Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-06-03
LOCAL AW.D GENERAL
NEWS BRIEFS.

ply at the NEWS office.
The annual election Of Masonic
officers will be held on the 18th.
The siz of the soda fountains has
an anti-thirst sound ut this season.
Buy fine summer shoe from
Frank IL Co. while they are closing
out.
Mrs. Spindle, of Christianshurg,
has been OH Il visit to friends at the
Seminary.
MeSsrS Buston & Sons brought
on the first Strawberries Of the sea-
son last week.
3Ir. W. j. Shelburne will move
with his family to Christiansburg
for the SUMMER.
MIR. Frank Stras was In few
days fiom Salem, and staid through
the commencement.
The new Baptist church is being
used by the college for the com
mencemeiit exercises.
The next big occasion will he the
District Conference, embracing the
fourth Sunday i'll July.
Mrs. Poythrcss, the efficient art
instructreSs at the Seminary, will
leave for her home tomorrow.
Mr.. A. Riddick, the handsome
agent of the Equity Life AssOcia-
tion Of StauutOn, came back Mou-
day.
Mr. Ed. Dodd, the photographer.
has his gallery in the rooms over
the postoflice and is ready fer work
again.
Drs. Castle and Roberts were up
from Richlands Monday, summon
ed as witnesses and for other pur
poses.
Rev. Mr.. Naff. as q member of
the board of visitors, will attend
the Emory and Henry commence
ment.
Miss Stella Bullard, of Pulaski
county, and formerly Il pupil of
Tazewell Seminary, is OH a visit to
old friends.
"Easy as an old shoe" is express
sive of the comfort in one Of Frank
& Co.'S new shoes Of high grade, now
at low cost.
During the storm in Petersburg
last Friday the tent under which
Evangelist Williams is holding his
meetings was blown down.
And "Dick" Witten was elected
mayor Of Pocaliontas by large
majority Mr. Dillon's tenure of
the Office proved not to be for life.
There will be some few excited
Republicans at Minneapolis on
Tuesday next, tile day of the ma.
tional convention, and wont Alinue.
put OH airs
The Tazewell and the Bluefeld
base ball team played a game last
Saturday dn the grounds of the lat
ter i'll which the score was 21 to s |
in favor of Bluefield.
There will be preaching in the
Lutheran church on Sunday next
at II o'clock by kev. Mr.. Greeyer,
and regularly thereafter on the
first and third Sundays Of each
month.
A lamp exploded at the Seminary
Monday evening, but fortunately
not until it was sent sailing through
the window Mr.. John w. SPOTS
received part Of the contents on his
good clothes.
Mr. Wilk Witten, clerking for T.
G. Witten & Son, tried his luck on
q young horse Sunday, and met
with disaster A broken arm and
bruised head were among the re
suits of his fall.
Much preparation will be made
for a great, grand celebration of
the Fourth of July at Pocahontas.
The world at large will be invited
and the people there do nothing by
halves, SO everybody will go.
TazewellS richness of vegetation
and beauty Of scenery draws con
stantly from visitors exclamations
of delight and wonder. Local pride
is very easily accounted for, espe-
cially at this season of the year.
Col. j. w. Bausell, editor of the
Lebanon News, dropped in to see
us some days ago and declares him
self sufficiently recovered from the
Texas trip of last year to join the
newspaper men OH the Boston ex
cnrsion in July.
Miss Mary Cloyd Kent, eldest
daughter of Hon. r. q. Kent. of
Boiling Green, will he married on
the second day of June to Mr.. Rob
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