Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-08-24
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

Col. James S. Browning, of Pocahontas,
was in town Tuesday and yesterday at
tending court.
Misses. Laura Lyons and Ella Bowen
returned from a pleasure trip to Noun
tain Lake today,
MIR. and Mrs. w. B. Spratt, Of Rich
lands, were in town Tuesday and yester-
day visiting friends.
Mr.. Z. H Witten, deputy U. S. Mar
shal, from Grundy, Va. is in the town and
county spending few days with relatives
and friends.
The barn of Mr.. Levi Rhudy,in Burke's
Garden, with all its contents of wheat,
hay and farm implements, was burned on
Tuesday night.
DR.. ]. r. Gildersleeve, who had been at
the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs
for about three weeks, got back to his
home in Tazewell few days ago.
Rufus A. Hartman has been employed
by the Carter Syndicate as stenographer
and typewriter, in their office at Toms
Creek. He will leave for that place next
Saturday.
There was a very large crowd in town
court day Tuesday, and cattle talk could
be heard all the time. The cattle market
was never more exciting in Tazewell.
Mr.. John NJ. SPOTS, of Staunton, reach
ed Tazewell on Saturday last a few hours
before his mother, or rather his step
mother, died. He left for Staunton on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Will Barns says he has been re-
Gently in Burke's Garden and helping to
make that Republican precinct. He
bought in the Garden and drove out 81
calves, for which he paid S21,0O per head.
Mr.. ]. A. Landon came up from Poca-
hontas to Tazewell yesterday and is still in
town. Josh has been holding position
in Richmond fo= several months, and
Richmond seems to have agreed with
him.
The Baptist church is being repaired
and improved. The plastering Of the side
walls has been knocked off, and will be
replaced with ceiling. This will add
greatly to the inside appearance of.the
church.
We are requested to give notice that
Rev. ]. II. Wyse, of Burke's Garden, will
hold services in the Episcopal church at
Tazewell the first Sunday in September, lat
II o'clock in the morning and at 5 O'Clock
i'll the afternoon.
Rev. Charles Brown preached an excel
lent sermon to a good sized congregation
in the Methodist church on last Sunday
morning. Rev. Brown is native of the
county, having been born and raised two
miles east of town.
Mr.. A. P. Kelly was recently elected
Principal of the Military Academy at Suf-
folk, Va, and left on Monday afternoon
for his post of duty. The school will not
open for several weeks, but Prof. Kelly
wanted to be on the field early.
1t is very hard 10 impress correspon-
dents with the fact that it is real news
items we want from them, and not poetry
and numerous personal notices. Our
space is too limited to give anything but
news notes from local correspondents.
Mr.. Bob Lester, Of the Cove neighbor-
hood SAYS the cattle business would now be
perfect, if we could have two Presidents.
He says if the cattle men could have
Cleveland to buy under and Mckinley to
sell under, things would be in perfect
shape.
All the machinery for the electric light
plant has arrived and is being placed in
position. The wires are also being
stretched on the poles, and we apprehend
that MIR. Benton will have the work COM
pleted within thirty days, as first an
nounced.
Hon. T. NJ. Anderson, United States
District Attorney for the Western District
Of Virginia, was in town Tuesday, repre-
senting the Government at the examina-
ton of Thomas Strouth before Commits
sioner ]. K. Witten. Judge Anderson
remained in town only few hours.
a cablegram was received from Mr.. W.
q. HARRISON on Monday afternoon, con-
veying the news that he and Mrs Harris
son would sail from Glasgow, Scotland, for
New York, on Saturday, the 25th inst,
They will reach Tazewell in about two
weeks.
DR., j. II. Crockett, who was called to
Hunters Pulaski Alum Springs two weeks
ago to see Mrs. Reba Ball, who was very
sick at that place, got back to Tazewell on
Tuesday afternoon. He reports Mrs. Ball
greatly improved, so much SO that she will
return to her home here in few days.
We are requested to announce that the
funeral services of the late F. c. Gregory
and his deceased daughter, Minnie, will
be held at Gregory's Chapel, near Shaw
yer Mills, on the first Sunday in septem-
Der. The funeral sermon of Mr.. Gregory
will be preached in the morning at IL by
Rev. G, w. Hairless, of Springville. Then
a basket dinner will be served on the
ground. In the afternoon at 2 o'clock the
funeral sermon of the deceased young lady
will be preached by Rev. Hairless.
The series of meetings that have been
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