Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-02-01
.LOCAL 'AND GENERAL
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Daily Herald, was in town Tuesday.
Mr.. j. N. Hartman has gone to
Florida to look utter his Interests
there.
The grand jury indictments at
this term OF County Court were
many.
Auotiner entertainment will be
given at the Seminary tomorrow
evening.
Miss Josie Smythe has been up
from Pocaiontas for some days
visiting Miss Byrde May.
Some people are wont to say that,
according TO size. Tazewell is the
biggest town i'll the South.
NIessrs Sexton and Houston have
finished their contract OH the Clinch
Valley railroad and gone home.
Services at Stras Memorial church
at III Al. III. and p. Ill. next Sun
day, and at the chapel at 3 p. IN.
The Glade Spring Canning Co.
offer IL free site for Il Touring mill
on their farm recently purchased.
The attendance upon this term Of
County Court WAS not SO large as
usual. The weather was very cold.
The post Office ut Liberty, Va, was
robbed of Sl,l50 on Friday night
lust The safe was blown open with
dynamite.
Mr. Alex Beavers, having sold
his farm in Baptist Valley, will
move to Rchlands and grow up
with the place.
The oil wells of Pennsylvania are
said to be diminishing i'll flow. 1t is
now time to strike some gushers in
this neck Of the woods,
The hope early in the week of all
ice harvest was again rudcly dash,
ed to the ground. perhaps as sud
denly to be raised again.
Rev. p. b. Hall, OF Washington
d, c., II selt,made Tazewell boy, has
been preaching in the county He
goes aS a missionary to japan
1t is impossible to have anything
finer for The table ut this time OF
year than the elegant fresh game
fish sold BY Saunders & Spotts.
The valuable Young farm, near
town, becomes by recent purchase
the property of Capt. w. e. Peery,
the price being between $4,000 and
$4,000.
Two hotels ut Tazewell G. III. Ell.
tertain more transient guests than
do the same number of hotels in
LAnchburg, How is that for ii town
OF a Thousand population :
Our friend, Judge S. l.. Graham,
who has been for some time looking
for IL home near town, has l,nrchas.
ed the place of Will ii. Kelly, Jr.,
for $500, and will soon move up
from Graham.
Editor Smythe, of the Pocahontas
Headlight, dropped in on us Tues
day. His official and editorial In.
bors have added a gray hair or two
since he lived up in Gods country
and edited the News.
Z The answer of John A. Buchanan
to Henry Bowen makes a book of go
pages, in which nearly every charge
+ by the latter of illegal voting is de
y MED with explanation. The counter
charges are numerous.
Miss M. Louise Bowen, of Taze
well county, Vn, niece of General
Joseph e. Johnston, and sister of
Congressman Bowen, of the Ninth
Virginia District, is at the Swan
nanoa. Aaheville, as is also her sister,
Mrs. j. NJ Greever.
The building of the Presbyterian
church and rs feet of the lot were
sold to Messrs Henry aud Graham.
Tha old building will be removed
from It's present site and new and
more coinmodious one erected.
We are in receipt of beautifully
illuskated book entitled The Twin
Ciiies--Norfolk and Portsmouth"
which is good advertisement of the
z State Mt large. It's sent out with
compliments of W. b. Bevil, of the
Norfolk and Western.
], The death OF Mrs Sterling z.
st.yXatts, which occurred at her home
l3sin Wyihe county. WAS &C identnlly
overlooked i'll The last issue of the
News Deceased was the younger
son of Judge Watts OF this county
and was before marriage Miss Sim
norman.
"The Amherst New Era falls into
line with the papers of the State
l2tIlat have adapted the cash system,
and announces it's purpose to go
over its list of subscribers every
week with pruning knife. The