The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-03-23

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Mr.. James, the new Postmaster
General, is a printer, and worked at
the cease" for several years.
Chattanooga is to have a paper
mill. The manufacturing interest
of the city are rapidly increasing.
Col. A. G. Hodges, one of the old
est Masons and editors in the South,
died at Louisville, Ky, on the 10th.
Hon. VIM. P. Frye was formally
declared United States Senator, in
place of Mr.. Blaine, by the Legisla-
ture of Maine on Wednesday last.
The Governor of Maine has vetoed
all the bills passed during the SEES
sion of the Maine Legislature incor-
pOrating State banks.
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
is known in Boston as worker Of
wonderful embroidery. She has
just sold bit of her own design.
Sergt. Bates Is said to be very i'll
at his home in Saybrook, Ill, and
his wife and six children are suffer
ing greatly from poverty.
F. P. Foster was shot dead in
Lost Angeles, California by Has
tonia Abosta, Spanish girl, whom
he had betrayed.
The reappointment of Frederick
Douglass to be marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia is now considered
by his friends to be a matter of
certainty.
A writer in the Whitehall ReUie1U
says that rest would cure half the
ills to which horsefesh is heir, but
people viii not give it, because at
the time it cost money.
The New York Times says "per-
haps the least desirable feature of a
Republican organization of the
Senate will be the appointment of
Mr.. George G. Gorham as Secretary
of the Senate"
Sir Julius Benedict, who was the
pianist of Jenny Limbs troupe
during her tour in this country, has
just dictated an article on the sub
ect Of the tour for one Of the Ameri-
can Magazines
A lamb came into the world at
Warsaw, KY, the other day, with
its nostrils where its eyes should
have been, and a single large eye in
the center of its forehead.
cambridge Jail had but two pris-
oners, and they got lonesome and
broke out, a few nights ago. One
of them was in for stealing ten dol
lars and the other for purloining
eggs.
The pastors of the churches of diff
ferent denominations in Thomas
vile, Ca, meet once a week for the
purpose of advising with each other
touching the work in which they
are engaged.
A hen flew into house near
Rockcastle, KY, the other day, and
knocked down rifle that was hang
ing on the wall, which was dis
charged, killing preacher that was
visiting the family.
India rubber has rival in the
milky sap of the "Bully" tree of
South America. 1t becomes soft, so
as to bear being joined piece to
piece, at about 1900 Fahrenheit, but
requires $500 to melt it.
The public debt of the United
States is sos per head; of Spain,
1854 of France, $136 ; of England,
SLY; of Holland, S114; of Canada.
$28; of Mexico, $39; of Switzer
land, 50.
Henry Genet, one of the old
Tweed ring, has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for eight months,
and to pay a sum of $1,000, and to
stand committed until the fine is
paid.
Mr.. J. Stanley Brown has been
private secretary to Presi-
dent Garfield. He is a young man,
about "a years of age, and his APP
is very gratifying to those !
whose business involves the making
Of frequent visits to the Executive |
Mansion.
All the new styles Canton Dress Cling
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