Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-10-16
LOC4L AND GENERAL
NE VS. BRIEFS.

The.cditor of this paper is absent
this week IN the eastern part of this
State,son business intent.
Mrs. Davis, of Pounding Mill.
moved to this city this week, in or
der to send her daughters to the
Seminary.
Miss Eva Spots, of Richmond,
who is so much admired by her
Tazewell friends. is in the city. She
brings sunshine with her.
Rev. J E Naff, the new pastor,
will arrive tomorrow, and occupy
the pulpit Of the Presbyterian
church Sunday aud Sunday night.
School exercises were suspended
couple of days at the Seminary i'm
consequence of the death of Mr.. Il.
III. Gillespie, father of DR.. Gillespie.
Mrs. II. j. Prichard and her
charming little daughter, Lucy, af
ter Il visitsof several weeks to Col.
Mays family, left Friday for her
home in Louisa, Ky.
DR.. O'Keeffe, the Jealous Mason,
accompanied by Mr.. J. X. Ander-
son. spent several days, LAST week,
atssonding an encampment OF
knights Templar, at Marion.
Mrs. A. J. May, Jr., who is a
charming hostess gave thorough
~ enjoyed cobweb party last Fri
day evening in honor of her friend
Miss Dora Vinson, of Kentucky.
1--WE have been offered $40 to leave
town. writes Georgia editor cts
the first clear money we have made
in six years. Lord make ns thankful
for what wa are about to receive!'
George W. st. CLAIR, Esq, of the
Tazewell bar, has driven four
stakes in tho ground near the Bap.
tiSt church, and that simple cir
cumStance has set the gossips to
guessing what it means.
Died Of valvular disease of the
heart, Gen. w. II. F. Lee. sou Of
Gen. Il. f. Lee, and II Representa-
tive III Congress from the Alexnn-
dria district. Gen. Lee was re.
nowned cavalry general in the late
civil war;
~ DR.. Geo. Fielding Peery, Of Mis-
souri,, is OH visit to TazcwelI, the
home of his ancestors. DR.. Peery
is brother of Henry t. Peery, Esq,
of Tug River, Mcdowell county, w.
Va, at whose home the DR.. has
been visiting.
Mrs. Joseph Stras and two chill
dren returned to town Tuesday.
from Salem, to gladden. the hearts
Of her many friends. Mrs. S. seems
much pleased with her new home
i'll Salem. aSheswill remain in Taze.
we'll two weeks.
Our friend, B. B. Greever, has
resumed work at the quarries at
Greever's switch, and is making
large shipments of limestone for the
flnx at the Graham furnace This
looks like the furnace would be put
i'll blast at an early day.
"a correspondent wants to know
the origin of the phrase, she isn't in
s,it.' 1t was first used by an editor
who died and went to heaven and
looked around for the man who took
his paper three years and then left it
i'll the postoffice marked refused
Contractor L. D. Wells has abeut
completed the residence of Mr.. w.
g. HARRISON in the east end of
town, and it is striking example
of his taste and skill. 1t is "a de.
parture from the usual style of
Ti.zewell architecture. and could
hardly be more attractive and excel
lently finished.
MIR. and Mrs j. Tate Greever and
few friends were given hand
some supper Wednesday evening at
the hospitable residence of Blair B.
Greever, Esq, the father of the
groom. Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Greey-
er are noted for their elegant hos
pitality; on this occasion they sur
passed their usual success.
Rev. D. Vance Price, known at the
late conference as the"man with the
short hair" left on Wednesday to
take charge of Centenary church,