The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-08-30
Local Notes and Other Nescs.


- Col P. A. Shearer returned to his
home in this place, last Sunday, from
protracted business trip West and South.
= GreeneviIle organized Wheeze
and Haler club last week. Maj. Petit
bone addressed the meeting.
= The happiest man we know in town
is our esteemed friend, Dan Briscoe. It's
great big 10 pound Tilden reformer.
No go for independents" this fall.
They had better clear the track. Hon.
est reform is bound to win.
Hon. M. c. Kerr was the first
Speaker of the House of Representatives
who died during his term of office.
= Sam. B. Noe is again to the front.
It's Whaze-and- Heeler-Fo pulling
down all of 10 pounds. Sam is happy.l
= Ii chickens were going for cent
apiece, Randolph couldn't ride into Con-
gress on feather, as his chances don't
run that way.
= Sunday morning the temperature
of the weather took a sudden change,
and heavy shawls and fall clothing made
their first appearance for the season.
= Mrs. Sturgis, mother of Lieutenant
Sturgis, who was killed in the Custer
slaughter, has become insane from grief
He was her only son.
- The newly elected Trustee for Will
hanson county, Tenn, has no arms at
all. He lost both arms at the battle of
Fort Donelson when quite boy.
= The municipal election in Memphis
last week resulted in unanimous Dem
ocratic victory, the Republicans placing
no ticket in the field.
We learn from the Reflector that the
Home Mission Board has appropriated
$4,000 towards the support of the work
in the End Church at Knoxville.
An influential Republican of the
town remarked Thursday evening last,
that he believed Hon. VIM. Mcfarland
an honest man, above suspicion, and
above all political trickery whatever.
We learn that man by the name
wounded, last Friday, at Dry Valley,
Granger county, by two men named
Wolfe and Allen. We could get no par
ticulars from our informant.
a correspondent in Jefferson coun-
ty writes us he has turkey gobbler who,
when the hen lays eggs, divides the pile
and sets upon at least half of them him
self. An eggs-acting old gobbler! A
Tilden bird without doubt
- There will be any amount of "gas"
furnished free of expense, during the
campaign-the main pipe from the me-
ter having been connected to Judge
Randolph while in Morristown last
week.
= The Bristol Courier says that Mr.. J..
w. Peltier, formerly of the Johnson City
Times, and late of the Clinton Tribune,
proposes to start paper in Bristol in a
few days. 1t will either be semi-weekly
or daily.
- What's the meaning of the prison
ers, from time to time confined in the
county Jail at this place, in taking their
liberties in their own hands, by making
'Fhome-stretches" on leg bail? Echo an
swers, there is no Jail here fit for hog.
"A man giving his name as H. Webb,
but supposed to be William Weems,
who recently murdered his wife near
Greeneville, was captured in Manches-
ter, Coffee county, last week. He an
swers to description of the murderer.
Stephen Shipe, OF Knox county, cut
ia tons and $50 pounds of German mil
let from twelve acres. The hay was
weighed the fourth day after being cut,
and is most remarkable yield.
= Two Presbyterian laymen of New
York city have recently sent to the wife
of a Presbyterian clergyman in Smythe
county, Va, who was engaged in col
lecting a communion service, hand
some silver service with a baptismal
bowl.
= Col. Jas. White, of Hawkins coun-
ty, is being brought forward by his
friends as a candidate for Congressional
Eleetor for this district. Col. White
is well known throughout the district,
and is an able and eloquent speaker
- The Baptist Association, held at
Macedonia church last week, was very
largely attended, and the services full of
interest Sunday morning, at an early
hour, hacks, ambulanoes and wagons
were in requisit!on conveying citizens
to the church. The Association closed
its session Sunday evening.
= Prof. j. A. and DR.. Pinkney Carri-
ger returned last week from visit to
the northern metropolitan cities, taking
in liberal supply of the Centennial ex-
position. 1t is the opinion of the Doc
tor, from what he has seen in the last
few weeks, that the Uniten'd states'n,
taken altogether, is country not to be
sneezed at.
We have on our table q catalogue
of Prof. Knabe's Knoxville Academy of
Music, for 1876. 1t shows the school to
be in fourishing condition-there be-
ing in attendance 80 pupils, II females
and II males No teacher in the State
has been more successful in his calling
than Prof. K The next session begins
Sept. 4.
A correspondent of the Courier says
the family of the patriarchal j. G.
Smith, of Union, recently had reunion.
His SON and family from Petersburg,
Va; from Jackson, Tenn, and lastly |
on Monday evening Rev. Ketf Smith
and wife came to complete the circle. |
It is very populous, lively, and low
ing household just at present.
- The SWeetwater Enterprise says that
The store of Mr.. D. b, Childress, at that
place, was entered by burglar, on
Thursday night. who forced open the