Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-04-15

The ladies Of the Baptist church
gave an excellent supper at Music Hall on
Tuesday night, which was Largely attend
ed. The receipts, S54.5s, will be applied
for the benefit of the church.
"A cheap excursion to Florida under
the auspices of the E. T., V. sc. r. r.
is advertised to start to-day the rates from
Chattanooga to Jacksonville or Fernan-
dina and return tickets good until April
80, is $40.
John V. Brown q former Jonesboro
boy, who was for some time an engineer
on the E. T., V. & G. r. r. is home on a
thirty days furlough. Mr.. Brown has
been for eight years a passenger engineer
on the Cincinnati, New Orleans, Texas &
Pacific r. r.
MIR. Bolingcr is pushing things at the
steam Touring mill and will soon be ready
for operation. Mr.. B. is a practical mill
wright and the improvements he is max
ing will enable him to do first class work.
We trust that our farmers who need any
work in his line will give him a trial.
Mr.. Wilbur Hodges of Johnson
City announces himself a candidate for
sheriff in this issue. Mr.. Hodges has
had experience as a civil officer and is a
good man for the position, as his former
efficient services as constable prove. Mr..
Hodges announces that he is subject TO
the decision of the Republican county
convention.
MIR. Nee. Wagner of the 18th dis
trict in this weeks issue as a
candidate to represent Washington coun-
ty in the State legislature, Mr.. Wagner
is well known in this county, having once
been Trustee, in which position he made
one of the most efficient officers the coun-
ty ever had. lie was a soldier, and is a
competent business man. Sober and re
liable, he would make q faithful and
pains-taking representative, just such
one as the people need.
Francis Tolley a resident of Lime.
stone Cove, Unicoi county, aged 105 year
died March 2S. Mr.. Tolley was born il
North Carolina but has lived in Tennessee
since 1868. The old gentleman as hi
neared his end said he was going to dit
and requested to be allowed to close hi
eyes and mouth himself when the tint
came, and that he be placed on his RICH
side in his coffin. His request was grant
ed, and when his spirit passed away hi
eyes remained as he closed them and hi
mouth fixed.
VIM. E. Miller, an old and highly re
spccted citizen of Haw's Cross Roads
died Thursday last, of rheumatism o
the heart, at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Catherine Hunt. Mr.. Miller wa
one of Washington county's Oldest in
h~abitants, being in his seventy fifth yea
at the time of his death. He was sicI
but about four hours, and died early i
the morning. The funeral services wer
!, conducted by Rev. Eli Marshal on Fri
day the 9th inst, and interment too
place at Fair View cemetery Quake
grave yard.
I The case of Commonwealth VS.. DR.
White for shooting Geo. w. Ward, Jr
at Abingdon, Va, resulted in a fine @
three hundred and fifty dollars impose
on the defendant White. Newspapers a
; along the line characterize the trial as
force and a travesty on justice. Viii
/. waylaid Ward and fired two loads
buckshot into his body, for no other rel
: son than that Ward had written an o
fensive newspaper article about hin
There was no defense of insanity, no plt
of self defence and yet the jury foun
him guilty of an assault and battery onl.