The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-16


Company for which he is agent
The first game Of croquet was
played to-day by some of Messy
Creek S. fair sex.
A gOodly number Of loafers are in
attendance every day round about
our drug stores.
Spring has come, and now the loafers
Hang around our city stores,
Work they wont, and live they must,
Farmers lock your smoke-house doors.
More anon, sAwBONEs.
LOudon Journal We are relia-
bly, informed that all the peaches on
the low lands are killed, and only
few on the high lands escaped the
hard freeze.
Kingston East TenneSSedn: Sew
eral attempts have been made to
rob the stage on the route from
lockwood to Crossville. ........ Chol-
era is killing all the hogs in Ten
Mile Valley.
GreeaeU5Ue Herald: Mr.. H. B..
Baker went to Morristown Tuesday
morning on visit to his daughter,
Mrs. Mcfarland ........The members
of the Wesleyan church (colored)
ofthis place have purchased a new
bell.
Blountyille Star n. NJ, Carr, a
good citizen of Sullivan and for 10
years a member of the county court,
died last Friday night, at his home
below Fall Branch. His mother died
four days before that at her son jeff
Carr's.
MaryUiHe Democrat, 9th: We
have been shown some of the ar
ticles to be used in the office of the
Farmers Bank, shortly to be open
ed in our town. The most elegant
and massive furniture will be pro
cured. This banking institution is
a fixed fact.
GeUeLdRd Banner: We feel it in
our bones that we are going to have
good crops Of all kinds this season,
provided we cultivate them we'll
and our bones hardly ever 90 back
upon us. Beofgood cheer, farmers
have faith-work hard, and we
will warrant that everything will
come out right. There is plenty Of
life in the old land yet, and let us
prove it by raising an abundant
crop of everything ..,.,.,,.The old
Granger has a farm consisting of
three acres-no more and no less.
Upon these three acres he proposes
to raise enough of wheat to bread a
family of seven, and have some to
sell besides; enough Of corn TO fat
ten eight two-hundred-pound hogs,
and feed a horse twelve months. If
he succeeds in his present caIcula
riQns he will tell you all about it at
next hog-killing time.
Newport Sentinel, 10Th: Pigeon
river at this writing has smoothed
down har feathers 80. Much mean
whisky was consumed in this place
Monday, and the hic ,Chdzer, horse
swappers were quite numerous and
noisy.........The shipments of pro
duc6, live stock, poultry, timber,
lumber, &c, over the Buncombe
line have been heavier the last three
months than at any other time in
the history ofthe road. ....- J. NJ
Gibbs, living on Big Creek in this
county, is the boss raiI-splitter in
these parts. Last week he cut, split
and built into a substantial fence
400 rails in one day, and not long
since he carried a distance of 20
yards, 3114 rails and built them into
. new fence in three days, clearing
out the way as he went. ........The
wolves have ceased their ravages
along the eastern border between
this State and North Carolina, be-
cause the supply of sheep has been
exhausted. A gentleman from that
vicinity tells us that more than half
a dozen of the vermin, Of large size,
nave been killed in his nefghbor-
hood the past three months.
Bristol NelCS, 8th:: The Goodson
Council is gravely considering the
question of building a large combin-
cd Mayors office, Town Hall, Opera
House and Prison this coming sea-
son. The site proposed is in front |
of the NelaS office, Size 90 by 50. |
1.-THE revival at the Methodist |
Church has grown to large proper
tons, and still progresses, During
the week, street preaching was in |
augurated by Dr. w. A. Clark, and |
has been continued by him, Presi-
dent HearQn and Rev. G, A. Cald=
well The locality has been the
James corner, and much interest is
taken in them. The Shenan-
doah Valley RR. is, we unquestion-
ably think, in friendly association
with the u. & n. Co., as to the use
Of the A, A. il q. Die cities Of Viz. !
ginia may fiatter themselves as they
will, but the fact viii come out, that
the S. V. RR. Co. will doubtless be-
come the owners of the line from
county to Salem on Big
Lick. Fhis will furnish the MOST
direct line known from Bristol, Phil |
adelphia, and it is useless ta say that
t will not draw a large portion of
the business by way !of the Valley
route. From Bristol ssto Salem will |
be the only trunk portion of the line