The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-06-06
NEWS SUMMARY.

The Tennessee Dental Association will
meet on Lookout Mountain, June ~.
A million buffalo have been killed in
Western Texas alone for their hides
Buffalo beef would sell we'll in England.
From Danville, Va. and other parts
of the State, comes intelligence of armies
of seventeen year locusts.
DR.. Donahoo, of Huntsville, Tenn,
ten years ago. lost FIVE hundred dollars.
He found it recently behind the drawer
from which he thought it was stolen.
E. E. Benton, editor of the RellviIle,
Tenn, E1sterPriae. was married recently,
and gave column and half notice of
the event. Evidently benton the enter
prise. taal
While workmen were engaged at
Knoxville iast Friday in digging out the
foundation for a new building on Gay
street, for Mai. Tom O'Conner, one of
the banks of the excavation fell in crush
ing to death man named James Pinson.
Two hundred and eleven dollars were
contributed for the erection of mOnu-
mcnt for the Confederate dead at Elm
wood, at the decoration services at Mem
phis on Sunday 9th.
Fletcher Harper, the last of four
brothers who founded the Harper's Pub
fishing House, died in New York on
the Goth ult., in his seventy-second year.
John, James, Joseph and Wesley are the
brothers who have passed away.
The rapid rise of Ballard Smith, who
had been managing editor of the Courier
Journal and editor of the Evening
Ledger of Louisville, after his connec-
tion with the World, New York, is favor
ably commented upon. Men of talent
rise to success when once placed in a
position to bring out the latent powers.
New York is well adapted to successful
growth or fearful downfall,
The marriage between Mr.. Farjeon
and Miss Jefferson is to take place in
June. The young lady has, they say,
a fortune OF a million of dollars. She
fell in love with the author through his
books. They viii spend their honey
moon in Switzerland, where Mr.. Far
jeon will finish his story for next Christ
mas. In the fall they viii go TO Amer
ioa with old Grip" himself
The Abingdon Standard says that sew
eral years ago large number of white
pine trees were planted with great deal
of care in the campus at Emory and
Harry College, and about twenty being
left, they were planted in the cemetery
on the opposite and adjacent hill. Eve
ry tree set out on the campus died, while
every one in the cemetery lived and
fourished. This is singular fact to say
the least. particularly as the choice trees
were put in the campus.
The Burlington Haaekeye solemnly
states that, the other day, one of its
editors cut out of an Eastern paper a
map of the Russian war, and hung it
on a hook for reference. One of the
compositors, prowling about for copy,
got hold of it, thought it was an edito-
rial article, and set up q column and a
half on ss A New Plan for Funding the
National Debt" before the foreman dis
covered what he was at and killed him.
Ten Brock beat the fastest two-naiIe
record at the Louisville races on the Goth
ult. The fastest two mile time ON re-
cord up to the 28th ult,, was that made
by True Blue at Saratoga 1S7O-s:S2f.
This time was beaten by Gen. Buford's
RIcWhirter on the 2Sth ult., this gallant
horse making the distance in 3:3ol. The
next day the champion horse on the
American turf, Ten Brock, made the
I dash in 3:274, five seconds better time
than True Blues, and three seconds fast
er than McWhirter's,
The State Department has received
lately quite large number Of letters
f-om the medical profession asking all
sorts of questions about the Turkish and
Russian services. They desire first to
know IL they go into either service viii
they retain their citizenship. and then il
the pay Is good and certain. They fur
, tlaer desire 10 know what is She State
.Department's opinion A. 10 the prudence
of such q step. Answers are made 20
all OF these Inquiries. The inyariable
reply is that we are d strictly neutral
mower, and the best thing our citizens
can do Is 20 keep out Of foreign trouble.