Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-07-08
CURRENT CULLINGS.
NEWS AND NOTES.
Gathered From Various Sources and Para
graphed to Save Space.

last year was Nloi ,ofUi expenses . SlOU ,S0J.
How much longer will Grover Clove.
land wait before he shakes the Pan Elec.
trio vermin from his Presidential skirts?
The Republicans of Pennsylvania have
nominated General James A. Beaver for
Governor, and William T. Davis for
Lieutenant Governor.
The Executive Committee of the Grant
Monument Association are preparing fol
another appeal to the public for subscrip.
tons to their fund.
The widow of the late Vice President,
Hendricks will probably get govern.
ment appropriation of $3.50, one years
salary, mileage, etc
The last one of the broad gauge cars
has been changed at the Z. T., V. & G.
r. II. yard, which make upwards of
400 since the work commenced.
Jack Hale murdered his sister.in. law
Louisa Cobb, near Morristown Monday.
There were no witnesses to tho affair,
and he claims to have acted in self.de.
fense.
ATLANTA, Ga, July AT midnight
the city liquor licenses expired and pro.
hibition went into effect. The bar rooms
were filled with drinkers during the clos
ing hours of license.
State Treasurer Thomas has finished
his report for the quarter ending July
and it was submitted to the governor and
comptroller and approved. The aggrc.
gates are: Receipts, $203, S7j.1l; dis.
bursements, $211 1874.
81 hcz bin movin' round on top of dis
yaith moas' eighty vars now, an it am
my solemn belief dat de pusson who pays
de least attenshun to de weather injoys
life thirty per cent de best Bro. Gard
Rer, IN Detroit Free Press.
The Government guard has been with.
drawn from Garfield tomb at Lakeview
Cemetery, Cleveland, and the remains re.
moved to the public vault, where they
will rest until placed in the rotunda of
the monument erected in his honor.
An exchange gives the following yer
sion of it: "Breathes there man with
soul so dead, who never to himself hath
said: IN go and paint the city red.
And when the inly night has fed, rosC
from his hard and painful bed, and said
oh heavens, what head. ;"
11S5.-"Canst thou cherish me Mar
thai" "Yea, if 1t be the Lord will.
"And wilt thou wed with me sweetheart
"Yea, verify, as the Lord is my shep
herd" 1885.-"Can you love me, Maud2'
sl:'Well,- ISshuddar,so ,sAnd will yol
marry me, dearest?" "Well, shoul
snickcr.'
The population of Chicago, as indicated
by the directory just out, is over 75O,
900. The developments of business ant
building features of the city in the yea
is reported to have exceeded any othe
like period. An increase of 80, 200 in th,
population Is shown over last year.
A so,called mad dog In Hebron, Ky.
bit COW. The COW in few days showed
signs of rabies, and about the same tim,
a baby had been living on the milk Of
the COW became similarly affected. 1t il
said that the symptoms of hydrophobii
are pronounced in the child, whose suf
fcrings are very great.
| The small boy now sticketh up his two
j fingers, which signifies: Come let Us
ramblc through sylvan shades, to wher,
the aqua murmurcth gently Ger the peb
| bles, and clothed in natures garb, cleavC
the water with our bodies. Or, in vulgar
parlance, come on, boys, let's take
swim.
or for days fishing: Smith-Are tn
whisky and cigars all right? Brownies
they're under the seat. Smith-And tn
| lunch? Brown-Thats under the seat 10
Smith-And the hooks and lines? Brow
by Jovel | forgot them entirely
Smith-That's too bad. Well, l suppos
we'll have to get along the best we ca
without thcm.-Lfe
There does seem to be difference i
men. We've seen man at ball mate
when one of the players has called on
Judgement stand up on his seat, wav
his hat and yell like hycna; but th
next day when the minister has made us
of the same magic word he has continue
to sleep on as peacefully as dead chick
en- in a warm pot.pic.
DR.. p. D. Armour, of Chicago, is re
ported as saying: "0ur trade in meat
was never so large in our history as it /
now. Our travelling men are gettini
back for the month, and never had sucl
large business before. In meats, ham
and stripped pork the demand is pheno
menal. We are selling twice as much q
these prices as when pork was 50 $50
barrel The merchants are feeling good
and are much more inclined to buy will
the market going up"
After nearly year Of duty the artiller.
camp at Riverside Park was broken up a
noon June 3O Battery Of the Fiftl
Artillery was placed in charge OF Genera
Grants tomb on August g. 1885, the da,
of the funeral. Since that time the mill
tary have kept close watch over the plac
where lie the remains of the great Gencr
al. To-day the Park Commissioners as
sumed charge Of the tomb and its cen
tents, The key. 10 the vault, heretofor
held by the U. S. troops, was turned owe
to them, and the soldiers were transport
cd to Governors Island on the steame
Chcster'A. Arthur.
Judge Samuel Randall of Callao, Mo.
while driving recently saw q big blacl
snake stretched across the road in from
Of him. He tried to drive over 1t. but
coilcd, and the buggy passed over h with
out touching 1t. He stopped his horse
and struck at the serpent over the bac
OF the buggy with his whip. The snak
wound itself around the spokes Of hin
wheel, squirmed up to the seat, an
drove the Judge out Of tho buggy,
coiled on the scat and stayed there
lodging the Judges blows for some tim
until at length he killed it, It was owe
six feet long.