The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-09-10
News of the Week

are consumed by the citizens of
Milwaukee.
Emigration from Russia to the
United States is increasing with
amazing rapidity.
Ninety railroad accidents have &C.
Cured within the past month in this
country.
The Tobacco Leaf is authorized to
announce Perry Rodgers, colored, as
candidate for Mayor OF GAINESVILLE.
Jefferson Davis has resigned the
presidency of the Carolina Life In
surance Company.
The jackson Herald affirms that a
young "Chinee,'' all the way from
Pekin, is selling artificial flowers in
that burg.
Savannah is about to make another
attempt to establish direct line of
steamers between that port and
Liverpool.
Hon. D. NJ. Barringer, of North
Carolina, formealy Minister to Spain,
died at the White Sulphur Springs,
on the 1st.
A new Democratic daily is to be
started at Washington, under the
editorial control of Hon. Herschel V.
johnson.
The wheat crop of the United
States for 1873 is estimated by the
Agricultural Department to reach
200 OOO 600 husheIs
Fred Douglass will address the
colored people at the State Colored
Fair, to be held at Nashville on the
18th of September.
The Jonesboro Echo says the
chicken cholera is raging on Nola-
chucky river. In some places farms
are left destituted of the feathered
tribe.
The Gainsboro News states that
VIM. G. Cummins of Cookeville is
engaged in getting up sewing ma
chine of bis own invention.
The Troy Times say great deal
of sickness is reported through the
country, cholera infantum is raging
among the children, and is fatal in
a great many cases,
The Paris Tntelligencer states that
Munroe Haynes wife, near Henry
Station, last week gave birth to trip
lets, one girl and two boys. All do
ing well.
The Times states that an injunction
has been obtained against the City
Council of Chattanooga to restrain
them from issuing the $4,000 in
bonds lately voted for school pur-
poses.
An equestrian statue of Stonewall
Jackson is at Nuremburg, Bavaria,
awaiting shipment to this country.
1t is to be placed in the Military In
stitute at Lexington, Va.
For the last two weeks the average
shipment of coal over the Knoxville
and Ohio Railroad amounted to from
800 to 400 tons per day. On Aug.
20 $50 tons were shipped.
Barnum gathered in while at Chi
cago, $4,000. Either it is mistake
that business is dull, or the Chicago
people are all capitalists, who can
afford to indulge i'll Injuries without
regard to the tone Of the financial
market.
We are glad to learn that the corn
crop in this section is good. Before
the recent rains, fears were enter
tanned of an inferior crop. A gentle
man from Spring Creek, Madison
county, informs us that the crop in
that section has never been known
to be better.-AsheYill EGpOsitor.
The men who not long since. in
Upton county, poured coal oil on an
unfortunate negro, and then set him
| on fire, burning the victim to death
in the most barbarous manner, have
fed the State to avoid arrest and
punishment. The fiends should be
followed and brought back for trial.
The anti Butler war it Massachusetts
waxeth hotter daily. A committee OF
Republicans, of which Hon. Mr.. Hoar
is chairman, have issued an address to
the truly royal" in the Gland oil
isms, urging them to attend primary
meetings to be called for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the State Con-
vention, so that persons may be chosen
who arc opposed to the Beast. Wash
lurne is their man for re election.
Butler is denounced.
The New York EUening Post,
which has supported Grant in al
most anything, argues that the Pres,
ident's salary cannot be changed
during his term, but mildly suggests
that there is nothing to prevent his
returning the increase to the Treas
ury, should he deem it advisable"
But Grant is not going to return any
of his salary. He is one of those
who take and keep all they can
get.
We learn that a man by the name OF
Shines, who lives about a mile from
this place, was seriously gored by bull
on Wednesday, Aug. 9th. 1t seems
that Mr.. Shines was attempting to throw
a rope over the horns of the bull, when
the erraged animal made at him and
downed him in the road. TIE sufferer
has been confined to his bed ever since
and will probably not recover.-Ashe.
vile Erpositor.
The Murfreesboro News has this
item: We are informed that very
rampant enemy of the grangers
threatened that he would, in retalia.
ton organize the negroes into
oranges if the white folks did not
stop it. de was quietly informed by
a friend that the order did not take
any cognizance Of negroes, could not
receive them into full fellowship. and
if he would put himself upon equality
with negroes, he could do so. but the
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