Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1886-08-26

The trains stll keep behind schedule
time pretty well, as usual.
The meeting at Bonds camp ground
closed Monday. The attendance was
good.
The Sulphur Springs camp meeting
will commence on the second Sunday in
September.
-Watermelons and flies have pretty
much filed every vacant space in Jones
boro during the past week -
Rev. E. T.. Hoss, Of Nashville, occu-
pied the pulpit of the NJ 3. Church,
South, Sunday morning last.
We are pleased TO be able to chroni-
Gle the Abatement Of that dread disease,
fux. in the northern part Of the county.
The Jonesboro Banking & Trust Co.,
have labeled their place Of business in
heavy guilt letters. Bank the work of
]. II. Akin.
IS. Fl. Anderson has disposed Of his
stock Of dry goods, ETC., and will hence
forth give his undivided attention 10 his
other business interests.
The teachers Of the Jonesboro Grad
ed School meet to-day, T%hursday) for
consultation and to arrange q programme
for their school work,
The teachers and pupils Of the Jones
boro Graded School will meet at the
school building on Friday September Sd,
for enrolment and classification, at 0
o'clock, a. m.
The hotels at Unaka and Clark's
Springs are full to OVERLOOKING this
month. Jonesboro contributes q large
share of the guests at these popular wa
tering places. of "a
We learn that DR.. Jas. Hunter. Of
Elizabethton, does not improve as was
expected, and is still seriously III with
dysentery. DR.. Gibson was called to see
him Tuesday.
lin the vicinity Of Joncsboro a num-
Der Of new cases OF ~dysentery have been
reported during the pastfcw days. There
seems to be a slight increase in the dis
ease in this section. !
The colored people picniced at
Reeves grove Saturday last. Thesattend-
ance was mostly from residents of this
vicinity. The day passed pleasantly and
all seemed to enjoy themselves. asa
Rev. Jas. Converse conducted the
union service at the Baptist church last
Sunday night. There wau, q, good con-
gregation present and his sermon was
listened to with marked attention.
Milton English, an old. and respected
citizen Of the nth district Of Greene
county ,sdied on the nth inst. Of heart
disease. 1nterment took place at the
family burying ground on his farm,
"A child Of Mr.. Joseph I. Estes. who
lives a mile and one half south Of town,
died Saturday p. M; at 5 O'clock. She
was 7 years Of age and was sick but nine
days. We understand the trouble to have
been flux.
Thomas Collins, who resided Two
miles east OF Jonesboro, died Monday af-
ternoon at . o'clock, of consumption. Mr..
Collins had been sick for over six months
and confined to his bed about two months.
Interrhent took place Tuesday.
1T is very evident that all the peaches
in the country were not ruined by the Sc
verify Of last winter. One of our towns
men tells. us that at his old home in Bev.
erly, Ohio, they are very plentiful and
are selling for % cents a bushel.
Mr.. John p. Keebler and Miss Emma
Sherfey were married Tuesday at the re
sidence of w. A. sherfcy, in the 14tl
district. John has many friends In
Jonesboro who along with the II. at
wish him Joy in his new found state.
Prof. Spence, of Fisk University
who is spending a part Of his vacation
with his daughter and Mrs. Madison, o
Warner Institute, Jonesboro, gave a mos
interesting temperance address TO a verl
appreciative audience in the chapel o
the above named institution Oh Sabbath
evening. The professor ranks among tn
first educators of the age. :
About a mile below town, alongside
the railroad embankment, lies a carcas
of a bovine, partly covered with dirt ant
railroad ties. The carcass Is in u putri'
state and emiis m odor which Is anything
hut pleasant to the nosirils Of passers by
Some steps should be taken to bury 1t, no
alone because of its olf~ensiveness. Blu
because the air tainted by the decayin:
matter Is exceedingly liable to breed dl
seasc.
The State Board of Health Bullet
for July Is out. The reports from tn
counties so far rs heard from for thu
month seems to indicate that July, wit
lis periods of high heat and drouth, VI
rlcd by heavy rainfalls, does not preser
an unusual increase Of sickness. lndcc
when looking over the reports, one
rather impressed with the general goo
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