The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-15
OUR TEXAS LETTER.
COMPLIMENTARY TO TIE GAZETTE


About three miles from this city
there lives a very intelligent old gen.
tleman who has a great fondness for
reading newspapers It always gives
me pleasure to hunt up all we have
about the house and save for him.
About two weeks ago he called. when
some gentleman laid on my table the
4" Courier-Journal." There" said
my old friend, sis an excellent pa
per. but it does not come up to that
MoRRIsTowN GAZETTE. As u fam
lily paper-for general reading-I
would rather have the GAZETTE than
any paper / can get hold off, Now
when | tell you that my old friend is
a reading man-knows more about
fine horses than any body-can man-
age farm equal to the very best
Granger-knows all about steam en-
gines and -four mills, you ought to
feel quite complimented to know, to
a certainty, that the GAZETTE is so
highly appreciated away down in
Dixie,s land
GROWING CONDITION OF AUSTIN.
Within the past six months more
than hundred dwelling houses have
been erected in this city, and still
the work of building is going on, and
as strangers are constantly moving
in, you can eften hear them ask the
question "Do you know where /
can get good dwelling hOuse?" If
the place continues to grow as it has
done for the past two years, Austin
will be a very large city by the time
the International Railroad and the
| Missouri Kansas reaches us. The
first is within fifty miles of us and
will probably reach us early in next
year. The other is resting awhile.
CRD1E-JUDGE LYNCH AT WORK.
There is now a great deal of law
lessness and crime in Texas. The of
fences are mostly horse and cattle
stealing. The court, now in session
at this place, has added greatly to
the population Of the penitentiary.
Judge Lynch, however, is doing the
heaviest business. At Bolton nine
men were shot in the Jail few weeks
ago. four or five were hung in De-
Witt county, and the same ubiqui-
tous Judge was presiding in many
other counties at the same time. The
Indians, Mexicans and many des-
peradoes of the white race are con-
stantly stealing cattle and horses,
and the people are determined to
take the law in their own hands. The
Governor issues proclamations and
uses all his power to stop the pro
ceedings of Judge Lynch, but so far
the Judge keeps ahead. Our Dis
trict Court is now in session and the
criminal docket was taken up last
Monday. Up to this time the Dis
trict Attorney tells me that he has
sent twelve to the penitentiary, and
in the week to come will probably
send as many more. So you see in
the courts of law we are Kidding the
community Of great many crimi-
nails.
TIE FOURTH.
Tomorrow will be our National
Sabbath, but hear Of no 4th Of July
orations, no barbecues, etc. The
military services of Washington, the
great rebel of the Colonies, like those
of Davis, the great rebel of Dixie,
are entirely forgotten. care Re
publics ungrateful?"
THE GRANGE MOVEMENT SPREADING.
The Grange movement is spread
ing very rapidly throughout Texas
and it will continue to increase, now
that the processing christians of New
York are taking q stand against it.
Henry Ward Beecher preserves a
marked silence on this subject as he
does in the lately revived Tilton af-
fair. But when Henry Ward gets
through this little unpleasantness
woe be to the Changers, if he saves
any reputation when he gets through
with TIlton.
ICE MACHINES.
We have two machines here con-
verting a very considerable portion
of the Colorado river into ice. We
have also a company with constant
supply of Boston ice, and another
from St. Louis. This is quite lux
ury in city where the thermometer
runs up to go in the shade.
FRUIT IN ABUNDANCE.
we are also well supplied with
fruit. Peaches at 80 cents per doz-
en-. apples, small size, the same
price, and watermelons abundant at
fair prices. Our city authorities are
getting very strict in regard to keep
ing the Sabbath holy. They make
all the drinking saloons and stores
close every Sunday at 9 A. NJ, and
they must keep closed until 4 P. NJ.
The clergy of the city seem to be
we'll enough satisfied with the short
Sabbath of seven hours, as hear of
no efforts on their part 10 make the
Sabbath full day of rest At 4 P.
N. the hacks and omnibuses leave the
city to convey passengers to the
beer gardens, where bands of music
are regularly employed, and adver-
thing posters say "a floor is elegant
ly fitted up for dancing" Notwith-
standing all this, we have all kinds
Of churches and all manner of preach
ers. We need some one like brother
Inkskip to fire the christian heart of
these pastors and add to their linn
tied supply of moral courage.
aye fearful souls fresh courage take"