Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1898-02-24

Mr.. H. L. Farmer, who had been in
Tazewell for the past ten days, left yester-
day for Graham.
Rev. w. D. Buckner went to Pocahon-
tas on Wednesday afternoon, and will re-
main until after Sunday.
MIR. Il. G. McCall, very mu;h to the
comfort of the courthouse assembly, left
for Pounding Mill yesterday,
Mr.. w. NJ. Dillon, of Pocahontas, was
qualified as deputy sheriff of Tazewell
county, in the county court on yesterday.
MIR. Moses Hankins, who is now tray
cling salesman for grocery company at
Chilicothe, Ohio is in town spending few
days with home folks.
The GRAPHICAL mill property, near Max
well, was to have been sold on Tuesday
and was offered for sale by the commits
sioners, but there were no bids.
Mr.. j. P. Baker tried to commit suicide
at Pocahontas Saturday night by taking
laudanum. His friends discovered his
condition in time and saved his life by
bard work.
There is some talk of organizing a vol
unteer military company in town. We
are informed that about sixty young men
have expressed a desire to join the COM
pany. The boys must think we are going
to have trouble with Spain.
a mortgage from the Pocahontas Light
and Water Company to The Fidelity In
surance, Trust and Safe Deposit Company
of Philadelphia, Trustee, is nov being re-
corded in the county court clerks Office,
which is made to secure bonds to the
amount of SO 900.
The farm of the late j. Howe Savers,
situated IN Abs Valley, this county, was
sold on Tuesday by Commissioners H. G..
Anderson, ]. w. Chapman and Geo. w,
st. Clair. 1t sold for 81 100 and was pur-
chased by John w. Crockett and X. d, r.
Hartman. 1t was sold subject to the wild
owls dover and is considered good sale.
Messrs. Spots Bros, who have recently
opened in the Moss &; Greever building an
-to.date retail grocery store, have placed
an advertisement in our columns. We
feel warranted in saying that it is a rare
thing as handsome retail store is found in
town the sizeof Tazewell. Their stock
of groceries is beautiful to behold and the
quality of goods first class.
The people of Tazewell on Sunday had a
very novel experience in the way of wealth
er changes. Just as the congregations
we're dispensing from the churches in town a
heavy thunder storm burst upon the town,
in few minutes it turned into one Of the
heaviest hail storms we have ever seen, the
ground being covered and banked with
hail stones. In about half an hour it
turned into snow storm which continued
for several hours. If this was not va
riety of weather we would like to know
what is variety,
Mr.. John P. Ford, who was member
of the 'Silyer Tongue Quartette' at
Lynch5urg, Va, and who sang with that
quertette at this place on the 9th of last
December, died suddenly of heart disease
at Gladstone, near Lynhgburg, last Satur-
day evening. Mr.. Ford had ridden out to
Gladstone to attend a warrant trial, as
counsel. He went to the home Of Mr..
Mundy after the trial was over for the pur-
pose of staying all night, As he wa; pre-
pairing to enter Mr.. Mundy's house he fell
on the door step and expired. Mr.. Ford
made some warm friends during his briei
stay herein company with the quartettc
who will deeply regret his sudden death