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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31
ARKANSA TT.
LETTER FROM TOM ANDERSON.
HOPE, Ark, Aug. 18, 81.

LETTER FROM TOM ANDERSON.
HOPE, Ark, Aug. 18, 81.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
[ have had but little time for let
ter writing, up to this time. will
begin with the never falling topic
THE WEATHER.
Hot? p? "Well, [ should smile" She
is simply "bilin'," and think it will
take a long winter to get the tenn
perature back to zero. There has
been but one shower of rain here in
two months, and the dust is almost
sufocating. No water in town ex-
ccpt as it is hauled here from the
country. People are paying two
and a half cents per bucket full for
it now. Should the town take fire
there would be no possible chance
to save it.
THE TOWN
has about fifteen hundred inhabi-
tants and is situated in a good coun-
try. 1t is only seven years old, hav-
ing been built since the completion
Of the Iron Mountain railroad. This
is the easiest country for poor men
to obtain home in that l ever saw.
There is a
HOMESTEAD LAW
here and by locating permanently
on a piece Of land, and paying the
government fees, which are small,
one can obtain a home on good land.
Of course, those who " homestead
have to live hard for a year or so,
but it is better to do this than to exc
out ones whole life in poverty.
THRIFTY NEGROES.
There are numbers of negroes
here who have good homes and who
commenced few years ago without
anything Some of them have sew
ing machines, $50 calendar clocks
and $50 cooking ranges. l mention
this to show your readers what a
common or poor man can do who
will work. There are plenty of very
poor people here, and they will new
er be otherwise, because they don t
try to be. There are people every
where whose only ambition is to sus-
tain animal existence. 1t is always
too hot or too cold, too wet or too
dry for them. They are too lazy.
BETTER THAN TEXAS.
l prefer Texas to this country, but
man in moderate circumstances
can do much better here than in
Texas There is plenty of wood and
water here, which is not the case in
Texas, at least not in the prairie.
In some localities the crops are en-
tireIy burnt up, while in others they
are fair.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31

Everybody remembers the freak
enacted by Miss Hubbard, daughter
of Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Con-
necticut, in marrying Frank Shep-
ard, her fathers coachman. The
old mantle Governor-raised a
fearful row, but a rich uncle took
hold of Frank and set him up as
partner in a fourishing livery stable
in New Haven. He is a sober and
attentive business fellow, and is get
ting rich. His wife drives about in
her poney ph@tOn and associates
with her old time friends she calls
at her fathers mansion at long in
tervals, but the Governor is still too
mad at Shepard to allow him to en-
ter his aristocratic abode.
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TIMETABLE.
e. IT,. Va. q Ga. RR.
G. O. O. 8 C. RIP

Daily Freight and Passenger Trains--sundays
excepted.
Arrive az Morristown 4:20 p. m Depart 945 a. m
Arrive at Wolf Greek. 1898 pm. Depart 1886 P. 10
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31

The San Antonio Express, Of the
goth, en- information from Fort Da-
Wis, says that Lieutenant III. Flippor,
colored, second liutenant Of Compa-
ny c, 10th Cavalry, has been arrest
ed and confined in the guard house
there on a charge of defrauding the
Government out of about 81 900. 1t
seems that Flipper was intrusted
with the functions of Commissary
of Subsistence, and in the disposi
ton of supplies got behind in his ac-
counts. In explanation, Flipper told
Col. Shafter, commanding, that the
funds were on deposit at the bank.
There is other evidence to criminate
him. It is also reported that a tel
egram has been received, stating
that some good friend of Flippers
will make the deficiency good. "A
court Of inquiry will be convened,
when the facts will be divulged.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31

The total receipts of the Norfolk
and Western Railroad for the year
ended June 30, 1881, were S2,154,-
908 so ; for the corresponding period
ended June 30, 1880, 81 1916, ,651 50 !;
increase of the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1881, over the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1880, S218,257 y.
Total of expenses for the year ended
June, 30, 1881, S974,551 10; total of
expenses for the corresponding pc
riod of last year, SCOPES 81; de-
crease in expenses, S18677 68. Total
of net earnings for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1881, 81, ,180,357 81 /;
for the corresponding period Of last
year, ended June 30, 1880, S943, ,423,-
81 increase, $3.50, ,934 43. This is
a good showing.
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BOARDs

Per month h..-.-...-....-......-$2 $25 90
For less than MONTH per day. LOO
Children and servants half price; special rates to
families For further information address, Mrs.
N, a, Mcfarland, Beams Station, Tenn.
Mrs. N. A. MCFARLAND,
T. ". TURLEY,
ju 1-tf Proprietors.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-31

Job printing dispatched neatly and
heaplY at the GAZETTE Job Once.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Galveston, May 21.-The Ners'
Eagle Pass special says: Several days
age three armed Mexicans crossed the
river at Sheldon's ranch, 35 miles below
here. during the absence of Sheldon,
and kidnapped a young woman in his
employ. forcibly dragging her across
the river into Mexico. The reason
given for the outrage is that the
woman's husband is indebted to the
Mexicans. The citizens are highly in
dignant at the invasion and kidnap-
ping OH American soil of a defenseless
wOmon.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
FOREIGN BRIEFS.

London: Two million copies of the
revised New Testament have already
been sold here. -
Chic: Two strong shocks of earth
quake occurred in this island last even
ing, and several more houses fell.
Paris, May 2O.-'rhe commander of
the French forces at Mateur telegraphs
that the Arabs lost so killed and
wounded in the engagement just pre-
ceding the entry of the French into
Mateur.
London, May 20.-The viceroy of
India telegraphs the home office, stat
ing that Mahrahjah of Nepaul is dead
that his heir thas succeeded to the
throne, and that all is quiet up to the
present time. tA
Dublin: The premises of Hodgson
McMaster & Co., druggists and oil re-
finers, were burned to-day. Damages
estimated at e5O,OOO. The running
oil ignited eleven adjacent houses,
which are still burning.
Paris: The news from Oran, Algeria,
state that column of troops under
Col. Innocents, had been attacked by a
body of 5000 insurgents, led by the
chief of the Bouamena rebels, and de.
feated after hotly contested engage.
ment in which the French lost 40 ma.
tive auxiliaries killed and wounded.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
BI,IEF FELEGRAMs.

Cincinnati: Archbishop Purcell is
sinking steadily at the Ursuline con.
vent; he Is unconscious.
Washington: The United States sig
nal service will in future receive
weather reports from Mexico.
San Francisco: A Los Angeles dis
patch says: Mauriel Ignacio Prado,
late governor of Peru, is in town with
his wife, under the name of L. b. Muir
rillo. He Is en- route to Mexico.
Wilkesbarre, Pa: A cave in took
place in Waddell's new shaft at Mill
creek this evening. Patrick Crowley
and James Stevens were killed.
Fort Monroe: This afternoon Gen.
Getty and staff called on the secretary
of the navy on board of his vessel. This
evening the secretary came ashore with
his friends and held reception.
New York. A special from Atlanta,
Ca, says: Nearly all the children have
been withdrawn from the public schools
here, on account of the epidemic, which
began by carrying off Mr.. Perkins, wife
and three children in SO hours.
Buffalo, N. Y: A good sized meet
ing of the friends of the administra-
tion here was held at the St. James
hotel this evening, presided over by
Hon. Myron p. Bush. Speeches were
made by Hons. S. S. Rogers A. w.
Hickman, J. p. Einsfield and others.
Resolutions were passed endorsing the
action of Garfield in appointing Rob-
ertson:
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
DISPATCHES FROM ALBANY.
HaIr Breeds and staIwarts' Predse
ti0ns.

lions.
Albany, May 21.-Unquestionably
the half-breeds have victory in their
grasp If they can utilize it. The lead
ers are shrewd and careful men, but
no match for the other side in wire-
pulling and political trickery, and are
making every slight advantage. Ger
tainly no compromise has been effected
which viii return Conkling or Plat.
Even Conkling's presence here, which
is a contemplated event, could not
do it. Ef
Albany, May 21.-The city is nearly
empty. The legislators, who are learn
ing the views of their constituents be-
fore the election, are coming down to
hard facts. 1t is seen that the half
breeds brags are unwarranted. Conk-
ling's friends are undemonstratiye
because they are without leader. The
vice president will be here, and he is
posting himself. The people seem to
forget that party rules must lie OBJ
served; that republicans, when they
refuse to go into caucus and be bound
by it, will become boilers, and as such,
be expelled from the party organization
and henceforth have nothing to say as
to the party management, and be ex-
cluded from the convention. Thus the
boasts of the half-breeds don't pan out
as well as a few days ago.
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'Do you know the witness well?"
asked the attorney.
"Never knew him sick, :" replied the
witness.
mo levity, 4" said the lawyer sternly.
"Now sir, did you ever see the pris-
oner at the bar?"
Took many a drink with him at the
bar"
ANSWER my question, SIR said the
lawyer. How long have you known
the prisoner2"
"From two feet up to five feet ten
inches.n
'Will the court make the
81 have, jedge," said the witness,
anticipating the lawyer. 81 have an
swered the question. l knowed the
prisoner when he was boy two feet
long and man five feet ten"
"Your honor-'
"It's fac jedge; Pm under my
OATH"
The lawyer arose, placed both hands
on the table in front of him, spread his
legs apart, leaned his body over the
table and said:
"Will you tell the court what you
know about this case.''
''That amt his name," replied the
witness.
"What amt his name"
Case"
"Who said it was?n
"You did; you want to know what
knew about this Case-his names
Smith"
"Your honor" howled the attorney
plucking his beard out by the roots
twill you make this man answer the
question:
Land o'Goshen, jedge, amt been
doin' it? Let the blamed cuss fire
away. Pm ready"
"Then," said the lawyer, s''don'l
beat about the bush any more. Yor
and this prisoner have been frieAds?''
Never"
WASN'T you summoned here as q
friend?"
| mo sir; was summoned here, as II
Presbyterian. Nary one of us was ever
FRIENDSHIPS an old line baptist, with.
out drop of Quaker in him.
"Stand down." yelled the lawyer in
disgust. 10l QEa.
"Hoy?" - if.t
"Stand down."
Cant do it. I'll sit down or stand
up
Sheriff, remove that man from the
box.''
Witness retires, muttering: "Well il
he amt the thick headest cuss l ever
! laid eyes on
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Moscow, May 21.-The police are
taking precautions against the inpend-
ing attack on the Jews. Some of the
Jewish families have already fled and
Others are depositing their valuables in
the banks. Etf t#FF
Vienna, May 2l.-The Galician corr
merchants have received urgent warn.
ing to withdraw the grain stored in
Russia, as there is danger of general
plunder and destruction. Advices
from Warsaw state that numerous
Jewish fugitives are arriving there from
all parts of Russia, and many will emf
CRATE to America.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington, May 21.-Gen. Francis
Walker, superintendent of the census,
has been elected president of the Mas
sachusetts institute of technology, and
takes his place in October.
Conkling has gone with all his effects,
even his books, and announces that he
does not expect to return.
President Garfield received this
morning the knights Templar COM
manderies from Boston and Providence
here on their way to Richmond. He
greeted them cordially as brethren;
they were then shown through the
White House.
The investigation of the charges af-
fecting the official integrity Of Col. j.
o. P. Burnside, disbursing officer of
the postofiice department, resulted in
his complete exhonoration. sai
President Garfield, his children, pri-
vate secretary and Secretary Window
took trip to Mount Vernon this after
noon on the revenue cutter Ewing.
Since Mrs. Garfield's illness the presi-
dent has been closely confined within
doors.
The accounts Of Paymaster Stevens.
of the navy, have been passed in VIOLA
tion of law, and he has been ordered
before court martial. Two deputy
auditors of the treasury haYe been dis
missed on his account.
Many Of the senators are preparing to
leave Washington, and to-morrow's
trains will carry away the crowd OF
disappointed office seekers, who have
been lingering here since the 4th OF
March In the hope Of receiving what
they call proper recognition for theil
services in the last campaign.
| 1t is worthy of mention that the
Gorham : Riddleberger contest, over
which so much noise was made during
the early days Of the session, was not
even referred to after the senate took ur
the legitimate work of the session.
Gorham- and Riddleberger not only
failed to secure the places for which
they were nominated, but it is likely
that at the next session they will be
ignored by The republican caucus, and
that other persons will be recommended
for secretary and ergeant-at-arms.
i 1t is understood that the investiga
tion of the star route swindle has beer
so successfully prosecuted by the post
office department officials that a number
of important arrests will be made thi,
week, including, it is said, some Of tn,
i principal actors in this notorious steal
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
SELECTED MIscELLANY

A delicate thought is the flower of
the mind
If you believe in evil you have done
evil.
The heart is the first part that
quickens and the last that dies.
He that despairs, measures providence
by his own little contracted model.
1 Fear not the anger Of the wise to raise,
Those best can hear reIroof who merit
praise.
Trials wear us into liking of what
possibly, in the first essay, displeased
us.
Like our shadows, .
Our wishes lengthen our sun declines
-Young's Ni0hT Thoughts.
Great men are like meteors; they
glitter and are consumed to enlighten
the world.
A crowd is not company, and faces
are but gallery of pictures. where
there is no love.
Some through ambition or thirst of gold
nave siaih iheli Dfoihtfs ana thelf
country sold.
= DRYDEN.
We gain as much in avoiding the
failings of Others as we do in initiating
that in which we excel.
OF all bad things by which mankind is
cursed,
Their own bad tempers surely are the
worst.
Richard Cumberland.
The suggestions of conscience ought
in every case to be regarded, not only
because they are true, bat because they
are important.
Although tbs dangerous to have too
much knowledge of certain subjects, it
is still more dangerous to be totally ig-
noraDt of them.
He that considers how little he dwells
upon the condition of others will learn
how little the attention of others is at
tracted by himself.
While shame keeps its watch, virtue
is not wholly extinguished in the heart
nor will moderation be utterly exiled
from the minds of tyrants.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Boston, May 21-The steamer Ganos,
from Matanzas for Boston, with cargo
of sugar, sank 20 miles east of Boston
harbor last night. The loss on the
cargo is $3.50, 900, and on the steamer,
.S160, 900. The Ganos collided with the
Warren line steamer Pembroke, bound
for Liverpool. The latter vessel was
not seriously injured, but put back for
repairs. The crew were all saved with
the exception of one seaman.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Boston, May 21.-Joseph Castroni, a
model by profession, was arrested yes
terday for challenging DIR. Jno. Dix
well, well known physician of this
city, to mortal combat. Castroni was
acting for ID. c. Carafa, an artist,
who considered Dixwell the instigator
Of some newspaper articles which re-
flected severely upon his honor. .f n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
Captures three Hixhwaymen and
Nall Robbers.

Denver, May 2l.-A dispatch from
Lake City, Colo, says: The sheriff OF
Rio. .Grande county last night captured
three Of gang of highwaymen near
this place, among them, the notorious
criminal. Billy Leroy, who escaped
some time ago from deputy United
States marshal on Kansas Pacific
train, while being taken to the Detroit
penitentiary. Leroy resisted capture,
and was badly wounded in the leg by
the sheriff's revolver.
This gang robbed mail coach ON the
18th inst, killing a passenger named
Frank Bartlett. The citizens threaten
to lynch the robbers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
Pound Guilty OF Murder

st. Louis, May 2l.-The jury in the
case of Chas, F. King, who has been
on trial the past week for the murder
of Mrs. Dora Coremser, on January
18th, '75. returned verdict this morn
ing of murder in the first degree, but
all the jurymen peiitioned the governor
to commute the sentence to imprison-
ment for life. This is the fifth time he
has been tried for this crime, and the
second time he has been found guilty.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

of political principles has not been visi-
bly, enlarged, therefore his fits of elo-
quence have been strictly dependent
on occasions for personal inyectiye and
on the vitality Of the issues which re-
mained as an inheritance of the civil
war. If he retires, it will probably be
none too soon for his fame, though
possibly all too late for the retention of
even part of his political influence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Clifton, Pa, May 2l.-Mr. Scott
died at 0 O'Clock this evening.
Col. Scott, after sinking rapidly dur
ing the afternoon. fell into state of
total unconsciousness at O'Clock, and
remained SO until the moment of final
dissolution. He was surrounded at the
last moment by the members of his
family and several officers of the Penn
sylvania railway.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

ment prevails at Newpallas. The fly
ing columns with two guns left Linn
erick this forenoon to assist the sheriff
in making seizures for rent in the dis
triet. This is the first active service
undertaken by one of the five dying
colums at present organized in Ireland.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
Tho N. y. Times on Cenkli.r.

New York. May 21.-The Times says
editorially: Few men have been SO
long In public life with such absolute
freedom from any imputations of per-
sonal corrpptien, but still fewer have
heldso commanding position with SO
little apparent capacity for using great
opportunities to accomplish great ends.
For the last 10 years Conkling's stock
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
Grant Coming Home 70 Help Conk.
ling.

New York, May 21.-1t is reported
here that Gen. Grant was early advised
by telegraph of the designations of
Senators Conkling and Plat, and in
vited to return from Mexico inImedi-
ately in order to take part in some pro-
gramme'of intended consequences. 1t
is further said that he has telegraphed
his acceptance Of the request, and that
he will shortly return to New York, and
thereupon be announced as candidate
for election TO the senate from that
state. or exert his utmost influence to
procure the reelection of Conkling and
Platt.. ee
Rumor also says that the programme
will be for Platt to decline reelection
In favor Of Gen. Grant, and that the
stalwarts will endeavor to send Grant
and Conkling to the senate together.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

st. Petersburg, May 2l.-Important
arrests continue almost daily. Hessy
Helfmann, sentenced to death for CON-
plicity in the murder of the car, and
reprieved on account of her delicate
condition, has been delivered of still
born child.
Another conspirators' den, contain
ing large store of arms and dynamite,
has been found near Warsaw. The
occupants had previously deserted the
house.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22
Denserass WIN Vote for Conkiing


Washington, May 21.-The demo-
Gratis hope for q democratic senator
from New York. If that cannot be
obtained the democrats in the legisla-
ture will vote for Conkling. Private
dispatches from Albany indicate that
policy, which meets general democratic
approval, on the ground that the DEM
ocrats should help continue the oppo-
sition to the administration. The ad-
ministration republicans of New York
who have been here watching events
leave for Albanp tonight. They spent
some time this morning with Secretary
Blaine, and got the views of the policy
Of the administration in regard to the
New York senatorial election. The
administration is desirous of having
two republican senators in place Of
Conkling and Platt, who will be in
harmony with the administration.
Malone voted with the republicans
for the confirmation of Chandler.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-22

Chicago, May 21.-A dispatch from
Saline, Michigan, says: A quarter of
the business portion of the town was
burned this morning. Loss, $28, 600;
partially insured. ue
Judge Henry B. Mcclure, u promi-
nent lawyer of Jacksonville, Illinois,
dropped dead in the depot here this
morning, while on his way home from
Lansing. Of heart disease. gI 8,
Jefferson Davis, president OF the late
confederacy, is in the city, visiting an
old schoolmate. He leaves for Montreal
tomorrow. s@-aA
The Duke of Sutherland was on
change at one O'Clock, and was greeted
with hearty cheers and handshakings
by the bulls and bears.