Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-24
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And What They are Doing-East Tonnes
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And What They are Doing-East Tennes-
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The work at the asylum for the insane
for this division of The State. goes on rap
idly to completion, but the building will
not be ready for occupancy as soon as
was expected some time ago. There is a
brigade of carpenters, plumbers, plaster
ers, upholstcrs, &C., at work now and
pushing things with all possible dispatch.
The heating apparatus is being put in
now, and will be ready for use in a few
days.-KnorriM Journal, 17h.
The body Of Lewis Upton, who was
killed while coupling cars near 0ltewah
was sent to the home of his mother,
Rachael Upton. on Gap Creek, beyond
Elizabethton.
George Moreland, who was killed OF
the E. t., Va. & Ga. road, near Citico
furnace, last Saturday, was insured for
81, 400 in the Western Insurance Compa-
ny.
On last Saturday evening quite a num-
Der of the citizens Of Elizabethton as
sembled in the court house to deliberate
in regard to incorporating our town. The
meeting was organized by electing Mr..
Jno. M. Simerly chairman and Mr.. G. A.
Pierce, Secretary. Speeches were made
by Mr.. w. B. Carter and j. NJ. Simerly,
favoring ~a,corporation, and ly Maj. H.
NJ. Folsom and H. c1Dsyd, opposing the
movement. Each speaker was applauded
vociferously by his respective followers.
A vote was finally taken which showed
So in favor of corporation and % against
it. Before the meeting adjourned a CON
mittee consisting of 8 were appointed to
draw up suitable resolutions to present
to the County Court which meets on the
LIST Monday in January - ountaineer.
We are informed that Prof. Henry E.
Cotton has commenced thorough exam
nation, with q considerable force of men,
of the iron ore on what is known as the
Stewart lands between Shells Creek and
Elk Park on the L. T. s. w. N. G. r. r.
! This ore is q continuation of the great de-
post at Cranberry and we hope, will
prove to be equally as large. If so it may
be purchased by a company who will
work it on an extensive scale, and thus
another valuable industry be added to
Carter county.
Sheriff Nave went to Knoxville last
week for the purpose of bringing Poston
Sooy to the Jail in Elizabsthton, to keep
in custody until the next term of the Cir
cult Court, which is in March. Sooy, it
will be remembered, was tried twice by a
jury of Carter county and sentenced to the
penitentiary, but appealedto the Supreme
Court, which recently reversed the SEN
tence the second time, and sent him back
for q new trial. This case is likely to
create some interest, as able and eloquent
lawyers are employed OIL both Sides
Mountaineer.
Rev. p. Williams recently received q
pension of $4,000. We consider him
one of Carter county's worthiest citizens
and cordially congratulate him on his
good fortune. We would have liked il
all the better, had the .yernment grant
cd him double the stumble received
Mountaineer.
The Maryville Times is authority FOL
the statement that the East Tennessee
Virginia &Georgia Railroad Company
has made agruling by which, in the flu
ture, they intend to discharge every EN-
ploye who visits q saloon for the purpose
of procuring q drink or who is in tn,
habit of drinking. -Clerelaad Bann9.
Lee Gerstle, Of Union Depot, Tenn.
will shortly remove his drug manufactur.
ing establishments Chattanooga.-Mou
tdiaeer.
Holston Institute, the new school build
ing at Boring, Sullivan county. Tenn.
will be completed in a few days.-BristO
Reporter.
We learn that q furious wind on Tues
day night of last week, unroofed Cloud
land hotel on Roam Mountain. Noun
taineer I'm.
/, Some enterprising young fellows secur
ed several gallons of whiskey on Sunday
t night by getting under the floor Of tn
, depot and boring up through floor ant
r barrel so says the Morristown Pilot.
Capt. e. Il. Johnson, Of indianapolis
. who shot the scducer of his wife nea
Greeneville, Tenn. last year, and who's
trial and acquittal aroused such wide
l spread interest, died at the residence Of
l Col. II. T. Nesbit, near Marietta, Ga.
last Thursday, of congestion of the lungs
At the time of his death he was editor.:n
chief Of the Indianapolis Sentinel, and il
, Georgia temporarily on visit 10 friends
He leaves one son, Griffith, at present at
t tending the University of Georgia a
l Athens. -Morristown Gazette.
Knoxville Journal: Miss BERTHE Craw
; ford, who will be remembered here, mad
a disastrous first appearance at the Stand
ford theater in London, Eng, recently
: Heavily advertised, the Tennessee
: Nightingale" had a crowded house, bu
! they came to be amused, amused them
a selves, and her performance, accordin
! 10 the New York Times, was "guyed
1 from the beginning to the end. The cri'
les, according to the above mentione