Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-01-28

Capt. R. T. Bowen, of the n. & w. Ry.
Co., was in town Monday on visit to
his parents,
The Tazewell Drug Co. have the most
stylish stationery ever displayed in Taze-
well.
Maj r. r. Henry is attending the Court
of Appeals of West Virginia, which is now
in session at Charleston.
Others have found health, vigor and
vitality in Hoods Sarsaparilla, and itsurely
has power to help you also. Why not try it?
The biggest snow Of the season fell yes
terday Upto this time the fall of snow
has been unusually light this winter.
Mr.. ". w. Moore's wife and mother,
who have been sick for some time, are now
getting well.
Mrs. s. NJ. 3. Coulling has been very
much indisposed forsome days with grippe,
but is now getting better.
Buston & Sons have pure maple syrup
and buckwheat -four, good things for
winter breakfast.
It's rumorel there will be changes made
in the membership of several of the mer-
camille firms of Tazewell in the near future.
The entertainment which will be given
by the pupils Of the High School, at town
hall tomorrow night, will be very intel-
esting one.
Prof. c. N. Kiiby, the newly elected
Principal of Tazewell High School has
arrived in town and will take charge Of
the school the 1st of February.
Tuesday morning the thermometer fell
to . degrees below zero, which was the
lowest point that has been reached dur
ing the winter.
Mrs. Thomas Farmer, of Baptist Valley,
aunt of Miss Hattie Baker, who died SO
suddenly las. week, is very i'll with pneu-
monia.
Miss Gillette Harman, daughter Of H.
Bane Harman, Esq, is very i'll with the
pneumonia, and her friends are very much
disturbed about her condition.
Mr.. T. A. Gillespie, of Cedar Blaff, was
in town Monday. He was fixing to place
upon this market the flour that is being
manufactured at the mills ofAigginbotham
& Gillespie at Cedar Bluff.
Judge jackson denied the motion for
Receiver in the case of Burgunder Bios,
& Co. ct ais. vs. Lyman ct ais, The mo-
ton was argued before Judge Jackson, at
Radford, OF the 18th inst.
Our neighbor Mr.. IL. G. Mccall is hav-
ing a good deal of sickness in his house
hold. Mrs. Mccall and the little baby
girl are both quite sick.
Mr.. jeff Ward, along with others,is try
ing to get up a telephone exchange for
Tazewell. If fsub>cribers for fifty phones
can be secured the exchange is certainty.
We think the scheme will be a success.
DR.. James o. KeefIe got back from Min
60 county, w. Va. where he has been ne
potiating for the sale of oil lands owned
by himself and Capt. Samuel Walton.
Therei likely to be a sale in the next
sixty days.
The first consolidated mortgage Of the
Norfolk & Western Railway Company to
The Mercantile Trust Company, Trustee,
is now being recorded in the county co1rt
clerks Office of this county. The deed
p covers los printed pages and will cover
about 60 pages of the deed book in which
it's being recorded.
News comes from Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas, to the effect that Messrs. w. G. Har-
risson and ]. W. Chapman, who are at
that great health resort are very much en-
couraged, and are led to believe that they
will be greatly benefited by their visit.
They will hare TO remain nearly two
months.
Last week we published an account Of
the death of Miss Hattie Baker, in which
We stated that she had died at the home
of Mrs. Geo. w. Bandy. This was mis-
take. She died at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. Thomas Farmer, who lives in the
same neighborhood. 1t is now believed
that Miss Bakers death was occasioned
bytaking too much nux vonica. She had
been taking tonic which containe d
that medicine and if is thought took it toe