Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-12-10
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pounds of tobacco were sold in the Bris-
tol warehouses at an average of eleven
nts.-BristoI Courier.
Rev. w. H. Rogers. the veteran
preacher Of the Holston Conference NJ. E.
Church, was here a few days since, look
ing hale and cheerful and apparently
good for many more years service for the
Master. Father Rogers travelled 500 miles
on horseback and 400 on railroads during
the month of November. -Kn0rriM
Chronicle.
Mr.. Henry Sewer returned to Knoxville
Monday morning after spending a short
time with his family at this place
Greeneciue Bulletin.
The Greeneville Democrat says: A
Teachers Reading Club has been organ
lied in this county, under the supervision
of the State Board of Education. Not
only teachers, but Others may become
members of this circle by pledging them
selves to faithfully pursue the course Of
study prescribed and paying in advance
10 cents. The county Board consists of
the following gentlemen: Profs. w. II.
Guthrie, w. L. McSpadden, D. L. Earn.
est, E. M. Wright, and ]. NJ. Bailey. 1t
was organized on the 28th ult.
Mr.. Jno. S. Webb, Of Union, has been
appointed Postal Clerk between Bristol
and Chattanooga, and entered upon his
duties. Hs, isl Democrat. = Bristol Re-
porter.
Married, Nov. 90, at the residence of the
brides father, Mr.. Andrew Shell, of this
place, to Miss Hester A. Lewis, of Car
ter's Furnace. Our old friend j. c.
Hamilton, Esq, oficiated and tied the
nuptial knot in the most approved man.
ner. We wish the bridal pair a long life
full of prosperity and blissful happiness.
-Elizabethton Mountdineer.
Last week q serious accident occurred
at the Carriers Depot quarry. 1t was al
most dark when the hands stopped work,
and Runcr Booher (col'd) whose duty it
was to set off the blast in a certain part Of
the quarry, touched fire to the fuse, start
ed to run, fell and broke his leg, and lay
there in n helpless condition while the
rocks fairly rained around him. After
the explosion was over he was discovered
carried in and a physician summoned
Cor. Bristol Courier.
Last Saturday afternoon a little boy,
son of Mr.. James Bondurant, called on
the Courier. We invited him to have a
seat and look over some old exchanges.
He would not do it, but went over to the
Reporter Office and poked his foreinger
in the job press and it was mashed off,
from the second joint. He then wanted
to know If he had hurt the press. -Bris-
, toll Courier.
Johnson City has more church going
people than any town Of Its size in the
State.--Entvpriss.
About five hundred people were at the
train Saturday night, despite the inclem-
i ent weather. to see the convicts from
Richmond Fifty convicts arrived. Mr..
Thos. BibN with an ample force of
guards and q number of torch bearers
marched the stripped company to thu
c Goodson C6y Hall, where they wer,
quartered n he night. Sunday morning
they were ta ! to Wolf Run. More are
to follow.-Bristol Reporter.
At a regular meeting Of the johnson
City Lodge, No. 1856 F. & A. NJ, the fol
, lowing officers were elected for 1886.
l DR.. Z. s. Miller, Jr., W. NJ; W. J.
PEBBLES, S. W.; E. s. Wolfe, ]. W.; J.
| c. Hardin, Treas; Ike T. Jobe Sec'y.
0 G. w. Lindamood, S. D.; o. Z. Lyle, ],
D.; Oliver Burleson, Tyler, A. p. Hart
, Chaplain. Stewards; d. J. Wheeler. E
B. Clark, L. E. Miller, J. w. Eakin
Standing Committee: j. A. Cargile, M
= II. johnson, DIR. J. B. Hash. Comet.
y Recently, while Frank Leonard was en-
9 gagged in digging a well on his lot OF
Roam Hill, he struck vein of ochre a few
: feet below the surface which has already
y reached six feet and shows no signs o.
giving out. The quantity seem to be
abundant and quality is said to be excel
lent. Three colors have been found
/ red, brown and yellow.-Comet.
l. Col. G. Powell, Of Knoxville, with sew
cral other capitalists have made arrange
ments to erect a veneering factory il
i Johnson City in the near future. TIL
IS ground has been selected, the plans an,
specifications Of the building made. TIL
machinery alone, will cost near seventy
five thousand dollars. Comet.
The Abingdon correspondent Of til
lie Bristol News, in his letter of the 9th says
" On wednesday last Mr.. Jacob Keller, O
,r this place committed suicide, as is sur
r. posed, by taking laudanum. He has 70
le some time been a bar-keeper near tn
Depot, was one of the petit jurors durin
e. the late U. S. Court, and it is said ha,
t. been drinking on the previous evening
~, W He slept his last night with o young ger
tlcman, who left him in bed, when h
ID arose, and saw at that time nothin
7, wrong with him. The deceased whe
ID taking a drink Tuesday evening declare
he he would never take another.
ot On Thanksgiving night Mr.. II. F. Ba
ID ley, residing at Nola Chucky, Washing