The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-10-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Not one Of the Presidents nominations
has been confirmed by the Senate.
DIR. G.. NJ Whitthorne died last Sun
day night. He was brother of Hon.
w. G. Whittherne, NJ @.
A Red Cross Society has been organ
lied in New York city, with the object
of aiding wounded Russian soldiers.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and
North Carolina have all cut and housed
fine tobacco crops.
Eight hundred bales of tobacco were
brought to Key West from Havana by
one steamer recently.
The State tax of Florida is to be re-
duced this year to mills on the dollar,
an aggregate reduction of $4,000
A Nashville colored preacher is suing
member of his church for the payment
of subscription to the pastors salary
GEN. Abram Curyee, lumber dealer.
in New York, has failed. Liabilities.
sos, 200.
Col. Jilson P. johnson, late of the
Gait House, Louisville, will take charge
of the Maxwell House, Nashville, this
week.
The female treasurer of Sunday
school in Jefferson, Texas. absconded
last week with three hundred dollars
belonging to the school.
Mrs. John Bell, widow of the late
Hon. John Bell, died in Maury county,
Tenn. on Friday night, 18th inst, in
the 80th year of her age.
An autograph letter from the farfam-
ed and much-renowned Sitting Bull con-
tains this sententious remark: "Me no
want to treat with Christian statesmen;
all dam rascal, too much"
Woods Museum, in Chicago, ILL.,, was
partially burned on the 23d. A portion
of it was occupied as theatre, which
was Quilted and all the animals suffiocat-
ed. The loss is $40, 900.
A Georgia negro, detected in the act
of firing his employers gin. was releas-
ed on the ground that he s'had not yet
struck the match" 1t would be hard
to strike that magistrates match.
The proposition to hold a convention
in Chattanooga to consider the improve
ment of the Tennessee river, elicits IA
vorable expressions from the leading
men of that city.
A Washington telegram to the Gin
cinnati Times says that the President
determined to appoint Democrats at all
Federal offices in those States where
Republicans have no representation in
Congress.
The millinery and dress making trades
are brisk at present in all the large CEN
tiers of population. In New York city
last week one hundred and thirty-four
machine operators were advertised for,
in Boston forty, in st. Louis one hun
bred and fifty.
The Whitesburg Independent publishes
horrible story about the outraging of
the person of small white girl, daugh-
ter of Mr.. James Harris, in Hancock
county, by brute of negro named 10.
Green, about 18 years old. He was cap
tured and jailed.
At the Jackson fair, last Thursday,
two young ladies were crossing the race
track while running race was being
had, one of the horses struck Miss Annie
Scurlock and knocked her about twenty
feet, breaking her collar bone and 9TH
erwise injuring her. The rider was
thrown by the horse falling and serious
consequence, and his skull fractured.
According to the report of Messrs.
Dun, Barlow & Co.'S Mercantile Agency,
for the third quarter of 1877, embracing
the months of July, August and Sep
TENDER, the business failures in Ten
nessee amounted to only II, with liza
libities aggregating $1S2, 500. The fail
ure for the nine months of 1867 ending
Sept. 80, were 81, with $735, 319 liabili-
ties, against 100 failures and 81, 755 ,976
liabilities for the same period in 1876
certainly q very satisfactory decrease.
Nashville American: The Tennesse
Historical Society, yesterday, receiv ed
from B. W. Bowen, Esq, of Austin III :,
one of the Windsor, or wooden chairs,
formerly belonging to ex-President Mil
lard Fillmore. 1t was one of a set OF
six which he commenced housekeeping
after his marriage in 1920 or 1880. The
authenticity of the relic is beyond ques.
ton. It's mate is in the Historical So
ciety rooms at Madison, Wis. Mr..
Bowen also sent an autograph letter OF
ex-President Fillmore.
The Republican popular majority at
the French elections appears from the
returns TO have been 53S, 1928 votes, they
polling 4 ,273, 1877 votes and the Mac8Ta-
honites q, 734 800 votes. AT the election
in February, 1876, the Republicans
polled 1916, 1877 votes, the Monarchists
SOC, S24 votes, and the Bonapartists
1916, 715 votes, giving the Republicans
a majority over all of /, 431 ,596. This
shews that at the late election the Re
publicans lost 872; 760 votes So much
for the power of the machine in French
politics, although these figures may in
The future be amended in favor of the
Republicans. They have q majority of
about $50 In the Chamber, but it re-
mains to be seen what it will avail them
under the present system of govern
ment.
Sitting Bull.