Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-10-11
co0NTY LOCALS
Fire Oaks, Oct. 8.

1he itost oi iast week caught acres
OF corn uncut and has dene consider
able daihage to the fodder.
The corn has been 30 dry that our
farmers have been doing their cut
ting at night.
The Mn w. Fridge forco are at
work on the trestle over Clinoh near
here, putting in now timbers.
Capt. Dawson fell from the trestle
the other day, large piece of timber
went over with him, fortunately tho
Capt. WAS not hurt save IL fow bruises
and n sore back. AIr. Dawson fell
about fifty feet.
Tho steam saw mill of Mr.. Thomp
sons OH the Gillespie farm had to
stop saving On account of tho dry
weather. They were afraid of set
ting fire to Que of Mr.. Gillespie's q
large barns.
Last Saturday by the carclessness
of some of the hands OH the Holmes
place, fire got out from clearing,
doing Mr.. f. l. Holmes and his sis
ter n great deal of damage.
If the town people wish any pump
kins far Thanksgiving pics, they
ought to send their orders at once to
Is X Crockett.
jus. b. Hartman is not worry well.
Uncle Jim used to bo ono Of tho
strongest men in the whole country.
Capt. Dawson, who fell off thh
trestle hear Witten's Mills the other
day, met with another accident today.
A large pleco of timber fell upon his
leg and broke it. Capt. Dawson Is
now laid up for repairs.
Cedar Bluff, Oct. 3.
Mr.. I. "A. Gillespie, u S. Commis
sioner, is at Abingdon, attending the
Federal Court.
Mr.. John @. Baylor, of Paint Lick,
was in town Sunday, tho guest of his
son, Dr. w. IL. Baylor.
A little child of Mr.. a. NJ. Stinson
and wife died with cholora infantum
on last Friday night. The parents
have the sympathy of tho people OF
our town.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Repass and
"some Of tho little onos;" visited
Paint Lick last Saturday aud Sunday.
Little George Hurt, who hnd the
misfortune OF having his arm broken
by a fall from horse some time ago,
is, we are glad to note, rapidly recov
ering.
Rev. d. II. Carr was auihmoned to
Tazewell last Friday on receipt of the
sad intelligence of the death of Rev.
b. w. S. Bishop at that place.
Mrs. ID. II. Carr has returned horr @
from Fayetteville, w. Va, after a
somewhat lengthy visit at tho home
of hor sick son, DIR. Carr, of that
place.
The frosts OF last week did consid
cradle damage in this section, espt
pecially to the late corn and cane.
Our people generally, and the
Methodist people especially, are sad,
and deplorse the death OF Rev. b. w.
s. Bishop, who was general favor.
ite here, and beloved by all who
knew him.
Mr.. Wane FL. Peery, of Tazewell
High School, came down last Satur.
day to see home folks.
Miss Callie White came down from
Tazewell this week on visit to her
parents at Codar Bluff.
Rev. w. w. Pyott; z L. of Taze
we'll District, visited our town Tues
day, and preachod at the Methodist
church from the text "Let not your
hearts be troubled"
Capt. Barger one of the conduc
tors on the Cllnch Valley Division,
has been at the Blue Sulphur Inn, at
this place for the past week, recuper.
ating his health.
Your correspondent had the pleas
ure of listening to the closing dis
course of the year, delivered to the
congregation at Midway, on last
Sunday, by the young and talented
Methodist pastor, Rev. j. 8. French,
of Liberty Hill circuit, The preach
er chose for his subject; "Alnost per
suaded to be Christian" and as he
described in his happy style the
Christian life as that, first of the
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