Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-03-10

Governor McKlnney has accept
ed the resignation OF Hon JAS. w.
Marshall as State Senator.
Several business houses on the
main street of Marion wero burned
Monday night, including the Cen.
trail Hotel
! Water pipe, the full length of
Tazewpll Avenue, is being laid to
afford convenient water supply TO
that part Of town.
1t is generally believed that Gov,
erpor Turney, of Tennessee. who
was inaugurated while in bed in
january, is dying.
A body of Virginians formally
presented to President Cleveland
the name Of Hon. John G0ode for
the office ot Solicitor General
Mr.. A j. May. Jr., has moved
his family to his place southeast of
town and DIR. J.R Huilimd will occu
py his property on the street.
Mr. w. Frank Smith, represent
ing Chamberlain Medicine Co. WAS
i'll town during the week on bust.
hess connected with the house.
Rev. w. A. Simmons will preach
ut the Baptist Church next Sunday
at Il o'clock. Subject: 'Regener;l
ton, Essential to Salvation"
The Shady Valley, near Bristol
and Damascus, containing 81 600
acres of land, on which is iron and
manganese, has hren sold to an
English syndicate for $62O.0OO. 1t
is supposed they will develop.
On Monday evening next the la
dies of the BAPTIST church will have
entertainment in the town hall, and
on Tuesday evening the laiieS of
the Presbyterian church will have IL
dime Sociahle ut the same place.
Hon. NJ. Van Pelt waS reappoint.
ed warden of the West Va. uruiirn-
tIary although Il clean sweep is to
he made of the other officers. j NJ.
French was made Judge of the
Criminal Court of Mercer COUNTY.
The very superior harness and
Saddlery establishment of l.. X.
Nixon, at Cedar Bluff, has, as I'M
adjunct, Il boot and shoe depart
ment where fine material is put up
i'll the most work kmanlike mannVr.
The Senate having failed to con
fir'a Mr.. Harrison'S appointment of
Benton Hanchett as successor to
Judge Jackson of the u. S. Circuit
Court, PreSidrut Cleveland will give
the place TO Judge Jenkins of Wis.
&onSiu.
Geo. w. St. Clair, assignee of H.
w. Shannon of Richlands, has been
conducting, with Il corps OF sales.
men, quite a large mercantile hnsi.
ness in town during the week. The
store is generally full OF bargain
seekers.
The fire in Roanoke last Sunday
which destroyed much property and
in which one life was lost aud sew
eral persons injured, called for an
investigation, the examination show
ing that an attempt was making for
case of arson against the owncr
of some of the property.
The case Of the State of Virginia
against the State of Tennessee. by
which the former. seeks to gain "A
large territory from the latter, has
been argued this week before the
| u. S. Court at Washington .Vir
gina is represented by Generals
Ayers and Scott and Judge Rhea.
The fearful storm that swept to
destruction so much of property
aud Il number of lives, left in it's
wake distress and want that have
F., called for relief funds all over the
country. Among other towns the
little city of Greenville was practl
cally swept off the face of the earth.
w. p, Emschwiller, formerly of
Tazewrll county. who has been in
the enploymentof the Consolidated
Mining Company fer nearly two
years. left Roanoke yesterday morn
ing for the Indian Territory, where
! he has accepted good position
with an engineering corps. Times
Ex-President Harrison returned
TO his home in indianapolis lmme
diately after the Inauguration and
will resume the practice of law. He
viii; also deliver ii series of lectures
before the law class of the LELAND
Stanford University of California
for which he will receive $4,000 IL
year.
A Mr.. Sparks has bonght II lot on
Tazewell Avenue and will erect for
his own occupancy IA cottage. This
thing of building residences for
personal use is the kind that means
permanent increase of population
Our environments are such that
| men of CaUital do not feel warrant.