The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-03-12

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Fifty Maury county men are buy.
ing mules in Kentucky, Indiana and
Mississippi.
Sam. H. Milburn, of Washington
county, has had three wives within
twelve months.
The Superintendent of Knoxville's
public schools receives only $500
salary per annum.
Tullahoma has voted $4,000 to
the Duck River Narrow Gauge Rail-
road.
A Greene county man has contract
ed for a stone coffin in which to be
buried.
The iron and coal deposits in Rhea
county are commanding much atten-
ton.
Lincoln county farming is more
backward than it has been since the
war.
A Pennsylvania has purchased
40 acres of Bradley county land
for $500 cash.
A two-story frame dwelling and a
store were burnt at Humboldt day
or two since.
An extensive quarry of Autograph
ic stone has been discovered III
Montgomery county.
A patient who tried to escape
from the Jackson smallpox hospital
recently, was shot by the nurse.
The first Presbyterian Church,
Nashville, has FIVE Sabbath Schools,
with more than 4 thousand scholars.
A large shipment Of peanuts was
recently made from Nashville to Gal
weston, Texas
One hundred thousand pounds of
oil cake were recently sent to Liver
pool from Nashville.
Congress has appropriated an ad
ditional sum of 100000 for the
Knoxville Custom House.
A. c. Shaw, of Henry county,
drank eight glasses Of whisky in
one hour and died.
The Nashville wheel, and spoke
and hub mandatory works up ten
cords of wood per day,
The Tennessee Druggists are to
assemble in Convention st Nashville
May 14th.
Mountain Vermifuge" is what
they call Illicit bust-skull in good
old Blount.
Greeneville has fourishing Lodge
of Good Templars numbering seventy
members.
The grade of the Knoxville and
Ohio Railroad is to be changed from
Flint Ridge to Clinch river. a
The Knoxville and Charleston
Railroad is to be sold at public sale,
at Knoxville, on the I'd day of April
next.
A Greeneville doctor has ushered
1166 specimens of speeches. hu-
mainly into this world, and is still
in the business.
w. f. Moore, of Nashville, has
received a patent for can in which
fruit may be preserved and its nat
ural flavor retained.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee
has decided that railroad must be
located before subscription can be
voted.
The Governor has increased the
reward for the apprehension of Will
liam Moore, charged with murder, to
$500.
It is encouragingly announced
that bill for a dam across the Nola-
chucky river has passed the House
of Representatives.
A correspondent from Nashville
says that an investigation into the
lease of the penitentiary viii be
made by a special committee.
Sumner county people are anx-
ious to see the commencement and
the end of the Cumberland and Ohio
Road.
We understand that Rev. N. G.
Taylor. is preparing lecture upon
the resources of East Tennessee for
delivery in northern cities.
Two we'll known and competent
physicians of Bristol contemplate
the early establishment of a Medi-
cal College at that point.
Gen. VIM. A. Quarles, of Clarks-
Vile, was married to Mrs. L. M.
Barker, of that place, on Tuesday
Of week before last.
Students who wish to labor at the
East Tennessee University are fur
nished by the college with work to a
limited extent, and are rennrerated