The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-21
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
re debt of the Methodist Publishing
sc, in Nashville, is $25O,OOO.
reene county claims a darkey 121
3 old, who wants to marry. Next
ne treaty with Spain was ratified by
Senate on the 10th.
1rkey and Servia have agreed upon
IS of peace.
revolt is threatened in CONSTANT
lie.
x-President Lerdo, of Mexico, arriv-
New York, on the 18th.
he engineers on the Boston and Mia
railroad have struck.
-ardi Gras was celebrated in Mem
and New Orleans in grand style.
wo murderers were hanged at Port
1acco, Md, last Saturday, both col
4.
everaI vessels, with their crews and
.sengers, were lost the first of last week,
storm on Chesapeake Bay.
The Northumberland county National
nix at Shomokin, Pa, closed its doors
iday. A large savings and trust com
ny Of the same village failed the day
.ore.
saac w. Sitter, a druggist, has been
d to answer the action Of the grand
y, in Philadelphia, for poisoning Ia
to death with muratic acid, by mis-
&c in compromising a prescription.
Steam street cars have been introduced
Philadelphia, one of the longest lines
the city-Market street-being com
etely fitted out with them.
The store of William Sterris s. Co., i'm
,rters of laces, 500 Broadway, New
DIRK, was robbed last week of their fin
stock. Loss estimated at over $685.
70.
One thousand two hundred and fifty
inc of the taxpayers of Anderson coun-
:, S. c., have paid 50, 4O9.95 of their
axes 10 the Hampton Government.
bout one hundred of this number were
olored men.
A man calling himself j. A. Burgett,
,as arrested in Lebanon last Saturday,
n the charge of swinding. He had
Rindled a number of Springfield mer
hauts.
The United States Commissioners
,ourt was attacked by armed men, in
forth Carolina, the other day, and dis
ersed. The armed men belong to a
ang of illicit distillers.
Caroline Lambert, aged 1O1 years, was
urned to death, last Monday. She had
ropped some kerosene on her clothing,
hitch was accidentally Ignited, burning
er to a crisp-Er.
A murdered man was found in Obion
yer, near Paducah junction, on the
northwestern road. He had bullet
ole through his forehead, and one
trough his breast. He was not identi
ed.
The Supreme Court of Utah Territory
as overruled the objections made to the
1nvictiOn of John D. Lee, the Noun
in Meadow murderer, and has ordered
re Lower Court to fix another day for
he execution.
The Cashier Of the First National Bank
( Franklin, Ind, who was defaulter,
nd who disappeared last week, was
1und, Saturday, lying in a back room
ear the bank, in an exhausted condi-
on. He was insane.
An election has been called for the 18th
t March, in the ninth Congressional
District of Georgia, to ill the vacancy
aused by the election of Hill to the
enate.
John Walls, a brakeman on the Nash-t
lille, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway,
yas so badly crushed while coupling the
ars at Stevenson, on the 18th, that he
led few hours afterwards.
The Fayetteville Observer chronicles
he death of Mr.. Larry Dempsey, a citi-
en- Of that county, aged 100 years.
A lot of Ohioans, Of ample means and
propose to establish glass
forks at Chattanooga
The Brownsville Bee has been revived
fter a suspension of about IL months.
v. Ivie Westbrook, editor and proprie-
or.