Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-11-04
TOWN AND COUNTY News.
Gathered in And Around Town By Our
Resident And County.
Reporters.

The work of laying the pipes for the new
water supply for the town is progressing
slowly.
We have held our paper back day, SO
as to give our readers as much election
news as possible.
Prof. George Frederick William Holmes
died at the University of Virginia on yes
terday, Thursday.
The Musical meeting of the Epworth
League will held next Tuesday night week
at ther esidence OF DIR. 7. G. Witten.
Miss ossie Bane and Miss Shelton, Of
Giles county, are visiting at the home OF
Mr.. w. G. Mustard, near Wittens Mill.
Mr.. S. Cohen, of Pocahontas, adver-
tises valuable building in that city for
sale. See advertisement in another col
umn.
Mr.. John Hurt, of Rosedale, Russell
county, called at our Office on last Friday
and paid two years subscription for the
REPUBLICAN.
Mr.. R. 7. Hopkins, of Norton, brother
in-law of Mr.. E. E. Workman, was in
town Sunday and Monday as guest of
MIR. Workman.
Our neighbor. the c. V. New, is now
enjoying the pleasure of getting cylinder
press to run. We had our experience q
few months ago.
Election day passed Of quietly at this
place. There was but one difficulty, and
that was between two colored men. They
were taken before the Mayor.
The east bound mail train on Thursday
afternoon was delayed over four hours by
wreck atSt Paul. We have heard none
of the particulars of the wreck.
Mr.. H. w. Pobst, of the firm of Pobst
& Wingo, has returned from the eastern
markets where he had been purchasing a
splendid stock of Christmas goods.
cash Fields" cur North Tazewell cor
respondent, We fear is losing all his taste
for literature He is silent so far as the
columns Of the REPUBLICAN are concerned.
We made mistake in announcing last
week that VIM. Duncan was killed in the
wreck at Maxwell. 1t we1 his younger
brother, Findley Duncan, who was killed.
The furnace in the Methodist church is
undergoing repairs, and the congregation
will probably worship in the school room
of the High School building next Sunday.
We are pleased to hear that little "Jud''
Gillespie son of Mr.. A. P. Gillespie is not
seriously ill. He has been threatened With
TYPHOID fever, but is now safe from that
disease.
Mr.. w. G. Young has been appointed
postmaster at Tazewell in place Of G. w.
Doak. Mr.. Young has given his bond
and we suppose will receive his commission
in few days.
Mr.. Steele, wholhss been elected TO the
Senate from Washington and Smyth coun-
ties, is a native of Tazewell county, and
has two splendid Republican brothers liv-
ing in our town.
The town of Wythevile is dreadfully af-
ficted with an epidemic Of typhoid fever.
There are over one, hundred cases. Mrs.
L. Nj. TrinEle, o4rpe of the most prominent
ladies of the town. died, this week.
Rev. ]. n. Ha 4rmm, who is now the
regular State Evat5ngelist of the Christian
Church for Virginia., started on his work
last week. That work is necessarily OF
such character That Mr.. Harman will be
away from TazeMf'eIl most of bis time,
Owing to the fcfact that the furnace in the
Methodist chufrch has not been repaired,
the congregation will worship in the Pres
byterian ct5urch next Sunday morning,
it having been rendered for that purpose
Mr.. King will be; present and will sing 8
solo. r.
DIR. and MiSs. Huford, accompanied by
their two ialle daughters, left on the eas'
bound train "Wednesday. The DR.. went to
Wvthville to ssee his mother who is in
very low health, ,and Mrs. Huford will ex
tend her visit to Rural Retreat to see he'
relatives at that; place.
The property now occupied by the edlto
as a residence will be for rent about fht
1st of December, he will move into ih'
property recently bought from Mr., B. H
Baylor. ANY one desiring to rent com
Portable home{in Tazewell can get particu
j lars by calling at the REPUsLIcAN office.
On Thursday about noon Mrs. Kat
G. Peery received telegram stating tha
her niece, Mrs. A. II. Gibbony was dying
A few bours later she received a message
announcing her death and that the re
mains would be bought here. They vii
arrive this FRIDAY afternoon, by the
O'Clock train.
Mr.. TIE. Georg4 our popular count,
court clerk, while Ring out on his farm
on Monday last me with painful ac
cident. His se4fell with him anc
mashed the same fo that Mr.. Georgeha
Injured last Summs while rakiug hay
The injury was go Fhlful that he was IN
able to come out one lction day.