—Tbe Ctoreknd tad tbe Rambler.—Oliver typewriter ribbons *t thisMice.—Tbe judicial contest in Ibis county was opened up last week.—Three bicycles sold last Saturday and still they come. —H. C. McEweo.—The latest report states that John Pryor is in a very dangerous condition,—Postmaster Latimer has been confined to his home with grip for the last week.—Miss Caroline Smith, teacher of No. 2. of tbe Fairmount schools, is ill with typhoid fever.—The section hands on the low grade road are out on a strike since last Friday.—Tbe Cleveland end tbe Ramble* ere tbe lines tbe people went.—H. C. McEwen.—laeac Mortimer had his foot injured by e fall of slate on Tuesday in the Fairmount mines.—Ernest Puff, who is working in the Star fSoce, EeynoldsviHe, spent Sunday with hia parents-—The Cleveland and the Rambler are the people’s wheels- 22 now sold, who next?—McEwen Smith.—An owl is feasting on Mrs. P. M. Shannon’s chickeDS, and Air. Shannon thinks there is a nest of them hanuy-—H. H. Moody has moved from. Oak Ridge to Rimereburg. Mr. Moody is Mine-Foreman at the Cherry Run minesTv* Biier* ftecelTe Ikvew ui Du-gcnin la|MtM ii the S«, 1 !!■«», Fatruount.John R. Pryor, of Oak Ridge, who works in the Fairmount mines, was the victim of a most unfortunate accident on Friday last. While setting posts in Mine No, 1, a large «nmiitity of slate suddenly gave away and fell upon him. The injury indicted was principally cun fined, to one leg, the foot and ankle being badly crushed and the bone broken above the knee. It was decided that an amputation was necessary, and Ir. Hepler. assisted by other physicians, performed the operation successfully, making the amputation about two inches above tbe ankle, lie suffered much pain but at last accounts was improving.