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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
PERSONAL.


Bob Roberts says be Ia Ia he shutc.
Mai. T.. G. Cain left Saturday uiRht
on a business trip 20 Sc. LouA.
Our industrious cattle aud stock deal
er, Mr.. james III. Maxwell, Of Moorus-
burg, was in town Saturday
Miss Ida Audcs, ~ this city. De- visit
ing frichds On Chattanooga. She vii
take In CleYoland M she returns home.
Mayor A. III. Gregg has boon abacnt
in New York Tor Two weeks, lsukiuG
after Railroad Interests pertaining "a the
MOrristown aud Cumberland Gap
branch As Mr. q. q a thoroughly hna-
mess man, we trust lac will accomplish
much good for this proposed Railroad.
Our cnterprising wagon and carriage
manufacturers, McssrB Curtis, Hull a
Witt are greetings mammoth sign.board
on the top Of their factory, cRicadinE
the entire longth Of The building II
will be painted BY our accomplished ar
tist, Mr.. Mortimer Thompson.
Bristol Couricr. Gen. Hancock favor-
ed Misses Mary r.. Miles and Leila 6t
John. OF Sullins College, with q nicai
autographs letter few days since.
The Misses wrote a letter OF condolences
90 the General, and be returned his
thanks
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

TIE TENNESSEE BONDH0LDERS.
From the office Of the Commit
tee OF Tennessee Boudhoiders, 81
Nassau street, New York. Nov. "a,
1880" we have received new cir.
cular to holders Of Tennessee bonds,
which has been issued by the com
mittee of bondhelders, consisting OF
Messrs. Eugene Kelly, John T. Ter
rv, James @. K. Duer. Peter Ged-
des and R. S. Moran. The commit
tee congratulates the bepdholders
upon the resalt Of the recent cleo
tion in Tennessee, which, it says. is
overwhelmingly in favor of main
tanning the faith and credit of the
State, about eighty Of the hundred
members OF the next Legislature ia
voring the claims Of the bondholders.
It also congratulates them upon the
marked progress which has been
made in the development Of the re-
sources OF Tennessee during the last
three years. and says:
"The industry and activity that have
everywhere prevailed throughout the
State, and the general prosperity tina
| has followed, the intelligent, progress
! i've spirit wheTewith all have been ami
mated, give reason to hope that your
committee will be able to effect set
| element fer the bsndholders with the
| State of Tennessee which will be credit
able to her people, AS enc Indication
of the improved condition ef affairs II
Tennessee, your committee estimates
that the value of railroad property IL
the State-which reflects the genera
prosperity as nearly as May be-has a.
least doubled within the past three
years"
In former circular the commit
tee announced that it had refused tc
fund on the terms proposed, large
amount Of bonds which were no
lien on the railroads, believing thai
a better settlement could be made
and the committee says that recen'
events fully justify that belief. Il
regard to the plan Of settlement
made by the Arbitration Committee
in 1877, which was to issue new
bonds at the rate of 60 per cent. O
the total amount Of debt and inter
est, and which the Legislature re
| iected. the circular says:
"a prominent member of the Arbi
tration Committee has lately declared
| that the award, made when all the ma
| terial interests of the country were IN {
state Of depression, would be considered
| to-day as manIfestly unjust TO the cred
| itors, and should not therefore be &C
cepted now as basis sf settlement, anC
in this judgment your committee unau
! imously csncuTs.
An appeal 10 the United State;
Supreme Court Is to be taken from
the decision against the bondho!dera
given by Judge Whitney last sPring
in the United States Circuit Court
al Nashville il the suit against Ten
nessee railroads. The circular con
cludes with a warning against per
sons not authorized to represent
bondholders ia a settlement.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

The report OF Postmaster General
Maynard recommends an appropria.
tieu for the continuance of special
mail facilities on railroads. such as
extra trains with mails only, and the
acceleration Of regular trains carry
ing the mails. &C., which the people
have enjoyed for several years past.
at would be impossible" says Mr..
Maynard, ITO maintain the service
at the present state of efficiency
without this appropriation, unless
the general law governing the COM
pensation for the transportation OF
mails by railroad be changed, so as
to afford compensation for this class
of service. And it may be added
that it is the desire OF she depart,
ment to extend this service TO bust
ness communities where il is needed
and would bo most valuable" Mr..
Maynard says he has revised Cen
eral BIady's estimates, and thinks
they are in accordance with the
probable requirements of the service.
He recommends that pensions be
paid TO railway postal employees
who may be disabled by accidents,
or to their families in case Of death;
the subsidizipg of steamship lines
carrying Mexican aud South Amer
lean mails; 8 reduction to cents OF
the fee charged for money orders
not exceeding So, and an extension
of the limit of orders from $50 to
500. There has been large in.
crease in orders for foreign, ana Dir,
Maynard is Of the opinion that bard
times in Europe have caused draft
on emigrants in America. Dir. May.
nard asks for Legislative authority
to adopt regulations providing for
the delivery by pail to the address
es at the offices of destination in the
United States subject to payment of
customs duties of any packet of du
table mail matter received in the
mails from foreign countries, and
recommends the establishment Of q
postal sasings" system and postal
telegraphs. Finally he thlaks that
postmasters should be protected
against levy on their private props
erty under judgment for acts done
in their official capacity aud asks for
a new department building.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

Gov. James D. Williams, known
all over the nation as "B'ue Jeans
Jimmie" died at his residence IN
Irdiananolis en- the Doth. He was
taken sick on the day of the cleo
uon. ard gradually grew worse IN
Gil his life went ont. He was faith
fol and incompatible public servant
fer many years. He climbed the
ladder from justice Of she peace to
The high office of Governor. lie
served nineteen years in the Legls-
lature of the State, and was also q
member of Congress, when ne was
called by his party to make the race
for Governor. He was not man OF
any great breadth Of intellect, but
he had good deal of that old fash
toned, practical common sense
which was the cause of his success
az public man.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
! AEoTHER HORRIBLE DEATH

ANOTHER HORRIBLE DEATH
AMBROSE g. EAsTERLY. OF GREENE
COUNTY KILLED.
From Mr.. Robert G. Crouch, Of War
rensburg, who was in our town one day
last week, we get these particulars of the
horrible death Of Mr.. Ambrose q. East
terly, a we'll known and much esteemed
citizen of Greene county, living in the
nefghborhood Of Midway, on Monday
evening of last week Mr.. Crouch says
that on the afternoon of that day Mr..
Easterly came to the store in his wagon
drawn by two horses and a mule. After
making purchase of sacks of salt, etc,
he concluded 10 ride home in advance
of the wagon. He took the mule from
the wagon, and after fastening the gears
around the names rode homeward. IL Is
supposed that when he reached his home
he attempted to open a large gate lead
ing to the barn without dlsmsunting,
that his saddle turned and the mule be-
came frightened aud runaway with him.
He was some distance from the gate
when discovered, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that the mule was cap
tured, so terrible was his fright. When
at last the body was rescued, one leg
was found thoroughly fastened in the
gears, life was extinct and, the body hor.
ribly mutilated-every rib torn assundcr
Mr.. Easterly was a mau universally cs
teemed by his neighbors and his sad
death caused general sadness.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

Dispatches TO Dublin from various
parts Of Ireland by agents for prop
ertv represent the state of the coun-
try as much disturbed and demOrsl-
ICED. The combination against the
payment Of rents is extending into
districfs hitherto peaceable, and the
terrorism which follows closely in
the wake Of the Land League is
steadily breaking down the oPposi-
tion of the lew abiding classes. leo
Ruts who do not pretend to be un-
able to paV rents meet their land.
lords defiantly and refuse TO pay
more than Grifiths' valuation, and
in some cases decline to pay at all,
or demand an arbitrary abatement.
Mr.. T. P. O'Couuer, III. P, speak
ing st public meeting in GALAXY
said that when the objects Of the
Land League shall have been at
tanned the Irish people will have s
more noble course in view - to
wrench themselves from the rule OF
England.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
VEyYOR AYD noe on SNOW.

expect December Oattsr part,) jan
uary aud March will give us mere snow.
December aud January, the greatest
cold. February looks warm, and snow
may rapidly disappear during that
month. An early spring Ice cr0p
good. Yours truly,
Henry q VESKoR.
Iexpect tremendous snow falls af hr
- the Southwark as Washingtoa, ID. c.,
and westward beyond Chicago toward
the end Of December and New Years,
and again in proximity % the oiEhth
and ninth Of January. Yours truly,
HESRY @ VENNoA
Since the current year Is the csm-
mencement Of period Of moro thau uH-
usual disturbances, which will not at
tain It, maximum until The end Of 1883.
therefore my opinion Is that tho c0mina
winter will be characterized by great
and sudden changes Ia atmospheric
pressure, and, consequently, BY heavy
precipitation-that %, heavy rains 10
the South and heavy SHOWS 10 the North.
with generally extreme low tcmpsrn-
ture.
Yours truly,
JOINS n. Tee.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

Hon, Jamos L. Pugh was cleo ted
SeDator, by the Legislature of Ala
bama on Wednesday last, to eli the
unexpired term Of the late Mr..
Houston. ar. Rugh will take his
seat at the opening of the session 10
December. He IS a native of Gcor
gia, 90 yesTs old, AID a lawyer b.
profession. He was a Presidential
elector 10 1856 and al tue outbreak
Of tue var in 1851 he was sitting in
Congress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

At Knoxville. on wednesday errniuE,
Nov "a. AZ 3 o'clock, &c thc rcaldence OF
The brides father. Hoo. David Richards,
on Broad street, BY kuv. 9. 3 hpafrows
Master of tha First N. = Church, Ar.
ID. ] HorE. 81 tho frm Of Heps a bro.,
Jewellers, and Miss Lizzie RfcuAnna.
Most cordially do We couFrniulats
jim, and welcome him % the Circ.o Of
brave and patriotic bencdicis. May be.
live long 10 comfort and make happy
his hOnny bride. May biz hopes" hs
many and full 10 fruition, madelad in
beauty, Industry aud worth after him-
self
In Knoxville, November %, at Ne ~
sldence " Capt w. w. Gibson. union
street. By Rev. q g. Rankin, Mr.. HEN-
RY A. CRAwFoHD aud Miss MANY San
DLER
Very sincerely DO we wat our beat
wishes % this couple Our acquaint-
ance with the fair and amlable bride Aa-
surcs us that n u IL not a happy move
fof the groom Ii Will not be- becanas aha
Dr. wanting in any Oi thc virtues I'D Sc
cnmplishinents thar 70 % make a. h1n-
bic home happy.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01


The following is a list of the
States that will cast their electoral
votes for Garfield, he having carried
them ia the late election:
Colorado, 8; Connecticut, 8; Illinois,
81; Indians, Is; Iowa, II; Kansas, 81
Maine, Z; Massachusetts, 10; Michigan;
IL; Minnesota, 5; New Hampshire, B.
Nebraska, 2; New York, 35; Ohio, q,
Oregon, 8; Pennsylvania, 90; Rhode Is
land, 4; Vermont, 5; Wisconsin, 10. To,
tai, 21S.
The following named States voted
for Gen. Hancock:
Alabama, 10; Arkansas, 6; California,
6; Delaware. 3; Florida, A; Georgia, II,
Kentucky, 70; Louisiana, 6; Maryland;
6: Missouri, IS; Nevada, 3; New Jersey
8; North Carolina, =; Tennessee, u,
Texas, S; Virginia, II; West Virginia,
8. Total, 1856.
GarfeIds majority in the electoral
college is 81. or rs more than is
necessary to choice.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
mn W4gHTYgY0Y,s LETTER

COL WAShLNGION'S LETTER..
The animated and vivacious letter
Of our old time and present time
friend, Col. George Washington, to
the editors OF the Knoxville papers,
will ne perused with interest by our
readers. It has attracted very gen
eral comment from the press of the
State-especially that Of Knoxville.
We have long known Gel. Washing
ten as live, progressive gentleman,
possessing intelligence sufficient to
form his own opinions and carrying
in his bones enough manliness to
express them. We were not sur
prised, therefore, when We read the
letter, and were not at all disposed
to attribute it's sentiments TO a sud
den attack Of political biliousaess
or sny disposition on the part of our
talented aud handsome friend to
make undue or untimely exhibitions
OF piscatory adroitness in Topping
aqueouswaTd. A great deal of what
he says so tersely and naturally is
true. beyond successful refutation !;
and it must be amusing as well as
gratifying to the ambition OF eur
apiable friend to read first the pom
dereus fulminations of the Ajax
lebanon Of the Dispatch-who has
necessarily meurned that the whole
policy of the Democracy of the
South for years has been 10 forego
all prominence in national affairs
and let the Democracy of the north
ern States indicate the policy and
and the men-when the review cul-
inmates With the declaration that
His per. seems to have been dipped
into the bitterest gail and unchanged
with vengeance towards a party whose
banner, but a few days ago, he bad lift
cd up in this community and vindicat-
ed. Il was rotten, rotten, rotten. There
was not q sound piece OF hesh in its
whole body, 1t was gangreened through
eut-a nauseating carcass
In orr minds eye We ase the pla-
cidity of Georges facial appearance
unchanged, and without the frenzy
of the other fellow he gently muir
murs his words "I-gansy
Should wade no more.
Returning is as tedious as go DER"
Listleesly he turns to the :" Great
and Good" and Admiral posker, of
the Tyndell Darwin Huxley -Ameri-
can Taffy Combination meets him
in full reception dress--white vest
aud three.button kids-aud affer a
q most elaborate aad handsome per.
sonal welcome. waves his hand to-
ward the densely packed audience
and in clear aud melliduous oratory
proclaims that
From Mr.. Warhington's letter it is
clear that, far from Hopping, he has
simply undertaken the thank less task of
telling the truth at heme, which has ev-
identity procured him to he abused in
his own party and claimed by the other.
New we see Georges great heart
profoundly agitated. Now VS. see
him expectOrate passed., Now we
see him advance three PAGES back
wards. Now his silken ringlets are
disturbed. Now his month opens
and bis tongue shoots out; He'll
Nav Egad I'd rather fight
COLUMN OF smoke than choke on taft
%
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

The death Of Sir Alexander Cockburn,
lord chief justice of England, occurred
Saturday night the goth inst, soon af-
ter retiring. He tried a case at West
minister during the day and walked
home. He was born in 1902, entered
parliament in 1S47, and held varisus Of
fees under the government until in
1850 On the election of Lerd Camp
bell to the wOOlsack he was advanced to
the high office of lord chief justice. Sir
Alexander Cockburn was the nephew of
Admiral Cockburn who burnt Washing
ton City in 1914, and his death is great
social relief to England.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

~ ~ AA-AiNn CALAMITY IN N0ANE
COUNTY.
FROM the Kingston Easf Tennst,san We
copy the following particulars Of 4 hor
''o'e case Of Wholesale poisoning that
occurred near that town on Thursday
last, from the effects Of which ala
deaths have occurred up 10 this writing.
The occasion was that % the marriage
Of Mr.. Joel ID. Hembrce n Miss Jane.
the youngest daughter Of j. I. Dali. who
lives about four and half miles north.
west Of Kingston. The nuptials took
place on Thursday last, and immediate
ly after, the party, together with the IN.
vited guests, sat down To- dinner about
noSn. The following highland next day
nearly all who ate became sick 40 The
stomach and were venting aud purg.
ing Friday night. Katie Lswery, q llt.
tie girl eight years Of age. died, and also
little two year old grand daughter OF
Col. Dairs. Sunday scvcninE. Robert
Dali, a married son Of Col. Dail'S aged
about "a, died, and on Monday mornlug
a Mr.. Robert May, an elderly gentleman
from Illinois. visiting The Dalls. died.
The cause Of tho sickness remaIns a
mystery The physicians are unable b
determine An agree that Il l. poison.
but as to the kind or hsw administered
no one seems 10 know. There arc vafi.
Gus theories. Among others that Il was
from the brass kettle which was used 10
boil custard and fruits But the fact that
some are sick who did not eat OF tbe az.
ticles cooked IN the kettle would seem
% explode that theory. Some ~ the
I physicians state that the symptoms isdi.
cate arsenic psison, and Il o. thought
possible the cook might have used arse
mic for soda, through mistake. A nom.
ber Of the family did the cooking. aud
| the family assert that no arsenic has ever
been about the house There l. enc ether
theory, viz that the poison wa placed
10 the food designedly ~ some evil dis
| posed person
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

solsmon Jones, Of Bloomburg, ND.
was 40 when, after many years 81 pow
erty, be received a. 600 10 pension nou.
ey. lie had no relatives TO leave % 10
when be died, and therefore made up
HE mind 10 spend IL oil himself Ia
view Of the probably short time re-
naming 10 him ia this world, De fclt
that De must be fast ADD furious 90 hia
pleasures, IL he would spend the whole
1900. lie married young wife, aud
gratided her love Of dress; be gst In
a large stock Of beverages, aud drank
reckiessly; no bought a fast hsrse. aud
bet on him. AZ the end Of three m0ntha
the last dollar was gone, bic wife do
serted him, his horse died. aud be IL
still without any immediate prospect Of
dying.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

Correspondents should be careful to
put the requisite amount of postage on
their envelopes when addressing letters
to the GAZETTE. Frequently we are
called upoa to nay extra postage en- such
before lifting them from the post ONCE
here. This we cannot affsrd to do any
longer. Fridays mail brought letter
to our address, postmarked Tazewell,
with " due" stamped on it. If 1t cog
tains money remittance, we are sure to
receive 1t in due time frem the dead let
ter Office. If any thing else, we will en-
dure the loss for the sake of sustaining
the principle OF do as you would be
done by"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

From the Jonesboro' Journal we learn
that cur fellow craftsman, W A.Spsrks,
of that town, win be a candidate for
principal doerkeeper of the House of
Representatives Billy has served two
sessions as Assistant Doorkeeper, and
discharged the duties of the Office salts
factorily to the members and with pop
ularity to himself. He will make an
efficient and accommodating officer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

A Geld wave passed over the
country last week, bringing, severe
weather with it. At st. Lenis the
SNOW was five inches deep. Large
quantities Of ice are floating about
the harbor, and the underwriters
have PLACED an embargo on the river
navigation in all directions. At
Memphis there was three inches Of
snow. Little Rock reported quite a
heavy fall, and it continued sII day.
A heavy storm swept over Denver,
COL. and the adjacent country. The
thermometer 10 that city was four
teen degrees below zere, and on the
mountains the mercury ranged from
twenty-five TO thirty .nine degrees
below, according to location. Such
severe weather has not been known
in the month of November for per-
haps half century.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
FIR EsH OYSTERS /!

Peter Kern, Confectioner, Market
strret, Knoxville, receives FRESH OYS-
TIERS daily from Norfolk, and is pre-
pared to furnishthen during the Oyster
season to families in the city OF along
the railroad lines, in any quantity. as
they can procure them anywhere.
Nov. a. If
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

During the early part of the late Pres.
idential canvass some Of our readers
may remember reading paragraph in
these columns stating that Mr. Russell
Hancock, a prosperous and influential
young planter of Mississippi, and son
OF General Winfield Scott HancOk, had
reached Governors Island with his wife
and two children, for the purpose of
spending the summer. The summer be-
ifig ended, the departure of Mr. Russell
Hancock aud family for their Mississippi
hBms IL anpounced' That's all.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

Our corporate authorities should look
after the uninished passage way of the
new bridge. La its present state it is of
no service whatever, as il does not at
ferd q double passage as intended, and
is source of great Inconvenience in
the passing and requesting Of teams.
The matter should net be delayed A
little mere work on the bridge will give
double instead of single passage-way
which It now has.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01

A fire broke out on Tuesday morning
of last week in the printing department
attached to Hestetter & Smiths stomach
bitters mandatory, at Pittsburg, Pa,
aud the entire structure was destroyed,
involving loss of $40, 900, which, how,
ever, is fully covered by insurance. A
large number of females operatives are
temporarily thrown out Of employ.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
NEMEETo OF PRESIDENT POLK

MEMENT0 OF PRESIDENT POLK.
The Graham (Texasl Leqder says that
about year ago Mr., jeffrey, of that
town, found on Salt creek, two miles
below Graham, medal about nine in
ches in circumference, made of cein sill
yer. On one side of the medal there is
a likeness of James K. Polk, encircled
by the words and dgpres "James K.
PeIk, President of the United States,
1916" On the reverse side there is a
tomahawk and q pipe crossed, aud tws
hands clasped, aud the words peace
aud Friendship" In 1871 three Indian
chiefs, santanta, satank and Tall Tree,
and about one hundred warriors, were
in full possession Of that portion of Tex
as, and occupied the ground where the
medal was found, for the purpose of cap
turing Gen. Sherman and his escort. The
General passed earlier than was expect
ed, and the Indians captured seven team
steFs with their wagens and foFty-Ave
mules, The teamsteFs were tied to the
wagons and burned and the mules driv-
en- Of. The Leader thinks the medal
must have been presented by President
p ok to one of the above named Indian
chiefs. The Indians seem to have for
gotten the pipe Of peace and the olasped
hands, and were intent on revenge, and
they may have thrown away tins medal.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1880-12-01
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS.

Never, in the whsle history of our es.
Enlistment, have We been compelled to
such absolutely sweeping reduction in
prices en- Millinery, Dress Goods and Ru6-
6oys. Dress Goods at less than cost;
Ribbons at much less than cost; Ladies'
and gents Rubbers, by the pair, at less
than we eau buy q hundred cases, at
MCNULTY g GEORGES,
Dec i, 1880. Knoxville,