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

Pounding Mill.
Your correspondent has just eaton n
wedding dinner, feast fit for tho gods,
Mt tho home of Mr.. and Mrs. Larance.
The contracting parties being his eldest
and pretty daughter Miss Torsa to Mr..
Ruben Lowe, on Pounding Mill Branch.
The marriage took place at o'clock. n
uumber of friends being present. Rev.
q. w. Pressloy ofllciated Mr. PRESLEY
after eating hurriodly, but a plenty.
hastened on to his home at Gap Store to
unite couple from Maxwell at 8 D. IN.
This is tho ninth couple at this place in
about nine months. Who next?
Geo. III. Mays, OF Cato City, and Prof.
w. $. Murphy. of this town, ono 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 ono lady
III tho audience retired through fear
that she would be killed. The house
was full, the people were delighted.
Owing to its newness and upon tho
whole we consider it n grand success.
The ice cream supper lust Saturday
night for the benefit of Rev. Presley :,
was success. 1t wns gotten up by
Mrs. Sturgill and Mrs. Alley. Tho
amount cleared was near SO. Cake and
cream gave out. could have sold as
much more.
Your correspondent and children
visited her friends, MIR. and Mrs. NJ. w.
Baker and Mr. and Mrs r. III.
Bryant on Toms Creek, spent n 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 Mt 30 many
people loafing around who sey 81 can t
get any work, when they are wanting
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
comnissary Is almost completed the
8 artisan wells, which have Just been
drilled some 100 feet deep, and the
number of workmen are 1000. Board
30 end up and wages 81 and up. No
swearing, smoking or drinking is al
lowed during working hours. I also
visited the store of Steele Cecil, Alder
Co, miles east of Coeburn, of
which Mr.. Alder is the proprietor.
They are doing rousing cash business,
employin. 8 clerks and drayman.
The store ic known as the cheap store u
Mr.. Cecil left last Friday for New York
where he will buy another immense
stock. They are building n ware house
and will buy flour, salt and baled hay
in car load lots. Tnkirg it all together
L think mark" 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 Fcrrcll, OF Steels-
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 ut the
home Of Mr.. kerIell, and glad to re-
port that Mr.. Ferrell 3 leg is entirely
healed where it was amputated he will
soon receive cork leg. He says he e's
donc 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 anl rs the train is al
most due, I will give ou tn rest of the
news fion til S pace next we k
Aug 6, 90
The newest thing in initial ste.
) tlohery, the correct tim and fine
lquality at Jacksons.