The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-10-24

caucus OF the members OF Congress
had been held with a view to dis
place Mr.. Madison and put Dir. Ola.
in as President. A couple of the
paragraphs from the same paper Civ
ing some news from Europe winds az
the news department of the sheet.
The merchants of Knoxville die
not advertise much in 1912. Robert
King, Jr., & Co., have the only no
lice Of Good Goods and cheap"
in the paper, and that is dated DC
tober IA. 1911. William Park had
just received fresh supply of the
Original Family Medicine prepared
by Michael Lee, of Baltimore. j.
Armstrong, Assistant Postmaster,
! publishes a list OF letters remaining
in the Office and these three are all the
Knoxville ads in the paper,-except
one from the commissioners of the
State Bank, notifying the subscribers
TO that institution to pay their sub
scription to James Park. There are
Il advertisements Of Stray Horses
taken up IN different counties.
Horses were cheap in this country
at that day. These animals were
appraised at from to 40 dollars.
Thomas Gillenwaters, Sheriff of
Hawkins county, offers % dollars re-
waid for the re-capture of one
Samuel Gillian who broke from the
Rogersville Jail, in which he had
been confined for the murder Of his
wife. The Sheriff says: at is ex-
pected that all the good people of
the State will exert themselves to
apprehend a person committing SO
horrid crime" James Bradford was
Sheriff. of Jefferson county, Miller
Francis, of Rhea county; Sam.
Blacknan, coroner Of Sullivan coun-
ty Allen Outlaw. clerk of Jefferson
Robert Craighead. Ranger OF Knox /
Joseph Love. Sheriff Of Knox; Chas.
Y. Oliver, Sheriff of Anderson al d
all these officers have advertisements
of sale of land under execution.
Jacob Hackny advcrtises the Eagle
Tavern at Rutledge. Pleasant M.
Miller and Thomas Emmerson had
entered into partnership to practice
law in East Tennessee. Nathaniel
Taylor has two cards in the paper on
legal business. and Alfred TrimDle
says he has resigned the Office Of
Judge of the Second Circuit fer the
purpose Of practicing Law. Sarah
Row offers twenty dollars reward
for negro man named Daniel. a
halter by trade, who had run off
from her, and she thought had a
forged certificate of freedom and
was attempting TO make his way to
Ohio.
Well, the editor of this old paper
is dead. The printers are dead.
The subscribers are all dead. The
little town in which it was printed
has grown into a city containing
many thousands of inhabitants. The
nation which was then preparing for
the second war Of independence has
grown into a great Power in the
Earth and is fast undermining all
the Monarchies of the world. A
great revolution has taken place in
this country. Slavery no longer ex-
lists, and Daniels descendants can
now visit Ohio or any other part
of the country without the consent
of Sarah Row or "any other man."
If George Wil,on could come
back to this world now aud see a
modern printing office in full opera
ton, with lightning press striking
off papers faster than lie could snap
his fingers, the old fellow would open
his eyes with astonishment. The
Gazette was very respectable pa
per in its day, but the city of Knox
vile would not be proud of such a
sheet at this time. A