The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-04-05
FACTS AND FANcIEs.

FACTS AND FANCIES.
California has concluded TO set up
the whipping-post for the punish
ment Of wife heaters. Delaware
should eend a congratnlatory tele-
gram. aa Isi'fs eTai = l
Fred Douglass is endeayoring to
have the Colored National Conyeu-
tion held. at CINCINNATI instead of
at Nashville. and at a later date
than April 3.
Two prominent business men are
dead !; Charles Danforth, President
of the Danforth locomotive works
and Ward Cherry, President of the
Silk Association of America.
Parties who contemplate going to
the Black Hills may expect warm
times with the Indians A fight oc
Cured between miners and Indians
on the I'd inst. at Deadwood Creek,
sixty miles from Fort Laramie, Thir-
teen Indians were killed.
A negro in South Carolina, who
was complaining OF the hard times.
declared they were the hardest ever
known. Why said he. II works
all day and steals all night and yet
I'm blest if kin make an honest
Eving'' is@ 9faF - 80 aaa'
Some men are born for luck. An
Arizona miner named Munson recent
ly. in the Globe Mining District,
found on the surface of the ground
a mass of metallic silver ore weigh
ing 1900 pounds. 1t was found to.
be almost mass of silver, worth at
least $40, 1000 .aya sax
A little boy said to his mother:
/" Ma / had the beautifulestl dream.
last night you ever saw. I dreamt
that I wouldn't go to school and that
you went out into the yard and cut
a great long switch, but inst as you
was going to give me an awful dress
ing the world came to an end. Didn't
I get. out. Of 1t easy, though p
FrQnklin Putriot. ae83 s.asi sssssa
He was smoking cigar on a car
where there were ladies. A lady
took out her purse. got ten cents.
and handed it to- the smoker.
q What's this for % said lie. '.Its
to buy you good cigar when you
smoke in the presence of ladies'"
He threw the cigar out of the
window, the scrip in the lady's lap,
jerked the strap. aud jumped out.
The other morning husband es-
corted his wife to the depot, that
she mi ght start on a visit to the
country. to be gone six weeks. and
as she was about ready to enter the
car he sail, i" Dear me won't be
lonesome though p Il rather think
you will" she responded. in a dry.
cutting tone, : for I've arranged
with six women, four policemen, and
two detectives to keep an eye on
you" He smiled, but it was a sad
Shot-guns are going out of fash
ion in Texas. A little while ago a
citizen was challenged by the may
or of Harrisburg to mortal combat
but declined the challenge. where
upon tile mayor went forth with his
trusty shotgun to murder him in-
formally. They met; the shotgun
missed FIRE; the citizen knocked him
down and classified him with the
ramroi till he beloved FOR mercy.
The sad event has cast a gloom over
the community. = -.
A colored woman on Leyee street
yesterday .heheaded a turkey prepar-
atory to placing III the dinner pot.
and held it by its feet while it was
struggling in the last expiring throes
of death. A negro man standing
near caught her by the arm excitedls'
and cried! .sTurn dat fowl loose--if
you let 'ern die in your hand you
gwine to have the wust Kind ner-
vousness all your life. and St. Vitus-
us Dance. so you can't stand STILL"
]" Go way. Niger" replied the wo,
man. t.ef de fowl die 'foIe de neck
quit bleedin', OATS good luck. i.
know what I'm doiI'.''
The announcement that Bayard
Taylor is the Centennial poet will
not surprise anybody.oq The COM
mittee have been i in consultation
with Longfellow, Bryant and Whit
tier. all Of whom urged the appoint
ment of Tay.or. whose reputation as
a poet has been steadily growing.
and ranks with the very few who are
far in front. His Ode to Goethe
a few months ago, was a cOnsnm-
mate work Of art, and magnificent
lie has undertaken most difficult
task, but he viii give it his best
strength. Ind we anticipate IA
nous success.--Cih. Commercial
E An ecclesiastical question of con
siderable interest has arisen at Bris'
toll, England. A letter has been re-
ceiyed from the Dean of Bristol,
from Nice, directing that certain
work connected with the extensive
restoration and the new nave of the
Bristol Cathedral shall be suspended
It'll bis return. About $50. 000is be-
ing expended on The restoration, and
the present action OF the Dean arises
from attention having been called to
the fact that. without the sanction
or even the knowledgeoof the Dean
and Chapter. figure of Pope Greg
DRY. wearing the triple crown, is
being placed among tue statues
adjoining the porch of the new nave.
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