The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-06-24
THORN HILL AND VICINITY,

| UNIQUE MARRIAGE - THE ALLEGED
RAPIsTs NBAIL-CHANCE TO LEARN
A TRADE GREAT WHEAT YIELD
GAzETTE's CORRESPONDENT GONE
TO KENTUCKY-NEw CARDING MA.
CHINE-nIGnWAY sAGAIN-CLosING
sCHOOLs-KNG ALCOuOL-uOW WE
CLOSED TIE SCHOOLS IN CUR BOY.
HOOD DAYS.
To the Editor of the Morrist9wn Gazette:
| have neglected to give Won ar
account of a somewhat strange mat
rimonial alliance some time ago
near this place. Joseph Jennings, a
widowor, aged % years, took for a
partner in the holy state of matri-
mony. Mrs. Amy Shumake. a bloom
ING widow, aged 90. Together let
them sweetly sing. Joe might for
get sometime and call her Ma.
Married, at that pheasant sum.
mer resort mentioned by your other
correspondent on the 18th inst,
Joshua Collins to Mrs. jennie Col.
Inns, the parties above mentioned as
augmenting Deputy Sheriff Dalton 8
party en- route for Rutledge jail
If this step had been taken years
ago all this trouble might have been
avoided. They are out now to en-
JOY the blessings of conjugial felicity
until Circuit Court, when they will
listen to a few remarks from the
Judge upon the folly of violating
the laws of God and man.
Three of the alleged rapists are
out on bail enjoying a more whole
some atmosphere. 1t is hoped that
they will try to behave themselves
better in the future-not degrade
themselves below the brute. The
supposed ring leader is still held IN
durance vile and doubtless will
have a good chance to learn a trade
down at O.Connor's work shop.
Blacksmithing would do very well.
1t is his family occupation
There has been very little wheat
harvested hereabouts. There seems
to be q general complaint of smut
but the yield will be great.
Our genial, kind hearted friend,
Buck Easley, occasional cores
pondent of the GAZETTE, has return
ed to Covington, KY, to be absent
10 months. He is book keeper for
Capt. j. P. L. Jennings Live
Stock BROKER, Capt. j. is a native
East Tennesseean, a "Clinchmanite"
born and raised here. He left here
in 1865 during the reign of terror,
when some very bad men were turn
ed loose to tan Rebel hides. Your
humble servant left too. We did
not get ours tanned. but the dread
was awful, expecting every minute
to be the next.
John n. Turnmier is now putting
up a wool carding machine near this
place, on Notchy Creek. Will be
ready for carding by July 1st.
This will be a great benefit to the
wool growers and jeans makers of
this country, being the only one in a
radius Of u or II miles. We be-
speak for him a liberal patronage,
and would be glad if more of the
come among us, until some kind of
machinery would be running OH all our
mountain streams. This doubtless
would be the case in course of time,
if we had a Railroad. But there is
the rub. Gen. Malone caused US to-
believe when he had his Engineer
corps here stalking out the line that
we would ere long hear the whistle
of the iron horse reverberating
through these hills and valleys
that there would be a great many
Irishmen at work right here tunnell-
ing the mountain. furnishing US with
a home market for all our surplus,
and when completed a free ride
through the mountain = Picnics,
Barbecues! o what a time Why
some Of us had been calculating
how many crossties we could furn-