The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-11-16

man ard others.
Read the prospectus of the Ne
York Sun in another column. 1t
one of the leading, popular and pr
gressive journals of the country.
Earnest & Briscoe have jdst r
turned from New York. Go an
see them for good goods.
Houses, for both business an
dwelling purposes, are still in d'
mand.
Mrs. B. F. Mitchell was suddenl
taken i'll last week, but is improvin
at this time.
Those of our merchants who des
in coal find it a task to supply tn
demand, so great is the cry 70
It by the consumers here.
A cold wave struck us last Thurs
day, fires were started in good earn
est and heavy clothing brought int
requisitiOn.
Job printing dispatched neatly ant
chcaply at the GAzETTE Job ONCE.
The front of Earnest & Briscoe'i
store presented a busy scene las
week, their clerks tumbling into The
store and opening large quantity
of boxed goods recently purchased
at the North.
Ladies, if you want good pain
of shoes 90 to Earnest & Briscoe
They keep the best.
Some of our boys are regular
Washers, and the girls say they are
too awfully utterly utter. We pre-
sumo the boys will appreciate this,
as it is the latest compliment issued
from the slang press.
Corsets Corsets !! Corsets !! !! in
regular and extra sizes, in all quail
ties, to fit and suit one and all, are
sold 25 per cent. lower than at any
other house in East Tennessee, at
Earnest & Briscoe's.
Mr.. G. II. Grove, the efficient
Clerk and Master OF Granger coun-
ty. was in town last Thursday and |
paid us friendly visit. He report
ed everything as running smoothly |
in his locality.
Dress goods and trimmings in
great variety, at bottom prices, at
Earnest & Briscoes.
Gen. John T. Wilder, one of the
main props and pillars of the COM
mercial industries of Chattanooga
and the South, was in our town a
brief while last week looking well,
and favoring the GAZETTE with a
call. Would that Morristown had a
Wilder within her borders.
We moved last week. Several of
of the States of this Nationality
moved about the same time. We
moved into Collar. Collar is Demo
cratic. New York is also Democrat
ic. Our heart goes ont in gratitude
TO the stalwarts Of New York that
they followed us to Collar. The move
is good one all around.
The Rogersville Spectator reports
a serious cutting atfray near Has
sons marble quarry Saturday eve
ming week before last Dave Lock
and John Ivie, brothers-in-law,
while under the influence of whisky,
got into difficulty, and Lock cut
Ivie in six or eight places, inficting
wounds which will probably prove
fatal.
Capt. Wiley W. Lowery, a we'll
known and popular passenger con-
ductor on the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia railroad, was Sc
verely bitten by small terrier dog
in Knoxville at the Atkin House on
Tuesday Of last week. Wiley will
be apt to raise the ha'r on that ter
rier purp when he lays his eyes
upon it.
We want those to understand who
promised us to pay their subscrip- !
tons in wood, that patience has f
ceased to be a virtue, and unless /
they haul it in at once their names !
will be stricken from our books and .
their accounts will be placed in the .
hands of an officer for collection. +
We do not wish to intimidate, but !
we mean business. Now is the time .
10 make ND YOUR mind what to do. =
VIM. Locke, the mail carrier on n
the cambridge and Knoxville route, e
lbsconded Tuesday night of last
week, carrying with him $50 be-
onging to Mr.. Jos. Eaton, assistant y
postmaster at Mounts y Roads, :,
which he had sent to Knoxville y
20 one had mistrusted him, and he =
lad been frequently trusted with :,
-aluables. having carried at differ y
mt times as much as $500 back and -
orth, but we suppose his reason for n
lot taking it then was because he -
lid not need money as bad as he -
lid on this occasion. -
We have arrived at the conclu- dl
ion that no one but the man who pl
as tried it, can thoroughly appre-
late the discomfort Of being forced to
love his family and his earthly -
Gods and chattels from one end of y
he town to the other, through rain, !
lud and slosh. But the utter woe OF ~ ~
eng stopped by dozen men on n
ne street who ask you why you VI
id not select more favorable day -
n movingl gods and little fishes! II
he very thought is too awfully ., a.
tier to contemplate The editor Of y, y,