The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-07-07
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

The old Indian reservation of 100,s
0G0 acres Of swamp lands in Wiscon-
sin, the title of which has long been
in dispute between the State and
the United States, has just been
awarded to the former.
4 bridge is to be built over the
FIRTH ofForth, in Scotland, tle height
of which viii be $50 feet, and the
nHlnBef of spans nearly 100. The
largest span i'm the centre is to be
Il 500 feet, or nearly one-third Of
mile in width, and-the smaller spans
$50 feet. 1t will cost about Sl0,000s-
090.a3dl 7stss5sf -
Abraham jackson. Che Boston law.
yer, whose exalted Christian eharac-
ter went to pieces with the shock of
the publication of his. rascality, can
not give bail, and will doubtless go
to the State prison for his crimes.
The estates entrusted to his care,
and from which he stole, will lose
S300,00Os. -. ers E-sf
One William Shakespeare is at-
tractipg considerable attention in
London. The gentleman is a young
tenor of promise, who was educated
at tile Royal Academy of Music, and
won the Mendelssohn scholarship
there some time ago. lie recently
made his debut at a. concert of the
Philharmonic Society.
The Unitarians of Troy are build-
ing a fine church. A passing trav-
eler inquired recently of n hod-car-
rier what kind of building it was.
The man didn't answer. is it a
church, hall. or whatP' +" Faith.
think it's a church." What kind
OF church," "Can't tell the name,
sir, but it's for them folks as Is try
ing to knock the bottom out Of hell"
Under the ruins Of the old castle
of King Dagobert the Abbe Denis
found a hens nest full of eggs. They
had been there 1900 years, hidden
from tile light and the air and the
changes Of temperature, and the hen
herself had, perhaps, barely escaped
when the. falling walls sealed her
eggs Theoretically for future times.
Ahhe Denis put three eggs under IA
hen. and they were hatched.
A few days since two gentlemen
started from Aviemore to ascend
Ben Macdhui, in Scotland, taking
with them provisions calculated to
last, one day. They had no guide.
and nothing was heard of them for
four days, when one of them arri ICED
in an exhausted condition at a game
keepers house in Glendee. His
companion was left on the mountain,
where he was found by a searching
party and carried to shelter. Both
tourists suffered much, but under
careful treatment are slowly recov-
ering.
A few days ago, in his seVentietIf
birthday, Samuel Holcraft Of Dick
enson, Iowa, decided to ride for the
first time in his life on a railroad. He
had lived within eight miles of sta
tion on the Burlington line, but had
never before felt like taking the risk.
lie sent to the superintendent of the
division asking which was the safest
train. and was miseheviously advised
to take one that ran the fastest of
any. On the appointed day Mr.. II.
was escorted to the station by a band
of music and a procession of villag-
ers i'm grotesque costumes. His ex-
.cursion was unattended by accident
although the nervous excitement
made him Ill afterward.
Mrs. Sarah X. Putnam, a clairvoy-
ant physician in Greenfield, Mass,
attended a woman who had diphthe-
ria, and Scratched her finger with
pin while arranging bandages around
the patients throat. The poison OF
the disease entered the slight wound
and Mrs. Putnam's hand, arm, and
at length her whole body became af-
fected, causing death. The Spring
field Republican gives this strange
feature of the case. ssShe claimed
to have been warned of the. spirits
not to attend this patient, but that
she. having a great affection for the
! young lady, finally decided to see IL
she could save her. saying she was
willing 10 lose her own life Il it was
necessary 10 do So"
Three professional Spiritualistsare
in q bad plight in Paris. They are
Leytnarie, editor Of the ReUae Sptrite.
Bugnet, a photographer, and Firman,
a materializing medium. They COM
bined to do a very lucrative bust
ness in making spirit photographs
and giving names, Leymarie's ) share
OF the work being to advertise the
others. At length they were arrest
ed as swindlers. Bue,net confessed,
giving an account of the trickery by
which they deluded their dnpes. The
pictures, he said. were made after
the, manner Of Numbers, and the
materializations were. presentations
and masquerades, like those of the
Holmeses and the Eddy brothers.
They are soon to be tried.
& For the last few weeks, tramps
have committed a series of terrible
depredations along the Erie railway.
Ten burglaries are set down to their
credit. A man driving along the
road was knocked down and robbed.
A gang attempted to break into a
house in Indian Orchard the night
of the 26th ult. The owner being
armed, drove them away. They
swore vengeance as they left, and
early the next morning the family
were aroused by the house being on
fire. They fortunately escaped, and
90 did tlle tramps. None Of the per-
petratorsf or these crimes have been
arrested. The inhabitants are get
ting tlio-ouohlv aroused. and the