The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-12-03
PERSONAL

was in the city Monday.
Beecher Meek, Esq, of cambridge. is
attending the honorable Circuit Court.
" s. Carr, Esq, prominent mem
Der of the Tazewell bar, was in our city
last Saturday
s. r. Mcfarland, Esq, one of our
prompt paying subscribers at TalbOtt's
Station, gave us pleasant call Monday.
Mr.. Jas. II. Maxwell, whilom one of
Hamblen's best stock traders, now of
MoOresburg, Hawkins cOuaty, was in
to see us last Monday
Col J. w. Gaut, of Knoxville, was
in our city h few hours Monday, en-
route for the upper counties.
Capt. c. E. Dunn, of Leadvale, was
mingling with relatives and friends in
the city Monday.
DR.. John NJ. Boyd, Of Knoxville, spent
good port ion Of Monday with us, en-
route home from a visit 10 Leadvale.
Granger county was represented in
town Monday by John H. Crozier, Esq,
J. Frank Lafferty, Esq, and Mr.. Clyde
Alexander.
Miss Lena, daughter of Mai Jos.
Grigsby, we regret to hear is dangerous
ly i'll at her fathers residence in this
place.
Our polite and popular Young friend,
Houston III. Hall, of Peter Kern's mann
moth confectionery and candy house,
Knoxville, was in town Tuesday morn.
ing in the interest Of Peters business.
Dr. Peck, the inimitable "Sawbones. 4"
of Wolf Greek, came over on the Bun
cOmbe and took western bound train
Saturday night.
Mr. Ogden, Junior member of the
wellknown book and stationery house
of Ogden Bros, Knoxville, was in the
city last Wednesday and favored us with
| brief call.
Mr.. E. Caldwell, Of Panther Springs,
one of our best and most substantial
| farmers, spent few moments in our
sanctum Monday.
! Mr.. Dan. Morris has been in the ru-
raj districts for the past week buying
! turkeys. He is expected back this week
with several hundred, which are to be
dressed and shipped to the Southern
markets.
We were entertained for several min
utes in our sanCtum last Friday by our
| handsome young friend, w. T. Helm,
| representing the large notion house of
! Armstrong, Gator & Co, Baltimore.
He was en- route to points further South
! Mai. Geo. A. McNutt returned from
his Baltimore trip Thursday last, as
jovial and, ostensibly, enjoying as good
health as usual. He disposed Of 10 car
loads of hogs in the Baltimore market
during his absence.
The numerous friends of Hon. Thos.
G. Cain will be gratifed to know that
he had sufficiently recovered from the
bruises he sustained in the accident we
mentioned last week as happening to
him TO bear transportation to his resi-
dence in this place last Saturday. Al.
| though still unable to leave his room
he is in excellent mental condition and
full of gratitude to Providence and the
dear people at whose hands such kind
care and attentions were bestowed upon
him.
Circuit Court convened here last Mon
day, His Hon. Judge Rose and Attorney
General A. S. Tate both being present
Besides our local bar, we notice in at
tendance, Col. J NJ Meek, of New Mar
kct, j. w. zoe, Of Messy Greek, w. 5
Kyle, of Whitcsburg, and TheO. ROgan
of Russellvilic. The civil docket j,
light, but the criminal calendar is saiC
to be a very full one. We will eudcavOl
to give an abstract Of the courts pro
ceedings in our next paper.
Nh ThOs. B. German, for many year.
past connected with the Office depart
ment of the Warm Springs Hotel, il
which position he has added largely tC
the number of his friends, is on visit
with his family, TO his mother in this
place. He confirms the report that DR.
HOwertOn has extended his lease of The
Springs property, and that further i'm
sprovemeuts and engagements arc being
made to the hotel buildings. The right
wing of the structure, now single story
cottages, will be carried up two more
stories, adding seventy-tive additional
rooms to the wing This will make it,
if it is not already, the handsomest anC
cOmpletest hotel of its kind in the South
DR.. Howerton's popularity is always Oh
the increase, as is his patronage.