The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-22
VIEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.

the next RepuDllcan NatlOnal COnEeA-
tion-all for Grant
DR.. julius lie Moyne, the builder of
the cremation furnace at Washington,
Pa, died on the 18th, age 81.
William johnson, confined in the Jail
at Memphis for raping a child twelve
wears of age, committed suicide by beat
ing himself over the head with shovel.
Postmaster General Key has directed
that all mail matter to the Louisville
Lottery Company. shall not be delivered,
but sent to the dead letter office.
The head naIlers at the Vulcan Iron
Works, Chattanooga, struck for higher
wages and they were paid oil and dis
charged.
The brick-layers of Nashville have
struck for an increase from ~, 0O TO
S., 90 per day. Contractors refuse the
advance and much work is being stop
ped in consequence.
Keep in mind the grand meteoric dis
play billed for the night of the 18th OF |
November, and that there will be no
postponement on account of the wea-
Their.
John E. Green, who lost leg in the |
Wolaston disaster on the Old Colony |
railroad, October 8, 1878, has been re- |
warded SIS, 1888. Green sued for $2O, wv. |
| The company did not test its liability, |
| but the amount of compensation.
| The Selma and Gulf railroad was re-
Gently sold under a foreclosure, and was
purchased by D. T. Sullivan, President
and owner of the Peninsula railroad for
$4,000
The University of Tennessee at Knox
Vile has admitted up to this time in
the present session 225 students, OF
whom 124 are State students, leaving
more than half of the appointments to
which the State is entitled untitled.
The London FTeenaas0n points out that
in February next there will be five Sun
DAYS. This fact occurs but three times
in a century. Thus, after 1880 we shall
have to wait until 1920 before the short
est month in the year can again boast
of five Sundays.
The Supreme Court at Knoxville In
the case of the State VS.. Clark, decides
that the securities of revenue collector
are liable to the State for the amount OF
dog tax collected by him and not paid
> over, Notwithstanding the uncOnstitu-
) tionality of the tax.
, England is being aroused to the fact
e that the United States is rapidly becOm-
/ ing her most dangerous manufacturing
f rival. The exports of every description
' from this country are becoming simply
} enormous.
7 The widow Oliver has taken up her
. quarters in the Washington poor house,
r but this may merely be ruse to bring
I hard hearted Simon Cameron to terms.
= His old affection may return when he
S hears where she is.
; Postmaster General Key has decided
= | that no assessment upon postmasters 1or
- political purposes are known or recOg-
' nized by the department. PostmasteTs
will govern themselves as they please
= when requests for contributions come
! to hand.
" Il is said that the A. GU which has
4 for two wears been a separate State Juris
: diction IN Tennessee, will on the 18th
e of this month go back under the head
}. of the Supreme Lodge, the members IL
this iurisdicting believe it for the best
# interest of the order.
/ The Railway Interest is said to be
l. recovering from its depression, for the
e first time since 1873. The gross earn
ings of the railroads in this country
e last wear were $3.50, 900, 900 against $473,
d 600 600 in 1877, and the net earnings
S187, 800. 900 against $171 900, 900 in 1877
d being an increase of 81 per cent. in gross
d earnings and 10per cent. net.
e It is rumored among army gossips tina
y during the Presidents tour West he con
l. ferred with Gen Sherman, and decided
d to place on the retired list all the head
rs of the Staff Bureaus of the army wht
re are eligible by reason of age. This viii
ID make vacancies in the Offices Of Ad
,e iuntant General, Quartermaster General
lie Paymaster General and Surgeon Gen
} eral.
Nearly the entire stock of peanuts
- consumed in the United States is pro
20 duced in the States of North Carolina
% Tennessee and Virginia, and during tn
- passed three crop years the Dulk
., them in Virginia. The Virginia crOl
~ in 1S77-7S, 405, 900 bushels, and in 1878
III 70, S75, 900 bushels. The growing crOI
5L is estimated at 1,11O,OOO bushele. Tn
y total comsu mptiOn in the United State
4 last year was !, 1880. 900 bushels.
- The Chicago and Alton train, was, o.
4 October 9Th, robbed of its express none
n. at Glendale, fifteen miles east of Kansa
at CITY. Mo. The train was stopped b.
al about twenty masked men, who kep
" nm a continual firing until the messeI
: gers safe was robbed. The messenge
was knocked down, but not seriousl
hurt. The estimated loss is about fit
thousand dollars.
nc 1t is reported by telegraph that larg
- number OF ballots cast in Williams cOur
III tv Ohio, and of the counties comprisin
q that Senatorial district cannot be coun
T. ed. They were printed on tinted paper
o. instead of plain white paper as the lal
~ directs. Had these ballots been Lawful
~ Mr.. wilkins, Democratic nominee, fc
On State Senator would have been electe
sc bv about 100 majority; but under tn
Go circumstances, Horace Swaldridge, IL
= publican nominee, is elected.
he The order forbidding the circulatio
eb of lottery advertisements through tn
a mails has been Interpreted to includ
he ali mail matter. All letters addresse
nj TO lottery agents are presumably o
N. lottery business and will not be delive
Iv Ell to those whom they are addressed
oh but will be returned to the sender
or Any person mailing letter to lotteT
re- agent. is by this Interpretation guilt
nd Of az offence against the postal laws
mr. the United States, for which he may
Die prosecuted.
yes The indications are that the Cinci
he natl Southern road will be read
he for the operations of trains by Decemb
ms. 1st, ten days before the time liked Il
,,,t its completion; but that the entire VOL
oil of ballasting-the surface ballastlnG
No may not be finished Tor sometln
~ thereafter. The work is being pushe
,gh form both ends of the line, with the i
VII tention of meeting at New River, Tenn
III III about midway between Summerset, Ky
'ei and Chattanooga, Tenn. The track
now laid with twelve miles of that poi
md on the north, and but twenty mil
ton remain to be laid on the south.
hat The Pacific express train was tel
ok, scoped on the Michigan Central railro
ma one mile east of Jackson, Mich, at
lis, o'clock A. NJ, on October 10th. 4
lch train had been behind time, and q swift
nal engine was using the main track. II
III express train made up its time and II
ma 49, Tho ewitch engine. telescoping {
ba00aoa and eYDress cars, and pill