The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-05-23
The MorriSt0Vl Gazette.
WEDNESDAY. MAY %, 1877.
NEWS SUMMARY.

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and fish, and the setting out of shade
| trees.
The sour oranges of Florida, fruit
which grows indigenously and most
abundantly in that strange peninsula,
have at last been utilized in the manu-
facture of marmalade.
An Iowa paper tells of smart wife
who helped her husband to raise seven
ty acres of wheat. The way she helped
him was to stand in the door and shake
a broom at him when he sat down to
rest.
Two church members in Atlanta, Ga, a,
quarrelled over the question of the con-
| troll of money raised to convert the
heather, and came to blows in front of
the church while the congregation was
dispensing.
A school law recently adopted in Mis-
souri, requires school boards to give the
preference to colored teachers for color
ed schools, and prohibits the employ
ment of a white teacher for a colored
school when competent colored one
can be had.
England seems to be very much dis
satisfied with the Russian circular, re-
garding it as one which cannot have
their formal or public concurrence. A
tendency TO panic pervades London on
all sides in Consequence of distrust of
the Governments intentions.
Tho oftizapc of Knoxville tho
daily Tribune and Age, are now ripe for
voting for a reasonable amount to aid in
the construction of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad.
1t gives US unspeakable satisfaction to
learn through late telegraphic reports
that the Gar has presented Prince
Charles, of Roumania, with 1000 horses
and SO, 900 rifles. A friend in need is a
friend indeed.
A mocking bird entered a Methodist
church at Jackson, Tenn, the other
Sunday, and, after circling around the
room, lit on the railing of the altar,
where it sat in attentive silence till the
close of the sermon, when it warbled
some of its sweetest notes and sailed
away.
The American and Foreign Bible So
ciety has sent one thousand dollars to
India to aid the printing of Burmese
and Chimes scriptures.
The past winter was extremely mild
in Ireland, horses and sheep being able
to subsist in the open air, without
shelter, until the middle of January.
The fish harvest in the western part of
the islaud was a good one, but in the
southern part the yield was poor, and
the people suffered from lack of provi
sions.
The Russian Government intend to of
fer bounty on all locomotives made
exclusively in Russia. On those of four
wheels they will offer bounty of $2,-
400 roubies, on those of six wheels, So,
600 roubies, and on those of eight wheels
So, 900 roubies; but all the parts must be
made in Russia. A similar policy is to
be applied to the manufacture of steel.
A duel fought. at Paris between two
officers has caused a good deal of SEN
sation. The offence was given at a ball
at the Elysee by one of Marshall Mac
Mahon's aides-de-camp,d directing another
to stand back. This led to an alterCa-
ton, and in spite of the interference of
the Marshal, to duel to which the aid
de-camp was wounded. The other Of
ficer, it is stated, has been dismissed the
service.
New Orleans has a boy with a bullet
in his brain. A six-year-old was acci-
dentally shot by playmate on the 4th
of April, the bullet passing through the
brain, but, after lying in a semi-uncon'
scious state for two days, with his right
arm and leg, right side of tongue, and
left side of face completely paralyzed,
he began to improve, and is now so far
restored as to be out of bed, eating
heartily, and enjoying himself with his
playmates.
Boy criminals are just now bringing
themselves into public notice. In Fred
ericksburg, Va, James Finch, aged
IL, deliberately shot and killed a play
fellow who reproved him for swearing.
In New Orleans, Nathan Boyd, aged 9,
rurposely set fire to house out of re-
venge for being whipped. In San Fran
cisco, Arthur Bennett, aged IA, nearly
killed his sister by stabbing her. In
Buffalo, Robert Aikens, aged 10, NOR
tally wounded another boy with an ak.
Ohio and Pennsylvania are awaken by
what is called ct the Murphy move,
ment &" for total abstinence. Murphy
is reformed drunkard, and as an agit-
ator he takes the line followed by Moody
and other religious revivalists. His
meetings are usually held in churches,
but in Philadelphia a large hall was
used. He especially exhorts Christians
to adiure intoxicating drink. In New
England, excise laws are receiving the
attention of those interested for or
against the liquor traffic. No licenses
are granted in Lowell, and most of the
saloons are closed. The fee in Worces-
ter has been made $3.50, which has had
the effect of closing small saloons and
increasing the business of the large
ones. Fall River has decided to grant
no licenses. In Vermont a woman's
movement has gained considerable head
way. A column has been secured in
every newspaper in several counties in
which total abstinence news and argu-
ments are printed. Vergennes women
prosecuted a dealer three times, who
then reformed and joined the church.
The druggists of Middle5ury have been
imprisoned on charges of selling liquor
as a beverage. In Maryland, under a
recent law, several counties have voted
to have no liquor selling, except for
medical nurnoses and on the prescrip-