The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-11-14

sale houses, particularly, is business
quite gratifying and the fairest evidence
of a corresponding improvement in the
retail trade of all descriptions may be
heard on all hands, that trade is pick
ing up"
From the cambridge Waterman
NIPPED IN THE BUD.-Quite stir was
occasioned in the Female School at this
place Monday, when the Principal called
a dozen or more of the young ladies to
confession of habitually sending and re-
ceiving billet doux,' containing glow
ing descriptions of an innate longing to
love some nice young man and being
loved in return. About all the Misses
on trial plead guilty, and made volun
tary promises of future abstinence from
like practices.
A DIsGRACEFUL AFFAIR.-One NOM
ing last week, party of men went to
the house of Mr. George Reneau, ten
ant on the farm of Stokely Williams, in
the 9Th civil district of this county, in
the absence of Mr.. Reneau, and after
making some very boisterOus demonstra-
tions and brandishing knives, clubs, etc,
using obscene language to the female
portion of the family, ETC., proceeded TO
tear off about half of the roof of the
house, leaving the family and half cook
ed breakfast exposed to the rain that
was then falling. We understand that
Mr.. Reneau is a very quiet and inoffen-
sive citizen. Mr.. Reneau's mother-in-
law was so badly frightened that she
was attacked with q nervous spasm.
Mr.. Ponder Sehorn, like the good Sa-
maritan, came to the relief of the dis
tressed family and moved them into
vacant house belonging to Mr.. Fain, un-
fill the return of Mr.. Rcneau.
One dav last week, while Sheriff
Bower. of Cooke county, was working at
the Jail with the prisoners, one of them
mistook an opportunity to abscond, and
starting on the thome run" told the
sheriff to shoot if he liked. The sheriff
did as requested but failed to bring
down his man, who, chased awhile, was
then lost sight of, when dogs were put
on his trail, and the truant "treeG" and
insinuatingly coaxed to return to the
loving fold.
From the Jonesborough journal.
JAIL DELIvERY.-O last Sunday
night, the prisoners confined in the Car
ter county jail, five in number made
their escape, and only one-Stewart of
Three Card Monte nntoriety has been
recaptured. The jaflor we are inform
ed, had left the key in the door, which
afforded them the means OF escape. No
body to blame, of course. It was all
purely accidental.
THE TIMES. We are informed that
Mr.. JAS. FL. Mitchell, has sold his in
terest in the Times to Rev. JOS. Fl.
Crouch of this place. We congratu-
late Mr. Mitchell, on his success IN sell
ing out, as we understand he made
money by the transaction. The Times
under the new regime certainly pre-
sents medley, strange mixture Of Gle
ments Mr. hardwood, being a strait
Republican-Rev. Mr. Crouch strait
Democrat, and Col. T. Fl. Reeves, the
Editor In chief, fs--well, sometimes a
Democrat-sometimes a Republican,
sometimes both, and sometimes neither,
and Just new under the influence Of
Hayes Southern Policy and the Demo-
cratic victories, that are now being
achieved throughout the land, he seems
to be kinder befogged, and there is no
telling to what point he win set his
cOmDasS.