The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-12-08
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

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NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.
The state of Texas has nearly, 1900
Oranges. -
Corn is selling at 40 cents in the ear
at Cleveland. Corn meal so cents.
The Cleveland Banner says Bradley
county has at least $4,000 worth Of sur
plus horses, mules add cattle r
Col. G.. M. McGhee has returned zfroEAs
his trip West, where he has been engaged in
perfecting his through connection from
Memphis to Norfolk.
The Prllssians are evidently growing
tired OF 50 lnueh zwarlike PREPARATION by.
their government. Last year there were
$4,000 desertions from the army.
A steamboat is being built at the mouth
Of Eastanaulla on the Hwassee, and VIII be
put into the trade some time during the APP
preaching winter or early next spring.
The May Belle, new steamer which
has been built on the Hiwassee above Charles
ton, was taken to Chattanooga Tuesday to
receive her engines and machinery, which
will be put in by the firm Of Webster s,
Marks.
The supreme court Of Maine has decided
that if a person buys a railroad ticket for a
passage between two given points he has the
right to ride an equal distance anywhere ON
the road, and in any direction.
The majority for the ratification Of the
new constitution of Alabama is between
fifty and sixty thousand. Only four coun-
ties in the state gave lnajorities against it.
the remaining siXty-One counties are over
whelming in its favor.
The average cost of farm labor by the
year III Missouri is ascertained and reported
By the nited States Agricultural Depart
lnent TO be, without board, SIC 40 and with
board Sl3 Is per month. The average rate
Of wages throughout the United States is
u 40
The number of failures in the United
States for the three quarters of year last
passea have been 5,334, with Liabilities of
$l8l,l72 ,5o3--fgures largely exceeding
those Of previous years-TnOre than one-half
Of which were in states in which manufac-
turing is the chief interest
The last grand jury of Greene county,
Ga, says the Atlanta Constitution, officially
asked their representatives IN the legislature
to urge the passage Of Il law imposing a tax
of one dollar head on dogs, and a tax Of
five dollars on each pistol in the county. the |
proceeds to be applied to educational purpo- /
ses. -..
The New Y orll Herald Of the 21st saws:
The Rev. j. B. Hawthorne, of the Tabcr- |
nacle church, New. York, has been at the |
gates Of death. For several days last week t
4 council Of physicians despaired Of his life, |
but hopes are entertained Of his recovery.
Bro Hawthorne is well known III the south,
where he was reared.
WIN. B. Astor is dead Aged 81 wears.
He had been in i'll health for "a long time.
The event was not unexpected During the
course Of his long life, the value Of property
to him by his father has been
increasing and it is almost i'm
possible, at the present time, to estimate its
amount 1t consists OF real estate III all parts
# the city, and IS worth many million dollars.
A number Of Alabanians who had ref
Igeed to Brazil after the war returned 10
heir homes last week. They report that
he Southerners whom they met in Brazil
ire anxious to return home and parties are
coming as fast as they can get the money
o bring them. They are all disappointed
n the country, disguised with the mode of
wing and with the people and their kaI-t,
md customs.
Jefferson Davis has ACCEPTED the Pres
dency Of the American Department Of the
Mississippi Valley Society Of London, which
vas rendered him by the President of the
organization. The object Of this movement
5 to direct attention to the development of
he commercial and agricultural resources of
he Valley Of the Mississippi. Mr. Davis
will devote his entire energies TO the work
n this country and Europe, making his
at New Orleans.
The Kingston East Tenn 2sseean says: |
l man by the name of Mast0uHIcnry stop
ed at Squire Cages house last Saturday, s
light, and next morning claiming to be sick
nd lame, asked the lean of a horse to carry
i'm few miles. The squire taking com
assiOn IN him, loaned the horse and sent his
tile boy along to bring the horse back. 7
fter travelling several miles, he sent the
oy back, aud took the horse of. He WAS 6
ursrted and oveTtallcu somewhere near AT e
rs, McMinn county, and brought back and
'dged in cur jail. -- "a
Young man, be brave Many peo- !,
lie imagine that courage is confined v
} the field Of battle. There could a.
e no greater mistake. Even COM s.
entions, are not by any means limi- p
I'd to the public .battle-felds. And
lcre are other struggles in private.
fe-struggles with adverse circum-
ances-strugglcs, it may be, with
abits or appetites, or passions-all
{ which require as much courage
nd more perseverance than the te
rief exciting encounter of a battle q
The Southern Pacific railroad is decid- ca
ly crooked ut Tehachape Pass. About IN
-enty miles of the road is a succession Of
t., ills and tunnels. Within this distance .
ere are thirteen tunnels ranging from
100 to a few yards in length. The great
part of the way the road bed is cut
rough solid granite, and the elevation is so be
eat that the first mile and half is attain u, Sn
by LAYING down eight miles Of track. In pr
e place the road runs through a tunnel, vi
circles the hill and passes a few feet above
1tunneL After completely encirclng the
! and going half way round again, the
lck doubles on itself, and after running
'eral mics in the opposite direction strikes "
the canon. Once the track crosses the C.
IS, and this involves the building OF a long wi
d very high bridge; On another part Of ! III
3 road is a mile and a half in length, int
lCcs- over 600 feet hollow the sItrfarn