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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-08-06
of an Act Of the General Assembly
of the State of Tennesele, the origi-
nal of which is on file in my Office.
CHARLES n. GIBBS.
Secretary of-State.
THE ADVA MIA GES OF ACLEPI-
MA TIN. COMPROMISE.
Secretary of State.


THE ADVANTAGES OF ACLEP1-
ING THE COMPROMISE.
A statement showing the amount
that will be saved to the State by
ratifying a-compromise ata5O cents
on the dollar with interest at 4 per
cent: rraa ess al.
The bonded Indebtedness of sst -'
the State is now......... $40, 221 300
With interest due on the
same to July 1, 1679...... 4,2O1 700
Making a total of. ... $24, 423, 900
Which if adjusted at so cts.
on the dollar will be re-
duced to-. ...........4... %ISI2lI, 0UU
Amount saved in principal 81, 211 800
To meet the interest on the
debt as it now stands, it
will require an annual rev.
enue of. Observation-Disclosures. 1 400, 600
To meet the interest on the
debt if the proposition is
ratified it will require an
annual revenue of only. 488, 400
Amount saved annually in
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-08-06

Speaker of the Senate.
H. p. FoWLKEs.
Speaker of House OF Representatives.
Approved March 81, 1879.
ALBERT S. MARKS.
Governor.
l, Charles N. Gibbs, Secretary of
State of the State of Tennessee, GER
tify that the above is correct copy |
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
A Tribute to Women.

Place woman among the flowers, foster her as tender plant, and she is thing of fancy, waywardness, and folly-an. noyed by dewdrop, fretted by the touch of butterAy's wing, ready to faint at the sound of beetle or the rattling of window-pane at night, and she is overpowered by the perfume of rosebud. But let real calamity come, rouse her affections, enkindle the fires of her heart. and mark her then How strong is her heart Place her in the heat of battle e-give her a child, bird, or anything to protect-and see her, in relative instance, lifting her white arms as shield as her own blood crim- sons her unturned forehead, praying for her life to protect the helpless. Trans plant her in the dark places of the earth, call forth her energies to action, and her breath becomes a healing, her presence a blessing. She disputes, inch by inch, the strides of stalking pestilence, when man, the strong and brave, pale and affrighted, shrinks away. Misfortune daunts her not; she wears away life of silent endurance, and goes forward with less timidity than to her bridal. In prosperity she is 8 bud full of odors, waiting but for the winds of diversity to scatter them abroad-pure gold, valu- able, but untried in the furnace. In short, woman is miracle, a mystery, the centre from which radiates the charm of existence.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
ss Probabilities ;" from Josh Billings.

Josh Billings has printe few of his Probabilities.
 Truth iz sed to be stranger than fickshun-it is to most pholks.
 About the hardest thing fellow kan do iz to spark 2 gals at one time and preserve good average. Try it.
 Don't dispize your poor relashuns. They may be taken suddenly rltch sum day, and then it will be awkward to ex- plain things to them; undoubtedly so.
 Next to klear konshience for solid comfort cums an easy boot. Try both.
 I don't take any foolish chances. If I wuz called upon to mourn over dead mule, should stand in front ov him and do my weeping.
 There is no man so poor but what he can afford to keep one dog, and hay seen them so poor that they could afford to keep three.
 say to 2 thirds ov the rich people in this world, make the most ov your money, for it makes the most of you. Happy thought.
 I never argy agin success when I see rattlesnaix's head sticking out of a whole. bear of to the left and say to miself that hole belongs to that snaix.
 The infidel argys just as a bull dug chained to post. He bellows and saws, but he don't git loose from the post, notiss. Not much.
 1 thank the Lord that thare is one thing in this world that money kant buy, and that is the wag of dogs tail. Yure unkle.
 I have seen men so fond of argument that they would dispute with guide board at the forks ov kuntry road about the distance to the next town. What fools.
 Thare are but flu sights in this life more sublime and pathetic than to see a poor but virtuous young man strug- gGng with a mustach. It iz thus.
 I notiss one thing, tho man who rides on the kars every day is satisfied with one seat :; but he who rides once a year wants 4. That's so.
 Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelled of, not swallowed.
 The man whom you kant git to write poetry or tell the truth until you gil him half drunk aint worth the invest ment.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
The Wheat Crop.

Instead of 8 deficit of 50,000,000 bushels in Europe, Alexander Delmar thinks the gross deficit will equal 225,- OOO, ,OOO, and the net deficit will amount to over 15O,OOO,OOO bushels. In the United Kingdom alone the deficit will amount to 11,0O0,0O0 bushels o: more. The consumption is 2OO,O0O,00O and the crop will hardly equal 90,0O0, ,O0O. The weather has continued wet so long that all hope of saving the wheat crop has been abandoned. He adds: do not believe that we have throughout the whole Uunited States over 31,OOO, ,O0O acres in wheat, and from what have seen of the plant this year l feel coni- dent that it will not average 12 bushels to the acre. In many parts of the Western States it will not average g bushels, and in Southern California ii will fall even below this average. We shall probably have full crop, but not superabundant one, for, if I read aright, every bushel that we can spare will be needed abroad. I estimate the crop at 36O, ,OOO, ,0OO bushels. The wheat deficit will, during the harvest year 1879 80, amount to over 200,O00,O00, say 225, 100000 bushels, and the United States will be called upon to supply two-thirds of it, or say 150,000, ,OO( bushels.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
A Frenchman's Will.

He was Frenchman, and methodi- cal old business man, worth his millions.
 Fearing that his end was nigh, he called
 his notary to draw up his will. He was unable to fix upon the relative to whom he should leave his fortune. "But," said the notary, "monsieur has Q nephew" "Bah don't talk to me of him What? thht worthless rascal, who hasn't sou, who is possibly dying of hunger this moment? Do you think I vii! encourage such cattle as that Y "But, monsieur" protested the notary, "your nephew is in need of no encour- agement. You have lost sight of him for a long time, I see." Yes, for a long time." "Well, in that time he has made fortune." "What l" [" He IS now rich young man, we'll situated, and able to get along without your prop erty, I assure you." "That alters the case entirely, then," said the old man. "I constitute my nephew my sole heir. "
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
Mortality Among Fish.

A letter from Hammondsport, N. r., says Two years ago peculiar fish ap- peared in Lake Kenka. The full grown fish were about five inches long, and in shape like a shad. From the threat Q sharp projection of bone extended along the belly to the tail. Alright these fish gathered in schools near the shores of the lake and darted swiftly through the water, with the dorsal fin above the sur face, making noise like that of an as- cending skyrocket. No one had ever seen any of the fish before, and the mys- tery of their appearance has never been solved. They were given the name of "saw bellies." This season the surface of the lake is strewn with the dead bodies of these strange fish. They float on the water by thousands. Occasionally one of the fish may be seen to shoot up from the lake like an arrow, and then it falls back to the water dead,
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
An Unkind Cut.

A friend and neighbor had son who is so quick at repartee that it is little dangerous to cross swords with him.
 He was out riding with his father the other day, when noting the name of a street, he asked if it was not named for Mir. B., a we'll known but not alto gether popular citizen. "By no means, D said the father, it was not named for him, but for his father, who was very popular and very much esteemed" The son said nothing; so his father, who thought he saw a chance to preach a little sermon, continued cts very apt to be so. A boy has father whom everybody loves and respects for his good qualities and abilities, but in too many cases the boy don't amount to anything" Said the boy, after pause
 "Your father was very much esteemed, wasn't he, sir ?' -.-
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
5 Powerful Locusts.
THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO GROUND AND
 TREES.


 Sir Hans Sloane says in his Natural History of Jamaica" that 1ocusts not only destroy the ground for the time, but burn trees for two years after and a foreign writer, referring to Ethiopia, assures us that wherever they feed their leavings seem as if parched by fire. Nothing can escape them which the ground produces. They devour not only herbage, corn, fruits, leaves, buds and bark of trees, but even the bitter hemp and the very reeds with which the African tents are thatohed. ,..-' .'
 Y, Bochart declares that swarm of To- custs makes so loud a noise when they move that they may be heard six miles off Many writers also describe the re- markable order exhibited by locusts in their flight and march and their manner of proceeding directly forward, notwith- standing every opposing obstacle Each of the broods," says Shaw, describing what he himself witnessed, "collected itself into compact body of furlong or more square, and marching, afterward, directly forward toward the sea, they let nothing escape them, eating up everything that was green and juicy not only the lesser vegetables, but the vines likewise, the fig tree, the pome- granate, the palm and the apple tree even all the trees of the field--in doing which they kept their ranks like men. of- war, climbing over, as they advanced, every tree or wall that was in their way. Nay, they entered our very houses and bedchambers like thieves. The inhab. itants to stop their progress made Q variety of pits and trenches all over their fields and gardens, which they filled with water, or else they heaped up therein heath, stubble and such like combustible matter, which were several ly seton fire upon the approach of the locusts. But this was all to no purpose, for the trenches were quickly filled up and the fires extinguished by infinite swarms succeeding one another, while the front were regardless of danger and the rear pressed on so close that retreat was impossible. .,
 u "A day or two after one of these broods was in motion, others were al. ready hatched to march and glean afte, them, gnawing off the very bark and the young branches of such trees as had be. fore escaped with the loss of their fruit and foliage. So justly have they been compared by the prophet to a great army who further observes that the land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them desolate vii derness.'" .,,
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
A GamesOme Cousin of the Trout.
HABITS OF THE CRAWLING AND HOW TIC
 ANGLE FOR HIM.

A writer of the Chicago Tribune who has been angling for grayling in northern Michigan writes as follows of the fish: .
 "The grayling himself rarely exceeds two punds in weight, and the average weight in catch is about half pound, so that they run considerably larger than the brook trout. He is constructed upon the model of the trout, though not quite so chunky, his head being per- feet copy. His fins also resemble the trout's, with the exception of the dorsal. which is very large and beautifully marked, and gives him great strength and swiftness. His color is purplish gray, darkest on the back, and his sides are silvery. There are indications of speckles on the belly like the trout's but his distinguishing characteristic is series of irregular black spots on each side, just below the gills,> resembling the letter T. You will always find him in the holes if you approach them care- fully, and the ordinary angle-worm is as good bait as you can find. He does not rise to the bait like trout, consequently you must fish near the bottom of the holes, and this you can regulate with a float, which also enables you to put your line into every nook and corner you desire. He is strong, free bitter, and, as he runs with the bait in every direction with the swiftness of an arrow, flying out of the water with amazing leaps, you must keep firm hand on him and his head must be held up stream. Any sudden jerk will inevitably pull the hook out of his mouth, which is very tender.
 "Once out of the water, give him no chance 10 struggle in the air. Take him directly over your basket and seize him by the gills. If you take him by the body he is as hard to hold as an eel, and will inevitably flop back into the water. In this connection it should be stated that the ordinary creel is of no account, as the scribe can bear witness. Any two pound grayling will flop out of it. A basket with flat top, made of canvas, converging to the aperture, will take them in as easily as if they were fed into hopper. The sensation of the bite oi large grayling is like an electric shock. It makes you jingle to your finger ends. It is not like the dull, humping tug oi the bass or pickerel on the end of 6 trolling line, but rapid succession oi sharp, fierce jerks, and then your line goes dipping, hissing through the water in every direction, and the silvery creature flies out of the stream in curves like those made by salmon"
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
,~.FYAE GOES BY TURNS.
A VERSION AUTHORIZED BY UNCLE nEMus.

VERSION AUTHORIZED BY UNCLE REMUs. Daras apow'ful rastle 'twixt de Good an de ssnsBad, isa ,,-a An qe,Bad' got de allsunder holt; An wen de wuss come, she come ronclad, An. you ha'ter hole yo pref fer de jolt. But des t9,rds elas' Good gifts de knee-lock, An. dey draps to de groun'-kcr-fop! Good had de inturn an he stan like rock, An he bleedzd fer ter be on top. De dry yedder breaks wid big thunder clap, Fer dey ain't no drout' wat kin las, ButNde seasons wat whoops up de cotton crap, Likewise dey freshens up de grass. De rain fall SO 'sof' in de long dark night, Twell you ha'ter hole yo' han fer a sign, But de diizz!e wat sets de tater slips right Isde maxim uv de May-pop vine. In de mellerist groun' de clay-.oot Il ketch An, hole to de tongue uv de blow, AnNapine-pole gate at de gyardin-patch Never Il keep out de ole brindle cow. One an all un us knows who's pullin at de
 bits
 LRe'de lead-rnule dat g'ides by do rein, An yit, somehow CT nudder, de bestest un us sssz gifts sa -.-
 Mighty sick uv dc tuggin' at de chain. Hump yosef to de load an fergit de distress An dem wat stan's by to scoff, Fer de harder de pullin', de longer de res, An, de bigger de feed in de troff.
 .ss ,5 . -Atlanta (Ga.) Consultation,
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

FREDERICK MA1oHo, Q murderer, ventured from his hiding place in the woods to his home at Wilberton, Ill. He feared the officers of the law less than he did his neighbors, who, as he knew, would like to lynch him. Hungry and fatigued, however, he had resolved to take the risk of this visit. It was night, and, after eating hearty meal, he lay down on bed to sleep, first placing loaded gun within reach, and stationing his wife at window to keep lookout for lynchers. He had not slept long before she awoke him to say that mounted men were approaching. He unhesitatingly shot himself through the heart,
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
ATS SEA.

Worn voyagers, who watch, for land ..., Nj, ss.,v Across the endless wastes of sea, ,,,, ..,5 Whogaze before and on each hand; ,,,,.,,.3 Why look ye not to what ye flee? :; .,, h.s The stars by which the sailors steer, Not always rise before the prov; " Though forward naught but clouds appear, .;g Behind they may be breaking now, ..& What though we may not turn again a ''' .'''N' To shores of childhood that we leave,' 't" Are those old signs we followed vains '"''~ "A Can guides so oft found true deceive? ''e = ''>'.'' -. ,':'N.'Cs' Ha'.' ,,.S,G @sslI Oh, sail we to the South or North, , a,
 Oh, sail we to the East or West, ,s The port from which we first put forth, ''''' "~ Is our hearts home, is our llfo's best !" V '' '''' ''. '.'. F. W. BouRp1LLoS 's's4
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

"I never was so astonished. The gen. tleman on your left"
 els always at my right, dear. He will never be in the opposition again."
 "How delightful P
 "For us9 Oh yes. Charming"
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

JOHN NICHOLAS took the two Misses Blumenear out riding, ct Ellenville, N. Y., and they requiSed him with coldness. By way of retaliation, he sued their father for $4, which was his valuation of the ride. hgt the magistrate decided
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

OWING to the drought in Florida ma, y of the ponds are almost dried up and arc filled with dead fish. A drove of cattle drank from one. of these ponds few days ago, and thirteen of the animals died. = \
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DIED.

ANDREWS. August 10Th, 1879, SEBASTIAN An
DRFws, in the fifty fourth year Of his age.
Funeral viii take place from his late residence.
No. 20 Sixth ttreet northeast. Friday, at O'Clock
Pm
BURGESS. On Wednesday, August 10Th, 1879,
GEORGE MILLER BURGEs, beloved son OF Vim. and
Myre Burges. ased three years. one month and
Funeral from parents residence, No. llO7 Park
Place between and streets. on Saturday, Au-
gust %, at O'Clock Pm.
CooNEY. eldest son Of Patrick Ii. and ArAbella v.
Cooney. aged IS years, month 81 days.
Fruersl from bis fathers residence. No. ~
spectfully invited
DART. In this city on the 18Th August, 1879. Mr..
ANsoN DART, aged seventy nine years.
Funeral from his late res icence, 606 II ct. ne. at
pm to-day.
GUY; On August 2lst, 1873. Capt JsMEs GUY.
of his age
HARRINGTON. In Georgetown. d. o., August
2Oth, 1879, MICHAEL, infant son OF Jonn ana Mary
Harm eton, aged nine months AID seventeen days.
We will lay him soft and gently
Down within the cold, damp ground.
That he there may sweetly slumoer
~" 'ne .'e' BIZ HIS PARENTS.
The friends of the family are respectfully invited
to attend the funeral from the residence of his par.
ents No. SO First street. Georgetown, on Friday
evening. August 22d. ct 4 80.
HOWE. On Thursday. August 2lst, 1879, JOHN
GowpIN iIftnt cen OF DR.. Frank and Maria F.
TAYLOR. On .Ausuet 20. 1879. ct 81 O'Clock
pm. MARY b.: wife of ii. r Taylor. jr and daush-
ter OF the late Richard W. Polkinhorn.
Notlce OF the funeral hereafter
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THE LEADING NEWSPAPERS
THE EVENING STAR.
THE WEEKLY STAR,

The proprietors OF THE STAR present to the
puonc It's daily and weekly editions, respective
", as not only the cernpletest and best, but also
the cheapest epitome Of events occurring at the
national capital, and OF general news as well, to
pe found anywhere. How well the public un-
derstands this is conclusively shown by the ex-
cepdonally wide circulation they both enjoy,
not In the City Of Washington alone, but
throughout all the States and Territories.
In order that the reader not now familiar with
the paper and its strong hold on the public may
understand at glance upon what elements It's
great popularity is based, the opinions of some
OF Its contemporaries as to its merits are ap-
pended. 1t is needless to add that no person is
SO good judge OF the value OF any given news.
paper as the men who conduct new spapers
themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-08-21

HEThe small, meek-look1ng wife OF Tom Cot
tTell, a Missouri horse thief, followed him weep.
ing out OF a St Joseph court room, after his
trial ard conviction. In the corridor she f1ew
at the sheriff like tigereSs, threw him on the
floor, and thus enabled the prisoner TO mount
mule and escape.
TIA rule Of the Illinois Central Railroad pro-
videS that dogs shall not ride In passenger
car; but big and ferocions bulldog walked INTO
a car at Chicago, appropriated q whole seat,
and rode 500 miles unmolested. ''He had such
a meaning smile" was the conductors apology
for not ejecting him.
sB-A Yorkshire vicar publicly protested
against some Methodist carpenters who took
a contract for building church, because they
had mo religious acquaintance with such
work." He paid nearly $500 damages In court.
eE-A tombstone with a simple cucumber
carved upon IL is oftentimes more expressive
than one with ten thousand lines or obituary
pcetry.-[ Phila. KrOnikle Herald.
tF-While MI. A. q. Hutchinson, OF Cleye-
land, was moving heavy bookcase the other
day. IL fell over upon his wife and injured her
SO badly that she died.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-08-21
NHANCERY SALES.

By virtue OF decree Of thu. Supreme COURT Ia
Of The DISTRICT Of Columbia, nassed in equity 1;%;
all the foll9Ting real estate in this city viz
@ .as Il ~
fronting On south street ana Georgia ayenus. be.
IS FEET sohe ast Of SQUARE. rannns
north 10 fest 80 inches; thence southwestsr,y
Vest corS q lot themes along the western boan
Diary lines OF sad lot to street thence east IS fest
- psr Of lot
Mo- 2 II o1 Hse No. $40 Is fs fs
east ss g feet themes nth isS ss inch e the
s sa improved by small frame house, tNo.
% the isse same day at o'clock p m lot E. in
sth az 81
/ and streets north, improved by five two story
o. WEDNESDAY, the Sd day Of September. A.
D; 1879 at O'Clock pm. Lot No 2S, in square No.
anS ST. 81
c s cay It. sGGan IA II
south from northeast corner Of said square Themes
| rnLrtns west ls5 feet ~ inches to public alley
.outiern line Of lot to fh stress thencs Is
inches to besnn3s sns by three
o. THURSDAY. the 4.h day Of September, 1879
op s ste Of If G h Nc 9
from northeast corIer, of said lot and square
the.se south IS feet: thence west Is fest; thence
uOfth leet: tUcOce east 20 leSt the
subject to private alleys portion OF same, iro
rroved bya twostory Brick House tNo. TAG 6.h
street northWeetD
On the same day, at 30 O'Clock p M. Lot No. H.
III HIS sub division Of square No. 485, improved
by a three story brick house, tNo. Sl1 9th stres
northwett)
on tie came day, at 6 o'clock pm Part of L.,
No. II, in square No. 454. beginning on street q
| feet west from northeast corner OF lot. runnius
thence west 20 feet, thence south los feet thence
east 20 feet and thence north l03 feet to the begin
ming. with the right OF way over private alley IL
rear; Improved by tn ree-s.ory brick house. (No
6t8 III street northwest
| Terms Of eae Onefourth of the purchase money
in cash, and the residue in three equal instruments
at six, twelve and eighteen months, with interest al
SIX per cent per annum all in cash, at the pur
chaser's option deposit Of $3.50 will be required
on each lot or part OF lot on day OF SALE Convey
anciDg at purchasers cost
| REGINALD FENDALI. Trustee.
STEIGER l. LIKBERNANN. Auciioneers:
i dE,d
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THOMAs BOWLING. Auctioneer.
TRUSTEES BALE OF IMPROVED PROPERTY
on THE EAST SIDE OF MARKET SPACE,
T T. GOODWILL, Real Estate Auctioneer.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE, No 1916 STREET NORTH WESC.
By virtue OF q deed OF trust to me. bear -
Ing Gate the Goth day Of February. 1877. and Hi.a
trict Of Columbia. in Lber SO folio s24 and at the
request Of the holder of the note will sell at pub
SEPTEMBER, 1879. at O'Clock pm. the west part
ct lot number r. In square number So. situate in
Beginning for the same at the northwest corner Of
said lot and running thence east, with the south
line Of street north fifteen feet eight and one
half inches; thence south twenty-one feet: thence
east three and onehaf inches, thence south sixty
one feet; thence west sixteen feet thence north
eighty-two feet, with the east line of ten-foot
alley. to the place OF beginlin9; together with the
brick dwelling and premises.
Terms Of sale: One-third cash; balance in six,
twelve and eighteen months, with interest at tue
rate Of seven per cont, deferred payments to be
secured by deed Of trust on the property sold Or
for all cash. at the option Of the purchaser Par
chaser will be required to pay Sl08 cash at time OF
sale Az eonveyancing at cost Of purchaser. Terms
aug20. %, n ,sep1 9. K DOUGLASS, Trustee