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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11

The Red Mems organization will
have Wigwam at the Exposition to
cost $500. 1t will be built IN the
form of a large Indian Wigwam
with six smaller and proportiOnate
tepees arranged around it.
The boys are talking of having a
base ball team this year. They have
licked the spots off the South Pitts
burg teams thus far and want to
repeat the dose this season. That
is the stuff boys, sail in and win.
Mr.. G NJ Hudson was in to see
us Wednesday and subscribed for
the only. Mr.. Hadson has had bad
luck, having been burned out last
fall, and icing afflicted with sick
ness, but he holds out that the News
must be supported.
Incorporation is the leading topic
of discussion outside of postottice as
pirations. 1t would be good thing
for the town. WeIneed good side
walks, street lights and many other
things, and there are plenty Of taxes
paid now which should be devoted
for that purpose, but without incor-
poration it is impossible to do so ex-
cept BY private enterprise.
John Carlyon, J. F. Bowden, NJ
G. Pryor. B. +, Cowan and G. w
Jorden are now on our lists for they
all want to make the News success
You are correct, gentlemen Whit
we'll has long needed paper, and i
will only take good hearty support tt
make it an up-to-date article, anC
the miners of Whitwell have 1t il
their power to do SO.
Augusta, Ga, brakemen struck a
gainst an order by which they woulC
be required to ride on top from A
gusta to Atlanta, III miles, for thc
sum of SO cents per day
An effort was made to get W
colored crews to take at least one o.
the waiting trains out, but the ne
groes refused to go, saying, ST
white folks can't ride on top, W.
won't"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11
A Bit of History .

Mr.. 0. w. Chastain was in to sees
us Tuesday and in talking about
Whitwell and It's history we learn
ed from him that the FIRST settler
men was made at the old Cheek
Homestead about mile below here
and that it was originally called
Cheekvile until changed to Whit
well. The change OF name W ae
made on account of an English
man named WhItwell, who did
considerable for the place in the
way Of developing its mineral rec,
sources.
The first court held in Marion
County was held here in this vii,
lage Of Cheekville and the site now
occupied by our excellent sch ool
house was that Of the church for
the community.
Mr., Chastain also related the hiss
tory of the present school building.
1t was originally the one room
now occupied by Prof, Ashburn
and his pupils, and was built out
of the school money, the school be-
ing maintained all the while by
money raised by private subscript>
ion. Mr., Chastain was one of
, the school directors at the time.
The smaller class rooms were ads
ded later
Anything relating to the history
of the town is interesting to us,
and so if our old residents have
anything to saw regarding events
which happened away back we
would be glad to hear from them,
The history of the town is we'll
worth the preservation and our
columns are always open to any
communication which may tend
to put it on record. The younger
generation of our readers are Liable
to forget these matters of history,
and Cnce gone they have departed
| forever unless some record has been
made of them. We re-iterate, the
columns of the NEWS are always
open to any thing that concerns
the history of Whitwell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11
Mountain City.
Special to the NEWS.

SpeClal 10 the NEWS.
Mountain City, Mar. 8.-Dear
Editor.-Accept my congratulate
lions fin regard to your paper, hop
ing you may meet with continued
success. l believe you will. A
weekly paper is just what we need.
Let us all hope for your success.
Winter with its chilly blasts is
almost a thing or the past. Spring
now is near at hand. and soOn the
farmers work OF planting will be-
gin.
La Grippe has almost subsidized
and there is a general outlook for
an early spring.
With spring comes the broad
smiles of w. S. Coplin who was
blessed with the first son i'm his
family March 8, We extend our
congratulations to the happy pa,
rents.
FY~SOTDTER
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11
Horse Jockeys League.

Be it known unto all that J. NJ.
Byers, of Sequachee, wants all the
horse jockeys of Marion, Sequa
chez, B eusoe and Grundy counties
or anywhere els, to meet in the
rear of Crockett's store, this place,
everv Saturday, for the purpose of
selling or trading horses. Mr..
Byers has recently returned from a
trip 20 Georgia and other points
and says he is bound to keep up to
the fashion. Ii other places have
horse trading days, why not Whit.
Well2
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11
DacOta Weather.

Another blizzard of pretty fair di-
menslons struck this vicinity Satur-
day and it didn't lose its grip to any
extent all day. The storm started
in North Dakota and had reached the
north state line at 6 o'clock Friday
evening, striking this place at about
2 o'clock. Nearly all the paths and
roads around town were pretty we'll
filled up by noon and twas not very
easy matter walking around But
two or three teams were visible on
the streets all day. One good feature
of the storm was that it was not very
cold, the thermometer at noon being
25 degrees above zero, so the people
did not have that disagreeable mat
ter to contend with. Along about
noon the sun was shining brightly for
an hour or two and it was hoped the
storm would disappear. The railroads
are again suffering in the matter of
blockades. There was not a wheel
turned on the Milwaukee during the
dav. All trains were abandoned on
the Milwaukee and Omaha roads.
The south Milwaukee left Sioux City
and reached Yankton but was sent
back to the starting point From
advlces received the storm was gem
eral all over the state.-Mitchel, So.
Dakota, Capital.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11
LOCAL..

@lh up lOI your nOiue paper
The Legislature convened Monday.
Pickles,5cts dozen at w. c. Ad-
ANS.
w, G. Hill spent Sunday in Sc
quachee.
Go to the Drug Store for the best
cigars in town.
f. L. Price and John Haley were
in to see us Saturday.
Pratt's Food and Poultry Food for
sale at b. i. Arledge's.
Hcadly Walker has been down
with the grippe this week.
For bargains in dry goods and no.
tions call on w. G. Adams.
You can always ind good, fresh
crout and pickles at B. L. Arledge's
AScullud pusson was born to pat
dance and blush unseen Ike Snort.
Tom Eakin and Mr.. Moore, the
dentist, were in to see us this week.
J. H. Harris was clerking at the
New York Racket Store last week.
Jim Thornton, OF Sequachee, was
visiting his sister, Mrs. Lee, Wed
nesday.
All kinds of farming implements
and spring supplies for sale at 3 L.
-Arledge's.
Public school opened Monday.
Send your children and do your
duty by them.
Colorado has woman miner who
works just as a man would and does
as heavy work.
G. A. Atkins, who resided for thir-
teen years in Ihedford, Neb., was in
to see us Friday.
Ifyou have anyone visiting your
family, call around and inform Ills
aud we will make note of it.
Advertising is the life of trade,
and the News is a good medium
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
We arc under the impression that
more money is paid out in Whitwell
than any other place in the Valley.
They say there are some "dark
horses" in the race for the post-mas-
tership at this place, Who ere they:
Josh Smith, who formerly cIerked
in the Company's store was IN town
Friday. He now resides in South
Pittsburg.
Mel Alexander and Robert Hix.
son, both of Dunlap, are reported tc
be running a tight race for the post
Office at that place.
Edgar Pryor, who has been as.
sisting us to get in shape for work
left for Sequachee Friday evening
lie Will return later.
Telephone connection hetreen this
place and Chattanooga was broker
off Friday morning on account OF
the storm of the night before.
1t is sure fact that more houses
are needed acre and that right away
A good many more people would
CONS in here if they could only &c
houses to move into.
An advertisement in the News
has an extended audience. 1t goe
into the homes of our best cltizen
and is read very extensively in othe
parts Of the County. An sad" in it
columns always brings good results.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11

lld%N'
Fine line of shoes just received at
w. G. Adams.
Jim Smith, of Kelley's Ferry, was
in town Friday.
J. w. Smith was in to see us Fri
day and subscribed
Melvine Alexander, Of Dunlap,
was IN town Friday.
A first class line of shoes just ar
rived at B. L. Arledge's.
Will Lee and John Thornton, of
Sequachee, are working here now.
Alex Pryor, weigh-master, added
his name to our subscription list
Friday.
G. w. McCurry, who is attending
school at Athens, Tenn, was in town
Thurday.
l: r. Jordon is building q house
and is impatiently waiting for it to
be completed.
See w. A. Turner's advertisement
Mr.. Turner is noted for his low
prices and good articles.
EdDyer reports hustliug trade
as a result Of pay day. Ed has q
small store but lively one.
Spring planting has begun. Near.
Iy every one is making arrangements
to have some 'garden sass" :.
J. w. Knight, who formerly resi,l
ed at Victoria sends us notice to ad.
dress his paper TO La Toilette, thi,
State.
Subscriptions from E A. Ashburn
JAS. Hooper, Hugh Curtis and J. c
Jones, all of this city received Mon
day.
w. L. Barber has enclosed tn,
lots adjoining his residence and vii
go into the farming business thi
spring.
Miss johnson, of Christiana, Tenn
who has been visiting her sister
Mrs. A. T. Peay, went home Mon
day morning.
Subscribe for this paper and yor
will get 81 papers for soc, which
less; than 1c week. Don't yo
think this is a bargain?
Rev. J. NJ. Wooten paid us a yer
pleasant call Wednesday aftern oor
Mr.. Wooten is much interested i
the success of the News
See Henry Kent's advertisement
in this issue of the paper. We 'ca
say this much for Mr.. Kent: he is
good, reliable workman.
The number of miners here
between three and four hundred
day work, and a night shift of thirt
men, which means that lot of Coz
is being gotten out.
A nice new line of cigars at tn
Drug Store this week:-George "
Child's, Carrmgton's full Havant
Chase, Cuban Sprig, Cubaccos, La
test Hit, Princess Louisa, Jackson
Square.
A. H. Blackjack, W. B. Ketne
DR.. McCree, Green Holloway, C.
} Shirley, w. G. Adams und b. L. A
ledge have subscribed for the onl
paper representing Whitwell in IL
. Valley.
Capt. John Frater, of Victori
went to Bon Air to inspect the min,
Monday, making his sixth trip ther
The output of coal is steadily il
creaslng aud has now reached 10C
tons a day.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11

groceries.
One of Mr.. Stubblefeld's girls is
reported to be very sick.
Mr.. Lane, drummer, came up on
the!special Monday night.
There was a candy pull at DR..
Peay's residence Saturday night.
Call and examine the new line of
queensware at B L. Arledge's,
Mr.. Ed Taylor and Miss Gertrude
Graham paid us visit Tuesday.
A. Paletz, of SO. Pittsburg, was in
Whltwell several days this week.
The Knights of Pythias met at
the Red Mems Hall Monday night,
A. w. Crockett did $500 bust
ness the night Of pay day last week,
Alfred Haynes and Charlie John
son, of Sequachee, we're in town
Monday.
d. r. Dickens, a prosperous farm
er in Whitwelllterritory was in towr
Tuesday,
There was musical at the house
of Adolphus Lamb Tuesday night of
last week.
A phonograph man was in town
Monday and Tuesday exhibiting on
our streets.
The Red Men held their regular
weekly meeting Tuesday night at
Red Mems Hall.
If you are a subscriber to the
News, ask friend to subscribe also,
and thus give us lift.
S. A. Cowan has ordered this pa
per to be sent to his father. n. S
Cowan, Newark, Kansas.
Messrs. J. J. Burnett, w. J.. Bar.
ber, (. Thorpe, John Farmer and +
G. Henson were entered on our lists
Tuesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Chastain, an6
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bnll went to tht
performance at South Pittsburg
Monday night.
Frank McGuirk, of Jasper, repre-
sentlng Prof. Aliens dramatic class
was in town Monday looking toward
rendition of "Dot" at this place II
the near future.
Mr.. w. G. Adams was in to SCI
us Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Adams
does fourshing business and to ge
more is going to advertise in th'
News as he is confident it will pa!
him.
| Quite a number attended the show
at South Pittsburg Monday night
and the high price of admission KEEP
away lots of others. A special trail
was run and we oplne that the boy
had a good time.
Mr.. B. +. Cowan was up the Val
? lev about six miles one day last wee
. and reports the peach trees almos
, in full bloom there. We certainl
hope the crop will be spared by tn
! the frost this spring.
Hon. J.J. Dykes returned fror
, Washington Monday and left Tues
!. day morning for Nashville. He re
: ports a splendid time at the InauguI
= alton, and says the day. was asimPl
e perfect for the occasion.
We would like to see brick bloc
built as the next investment. A
5 several of our merchants are 6
J. crowded at present that 1t seems to I
that they should initiate the exampI
D of Britain Bros, Of So. Pittsburl
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1897-03-11

WHEN bilious or costiye, eat a
Cascaret, candy cathartic, cure guar
anteed, l0c, 25e,
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Capt John Frater, of Victoria,
went to Bon Air to inspect the mines
Monday, making his sixth trip there.
The output of coal is steadily in
creasIng aud has now reached 1000
tons a day.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
ALASKA'S CLIMATE.
Warning to Intending Klcndike
Travellers.
GREAT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE
The Winter Sets In Early In September,
When snowstorms Are Common,
Making Headway Abso-
IuteIy Impossible.

Washington. Aug. 25.-Intending trav-
elers TO the Klondike are warned that
the temperature of the coast which is
warmed by the Japan current has no
relation to that of the interior.
The climate Of the interior of Alaska
Is one of extreme rigor In winter, with
a brief but relatively hot summer, par
ticularly when the sky is cloudless.
In the KlondilSe region in midwinter
the sun rises al from $3.50 to 10 O'Clock
In the morning. and sets at from to
in the afternoon. AS Il never rises but
few degrees above the horizon and Is
wholly obscured many days during the
winter the character of the winter can
be partly surmised
According to six months observations
made by the United States coast and
| geodetic survey not far from the scene
of the present gold discoveries the
mean temperature of the months from
! October 1889, TO April 1890, inclusive
were as follows: October. 80 degrees;
November, s degrees; December. IL de-
grees below zero; January, p degrees
below zero; February. 10 degrees below
zero: March, 6 degrees above zero ana
April, 20 degrees above.
The mean temperature fell and re-
| NAMED below the freezing point (S)
from Nov. to April 25 thus giving 1853
days TO the closed season of lsss-9O as.
| suming that outdoor operations are
controlled by the temperature.
Lowest Temperature.
The lowest temperature registered
during the winter were: In November,
80 degrees below zero; in December, A
below: in January. 50 below; in Febru-
ary So below; in March. 40 below. and
in April 26 below.
The greatest continuous cold occurred
in Februry when the daily mean TEN
perature for five consecutive days was
AZ degrees below zero. The temperature
moderated slightly about March l. bu
remained below the freezing point. Gen
orally cloudy weather prevailed, ant
there were but three consecutive clea'
days in any month during the who'll
winter. and snow fell about one-third o
} the entire winter.
The Alaskan winter sets in as early a
4 Sept 1, when snowstorms are common
E in the mountains and passes. Headwa.
q during these storms is absolutely I'm
{ possible.
The mean temperature IS said to rang
between 60 and 20 degrees, according I
elevation.
r By way of some slight compensate
e for all this cheerlessness 1t is explaine
t that in May the sun rises at about
@ o'clock in the morning and sets aDou
d o'clock at night. In June 1t rises q
@ 1870 in the morning and sets at lO;SO
night, thus giving about 20 hours
!, daylight and a diffused twilight the re'
e Of the time.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Near Elgin, Ore, is young woman
who daily hauls to town load OF ties
and unloads them herself.
-Trappist monks of monastery in
Dubuque county, Ia, who have hereto
fore had a prior sent to them from
Mount Meleray Abbey in Ireland, have
acquired the right TO elect an abbot,
and have chosen Rev. Father Alberto.
With three dogs and one man TO
help him, the chief rat catcher of the
neighborhood of Fort Madison, la.,
killed 297 rats in one job OF recribbing
five cribs of corn because of the rodents,
and he believes only one rat escaped
him.
While people in eastern sections are
still forming societies having their
basis in the records of ancestors, peo-
pie of Oregon have set out to form a
state association of Native Sons of
Oregon, to take part in the pioneer
reunions there.
-R. 2. Browning, discovered in Ne
vada, No, as the champion skunk
hunter, has become the champion frog
catcher, getting so frogs in half an
hour. He uses u long pole with hook
on the end, and, riding into the frog
ponds on horseback, yanlNs out any frog
that shows himself.
The National Bank of Commerce
iof Tacoma, Wash, set out to sink awell
under the building. Some 20 or 30 feet
below the surface the workmen came
upon some cooking utensils and a
skeleton and inquiry revealed the fac
that the spot had been an Indian buria
ground.
e. E. Doty, of Metamora, Mich.
horsewhipped a Congregational minis
ter there, Rev. w. II. Flint, who alsC
practices medicine, on a charge anC
alleged confession of talking deroga
torily of a matron. Doty then com
planned against himself before a jus
tice, pleaded guilty of assault and bat
terry and was fined ten dollars.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
A sPRY MAINE GIRL.

lWosls Her Fathers Dairy Farm, ana
when Grown VIII lie "a Doctor.
All'the way from East Orrington TO
Bangor the people are talking about
and praising Sarah Curran, the 16-year-
old daughter OF Nick Curran, a dairy
farmer. Curran has been confined to
the house by rheumatic fever for six
weeks, and every morning Sarah has
been up at three o'clock to do the
chores. When she and her mother
have millSed IS COWS and put them to
pasture, she eats her breakfast, nnd by
the time the other mill1men are getting
up she is on the milk cart on her way to
Bangor. When she has gone over
good part of the city, supplying Gus.
TONERS with milk in pint and quart
lots, she turns the horse for home, ar
irving there in time to take dinner. In
the afternoon she attends to the farm
work and does other tasks that usually
devolve upon a man. After supper she
helps to milk the 1s cows and goes to
bed early, to get a good start the next
morning.
Though she does the work OF q man,
she is not at all mannish in her ways,
being Of slight frame and very modest.
Until she left school two years ago to
help her father on the farm she was
considered the brightest pupil in her
class. Since then most of her life has
been passed outdoors. She has driven
"a pair of horses to haul cordwood to
market, taking it from the stump in the
forest TO the dooryard of her customers
and unloading it without trouble. She
says that when she reaches is years OF
TO be well-to-do-she is going away tc
/ school and take a course in some col
lege that grants equal privileges tC
both sexes. After getting educated
she proposes TO become n doctor.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
ncrcrrinr the oraer.

Naming horses for public characters
is common enough, but giving to q
child the name of Derby winner is
IA unique reversal Of the ordinary meth
Iods IN such cases, says the Boston Her
aid. But this deceased speculator and
accredited Millionaire called his baby
boy Ladas Primrose, in honor Of Lord
Rosebery's famous horse and the for
mer prime minister of England. His
little daughter also bears tAe name
of Primrose, joined to that of Leah
thus making a Hebraio combination as
fattering to the parent as to the in
fant's namesal1e.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
EoR THE HOUSEHOLD.
some suggestions which NIny he Oi
Value.

Some Suggestions which May De of
Value.
Many dropping flowers will freshen
wonderfully if the tips of the stems are
trimmed off and the ends are then
held in hot water for a few minutes.
Marshmallow stuffed dates make a
delicious after-dinner sweet. Remove
the pits from the dates, fill the space
with marshmallow, and roll the dates
in powdered sugar. One marshmallow
will stuff four dates.
When one is hurried in mailing let
ter, and the only available postage
stamp is found TO be without sufficient
glue, moisten the stamp, rub it on the
gummed flap of an envelope, and
quickly press it in place upon the
letter.
When making corned beef hash
moisten it with little beef stock, if
you have it, in place of water. Apinch
of sugar added with the salt and pep
per helps to bring out the flavor.
In ornamenting summer cottages O
bare corner may be made very eff
fective at a trihing cost. Secure an
empty nail keg from a hardware store
cover it with ebony paint and gild the
hoops. Partly fill the keg with sand
to give it weight, and fasten piece oi
board over the top little larger thar
the keg. Place it in the vacant corner
and cover the wooden top with a fringe
trimmed square of pretty silk or ere
! tonne. Stand an unused ginger jai
or q cheap effective vase upon this ped
estal and fill it with grasses, dried fern
and cattails.
To stiffen sheer handkerchiefs, laces
wash silks or any other thin fabric i
is best to use gum arabic starch. II
make il put into a bottle one ounce o
gum arabic and pour over it one GU
of cold water; stand the bottle in
dish of cold water, and place it over tn
fire until the gum is dissolved; the
strain it. through fine sieve or piec
of cheese cloth into another bottle
When it is cold put in n half gill of alec
hol. and it viii keep and be ready {
luse when needed. When dainty lace
are to be stiffened half a teaspoonfu
of the starch. mixed with small cur
full of the water, will give the lac
ample stiffness, adding n large
amount of the starch as it is needed fo
| different fabrics.-N. y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1897-08-25
GAY MUSIC AT A FUNERAL.
Custom I'm Vfncennes That Destroy
Much That Is GrewsOme at Grave.

Custom I'm Vfncennes That Destroys
Much That Is GrewsOme at Grave.
People in Vincennes have been wit
Messing what is called "a gay funeral"
according to a paradoxical phrase, re-
ports the London Telegraph. Mr..
Ferret, resident in that sub
urban borough for many long years,
died recently at the age of 80. lie left
instructions in his will that the local
brass band should be engaged for his
funeral, and that lively music was to
be played during the journey TO the
graveyard. The octogenarian's rela-
ltives fulfilled his wishes to the letter.
In the black-bordered invitations to the
interment sent out by them they an
lnounced the names OF the airs to be
heard during the funeral AS the cor
tege started for the cemetery, the band
struck up the appropriate "Chant du
Depart" TO the intense astonishment
of the master of ceremonies sent by the
Pompes Funebres, who knew nothing
about the last wishes of the deceased
'octogenarian in the matter of music
Then the bandsmen played a series OF
lpolkas and mazurkas. and wound up ai
the cemetery with the "AIarseillaise.'
After the funeral all adjourned 20 q
tavern, where drink was ordered in
abundance. The instrumentalists. hav
ing been refreshed, played more lively
music and then everybody returned
home, apparently satisfied with the
days outing. This is the third funera
of the kind which has been organized IL
France within the past II months.