Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1891-02-06
LOCAL IND GE.N.EIo.AL
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Two of the coldest days of win
ter occurred this week.
Both schools have begun their
second terms with good attend
ance.
Britain & Greever are sole
agents for the celebrated Foster
Kid Gloves and their stock is com.
plete.
At the time of going to press DR..
J. w. Kelly was much better than
he was last week. We hope to see
him out in few days.-Scott Ban
ner.
Mr.. r. NJ. Lawson, of Burks Gar
den, purchased at the sale of Sen
ator Leland Stanford's trotting
stock, in New York, a bay colt for
s1,75O.
Walter Budwell, of the firm of
Budwcll, Christian & Barbee, died
very suddenly about one o'clock
Thursday morning at his residence
in Roanoke.
Britain & Greever, the new firm,
have specially prepared themselves
to handle all kinds of country pro
duce and advise the public to bring
it III and get the highest market
price.
The Force bill may he like the,
darky's ,possum asleep -@ith one
eye open" Though now regarded
as dead, the Force bill, like the
'possum, will bear watching. Demo
cratic Senators will be OH guard, Of
course.
The senior class Of Emory and
Henry College have invited Bishop
Atticus G.. Haywood to deliver the
baccalaureate sermon in June. The
faculty have invited DR.. S. A. Steele
Ato address the alumni, and Hon
'Zeb Vance by the societies to ad-
dress them.
The Rev. Samuel P. Jones, the
we'll known evangelist, Of Carriers
vile, GA, was assaulted with cane
by Mayor j. j. Word, of Palestine,
Texas, yesterday, as result of an
attack by the evangelist on the pri
vate character CT the Mayor. Mr..
Jones wrested the cane from his as
sailant and returned the blows.
The Mayor was arrested.
Rapid development of all South
ern industries gives new interest
to the timber and wood. working in
terests of the South, says the Lum
Der World. The number of wood
: warking establishments in the South
.is over 5000, and the capacity of
Southern saw mills is about 45,0O0,.
900 feet yearly. The output of the
saw r..ills in 1889 was valued at $780,.
I,-rss- of the planning mill $685.
0UU; of the sash, door and blind fac
tories, S3,52S,000, and the value of
naval stores was Ss,265,oOO, total
of SlOS, ,17S,OOO against production
Of fsio,o79,OOO in 1880.
Treasurer Seeberger, of the
Wnrlsl's Fair Association, is au-
Ahority for the statement that the
%aSs and means committee has
decided to recommend to the
board Of directors that it will call
forian additional subscription Of
S5,000,O00 to the stock of the as
sociation, thus making the amount
available, including the s5,OOO,000
of bonds issued by the city, $15,-
100000. This additional subscrip-
tion has been found necessary to
carry c;:t the work as planned. 1t
is estimated that that part Of the
work provided for in Jackson Park
alone will cost Ss,OOO,OOO.
In the course of the settlement
end development of country the
industries commonly follow one
another in certain order. After
che hunter, trapper and prospect
or, who are commonly the pioneers,
the herdsman follows, and for a
time the raising of cattle is the
leading industry. AS settlement
becomes less sparse, this is follow
ed by agriculture. which in its