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

t-g Extract from n Knoxville
news man's letter to his mother in
Kentucky:
#* = Mother, I think it probable,
that you remember the winte:. Of
1880, what a d'alling off there was
among your fat hens, how they came
up missing at meal time and you
wondered to us children what was
going with them; well, mother, dear,
being as how | am out Of reach, [
will explain the mystery.
You know Josh and were great
fellows on wild varments about that
time. We lived in new log house in
a wild part Of Kentucky, and to IA
cilitate the catching of these var
.mente, we set large dead fall in
that sink in the edge of the wood
above the house. .rp
We went to look at our trap early
in the morning once day, and l am
sorry to say generally found one of
your fat hens mashed as fiat as a
pan cake, and consequently. very
dead Josh and persevered-(you
taught us perseverance,, in trying
to catch yarments until your hens
came up so scattering that we feared
that you would begin to look around
and discover our dead fall, SO we
coacludod to suspend operations for
the winter. and 60 into quarters. |
remember also that. we trapped some
very fine Thomas cats, that winter.
l suppose you remember
the time old Tige numbered rapidly
down the avenue and in endeayoring
to Jump the fence, stile blocks and
all, what a wonderful failure he
made, and fell fainting and exhaust
od on the other side, and how Josh
allowed that it had knocked the wind
out of him. Well, | can explain
that undertaking on the part of old
Tigo !. Josh and / had tied dried
bladder with beans In it to old Tige's
tail, and he was exerting himself to
get from before it. There, !
Sec you reaching for the hearth
broom, and am obliged to these
Cumberland mountains that inter
vention in my behalf.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

IA The Neeo York. World cites
the house of.Sprague as an illustra-
tion Of how protection, like vaulting
ambition o'erlesps itself. The Sena-
tor was of course a protectionist, to
prevent foreign prints from compect
ing with those made by himself and
brother. Like the Matching chicken
he fed in from the egg in which he
he was incascd. So he never sought
the outlets for his goods that lie
cOnld have found in Indiana, China,
South America and the Levant. A
firm manufacturing by the tens Of
millions should never depend on
any one country, which may any
year be overtaken with short crops
or panic; such large dealers should
naturally be free traders. But the
Spragues put all their eggs in one
basket. and that basket got badly
smashed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

HoRsE DIsEAsE.-A gentleman
who returned to the city yesterday
from trip in upper East Tennessee
and whose statements can he relied
upon as trustworthy. informed us
that there is considerable serious
sickness among the horses in that
section. Some believe it return
of the disease which prevailed last
year TO such IN alarming extent,
while others think it violent form
of distemper, The latter opinion is
generally credited. though the sick
ness is attended symptoms other
Than those OF usual distemper. A
feeling of .uneasiness prevails. lest
the disease may assume fatal fea.
lures. Knonrtile. Press and Herald.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

The bridge across the Mississippi,
at Louisiana, Mo, j. expected to
be completed December 25th.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

A Detroit paper announces q pend.
ing marriage by saying Young
Blank is trying to marry a father-in-
law worth four Millions
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03
INDIAN TERRITORY.
Remarkable Robbery Of a Rich Creek
$4,000 Gone Giimmering.

-S0U,U ,UUU zone GtImnleTthg.
Parsons, Ks, Nov. 24.-WalteP
Grayson, a Creek Indian, farmer
and stock dealer, living near here,
was robbed Friday night of over
$4,000, mostly gold and silver, by
a party of three white men. One
of the men had been at Greyson's
house and about his premises for
two or three days under the pretense
of buying horses. His confederates
arrived Friday evening, we'll noun
ted and heavily armed, and Grayson
was Immediately seized and his
money demanded. lie refused to
deliver, whereupon he was hung to
q tree until nearly insehsible. He
still refused. AMI the hanging
was repeated six or seven times and
not till the robbers threatened to
hang his wife did he reveal the place
of its concealment.
There we're sex e-al half breed
Indians and negroes about the house
but most of them were confined TO
the upper rooms, and all were intl-
inundated to such a degree that they
offered no resistance. The robbers
we're traced to q point a few miles
south Of the Canadian river, where
they separated, one going south and
the others going north. A nominal
reward of $500 is offered for tile
apprehension OF the robbers, which
would doubtless be increased if tile
men were captured and the money
recovered. Greyson is an old man,
nearly 65, and now lying very sick
from the effects of his lnaltreatment.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

Tue Cincinnati Inquirer says: ::
Two of Grants cabinet officers were
candidates for United States senator.
viz: Postmaster-General Cresswell.
Of Maryland, and Secretary of the
Interior Delano. of Ohio. Both ap-
parently had a pretty sure thing of
it, for although Maryland gave Mr..
Greeley a thousand majority, almost
every county outside Of Baltimore
was Republican. We have seen how
Ohio laid out MIR. Delano. The de-
feat of Cresswell in Maryland is
perfectly overwhelming. Out of
one hundred and five members that
compose the Legislature on joint bal
lot, there are only thirteen Republi-
cans. The Administration was on
trial in both states, and this is the
manner in which it was condemned.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

''PooR aCAELoTTA.--The ex-Em-
press Carlotta is now so completely
insane that all rememberance Of her
former life has faded away from her
mind. She cannot even be made tQ
know chat Bazainc, who deceived
and brought her husband to death
by his treacherous condition in Mext-
CO suffers now the consequences Of
similar treachery. and is quite likely
to have His career terminated lin the
same tragical manner In which her.
moor Maximillian suffered death.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03
The Morristown Gazette.
Wednesday, December 3, 1878.

R The courts do not appear to
have much mercy on railroads whose
conductors forcibIy eject and MAIN
passengers upon the violation of any
regulation. S McKinlay. who was
forcibly excluded not long ago from
a Chicago and Northwestern car
reserved for ladies. aud gentlemen
with ladies. and received severe in
juries, has been awarded S21 900
damages by the Linn county Iowa)
court. bat the case will be appealed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

If anybody sees row of buttons
coming down street. let him preserve
his equilibrium and think not Of
supernatural agencies. There's
woman behind them.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

1t is now announced OH the
authority of that eminent physi-
clan . that it is not considered
healthy to rise before eight in the
morning. This applies only to men.
Wives can rise ut seven and start
the fire as heretofore.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

just because a young man in
Evansville coughed up gold dollar
recently that he swallowed some
time ago, the citizens of that place
speak boastingly of their '.coughers
Of cold"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

Suicides as the result of financial
troubles are multiplying, which shows
how near many men are to the verge
of insanity erdesperatien ut all times,
and how little pressure is required
to topple them over iato ruin. Men
should be made Of stronger staff.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

Bitter to Babbagc, the Dubuque
defaulting bank cashier, in his in
voluntary exile from this his native
land, with about $267.OO0 OF the
banks funds in his pocket, oh, how
bitter must be the reflection that,
with all his opportunities, he left
over 100000 to be stolen by the
President of that bank. - Detroit
Post.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

Geo. Woodley, an GRAND boy,
sixteen years of age, recently COM
mitted suicide at Brighton. England,
whilst in a state of depression caused
by the fear that promised rise of
wages would he held in consequence
of his having oversight himself.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

The man who cannot muster up
courage to pop the question such
weather as we have been having oil
late, deserves to freeze to death this
winter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

tY Extract from n Knoxville
news mars letter to his mother in
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

Canada gives currency to story
of an Indian patriarch who retains
all his aboriginal vivacity at the age
Of one hundred and thirty-two, and,
Notwithstanding his specie is lC,
numerous papers quote the copper
ccntenarian above old Parr.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

A sewing machine agent In Indi-
ana has been arrested for having
four wives. The immense profits
that are made on sewing machines
certainly justify an agent in having
four wives, but he ought to know
that nothing else does.-Coarier
JOurattL. 1f EaE
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-12-03

The Boston Traveller remarks
that, for real unauthorized sensation
for tragic and bIood-curdling reading,
to a person fifty miles from the
locality, there is nothing that com
pares with a 4ist-of premiums at a
county fair, ~ - u -
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
CALIFORNIA.
The GraspinE central Pacific,

EAe SaEt8HNs1hE SohLEt7A RACINE
SAN Francisco, Dec. 31.-A Washing
ton dispatch 20 the New York Times to
day, stating that the proposed transfer of
Government island to the Central Pacific
railroad is endorsed by the people Of CALI
fornia, was so endoraed in the last election,
and that Mr.. Sargent was elected United
States Senate On that issue, and as friend
Of the scheme-is pUblis he'd here and con-
tr adicted. Sargent was elected before tie
purposes Of the Railroad Company respect
ing Government Island were known. The
question was not involved in his election.
The passage CT the bill through the House
last session created intense opposition in
San Francisco and over large portion of
the State. Both candidates Of this
district in the last election were
uuequivOcally pledged against the measure.
Both pObticsl parties adopted q resolution
strongly opposing the proposed cession,
considering it political necessity 10 do go
IN the middle and northern districts. Both
the Greeley candidates were opposed to the
Government Island bill, while The Repubii-
can candidates accepted the issue and an
nOUnced themselves in favor Of it. On that
issue the Republican candidates were de-
feated, although the districts were strongly
Republican, while the candidate in the
middle, the banner Republican district, Just
saved himself. In these two districts
eleven thousand Republicans voted
in favor of Grant who voted
against their Congressional candidates, or
refused 10 vote for congressman at all. It
was the most marked condemnation of an
obnoxious measure, and was so pronounced
al the time. In the extreme Southern dis
trict the ISSUE was not made as the Govern
nent island did not seem to concern the
people Of that portion of the State. The
pressure in favor Of the Govern
ment island scheme at Washington creates
much excitement in this city and has led
to call for meeting on Saturday night.
Gov. Booth says there is no public senti-
ment in California favoring the cession Of
the Government island to the Central Pa
cific Railroad
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
JOSH KILLINGS ON "PICKING A

WIFE"
Find girl that IL 10 years old last May,
about the right hight, with blue eye, and
daTk-broWn hair and white teeth.
Let the girl be'good to look at, not too
phond of musk, firm disbeleaver in
ghosts, and one ov six children in the fam
ily.
Lock well tew the karakter ov her father,
see that he is not the member Of emmy club,
don't bet on elekshUns, and gets shaved at
least three times week.
Find out all about her mother, see If she
haz got heap oy good common sense,
study well her likes and dislikes, eat some
ov her humsmsde bread and apple Dump
lins, IiOtiss whether she abuses all her ma
bors, ask her servants how long they have
lived thare, and don't fail to observe wheth-
er her dresses are last years ones fxt over.
Ifyou are satisfied that the mother would
make the right kind of mother-in-law, yu
kan safely koBklude that the daughter
would make the right kind of wife.
After these preliminarys are all settled,
and you have done reasonable amount OY
sparkling, ask the young lady for her heart
and hand, and if she refuses, W kan kon-
slider yourself euchered.
IL, on the contrary, Sne snouIu say yes
git married at once, without any fuss and
feathers, and proceed to take the chances.
say tAke the chances, for thare amt no
Fesipa for pezfe<t wife, emmy more than
thsre il for perfekt husband.
Thare liz just az menny good wifes az
thsre IL good husbands, and inever knew
TWO people, married or single, who were de-
termined to mak9 themselves agreeable to
each other, but what they suckceeded.
Name yuTe Oldest boy sum good stout
name, not after sum hero, but should the
first boy be s girl, ask it az a favour to me
that yu kaul her Rebeker.
do want sum ov them good, old-fash
ioned, tuff grl names rovived and ex
tended.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
Fire at Galesburg. IlIF.

GALEsBURG, Dec. 31.-A disastrous fire
occurred here early this morning. About
A. NJ. smoke was seen issuing from one of
the splendid blocks of brick buildings
known as the Metropolitan Block. The
store in which the fire originated was occu-
pied by r. &. Barringer, dealer in fancy
goods, and the fire was undoubtedly caused
by some defect in the heating apparatus.
Owing to a scarcity Of water and the inef-
ficiency of the fire department. and appara-
tus, the fire spre i'd with great rapidly, and
before it could be arrested destroyed some
eight of the finest stores, as well Ss e un-
occupied hotel known as the Galesburg
House. The Opera House was at one time
in great danger, but the promps action of
the citizens in tearing down Two or three
small buildings, and the heavy snow storm
prevailing at the time, enabled them to save
this as we'll as the surrounding property.
The total loss viii reach 100000.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
Bic THING ON ICE.

HE experiences OF the Tag OF the Dan
| bury NeaoS were no doubt realized by q
number of people in this vicinity within
the past As hours. He describes bis pere-
ginations along the slick by-ways of Dan
bury thus:
"Right in front Of me, on the slippery
sidewalk, strobe two independent Knights
| of st. Crispin. They were talking. over
tbeir plans for the future, and as | overlook
them l heard one OF them say: i have
only my two hands to depend upon, but
that is fortune enough. to any man who is
not afraid to work. intend to paddle my
own canoe; believe can make my way
through the wctld;' bis feet slid out from
under him, and he came down in the shape
Of big V. / told him he could never
make his way through the world in that di-
rection unless he came down harder, and
that if he did he would go through among
the 'heatben Chinee,' and he was really
grateful for the interest manifested. He
invited me to plac6where ice never forms
on the sidewalks.
"Maria Ann went to the front door, last
evening, 10 see if the afternoon paper had
come. She had been delivering short ad-
dress TO me concerning what she is pleased
TO term my cold lnolasses styls' of moving
around. As she opened the door she re-
marked, Il like to see a body move quickly,
promptly, enp5atic'-that was all; but l
heard some one humping down the steps in
a most prompt and emphatic manner, and l
reached tb,s door just in time to see my bet
ter-half sliding across the sidewalk in
sitting posture. suggested, as she limped
back to the door, that there might be such
a thing ass too much eeierity; but she did
not seem inclined to carry on the con7ersa-
ton, and started for my Office.
"rhen slid along behind loving couple
on their way to hear Madame Anna Bish-
op. Their hands were frozen togethePs
their hearts beat as one. Said he: "My
own, shall think nothing of hard work il
l can make you happy. It shall be my
only aim to surround you with comfort,
my sympathy shall tighten every sorrow,
and through the path of life will be your
stay and support; your-he stopped. His
speech was too howery for this climate,
and as passed them she was trying to lift
him up.
"Two lawyers coming from the court
house next attracted my attention. 'Ah,'
said one, Judge Foster would rule that
out. We must concede the first two points.
We can affordtO do it if the evidence .sus
tains US in the third; bat on this position
we must take our firm stand'-his time was
up. LEFT him moving for new trial.
81 unused. What lesson the ice teaches
Us. How easily is man controlled by cir
cumstsnces and the attraction Of grayita-
ton. What sermon might be based--I
got up and took the middle of the street TO
prevent further accidents"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
A ROMANCE

The Springfield Republican says: One
OF our subur0s has a romance. The hero,
eighteen years ago, with the devotion of a
young lover, sought fame and. fortune in
the mighty West. But while he toiled, his
inamorata married his brother, but, filed
with remorse, commended to our hero her
little sister, then nine or ten years old.
The little girl sent the pilgrim. her picture;
he saw it and was glad. A correspondence
ensued, resulting in an engagement before
the parties had ever met. At length the
soul of the ardent Idahoan burned to
behold his bride. In the east wind he
heard her calling, and in steamy vapor be
sped thousand miles toward the sun
rising. OF their meeting and their greeting
we will say little. Suffice it that ere again
the voice of the turtle is heard in the land,
there will be another cottage among the
mountains OF Idaho, in which the person
OF our idyl shall sit at eventide and review
those years of waiting, which to both may
hap were as few days, because of love.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
WASHINGTON.
Gossip Of BOutwell's Resignation.


New YORK, Dec. 31.-The news of Sec
retary Boutwell's proposed resignation was
considerably discussed on the street yester-
day, the prevailing speculation being that
Assistant Secretary Richardson will receive
the suecessorship for few weeks, atter
which that gentleman is expected 10 accept
a financial position abroad from New
| York house. 1t is thought that the Secre-
taryship of the Treasury should be filled by
New York man, bat it is improbable that
either ex-Gov. Morgan or Henry Clews
will be that person, as the same reasons
will operate against these gentlemen as pre-
vented a. T. Stewart's acceptance Of that
! office.
The Tribune's Washington special says:
Its scarcely questioned that Boutwell, will
be elected to the Senste to succeed Wilson.
The report that the President has already
made up his mind to put Assistant Secre-
tary Richardson in Boutwell's place gains
credence day by day, and there are now
many persons who are usually well inform
ed as to what is going on at the White
House, who. assert positively that Grant has
come TO this decision, and that he has al
ready informed Richardson of bis coming
good fortune.
Equestrian Statue sOE Gen. Thomas.
Hon. Horace Maynard, of Tennessee,
has had placed in his hands, for the purpose
Of presenting TO the House of Representa-
tiVes, memorial, numerously signed by
officers and soldiers Of the Army of the
Cumberland, esking Congress to appropri-
ate $4,000 towards the erection of an
equestrian statue to the memory Of the
late Maj. Gen. Geo. II. Thomas.
ssThe Empire is Peace''-A Free Press
OdlOus to Tyrauts.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 31.-Advices
from New Orleans are that the excitement
has nearly subsided and the people general
ly are acquiescing. A prominent official
here remarked that but for the newspapers
it would not be known in administr alton
quarters that there was any wides pread
dissatisfaction.
'sStIck."
The statement that Attorney, General
Williams will voluntarily retire from the
cabinet is groundless.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
MISSOURI.
Is the Liberal Move Abandoned ?

Is the Liberal Move Abandoned I?
Who Shall be Frank BlaIr's Success
sOr?-GatheFfng of Ihe Legislature.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 31.-Dispatches from
Jefferson City say members of the Legisla-
ture which will meet tomorrow are fast
arriving, and the questions as to who shall
be Speaker Of the House and who shall sue
ceed Frank Blair as United States Senator
are freely discussed. A caucus of all Dem
ocrats who desire to maintain the Demo-
cratic party organization and who believe
that the Democrats alone should organize
the Legislature, shape its political policy,
controlth election Ex-senator, has beencalled
for Wednesday. Most Of the Democrats
who have yet arrived have signed the call,
but there are some who decline TO do so.
The question of the two-thirds rule in the
Senatorial caucus is being discussed, ard
meets much opposition.
Neither Gov. Browns retiring message
nor Gov. Woodson's inaugural is yet com
pleted. The former proably viii not be
read before Friday, and the Inauguration
of Gov. WOods0n wiz not take place before
tomorrow week.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01

FISHING is. not always a remunerative
business, neither does it always pig as q
reereative sport. a man went ont for a
days fishing last week, and when he
returned he had walked fifteen miles, lost a
gold watch, sprained his thumb,
spoiled a ten-doliar psir Of pants
By sitting down Cn his luncheon,
and caught one bad cold and two
toad-fish. On his srriyal his fayorite
cat attempted to get away with piece Of
clam that he hsd left on his hook, whereat
said cat caught the hook in her throat and
couldn't cough it up; and his son, in trying
to assist her, got another hook into bis toe,
aud tbs doctor had TO cub it out; and to top
all, his wife was disguised and snappy. He
says fishing may do all very well for man
who is bOrn lucky, but no more for. him.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-01-01
Condensed kilograms.

John A. Brown, one of the oldest bank
ers and brokers of Philadelphia, died yes
terday, aged So. In 1871 Brown donated
100000 TO the Presbyterian hospital OF that
city.
Carl Schurz is at present in Hartford,
the guest of Gov. Jewell,
The gross earnings of the Union Pacific
for November are set down at S915.720.
Milwaukee boasts of producing over $20,-
100000 i'll manufactures the past year.
What does Nashville say, with the whole
South for a market?