The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-05-14

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Paris. Tenn, was burned last Tues.
day morning. Loss $4,000.
Trent & Vance's tobacco factory
at Strawberry Plains is now in full
blast.
The late rains damaged the far
mers of Humphreys county consider
able.
The cut worms are destroying a
great deal of corn in Rutherford
county.
The Pulaski Citizen says drunken
ness is quite fashionable in that town
nov.
Knoxville is moving for street
railroad, company having already
been organized.
The Bunner insists that Nashville
must go largely into manufacturing
or go under.
The Ssn n 'ei is the name of new
paper established at Alamo, Crockett
county, by Messrs. Fisher & Elliott.
McMinn county is to have new
Court house. Proposals for its
building are invited.
Rev. G. W. Charlton has been APP
pointed Assistant Secretary of the
Agricultural Bureau of the State.
Reuben Anderson, of Obion coun-
ty lost his house and furniture by
fire last week.
A great many emigrants from the
Northern States are locating i'll
Bradley county.
A number of farmers clubs have
been recently formed throughout
West Tennessee.
Bedford county has All eight
months baby that weighs thirty-one
pounds.
Chattanooga exempts all manu-
featuring establishments from city
taxes. for ten years.
A little girl named Hester John
son, was burned to death at Win
chester few days age.
Tom States. noted horse thief,
has been arrested and confined in the
Shelbyyille Jail.
Cars on the Paducah and Memphis
railroad are running to the northern
boundry OF Dyer county.
Forty miles of the Tennessee Cen
trail Railroad from McLemoresville
10 Brazil, have been put under con-
tract.
A special court has been estab-
lished at Dncktown, Polk county, in
accordance with an act of the last
Legislature
A human being, in female babili-
ments, promenaded the streets of
Loudon the other day in state of
beastly intoxication.
The trustees of Nashville Univer-
sity have decided not to merge that
institution into Vanderbilt Univer-
sity.
Three hundred tons of oil cake
have been shipped from Nashville
to England during the past three or
four months.
An effort is being made to secure
the elegant residence of Mrs. John
Branner for the Baptist College at
Messy Creek, in Jefferson county.
The Joneshoro' Herald and Trt-
b,ne estimates the loss to Washing
ton county by the destruction of the
fruit crop, at $4,000.
A cow in Bradley county gave
birth few days ago to a calf with
seven legs. but both COW and calf
died.
The Nashville papers speak in
high terms of the Exposition, and
say that it increases in interest every
day.
We learn that the Prather brothers
Mt Airy, N. c.. have purchased a
site for cotton factory at Union
Depot. ten miles south of Bristol.
Lebanon is. congratulating her.
self upon the fact that a line OF tel
egraph will soon connect her with
Nashville.
DIR. A. johnson and W. R Long.
of London county. got into q person
al difficulty on the Sd inst, during
which the latter struck johnson on
the head three times with a club.
from the effects of which be del.
The prisoners confined in the
Knoxville Jail. attempted to regain
their liberty on Sunday night before
last. by means Of firing the Jail, but
we're discovered IN time by the Jail
or to Illustrate their attempt and pre-
vent any serious damage.