The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1876-12-13
Local Notes and Other Ne,cs.
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They'll have a rest Fly traps
Prepare your turkeys for Christmas;
also prepare one for the printer.
L w. Cate, member of the Ath-
ems bar, died recently in that town.
- Partridges were offered for sale on
our streets last week at &C. piece. Too
much monish
- Santa Claus will make headquart-
ers at Hill s. Haynie's. Leave your or
ders there for him.
- Christmas comes but once a year,
so let us all try to make it happy one
by sober merriment and good feelings.
= Leaf lard is retailed at the slaugh-
ter house at 10 cents per pound. 1t pro-
duces 90 per cent Of pure lard.
w. H. Barnard and M. G. Parkey,
of Claiborne county, hog dealers, spent
a day in our town last week
- Three or four droves of hogs have
been driven into town during the week.
They were unusually large, probably av-
eraging $50 pounds.
We are prepared to execute all
kinds of Job Work as expeditiously and
as cheap as any other establishment, but
for it we must have the cash.
u If you see tear-drops standing in
fellows peppers, nowadays, don't think
he's weeping over TIlden. He's only in
the initiatory of bad cold. That's all.
If you go to Knoxville for holiday
presents, don't forget to call on Peter
Kern and George H. Smith & Co. What
they haven't.got in their lines isn't worth
having.
= Deluded souls who dream so wild |.
Capt. VIM. Kerr, of Knoxville, passed
down the road one day last week having
in charge sixteen emigrants from the up
per counties for Texas.
: The slaughtering and curing of
pork is now of more importance than
any political problem. Will Holt killed
his eleven months old pig last week and
it netted 354 pounds
= We are requested to say that very
handsome silk handkerchief (lady's) was
picked up on the street recently, and
will be returned to the owner by appli-
cation to VIM Holt.
= Grant s. Co. may send all the troops
and Returning Boards in the kingdom
here, but they cannot count you out of
good smoke if you try one of the bal
timore FaVorites," sold at headquarters
by John Tate, for nickel.
= Last summer the cry all over town
was ice, ice, ice Let our citizens prof
it by it this season, and makersure of
their supplies that they may have no
trouble in the warm, parching simmer
months to obtain it,
"A correspondent of the Chicago
Inter Ocean says the world is drawing
rapidly to focus. Won't some body
pity and pray for Boydg The echo
sends back an answer, ''No! beyond re-
demption, politically"
- During the excessive cold snap last
week the water feeders of the raihoa
tank at this place froze up, cutting off
supplies. John Moore extended pipes
from the tank to Turkey Greek, and has
been forcing a supply of water for the
trains day and night.
= The Electoral College met at Nash
vile last Wednesday and cast the vote
of the State for Samuel J. Tilden and
Thomas A. Hendricks. Tully Brown,
of Nashville, was elected messenger to
carry the vote to Washington.
We once had Sheriff named Boyd
Whose tenure is now declared void;
But he knows how to deal
With negroes who steal,
And help him to perpetrate fraud,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
- The Age, of Knoxville, is uneasy as
to coal famine. 1t says that the min
ers in the employ of the two principal
companies operating in Anderson coun-
ty arc on strike and have inaugurated
fierce battle for what they consider the
right 1t is bad time now for such de-
monstrations. "Let us have peace"
= From the last Greeneville InteIlS-
gencer we learn that the material and
good will of the paper has been sold to
Mr..Henry v. Sewer, editor of the Pub
lic Opinion, who will continue its publ
cation instead of the Opinion. Mr.. Sc
vier is an industrious newspaper man,
and deserves success. We part from our
friends johnson and Coleman with re-
greet, sincerely hoping that their labors
in any undertaking hereafter may be
pleasant and profitable.
- The 10 per cent law is to be re-
pealed, and the dog law to he let alone.
athens Post Korrect, Sammy; them's
the sentiments of this entire precinct,
more especially ours, as we have certifi-
Gates from our efficient and popular re-
venue collector, Tip Maze, that Whitley
and Leo have passed the examining
board and are entitled to all the immu-
mites of doghood.
- Mr.. Newton Bogart, who has long
been connected with the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia railroad, has
been appointed as assistant to the Vice
President and Superintendent. 1t is
position of great responsibility, but Mr..
Bogart's long experience as railroader,
aud his carefulness and judgment emf
nently fit him for its duties.-HeraIda and
Tribune. Which sentiments we most
cordially endorse.
= V5ek's Floral Gacsde is now on our
table. 1t is quarterly and is published
at the exceedingly low price of % cents,
a number. 1t is, as 1t name indicates,
floral guide" 1t treats of flowers in
their widest scope; gives directions how
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