The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-06-06
THE MoFrSt0Vl Gazette.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE s, 1877.
NEWS SUMMARY.

= Gen. Gideon j. Pillow is not an
r pplicant for foreign appointment
!, from President Hayes. but would
;, like to be Judge Emmons' successor
: A statue OF Moore is to be erect
!. ed in Poughkeepsie. a.T
A year ago the Ohio Republicans
refused Judge Taft for Governor be-
cause he was too liberal. Now they
talk of him because he is not SO lib
eral as Hayes.
Morton's adhesion to the Presi-
dents policy is chiefly remarkable
as indicating his belief in the sue
cess of the policy. Morton has new
er failed to show a keen scent for
the winning side
Mrs. Church, wife of John Church,
the noted music publisher. has
brought suit against her husband
for divorce and alimony. She is a
niece of the late Tom Corwin, of
Ohio. sf-.ae-, sta
The Turco Russian war reminds
Mrs. Partington that just before our
own ''little unpleasantness" circum-
stances were seen around the moon
nightly, shooting stars perambulated
the earth. the desk of the moou were
covered with black spots Of ink, and
comics swept the horizon with their
operate tales. Everybody said that
it profigated war, and sure enough
war did come. ~ ..4-4zs rs.=. .ra
Mai. Thomas B. Kirby, formerly
''Alligator' of the Knoxville Press
and Herald, and more recently edi-
! tor of the Chattanooga Times, is
Postmaster-General Keys Private
Secretary.-Kao4oilLe Chronicle.
According to the newspaper gos-
sips, there is reaction on the wine
question in the White House. It
will not be long before they will have
the President habitually intoxicated.
The National Printing Company
at Chicago, was destroyed by fire
the 28th inst. Loss $4,000.
Ex.President Grant arrived in
Liverpool the 28tA inst. and was
received by the Mayor. of The city
and many distinguished Americans.
There was great cheering and lie ac-
cepted the tlospitalities of the city.
The Russian General, Prince
Techelokieff, wounded at Ardahan,
is dead. N- .a-.4
A Chicago dispatch says F. Hink-
ley, manager of the Chicago and
Paducah Railroad, was arrested
few days ago and held in $4,000
bail. charged with having. with 9TH
er directors, defrauded English
bondholders out of $180,O00.
Glass Brothers, linen importers,
Chicago, have failed. Liabilities
100000. .faHF
Mr.. Erastus Brooks will retire
from the editorship of the New York
EUening Express. which he has held
successfully for thirty years, on the
1st of June. This newspaper will
hereafter be conducted by a stock
company in the interest of the DEM
ocratic party. III III sis aseeafs |
A Maryville correspondents to the
Tribune ased Age says: Some two or
three nights since, just over the
mountains. in North Carolina, Phil
jenkins, while drunk, stabbed and
killed, almost instantly, Jack Cal
houn, seriously stabbed one Brit
Mayner, and attempted to stab Joel
L. Crisp, who, with stick, knocked
jenkins down several times, when
he was disarmeG, tied. placed upon
mule, and conveyed to Justice
of the Peace for trial --- f.s
Mr.. 7. Hatch, of North Troy, VT,
editor of the Palladium, was as.
saulted on the street q few DAYS
ago by Miss Haddock, who threw
red pepper in his eyes and then
cowhided him unmercifully. An ar
ticle rejecting on herself and family
led to the affair. Both are well con-
nected, and the community is much
excited. l a!-#
In the recent cavalry fight, near
Kars, one hundred and fifty Russi-
ans were killed. The Turkish loss
is not stated. @eH2 fat Sd $3.50
A small boat containing gray
haired but active old man, was seen
coming down the Danube the other
day, right in the midst of all the fir
ing. Every now and then the figure
Ia the boat would rise, and while be-
tween the times allowed for dodging
the bullets of both parties would
scan the batteries and gunboats with
his fields glasses. The mysterious
figure in the small boat was Dom Pc
dro, who had come down the river
to take quiet squint at the war.
He is bound TO see everything that
is going on. .
An officer who commanded artil-
Iery during the late war informs us ,
Of the following simple remedy for .
collie in horses, which he has tried
with perfect success in hundred of |
cases: Rub the horse well between
the fore legs and around the girth
with spirits of turpentine. Immedi- !
ate relief foIlows.-AtEanta Consti- /
luton. /,
It seems to be President Hayes
dream TO thoroughly unite the {
North and South in lasting union /
during his term of Office. He is re-
ported as saying that, in addition to {
his policy of non-intervention, he +,
would recommend that the test oath {
to members of Con- |
gress be abolished as useless and {
irritating reminder of the unfortu- ,
nate period in the nations history. L
tie would encourage the develop
ment of the resources and promo
lion Of the industries of the South,
IS far as that lies within the power
of the National Government, and be- '
|iavna that tho ~o,y,nx,al <.F ..a,,ears Of 4 4