Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1899-08-18
Pounding Mill
lately.

Your correspondent has just eaten a
wedding dinner, feast fit for the gods.
ut the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Larance.
The contracting parties being his eldest
and pretty daughter Miss Tersa to Mr..
Ruben Lowe, on Pounding Mill Branch.
The marriage took place at O'Clock. n
lumber of friends being present. Rev.
q. w. Pressley ofilciated Mr. PRESLEY
after eating hurriedly, but a plenty.
hastened on TO his home at Gap Store to
unite couple from Maxwell at 8 d. IN.
This is the ninth couple at this place in
about nine months. Who next?
Geo. ii. Mays, OF Gate City, and Prof.
w. 5. Murphy. of this town, one of the
worlds greatest hypnotists, gave an en-
tertainment with Cineograph on
Friday night of last week. The battle
OF Manila Bay was so real that one lady
in the audience retired through fear
that she would be killed. The house
was full, the people were delighted.
Owing to its newness and upon the
whole we consider it grand success.
The ice cream supper last Saturday
night for the benefit of Rev. PRESLEY
was success. 1t was gotten up by
Mrs. Sturgill and Mrs. Alley. The
amount cleared was near SO. Cake and
cream gave out. could have sold ms
much more.
Your correspondent and children
visited her friends, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. w.
Baker and Mr. and Mrs Il. III.
Bryant on Toms Creek, spent week
and returned last Wednesday. was
very much pleased with the place and
met number of nice people while
there. There is great deal of work
going OH and am surprised at so many
people loafing around who sey 81 can t
get any work, when they are wanting
a number of men about the mines, both
on top and under the ground. They
have $50 coke ovens in full blast and
are building $50 more. The immense
commissary Is almost completed the
3 artisan wells, which have Just been
drilled some 400 feet deep, and the
number of workmen are 1900 Board
80 end up and wages 81 and up. No
swearing, smoking or drinking is al
lowed during working hours. / also
visited the store of Steele, Cecil, Alder
81 Co, miles east of Coeburn, of
which Mr. Alder is the proprietor.
They are doing rousing cash business,
employin. clerks and drayman.
The store lie known as the cheap store. .
Mr.. Cecil left last Friday for New York
where he will buy another immense
stock. They are building a ware house
and will buy -four, salt and baled hay
in car load lots. Taking it ali together
1 think MARX" would be perfectly
happy if he just had his wife and eight
pound boy with him T'-o latter arriv
ed last Saturday at the home of his
grandfather, Moses Fcrrell, OF SteeIs-
burg. Both mother ard child are doing
we'll OF course the pap" had to run
up Saturday and return Monday to
Coeburn. We spent Tuesday at the
home of Mr.. EerIell, and glad to re-
port that Mr.. Ferrell g leg is entirely
healed where it was amputated he will
soon receive a cork leg. He says he
done all the ''notchin" for the thresh.
ing machine near him, and that the
splendid dinners have almost made
him fat again. For fear IF this letter
being too long AMI es the train is al.
, most due, will give ou tn rest of the
news fiom til S pace next we k
Aug i6, 80
The newest thing in initial sta
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