Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-05-22
Tile celebrated Pearl Shirt at L.
Frank y Co.'S. Only one dollar.
"A full line of light summer coats
and vests at 1. Frank & Co.'S.

"a full line of light summer coats
and vests at 1. Frank & Co.'S.
The Jail ut this place was SO over
crowded with prisoners from other
towns in the county that number
had to be sent to other jails.
The celebrated Hess Shoes for
sale only by l. Frank s. Co. Every
pair warranted TO give satisfaction.
Mr.. Johnnie Crawford is congrat.
ulated upon the success of an op.
eration on his injured eye while in
Richmond some days ago.
''Tis a treat just to look over our
line of goods this season and sec
how cheap they are.
I. Frank s. Co.
Another passenger train will be
put OH the Clinch Valley Division
Sunday. There is ii semi official
statement that both trains will pass
this station in the night.
We received within q few hours
Of each other two new Southwest
Virginia papers, tho Virginia ALI
ance News. Wytheville, and the AL
lance Leader, Tazewell @. II. The
name of each indicates it's charac.
ter.
DIR. j. Nj. McBryde. president OF
the South Carolina University, has
accepted the dual position of presi
dent of the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College and direct.
OF of the experiment station at
Blacksburg.
At Front Royal Sunday night
just before 10 o'clock Il very vivid
meteor was seen by many persons
passing over that town rapidly ap.
preaching the earth in the direction
of the factories recently erected
there. Within fifteen minutes the
large furniture factory was in flames
from end to end, and was burned
to the ground. Tt is thought that
this meteor struck the building, ex
ploded aud caused the fire. A per.
son passing tho factory o little
while before saw no indications of
fire and no one had been in the
building during the day.
The Philadelphia Record is OF
the opinion that if the proposed
steel plant at Birmingham, Ala,
shall put upon the market good
steel proportionately as low priced
as Southern iron the only remain
ing doubt as to ultimate domina
tlon of production in the United
States will be solved. 1t reasons
that there can he no successful
competition with iron makers whose
ores and fuel and fiuxes lie togeth.
er, and who are saved the cost OF
assemblage, which eats up the prof
its Of those who have to get theiI
coke in one place, their ore in an.
other and their limestone some
where else, involving in the making
of Bessemer steel hundreds and
thousands Of miles transportation.
Our Masonic friends have been
engaged this week organizing a
Royal Arch Chapter of Masons, des
ignated as O'Keetfe Royal Arch
Chapter. well mcrited compliment
to jealous Mason and exemplary
citizen. Among the visitors we no
tIce G. S. Mckenzie, High Priest O.
Union Chapter, Monroe county, w
Va; Henry Cook, King, Wythevillt
Chaptey DR.. w. P. Nye, ]. j. A
Powell, Wytheville, Va; Col. j. B
Peck. DIR. P. III. Kelley, f. G.
Thrasher, Pearisburg, Va; r. X
Wright, Jr., Graham, Va. We learl
the degrees have been conferred
OH the following gentlemen: w. G.
Bottimore, 7. r. Peery, j. s. Young
r. lizard, G. l.. McClintock, j. L
Cooley, j. P. Kelly. John S. Botti
more, L. g. Wingo, j. Saunder.
Gillespie.