The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-12-15
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Clerk and Master Murphey.
cT Christmas Go to DR. Magee's
new drug store TO buy your Christmas
toys and trix.
Mr.. w, z. Gibbins, of Woodruff g Co.,
Knoxville. one of the most pleasant and
popular gentlemen Of that city gave US
call last Saturday.
- Our Claiborne county readers will
find something of personal interest to
them or their neighbors, to-day, over the
signature of T. c. Rogers, Tax coiIec-
tor.
ES Holiday presents, ornamental. USE
full and appropriate, suitable for Christ
mas gifts, just received at DR.. Magee's
new drug store.
= We aekHow ledge Our obligations to
Hon Wn McFarland for the Conyres-
sionoi I5ecerd, ordered TO be sent AS during
the session, and for other valuable at
tentions.
= Wallace Shaddon, formerly of this
place, was in our town several days last
week, doing all he could for the benefit
of the excellent house of Beardens &
McNutt, Knoxville.
- 1t speaks as well fer the efficiency
of our Tax Collector, Tip Maze, as it
docs for the condition and promptness of
our eountymen that only "a per-
sons in the county have failed to pay ar
rearges of State and county taxes.
- The Union Landmark learns, with
regret, that the Agricultural Manufac-
t,,,i,, o. oct, t.l;sl,r,,o, 4ha% sl,a G-oDrare
were preparing to erect ut Telford's, in
Washington county, is likely to prove a
failure With the Landmark, we trust
the report is unfounded
EB-A superior and very fine quality
of silver-plated ware, suitable for pre-
sents, for sale at DR. Magee's new drug
store.
- Ii is n work of supererogation to
call attention to the holiday announce
ment of Geo. II. Smith, Jeweller, Knox
! vile. His house is well known, and his
word is like his goods, reliable and al
ways taken. "a
Deputy Marshal 8TcElroy and An
drew Ledford recently captured an ILL
cit still on the west side of the French
Broad river, opposite Atexander's, n. G.
VIM. Frisbee, Richmond Speaks and Al
lison Speaks were arrested. A 60 gallon
still and 80 gallons crooked whisky were
captured.
cB-C Christmas toys and holiday trix
will be sold from this time until the en-
tire stock at DIR. Magee's new drug store
is closed out, cheaper than they were
ever known to have been sold before in
Morristown.
We call attention to. the advertise
ment of the Weed Sewing Machine Co.
1t is first class in every respect, and the
most beautiful machine IN the market.
Having one in our family, we can IN
hesitatingly recommend it as doing all
that is claimed for it by the agents.
- 1t is important that every business
man should have a thorough knowledge
of Doubled Entry Bookkeeping. Read
advertisement of Behm's Commercial
College. A scholarship, cntitling the hold
er to full course of instruction in the
bookkeeping department of-the College,
can be purchased on reasonable terms at
this office
We were honorcd with brief call,
last Saturday, from Col. Wash. Allen, OF
Wolf Creek He is splendid type Of
the Mountain Adonis-enjoys ponderous
health, and neV er tarries long in print
ing office when there are as many hand
some widows in the town as there arc in
this But wen swear he didn't leave
his pocket book in this office.
E@-There is no admittancc fee to see
the inside OF Dr. Maghee's new drug
store, where his preparations for the hol
idavs are on exhibition All that is. ex-
pected is for You to buy what you fancy.
- The new county of Unicoi, formed |
by the last legislature from portions OF
Carter and Washington counties, recent
~ organized by electing the following
officers: l.. A White, Circuit Court
Clerk; J. B. Erwin, County Court Clerk;
John McInturf, Sheriff; Nelson Nc !
Laughlin, Trustee; J. E. Garland, Reve- !
nue. Collector; s. s. Wright, Register.
. James H. Grantham, aged about "a
years, died at heresidenceof Col VIM. |
II. Turley, McMillan's Depot. Knox !
comfy. last Saturday. The deceased |
was venerable and esteemed old citi- |
zen, and his remains were removed to !
his former residence in Granger county, |
and inferred in the family burial ground |
last Sunday. FFF FE
.sB- Besides toys and trixs for the chill |
dren, husbands and wives, young men (
and maidens, will find at DR.. Magee's !
new drug store, a very fine selection of |
goods, suitable for gifts of any
kind, costly or cheap, as mayb desired.
white at Knoxville, few days ago, |
a heavy attraction to amusement-loving I
young Americans, We discovered, was |
the public pedestrian exhibitions of era |
zy Dave Jackson, in his o. HaTa exercises
Dawes motions are about the SAME as
O'Hara's and the remuneration equally |
as good. 1t is huge fun for the boys, but
is evidently fast working the destruction
of David's wind apparatus.
We are pleased to note that our |
friend and popular tellOw-townsman,
James f. Thompson, made his debut last /
a superb new winter suit
probably a specimen of what the Shan
mons can do, when they are tried, in the /
way Of a gentleman's outfit. James is
our efficient and beloved County Trustee,
and now we trustees comfortable and
happy.
- The great feat has been accomplish
ed, and James O'Donnell, of Madison,
Indiana, has the champion stomach Of
the world, so far as heard from. He has
the task of eatfngthirty quails
in thirty consecutive days, feat before
which the most noted COMMANDERS have
heretofore met defeat ut some point. At
ter demolishing quail No. 80, bones and
all, he put away quail 81, and one dozen