The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-27
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ABOUT ROGERS VILE ANO-
TIER MURDER : PERSONAL.
RoGERsvILLE. Tenn. Feb. 20, '78.
To the Editor Of thsMorFistOwn GszettA~ (
IIeft Greanvilie on Monday morn
ing last, and walked TO Midway.
When near the white house, close ID
the 60 mile post. a savage dog rush
ed upon and bit me, hurting me con-
siderably, y and causing me 10 limp
till [ reached Midway. / was with
out cane, even, and never carry
a pistol. So I stopped down, pick
ed up ballast stone, let fly at the
dog as he was retreating, hit and
sent him home limping. speak OF
this. as | did the other bite l receiv-
ed, to call attention to the fact that
owners have no right to let savage
| dogs out of their collars aud away
from their chains to annoy peace
able, law abiding travellers, like my
self.
have frequently seen the boys
in our goodly town-two, three, four
and more at a time-sIand on the
railroad track and fire the ballasting
stones by the score, aud more too.
have sometimes taken the liberty
10 say to the boys that they possibly
could not be aware of what they
were doing. in misplacing the stones
that the railroad company had been
to great expense in blasting the
rocks, breaking them up into small
pieces. transporting them miles
away to place them where they were
"or a purpose, and now that they
we're removing them unlawfully ;
that they might just as well go to
the money till of the company and
take out the cost In nickels of those
stoi. es they were throwing when they
were not wanted. So of myself:
took q stone to threw at that deg
and never reflected what l had done
till | went to bed Monday night, i
ever go to that place again. l in
tend to hunt up that stone and re-
place it, though may say, that il
that respect, the railroad company if
already greatly in ay debt. a7e}
Well, have been asked what
think of RegersyiIle. l think that
it must have been a grand town pre-
vious to the war. It looks as though
intelligent, enterprlsing aud wealthy
men built the town, and as though
it had suffered in consequence OF the
internecipe war that ragged from
1861 to 1S65-not SO mneh ia the
destruction Of buildings as In other
changes brought by it; that it was
allowed to 60 into dilapidaGion fol
few years. but that, within the
past few ears the owners ct proper
ty have repaired. painted and put
their buildings into a much better
condition. Mr.. w. p. Gillenwaters
in his little speech TO The citizens o.
Greeneville last week. demonstrated
that a town with good school:
brought money for distribution il
and around it, aud their absense
caused a drain from it, especially, il
the school children weFs ssnt abroad
to be educated. cannot but be
lieve that the two fourishing schools
here account for much of the pros
perity Of this beautiful town. But
other enterprises are wanted to make
Rogersville what 1t was twenty year.
ago. 1t would crafty me much tc
know, in the years TO como, that be-
former estate has come back to her
have another murder to chronicle
This time il Is in Jonesville, Lex
couRty, Va. Have no very dedAitt
particulars, only that John Willis
killed a man by the name of Razor
Richard T. Powell and wife. wht
have been in Georgia for the pas
six months, have lately returned
home, where they are very cordially
greeted by their many relations and
friends. Mr.. Powell is to take pes
session of Hale's Springs-five mile
from Rogersville, and will receiv,
visitors during the season.
Poats is Poats, and he will b.
Poats as long as there is breath il
his body.