The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-16

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Representative J. H. Reagan for
valuable bound Congressional docs
Mules are reported to be in de-
mand in Georgia and Mississippi,
but information from South Caro-
lima is to the effect that that mark
ct is low and overstocked.
Yes, Ned gets it, and he's about
as worthy as any one else to be Tom
Oldham's successor. The american
says that Edward n. Parham was
appointed, Tuesday of last week, coal
oil inspector of Knoxville.
st. Valentines day, once so gener-
ally observed by lovers, seems to
have fallen into disuse-at least in
this locality Yet it is a very pref
ty idea, and one that is missed by
lovers of we olden TYNE sportes.
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When a man let's his newspaper
account run two, three, four and five
years it generally hurts him to pay
| it. Whereas, if he would pay it in
advance, or at least at the end of
the year, there would be no trouble
on the subject.
DR. David r. McAnally, editor of
the st. Louis Advocate, his many
friends in East Tennessee will regret
to hear, was seriously injured recent
Iy by fall on the ice. Later &C
counts say that our veteran friend
is recovering from its effects:
A gentleman of this place has a
mare, eight years old, for which,
with her four colts, he has refused
$500. The mare cost him, at three
years old, SIS. And yet there be
those who hesitate to invest money
in stock raising.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad will sell round
trip tickets from Knoxville to Wash
ingtOn to parties wishing to attend
the Presidential Inauguration for
SIS. Tickets will be sold on the
26th, 9th and 28th instants, good
to return until the 18th of March.
w. c. Scruggs & Son, doing a
general merchandise business at
Chucky Bend, Hamblen county, and
at Bacons Mill, Greene county,
made an assignment last week.
The liabilities Of the firm are rcpOr-
ted to be large for a country estab
Notwithstanding to from $12,-
600 to $4,000
Col. J. NJ. BewIey, last week, be-
came the purchaser, at private sale,
of the store house and lot occupied
heretofore by L. P. & G. E. Speck,
on Main street. The location is an
eligible one, and we hope the day is
not far distant when a new and
more imposing building will take
the place of the present one.
Mr.. Cassell, of Virginia, bought
last week the farm on the Bun
combe road, one mile south Of Nor
ristown, owned by the Craig Bros
! Mr.. Cassell comes to our town en-
dorsed by his former neighbors as
an industrious, intelligent gentle
man, and this community welcomes
cordially all such to citizenship.
A dispatch from Nashville to the
Cincinnati Times Star says: "The
town of cambridge will be 100 years
old June 18th, 1892, and the citizens
are beginning to talk of celebrating
the event" There must be a mis-
take in the chronology Of this event,
or time has dealt rougher with our
modest neighbor than we had sup
posed. She would pass anywhere for
much more than century plant
The new election for Joint Repre-
sentative from Polk and Bradley
counties, to fill the vacancy caused
by the unseating of Mr.. Stewart,
Democrat, was held last Saturday
That for electing a representative
to take the seat of Hon. Howell E.
Jackson, is fixed for the goth. Hun
dreds of voters signed a request for
our old friend, Hugh Anderson, to
offer for the place and he consented,
which is equivalent to his election.
A proracted meeting has been in
progress in the Methodist Church
for ten days past. Rev. L. L. H.
Carlock, the presiding elder, and
Rev. Mr.. Simms, of Messy Creek,
preached some very able sermons
during the meeting. The extreme
ly cold weather that prevailed du-
ring the time prevented as large