The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-09-24
NEWs AND OTHER f7EMg

leo anu SCDdIdbEu DIT TIC uOOf. al
ter their marriage, and have not seen
each other for six months.
Ireland heads the list of crime in the
United Kingdom, as far as minor of
fences are concerned, but in serious
crimes England and Scotland are ahead
In circus at Paris, ILL.,, a suddenly
crazed young lady ran into the ring, EN-
braced the clown, and declared that he
must become her husband.
The Newport Reporter states that Mr.
A. Ramsey, the wealthiest man in
Cooke county, and far advanced In
years, does not know the English alpha
bet, but yet he has mechanically learned
to sign his own name with a pen.
The planet Mars now rises at half-past
8 in the evening, and the great star king
Jupiter shines brightly in the eastern
skies all the early part of the night, go
ing to rest just before daylight.
The farmers are now busy, gathering
fruit, foddering, turning over ground
for the wheat crop, etc. We wish them
a good season and hoUnteous returns for
their labors.
According to predictions the coming
winter will be severe one, and the
autumnal W Gather of the past week will
doubtless lead many to accept the prog
nostications.
According to the Lexington Transcript,
a snake was slain the other dayip Camp
bell county, KY, that measured II feet
6 inches, and was stuffed with three
cows, litter of pigs and stack OF hay
Some humane person has presented
the editor of the ScOttsboro Citizen with
a bed quilt. Now, it he can manage to
get his linen buster dyed blue, he will
be fixed for winter,
Vim. Heal, of Murphy, N. O., recent
ly sent two Bull Snakes by express from
SweetwateF to the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, D. u. One of them was z
feet and the other Ct feet in length.
Newport Reporter: Henry Johnson,
of the 9Th civil district of this county,
was kicked by an OK last week and re-
NAMED senseless six hours, and the blood
run from his ears nine hours he is now
recovering,
Major Cain and Messrs. Wilmeth &
Baird completed their brick moulding
work Saturday evening. The first has
in the kiln or ready for it $50, 600 and
the latter 1870, 900 of as handsome brick
as were ever put up in kiln, This Eos
four weekis work is hard to beat.
Herald and Tribune: Quite a novel
wedding came off in Jonesboro' on last
Tuesday night, Esq. w. E. Mathes Off
ciating. The groom was Mr.. Young
Bayless, aged SO, and the bride was Miss
NaOma Lane, beautiful and blushing
young lady of "sweet sixteen"
The look of intelligence assumed by
the young lawyer as he sits in court
should be put stop to. 1t is calcula-
ted to cause the presiding judge to lose
confidence in himSelf-tO make him be
lieve he doesn't know anything. He
ought to mulct them in every instances
The price of tenpenny nails have been
advanced by Pittshprg manufacturers
to So, q climb of 40 cents per keg. The
holders of nails in Western cities are
awaiting events and watching the move
ments of manufacturers at Wheeling
and elsewhere.
The people of New Orleans are talk
ing about q monument to Gen. John r.
Hood. The people of ST. Louis are
talking about monument to Gen. Frank
P. Blair. The people of Baltimore are
talking about monument to Lafayette.
The people of New York are talking
about monument to Major Andre.
The ClarksYille T94qcco Leqf states
that Just after the big rain Tuesday,
Hon. G. A. Henry disc0vereda man in
his field who appeared intensely inter
ested in something, and going out to see
what was the matter, found that the
man was gathering up little catfish,
which were lying so thick on the ground
as to be soraped up by the double hand
full.
1t is beyond doubt very desirable, if
not absolutely essential, that some ratio
of value between the metals be agreed
upon by all nations, and, from the pres
ent indications, that idea seems to be
entertained by a majority of the cOun-
tries which took part in the recent in
ternational monetary conference at
Paris. Another conference may result
in the adoption of an international stan
dard of value.
The A. I. Stewart of Cincinnati died
on Wednesday last. John ShillitO, born
at Greensburg, Pa, on the gath day of
November, 1903, started as a clerk in
Cincinnati tifty-five years ago, and grad
ually acquired immense wealth in the
dry goods trade. Mr. Shillito left an es-
tate worth several millions of dollars.
He abstained from interference in poll
tics, was close in his attention TO bust
ness, and liberal in his donations to
worthy charitable objects.
Montgomery (Ala.) advertiser Mrs
James Bryant, of Lowndes county, do
ated last year her colossal fortune of
natural black hair for the benefit of the
Memphis yelloW-fGver sufferers. It
realized several hundred dollars, and
has now come back to the original own
er, by the kindness of q Boston mer-
chant who was the last purchaser. 1t
will be ratified for in Montgomery in an
evening or two, for the benefit of Gen.
Hoods children.
Absolutely the latest, newest and alb
sqrdest theory is, that whereas Bright's
disease is more prevalent in this than in
any other country, and whereas we use
more ice and iced dishes than any other
country, therefore the disease is occas-
Toned by the excessive use of ice and
iced dishes. In European countries ad-
dicted to beer and wine it is said the
complaint is comparatively rare. If the
doctQrg should disagree upon this theory
there may be something in if.
Heretofore all letters insuff1ciently
stamped have been forwarded to their
destination and the amount due collect
ed of the person to whom they are adj
dressed, The amended law requires
postmasters to place upon Letters not
fully prepaid the additional stamps, and
to send the Office at which the letter is
to be delivered bill for the amount of
stamps advanced. The postmaster re-
ceiving the said bill collects the amount
due from the receiver of the letter and
returns it to the post Office addressed.
The Corbin Hotel, occupied by Henry
Corbin, Westerville, Ohio, was blown
up ON the night of the 10th by gun pow
der, and although the building was oe-
cupiCd by a number of people, no one
but Corbin was injured, and he not fa-
tally. Four years ago building he oc-
cupied as saloon Was demolished by
gunpowder, and Corbin left the TOWN.,
only returning a short time ago; but all
attempts to arrest the guilty parties fail
ed. The damage to the hotel and nu-