The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-24

the last Legislature. Mf. Starnes made
an attentives faithfal and excellent Rep
resentative, and SO far as we have learn
ed gave general satisfaction TO the in
/ telligent constituency he represents
- Our streets have been unusually
lively for-the- pastsEeelz with wagons
from the country, loaded with all man.
ner of countxy produce. Pork was Of
/ fered at 81 cents metz We 1ciieveiour
coa1rtry friends find no kIifhoultyin dis
posing of their produce, especially poul7
htry Uf alllkindsaas our shippers are plen-
Itifsal and have the whefewith to buys
FL 4The Jonesboro Jotir5R learns that
a great many new suits are being sinsti-
tuted in the courts Of Washington conn
1ty. This reflects but little credit on the
efforts and influence of her Changers. =
/ The same paper says that Leesburg has
t had a gracious revival in her Prespyte-
rian church. Fifteen conversions ana
fourteen additions 10 the church, That
/ reads better. -. ..-ss.,-~,
I - Maj. Thomas o.connor, of Nash
vile, has purchased the beautiful spbur-
/ ban villa at Knoxville. known as 4 Mel
rose, from Judge o. T. Temple, and
purposes making it his residence as soon
as his affairs in Nashville can be settled.
We congratulate the citizens of our old
homo on the return to- their midst Of. so
! public spirited, liberal and influential a
] gentle nvn MS Major &c. s81 ssnjHaa
/ 5s--The election for municipal officers
of Chattanooga came of last Thursday
and resulted in Fan Overwhelming VIC
btory for. the Democracy. ~ Tominson
Fort, Dem, was elected Mayor. over j.
wv. James, Reps by a4majoTityo of 2s2
Iivotesa Last year James majority over
his Democratic competitor WAS 217. The
democratic candidate for Marshal asNEas
also elected, and one half Of the Alder
men, among whom we are proud to re-
cosnize the name Of the patriot Teren-
paw Who cares now for the Gahagans! !
81 Beecher 1ectured last Thursday
night at Norwich, N. y, to an audience
+ Of about one thousand, at seventy five
lcehts a head, on Education and Govern
.1nent. He advocated public schools with
the Bible excluded, and was applauded
by his bearers. The Knoxville Chronicle
ehampioned Beecher in the charges of
adultery, and win probably not even
vince at this less departure of the great
man from what has been hitler. o regard
ed as sound and orthodox in morals,
1t struck US as being exceedingly
thin The declaration. was made by a
disting nished railroad official q few days
ago, as he started from this place on, the
cross-ties, ayowedly for Knoxville, that
he liked pedestrian exercise, and wanted
to see the road-bed! We've acquired
some character for counting ties on that
same line; but We never gave SO ridieu-
| lous excuse as that-especially if it was
known that we started off in company
with that young LochinVar. j ohnM !!
la8- An employee of the Nashville and.
Chattanooga railroad, while passing by
freight train at Chattanooga recently,
heard faint cry from one of the cars,
LET me out Pm dying ~ The car was
opened and two men found therein, who
had got aboard at Louisville, Kys,s to
steal ride to Nashville, andshad 5been,
locked up for fl We days. They had brok-
en- open box of crackers andaeaten
abouta dozen, but were nearl y dead from
thirst. The car was destined for Allan.
la, and ftswas a mere accident it stopped
at Chattanooga Had it gone through,
the men must have died on the way.
- And still the good work goes on !,
Capt. John Moore, with full corps of
men, began laying new fish bar iron on
the track, two miles east of This place,
last Monday, and win continue the. i'm T
provement to Russellyille. The fsh-bar
extends now, with few. exceptions, from
Knoxville to Bristol, and the gaps now
existing will soon be closed, SO that pas
sengers will glide over the road with a
gentleness heretofore unknown. The
rock .crusher has rendered, the, cross-ties1
and road-bed as firm and solid as granite.
- Thos. d. Flanagan, chief clerk in
the distributing room of the Nashville
post Office, a young ansof good parent
age and heretofore enjoying the best so
ciali position, was arrested by Special
AgentsJ B. Minnis, last Thursday, for
ipurloining money from letters addressed
to. citizens of Nashville. Decoy bills
were found in his possession, and heIcon-
fessed the crime, stating that he had OBJ
tanned by repeated robberiesabout $500. /
He was admitted to bond in the sumyof
%, 900 for his appearance before the
United States Circuit Court. ssh4 /
.ss-zrhe young men composing the Nor.
ristown Brass Band have secured the SER
vices of Prof. Charles DiIworth as Di-
rector, for the time being, and propose
to use every effort towards making it |
what it should be, an indispensable lux
uTyoto5our town. }cBIessrs. D.oW.sG Da- |
Wis the Leader. Glenn KidweH, Henry |
Shields. and that veteran n ewspaPe MAJ, |
Mabe Murrell,. deserve great credit for
Che persistent efforts they have made to !
secure. II a permanent existence The
prcsentanembers are steady, industrious.
young men, and the music at their last
meeting was pronounced by the Profess
sor as worthy of mention. We wish the |
boys success I
= The first number of the Baptist Re-
rector was issued Saturday, and in mat
ter and topographic execution pre- I
sents meritorious and creditable APP
pearance. Mr.. Pope, the principal edi-f
itor is a vigorous and pleasing writer and |
starts out with his enterprise not entire
II destitute of a knowledge Of the char
acteristics paper must have to win sue
cess and permanence. We, have not . I
doubt but that the new paper viii be |
generously encouraged and sustained by |
the denomination il represents. We