Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-10-29
OUR sEIeHBons.


Charles L. N. Read, who was-iu the
Morristown jail for robbing the Southern
Express Company, is out on bail,
Judge Ward, we are glad to say, is
steadily getting well. None Of his friends
have any longer any fears as to his recov-
ery.--Bristol Neies.
MIR. Mech ]. Arbeely, n of the
Blount county Assyrians, has been ap-
pointed consul to Jerusalem, and charged
to Tennessee. He is said 10 be a thorough
scholar and linguist.
-On the 10th instant Mrs. Kesiah Fe
terage, one Of Hawkins county's paupers,
died in the 14th district. at the age Of 104
years. She wasfthe Oldest person in that
district, and had been receiving some lit
tie aid from our county for a few years
past.-RogersriM Rerier.
One Of our citizens who planted a
quart of %"goober' peas in his garden the
past spring. has realized therefrom about
a bushel of as fine peanuts as was ever
raised In this State. Let others try their
hand, next season. as this is a desirable
and profitable crop.-M rristosen Gazette.
There has been a good deal Of talk
about the probable resignation of Circuit
Judge John A. Kelly, whose i'll health is
alleged as the ground of the umo 1t
is said that Mr.. A. H. Blanchard, Of
Bristol. is an aspirant for the position in
case Judge Kelly should think of resign
ing.-Bristol Neacs.
There is money to be made in the
raising Of stock or better known as black
eyed peas. The farmers of the lower
counties of East Tennessee realized thou.
sands upon thousands Of dollars every
season alone on this almost indispensable
crop. The farmers Of this section, should
give it their attention. - orristorn Ga.
zette.
Mr.. George w. Bright, of Greene
county, went very extensively into the
fruit ~evaporating business this year, and
the Greeneville Bulletin says he has JUS
returned from New York city, where hi
disposed Of his stock Of evaporatet
peaches at about 13 cents per pound
which will yield him q net profit of no
less than two thousand dollars.
The jury in the DR.. r. M. Cohei
case returned a verdict of mot guilty
on Friday morning last. For fear of mol
violence the doctor left on Saturday an,
went to Knoxville, in company with wifi
No. /. The last we have heard was tina
he had been foiled in an attempt to skip
his board bill at the Lamar House yestel
day.-GrseneriMe Bulletin, 22d.
Mrs. Phair, wife of Mr.. Thoma
Phair, Of this place, and Mr.. James Nj
Fall and family, also Mr.. Jacob Waldro
and family, Of Newbcrry, Indiana, arriV
ed here last Sunday afternoon. havin
made the trip in wagons. They le
there on the 26th Of September, and wei
on the road 20 days. Messrs. Phair an
McFall have purchased a portion Of Il
Mcclure place and will build very sool
-Rogersrilb Rerien.
From the Morristown Pilot of Il
cath We learn that the house Of n. ]
. Purvin, Whitesburg, was robbed Of So
on Saturday night, the 18th. The smol
d house and'granary were also levied upc
9 by the thief, who is supposed to ha
concealed himself in the farm until I
c family was asleep. The house doors q
% usually left unlocked by Mr.. PurviI
y family and an entrance was easy. n
Purvin was absent from home at the til
Of the robbery.
+ -Work on the new railroad OF Bris
THE South Atlantic-was begun on I
Ia 22d instant. This road will connect vi
n the Norfolk & Western OF Bristol, a
will run to Big Stone Gap. Tenness
there connecting with the Kentucky s,
!, TEN. The route selected leads through
vast mineral and timber section, said
the engineer to be OF incstimable richne
The road will be pushed through W
all possible speed, and will emplo.
IL large number Of laborers. DR.. James
u, Bailey, contractor, predicts the comp
ton Of the entire line in eighteen mont
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