Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-10
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NE us BRIEFS.

The towns folk who have been
Ill are doing well.
A S75O.OOO hotel is projected at
Cumberland Gap.
Mrs. C. f. Kregloe left for Bal
tlmore OH Wednesday.
The graduating class at the Sem
mary planted a class tree.
Prayer meeting at the Y. NJ. @. A.
rooms each Sunday at $3.50 p. m.
Mr.. Martin, of the U. $. clerks
office, Danville, was in town Tues.
day.
The evening for DR.. Lafferty's
lecture will not be iorgotten-the
18th. Tuesday.
More mechanics are at work at
this place at present than there
over were before.
The magnificent hotel, "Fair
mont" at Bristol, is nearly complet
ed. 1t cost $4,000
Mr.. Geo. w. Gillespie is making
improvements to his handsome res
idence aud grounds.
Members Of the legal fraternity
are i'll preparation for the comiug
term OF Circuit Court.
Nlr J. II. Stuart has erected his
household gods in the cottage just
vacated by Mr.. Phipps.
Dir. L. A. Lynch was off along
the line OF the N. q w. for several
days during the week.
Mrs JOS. Stras was sufficiently
recovered from her recent illness to
lie out driving yesterday.
Mr. Will O'KcefFe left early in
the week for Wise county where he
will join an engineer corps.
Rev. Mr.. Doggett, brother of our
Mr.. Doggett, preached to a large
congregation OH Sunday night.
Prospectors are quite numerous
i'll the surrounding country and sew
eral big deals are contemplated.
Mr.. ID. X. johnson, of Sayersville,
did not miss his regular LIST of May
visit to pay his year-in-advance
subscription.
The building boom, which, of late
has been chiefly confined to the
suburbs, has struck Main street
/. with quite thud.
The city of Guthrie, Oklahoma,
is nearly three weeks old and has
only seven banks and six newspa
pers. Slow town, that.
A runaway team of mules in a
heavy wagon yesterday afternoon
had Il narrow escape from their own
destruction, east OF town.
The annual report Of the State
Superintendent OF Public Instruc
ton is out Of press. but has not yet
been examined for notice.
The earnings of the Norfolk and
Western road for the fourth week
in April show an increase of 81, 493,
and for the month $l4,194.
Reports from builders in the large
cities and small towns show that
house building WAS never more act
i've than it is so far in 1880
If there is planted as large acre
age in grain as reported, other
things being equal, the next year
will he one OF great prosperity in
Tazewell
Grover Cleveland and Fitzhugh
Lee received more applause at the
New York centennial than any other
individuals, not even excepting the
President.
Mr.. Jno. NJ. SPOTS, lately with
Messrs. I. Frank s. Co., left Mon
day for Staunton, where he will be
employed as book keeper Tor a mer-
camille firm.
Ii the new bell at the Methodist
church adds another attraction and
wears AS well as the present pastor,
a building of larger proportions will
be needed next
Hon. VIM. A. Anderson of the
Rock bridge Company, has gone to
New York to confer with Drexel,
Morgan & Co., the bankers, con.
nected with the placing of stock, &c.
The Messrs Stras, May and
Peery have formed q company for
the manufacture of brick and lime
OH an extensive scale. The NIesSrs.
Peery and May are also engaged in
baryta mining.
Tazewell county is now arraying
herself in her old spring dress,
which il always new, and which
makes her the most charming of
her lovely sisters. Her beauty
makes the stranger glad.
There are now no less than five
cities grouped together OH paper at
the nrOuOsed crossing of tha (Ilinch