Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-02-25
Quorum court next Monday.

Monday was W~ashington's birth.
day.
We wish some one would buy and
start up the sseam flour millin this place
Mrs. Narcissus Martin died at her
home on Buffalo Ridge the 10Th inst
Circuit court n.~s monday at Erwin
Unicoi county,
w, D. Snapr was appointed post
master at B~rowFnsboro, this county, on
the 18th inst.
Quite a wind and snow storm visited
this town last Friday night. 1t made
things lively for a while.
Rev. Mr. Barnett is conducting a Sc
ries of meetings at the NJ. L. Church,
South.
We Gre requested to say that the
Boss Worseman will be in town on next
Mondjy, County court, and will deliver
street. lectures, etc,
SSeveral chancery sales of land and
Sother legal advertisements appear in this
ssue OF our paper. 9
The Republican Executive Commit
tee of Knox county have designated June
IA as the day to nominate their county
officers.
REV. James Ratliff of Greene county,
preached at the Baptist church in this
place last Sunday.
We acknowledge the receipt of an in
~vitation to attend a public exercise of the
Philoamathean Society at Grant Ne
mortal University on the 10Th inst.
Rev. DR.. Converse, Of B%lountville,
preached at the list Presbyterian church
last Saturday night. Also on Sunday
morning and evening. /.
The farmers of this county are pre-
pairing to. plant a large crop of corn, and
there will be n large increase this year in
the tobacco crop Of the county.
Hon. w. p. Brownlow came home
from Washington, D. c., last Sunday to
visit his family, and will return to Wash
ingten Saturday.
The Holston Presbytery meets at
Salem church, March Goth, at II o'clock
q. m. Sessions are reminded to send
their annual reports, records and assess
ments. j. Z. ALEXANDER, S. c.
The editor and publisher being absent
this week, the Devil" alone is respon-
sible for everything in the papers If you
like it, send in a new subscriber. If you
don't give us a piece of your mind.
Mrs. Blair died at her home in the
18th district on Tuesday the 18th inst. at
the advanced age of 80 years. Mrs. b.
was the widow of Mr.. John Buzzard)
Blair, a veteran OF the Mexican war.
The convention to nominate a Re-
publican candidate for Chancellor for the
second chancery division, will be held in
Knoxville the second Wednesday n
April. m a.
Twenty hopeful conversions in New
Hope Church Holston P~resbytery as the
result of protractcd religious services
conducted by Rev. ]. M Hall,
"A good investment in 9th city Ward,
Knoxville, Tenn. Good house with six
rooms in good condition, renting for ten
dollars per month, by Mrs. j. NJ. Hall of
this place for one thousand and seventy
five dollars.
The committee appointed to open
stook books for the Bank are still at work
and have received q subscription from
one Of sle leading business men OF Balti,
more. About one.third Of the stock has
been taken and it is hoped in the next 80
days TO have the whole taken.
There are six prisoners at present
serving out a term in the county Jail. II
the county cour could be induced to pur-
chase a rock crusher and put these gen
tlemen to work onthe public roads 1t
would not only save the tax payers a
large expense but benefit the county ma
terially in the way of improving the pub
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