Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-09-23
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
Gathered in And Around Town By Our
Resident And County
Reporters.


The crowd which attended court or
Tuesday was not as large as usual.
A number OF fine horses are already at
the fair grounds and more are coming.
Foote & johnson, of Wytheville, will
have a fine exhibit of their splendid bug
gies, carriages and other vehicles at the
Fair.
Marvin Kelly mas gone to Roanoke CO..
Iege, Salem, We. and st. Clair Stuart has
gone to Va. Polytechnic Institute,at Blacks
burg.
The schco's of the town are constantly
adding to their rolls of pupils, and the
prospects are brighter for them than they
have been for years.
Mr.. A. d. Witten, of Martineville, Va,
was in town Tuesday and Wednesday.
He spent Tuesday night with his father,
Hon. Jas. r. Witten, near Unaka.
Number 116 was the lucky number that
drew the tea set at Jackson's this month
Mr.. r. G. Mccall got it. See the an
nouncement next week.
Our daily paper will be sold on the fair
grounds each day of the exhibition. Get
ready to buy it and read all the local news
of our community, as we'll as the exercises
of the fair.
The people woke up Tuesday morning to
find the ground white with heavy frost
Flowers were bitten, tomatoe and bean
vines killed and corn on low wground looked
like it was scalded.
The Tazewell Millinery Company pre-
sents new and enlarged advertisement to
the Readers of the REPUBLICAN. An In
spection of the handsome new stock OF the
Company will be profitable to the ladies.
Miss Eta Hankins got back last week
from Cincinnati, where she had been to
purchase the Fall stock for the Tazewell
Millinery Co. Miss Hankins tells US the
STYLES for the season are beautiful, and she
has bought to suit the most fastidiuos.
Miss Beardsley, the art teacher at Chnch
Valley Seminary, gave an art display at
the Seminary on Monday afternoon. a
great many ladies and gentlemen attend
ed it, and those who are capable judges
pronounced Miss Beardley's work excel,
lent
Miss Julia Landon, who had been absent
for some months visiting friends at Salem
and in Augusta county, got back home Oh
last Saturday. Miss Pattie Landon who
had been spending several weeks with
friends at Glade Spring, Va, got back the
same day.
Among the curiosities that will be shown
at the Fair will be the wonderful freak Of
nature, the steer with three horns anc
three nostrils, which is the property o.
P. p. Dillon, Esq, Of Pocahontas. Ne
have seen this curiosity and it will pay
every body to see it during the Fair,
DR.. Robt. c. Meade, Republican candi
date for Senate from this district, was Il
town Tuesday and Wednesday mingfn%
with the people. He made a fine impres
sion. W. B. Spratt. was also on hand anC
the Republicans of Tazewell express tLC
deepest satisfaction with him rs their can
didate for the House Of Delegates.
The Charles King Dramatic Company
will play week engagement at the towr
hall commencing on next Monday night
The Company is composed often member
four ladies and Six gentlemen. They give
the latest society plays, comedies am
dramas. The prices of admmission vii
be 25, So and 80 cents. On Monday nigh
ladies will be admitted free
Mrs. Julia G. Dunn, teacher Of voca
and instrumental music in Clinch Valley
Seminary, sang with the choir Of the
Methodist church on last Sunday morning
She sang a beautiful arrangement of 'Jus'
AsI AM" by Danks, as an ofertory
This was the first time MIS-. Dunn hat
been leeard by Tazewell audience. He'
voice is sweet and finely Guilty. vated ant
she sang with fine expression.