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

Goldsmith Maid, having become OF
age, is Withdrawn from the turf.
The Senate has not yet rejected any
of the Presidents nominations, while it
has confirmed many.
How much to do viii be made over
Grant when he returns. AS he is study
ing French cookery, lets have party
when he comes and get him to do the
cooking.
A cotton factory is about to be estab-
lished at Mobile, Ala. A company has
been organized, and the directors will
soon start the enterprise with 1874 spin
dies, which will consume about 800
bales of cotton yearly, and replace it
with 800, 900 worth Of yarn. .-
1t must be admitted that Speaker Ran
dali has done the genteel thing for Ten.
nessee. Messrs. Whitthorne and
Bright remain at the head of the COM
mittees on which they have done the
country such valuable service, and Mr..
Atkins is advanced to the Craftsmanship
Of the Committee on Appropriations
merited recogEition of his eminent tai
ents, incorruptible integrity and long
experience in public affairs.-NastUiUs
AHericGn.
The acerbity of French politics at the !
present time is shown by the fact that, |
although general invitations were given |
in the columns of the newspapers, and /
no cards were issued, not one of the |
leading members of the Republican par
ty or press was present at the banquet
given to Gen. Grant, in Paris, by Minis
ter Noyes. This was owing to the fact
of the promised presence of the Cabinet
being known.
The nomination of Mr. Welsh as Min
lister to England was brought about
through a committee of business men Of
Philadelphia, who went to Washington
a few days ago. One of them was Ed
ward T. Steel, who entertained the Pres
ident magnifcently when he was in
Philadelphia during the Centennial Ex- !
hibitiOn, and again last May at the
opening of the Permanent Exhibition.
Of the bills introduced in relation to
the tax on tobacco is one by Mr.. Whit
thorne, which provides that it shall be
lawful for planter or producer to sell
and dispose of any tobacco in the leaf
raised upon premises under lease or rent {
by him without the payment of any tax,
provided such sale is made in payment L
of rent for the purchase Of any space ,
needed by said planter or producer.
The legislation recommended in the
Presidents message for the Paris Expo
position is to receive special considera-
tion. A motion will be made in the v
of eleven members, and it is the inten- n
tion to provide for the disbursement of i
the funds and the employment of a COM L
mission in a manner which will be more C
than the system in force at i
the Vienna or Centennial Exposition il
The blunders made on behalf of the a
United States at the former are to be 4
guarded against a
Bowling Green (Ky.) F9tntagraph: Last o
Sunday telephone was run in a circuit u
from Nashville through the Western II
Union Telegraph office in this city to
Nashville. The parties operating it
could hear one another talking around n
this circuit, as distinctly as though they u
were face to face distince of 1856 miles. a
They also heard Mr. Novel in the office 81
here playing his guitar, and could tell tt
from the sound of his battery, what u
message he was receiving. Soon Mr.. al
Novel viii have connection with Nash 81
gille when he will talk to them as if he a.
vas but few feet from the parties. 81
Just before Edwin Adams breathed -
lis last he said, "The curtain is rung y
Up, /" evidently imagining himself again =
N the stage. His farewell words to his ::
wife were, "Well, Mary, good-by; good - -
", forever" Late Saturday afternoon =
e urged Mrs. Adams not TO forget to =.
i've Sothern an onyx pin. which he \. \.
vore, and which he valued highly. To =
he last moment his mind was clear and =
and he died as sweetly as a =
hid going to sleep. a.