Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-06-10

County Court will hold open from
day to day until next Monday.
Tho Jonesboro Educational Society
met Saturday last and reelected the old
board.
Twenty-Five years ago Tuesday last
the State of Tennessee went out of the
Union.
Trains have settled down to their
usual irregular time since the change Of
guage.
The authorities have done n good
work cleaning up Main street. Now try
the same thing on the cross streets.
JAS, Barron, of near Telford's, died
Sunday last, aged about 65 years. He is
said to have died of sporadic cholera.
DIR. Peirce is pushing the building Of
his new house along. We understand
that it will be one of the finest residences
in town.
Pensioners are receiving their pen
sion checks this week, and look happy.
A large number of them have had their
pensions increased under the late law.
The Reeves Juvenile Band have re-
turned from their trip to Emory and Hen
ry college, where they went to play at
the commencement exercises Tuesday.
Several East Tennessee towns have
already land it is none too soon) begun to
make preparations for celebrating our
great national festival, Independence Day.
Can't Jonesboro have q celebration?
-%Swindlers engaged in the enterprise
of introducing IN emery wheel %contriv-
ance for sharpening agricultural imple-
ments have appeared in some localities.
Keep your eyes open for them.
The rain fall has been SO great in sew
eral places in this county, that the farm
ers have not been able 10 cultivate their
crops; while in some instances great
damage has been done by washing off the
soil.
IS. w. Bailey and Geo. s. Stanton of
Nola Chucky were brought before U. s.
Commissioner w. G.. Mathes Saturday on,
charge Of violating the internal revenu
laws. Stanton was discharged and Bailey
bound over to appear t-court.
All agents have been instructed to
sell round trip tickets for the republican
convention at Nashville on June 18th and
18th, and for train No 3 of the 10Th, good
to return on or before the 22nd, at a rate
of four cents per mile for the round trip.
Jas. Birdette, the man charged with
stealing horses in this and Greene wi
ties, whose capture we mentioned last
week, was recognized by many people Of
Bland county, Va, as an ex convict from
Pulaski county, Va, just out from a five
years sojourn in the p%enitentiary.
The books having arrived, the bank
will open to-day. The directors have
fitted up a room in the Dosser block in a
most convenient manner for banking pur-
poses. We believe it to be second to
none in East Tennessee outside of the
larger cities. Success to the new enter.
prise.
The sanitary condition of our town
is better to-day than it has been for years
before. The efforts of the Board in this
direction have been very c~ommendable.
This to an extent accounts for the re-
markable fact that there has not been a
single death that we now recall in Jones'
boro for several months.
On Saturday last the Jonesboro base
ball club visited Boon's Creek for a
friendly game with the club there. Score:
40 to 20 in favor of Boon's Creek boys.
The Jonesboro boys don't have much to
say about the game, sc we will not. We
will let them off this time II they will
promise TO do better in the future.
One day last week q sportsman shot
and wounded q fish in Gen. Chas. Green's
pond near town, installing the fish for a
turtle. The fish was brought to town and
placed in his fresh water pond where 1t
lived till Monday Of. this week when 1t
died Of its wounds. 1t weighed nineteen
pounds and the eggs 1t contained weigh
ed eight pounds. The fish was of the carp
species two years and five months old.
The Gen'l. don't want any more such
mistakes to be made by sportsmen, as he
will certainly enforce the law against all
such offenders in the future. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
The entertainment given by the pu-
pills Of Warner Institute, last Friday night
cxcelled anything in its line we have had
the pleasure of witnessing for some time.
The programme consisting of essays,
declamations, charades, etc, interspersed
with Sc elections of vocal and instrumental
music was admirably executed. The
singing of little Maggie Irwin and Masters
johnson and Venable and Miss Maggie
Jackson deserve special mention. Miss
Colt executed nm instrumental selection
,~plendidly. Instead of the old question
''have the freedmen advanced one is
tempted to PROFOUND the equally peril
nent question "have the old slave masters
advanced Anyone having any doubts
as to the former Of these queries should
attend one of these performances and
have them removed. The free school