The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-05-31
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: Strawberry Festival Friday night.

The Johnson Guards viii decorate
the grave of Andrew Johnson AT Greene
vile to-day.
= Strawberries are going at 10 cents
per quart in Knoxville. A few. have
made their appearance in Morristown at
25 cents
- Take your sweetheart 70 the
Strawberry Festival Friday night, and
she will think twice as much of you as
she did before.
= The genial and incandeseent headed
occasional correspondent" of the GA
zETTE from Thorn Hill, DIR. Wilkinson,
Illuminated our sanctum last Friday.
- The Athens Post comes to us en-
larged four columns. It is now about as
big as any of its country contemporaries
and better in interesting make up than
the best of them.
John Smiths hack tried to stand on
its head last Sunday near the depot. On
making short turn it was upset and
the contents 'came forth without de-
lay" No one hurt and no. damages.
= Jennie, lovely and interesting lit
tie daughter of Maj, Geo. w, Folsom,
of this place, while descending the stairs
few days since, tripped and fell, break
| ing her collar bone. AT present she is
doing well. a.s fE -
= The Greeneville Hlteztgeacer learns
that new paper, to be styled the Pubic
Opinion, will commence publication in
that place on the 9Th proximo. 1t will
be edited and published by Tom A. Ba-
ker and III. Y. Sewer. e.'tEl Il
Another murder was committed in
! Hancock county on the night of the 18th.
! George McNeal, son of the late County
! Court Clerk of that county, was shot by
4 II 4. krI. u
| after a preliminary trial, was taken to
Rogersville Jail, where he now is. ...
= Col j. p. L. Jennings, an extern
sive and well known live stock broker of
| CovingtOn, KY. whose family have been
visiting relatives in Granger county for
| several months past, returned home last
! Friday. j. w. (Buck) Easley and fam
lily accompany the party, and will here
i after make COvington their home. Luck
to you and yours, Buck.
AT John Overton's farm, near Nash
vile, recently, sixty-one blooded colts
were sold for 81 ;721, average price
$19231. In addition there were sold
nineteen head of Berkshire pigs, at an
average of $14 "a; also eleven head of
CotswOld sheep, at an average of $12 per
head Total amount of sale So, 220.
Every candidate will find it conven-
lent to supply himself with number of
cards, with his name and the Office which
he seeks neatly printed thereon. 1t is
easy by this means to keep your name
always before the people. Just leave
your card with every man you meet and
at the house you visit. 1t pays. We are
prepared to print them at this office in
good style and for a small sum.
The Carrollton KY INDEPENDENT says:
There are only two living members of
General JacksOn's staff who were pres
ent at the battle Of New Orleans, and
they both reside at or near Carrollton-
Major Thomas Butler and Gen. William
o. Butler. The first is over eighty-seven,
and the latter in the eighty-sixth year of
his age-both of them now enjoying
good health"
= We had the pleasure last week of
shaking the paw of our jolly and hand
some friend, Harry Samueis, of the
house of Nehmsmann 81 Bahlmann,
Cigar Manufacturers, Baltimore. We
have sampled some of Harry's cigars
and pronounce them to be first-class. If
you don't believe it, ask John Tate.
-Burrel Sphinx alias Beggarly, color
de was executed at Lebanon at I o'clock
last Saturday for the murder of Robert |
Hamilton, a peaceable white citizen of |
Wilson county, a year ago. The exc |
cution was witnessed by 5000 people
He died from strangulation in 90 min |
utes, and was the first public execution |
in that county for 40 years. ~ -a s
st. Michogas, (Scribner & Co., N. Y,
$500 a YEAR,. This is magazine for |
children. 1t is so full of good things
for the little people and those of larger |
growth, that we cannot particularize. |
Any child who can read will be over |
joyed by having this pictured" journal
Parents can make the little people hap. !
by for hours with it. Examine, and it |
will never be allowed to go out OF the
= Remember the closing exercises of |
our Female School next week. The ex-
amfnatiOns will be conducted in the |
Academy, beginning next Monday morn
ing and continuing till "Wednesday even
ing. Wednesday night there will be q
junior exhibition, consisting of rehears-
ais, essays, music, &c. The closing eX-
ercises proper will be Thursday morn
ing, and will consist of essays, music, 1
&C., by. the young ladies of the school.
Let the friends and lovers of education
= The members of the Knoxville Bar
held a meeting Monday night, 22d inst.
and organized Bar Association. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to select
officers and report a constitution aud by
laws. The following gentlemen were
elected officers: John Baxter, President;
George Brown, first Vice President; w.
p Washburn, second Vice President;
Leon Jourolmon, Secretary; L. Tillman,
treasurer: ao eI3yag-gaE 81
We 1earn that the Good Templars
Of our town are to have a picnic on the
10th of June, on which occasion there
win be several speeches by the most dis
temperance orators of the
State, the names of whom we win give
next week. The place selected for the
picnic is the beautiful and shady grove,
1ne mile from town, on the 'BuncOmbe
known as Purkey's orchard"
This being the first picnic of the season,
gay time is anticipated, and we hope
heir expectations will be fully realized.
We were not at home last week
when the marriage notice of our Young
'riend, Henry Buren,, of Burem's Store,
Hawkins county, was received, else we |
hould have certainly rendered our cor
lial wishes for the future happiness and
OF the couple Twenty-Five
rears ago Henry was learning, in our
,ffice, " the art preventative of all arts, "
nd his fidelity and industry as an APP
prentice has been since exemplified as
soldier and citizen, in all his works.
We take pride in following his credit
BILE career.
We have received the first number
f a large and handsomely printed sheet,
Untitled the Sunday Herald, published at
Austin, Texas, G. W. Crozier, Jr., pro-
,rietor, r. NJ. Smith, editor The Her
ID is independent in its editorial depart
nent, and is well filled with attractive ]
nd entertaining matter. Mr. Crozier is |
native of East Tennessee, and Is an en- !
rgetic, persevering gentleman, one that s
viii spare no effort to make his paper a y
God one, and we hope will receive (
atronage sufficient to ensure the sue
ess of his new enterprise. I