Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-07-04
MAT'UTA.

1t has been sometime since | saw
anything from these parts in your pa.
per. The click of the reaper has stop
ped. The farmers have their wheat
and oats cut. Some have part of their
wheat in the barn. The rainy weather
for the past week has stopped wheat
hauling. We have been blessed with
good rains recently which is bringing
corn out of clods. The grass crop on
uplands is almost failure. As regards
our wheat it is not more than one half
of a crop, generally inferior in quality.
Mrs. w. A. Hancher was visiting her
mother at Limestone Saturday and Sun
day. j. II. Akard and wife took din.
ner Sunday with their father. John
Mongold, who was at home two weeks,
having been called there by the last
sickness of his mother, has returned to
duty on the Chattanooga and Cincin.
natl mail line. Mrs. Mary z. Masoner
is on a visit to West Tennessee to see
her brother whom she has not seen for
twenty odd years. She will return in
August. z. F. Hancher went West
the first of June, but has returned.
He says Western times are dull, nearly
everybody on a strike, Miss Frances
Titles eye is improving slowly. There
is a young lady in this neighborhood
who says she needs a Doctor, though
she is not sick. l don't think he
charges for his visits. James Camp.
bell has improved his house by a coat
of paint. w. d. Arnold is building a
new house. Peter Reed has moved in
his new brick dwelling without any
little additions, they seem as happy as
"a be. Rev. z. B. Pence has been
roofing and raising the l. of his house
which adds much to the appearance.
The saw mill belonging to C. B. and G.
f. Armentrout has sucumbed to hard
times and collapsed last week; it is a
total wreck, no one hurt. Bud Brab-
son has built q new barn, contemplates
building a house in the near future.
James Propst lost a fine mule last
week from founder. Sid Miller lost a
colt last week. A few days ago w. A.
Hancher, ESQ.,, made four hearts glad
by saying some little words; may they
live long. Mrs. Skinwell is very feeble
at this writing. Mrs. Shutter, a rheu-
matte sufferer, has been worse for the
past few days. Robert Knight has fe-
yer. Mrs. Tennie Arnold is recovering
from fiux. Miss Julie Arnold was
visiting at Esq. Hancher's last week.
Esq. McLin has some fine berkshire
hogs. Stockmeu would do well to look
at his stock. Miss Mary Knight was
calling on the branch last week. ESQ.
Browning was around last week among
his friends. looking after political fem
ces; Eb is a hustler, he will get there
in August and don't you foget it.
Mat and Joe Hancher nighted Saturday
with Bertha and Mary Crunley. We
have in this district three candidates
for Magistrate-one Democrat and two
Republicans; fever not high yet, about
six out now for school commissioner,
everybody wants to serve the people
in some way. A short time since S. P.
Morgan and wife lost their infant child,
bowel trouble. On the 23rd inst. death
visited the home of w. NJ. Mongold
and claimed for its victim his loving
wife, who was about seventy five years
of age. She had a complication of dis
eases, and had not been well for the
last eight years; though all this time
sheIwas a great sufferer. The writer of
this has known her for many years, al
ways found her a good neighbOr, a
true friend and a constant lover of
Jesus. In her last days she talked of
ten of the home beyond, to which her
son had proceeded her but a few
months and said if it was the Lords
will she wanted to go. A few hours