Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-12
THE STATE AT LARGE.
SALTvILLE.

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MARcB 10, 1885.
A considerable FIRE here the other
nigh, threw this usually quiet commu-
sity into quite an excitement. One Of
the cottages belonging to the Holston
Salt ands Plaster Company took
Sire accidentally, and was very
soon burning rapidly and threat
sning the adjoining buildings. Pro-
fsssor Hands, Of the High School,
promptly organized bucket-brigade
fsop the volunteer material which had
rushed to the scene, and the fire was
confined 10 the building where Il first
appeared. The building was speedily
consumed, with some OF the effects OF
the two families who occupied il. The
loss was 1900 OF s700, of which $500 is
covered by policy in the Hamburg and
Bremen Firc-lnsurancc Company.
Rev. DIR. Brown, o Lutheran minister
Of Blountyille, Tenn, preached two
excellent discourses here Sunday and
returned home yesterday. Next Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Lloyd. the rector Of the Epis-
eopal church at Abingdon, will minis
ter here st night and Rev. DIR. Wiley in
the morning. The churcitmusic here,
both instrumental and vocal, is very
fne. Few country churches ! have
visited can equal it. Professor Van
Syekel, lately from New Jersey, is the
sTganist. and there are several very SUI
perior voices.
The colored Sunday school, which
meets in the handsome church every
Sunday afternoon, is one of the interest
ing features Of the Sabbath services
here. 1t is large school. composed OF
eolored people, old and young. MIR.
George W. Palmer is superintendent,
and several devoted gentlemen con-
pected with the works here do the
teaching. A very attractive part OF the
exercises is the repeating of verse
from Scripture by every scholar IN the
school in turn as each ones name IS
called out by the superintendent
from his roll On the occasion
in question each one was en-
pected to repex a verse that had the
name Of Jesus in it. The responses
were very prompt from little tots six
years old 10 old gray-headed men.
Eight or ten gave the verse. Jesus
wcpt,r the shortest verse in the Bible.
consequently the easiest to memorlze,
while number Of the verses were long
and as promptly and correctly recited
as the short ones. The plan is n good
enc. and might bc adopted with good
effect by other schools. whether white
on colored. The recitation of the Ten
Commandments was another interesting
part of the exercises.
On Saturday MeSsrs. Palmer n Bow
man sold from their fine herd of Short
Horns, for breeding, to Rev. George Fra
zier. small herd. consisting Of a bull
and ten COWS. Mr.. Frazier will take them
TO his farm in Illinois recently pur-
chased there. and proposes with them
TO improve the stock of that western
State with this Virginia importation.
The price paid for this breeding lot of
cattle was s2.250. \ Michigan cattle
breeder was also here yesterday TO eX-
anime the Saltville herd. and will pro-
baby take some Virginia cattle to that
distant State Of the Northwest.
II begins TO look here very much like
the backbone Of winter is broken. The
sun shines warm and the frost is getting
cut Of the ground, but last week it
showed FOR two days, and while the
snow did not stay long on the ground
here, on the mountain valleys and
ridges several hundred feet higher than
this point. and but six or eight miles
from here. il lies eight or ten inches
deep, and the weather is very cold yet.
NOX.