Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-03

n pound sociable was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Landon Oliver that was well
attended by all the best boys and girls
of the neighborhood. Some 50 or 40
were present and a rousing success was
had. The usual number of Christmas
pranks were played, but some have re-
suited in a more serious way than the
boys ever dreamed of before. We
would be glad to give names, but on
the solicitation of their parents we will
refrain from doing SO, but it is we'll
enough understood that there are two
certain chaps in this vicinity to whom
the recollection of Monday evening will
always be craven on their minds. The
boys could not run faster if all the
devils of Italy should pursue them.
They saw that an attack was imin-
ent and so they used every pains to
prevent rather than to precipitate what
to either of them was certain to be a
critical affair. High Pockets" run
with all the attitude in him, but "Short
Legs" out winded the famous quarter
horse and left him several yards in the
rear. High Pockets" run so far and
so long that he turned black in the face
and says that something would turn
over and go to his mouth like seidliz
powders mixed in the lower regions of
his stomach. "Short Legs, "still COM
plains of sore feet and inflamatory symp
toms in his side. Charles Salts eclipsed
every thing in the way of fire works.
He made a good display on Monday
night, which was enjoyed by a goodly
number. Only one wedding, that of
Samuel Estes to Miss Eta Leach. The
gay times of the holidays did not divert
the fire fiend from his destructive work.
On Tuesday night the 26tn, the barn
owned by Landon Leach on Brush Creek
vas totally destroyed. He discovered
the fire at l O'Clock and by hard effort
managed to save all his stock. Hisfod-
der, hay, straw and some grain was
lost, and no insurance. This is the
fourth barn that has been burned with
i'll the past two months and within a
radius of three miles, Considerable
feeling has been aroused among our
district boys over the cowardly and
~unprovoked assault made upon two of
their chums by John Bales, Jess Bales,
q fellow by the name of Rudy and three
others whose names we can not obtain
at present. The affair occurred on the
road between Hale's school house and
JCnesboro on the afternoon of Monday
the 25th. All the parties had attended
a Christmas tree at Hale's. and our two
boys who had business at town were
travelling said road in a quiet manner
when John Bales, jess Bales and Rudy
made a salley upon them from ambush
with knives and clubs. ~Overpowered
and unprepared for such an attack our
boys had no alternative left but to make
their escape by flight. 1t is thought
that these three drunken rowdies made
the assault with felonious intent, and
revenge among our boys is rife. The
boys upon whom this assault was made
never did any n an injury in life, and
because of some little malice the Bales
boys and Rudy bear toward some one
of the district boys they filed up on
fire water so as to have the courage to
attack some one simply because he be-
longs to this side of the county. 1t is a
case the Grand Jury ought to investi
gate and see if there is not some pro-
lection to lawabiding citizens who are
on errands of business. Such conduct
is an outrage upon any community, or
any people, and the law should be ap-
piled in the most vigorous manner 1t
is time to put a check to drunken scoun-
drels who become so daring as to as
sault people in open daylight and upon
the public highways. X.