Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-03-11
RRESP0NDENC
CHERRY GROVE.

CHERRY GROVE.
MARCH 4.-Our farmers have been
making good use of the fine weather
which has prevailed for the past week or
ten days, in turning the soil and other.
wise preparing for a corn and tobacco
crop.
Mr.. James Z. Hale is now preparing to
erect two large tobacco barns. He is GO
ing to cultivate his first crop this year. I
predict for him q success for he is one of
our most scientific farmers and makes a
success Of everything he undertakes.
A good deal of sickness now prevails
through this section of country and our
energetic young friend. DR.. F. D, Fergu.
son is kept very busy, The DR.. informed
me Sunday he had administered medicine
in thirty-s six families the past week.
Mrs. A, G. Crosswhite of this place,
who has been visiting her relatives on
Cherokee, returned home the 9th inst.
Her sister, Mrs, Bales, of Cherokee, &C.
companied her and will remain at Cherry
Grove for awhile.
Prof. C~rosswhite's school at this place
is still in a fiourishing condition.
Mr.. Akin of Jonesboro, agent for the
Hamelton Organ has recently sold two
organs in this section, one to James NJ.
Good and the other to Enos Kincheloe.
Quite an interesting dialogue was acted
the past week at Prof. L. L. Shipley's
school at Cathal springs, subject-"what
we have been worth to our Government"
CHARACTERISTICS and Eliza. 1t suficeth
us to say that the characters did well, the
subject being a new one.
Mr.. Marvin King, of near flaws Cross
Roads. moved to his fathers in Sullivan
county, the past week.
Mr.. Jesse Moore of Butchertown has
made some magnificent improvements on
his dwelling house. Jacob Good and
Jesse Grubbs did the carpenter work.
jackson Birdwell has purchased of
Mat Hunt the tract of land known as the
Osburn tract, near the Squibb mill and
moved to the same.
Misses Alice and Tennie Mitchell were
visiting in Opossum Hollow Saturday
and Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Wagner, a sprightly young
widow, who has been visiting her faith err
in'law at this place for some time, re-
turned to her home in Carter county the
9th inst.
Bleakly Creek has a new enterprise in
the form of a mechanics shop, under the
firm name of Keys, Basket & Co. Mr.. E.
W. Keys is supervisor of the pillow stock
ing department and Messrs. Richard
Basket and jesse T. Grubbs of the IKE
handle department. The shop will soon
be in full blast. 1t is located near the
store of Mussulman e. Moore, and at the
above named store will be found samples
of their work. Mr.. j. F. Moore is local
agent for the new enterprise, and he
takes great pains to exhibit their stock.
Success to you, gentlemen.
A little child Of Mr.. Ell Dunn was bad.
ly burned last week, but it will not prove
fatal. The little fellow fell backward in
to the fire.
A team belonging to J.. D. Lyon of
Locust Mount run away last week. They
were hitched to a wagon loaded with
wood. The result was that the lead horse
was killed and the wagon torn to pieces.
No one was in the wagon.
Messrs. Isaac Dunn and w. S. Cole are
clearing land and preparing for a tobacco
crop, there will be a larger acreage of to-
bacco planted in this section this year
than ever before. 81. uQfrrurrror
We are proud to see so many good
men aspiring for the various county Off
ces and sorry to know that they cannot
all be elected. We are in this section for
DR.. J. Leah for county clerk, Lewis
Cooper for circuit clerk, G. W. Jones for
sheriff and F. T. Watts for register; but,
like all true Republicans, if we fail to get
our preference we will most heartily sup
port the nominees. Novus Homo.