The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-23

n the Loaters' Club.
Have you paid your taxes2 February
. LIST is waxing near.
y George Thompson went to Monteagle
on legal business Monday.
r Mrs Nancy Pryor is dangerously i'll
s with inflammatory rheumatism.
Floyd Estill has in view the organi-
= zation of quartette club. More
trouble ahead.
There are some things going on here
9 that we do not like to see. But we are
: not the powers that be-"
The distillers of our county had near
ly 10000 gallons of distilled spirits in
) bonded warehouses IN the first day of
this month.
All sorts of threats are being made
about what will be done at the March
term Of our Circuit Court. "We'll see
what we will see.'
1t will soon be time for farmers to
commence complaining that the pros
poets for good wheat crop are gloomy
Twas ever thus.
Capt. Isaac Estill is Figuring" to
purchase property and become a citizen
in the "wcst end'-in which case he
would he our neighbor.
People who keep cattle in town, don't
feed them, expecting them to live by
foragmg from farmers wagons, have
scrawny stock now Shameful
We learn that Mr.. John West, of
Huntland district, while carrying II
heavy load ON his shoulders few days
since, fell and was severely hurt.
There seems to be demand for beef
cattle in other counties besides this.
A number Of citizens from adjoining
counties have been here buying up cattle
The pastorships at the Baptist and
G. =. Churches continue vacant. Only
one stationed pastor in town--Rev. j.
7. Curry, Of the Methodist Church.
We understand that our Circuit Court
Clerks office presents ncatcr appear
ance than formerly. a wife never fails
to learn her husband to keep things
neat.
Mr.. W. W. Petty has become n citi-
zen of Winchester, and is doing business
for his son at BaugI's old stand. lie
is good man, and We are glad to number
him among our citizens.
The Supreme Court affirmed the de-
csion Of our Circuit Court in the case
of the State VS.. Moses Miller, for assault.
ing Mike Madden at Cowan Miller
goes to the penitcntiary for five years
All our lawyers, except Jno Il Beas-
ley, returned from Supreme Court last
Saturday and Sunday. Mr.. b. remains
until decision IS rendered in the case
of Franklin county VS.. the n. d c. !
Railroad for taxes.
Mr.. Hugh II. Embrcy, our promi-
nent young merchant, left here few
days since for Owensboro, Ky, at which
place he will be joined in wedock to
Miss Cecil Tyler, formerly a pupil at
Mary Sharp College, CONTINUED next
week.
See here, ladies, some of our mar
riageablc young men are anxious for
the Leap Year party. But we would
advise you to 90 slow, especially in
making proposals, for some of the mar
riageblc men around here are of the
scrub species, and might, by accepting,
involve you IN life Of trouble.
County Trustee, X. c. Smith, visit
ed Nashville this week, and collected
the amount of taxes due from the n, |
G. d st. Louis Railroad Company. The
amount paid him by the company foots
up the snug little sum of S., 94S.90-I
s., 3S2. l6 Of which sum was for county
tax, S2,3S2.l6 for school tax, and ST.
1888 for highway tax.
Register Ashley, in connection with
Esqr. II. Il. Estill, now occupies the
the office formerly occupied by Messrs.
Davis, Martin q Taylor, and the latter
named gentlemen occupy the up
stairs room in the same building Mr..
Ashl' y had been using the Traverse ju-
ry room, upstairs in the Courthouse,
which always conhicted with his work
when Court was in session.
In the case Of our County Court
Clerk VS. Issac Vanzant, distillcr in
our county, the Supreme Court decided
last week in favor of the defendant.