The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-17
NEWS ITEMS.

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= The peace societies are getting
ready to protest against the coming war.
A backslider-The man who slid
along three feet of sidewalk on his back,
and got up making some remarks
= Three and half feet of snow fell
at Watertown, New York, last week
Vessels recently arrived at New
York from Liverpool report severe
weather, with considerable damage to
rigging,
= Fifteen hundred potters at Tren-
ton, N. J :, struck the sth inst, in con-
sequence of a reduction of 20 per cent.
of their wages.
= Six Russian corvettes and gunboats
are now at San Francisco, and five more
arc due.
u S. Federal Court opened in
Knoxville last week. 1t will play the
dickens with many poor wretch.
= The late Commodore Vanderbilt
bequeathed s5OO,OOO to each of his
daughters.
= The Chicago Times speaks of Gen.
Grant as the White House medium sun
der the influence" of Zach Chapdler's
''spirit."
- GOV. Robinson is the first Governor
of New York elected 20 serve for three
years. This enlarged term of Office viii
give him time to perfect and carry out
policy of administration which ought to
be useful to the State.
"A batch of Z. s. Revenue violators
were lodged in the Knox county Jail last
week, to await the action OF the Federal
Court, in their cases. Three were from
Cooke and five from Greene counties.
Brent, the Louisville forger, arriv-
ed at New York a few days ago. This
is the first surrender by Great Britain
since the adjustment of the extradition
treaty.
= Henry Butler and Charles Wilson,
both colored, are to be hung Februa.y
9th, at Baltimore, for murder.
- The Nashville Banner says Justice
Grier, of Dyer Station, in Gibson coun-
ty, froze to death recently, within ten
feet Of the door of his residence.
A great many rabbits, birds and
ObnCA RdluO l1ttfC DCCAA 4IOLCn cALAN bIelA "
ed to death during the snow, it being
almost impossible for them to navigate
and get anything to live upon.
- There is one alarming feature of
the political situation. Ben Butler has
been absolutely noiseless for four weeks.
= The white whale in New York ac-
quarium devours half bushel of eels
daily Fun for the whale
= The Norwich Bulletin thinks there
are other ways for to make home at
tractive besides hiring a pretty house
maid.
= The New York San says the lung
disease that caused the death of young
John Morrissey was the result of excess
i've smoking of cigarettes.
A communication in the Chicago
Tribune says that city can give needed
relief to taxpayers by abolishing public
high schools and taxing dogs.
Thought I'd leave my measure on
your floor" said man who fell down
in a bar-room. mo necessity for that
here" said the bar-keeper, 1--WE know
exactly how much you can hold"
= The amount of silver disbursements
from the Treasury to date aggregate
$25, ,511 800, of which $15, 1885, ,512 was
for the redemption of fractional curren-
cy.
= One paper said to its readers on the
1st: ''The moon will be full tonight,
but don't consider it your duty to imi-
tate that orb. f"
"A New Hampshire editor received a
stem-winding watch as Christmas pres
ent, and at once traded it off for dog
and shotgun, and some other articles
needed in newspaper office.
= Says the Chattanooga Times, a let
ter received from Redway, Minnesota,
by a gentleman in this city, states that
in well forty-fve feet deep, ice was
found one-half inch thick. 1t further
states that for sixteen days in the month
of December, the thermometer stood
16.degrees below zero.
= The Knoxville Daily Age says if the
miners are obstreperous and will not
suffer other hands to go to work, then
the citizens of Knoxville should arm
themselves with shot guns and muskets
with pitchforks and mattocks, and
boot-iacks, and fight it out with them.
That tho matter has come to head.
In 1864, Commodore Vanderbilt re-
ported his income to the United States
internal revenue commissioner at very
nearly three-quarters of a million. In
1865 his fortune was estimated at $4O,-
OO0, 900, and has lately been estimated
from that sum up to 800, 200, 900, the
latter being the estimate of Daniel
Drew.
A Detroit negro prisoner, on hia
way to the Penitentiary for larceny, was
asked what he thought of his trial He
said; ''SFhen dat lawyer dat tended me
made his speech, ! made sure was
goin' to take my ole hat and walk right
out of dat cort room; but when de odder
lawyer got up and commenced talking,
knew / was the biggest rascal on top
of the earf.
In case of nightmare do not at
once bring light, or going near, call
out loudly to the sleeper, but bite his
heel or his big toe and gently ntteF his
name. Also spit in his face and give
him some ginger tea to drink; he viii
then come round. Or blow into the pa
TENTS ears through small tubes, pull
out fourteen hairs from his head, make
them into twist and thrust them into
his noses + seems necessary to ex-
plain that this remedy for nightmare il
from China
~ The funeral of Commodore Wander
piit took place fFons his l4te residence
in New Yorx CITY. SUNDAY of last Meel..