The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-03-21

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Local Notes and Other Netcs.
Lovely weather
Begin to plant your spring advertise
ments
Part of the brass band was out few
nights since. Keep it up boys.
Morristown is well supplied with
saloons and wood-pile hoppers
March came in like lion and accor-
ding to contract win go out like lamb.
Mr.. Geo. Andes, of Bristol College,
gave us a social call last Friday
Judge Robt. Mcfarland returned home
last Monday, from the Supreme bench.
See advertisement in to-days paper of
valuable school property for sale at Lead
yale. Somebody will get bargain.
A new Republican paper win soon be
launched on the waters of journalism at
cambridge.
Awagon load of chickens was brought
to town last Monday, and disposed of at
a good price.
Mrs Brady, wife of G. L. Brady, near
Morristown, died last Sunday of con-
sumption.
See Clerk and Masters advertisement
of valuable lands in Cooke county for
sale.
Ex-President Lerdo, of Mexico, passed
through Morristown last Sunday, on his
way to Jacksonville, Florida.
Judge Sneed, of the Supreme bench, is
quite i'll and unable to attend to any
business.
The U. s. Senate adjourned sine die
last Saturday. Hayes is alone in his
glory now.
The Athens Nescs has been ensmalled
to a seven column paper. 1t can leave
off four or five more columns safely.
Packard and Chamberlain are still
hanging on the ragged edge of despair, j"
expecting every moment to be kicked
over.
Mr.. s. c. Jarnagin, better known as
Spencer" of Beams Station, is spend
ing a few days in the city with old
friends.
We had pleasant call last week from
Mr.. W. W. Langhorne, of New Port,
who passed through here en- route for
the East.
If you want good free-smoker, well
favored cigar, deposit nickel with
John Tate and get Baltimore Favor
ite." Try one.
Morristown wants a thousand families
of good people to come and settle here
during the year 1877 Come, you will
be more than welcome.
The Baptist people of this region
could not do better thing than estab-
tablish paper at Morristown 1t would
be success and no doubt, Who has
the energy to embark in this enterprise?
An excellent improvement is under
way over near the depot, Workmen
are busy digging down the bank east of
the hotel and hauling the dirt to the low
par' of the street North of the railroad |
The citizens of Morristown should |
take more interest in schools than they |
seem to be doing at present. No town |
can prosper without good schools. Let
us have revival upon the subject of
education.
The most popular song of the day is
Gathering Shells from the Sea Shore"
composed by Will L. Thompson. Send |
for it. Price, with beautiful illustrated |
title paper, 40 cts. Address w. L. |
THOMPSON & Co., East Liverpool, Ohio. |
A skating rink accident is thus des- |
cribed by Kentucky reporter: "She
struck out--couldn't turn-starting for |
the ceiling shouted don't you lookl-
turned handspring, and then sat down
The stripes were brown and red"
Strange how curirus.
We are sorry to learn of the death of |
J. B. Boyd, an old citizen of Hamblen
county and father of our fellow-towns-
man. ex-sheriff G. III. Boyd He died
on the 10th inst, after a protracted i'll
ness, at his residence, eight miles from
Morristown, in his 10th year.
The great pond of dirty, stagnant wa
ter in the rear of the GAZETTE office
ought to be ''done something with. .
Between now and frost killing time that
pond may generate fever and cholera
enough to destroy two thirds of the peo-
pie in Morristown What can be done
to put it out of existence?
One Of MorristoWn's @tarpest young
men was traded out of a fine gold watch
and twenty dollars, one day last week,
for very inferior watch, which pre-
scented handsome appearance though,
and supposed to be gold and so called,
by another sharp young man, who came
through this place mailing from Canada.
The watch that the young Canadian let
the sharp youth of Marristoyn have was