The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-01-26
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Knoxville is to have a street rail

Knoxville is to have q street rail.
road
BY examination. of reports it has
been ascertained that the winter of 1T7e
and the present one are very closely
allied to each other in point of tempera-
ture. 81
"A. NJ. Wood, who lives near this
place, started South last week with a
lot of fine horses. II the markets. any
ways active, AIeck and Grin will make
, good showing. ----g.z s~~. --v- -g~-
Mr.. E. @. Pettigrew. father of W.
A. Pettigrew, whose sudden death was
announced In these columns only a few
weeks ago, died last week at his home
near Morristown, in the list year of his
age. 800 ..-@ - e.-s e~s
- Greene county starts out handsome.
ly in the way of candidates for the cen
tennial year election The American
mentions the names of 7ine candidates
for Sheriff, and nearly as many for the
Legislature.
We copy on our first page an article
from the New York World on the death
of Mrs. Andrew johnson. The Knox
vile Chronicle, out of respect to the mem.
DRY of Col. Robert johnson, .contradicts
the statement of the World relative to
that gentleman ever being an inmate OF
an insane asylum.
- Tho editor of the BakersviIIe IN
CO. Independent was recently assaulted in
his office, by some fellow who imagined
himself aggrieved, and gave his assailant
an unmerciful threshing, and now he is
deluged with postal cards from contem-
poraries Of the mountain press, contains
ing the brief but expressive Macedonian
message, "Come over and help u.s."
Will wonders never cease I The
american at Nashville has actually dis
covered the existence in that city of a
paper called the Commercial and Legal
Reporter! II is fair to add however,
the discovery was not acknowledged IN
til the American needed an advertising
medium for its new and much needed
IoEGJe TQzetceT ana OIT6cIOTX.
And now his hair looks straighter
and blacker, his teeth sharper and whittier
and he goes around punching and stab
bing the unconscious pavements with his
iron clad pedalian attachment-Salvo
does--in the most reckless and inexcusa-
BILE manner and all this because it turn
ed out only 10 pound girl, after all +!
The many warm friends Of Miss
Addie Dickinson win regret to hear of
her departure last Monday, to Carriers
vile, Ga, which town will be in the fu-
ture her home. Morristown has lost one
of her most sparkling and charming
young ladies, and Gainesville may well
be proud to add Miss Addie to her list
of bellies.
Capt. 81. c. Helm. of Jefferson CO.,
and proprietor of the steamer Harry
Helm" was appointed by Gov. Porter
delegate to the Ohio River Improvement
Convention, which met last Thursday,
at Washington city. Capt. H is well
acquainted with the wants and merits of
our navigable streams, and we hope will
accomplish good for this section by his
presence and efforts in the Convention.
- For the past weeks our town has
been almost deluged by constant rains.
The roads leading into town are in a
wretched condition, and business has
necessarily been inactive. Monday, how
ever, was ushered in by the bright, warm
conntenance of "Old. SoI," and from
present indications we are likely to have,
for time at least, q return Of Indian
summer"
- Mrs. Robertson, wife of DR.. J. E.
Robertson, of our town, died of con-
sumption at her home one day last week.
The deceased was an exemplary member
of the n. E. Church South, and was uni
versalIy esteemed for her many chris
tian virtues and unselfsh devotion to
her family. In the dispensation of
Divine providence "a shining light" has
been taken from our midst. Her remains
were inferred at Economy, near this
place, last Wednesday,
- Professor Lang, of the Terpsicho-
rean art, will locate in our town for a
few weeks, giving an opportunity to
those who may desire to become pro-
ficient in this most graceful and improv-
ing accomplishment. The professor is a
gentleman of the old school, and will teach
any, or all of the modern dances. We
trust those of our citizens inclined in
this direction will give Prof. Lang a.
liberal patronage. We understand
class has already been obtained.
We had the pleasure Of a few mo-
ments interview, last Friday, with our
old friend, formerly of Rogersville, Col.
James r. Pace. As is well known, the
Colonel has been actively engaged for
more than year as travelling agent for
Virginia tobaccos His many friends
will be gratifed to learn thai he has re-
Gently established new Tobacco house,
at Danville, Va, under the style of Pace
& Stovall, at which they are manufac-
turing fifteen or twenty of the most pop
ular brands of tobacco. The fidelity and
that characterized the. deal
ings of Col Pace as an agent is satisfac-
tory assurance that the new house will
merit the patronage of the trade.
- AppEeton's journal for the week end
ing January %, is filled with its usual
quota of good matter. We do not know
of magazine superior to AppsetOTs's, and
but few that arc equal to it. We wish
every one of our subscribers had copy
of it, as many of them have. As an i'm
ducement to subscribers, the publishers
that they have procured, ex-
for subscribers to AppIetoas's
a magnificent steel engraving of
'' Charles Dickens in His Study at Gads-
hill" The engraving alone is worth the
Drice vet it is offered in