The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-17

nOcence OF these descendants VI 1AS %
vers of the Eternal city, their joyous
voices are already silenced, and even
! now, in an express car, are they being
carried far, far away from the scene OF
their boisterous gladness to deck for
sooth the festive board of some epicurean
Tsralite in whom no hog Is allowed to
enter! Alas for Romel
= Our young friend, William Nc.
Smith, who has always enjoyed the con-
fdence and respect of old and young in
this town, took leave of his friends one
day last week, for Chattanooga, which
progressive young city he purposes max
| ing his future home. Under the name
Of.W ooten & Smith he will engage ac-
lively in the mandatory of brooms.
We wish him the fullest success in his
! enterprise Aside from being connected
with the best families in our section, he
is an educated, intelligent young gentle
man, and will make a good citizen of
any community. We commend him to
the courtesy and confidence of our
| friends in Chattanooga.
Gov. Porter has appointed Col. John
A. Mckinney, of Rogersville, dele
gate from the FIRST Congressional Dis
trict, to the important convention. to be
held at Memphis, next Friday, 10Th inst. ,
to act upon matters pertaining to the
Southern Pacific Railroad. 1t is an i'm
p0rtant assemblage, and the convention
will have great influence in shaping the
location and terminus of this great enter
prise, upon which depends so largely the
hopes of the South for emigration, popu-
lation and wealth Col. Mckinney is a
watchful guardian of the interests of his
State, an able lawyer, and a gentleman in
every way competent to discharge the i'm
portant duties of his mission with cred it
to himself and fidelity to the interests OF
the people he is appointed to repre-
sent.
"A correspondent in Scott county
sends us these items from that locality
1t has rained almost necessarily for the
past two weeks. but little work has
been done on the railroad. 1t is thought
the road bed will be finished to New riv-
er by Christmas, nearly all the contracts
being finished at this time. Col. Tom
| O'Connor is out looking after business
pertaining to his convict labor employed
on the road-The Revenue officers
| have been diligent for the past few weeks
making raids on the "Moonshine" good
citizens. They have placed some fifteen
or twenty in lingo since the first of No
vember One officer. by name Risden,
was shot and killed while engaged in at
tempting to arrest illicit distillers.---
Mike O'Brien, a contracting mason at
section 1875, Cincinnati Southern railroad,
was killed Ona drunken affray on NIcMa-
hon & Gibbons works, last week.
1T is a matter of painful regret and
shameful reprOach to our citizens, the
neglected and dilapidated condition of
our cemetery. There is no more beau
tiful location for grave yard to be
found than the site selected and enclosed
on the emiuence northeast of the town.
Yet the whole enclosure is covered with
a thick underground of brush and briers,
and no one seems to care for the rcpul-
sive appearance it presents. This speaks
very badly for us all. That sacred rest
ing place of departed friends should he
cleaned up. Suppose a day is appoint
ed and all of us go to work at it,
His many friends, here and else
where, will be gratified to learn that
CI,orI;o DooJ IF 4bio oIano 10 NOM J,Ool-
keeper in the house Of J. w. Gaut,
Knoxville. With such preccptor and
companions as he now has, it will be his
own fault if Charlie does not develop the
excellent qualities he has so long suffer
ed to lie dormant.
= The busiest place in town, for
week past, has been the counting-room
of E. g. & S. NJ Shannon. Gracious
goodness the greenbacks that have
changed hands ! Tip Maze has been fig
uratively packing it away in quires. Tip
is our County Revenue Collector.
We may be little late, but we are
none the less sincere, in congratulating
the voters of Washington county, Va,
in the election of L C. Fowler as one of
their Representatives to the Legislature.
Mr.. #. has shown himself man of great
energy and usefulness as an editor, and
is bound to prove good legislator.
Since the 18th of August last,
Messrs. Rowe 6 Butt. of this place, have
manufactured and sold to one firm in
East Tennessee, 72O tin butter cans, av-
eraging capacity of 15lbs. each. This
besides being a slight indication of the
variety of work turned out by this in
dustrious firm, shadows the immense
amount of butter annually shipped from
this neighborhood.
= A few days since an aged and desti-
tute female. representing herself as be-
ing from Texas was trying to make her
way to North Carolina, where she says
she has relatives who are able TO provide |
for her the remaining days of her life
A few generous citizens contributed the |
amount necessary for her transit, and |
she took her departure on Capt. Taylor's |
line with heart running over with graf
itude.
= Rev. Mr.. Heren. now stationed at
Washington and Spring Grove, in Knox
county, preached at the Presbyterian
Church last Saturday and Sunday Be
ing stranger and an Englishman, quite
a number were in attendance at the SER
vices. His subject Saturday night was
the conversion of Jews by the Gentiles,
and the context was ably and most beau
tifully put forth by the eloquent divine.
Dir. Heren's manner of speaking is inn
and we trust our citizens may
have the pleasure of hearing him again
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