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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-11-27
THE LAST OF GRLEEEK

Steven Grifey, convicted of hav-
ing violated the person of Eyaline
Clark. aged ten years. in Cooke coun-
ty, was hanged at the muster ground,
near Newport. at O'Clock last Fri
day Afternoon, in the presence of
about 5000 persons. On Thursday
night Grifey made confession to
w. J. McSween, his attorney. in
which he acknowl edged having viola
ted the person Of Miss Clark. but
persistingly denied having used a
knife in the accomplishment of the
outrage. The prisoner was escorted
to the place of execution by strong
guard of armed citizens. He was
driven to the gallows in a common
farm wagon, drawn by two horses,
in which he remained till the last
moment, when, at his own request,
the wagon moved out and he was
left suspended in the air. Previous
to the hour of execution, Griffey
made a statement to the crowd, con.
Tossing the crime for which he was
about to offer up his life. The con- !
fession was substantially the same
as that made 10 his attorney the
night before. He expressed himself
ready and willing to die, and betray-
ed not The slightest emotion when
the fatal moment arrived. Notwith-
standing the novel mode of his exc
cutlon, he died without a struggle,
contending to the last that he was
going to join the angel band ia heav-
en-. The hanging Of Griffey is the
first execution for any offense that
ever occurred in Cooke county, aud |
naturally attracted considerable at
tenLiou. As previously stated in
this paper. it is the first execution of |
a white man Tor rape in Tennessee. |
Joshua Franks, one of the men who /
assisted in the arrest of Griffey, is
now i'll Jail at Newport, for having |
committed rape upon the person OF
Debby Roladd, a little girl Of ten
wears. .g..a
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CAPT J HARVEY IA THEs.

1t is gratifying to the many friends
of the above named gentleman to
know that he has again been honor
ed by the people of Shelby county
to seat in the next Legislature.
We also learn that his friends Intend
to use every honest effort to elect
him Speaker OF The House Of Rep
resertatives. We cordially second
the effort, and in. doing go, give a
few facts in the life of Capt. Mathes.
He is the oneof Rev. w: A. Mathes.
or Jefferson county. He had a
strong desire to receive a liberal ed
ucation, and was heroically- strug-
Cling to accomplish his purpose
when the war came on. Soon after
the beginning of the war, he volun-
teered, and was elected Orderly Ser
geant OF Capt. Stephen Cookies CON-
pany, raised in this vicinity. At the
reorganization, year afterwards, he
h was elected First Lieutenant Some
time after that, Gen. w B. Bate APP
pointed him one of his staff officers,
in which capacity he served faithful
" and CALAMITY until be. was. severe
~ wounded, near Atlanta, we believe
6 At the close of the war Capt. Mathes
chose the profession of journalism,
and soon took high rank as editor.
For years hezbas been editor-in-chief
Of the Memphis Ledger. The people
Of Memphis and Shelby county have
frequently ghonored him with import
ant trusts, all of which he has faith
fully discharged. During the last
summer Gov. Porter appointed him
a commissioner to the Paris Exposi-
ton. Soon after his return the pes
thence swept over Memphis. He
felt it his duty to remain with the
people whom he had chosen as bis
people. He recovered from an al
tack OF the fever. and did all he
could to alleviate the sufferings OF
the ahiieted. His people honored
him by electing him TO a position he
so worthiiy filed four years ago. It'll
will be a fitting recognition OF merit
and ability to call him to preside
over the next House OF Representa-
tiFes. His=inteiIigenee, experience
and worth ct him most admirably for
the position. !
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4 VISIT 10 THE H4MBLEN COUN-
TY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
On Friday morning, the 18th inst, in
company with friend, I started for
Cedar Grove, FIVE miles south of Morris
town, where meeting of the Teachers
of Hamblen county had been called by
the County Superintendent. On reach
ing the place we found the Superinten-
dent and several of the teachers on
hand, explaining and comparing their
different methods of teaching the
"young idea how to shoot" which we
enjoyed with pleasure and profit. At
light we listened to a debate on the
subject, ReSoyCed, That Revelation proves
more fully the existence of a Divine
Being than Nature, which was ably dis
cussed by Messrs. Bowers and Morris
on the affirmative, and Sherwood and
Murrell on the negative. After lively
discussion, the committee decided in
favor of the negative. On Saturday
there were more teachers present and
the exercises were better than they were
Friday, because of the delightful vocal
music given by the Sabbath school class,
and the excellent essays read by Miss
Mamie Pettigrew and s. II. Holston
l think no teacher could listen to such
essays without being benefited, without
having higher and nobler view of life,
and without feeling that the world is
just as they make it, and that they are
responsible for the physical, intellectual
and moral development of the youths
committed TO their guidance Every
teacher should attend these Institutes,
because they are peculiarly adapted to
the diffusion of the best plans of in.
another advantage of such
is that the Teacher gains
encouragement and strength by being
thus brought in contact with others en-
gagged in the same pursuit He feels
that a noble brotherhood of kindred
spirits are laboring in the same field, |
under trials and discouragements SINH |
lar to those which have oppressed him, |
and when he goes home, 1t is with re-
newed vigor and fresh aspirings to be a |
better man, and better teacher, and it |
will bring joy without regret, a bliss
that has no sting. TEACHER.
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TIE sEATE DEBT;

Athens Post
a few papers in Tennessee-not many
continue to harp about ''high tax
men" and slow tax men" The cleo
ton is over, and we respectfully sub
nit that it is about time 70 stop all that
sort of thing. When the Legislature
meets we trust it will be with the de-
termination to agree upon an adjust
ment of the State debt, and to levy a
tax sufficient for the emergency. The
question must be adjusted during the
session upon some terms, and he is eth
er a bad citizen or fool who would
throw obstacles in the way. We take
il that no intelligent or thoughtful mind
expects to see the incoming Legislature
adjourn without final disposition Of
tho embarrassing question, TO the end
that it may be lifted out of politics and
that certainty may take the place of I'M
certainty and doubt, now so hurtfnl to
all our Interests. In the meanwhile, be-
tween this and the first of January, the
press, at least the sensible and patriotic
portion of it, can do much good by i'm
pressing the popular mind with the alb
solute necessity for a speedy adjustment.
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Scrt6Rer's, for December, opening arti-
Gle at once commands attention and ad-
miration by its exquisite pictures of
humming bird life. AS usual, graphic
illustrations abound throughout these
pages in such agreeable and instructive
articles as "The Clif-Dwellers," "Cari-
bou Hunting" and many others. Four
leading American writers of fiction are
represented in complete stories or seri-
als,-Mrs. Burnett, Bret Harte, T. w.
Higginson and Boyesen. Besides sketch
es, poems and articles on public matters,
such as ''Bank Circulation" and MAR
row Guage Railroads, there is a great
variety of interesting information and
profitable discussion in the several edi-
torial departments.
1t is not necessary to be boy again
or girl again in order to be delighted
with st. Nicholas, the admirable and
beautiful magazine for the young folks.
Such wholesome reading and artistic
adornment must cultivate the mind and
elevate the taste of the children, and
therefore do much to counteract the in
fiuence of foolish and injurious child
literature.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-11-27

SOLID NORTH AN-D SOL19 SOUTH.
A-Our Republican friends Ia East.
Tennessee, feeling painfully the
stunning effect of the November
elections upon their party. for the
first few days after the election tried
TO console themselves and their read
ers with the idea that, while the
States of the South had gone solidiy
Democratic, the States North nad
gone almost solidly Republican.
When the facts became fully known
it was apparent that this consolation
had failed them. They found that
there were clear Republican MAORI
ties in only FIVE States. That the
great State of New York lacked over
10000 votes Of giving Republican
majority, and that staid old Penn.
syIvania had developed the fact that
the Republicans we're fully $4,000 in
the minority. In short the fact was
made plain that there was no solid
North for the Republicans, but al
most solid North and South against
them.
But with characteristic ingenuity
they turn from the fact to - the
bloody shirt and say that because
South Carolins, Louisiana, &C., were
very largely carried by the Demo-
Gratis, the people North will play old
hob with us next time. They bring
President Hayes to the font under
false coIors, and falsely give out to
the country that he is tired of his
eoneiliatory policy-and that he is
going to turn tyrant, and all that,
and then they openly threaten the
people with Grantism in 1880.
Now we want to say that everybody
knows that we would have had
Grantism in 1876, but for the fact
that it was fully apparent to the Re-
publican leaders that the country
would have no more of it. This coun-
try has had taste of tyranny. The
last It will have for years to come.
The truth is the Southern States are
no longer provinces, but States in
the American union. The people
North have so recognized them, and
have shown their deter mination to
so treat them. No President will
ever again be allowed to control the
cslored vote by the bayonet, as 1t
has heretofore been controlled. Our
Republican friends had as we'll re-
cognize the fact now that they have
lost their grasp on the colored man.
He will hereafter vote without ref
erence to the color of his skin. He
need not hereafter be counted as be-
longing to the Republican leaders,
to be voted by them as a matter Of
right.
In short, there is now a Democrat
ic Congress, and mems rights will
hereafter be recognized South, as
we'll as North. When this is done
the American people can bid def
ance 10 Grantism in any shape.
There may be solid North and a
solid South. but they are, and We
predict will continue to be, both SOL
dly opposed TO tyranny, whether it
comes in the shape of Grantism or
4 money power.
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Success Attafned at Last.

According to scientists the best meth
cd OF purifying liquors is to agitate it
and Introduce an abundance of fresh
air. A large proportion of the typhoid
diseases of the present day are caused
by the use of impure drinking water.
Bishops Water Elevator and Purifier
will purify the foulest well or cistern in
a very short time. Its excellent auali-
ties are recog nized by all who have ex-
amined or tried it. They are not ex-
pensiye. Buy one and satisfy yourself
what an improvement it is on the old
modern or iron pump. For sale by
ROWE 81 BUTT,E
Merristown, Tenn.
Manufactured by J. J. ATKINS, Knox
vile, Tenn. jy II, '78- ,1y
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Liver is King.

The Liver is the imperial organ of the
whole human system, as it controls the
life, health and happiness of man
When it is disturbed in its proper ac-
ton. all kinds of ailments are the natu-
raj result. The digestion of food, the
movements of the heart and blood, the
action of the brain anil nervous system,
are all immediately connected with the
workings OF the Liver. 1t has been
successfully proved that Green's August
Flower is unequalled in curing all per
sons afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver
Complaint, and all the numerous symp-
toms that result from an unhealthy con
dltion of the Liver and Ssomaeh. Sam
pie bottles to try, 10 cents. Positively
sold IN all towns on the Western Con-
tlnent Three doses will prove that it
is just what you want.
For sale by w p Carriger, Morristown
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SEWING MACHINES RE
PAIRED.

II am prepared to have ye4ff sea0iqg
Machines Repaired in The best style, and
at the least possible cost. The Singer.
Wheeler 81 Wilson and Weed, can usu.
ally be reftted and made as good as new.
at from 81 to 49,. The Howe, q. & b..
Victor, American, Domestic and Wilson
will cost from 81 so to $500 Old style
Maehines-sueh as HemeEhn&tIe. Buck
eye Wilson Needle Feed and others
usually cpst more, say from So. 001 to
$4.0eleach These prices viii include
all new parts needed. Every piece of
work will be fully warranted. lam per
manently located in Knoxyill, have ten
years experience in The Sewing Machine
business, and feel that 9ay aod7rantee is
worth something, as am not here to-
day and away tomorrow. My work
Han, Mr.. G. ID Denivan, is an expert.
me was formerly in the employ Of the
Howe Sewing RIrchine Company. I as
sure you he is a practical machinist.
Send your Machine to me by express or
freight, and | will pay return charges.
.rzaaA 1Et s. p. ANGEL.
noVo-u KNOXVILLE. TENN.
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On meeting a friend the first inquiry
is always regarding his health. WhyP
Because health is of the first considera.
ton; yet many will sit in a cold. damn
theatre, regardless of weak lungs and
hacking cough. Discard some of the
ephemeral pleasures of the day, such as
theatre-going, cigar smoking, &c, and
invest your small change in something
that will be of lasting benefit. For in
stance, Coussens' Compound Honey of
Tar costs only so cents, and will cure
your cough, cold, and all diseases of the
Throat and Lungs. Try it.
For sale by w. p. Carriger and DR.. NJ
Carriger, Morristown. aug 12-2w
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Our friend, Rufus Kincaid, of the
mercantile firm of Jarnagin 81 Kincaid,
is wearing the happiest face of any of
our merchants just now. He has secur-
ed new customer to supply with goods
and provisions. which, no doubt, will
prove good ono. He came last week;
weighs-2t lbs, SO some wicked person
Informed us, but we have learned since,
from reliable authority, that is regu-
lar ten FOUNDER, a Ia nature, and looks
complimentary to the young mani
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ATTACHMENT TO NEWSPAPERS

The strong attachment of subscribers
to well conducted newspapers is fully
confirmed by publishers. ..'StOp my pa
per"-words of dread to beginners in
business-lose their terror after paper
has been established for q term of years.
So long as paper pnrsues a just, hon
orable, and judicious course, meeting
the wants of its customers in all respects,
the ties of friendship between the sub
scribers and the paper are as hard to
break by an outside third party as the
link which binds old friends in business
or social life. Occasionally def ects and
errors in newspaper are overlooked by
those who have become attached to it,
through its perusal for years. They
sometimes become dissatisfied with it
on account of something which had
slipped into its columns and may stop
taking it; but the absence of the famil-
lar sheet at their homes and offices, for
a few weeks, becomes an indispensable
privation, and they hasten to take it
again, and possibly apologize for having
it stopped. No friendship on earth is
more constant than that contracted by
the reader for journal which makes an
honest and earnest effort to merit its
continued support. Hence a conscien-
tiously conducted paper becomes IA
vorite in the family Printers Circular
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The Knoxville Chronicle has the fol
-lawing &c. say in regard to the hardware
house of W. w. Woodruff 8 Co: Their
fall stock is full and complete, com
prising everything in5the hardware line,
as we'll as a full stock of agricultural
implements. They have pushed their
business in every direction, and we
doubt if there is another hardware es-
adjustment in the South doing a larger
business than this. The members OF
the firm understand their business thor
oughly, know just what kind of stock
to keep, and sell at a small margin, ma
king ii to the interest of country mel
chants to buy from them, instead Of
sending East.
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IRON 0 Or 0 WNdoRREspoNDEN7

FROM o UR o WN00RRESPONDBNT
BEULAH P.o., Nov. %, 1878.
To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette:
lido not believe have much to say,
nor do 1 know how to say the little l
may write.
ABOUT HOGS. s &
If all East Tennessee is engaged in
driving hogs to South Carolina as extern
sively as is this section of country there
will be more hogs to the square inch in
that State than every other in the I'm
ion. r. A. Lyle, Mr.. Higgins, the Tai
ers, are now on their way TO that State
with droves Of from 200 to 500 hogs
each. And it is not very good year,
either, for hogs for they are smaller
than usual.
ABOUT THEM DUCKS.
In my letter of the 9th instant I told
you of the arrival ofthe wild ducks on
Tuesday night, the day of the election.
L understand that your fellow towns
man, j M. Bewley, who was born and
reared, (what little there is of him) in
this immediate vicinity, had to inquire
if J. s. w. was telling the truth about
their arrival, for he had never known
them to put in an. appearance so early.
He was assured that was right. Now,
l have to tell J. NJ B. that once heard
man say to another, eff you don't be-
Iieve me you are liar" don't wish
to say that harsh word TO Mr.. 3. for fear
that he may invite me out to pistols and
coffee for two, for l don't want to hurt
him. In that conflict l would have
greatly the advantage of him. He might
fire at me many times and not hit me,
VI lie all would have to do to hit him
Mould be to take aim as though was
pointing at the centre of barn door,
and - down he would come But
all this is gentle hint to him that when
J. s. W. says thing is so, he had bet
ter believe it.
Speaking of ducks reminds me to say,
that they make their appearance regu-
larly almost every night, and that they
come and go unchallenged, so far as |
know, since Mr.. Rippetoe disturbed
them so, except by DR.. Fuller, who is
an excellent marksman. The other day
he called at the store here and bought
some duck shot. The result was, /
heard the report of gun the other
evening, just at dusk, and learned that
DR.. Fuller had duck for dinner the next
day.
WAITING FOR COLD WEATHER.
The farmers who are not on their way
to South Carolina are patiently waiting
for cold weather, so that they may
butcher their hogs. This morning is
cold and crisp, but as it is Saturday but
few hogs will be butchered. J. s. w.
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s. a Washington special says Ghat
a bill will be offered soon after the
opening of the session of Congress
making it compulsory on the part Of
the secretary ofthe treasury to Issue
the silver dollars now being SO care
fully hidden away. The aceamula-
tion of this coin it is supposed will
be about twenty five millions on the
first or January
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BROTHER HICKMAN IS LECTURE.
On last Friday night large and
respectable audience of our city were
entertained and instructed by an
able and eloquent lecture in favor of
the Temperance cause, delivered at
the Methodist Church. by Col. j. j.
Hickman, of Louisville. KY. The
lecturer has had a number of years
experience in his chosen field, and is
certainly an able advocate of the
noble cause. His delivery, though
somewhat impaired by hoarseness, in
consequence Of constant speaking,
was fine; his manner impressed all
hearers that his heart was in his
theme; his arguments forcible and
substantial; his descriptions vivid,
and his appeals most eloquent aud
pathetic. The speaker strongly ia
vored legislation prohibiting the
traffic in liquors. or at least the
enactment of local option laws by
which each community shall deter
mine for themselves whether it shall
be sold in it's midst. At the conclu-
sion of his remarks quite a number
of the audience applied for admis-
sion into the lodge of Good Temp
lars already organized at this place,
and we doubt not much good was
accomplished by the lecture.
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A HANDs0NE COETRTBUTIoN.


In the proceedings of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of>Kaexv HE, last
Saturday night, we notice that Mr.. J. A.
Rayf, of the Board of EdueatieRs adj
dressed the Council on the subject of
the proposition by Miss Austin, of Bos-
ton, to assist in raising funds to build a
new school house for the use of the col
ored public school of the city. Business
men of Boston, he said, were willing to
contribute $4,000 for such purpose,
provided the city would appropriate $2,-
900 as guarantee of good faith. L.
was ordered by the Council that the city
accept the generous proposition and
guarantee site, and also the sum asked
for, provided they should have entire
control of the building. Messrs. j. A.
Rayl, G. j McClung and P. Dickinson
were selected to atteAd to the matter.
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Commissioner Killebrew received
a letter from Otis Brown, of Port.
land, Maine, 10 which he states that a
Committee had4eft That city for an in
spection tour over the table lands Of
Tennessee for twenty persons Of
means who wish TO settle in this
State-to get in a balmier and more
healthful climate. They want to
settle near good water power in an
agricultural region, in close proxim,
ity to a railroad.
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The semi-annual session of the Grand
Lodge Ancient Order United Workmen
of the United States, was recently held
in Chicago. The session was assecret
one, and the proceedings were in the ma
ture of lodge business. The principal
matter before the lodge was the consid-
Grafton of the best means of relieving
the necessities of the families of bfeth-
rem who have suffered by the yellow fe-
yer scourge. Inasmuch as the family of
each zone these deceased members re-
cciyes 81, 900, it occurs to us some action
for the relief of those who have to make
this contribution would have been more
appropriate. There are fifty-two thous-
and members of the order in the United
States, and it has no national, religious,
cies, but is confined to the advancement
of the material interests of its members.
A system of mutual insurance is one Of
the most prominent features ofthe order.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
last week, issued peremptory manda-
mus to the city councils of Pittsburg
directing them to pay the interest on
So, OOO, 900 bonds issued to pay for street
i'm provements. which bonds it had been
held by lower court were not city,
debt, and for which the city was not
liable. The Supreme Court reversed
the decisian and held that the city should
provide for the interest and principal
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NIarrieI.

On the 9TH of November, at the resi-.
dence Of the brides father, by the Rev
A. J. Greer, Mr. MILTON HAYNES, of
Granger county, to Miss MARTHA J.
SHARP, of Claiborne county. Tenn.
At the residence of the brides father,
G.. G.. johnson, near M6rristown, on
November n, 1878, by Rev J. r Hicks,
of Barhourville, KY, Mr.. D3yID II
BLACK, Of Barbourville, KY, TO MISS
IDA b. JOHNSON. The best wishes of
numerous friends attend them.