Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-01-16


last Saturday.
A beautiful line Of silverware at II.
II. McPherson's.
Hon. A. II. Pettibone, of Greeueville,
was in town Tuesday.
Capt. Ross Smith spent last Sunday
with his family at this place.
Trade, not cash for corn, order with
drawn for the present. Dosser Bros.
Mrs. Jas. H. Epps and children re.
turned from johnson City last Thurs
day.
We will continue to give tickets
with each cash purchase until Feb. /,
1895. Dosser Bros.
We send out this week a supplement
on the subject of Tennessee's great
Centennial in 1895.
Chains, charms, bracelets, pins, rings,
and all articles Of jewelry of any de-
scription, at H. H. McPhersons.
Miss Mary Lou Barley left Wednes-
day for Lynchburg, Va, where she will
spend some time visiting relatives.
See the nice line of syrup pitchers
spoon holders, pickle dishes, casters and
butter dishes Mcpherson has on hand.
All parties indebted either by note or
account, will please come forward and
make settlement of same. R. NJ. May.
Miss Evalyn Dosser, daughter of C.
Z. Dosser. of Columbus, Ohio, is the
guest of her cousin, Miss Elizabeth
Reeves. o
Why go away from Jonesboro to buy
a watch when II. H. Mcpherson will
sell you the best make as cheaply as
any one.
Misses Nellie Hoss and Jessie Kirk
patrick have returned home after
spending a few weeks in Bristol and
Rogersville.
Miss Mollie Seaman went up to Bris-
tol last Saturday to spend a few days
with her grandmother who has been
quite sick for some time.
Miss Sophrona Moore, daughter of
W. A. j. Moore, of Knoxville, spent a
few days with Miss Katie Reeves en-
route to her grandfather's near Fall
Branch.
Bring your beef hides to d. McNicols'
shoe shop, on the corner of Mill and
Main Streets, Jonesboro, and get the
highest market price in leather or first
class work.
l.. E. Bayless, Assistant Postmaster,
has been on the sick list for more than
a week, but is improving. Fred Nc
Pherson has been doing the mail act
in his absence.
All we ask is a look. If you dom
buy it will be because we can't fit you
and such things happen you know in
all well regulated clothing stores. A.
G. Britton G. Co.
This is positively our last appearance
in Jonesboro in the clothing capacity,
so if you want to buy a suit cheap call
right away as they are going regardlt So
of cost. A. C. Britton & Co.
Rev. w. H. Cox, who has been with
K. M. May for several years, has given
up his position in the store, to devote
his time to the duties of County Super.
intendent, to which he was elected by
the County Court.
DR.. G. s. Williams, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Bristol, is expected
to aid Rev. Spencer Tunnel in a pro-
tracted meeting in the Baptist Church
in this place, commencing the first
Sunday in February.
If the owners of the old Three C
Railroad and the Embreeville property
resume work in the Spring, as it is
hoped they will, the panic may yet
prove to have been a blessing in dis
guise to this section.
For the information of our non resi-.
dent readers we have to report the un-
usual series of snow falls, with the
thermometer four below zero Sunday
morning. In fact for more than two
weeks, we have had an old time winter,
the ground being most of the time COW
cred with snow.
Andrew j. Patterson, having been
confirmed as US Consul, is arranging
to sail from New York about February
10, for his post of duty. He will be
accompanied by Mrs. Patterson. We
wish them a safe voyage and a pleasant
s~ojourn in the delightful climate of
that far off land of fruits and flowers.
The stockholders of the First National
Bank held their annual meeting last
Wednesday. The Board of Directors
and officers who have conducted the
business since the bank was organized,
were all reelected. The surplus and
undivided profits of the bank is about
$4,000 and its stock therefore is above
par.
On motion Of Judge Hart the men,
bers of the volunteer fire companies of
J%onesboro and Johnson City, not to
exceed thirty in each company, were
released from poll tax so long as they
remain active members of said fire