Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1893-02-10

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are married.
Benjamin Shortridge, one of the
men beaten and robbed at Richards
by the negroes afterward lynched died
of his injuries Wednesday.
! Cholera and crinoline both threat.
Ell to cross the ocean to our shores
between the leaves of this Colum.
ban calendar. Shades of the Gen
oese, why did you discover usi
The Lebanon News says of Henry
Hess, living uear that town, that he
! is l04 years old, his oldest sou, of
New Gan den, being 80 years of age.
The oldest man in this country, of
which the last census makes report,
lives in Philadelphia at the age of
ll15.
Matters pertaining to county and
other offices have been under discus.
oion for some days without any def
mite conclusions arrived at. There is
one element of uncertainty that has
not injected itself for u numoer of
years, that is as to whether the coun.
ty is just now Republican or Demo
cratic.
TazewelI. oh, Tazcwell! Thou
who hast the fatal gift of beauty |!
Democracy longeth for thee that it
may sift thee AZ wheat The U. S.
Marshallship may drop into thy
net. Aud then the District AttOr-
ship will take the wings of the
morning aud 1y TO the east.-Ma.
rion News.
Our resr rects to the Southwest
Virginia Enterprise. The "brcak"
i'll our last issue was brought about
by a change in part of the matter on
the proof sheet and was not noticed
till printed. The United States Ian.
guage is 80 cruelty treated by some
of our neighboriLg journals that we
are usually as considerate of it as
possible.
Mrs. W.. G. Whitney, wife Of the
ex-Secretary of the Navy, died of
heart disease, at her home in New
York, Sunday morning. Mrs. Whit
ney WAS a charming woman aud a
gocial leader In New York and
Washington. She was dangliter
of ex-senator Payne, the Standard
Oil millionaire of Ohio and was
forty-one years of age.
The Age of Steel says that if a
pound of coal is subjected to dry
distillation, and the product and res
idue treated chemically by the pro
cesses for obtaining tho we'll known
coal-tar colore, the one. pound thus
treated will yield enough of magenta
to color 500 yards of flannel, vermil-
lion for 2.5U0 yards, nurine for 100
yards and alizariue sufficient for I55
yards of red cloth.
Jesse Mccall, son of Mr. j. NJ.
Mccall, died at his home in Gra-
ham OH Saturday last. The body
was brought to this place for burial
on Monday. He had heen in fee BILE
health for some time, being carried
off by consumption, which was ap.
parently brought OIL by Il severe at.
tack of grip some years ago. His
immediate family has very large
connection to deplore- his untimely
taking off.
Mr.. Geo w Sanderlln, agent for
Frank j. Corwin. the talented Vir
ginia portrait painter, came up
tuesday frou Bluefeld. where he
has been for some time taking or.
ders. His samples OF work are ele
CANT specimens of art and of a
character that accounts for the
large business done. sIr. Sander
lin will make q canvass of this i'm.
mediate territory and it goes with
out saying that he will do well.
Further information will be found
i'll another Column.
MFR. G.. w. Sauderlin, who repre-.
sents the noted portrait artist. Mr..
Frank j. Corwin, of Va, is calling
OH the citizens this week, taking
orders for portraits. He is meet
ing with splendid success. having
already taken many orders. Mr..
| Corwin is a bona fide portrait paint.
or, who has few, ii any, equals in
the South. All those wanting fine
portraits at reasonable price and
know they will get class of work
finer than ever seen here before.
should not fail to see Mr.. Sanderlip
while here. Mr.. Sanderlin has ta
ken hundreds of dollars worth of
portraits during the past two
months at Bluetield and has not
failed to deliver single order and
please every one perfectly. Don't
miss this opportunity if you want
fine work made by Mr.. Corwin.
an artist that stands high above
any one in the South. Many peo
! pie here have Keen his work made
in Blueffeld and Pocah0ntas and
take pleasure in recommending it
to every one.