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


Chiilicothe, had a hand d-to- hand fight in
l;n prayer meeting. sAf fef
according to the last returns the tax.
es paid by the city of Berlin have di-
nlinished considerably.
Il Madame Comte, widow of Auguste
Comte, the celebrated French positivist
philosopher, died recently, aged "a. ~
An old but still available Massachu-
sets statute has been discovered, which
prohibits the extension of credit to stu
dents in colleges. The penalty is a fine
of twice the amount of the debt.
The Cherokees have over eighty com
mon schools. The Chickasaws have
four public and about ten district schools.
The Choctaws have two public schools
and over fifty district schools The
Greeks have three public schools and
about thirty district schools.
Roger III. Sherman was arguing a case,
and made APPOINT which the Judge did
not at once see. Mr.. Sherman" said
he, " "Iwould thank you to state the
points SO that can understand you"
Bowing politely, Sherman replied in his
blagdest manner, Your Honor is not
probably aware Of the task you are I'M
posing on me-
The discoveries of coal in Brazil have
not hitherto been very important, but a
set of mines in the Province of San Pc
dro de Rio Grand do Sol appears to be
of considerable value. One of these is
in the hands of an English company,
which is about to construct railroad
for conveying the coal. Another, also
in English hands, already as a railroad.
The remains of Roman house, with
part of the heating arrangements, were
recently discovered near Mengen, in
Wurtemberg. In the mosaic flooring of
the principal room was depicted Me-
dusa head, completely preserved. Rem
nants of frescoed walls were found.
North of Mengen, near Ennetach, many
coins and romans oil Roman buildings,
and a finely executed but headless stat
uette of Mercury, were brought to light.
A bill was recently introduced In the
German Reichstag by Prince Won Ho-
henlohe-Langenburg to protect useful
birds from destruction. 1t proposes to
impose a fine far either killing or en-
trapping them, and requests the Chan
cellor to seek the cooperation from the
other continental powers in protecting
the birds. In Austria there is now
law against the destruction of useful
birds, and last year the Government
made an agreement with Italy, in ac.
cordance with which they are TO be pro-
tected in both countries.
The Chicago miracle of the woman
whose paralyzed mouth was released
while she waa praying is reviewed by
Prof. Swing, who says that its character
does not involve any but physical eaus-
es. "There is no known reason why
paralysis, descending as it does from the
brain, might not instantly depart, when
from any cause tho brain had become
intensely excited" Since Swings ar
ticle, several Chicago physicians pro
nounce Mrs Robinson a humburg, hav-
ing never had any variety of paralysis
but the hysterio, and Stimulating the dis
ease when she was free from it.
A gentleman, while travelling with
his wife in a railway carriage from Co.
logne to Bremen, was startled by flames
bursting up through the bottom of the
compartment. He opened the window,
but could not make himself heard The
smoke and flames increased lie crawl
ed through the window and along the
slippery board until he reached the ten
der, and succeeded in stopping the train.
1t was not an instant too soon, fer on
running to the coupe and releasing his
wife, they found her dress already sing
ed. The fire was caused, it appears, by
the coal boxes, with which the carriage
was heated, being worn out.
Prof Monier Williams writes from
India that the condition of the cattle
forms sad feature in the famine now
existing in Bombay and Madras. Hun
dred of lean, half-famished kline are en-
deavoring to eke out a doomed exist
ence on what could only in mockery be
called herbage. When it is remember
ed that the cow is principal source of
sustenance to Hindus, and that all agri-
cultural labor depends on the OK, some
idea may be formed of the terrible ca
lamity involved in a mortality among
cattle. Those that survive will be so
enfeebled and emaciated that they will
have little power left either to yield
milk or to drag the plough.