The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

The McMinnville New Era says: Ten
nessee has already 800, 900 dogs, and
there are not enough sheep TO go
around.
All kinds of poultry are shipped from
this State to supply the Florida market.
AS many as 1,700 have been shipped in
one day.
The Porter Rifles, of Nashville, and
the Chickasaw Guards of Memphis, are
to meet at Huntsville, Ala, next June,
and drill for the championship of the
State.
Randall, Cox, Sayler and Morrison are
all confident of being elected Speaker
OF the next House Mr.. Lamar says
there is no doubt but that the Demo
Gratis will control the organization of it.
Large quantities of marble are being
shipped from Knoxville, Tennessee, to
San Francisco, to build Stock Echange
which, it is claimed, will be the finest
structure of its kind in the United
States.
Mr.. HOtchkiss, an American, the in
ventor Of the new revolving cannon, has
been notified by the French Government
that it has been determined to adopt his
invention as an arm of the national SER
vice.
Richmond, Va, May 1. Burroughs s.
Wing, tobacco brokers, failed to-day.
Liabilities, 800, 600; assets mainly debts,
considerable short of that figure. The
members of the firm formerly beIon ged
to Atlanta, Ga
Recruiting is going on very rapidly in
England. Nearly every regiment in the
service is full. Wagons and ambulances
are being put in condition for moving.
Seven twelve-ton naval guns have been
shipped to Portsmouth, and four hun
dren tons of ammunition and arms are
being shipped for Malta
The total public debt of the United
States as shown by the last official state
ment, is 81, O70, 1853, 617, 20, the decrease
since June Both last having been in round
numbers $29, 900, 900, or an average of
about 5000, 600 monthly. At this rate
it will be about two years hence before
the figures in the billions place is af-
fected.
Eli Beckett, a job printer formerly of
Nashville and Knoxville, died in ST.
Louis, the LIST of May. In ante 6eZzune
days he was well known, and after the
occupation Of Nashville by Federal
forces, became connected with the Nash
vile Union, the organ of Andrew John
sen. He was subsequently an employee
in the office of the Knoxville Wing.
Columbia, S. c., May 4: Three of the
colorey Lowndesville murderers, Wight
man Allen, John Allen, and Jenkins
Whitner were hanged at Abbeville this
morning. The other seven were COM
muted to imprisonment for life. John
Allen admitted his guilt, but the other
two proclaimed their innocence. The
execution was very quiet. Two thou
sand people were present. Governor
Hampton's action in committing seven
of them is highly commended.
T. NJ. Scott, Sr., wealthy citizen of
Lauderdale county, Tenn, visited Rip
ley the other day, and imbibed too much
whisky, which caused him to become
very boisterous. He was arrested and
carried before Mayor John Tarrant,
who fined him to the fullest extent of
the law fifty dollars. Mr.. Scott refus-
ed to pay it, when the Mayor informed
him that he would have to go TO work |
on the streets if he did not. At this |
peculiar juncture T. M. Scott, Jr., mad |
an insulting reply and drew pistol. |
He was taken from the officer and per
suaded to write an apology = o the Mayor |
which he did, and that was thought to |
have been satisfactory. Later in the day, |
as Scott, Jr., passed along the street,
Mayor Tarrant, stepped up to him and |
remarked that they would settle that |
and drew revolver and fire
ed at Scott, who drew his and returned |
the fire. Both pistols were emptied and
both men wounded.