The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-08-08
NEWS SUMMARY.

! The New York Herald places the num-
Der of killed and wounded at Pittsburg
and Baltimore at two hundred and ten
With exceeding civility the German
newspapers hesitate to speak of Gen.
Grant and his. wife They sayss Gen.
/ Grant and his consort" at 5r
( Mrs. Mathew Black committed snicide
at Nashville Monday by cutting her
throat with a. razor. .saft..-. -...
The masons of London, England, have
struck for reduction of hours ans1an
increase of wages. ess sar
Freight is being shipped now from all
points over. the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis railroads.
In Madison county, Tennessee, last
Monday, r. J. Smith, quiet citizen,
was briita lily murdered by Turner Mas
ssingill his neighhor, while working on
the road. Smith left a wife and several
children saa .ssgog asgisaiu tEa l.54
A dispatch from Madrid says: Ar
Engagements have been made with the
promoters of the last Cuban loan for an
advance of S25, 200, 600 for the expenses
of the last campaign. The advan, will
be guaranteed by the colonial CUSTOMS
Hon Henry W.. billiard, who has
been appointed Minister to Brazil, was
the commander of s billiards Legion,' ;
in the Confederate service, and is a
Methodist minister.
F q 4 Il
The physicians of New York have
been astonished by finding a man with
his heart on the right side, says the San.
Well they may be. Very few hearts
are on the right side these days. sg asfe.
J6seplr purposes returning to,liis wig
wam, being a good Indian, as soon
as he whips Howard. There are some
people who will think Joseph is good
Indian when he whips Howard.
I Two locomotives Cor the Cincinnati
Southern railway were caught by the
strike at Hornellsville5 n. Y.sTANhen
they arrive it will be possible to start
the freight trains on the road. Ia-..aa
The railway track through the burnt
district, in Pittsburg. has been reiaid, SO
that the ca st and west mails. heretofore
detained at that point for twelve hours
for transfer, viii go through without de-
. Jay. .13haE13-
A North Carolina offiee-hunter went
to Washington soon after the inaugura
ton, and ever since has been endeavOr-
ing to get place He was refused the |
Commissionersllip of Agriculture, the
.Wardenship ofthe District Jail, acIeFk
ship and berth on the Washington
police, bat finally secured an appoint
ment as time-keeper nndersa street con
tractor. =
There are.many explicit directions as
to what a fellow should do when in
doubt, but the average inhabifant of
San Francisco recognizes but one of.
them. hen in doubt he kills China
man So esam .sUSs 1izsd .3sr
Gov, Robinson has pardoped Frank
Walworth, sentenced to the New York
state prison for life for the murtler of
his father 'A.'i z SO
President Hayes and Key aud -Schurz
attended the Sehentenfest at Washing
ton last w ednesday. Sehurz spoke, and
by eautioning his ceuntry-
men against drinking too much. Post
master General Key. also spoke. He said
Mr.. Hayes was singular President"
A petition to President Haycs has
been nuneronsly signed in san Franz
cisco, with the view Of having treaty
hetweeh the United dStates and
italy, similar to that entered Into be-
,ween the United States and Queen Yic-l
oria in 1870. The movements growsl
'ut of the case of the italian Felice
Iaryomarseus.