Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-04-07
Geo. w. st. Clair. Iisp., paid a
visit of few days Duration 20 his
former home, Wytheville.


over other engagements while
spring cleaning is yet in allegiance.
Mr.. Isaac f. Chapman. who has
been quite i'll for some time, threat
ened with pneu.lunia. is improved
Judge S W. Williams arrived
from across country in time to open
court ii little late in tho day Mon
day
The town will do some repairing
on its portion OF Railroad Avennp
and thus mako II lick in time save
nine.
The name Of tile Tazewell Rcpnb
lican is changed to the "Blue Grass
Blade" as more appropriate to the
locality.
The White House mail since the
4tll of March has averaged 500 let
tors IL day, with newspapers innu
merable
A fire ut Mill Creek, near, Bran
well, on Saturday last DESTROYED
some five or six houses with all
their contents.
Mrs. Marrs. widow of the late A.
II. Marrs, will have erected at the
farm a neat cottage ON tho site OF
the house destroyed by fire.
The days are drawing swiftly nigh,
When you may doif your derby
10 wear the chapeau made of straw,
And lock quite rus in urbe
Constitution.
MI. j. b. Bower and wife, from "A
months visit in Baltimore aud oth
er cities, returned to Tazewell, Tues
day, and have rooms at MIR. l. t..
Chapman'S.
Rev. j. A. Leslie Will hnild this
season. OH his property on Tazewell
Avenue, a residence for his own oc
cupancy. The lots take in the Gofi
house which will be torn away.
Tn conversation with Representa-
tive Swanson, Mr.. Clovolaud stated
that he was not nnmin,ilul of the
claims of Virginia, and would in due
season see that a fair Sllaro of the
patronage went that way.
The April term of the Circuit
Court began Monday The docket
is quite IL large one. but Judge Will
liams is very expeditions in the dis
patch Of business and will doubt
less get through on time. Several
mem bars of the bar are unwel.
The wind of Monday night must
have been quite severe. Along the
riversnear {tOwntir number of tlees
were blown noan land the tin roofs
lifted from the residence of Stewart
Thompson and the Tazewe!l Flour
ing Mill OF W. w. aud NJ. l.. Prery.
Mr.. Emile Low, formerly residing
here during the timeiof the con
struction of the Clncli Valley rail.
road. is an applicant for tile PaSo
Del NOrie c0nsulSliip He has here
toiOre speut some time in Mexico
where he WAS professionally ensag
ed.
1t develops that man coming to
town for d physician passed in front
OF the Seminary when it was ahlaZp
in the rear. 1t did not occnr to him
that it was anything more than a
light from the windows until he
had been in town some time and
heard the alarm
In local option election for the
Gladeville district in Wise county.
the result was about four to one in
favor of the dry ticket. The dis.
trict includes the towns of Norton
and Tacoma aud will afford an in
viting field for the ubiquitous
moonshiner. The locality is close
to the Kentucky mountains.
The Southwest Virginia Convoca
tion, composed of some twenty
Episcopal ministers, will meet nj
Roanoke on the 11th inst. Rev. w
X. Savage, OF Tazewell. will preach
the convocation sermon, The topic
To he discussed is "The Temptation.
of Ministerial Life Rev. G.. B
Miner is the essayist. and Revs
Savageoand Snead the speakers as
signed to discuss it-Ex.
The Knights Templar Command
ory of this town celebrated Easter
Sunday by going to the Methodist
church in full uniform. Their turn
. out and movements in the churcl
were a glittering success. The sing
ing of the anthem and chant by
the local choir was of the highest
order and would have done credi,
to professional opera company
The sermon was an intel ectual one
delivered in Il very impressive man
ner, and this town is proud of it.
commandery, its choir and the min
lister. Long may they live to cele
brate many Easter Sundays.
. TENNESSEE WINS.
Tho Supreme Court of tho United
! States, III nm opinion delivered b,
Ia. F.at