist Ass
ISOLATION will convene at the Ford>
town church on the 28th, 29th and
Both OF this month.
Those who have engaged in
carp culture have been almost
uniformly successful, and will soon
find their ponds stocked with good
fish, the Government supplying
them free. We have blanks for
application at our Office and it will
afford us much pleasure to furnish
them to.all, who desire to obtain a
plant ofthis fish,
Our friend of The Journal now
has a stock Of bedroom and other
furniture which he wishes to sell at a
slight advance on factory prices
He exchanged his printing Office in
Pennsylvania for furniture and not
desiring to continue in the business
of retail furniture wishes to dispose
Of it as rapidly as possible. A pur-
chaser for the entire stock can make
a satisfactory deal by buying it. It
contains some elegant sets both in