Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-03-18

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Last week we unintentionally gave
Onlcoi county the creditor discredit-
Tor the whisky. cases before U. S. Commits
sloner Mathes. The parties upon trial
were from Doves Mill section, Washing.
ton county, The only party interested
from unicoi was Deputy L. s. Marshal
w. 7, Sans.
The Young Ladies' Mission Band of
the First Presbyterian Church will give a
lunch party Tuesday night next. The
place of giving the entertainment is not
yet determined. The Band extends a
cordial invitation to the public to come
and portake with them of an excellent
lunch-for a small consideration.
Mr.. jeff L. Duff, late of Bristol, has
purchased the outfit of the Lee county
Va.) Sun, and has launched ont into the
great field of journalism. His new vent
ure is styled the Virginia Herald, Vol. 1,
NO. |, of which lies upon our table. a
good example of what a country weekly
should be. May success crown his efforts.
w. II. Wayland, who has been act.
ing as postal clerk on the L. 7. v. & G.
road, between Bristol and CHATTANOOGA.
since 1878, and has made an efficient and
careful clerk, last week received n~otifica.
ton that his services would no longer
be required. Wayland is a Republican,
n gives place to q young Democrat
from Sewer county, named Atchley.
Squire S. p, Martin, of Bashor's
Mill, has bought the lot 90 K so feet be.
tween 5. II. Anderson's livery stable and
the Star saloon of j. S. Butter, on
which he, designs putting a building Gov
ering the entire lot, to be used as an az,
ricultural depot and music house. He
informs us that the lumber is already
sawed and that the building will be com
pleted by the middle of May.
1t gives us pleasure to announce that
the Knoxville Foundry and Machine com
pany are so busily engaged that they
have. during the past few DAYS been com.
PEELED to employ a number of new hands.
Their orders are on a boom. and their
prospects in the near future are very
bright Chronicle.
We call attention to the ad. of this com.
pany in our columns and hope parties
wanting anything in their line will give
them a call.
On the first page of this issue will be
found an account of a new invention for
receiving messages on railroad trains.
while running at full speed, in which the
famous inventor Edison is associated with
others in bringing it Out. The orig mat.
or n first patentee, Mr.. William w.
Smith, many of our readers will remem. !
Der as a graduate of Emory and Henry
college of Virginia, of the class of rs.
and afterwards a teacher at Limestone.
We regret to learn of the death of
Rev. Thos. J. Murrell of Walkers Fork.
Sullivan county, last week. Mr.. Murrell
was a Baptist minister and farmer. He
died, after a protracted illness, of con-
sumption. Mr.. Murrell will long be re-
membered for his benevolent kindness to
those in his employ, and laboring men in
particular. The family have the sympa.
thy of their friends here in their %irrepar-
able loss.
In this issue Mr.. John S. Mathes an
LOUNGES himself a candidate for re.elec
ton to the office of Trustee. MI. Mathes
is a business man of Jonesboro and is
we'll known throughout the county.
During his occupancy of the Trustees
office those who have had any business
with him have found him careful, accur-
ate and obliging and he has cared for the
county's interests in a manner meriting
high commentator. Undoubtedly an
excellent man for the position, Mr.. NJ. |
would fill the Office with credit to himself
and to his constituents, should he receive
the nomination.
The East Tennessee Farmers Con,
v%ention, which meets in Knoxville on the
18th of May, has an interesting pro.
gramme arranged for it. The tobacco
question will be discussed; Col. Charlton
will talk about the grasses; j.. J. McCor-
kle, of Carter county, will discuss the
fence problem; Hon. N. 7. Dulaney will
answer the question, HAS farming in
East Tennessee kept pace with other in.
dustries, for the past 10 years." DR.. Dob
son, of Washington county, will show
the mistakes of farmers; and Hon. A. A.
Taylor, of Carter county, will crate about
the Past, present, and prospective"
"A correspondent of the Nashville
1mericaR writes: "The costliest lawsuit
ever tried in Washington county, Tenn,
was over a little scrap of bottom land on
N~olachucky river, There was a vast ar
ray of the best legal talent on both sides.
over 100 witnesses were examined. the
County Surveyor swore That the land in
question was worth about 374 cents and
the cost of this much ado about moth ing
was $3.50, or 800 to every cents worth
OF land. The freshets have long since
washed away the precious alluvium, leav-
ing a bar of white. sand and pumpkin
rocks The suit referred to is the Ty-
Ter West suit which was tried in go or
20.
We regret to learn of the death of
Henry Miller, a resident of Maryville,
who was well and fayorablv known