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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01

there are three CoaDnssIoNERs. who
receive two dollars per diem for
their very valuable ~ services in
riding over and inspecting the road,
settling with the toll gate keeper,
&c. !; one overseer, VINO receives one
dollar and twenty-five cents per diem
for working militia, and sometimes,
though rarely, so many az one or
two hired hands, whose services are
procured at the unprecedented re-
muneration of fifty to seventy
cents per diem, the laborer boarding
himself. This overseer works the
militia and this tremendous hired
force, on different days however, thus
giving him the greater time to de-
vote to supervising the labors of each
class. Then the road has (here) one
toll gate keeper, who is. and must be
ever at his post, day and night, and
has to swallow without making q
ao7y face. All the "cussing" that
the worn out traveller or exasper-
ated teamster chooses to heap upon
him for the bad condition of the road
and he does this receiving from the
Commissioners a fraction over twen-
ty-seven cents a day and boards him
self-the road not even having to
pay rent for the room he occupies
while engaged in its work Now sup
pose the Commissioners to be on d.
ty fifteen days each in each year,
the overseer fifty days, and we have
the following:
Commissioners each Is days at 81 90, 49,. 500 90
Overseer so days at 81 ., ....... 81 80
Toll Gate keeper 365 days and hours -. 100 90
Blackslnithing no tools and incidentals. AT 80
And we have of expenses and grand total. $500 90
/ have not at present the data for
TIE other side of the calculation, but
there are 313 working days in the
year and l am sufficiently acquainted
with the road to know that an aver
age of one two-horse wagon each
day passes each way. The toll on
each passing wagon is so cents.
Hence, we have in one year, 626 two
horse wagons at so cents, 1913 90.
Why is it? What in the name of
the people becomes of this extra
$13 90? Then again, what goes
with the toll derived from six and
four-horse wagons, four and two
horse hacks and carriages, two and
one-horse buggies, carts, horsemen,
droves of horses, mules, cattle, hogs
and sheep?
L could give more figures, but deem
it unnecessary at present. l know I
but speak the wishes of the people
in this section, and of the travelling
public who pas this way, in request
ing the Commissioners of this road,
or the Legislature or both, to take
some steps to have this great Reel,
and Pine brush boroughfure put into
better condition. More anon, or a
good reason for silence. w.
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WHOLESALE POISONING "A cor
respondent Of the Knoxville Chroni-
Gle gives an account Of the poisoning
of half dozen persons. recently in
Sewer county, supposed to have been
perpetrated by a female whose name
is not given. It seems that several
neighbors had gathered at the resi-
dence of John Clark, where an infant
was a corpse. "They took dinner at
the house and after it was over sew
en- of them drank from a bucket of
water that had been brought while
they were eating. Soon after drink
ing all Of them were taken sick with
violent vomiting. DR.. Taylor was
called in and on examination pro-
nounced the water full of arsenic.
Some of the parties then recalled
the fact that while they were at din
ner the woman referred to was seen
going to her satchel and take some
thing out Of it, and 60 to the bucket
of water. The persons who were
poisoned are as follows: Mrs. Mary
Cummings, Emaline Nichols, Caro-
line Nichols, Miss Langford. Alex.
Langford and wife. and infant child
who nursed the poison from the
mothers breast. The child it is
thought cannot i've
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01

An additional excuse is being of
fered for lovers to sit up late o'nights.
The new comet, lately discovered by
Prof. Swift, is making directly for
earth with immense velocity. It is
now situated. about one o'clock in
the morning, directly beneath the
polar star, and is clearly visible
through an opera glass. 1t will be
nearest the earth about the first of
August, when it will be a conspicu-
Gus and beautiful object, and there
will be some object in sitting up to
see it if the parents don't object.
Swift, by the way, was not the first
to discover this comet. 1t was first
seen at Marseilles, France, on the
18th of April. So the comet, like
the race is not to the Swift alone.
In the midst of this eternal fuss
about the financial question, and the
discussion of such sordid topics as
greenbaeks VS.. hard money, it is
good thing to have our attention
drawn away from earth occasionally,
and this comet will do it.-Saturdlay
Night.
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\ Chinese Gladiator in the
Streets of Frisco.

From the San francisco Bunetin.l
A Chinese fish-peddler was trav-
cling his round on Brannon street,
anticipating nothing more than the
customary pelting with stones from
the sportive urchins Of that vicinity.
when some jocular person, just
emerged from a corner grocery, brim-
full of glee, thought to vary the mon
otony of the everyday diversions by
setting vicious bulldog upon the
Mongol. The brute readily took its
prey, and the fist intimation that the
Chinaman had of an an attack was
the closing of pair of savage jaws
upon one of his wrists. 4 rattling
combat ensued, and for moment it
was doubtful which would gain the
mastery, until presently the blade Of
an eighteen-inch knife cleaned for
an instant, and then was buried in
the body Of the dog. producing
breach that permitted the canine vi
tality to subside as with q breath.
At the very moment of this sanouin-
airy work another huge brute, of The
Newfoundland breed, came dashing
up, and made spring at the China
mans throat. The gladiator stood
ready fsr the attack. and caught the
second foe by the throat. In a mo-
ment more the Newfoundland had
received its death.wound. The vic
torious Chinaman, reel1ing with blood
and painting with the exertion of
mortal combat, then shouldered his
baskets and shambled away without
any more patronage in that
To the credit of the
spectators be it said that after van
the dogs, he was nobly
granted the boon of life, and depart
ed without molestation.
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The little Rock Gazette gives
Brooks farewell kick and gratui-
tously advises him to 90 West and
grow up with the country.
Washington Territory is agitated
by the Oriental magnifcence of "the
first brick residence" ever erected
withing its boundries.
A rag saturated with eloroform
left around the haunts of mice will
extermimate them. They 60 up to
interview the rag and stay.
Mr.. Kavanagh, member of the
British Parliament, has neither legs
nor arms. He holds his pen in his
mouth when he signs his name.
A Springfield man who was ar
rested last week for an attempt to
commit suicide by drownding was
appropriately bailed out by his
friends.
A fashion paper says that TOM
foolery in ladies' dresses is fast be-
coming obsolete. 1t ought to have
told where this kind of trimming
was worn.
The Christian Register says: "a
woman WHO caunot in any emergen-
gency make or repair garment,
has one art less than Pottawot-
tomie's squaW.'
1t has been discovered that the
white gauze wells now worn have an
advantage woman who powders
looks as respectable behind them rs
a woman who does not.
AT an examination Of some girls
for the rite Of confirmation, In an
swer to the question, "What y the
outward visible sign or form IN hap-
tism? one Of them replied, 'eTlle
baby, SIR
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01
BAD ROADS

tend to prevent the increase OF wealth by nnuIti-
plying the distance to market, and decrease the
home value Of products by increased cost of
transportation.
Where property is exempt from road tax, all that
the militia" have ever been able to do is to lay
out highways, without building roads or bridges.
Hence such ''wretched" roads promote aEd per-
petuate poverty.
The suggestion of the possibility
of running a furrow or two on one
or both sides of the road bed of a
nearly opened highway in such a
country as East Tennessee was
when first settled, is secuted by j.
III. c., Jr., with a contemptuous
"pshaw !'' and fling at my want
of ability as a " civil engineer
What l know of road-making in a
backwoods country may be inferred
from a brief statement of my first
lesson. When a boy, 1 assisted my
father in building a portion of a
road through the wild on the
summit of the Green Mountain
range,-tLe township of my birth
including a portion of the watershed
of these mountains. The job was
taken to save paying the money as
sessed for an extra road tax on pro-
perty. The road to be built was
through an unbroken wilderness, and
our portion of it was partly swale
and partly dry land, with not a few
"jutting" rocks. East Tennessee
may have presented to the view of
the first settlers more savage and
solemn scene )" but as we followed
marked trees to the stake that in
dicated the beginning of our job.
thought this was sufficiently rough
and forbidding, though not to bush
whackers impenetrable."
The first process was to chop
down the trees. Their trunks were
used to corduroy the wet places,
their branches were thrown upon the
logs. which. in turn, were finally
covered with earth. Stumps and
loose rocks were next removed, and
Notwithstanding the soil was filed
with roots and other impediments
* a furrow or two or half a dozen,
were run on one or both sides of the
road, water courses were cleaned
out, the middle of the bed for travel
raised little. culverts of logs and
poles were made where needed, and
on declivities, "bars'' were con-
structed across the road bed to turn
the water from the centre of the
road to the side bitches.
Rude and cheap, to be sure, was
this road, but it was far better than
the undisturbed surface ofthe wilder
ness after the trees were removed.
| dare not trust my memory as to
the amount per rod we we're allowed
for our work, but I am sure that if
l were able to make the statement
it would be so low that j. II. c., Jr.
would exclaim. 20 Solomon f., Solo,
mon F." The people of the town.
ship were then poor money was very
scarce, and property owners were
willing to work cheap. very cheap.
rather than to pay their assessment
in money In those days there was
in that section very little Goldfish or
other aristocracy, and none that
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01
Il Church Floor Falls and Kills
Nineteen Persons.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, June 24.-The
following are the details of the fall
ling of church- floor in Syracuse
A correct list of the killed is 10,
mostly young ladies and children.
The accident was caused by the Civ
ing way of the joist that supported
the floor. The joist ran from both
sides of the room to q cross. stringer,
the middle of which was supported
by iron rods from the roof. Tho
stringer gave way, pulling the cell
ing and roof down upon the people
and percipitating them into the room
below. The work of recovering the
bodies was exceedingly slow. as it
had to be done in the dark, and it
was feared every moment that the
walls would fall IN. The bodies of
fourteen persons killed have been
recovered, and a further search this
morning shows that this is the num-
berofpersons killed outright. Sever
al persons are so severely injured
that they will probably die. The
number of minor causualities is
nearly or quite one hundred, among
them about a dozen persons with
broken limbs and ribs. The cause
of the disaster was the defective
construction of the building. The
supporting truss was composed Of
planks spiked together. The excite
ment in the community continues
very great.
LATER.-Up to one o'clock this
afternoon two additional deaths
have occurred. Several of the injur-
ed will be crippled for life.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01

A young man was fined ten dol
lars, in Connecticut, last week, for
shaking his handkerchief at young
lady. The judge, in passing sen.
tence. remarked that it was a FORUM
ate circumstance that the young la
dy had shaken hers at him, first, or
he would have sent him up for three
months.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-07-01
Newspaper Postage to be Prepaid at
FiTed Rates

WASHINGTON, June 23.-The post
age on newspapers was fixed at two
cents per pound.
Congress will adjourn at four
o'clock to-day.
The Conference Committee of the
two Houses agreed this morning to
amend the substitute recommended
by the Senate Transportation Com
mittee for st. Philip Canal bill as
follows:
The Commission of Engineers,
who are to survey the mouth of the
river is to consist of three army
engineers, three from civil life and
one from the coast survey.
The President nominated ex-Gov.
Alex. Sheppard. Postmaster Den
nison and Henry I. Blow as provis-
onal Commissioners to govern the
District of Columbia. Blow and
Dennison were confirmed but Shep-
pard was rejected by Sc to 6. The
President substituted A. g. CattelI, q.
of n. j., who was confirmed.
The appropriation for the flooded
of the Southwest was reduced to
four hundred thousand dollars.
The Speaker appointed r. Hoar,
Of Massachusetts, and Mitchell, of
Wisconsin, members of the commits
sion to frame q permanent form of
government for the District of Col ?
umbia.
By unanimous consent, the Sem
ate bill removing the political disa-
bilities Of JAS. L. Pugh, of Alabama,
passed. This was the last legisla-
tive act of the session.
For some time before the hour of
final adjournment there was a noisy
manner of leave-taking among the
members.
As the hands on the dial of the
clock pointed to six, the Speaker,
wishing all members a safe and hap
py return to their homes and fami-
lies, pronounced the First Session
of the Forty Third Congress adj
journed.
The impeachment question was
not called up.
The new tariff bill failed. .t,
The Congressional Committee say
there is no protection in the present
postoffice laws against straw bids.
Morton and Ryerson, Of Mississips
pi. are among the Geneva Award
Commissioners.
The bill for the survey of water
routes passed. T.
One Of the last bills to pass the.
Senate was General Young's bill to
improve the Oostanaula river, in
Georgia. The appropriation is ten
thousand dollars.
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ADVER.TIIsING RATES.

One square, (en lines, or less for first insertion
One Dollar. each subsequent insertion Fifty cents.
Ahberal Discount from the above rate viii be
made to yearly advertisers.
Obituaries Of over ten lines VIII be charged al
advertisements.
All bills due upon first insertiO Of advertise
raent, unless otherwise contractor for.
All Announcements of candidates must be paid
Tor in advance.
JOE Work must be paid for on delivery.
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TERMS:
81 A YEAR. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

THE GAZETTE is a permanently established
Newspaper with paying and constantly increasing
list Of subscribers Its circulation in the counties
Of Hamblen, Hawkins, Cooke jefferson. Granger
and Claiborne il more general than any other pa
per-rnaking it the best advertising medium in
Upper East Tennessee.
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The Morristown Gazette.
WEDNESDAY, JULY /, 1874.
RED x MARX.

Persons receiving the GAZETTE with a RED X
MARK on it, notified that their subscription is
due for the current volume, and they are respect
fully requested at once to remit the subscription
price.
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HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.
REPLY OF SIS. F." TO THE STRUCTURES
OF j. H. c., JR., AND AN END OF THE
MISERABLE ROADS," so FAR AS
THIS DISCUSSION Is CONCERNED.
TATE SPRING, juno 19, 187

MISERABLE ROADS, so FAR AS
THIS DISCUSSION IS CONCERNED.
TATE SPRING, June 10, 1871.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
The article of your correspondent
j. III. c., Jr., in the GAZETTE of June
IL, is very properly headed, "A
Critic Criticised The writer is as
full of Z" criticism as a beer bottle
is of gas. Even my poor crooked
initial gets more pops from him than
any Of the facts or arguments of the
article he his criticising. Being m
able to see the connection between
g Solomon F. and public highways.
l will let all these personal critic
isms and verbal smartnesses stand
for what they are worth,-and they
may be exceedingly valuable to
some, and perhaps acceptable to all,
as "a little nonsense now and then,
is relished by the best of men,
while l content myself with the
more practical task of helping my
jovial friend out of the labyrinth in
which he has involved himself in
his only attempt at logical reasoning.
In his endeavor to comprehend
my propositions as to the effect of
good and bad roads, on the prosperi-
ty of the inhabitants of a given To-
cality, he overtasks his brain; and
as his head reels, he fancies that |
stagger and contradict myself My
language may not have been suffici-
emily clear to convey to his mind
the idea [ wished to express.
will, therefore endeavor to re-state
my positions so plainly, that, even
j. II. c., Jr., can comprehend them.
l assumed that
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The President to Vistt West Vtrgtata.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June Pa
The President accompanied by Mrs.
Grant will leave here tomorrow, on
a brief trip to West Virginia.
Postmaster Generals Resignation.
Postmaster General Creswell this
morning rendered his resignation.
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The Sumner Memorial Fund in
Massachusetts amounts to $lS,077.
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GOOD ROADS

tend to promote the increase of wealth. They
shorten the distance to market, and advance the
home value of products by Iessening the cost of
transportation.
Where property and poll taxed for building
and repairing roads, comparatively good ones are
the result, even in new settlement.
Hence gradual increase Of wealth for their i'm
provement is the result.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-08-08
NOW READY.

The life and career of James Copeland,
The Great Southern Land Pirate, contain
ing in well attested narrations OF snch Il
startling and thrilling character, pertain
ing to the Wages aud Copeland Clan, as
Is nowhere to he found surpassed in the
whole annals of crime. It's mystic alapha-
b,tfur secret correspondence. the names
of all its members Throughout the United
States, with its profound aud wide'eXtend-
ed operations III combination with wealth,
talent aud Influence, are IN the highest
degree astounding. With an elaborae
Appendix, if possible, OF a still more
momentous nature, comprising fresh col
lated cases of booty, blood and murder;
including the authors tiisl III the city OF
Mobile, the most exciting aud absorolng
that evew occurred IN the South, and fol-
lewed by some # the most powerful OF
res ults, necessltatlng II gitimate COM
ments showing the rapid increase OF
crime and corruption everywhere, making
evident that GENERALIZATION and change III
the fundamental principles OF govern
ment are not only necessary but iRevita.
Bile for the future welfare of the marion.
DIR. j.. II. s. PITTS,
Waynesboro, Miss.
The above work is sold only by sub
scripicn. DIR. Pitts has appointed US an
Agent to receive subscriptions and in
forms us that the book wall be issued
about the LIST Of September. On account
of the strong local interest which attsches
to the work-eome of the exciting events
contained therein nav1ng TRANSFERRED
in this county-we have thought that
many of our readers of thds section would
subscribe to it, and therefore we adver-
tise it. and as an agent receive suhscrip-
tions. All who desire the work viii
ulesse send their names to the STAR.
The published price for it is 81 80.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-08-08

Tue MAMMOTH CtO1FtNE EsrAs-
NENT Of N. u. Ley s Co. is one OF
Mobiles most widely and %GaNorably
known Institutions.
By business Hct, energy aud integ-
rity the Levy Brothers have built up
one of the most extensive and pros.
porous mercantile houses in the
Sonlh, and their huge establishment
filled to ovo,gowing with a stock
which is surpassed, we presume, in no
Southern city, auests thei: success,
and is a credit TO Mobile.
The trade Of this house extends all
throughout Alabama aud Mississippi,
and is constantly en- the increase de-
spite hard times aad financial panics ;
Tor fair dealing, low prices aud a good
article are the "hooks Of steel" which
link them 10 the trade and perma-
nenlly eecure custom when once they
ale tested. And the individual who
calls to adorn his person, will receive
as much attention in being suited"
as if lie were. of a firm selecting q
heavy bill of goods. In fact the first
place the visitor makes for after get.
ting off the cars is Levy's, where he
bastens to put on a "city appearance"
1t is unnecessary 10 add that Levy d
Co, have a tHR stock of Spring and
Summer clothing which they dis,
posing OF at their usual low prices
tf.ie6.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-08-08

20 tssfRpF C0gkn1teHet II be
DIS fei Iell mis- aif3 thin mlhs.es
10 u egnsjsttfssr 6f rhn .pam tIfb
take tdrras 1T alass aHd bfokeu plato
etc sHeHi u au ai oHtus tI1gk b.
thin viudpw -aIu.s. Where isrchcs
are very numerous eiyo them ticntt
81 the mixture, NJ lev col very
ereedily ol u. ! .biuk sio general
failure tttb roach pnisons IL this
tie paisca Ia so quick 10 poisoning
tho rgaChps HAT :bcy will not eat
enough Of il to kill lbcm. for they
are slow eaters. The red lead being
slow in is effect on them, they will
get 0 good quantity jn'o them before
it viii sickcn them. | have 10 ICED
when any Of them would happen TO
lie %trampIcd upon, 1t wos2d appear
tncy were eatirely filled with red
lead. Pace the lead where the
roaebos caq get OF IL mosttonyenient-
ly. IL the lead sIouid become too
dry and hard, mix a little more lead
and m%o!asses with the Odd to lraslIen
it up again, and place it in Other
places.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-08-08

The ) chm. ,Anloinette bearing the
Poad pennanr of Commodore
Erickson, sailed on Thursday, on a
|uise to the .ChaAdelcers with as gay
BID festive a crowd as any one could
to have Tor ship mates. An
Guidance OF stores we're laid IN aud
|om the quantity of ice shipped We
they were determined to
eep cool. Gentle Reader +! you can
Dot imagine what a sacrifice we made
} resigning the trip to get oct this
nper FOR yoa.