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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

FuEE IN KkoxgULEE.--The valua-
BGe steam planTng and saw mill, be-
longing to G. w. Park, located at
the foot of Prince street, on the
Holston, was destroyed by fire on
Saturday night last. The property
was leased and run by other parties,
and neither owner nor lessees had
any insurance The total loss is es-
timated at Sc 900 O. $4,000.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
GRAIN BAGS CHEAP!

Williams, Zimmerman & Wilson,
at Knoxville, have very large stock
of Grain Bags, bought at bottom
prices, and can sell them cheaper
than since the war. Send in your
orders. dec "a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

MADISON CATE stabbed, and it is
thought mortally wounded, Thomas
Hickman, at Strawberry Plains, last
Friday evening. The difficulty grew
out of . dispute about a cross fence.
The parties are merchants Of the
village, and gepecslIy quiet men.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
Texas Land for Sale.

I1llpo1tant to Men Of Llnllted Means
aUbo q0ant land an TeaatS.
The land in Washington county is
ia thickley settled neighborhood,
composed largely of families from
Tennessee. 1t is we'll timbered and
admirably adapted to industrious
settlers with small means, and will
be sold on accommodating terms.
A map Of the county and farms can
be seen at this office, where further
information can be had by those who
desire it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

SMASHED UP--The house of a wo-
man, named Susan Carroll, of bad
reputation, diving on one Of the
principal streets in our town, was
assaulted by some @tknOwn parties,
Saturday night, and the windows
=rnd doors smashed in and broken.
To put the figure delicately-we
need additional policemen.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

A fine Piano. new and in good
condition now at the Bean Station
House. Payment in instalments.
Enquire of, or address, N. EELER.
Knoxville, Tenn. oct 29
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

NoTIcE.-A meeting of the Cor
porators of the Greenville & French
Broad Railroad Company viii be
held at Asheville, N. c.. on Thurs
day, the 18th day of March, 1874.
A full attendance is desired, as an
early organization of the Company
is highly important.
FL. ASTON, Ch'm'n.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
"a ASS BAND,S NOTICE.

Z We want to purchase q second
hand BASS instrument. Ours. hay-
ing been burned in the late FIRE at
this place. Address.
D. w. C. DAVIS,
Leader Cornet Band.
Marristown. Tenn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
RUTLEDGE.

Having seen tile : mark of the red
X" l presume it is time for me to
anti. I therefore enclose you two
dollars, which you will please place
to my credit
l was much gratifed to see your
apology in regard to the eulogy on
Gen. r. E. Lee, which appeared in
your paper of last week.
/ am also pleased TO see the bold
and independent stand you have ia
ken in regard to dead headism. Your
position is bound to become popular
with the people, and the time is not
far distant, when a candidate for the
Legislature cor any other man." who
is seeking popularity. will be afraid
to accept free pass over any of our
railroads. & H8
am sorry to announce theremoval
of our worthy friend, Jno. w. Yoe,
attorney at law, from this place to
Messy Greek, in Jefferson county.
We are sorry to lose him from our
community, and can but congratulate
the people Of Messy Creek upon his
acquisition. $50
The reports coming up from all
parts of this county in regard to the
wheat crop is quite cheering but the
report of the greenbaek crop is just
the reverse, and the old crop well
nigh exhausted.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

FOR LITTLE BEGINNERS.
THREE learned men of Jones-bor-o
FlOat-ed to sea on preacher:
Had their faith been stronger,
Our tale had been longer!
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

RECIPE FOR VINEGAR.-Take two
quarts Sorgum molasses, one quart
shelled corn, with five gallons of rain
water. Keep it warm and let it fer
ment. You will then have as good
vinegar as you ever had on your Ia
BILE. Try it The recipe is worth
at least one years subscription to
the GAZETTE, and is practically more
valuable than dozen chromos,
but we neither charge extra for our
liberalitY nor blow over it.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
Orgnniuo Oranges.

The undersigned is prepared to organize Oranges
throughout East Tennessee. He has been appoiii'-
ed General Deputy for this section by the SA"s1sl
the State Grange His headquarters are - Ah0A-
WILLIE where he can be reached by letter. All per
sons desiring information, wanting his services
in lecturing the principles or work OF the Orer'
or in organizing, can be accommodated ne mas
tbs Constitution and Bylaws of the National
grange and other documents which he send
to any one wanting them.
c. W. CHARLTON,
Dec. 6, '73. Genl DeP'ty for T. rem
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

WANTED. -Able-bolied men, plain
or colored, to remove dead hogs
dogs, and so forth, from our streets.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

The American Sardine Co.'s BOneless Sardnea,
are much better, and less than half the cost of
imported Sardines 51-1y
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

IIfC6 UI lIGkbISs
Whole tickets $1,000; Halves $500; Tenths, or
each coupon, $500; Eleven Whole Tickets for
S5O0 90: or Tickets for 81, 0O0.00; 113 Whole
Tickets for IS 10000; 227 Whole Tickets for $lO.-
600 co. No discount on less than $4,000 worth Of
Tickets at time.
The Fourth Gift Concert win be conducted, in ell
respects like the three which have already been
given, and full particulars may be learned from
eeircuIars which win be sent free from this ONCE
TO all who apply for them.
Orders for tickets and applications for agencies,
will be attended TO in the order they received,
and it is hoped they win be sent In promptly that
there may be no disappointment or delay in hihng
all. All agents are peremptor1iy required 80 settle
up their accounts and return al unsoId tickets BY
the 10th day OF March.
THOS. e. BRADILETTE.
Agent Publ Iibr. KY. and Manager Gift Concert,
Public Library Building, Louisville, Kys
dec17-tilmar.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

A MODEL News LETTER.-Our
friend at Thorn Hill, whose collation.
of neighborhood news is given in
another column, presents a model of
just what we have been trying to get
from every village and post office in
this section of country. If we did
not know better we would take our
correspondent to be an old newspa
per man, so admirably and system
atically does he fill his position. But
he is the better calculated to induce
other friends to lend interest and at
traction to our columns. With a
full corps of such correspondents
the GAZETTE enlarged facilities for
usefulness would be as gratifying to
the ambition of its editor as the sub
stantial encouragement he is con-
stantly receiving from new and old
subscribers is now fattering to his
efforts to make a paper worthy of the
noble people it represents. Will not
some friend at Messy Creek, Lead
vale, Newport, Big Greek, Whites
burg, RussellvilIe, Rogersvllle, or
any other town or post office where
we may have personal friend or a
paper acquaintance, send US a weekly
batch Of the neighberhood news in
the concise and gossippy style of our
Thorn Hill friend. No necessity to
wait for the gathering Of half do
zen items, though that would not be
laborious at any time. but send even
one rather than have no mention of
the locality made.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

REVENUE MATTERS AS we are
getting ready for the press. we are
favored with a voluminous and ex-
haustive history of the recent raid
of Special Deputy Daily on the
illicit distillers of Sewer county.
We have not had time to read it ];
but may find room for its most ex-
citing and interesting features in our
next. 1t might be well enough for
the Captain to become a subscriber
to the GAZETTE, so that he could
know without trouble whether it was
published or not.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN
On Tuesday, s1st OF March, Next.
Tuesday, the 3lst Of March, 1874.
NOFARTHER POSTPONEMENT.
SI,5oO,OOO
LIST OF GIFTS.

will be distributed among the ticket-holders.
The tickets printed in coupons, Of tenths, and
all fractional parts will be represented in the draw
ing lust as whole tickets are,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
Description and Pedigree.

He is four years old this spring. Fun lie hands
high black legs, name and tail !; very dark bay.
He was bred by Hunt Brothers, Lexington, Ken
tEscky, who named him q PIOUS JEEMS.n
He was sired by Darby Owned by Hunt Broa.,l
list dam Sally Messenger by. StarIiihf Id dam by
Wake-up-Jake, by Dcwnings bay Messenger. Thus
showing JEEA1S PATCHEN an inbred Messenger.
He is also strongly imbued with the same blood
through his sire, who runs back through Bertrand
TO English Membrino, the sire Of Imp. Messenger,
(said to be the great source of trotters.)
Et viii Be seen from the above pedigree that this
coli has more Messenger blood than perhaps any
horse IN the State.
Hefs also grandson OF the great Membrfno
Patchen fun brother 10 the celebrated Lady Thorn.
Jeems Patchen in horse Of great muscular pow
er, OF splendid action, and promises 60 be a fast
trotter.
practice. Experienced hnrHemen aay he can walk
six miles an hour easily. B. M. BRANNER,
feb . Il. Messy Creek, Je1erson County, Team
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

TREEs.-We notice several of our
citizens busy. during the past week,
putting out shade trees in front of
their residences. and on cur princi-
pal streets. This is right and highly
commendable. THERE'S nothing that
will add more to the beauty of our
city or to the value of private resi-
dences. The tree that now costs
but fifty cents win be worth in ten
years as many dollars.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
Inn the Circuit Court --- @G&@
County.
CHARLOTTE DURHAM VS.. WILLIAM
DURHAM.
petitlon % DiForee.

Petition for Divorce.
In this cause ID appearirls from thu andAvn %
the plaintiff, that the defelant is q non-reaaa@nR
OF the State OF Tennessee. IL il ordered thAt puD~
location be made for tour successive Weeks IN tee
MoRRIRT0wrS GfAxEETE, newspaper puDhshe1A ~
Rforriatorrr Tenn requiring the defendant eo mp-
pear AZ the next term Of the Circuit ConFt. 20 10
held for the county Of Cooke, at the Court HOUSE
In the town az Newport Depot, an the 4th McmdaAR
az MARCH, 1874 then and there 10 plead answer uS
dssfnur tothe petition hled, or the same VIII b.
taken for conf ssed as to him. and proceedeo VITA
Tx-PAss~x 3. F. SIANBERYr
lAIrCrEES aol) Clerk
Febll W. IRIS fee s..
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

COUNTY TRUSTEE.
We are authorized and requested to announce
the name of
JAMES Z. THOMPSON,
as a candidate for reelection to the office of County
Trustee, at the ensuing August election.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
.Adrerkisenaents.
NeaO a
The Trotting Stallion

win make the present season, beginning LIST
March, 1874, at the stables of B. NJ. BRANNER,
Messy Greek, jefferson county, Tennessee.
TERMS. ~--Twenty dollars the season, or
twenty-five dollars to insure mare with foa1, due
when ascertained, or the mare parted with.
1t viii be understood that mares are put by the
season, unless the owner shall specify that he
wants to insure, at the time the first goes TO
the horse.
Mares wiz be kept on pasture after 10th Of April
at one dollar and fifty cents per month, grain
and hay at two dollars per week.
Special pains viii be taken to prevent accidents
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

Having bought for Cash, from
, Messrs. Cowan, MeClung & Co., their
entire Stock of Staple and Fancy
F. Groceries and Woodenware, we in
tend in future to keep much larg
er Stock of Goods in the Grocery
line than ever before. For casl
and to prompt paying customers
we will sell Goods in our line, 70
as small profits as the Same qualit.
has been sold at heretofore. On
Stock of .
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

SCHnDT.-A friend who spent a
few days recently in Knoxville, re-
turned greatly impressed with the
wonderful poetic genius Of Rudolf
Schmidt-the metropolitan tonsorial
Beau Brummell. He furnished us an
advance copy of Schmidts forth
coming poem "On de game oy bitch,
vot is shust like seeven up Like
everything from his classic pen, he
draws his inspiration from his own
experience
Oh! where ish mine pocket book gone to?
OF you Wait, 1 will toIe it to you now:
De first day ven game into dis city,
met a rooster nit red eye prov,
And he ask me of blay cards init him
schust to pass away de dimes
And my pocket book and gold watch was token
Nit dat little game dat he did played SO nne.
Ven he took my witch, I vent to a bolico
And told him ell about right away,
And he took dat Teller to de station house:
And de shudge he ask vat / got TO say,
AID told him dat dat man he was schoondler,
And dat disehd not know how it vas myself,
too,
And he hole dose very same cards himself.
Fortunately the two remaining verses were lost-l
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
Price of Tickets.

Total, 900 Gifts all Cash, SOC, 0oC
Tho ohancee for . gift are as one to five.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25
FOR SALE-ON TIME

Merristown. Tenn
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-25

MARRIED..
Near Thorn Hill, Tenns on the
18th. by A, Dalton, Esq, HENRY
WEIGH and Miss COFFEE.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22

The cremationists do not propose,
they say, to burn the bodies with flame.
They talk of a refined process of "re-
ducing' the bodies to ashes in an oven
so arranged, that the escaping gases
shall be consumed and the fiery vault
shall wear Al air of gentility while the
solemn reduction process is in progress.
This mode, they claim, when once in
vogue and the people have outgrown the
present custom, would be far less dis
tasteful to the mind than the present
method Of burying the dead beneath
the earth, where corruption may pro-
coed and worms do their revolving
work.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22
Fun in n SchOol-RO DOM.

The troubles Of a village schoolmas-
ter were horoughiyillustrated yesterday
in Justice Hinsdale's court, where the
teacher and his whole school were Civ
ing evidence in n case which was very
amusing to those who were present. A
gentleman named W. J. Weber has
been teaching the "young idea how to
shoot" at tine village OF Palos, some
thirty miles south of Chicago. One
day last week some of the mischievous-
ly inclined pupils captured about half a
dozen squirrels, and carried them into
the school-room, and, waiting until the
eyes Of the teacher were not upon them,
turned one of the frisky little animals
loose. It Immediately perched upon
the nearest vacant desk and with its
antics created great merriment among
the children. Mr.. Weber left his
chair, and while he was attempting to
capture the intruder another was
turned loose, and another, until one
after the other the whole six were run
ming wildly around the Don The mas
ter striving yainly to dispose of the in
nocent cause of the confusion, only
added more to the excitement, until the
whole school was in an uproar and con-
fusion, the girls joining with the boys
in their pretended attempts to capture
the squirrels. At last order was re-
stored AMI silence reigned supreme, ex-
cept al occasional litter from some far
off seat in the corner. Weber now
proposed to have a settlement with the
culprit or culprits, but, as he had not
seen the parties at the time the SPUR
rels were liberated, he did not know
where TO commence. He called on the
offender, whoever he was, to walk up.
No M walked up. He then asked
some of the smaller scholars to nam
the guilty one. There were no inform
ers present. Finally, his patience be-
coming exhausted, he called in loud
tones, "Who did it?" Echo answered,
who" He next resorted to the
school-boys' terror-the ferule-and
said he would fog the whole school,
and, as the innocent would not inform,
they should suffer with the guilty.
Thereupon he began the arduous task
of inHicting corporal punishment upon
no less than forty boys. After having
gone about half way through the school
he met with a setback in one of the
boys, Michael Cavenaugh, who was
blest with a strong arm, sinew. nerve
and courage. When Cavenaugh's name
a called he stepped boldly up, and,
with a re5olute demeanor and an eye
that looked dangerous, informed the
master that he had no hand in causing
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22

An old schoolmaster said one day to
4 clergyman who came to examine his
school: ~ believe the children know
the catechism word for word"
But do they understand it 4? That is
the question:" said the clergyman.
The schoolmaster only bowed respect
fully, and the examination began.
A little boy repeated the fifth COM
mandment, "Honor thy father and
thy MOTHER" and he wa desired to e>
plain it.
Instead of trying to do so the it'll
boy, with his face covered with bushes,
said almost in a whisper, yesterday l
showed ONE strange gentleman over
the mountain. The sharp stones Gil
my feet, and the gentleman saw they
were bleeding, and he gave me some
money to buy me shoes. 1 gave it to
my mother, for she had no shoes either,
and L thought l could go barefoot bet
ter than she could"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22
LETTING 4 MAN DOWN EASY WITH
An ACE VIL

A%' tLLs
1t was Simmons deal. 1 was the old
est man, and the blind was three, calls
eve Ike Raggles saw it : then it was
risen by Jones to fifteen for the play.
Brown came in, and also the dealer
stayed. Then it took me twelve to make
it good, which I put up, and 1 remarked
to the society that it would cost only
twenty-five more for to draw. Every
last gentleman stayed, but it was not
risen any higher. Then the dealer says
to me Chow many will you take ?"
Says l, ga card" I had aces and
kings, and got an C in the draw. Ike
took three and Jones two, but Brown
had enough, and told the dealer to help
hisself, which he only took five. There
was now about 100 chips on the board.
Ike bet one, Jones went ten better, and
Brown raised it to twenty, because he
stood pat. The dealer said his'n was
valued at twenty more. Then I said {:
elbow many does it take me?" Some
II said "forty chips" which I invest
ed likewise, with sixty better. Then all
passed up to Brown, and I wanted him
bad to stay with his steal, but his sand
gave out and he passed. Says the dealer
to me, GLOW many did you draw %
Says L, GA card" "Well," says he,
81 don't want to lay down this hand ; 1
will bet sixty more than you !" Now
the dealer was a stranger like to our
party. He was from the country and
didn't know much about d. p. So 1
thought it my duty to let him down
easy, and 1 only called him. What
have you got ?" said I. "Two pairs !"
said Simmons. Then it was my time
to be sorry hat 1 had an ace full on
kings. "Bnt," says the genial Sim
mons, "mine is two pairs of Jacks !"
Then l said "O!" and put on my hat,
and went down in the street to look for
Christmas. As 1 went out the door
Brown asked me chow many / took? p
But Brown always was a person which
will kick q man when he is down.
Louisville COurier-JOurnal.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22
EARIETIES.

ALL but oarsmen are content with
single skulls.
THE cheapest of lawyers-keeping
ones own counsel.
LEAVE your son a good reputation
and an employment.
ABOUT the most visionary fruit
known to mortals is the apple of the
eye.
Two heads are better han one, es-
pecially in a barrel.
AN expressman in indianapolis has
been arrested for taking things as they
come.
IT is a wonder scarf-pins don't get
sea-sick-they often ride on the bosom
of such heavy swells.
QUIZ believes in cremation, for the
benefit of the soap trade. He knows
lots of people whose ashes would make
splendid I've.
THE man who remarked that the
Prince of Wales was born with a crown
on his head was not aware that all chill
dren are so born.
An Indianapolis girl closes a love-
letter with: 1.-The ring is round, the
dish is square, and we'll be married
the next State Fair. The bell shall
ring, the drum shall play, and well
go dancing all the way. Answer soon.
MARY"
A GENTLEMAN of Louisville has a dog,
a pointer. The dog ran up the steps of
q house and refused to come down. His
master followed, and found ga. Part
ridge" on the door-plate. This Illus
trates the force of instinct.
A New YORK politician, in writing a
letter of coincidence to the widow of q
deceased member of the Legislature.
says: 81 cannot tell you how panied
I was to hear that your husband had
gone to heaven. We were bosom
friends but now we shall never meet
again"
ODE to Suspension Bridge over the
Niagara river at the Fails, written in
the visitors book:
Enormous %structur,
Whar did the constructors stand
As built this ere?
Say, gentle news.
Alas. my news says nuffink!
ImadginashNn's foored.
! hev it now.
They did il in balloons"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-05-22

this ink was hot, but on this day they
had no hats ready, SO it was cold. Ben
ran through this room with Willie at his
heels, and forgetting the tub of ink, he
turned around suddenly to make the
little boy laugh again, for he loved to
hear his hearty laugh. His sudden
turn so surprised the little fellow that
he stepped backward and fell-clean
buff dress, fair golden curls, bright
merry face and all-into the great black
tub Poor little Willie /! You may be
sure big Ben did not let him stay there
a second. Before n could speak al
most he had jumped in, pulled ont the
frightened child and placed him on
q bench. You never saw such a sight
in your life There was this poor little
boy so fair and sweet a moment before,
all covered and choking with ink. Ink
running out of his nose and mouth, and
streaming from his curls, now black as
the ravens wing! His eyes, his neck,
his sleeves, Eel his pockets, full of
ink. He was a perfect little darkey.
Although Ben felt for the accident,
yet when he found that Willie was m
hurt, he laughed till the tears ran down
his cheeks.
But he grew sober again when he be-
gan to think of grandma, and of what
she would say when he brought Willie
home, and he felt too much ashamed to
face her. But it must be done, SO he
hurried the little boy. wet as he was,
dripping with ink, and crying black
tears, for they could not keep white on
such black cheeks, into the wagon and
took him home to his mother.
Poor lady She could hardly believe
this queer-looking darkey was her fair
faced, sunny-haired Willie. As soon as
she could understand it she brought a
great tub of clean water, and put him
in. But though she washed and wash
ed and scrubbed with all her might she
could not get the horrid black stuff OF.
However, rubbing ard scrubbing every
day at last wore it of, and after some
weeks had gone by he became first a
little brown boy, and at last a little
white boy again.
think he kept far away from all dye
tubs forever after. Do not you? And
now ne is a tall man, and has a dear lit
tie girl of his WI with Just such golden
curls, and she loves dearly to have
grandma tell her the story of her little
boy.-Hearth and Home.