The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-10-29
Local Notes and Other NesCs.

Local Notes and Other NesCs.
Chattanooga total public school en-
rollment is 1873.
Several strings of fish were readily
sold last week to our fish hungry citizens.
The good, old-fashioned corn-shuck-
ing time will soon be on hand, to the
enjoyment ofthe country lads and Iassies.
There was falling off in the shipment
of coal over the road last week from
some cause.
Writing spiders are becoming fash
| iOnable, but none have appeared in
Morristown.
Jack Frost visited Morristown Thurs
day night last, and on Friday night
there was ice the thickness of a wafer.
A shooting match in the vicinity of
Dan Perkey's, last Friday, brought out
number of marksmen.
r. M. Fisher Esq, was elected to the
cashiership of the Franklin Association
Bank, of Athens, made vacant by the
death of Maj. NJ. A. Helm.
The Supreme Court sitting at Knox
vile decided that grand jury had in
quisitorial powers in cases Of selling
liquor to student.
The cool, frosty weather has brought
a healthy and charming icolOr to the
cheeks of the p. s. gs.-pretty school
girls.
The best Indication of the popularity
of an article is its rapid sale. Most
! druggists say they sell more of DR..
| Greenhalge's SOC article than of all 9TH
ers combined. For sale at the drug
store of w. P. Carriger.
We are requested to announce that tho
funeral of Mrs. Mary ID Rippetoe, de-
ceased wife of w. T. RippetOe, will be
preached the First Sunday in November,
at Bethel Baptist Church, by Elder T.
J. Evans and E. J. Hyatt.
Hon. John NJ. Bright, member OF
Congress from the Fayetteville district,
| and Miss Belle Buckncr, of Nashville,
were married on the 10Th inst. The
bridal couple have gone North, to be alb.
sent until the meeting Of Congress in
! December.
| Last Saturday presented quite busy
| scene among our merchants and the u
| merOus trading country people in town
that day. Many dime was passed over
the counter to the delight of the merch.
ant in exchange for a package of goods
to the happy and intelligent purchaser.
| And thus, as Brick PomerOy says, "many
household was made happy by Satur-
| days purchases"
Thanks to our kind lady friend, Mrs.
! George Livingston, for a basketful OF
Southern Queen sweet potatoes, grown
in her garden. Without exception this
is the finest esculent of its kind we have
| ever had placed upon our table, and we
are assured it is more easily cultivated,
is not as susceptible to damage from UNI
seasonable weather and ismore prolific in
its yield than any variety that has been
tested by our attentive friend.
A correspondent of the New York
Herald giving the particulars of the fight
at Milk river, and the rescue of Capt.
Payne's party, describes the arrival of
General Merritt, and Gays when the
General met Captain Payne the two
threw their arms around each other and
that tears were shed. Both men were
exhausted, Payne by his wounds and
anxiety, Merritt by his long march.
There was such a scene in that wretched
corral for five or ten minutes as few men
witness twice in lifetime or want to.
A very heavy rain fell throughout East
Tennessee and Western North Carolina
last Friday night. The rivers rose very
rapidly and done considerable damages
along their banks. The residence be-
longing to Mr.. Covington, two miles
below Newport, was destroyed and part
ly washed away. The family is now
residing under plank shed hard by.
The dam of the Newport Mills was
considerably damaged. 60 or 20 feet
was washed out in the middle of the
river, considerable loss to Mr.. D. B.
McMahan. Ne1op0rt Reporter.
Scene, Commercial House: Present,
guests, propTietors, ct al, discussing the
wheat boom. A gentleman and lady
pass the hotel in a buggy. Capt. T.,
the senior proprietor, raises his head,
his chair, and I'm a voice bland like and
mild inquiries prOmiscuously: "Who did
Mr.. -- marry ~ A sudden lull in
the discussion Smith hesitatingly APP
preaching the eonundrum-" Who did
he marry ?'t-auother pause and mature
why, why he married a
a woman, of course ?" Hilarity in the
seats.
We regret to learn through note from
Capt. T. ]. Berry to the RogersVille
Spectator, that the writer was the re-
cipieht of severe injury a few weeks
ago. The Captain says: 81 was at a |
barn raising some ten or twelve days |
ago, and was assisting to put up long |
and heavy wall plate, having one end |
actually on the corner, and the other end |
nearly up, when the first end slid off and |
every body got out of the way but me. |
The plate came down like lightni ng and |
caught me, crushing my right thigh
lutte seriously. No bones were broken,
however,, and hope to be on my legs
gain in a. few weeks"
The fifteenth annual session of the
1olston Conference of the Methodist E.
Church closed It's labOrs at Knoxville on
Monday of last week, after a session of
i've days. The following among other
were made
JackSbOrough-A G. Watkins.
Tazewell-W. M. Has kali
Thorn Hill. Bogart
Rutledge-W. P. Sent er.
Sneedville-H Pile.
Rogersville-M A Rul e.
Newport circuit-M w BroyIes.
Parrottsville-T w Brown.
Morristown-T r West.
Messy Creek-P ii r eed