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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02
RAILR0AD MATTER.S
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THE EAST. TEaEEssEH2RQAp A4sxsE TO-
TkKr CARE OF ITsELF-THE AD-
vANCEMENT IN sTOCKS-NONE
--0 F-THE-LARGE HOLDERS ------
HAVE SOLD = KNOXVILLE
STILL IN The CENTRE.
KnoxYilIe Tribune


Knoxville Tribune
Yesterday we called on Col. G NJ
McGhee, Vice President of the East
-fFennessee,f Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, who has just returned
from New ! ork, and were informed
that the owners and managers of. the
East Tennessee Road were IN no
way connected with th6areeent pur--
chase of the Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad; that so far as he
knew, it waspurchased by some fthe
large STOCKHOLDERS ofthe Shenandoah
Valley Company, and that he under
stood that Mr., Newcomb and other
large stockholders in the Louisville
and Nashville Company were in
terested in the purchase
He did not hesitate to say that
his Company had expected to be the
purchasers of the Atlantic, Missis-
sippi & Ohio Road, and that they
felt some disappointment that others
had paidmore money than his party
/ felt willingto'pay "
Aside contemporary disappoint-
ment, he had no regrets in regard
to it, so faras the East Tennessee or
Memphis & 81 Charleston Road was
concerned He appreciated his
stock in the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia & Georgia Railroad as highly
. Us he had ever done.
Neither himself nor any of the
large holders of stock have sold, or
offered to sell; but that, upon the
( contrary, several Ofthem had largely
increased their holdings of stock
recently. n.. e.. "
+ Upon being questioned as to the
sudden advance in stock of the East
/ Tennessee Road which had recently
occalred, Colonel McGhee said the
advance had not been so sudden
as it might have appeared to be;
that the new stock had been selling
in New York at from 85e. to 93c for
|. the last two weeks. 2 ~. '
He seems perfectly satisfied with
the position which the East Ten
nessee. Road occupies, and is conf
dent that his company will be am
ply able to take care of itself, no
matter what may be the views en-
tertained by any of its connections.
The work upon the Knoxville &
Ohio Railroad will not be in, any
way affected by recent events, as
the ownership Of an interest in the
Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio would
only make the Louisville Il Nash
Vile road more anxious for the
Knoxville connection, and the idea
of their building $50 miles drought
the mountains to Bristol, is too
preposterous to be entertained by
any set Of sensible men, when they
get much better connection for all
points at Knoxville. Neither will
the connection with North Carolina
be in any way affected byahe events
that have recently transpired, and
. be sees nothing in the situation to
discourage the stockholders in the
last Tendessee, Virginia { Georgia
Railroad, the citizens Of kUl lille or
Of East Tennessee; .-#.. .e.. ,a
The East L ennessee lzs&d with
the southwest terminus at -Leridian,
allied by self-interest, with the Mem
.phis and Charleston, is able to pro
tect itself and the country through
which it passes.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

80 Pie thirtygffthE ballot. for United
u States Senatorial the Pennsylvania
Legislature, on the 23d, resulted in
the formal election Of John l. Nit
- ohell, Republican, 4Eesis the pres
,eHtrepfesehtatiFe from the Sixteenth
Pennsylvania district; and is regard
sEed asia man of probity, who does
- his own thinking andsas possessing
fair ability. ff sas 's24 AIS H9ig
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02
One OfKROxvillc's Young Ladies
Cured Of Ozoena.

KNOXVILLE, TEEN., Feb. 90.
For many years have been suffering
with OzoEEA, an offensive disease M
the nose. Having in that time tried a
great many remedies. aud grew uorsa
all the time. and In this condition I
placed myself under The treatment OF
DR.. Jones. and have been rapidly In
proving ever since, and nsw In a menth
md i am entirely cured lam under
thousand obligations - DR.. Janeh.
LIZZIE EUKfRcnNKR
Dr. Jonos has extended hia stay AZ
the Hattie House, Knoxville, until the
first Of Anil
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02


Our esteemed contemporary, the
MORRIsTOwN GAZETTE, has nothing
to say against nepotism. Does our
esteemed contemporary believe
that distinguished precedents always
affords a plea Of rightfulIy done ;
and dOese he believe that our ideas
Of right and wrong should be cir
cumscribed by the acts ola party To
which Ee belong? Should a man
be debarred the right Of pitching 4
pebble at his own glass house by
throwing a stone at his opponents?
Because Grant appointed the Grants
to offices does not Justify the dis
tribution Of the fruits Of a Republican
victory to the Hawkins family,
solely on the ground that the Gov
ernor elect happened to be able to
do so.-RQger8uiJ56 Spectator. a..
Our esteemed contemporary is
Justly severe ; but it lodges the real
question, which is, Does it look fair
and consistent to denounce Grant
and Hawkins for doing what is prac-
tised in its own household? &YeIl
endure the nepotism before we'll
have a family fuss, but we dare say
our respected contemporary has the
nerve to do more. We shall see.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

We regret to record the death, at
his residence in Pulaski, Tenn, on
last Wednesday night, of John
Bateman Smith, one of the editors
Ofthe Pulaski Citizen, after a very
brief illness. He was a shrewd wit
and a genial humorist, but there was
no malice in his satire and no want
Of charity in his humor. He WELD
ed a ready and facile pen, from
whose point flowed gracefully wit,
sentiment and fancy. His uniform
amiability endeared him to a pro-
fessional brotherhood which he hon
ored and adorned and made him
steadtast friends wherever his lot
was cast At his funeral, business
houses were closed, the court adj
journed and a large concourse Of
people testified their appreciation
and grief
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The town of jacksonville, county
seat of Monroe county, Tenn, with
population of 800, has eleven law
Vers.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

( See Clerk and Master Groves ad-
vertisement of valuable lands to be
sold in Granger county, April IL.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The JonesbOro Journal estimates
the loss to Washington county, in
selling her railroad stock to f. J.
Sanford, last fall, for a fraction over
75 cents on the dollar, and not hold
ing it till the present initiation came,
at S56,500. Our contemporary in
dieates an Unsuitable greed for gain.
1t is not wise to indulge in such fool
ish specHlations overimaginary loss
es. Washington county did the best
she could at the time, and better
than many of her poorer neighbors
who dealt in the same kind of stock.
Intimation Of regrets over matters
of this sort only do good so far as
they go to show that, with such, mind
and money are now and forever one
and inseparable.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

We take back everything we may
have written or mentally conjectur-
ed to the prejudice Of that now i'm
portant factor in national legislation,
the new Virginia Senator. Harp
er's Weekly, for February y, among
other portraits Of recently elected
L. S. Senators, gives one of Senator
Malone. Poats, by George r. we
exclaimed as the page opened before
us. 1t is a splendid counterfeit of
the facial expression and appearance
of our good friend and able associ-
ate of the Hawkins county Depart
ment and the little Senator way be
proud Of it, for Poats has honesty,
manliness, fidelity and a big brain.
We can't see how his " double" in
physical appearance can materially
differ from him mentally and NOR
ally. That's why our confidence is
strengthened in the political integri-
ty of Billy Malone.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

A man by the name of Loving
died suddenly last weekin the vicin-
ity Of Mulberry Grove, Hawkins
county, we are informed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The President has prohibited the
sale ofintoxicating liquor at military
posts and stations.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02
-bors, suuultia FOR its -Eeli
NIrfEeesboro Ne,rs The Ledis

Murfreesboro News :. The Le9is7
sszlature of Tennessee has, accepted an
.ksinvftatf6n to attend the inaQQ{g5ura!
- ton of President Garfield. Some. of
Z our exchanges oppose. -such, a moVea
9 mefit. we raise no factioQs ,oRjec-.
. ton. 1t Is simply a question Wheth-
ger the members shall amuse them
seIvers in Nashville. or IN Washing
"a nm 49,. SO 2" 1900 =
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

For the first time in the history of
Fayette county, says the SOmerville
Reporter, colored men are serving
on iuries.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

Farmers in this county were busy
last week putting in their oats.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

THE LEGLSLATERE list. WEEK.
IN the senate, on Tuesday, the
following bills passed first reading :
By Mr. Matthews, To regulate the
sale of Intoxicating liquors in the
state, and to prohibit such sale, ex-
cept with The: consent Of a majority
sOfthe qualified voters of any village,
town. or city; BY: Mr. Coleman, To
repeal sections of the code imposing
a tax on dealers in horses, mules and
cattle La the House, a deluge of
petitions praying for the passage Of
a local option law, were presented.
Mr.. zNcAnally introduced bills to
change the line between Hawkins
and Hambleu counties; and to amend
the cbarterof the Beams Stationand
Cumberland Gap turnpike cOmpa-
ny, which passed first reading. o A
largenumber of House bills passed
their. second reading. "# -: sr.
In the Senate, Wednesday,, a bill
to enlarge the powers. of 1.-The Gov
ernOrin offering rewards for the ar
rest Of perpetrators of, crime, PASSED
first reading. In the House, asreso-
luton that 40 settlement Of the State
debt shall be made without the APP
proyal Of the people at the ballot box
or through an amendment of the
constitution, was laid on the table by
. vote Of = to .2l. The day was
devoted principally to the consider
alton Of bills on second reading A
Joint resolution Was.adoptad asking
our representatives In. Congress- ito
use their influence to secure die pass
age of the Reagan biIl, or some one
Of a similar import, relative to the
regulation of railroad mOnopohes.
+. In. the Senate, Thursday, the bill
reducing the fees -of county trustees
in collecting the school funds, and
the bill regulating the practice in
che supreme tourt in non.jury- cas-
es, passed third reading In the
consideration of the House resolu-
ton, to accept the invitation to
participate in the inaugural GER
emonies- at Washington, Mr.. Rag
lond opposed the adoption of the re
solution, and asked |Has it come
to this, that this resolution is to go
through this Senate without being
challenged 2 Mr. Ragland wished to
know if anything Of the kind had
ever occurred before Were they
needed at Washington? Were they
to forsake their business to go CAD
ding there to make a public exhibit
ton of themselves ? Gov.Porter had
said that ifthey went. and had free
passes over the Tennessee roads,
these roads WouId have to buy trans
portation over other roads to get
them to Washington Were they
to be freighted there at other peo-
Piles expense? They had business
here trusts to fill and duties to dis
charge" But the. resolution was
adopted yeas ii, nays 8. In the
House, a joint resolution. was adopt
ed to adjourn from February % to
Marsh s. - 5e $50
In the Senate. en- Friday, alreso-
luton was adopted that the investi-
CATION committee draw their labors
to a close and report result In'the
House, Senate bill providing for the
enumeration Of qualified voters, was
passed its third reading
-. =, IN. s------------ e
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

Jonesb0ro Tribune: Tho new
engine, "Watauga" No. ], with FIVE
flats and n box are being run rs far
A. BoWmau's on the johnson City
narrow gauge.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

To-day is Shrove Tuesday-the
beginning of Lent, the advent Of
Mardi Gras festivities, the opening
of Spring, and last but not least the
time to pay up your newspaper
subscription.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

They are talking of a cotton fac
tory in Knoxville. There has been,
occasionally, talk of wooden mill
here, but so far it is only talk, we
are sorry to say.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

John Taylor, a steamboat engi-
neer. committed a foul and brutal
murder in the killing of Capt. John
w. Fletcher, at Chattanooga on last
Wednesday The killing was the
result of a trivial dispute over some
work done to machinery. Tayler
made his escape. Great Indignation
is. EXPRESSED against the brutal muir
dererIRnd apeward of$S09 was SUBJ
seribed by the citizens, in addition
to the $500 to be.offered by the Gov
arnnr, for the arrest of Taylor, who
is a Roane ieounty man and AIDES
peraIlo nicharacter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

Atlanta, Chattanooga and Indian
apolis were constituted ports of en-
try in bills passed by the lower
house of Congress.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The Masonic dinner at Blount-
vile, Tenn, on the 22d was a grand
affair and enjoyed by many persons
besides members of the fraternity.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

On the 4th of March, when every
thing is about ready for the grand
ceremony at Washington, Gen. Gar
field will anxiously inquire of the
chief marshal Is the Tennessee
Legislature here 2 1T is, General,
with a quorum in both Houses he
will reply Then let the Inaugural
ton go on, the wearied statesman
will say, as he wipes the great beads
of anxious perspiration from his re
Taxed brow.-Mempbis Ledger.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

B. r. Mckenzie, the founder Of
the Nashville Wing, forty years ago,
and a pioneer newspaper publisher
of Nashville, died near that city last
Thursday at the age Of II.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02
HAG1RLES or 4 SC7IBR

To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
What sweets we Gull from the
flowers of literature What pollen
of instruction we carry home, upon
the legs Of thought and reflection,
to the hive of mind Here is a drop
Of honey dew: "The merry gingle
Of the sleigh bells, the sparkle of
the crystal snow in the lambert
light Of the moon, and the confding
creature who nestles close beside
him, beneath the buffalo robes, ten
derby cIasping his left hand in hers,
while his right holds the reins, con-
stitutes the winter nights poem that
is floating through the daring low
er's soul, and leaves him in doubt
whether. to let go long enough to get
his handkerchie-or draw his coat
sleeve across his nose.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

An alarm of fire about s o'clock
last Wednesday night created quite
a sensation throughout the town. 1t
was caused by the burning out of
chimney at the Cain House.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

Street bills are out for the third
entertainment at the court house to-
night (Tuesday) by the Morristown
Dramatic Club The drama to be
presented is entitled "AbOve the
Clouds and is represented as a
.frst-rate play.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

If the beauties of our delicious
climate were only generally known
thousands of people would be flock
ing to East Tennessee from all parts
of the country The weather which
we are enjoying at present is sim
ply too awfully delightful for any
thing.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

A circular letter from Mr., James
Browne, publisher of the Daily
Herald, Nashville, notifies us that he
commenced the publications of the
decisions Of the Supreme Court of
Tennessee on the 23d instant, and
will publish at least one column
daily, which in the course of twelve
months will embrace fully two thirds
of all the decisions rendered by the
Court In addition to this new and
valuable feature, the Herald is fair
ly abreast of the times in the publ
cation Of the latest news, home and
foreign, and the most instructive and
interesting literary matter. Terms
of the DAILY Herald 81 so a year;
six months, So 20, invariably in ad-
vance
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The National Association of Vet
Grams of the Mexican War as
sembled at LOUISVILLE, KY, Tuesday
Of last week, Gen. Tom Taylor
called the meeting to order. Gen.
w, L. Jackson delivered the well
come address, which was responded
to by Gen. J. w. Denver. About
two hundred veterans were present.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are President-James w. Den
yer, of Washington, D. c.; First
Vice President-N. D. Manson, Of
Indianapolis, Ind; First Secre-
tary-AIex NJ. Kennedy, Iockbox
81, Washington, n: G.. !; residence
SIP, IL. street, Northwest; Treasur-
er--S. " Niles, Washington, D. C.
Marshall, R. Biles, PHILADELPHIA,
Pa; Second Vice Presidents were
elected from each State and Terri
tory. The next meeting will be
held in Cincinnati, Sept, IA, 1881.
A banquet in the afternoon, termi-
mated the proceedings,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

"Ilave you been on a bust lately Q"
said the shoulder-braco 10 the cor
set.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

A curious and highly reprehen-
sible custom is said to obtain in
Cincinnati. The Commercial of that
city says it is now allowable for
young men in that city to introduce
themselves to girls found in public
places, and to attend upon them for
the evening.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

A colored woman was before May
or Gregg last week for assaulting
and whipping another female of the
duslzy tribe, and was mulcted S10.75
which amount viii go a good
ways toward lining up and putting
the town in sanitary condition
this summer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

The first month of spring comes
IN like a lion.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

We have received the first num-
Der of new Republican paper just
started at Greeneville, by John r.
Self, called the GreeHeUiiLe Herald.
1t is a neatly printed little sheet,
vivacious and fresh in its tone, and
looks healthy enough to grow in
size. By the way, Joe Bean was
recently inquiring of us, for a friend,
if we knew of an opening anywhere
for new paper. We had forgotten
Greeneville. Greeneville is always
open. She has much of Knoxville's
long felt want" we infer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

:
l heard the ripping bro0klet sing
Among the poplar trees;
l heard the willows whispering
Unto the evening breeze
Again locked on the old, old place;
Again saw my darliSg's face;
Again we wandered by the stream
1t was a dream
Again I looked en- the cid, old place;
Again l saw my darliDg's face
It was dream
Again we wandered by the stream
.- 1t was drean, it was dream!
I saw the wandering streamIct flew
Down to the cold, gray sea;
I saw the bending willow bow
In welcome over me-
Again listened to hreeze aRd bird;
Again my darling's voice 1 heard;
We kissed beneath the moons soft
beam
1t was a dream
Again 1 listened to breeze and bird;
Again my darling's voice I heard
1t was dream
We kissed beneath the moons soft
beam
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

An unprecedented hegira Of emf
grants from Cooke and Jefferson
counties took place Tuesday of last
week. Upwards of one hundred
persons took the western bound train
that night, from our depot, for the
West, principally for Missouri and
Texas.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02
1t was dream, it was a dream

X
Take a sheet Of writing paper;
cover one side with mucillage then
catch fly; turn the fly over on his
back; stick the back of the fly on
the paper then catch another fly and
do likewise. Put the flies close to-
gether, heads all one way. Keep on
doing this till you get the sheet full;
than. turn the sheet over, and you
will swear that paper is alive it
will run all over the room When
you tire ofthis sport, turn the paper
over and-admire the movement of
the flies legs 1t will be a perfect
fac-simile of grass swayed by a
zephyr 1t used to obviate the ex-
pense of taking children to the
country to see the real article. Hap
py children! happy flies
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y s
Hove to gaze upon a Traverse
Jury The universal verdict of the
bar is that they are an unusually
intelligent body of men !" Here is
a case in point I should like to sub
NIT to a Traverse Jury. 1t is one
of a boy hitting a man ON the nose
with a frozen cat
LIST Witness am the mother
of the boy charged with hittin the
man on the nose with a frozen cat,
an l say he didn't do it. The ar
rest sir, is OWN to difficulties be-
tween us concernin of the coal trade,
he havin' a store next to mine in the
same buildin' an business,
I'd Witness. l am the wife of
the man who charges the boy with
hittin' i'm on the nose with frozen
cat, and whose. mother states it was
OWN to difficulties in the coal trade,
which | am prepared to say is false
as to him, though it may be true as
to the boy, which say, intendin' to
mean that the mother of the boy
who hit me husband on the nose
with a frozen cat, in sayin it was
because of difficulties in the coal
trade, and then denyin' that the boy
ever hit me husband on the nose
with a frozen cat, when she knows
that my husband was kitten on the
nose by her boy with a frozen cat,
is guilty of maxim a statement con-
cernin' Of the boy an the cat an
the coal trade that, to say the least,
sir, might be considered perjury"
BRIC-A- BRAp.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

On Tuesday night of last week
an clubhouse on the premises of
Richard Smith, near Springfield
was discovered on fire. The fire
called the entire family to the place,
during which time burglars entered
the residence andpurlOined bureau
drawer containing 81 600.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

We have information that during
the last week Capt. j. c. Hodges, Of
our town, has effected sales of no
less than ten separate tracts of land,
ranging from 30 to so acres each at
prices ranging from SO to IS per
acre, and that he has also a number
of other tracts under contract This
looks like the beginning of boom
in real estate in little Hamblen.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-02

Intelligent and well informed
farmers of this vicinity tell US that
the wheat crop prospect around
them is the poorest that has been
presented at this season for years.
About the usual acreage was put in,
but the heavy freezes and sudden
thaws of the winter have greatly
damaged the crop.