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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12
the SOUTH KENTUCKIAN.
ADVERTISING RATE.
GENERAL NEWS.

st. Louis is to have crematory.
A burglar named Chastine was shot
dead q. Montgomery, Ala. 4
Oscar de La Fayette, grand son of
Gen. La Fayette, died last week.
Twelve girls Of Ovid, N. ". have
gone to Colorado to hunt husbands.
The Greenbackers have put out
full ticket In st. Louis.
Bismarck was 63 years old on all
Fools day.
Jno. T. Raymond. tho actor is to
behiarried April Eth.
Patrick Carol was killed by tho
cars at UrLana, o. 0 asn
The Gar has salary of$l0,OOO,-
900 a year, d 4org c@9
The rednidfs of the army Of tho
Tennessee will take place at Music
Hall Cincinnati t6-motrow.
Leonard FIitefd,. Of New York, is the
oldest compositor in the U.S lie has
been working at the case M 6O'years.
Mrs. Albright, near Youngstown.
Ohio, HING kefseffwith a skein of yarn
leaving five children orphans.
. > ! = : .I. =
Ell Marshall, Of Kentucky, prose-
cuie,l Kallock for the murder of Do.
Young, at San Francisco,
Mrs. Maria Berner, an insane wo-
man aged 80 cut her throat with a
case knife at Milwaukee and died.
The scandal in the Michigan Insane
Asylum has resulted in the dismissal
Of the physician and keeper.
Paul Richardson, notorious blaekleg,
was killed in a gambling hosse fight
at Pendleton s. y.
j. VI. Calhoun killed his partner
Mike Tracey at New Orleans, Thurs
day. =
Jack Embree and his cn,ire family
were killed by a cyclone III Randolph
county, Ga. s9H
\, The massachusetts, House OF Re-
,prcsentatives detected the woman's
suffrage bill BY a tote u 122 to rs.
Coli Cash who killed Col. Shan
non in a duel in South Carolina, was
tried for murder and acquitted.
~ Bruce Moore. white boy, was shot
and dangerously, wonuded by a negro
at Yazoo Cily, Miss.
y THE Supreme Court Of Iowa has
decided that playing cards for oysters,
cigars or beer p gambling.
The latest boiler explosion. was at
Youngstown, Ohio, and twelve men
were injured. It'd m
Bernard Kearns tho Sheriff of Hot
county, Neb, was killed BY COW.
boy named Harry Dears, Thursday
last. 10 sf4.4,i
Pink Garrett shot and killed his
brother, Elisha Garrett, in dispute
about $50, at Erin Tenn, and then
fled unpursued.
West Burgess. a negro prisoner in
charge Of Jno. Lambright. the, sheriff,
attempted 10 escape and was killed at
Columbus, Ga.
,ai Peace has at last been concluded
between the British and the Beers of
South Africa. The latter to have
self government and 70 Immediately
disperse to their homes. e ''s'i
y One mile Of Broadway in New York
is now lighted by electric lights,
'twenty-three in number. and the street
is made as bright as MONDAY. They
are put up without cost to the city as
an advertisementaoq, sbass-
Fl. H. .eRiddlebcrger, Mahone's man,
has been elected Sergeant atiarms of
the Senate and will be the candidate
ofthe Readtusters to. succeed Johns
ton in that body, from Virginia.
Senior iMapierto,e aged 108 years,
and his wife, JuanitaJ aged ninety
seven, Of Uabaceiras, Brazil, are about
to celebrate the eightieth anniversary
OF their wedding.
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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12

Mrs. Henry Ingram, Of Battle
Creek, Mich, has eaten nothing since
last October, She is nourished by
being bathed in beef tea aud milk,
which is taken in by absorption. She
quenches her thirst in a like manner.
Her stomach is completely paralyzed.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12

OF the three great American poets
who have passed the limits of youth
prescribed by Anacreon--s evenly
years-Longfellow, Whittier and
Holmes, the lastis the only one who
retains the vigor and spirit of his
early days. Longfellow and Whit
tier like Tennyson, have written little
worth reading for the last ten years.
Il American Queen. ssN
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12

Jas. Currie, the murderer Of Porter
the actor in Texas, wasshot and kill
ed by abar.keepcr in New Mexico, on
the l4th Of March. lie was trying to
kill the latter. 'fHNl4' H ff iiaa
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12

Geo. PARROT alias "Big Nose George"
under sentence of death at Ceyenne,l
WY, attempted to break jail aud was
lyiicllcd, e NlseI
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-04-12
rnycn.ors and Patentecs

&c. to Edison Brothers, Solicitors OF Patents,
Washington, ID. J., who furnish tho same
without charge. Edison BROTHERS Is a we'll
Known and successfully firm OF large cxpcri-
encc, having been established In lSGe. Nls
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
RAILROAD TAXATION.
TO the Editor q. the MO+riBtOWanl aazotte:

/
l find in one of the Knoxville
dailies a memorial of the County
Court of Knox county to the Legis-
! lature upon the subject Of Railroad
tax, The memQrial assumes two po-
lsitions, both Of which are erroneous
| 1, 1t assumes that the value of the
capital stock should not be deducted
from the total value of the Railroad
and tax assessed on the balance.
1t Is sufficient answer to this to say
that the shares of stock are taxable
and in Tennessee are actually taxed
as personally in the hands of share
holders, and second, that these shares
are in a great measure held and tax
| ed in other States. The law is right
in this respect.
2. 1t is assumed that the basis of
assessment is wrong, in that the rail-
road is valued as a whole including
its rolling stock, machine shops, de-
pots and all other property, and then
the value per mile ascertained by di-
viding total value by number Of
miles Of length, and giving to each
county it's proportion on this basis.
In answer to this it is only need
full to inquire what would be the
value of the property of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad company, as railroad prop
erty, if we cut eennectiops at the
Jefferson and Loud6n county lines?
The answer is: No more than the
value of a lot Of old machinery and
a few hundred tons OF rails. IT
would be worth nothing as railroad
property, E3l.j a1-tf mos kt'''J 'i..t
The twenty odd miles of track in
Hamblen county do as much TO rem
der the property of the company
situated In Knox county valuable as
does the track in Knox county or
the round houses or machine shops.
Without the track in Knox. and the
machine shops, etc, in Knoxville,
the railroad property of the compa-
NY in Harhblen would be compare
lively valueless. 10 za.'I9.I !" ''fet {
In short, Railroad property is only
valuable by reason Of the Continuity.
of its lifiesAoiily valuable as a
whole. y Each mile enters into the
value of every other mile. The East
Tennessee, Virginia and Z Georgia
railroad is worth $50, 900 per! mife
because It has CONNECTIONS at the
ends andFuns through the WHOLE Of
East Tehnessee, Isolate il, and It 4
would be worth 5000 or $40, 900 per
mile; SO it. happens that the mill
ion Of railroad property in Knox
county is worth million only |
cause the property Of the company
in other counties makes it worth a |
million. ~ ~ tedJ .ee t5H GEf
ALLOW me to say that this whole
subject was carefully. considered by +
the Legislature that passed the law, !.
and had been considered by the SUI I
preme" Court before the law was /
passed ia7h ~ a. + # I
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

In the face of positive law, and
despite of all official warnings, Capt.
Payne and his band of cOlOnista
about 1000 strong, appear to be de-
determined to force an entrance into
the Indian Territory for the purpose
hof settlement. They have been for
some time encamped near the boun-
daryl waiting an opportunity to
cross, and have now notified the off
GER in command q OF the military
forces that they intend; to. move in
to the teEritorysat all hazards. Phe
military are eneamped on one side
of the line, and a portion of the set
tiers on the other. the latter about
400 strong, well armed and under
military discipline: The situation, lis
becoming q serious one. at other
points on the border not well guard
ed a large number have already:
crossed who, in compliance with the
Lazy, must be summarily. elected un7l
less they voluntarily retire from the.
territory. Their petition to- the
President not to allow the troops to-
interfere with ; them cannot and.
oughtnot to be. granted, for the In
dian Territory belongs to the In
dams alone, and it is clearly the du-
ty a0f the government to protect
them in theip rights at whatever
The misguided people who
have joined in, this unlawful enter
prise have received repeated and
abundant. warnings, and fftheyshall
be made to suffer in consequence. of
heirIdeteFmination they alone are
for iti ysia5h To4uiLqoII
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

With the advent Of another new
yearywe are again pleased to notice
the prompt appearance of. Ayers
Almanac. This little annual, in its
bright cover, attractive dress, filed
with pleasant and profitable infor-
nation, is the most populat. of its
class, and the cry for more often
goes4up to the enterprising publish
ers, to receive only the disappointing
answer, "too late. In the numer-
Gus editions required to adapt its as
Economical calculation to local time,
and In the nine different languages
in which it is now published, itreaeh-
es an annual issue of more than ten
million copies, and is distributed
gratuitously In every quarter of the
globe While it serves to make
known still more widely to the
world, the medical preparations of
its proprietors, they also seek to
make this book acceptable in every
family, and an indispensable hand
book of medical and practical in
Ioflnaglon,7y l.r 20 te. ,nft fnsra.t g.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

This paragraph from a Nashville
letter on Tennessee politics and af-
fairs, by Col.aMeClure, of the -Phila-
delphia Times, probably comes near
er needing no correction as to truth
than any other similar number of
lines in his entire letter. Speaking
of the BELOVED and venerable widow
of President Polk, he says ]" She
is SO universally beloved by all par
ties and classesin Tennessee that her
little fortune in State bonds-all she
possesses in the world has been, by
common consent, exempted from the
food tide Of Reputation that has de
faulted in the interest due to other
creditors. Republican and Demo-
crat, white and black, high tax and
low tax, all agree that the interest
shall be paid promptly on the debt
held by her"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
THE SITUATION At NASHVILLE

1t was our good fortune % to wit
ness many of the exciting scenes
connected with the organization OF
the 42d General Assembly of Pen-
nessee. We have been present ma
ny times before on such. occasions,
but never have we been SO profound
lylpenetrated with fear, and despon-
dency for the perpetuity ofthe Dem
cratic party in Tennessee. We think
we are competent to judge, to. some
extent accurately, of the tone and
temper of political body, and if it
possesses elements of harmony and
Cancellation ,prepopdeFatipg over OBJ
stinacy and personal prejudice, we
can discern, it, This we did not
detect in the Democratic party (sof
called) now in the Legislature. The
Republicans, in that body are q unit
on every test that has occurred, Both
houses are organized. An ,untoward
circumstance gave the organization
of the lower house to the Republic
cans. The phenomenal Democratic
biunder left their ablest. man and
cunningest worker, r r. Butler, on
the floor instead of in the Speakers
chair On the 99th ballot, the fourth
day of the session, Hon, John 4.
Morgan, a low. tax Democrat, was
elected Speaker ofthe Senate. The
persistency-not to say. bull-dog fte-
nscity-with which the seven low
tax Senator's chung to, Mr., Morgan
and refused to compromise on any
other man of their party for the
Speakership, for four days, is in itself
ominons to US that their work is not
yet complete, It, means something
more than is now visible, IF it does
not mean the election of Gov, Hawk.
ms to the Senate and the inaugura- |
ton ,ofMr, Speaker Morgan as repu- |
ton Governor, then we fail to- read.
correctly the handwriting on the I
wall, as we sincerely hope we do. I'll
Hawkins is not made. Senator in this |
way, then no man can do more than
blindly guess who. the Senator viii |
be, though Mr.. Bailey unquestona. |
bly, ought to be. as he is the choice |
of large majority Of the Democrats |
in, the legislature and nine tenths Of
those in the State, We give this as
only our individual opinion of the
political outlook at Nashville. ; 1t
may be considered responding, and
it may have been better to have left
it unsaid. But it is just what we
now honestly believe, and if its ex-
preston gives offense we would be L
thankful to the offended party to un-lf
fold to us any plausible grounds for
= more hopeful view Of tho outlook
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
PROSPERITY.

The country has not for a long
time been in rs prosperous oondi-
ton IA at the present livery ono y
feelsthat good times have come at
last, and come to stay, unless driven
away by their own ioolishness. This :
may be done, Of coupac by extraeks 4
gance, debt contracting, &c, but III
we will be careful, live within our
incomes, and,pot allow ourselves 20
believe that any other relief is a.
good as DR.. Harris Great Relief, all
will be well but there Is just now
an effort being made 10 sell other \
Relief instead Of the old reliable Dr.
Harts We warn our friends 20 be
on their guard.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
DR.. 3. NJ. WIGHT. of Chattanoc

DR.. E. M. Wight, of Chattanooga,
died of pneumonia Thursday last,
aged 81 years. He was the Repub-
ican candidate for Governor in 1878
and for two terms was Mayor of
Chattanooga Chattanooga has lost
one of her best citizens and all seem
to deeply and keenly feel the lossi
The Times devotes two columns, or
more in an obituary notice, conclu-
ding as follows: He was q model
husband and father; a generous and
helpful brother and kinSman; a use
ful, honest, enterprisiRg citizen; a
painstaking, conscientious, successful
physician. His record, public and
private, is without blot or stain. He
will DO missed and mOurHed as few
men in this,Or any other community
would be." f,s --.:!sF-.s-,.i itt.--.L e. efi
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

TIE LATE MAJ. al u AEtKTNEBY..
The Regersvills Spectator pab-
fishes this tribute to the memory of
Maj. Charles J. Mckinney, of that
place, whose sudden death on-the
evening of December 81, 1880, we
mentioned il, our local. nevis last
week:
7--" Diedasuddenlylis .an announce
ment that is becoming startling in
it's frequency. Our little town was
shocked and cast into gloom at the
sad and sudden death of Maj. Charles
J. Mckinney, which occurred on the
evening Of Friday last, about 5
o'clock, at his residence in this place.
He had Just returned from town in
his usual health and spirits, and
within few minutes thereafter,
"e'en while the flush of life was
brightest, he died. The only warm
ing which the family had of his APP
preaching death was that he com
planned of a pain in his chest; which
they tried to relieve by the apphea
ton of liniments But the fell Des-
troyer was there, and without re-
morse, in. the twinkling of an eye,
snatehed their cherished father and
husband even from before their very
eyes. 'fast.lo - 1901 -
He was the second and eldest sur
viving son of the late Hon. John A.
Mckinney, and was born at Rogers
vile, July 3, 1913. He was gradu-
ated fromsthe University of Tennes-
see, at Knoxville, in 1889, and in the
following year he entered business
in this place with Charles Coffin,
Esq. He sold goods in what is now
Hamblen county, building for his
purpose the first store house erected
in Morristown. In 1910 he was mar
ried to Miss Kary E. Gaines, daugh-
ter of James Gaines and niece of
Gen. F. P. Gaines. He was engaged
in the mercantile business up to 1860
or 1861, at which time he retired
from business to engage in farming
Though not a politician, he has
always been stanch Republican,
and as such elected to the Tennessee
legislature from this county in 1866,
and was one of the three Republi-
cans who voted against the notori-
GUS Franchise law, which disfran-
chised all rebels. In 1914 he was
Revenue Collector for the 9th dis
-trict of Tennessee. AT the time of
his death he.was one Of the trustees
of the University of Tennessee 80 ,
Maj. Mckinney was an inveterate
reader and had accumulated, during
his life, vast deal of general and
useful information He was thor
oughly posted in all the doings of
the day, and took great interest in
the welfare of his section. His poll
teal views were not partisan, though
his convictions were firmly fixed. In
manner, he was. most friendly and
winning, and his. intercourse with
his friends was marked with rare
geniality and courtesy. His CONVEX
sation upon all subjects was eharac-
terized by good and sound sense, and
evinced the thorough information
which his studious life. assured him. I
He was kind hearted and generous;
in all his impulses he was humane
and forbearing In his social inter
course he was rs young and bouyant.
in spirit as the youngest of us. -
Our community sustains a heavy
loss in this bers aEement, and the
county loses y most estimable citi-
zen. The gen.,ine sympathies of the
entire community are with the al
most heart broken family. i.-aE vaG
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
Personal

II. f. Cain returned from n trip
TO CincinnHi Saturday night
Carrick p. Oldham. representing
Knoxville's wholesale trade, was In
town Thursday.
, Dr. Wm. Peck. Of Wolf Creek
came over hast Wodnesdny and
spent a few hours in the city.
Our old Mexican veteran friend.
j. l.. Neal, was on visit 10 this
place, bis former home, last week,
and made az a very pleasant call
He has been engaged in railroad
surveying in Alabama for some
'months past.
We arc pleased 10 note the safe
return 20 Knoxville OF Mr.. Sam. r.
Adie, one Of the clevcrcst conduc-
tors that slams doors on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, who has been journoying
in Europe for the past two months
Our mercantile friend, J. r..
Goodson, was in town Monday and
made as a pleasant business call
He'has Just received a fresh invoice
of new goods at his popular stand
oV er at Turley'A Min, and says no
intends selling them 30 cheap that
those who. examine and get his
prices will be eager TO buy.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

General Walker, superintendent
of the tenth census, seems determin-
ed that his forthcoming report shall
embrace the statistics of every subs
jeota of general interests aIde has re-
Gently addressed circulars to all the
praoticing physicians in the United
States. requesting returns of insane,
idiotic, deaf mutes and blind in their
several localities. These circulars
are renewed at this time because
those formerly issued have not been
responded to. In view of the i'm
portance of the information. sought
after by General Walker it is conf.
IDENTIFY expected that physicians will
be prompt in furnishing the desired
statistics. The medical profession
of Morristown should see to it that
this place is not omitted. Ai --s--f
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12
Senator. Blaine las made q p:

Senator Blaine has made a prop
osition to increase the members OF
the Supreme Court to thirteen.
There is too much work, it is
said, for the Court as at present Or
gained; more circuits are also
needed for a rapidly growing coun-
try. But the best part of the prop
osition is, the Executive should select
three or four of the most eminent
Democratic lawyers of the country.
If this were done, he believes the
Court would be strengthened in the
popular favor, and he knows the
Barkises would ''be within"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

VISA. Howelly Esq, late Chair
man of cur County Court, rctires
from that position after a series Of
years in the service of the county
that has won for him the respect
and esteem of the officials and peo-
pie of the county as one Of the most
laborious and efficient officers It ever
had. His successor, ID. w. c. Davis,
Esq, has long been officially CON
nected with our county interests,
and is in every, way qualified and
competent to be the successor of 50
excellent an officer as Esq. Howell.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

hidden & Bates, of the Southern
Music House; Savannah Ga, send
us4a splendid new song and chorus,
entitled, The Southern Soldier Boy,
with words by Father Ryan and mu-
sic by w. Ludden, which will be
welcomed wherever the Southern
soldier boys memory is held dear.
The superb engraving on the title
page, Illustrating the Soldier Boy in
Confederate uniform "a grave in the
woods with the moss o ergrown- Ia
grave in the heart Of his motherAin
itself eloqaeRtly tells the story. Can
be sung bysvoices of2medium range,
with either piano or reed organ ae-
compartment. Price 40 cents. For
sale by music dealers ll rl9i'st
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12

CONGRESS AT WORK-ABoUT AN Ex-
IRA sEssIoN--MAHoNE's NANTES
! TATroNs - IMPORTANT BILLS DIS
CUssED. -yr.~. .t...-. .-,E -s.....
WASHINGTON, ID. c., JAN 8, 81.
10 the Editor OF The Morristown Gazette:
Z Congress has reassembEed and
Done to work, in the lower house at
least, with an energy that promises
the accomplishment of much impor-
tant legislation before the fourth of
March. 1t is the object of the ma
iority to pass all the appropriation
bills, and to complete all necessary
| Legislative work, before the term of
the present Congress expires, so as
to avoid the necessity Of an extra
session after the inauguration of
General Garfield. Whether the ma
iority will be successful or not the
coming two weeks will disclose. If
the Republicans are determined to
have an extra session, to enable them
to step at once into the patronage of
the House, it is in their power to
compel it by dilatory measures.
Events in other political centres, no
tably in Virginia and Tennessee, will,
| think, have much influence on the
question of an extra session. If it
shall become apparent that Malone,
of Virginia, or the senator to be cleo
ted from Tennessee, will give the or
ganization of the Senate to the Re
publicans, that party will not be dis
posed to postpone, for a year, the
full fruition of power.
There have been many sensational
rumors, during theweek, relative to
manifesto, in which it was said
General Malone would announce a
new policy for the South, on the
basis of political, commercial, and
I industrial determination with the
Republican party; but the sO-called
manifesto has appeared without de
filming General MahOne's position on
any national question, and without
indicating which party he will act
with in the organization of the Sen
ate. -
There has been much talk recent
" of breach which is said to be
widening between the stalwart and
conservative factions of the Republi-
can party. 1t is conceded that Mr..
Blaine can have any cabinet position
he may want under the coming adj
ministration. It is not so certain
that Mr. Conkling can have all he
wants for his friends, and this situa-
ton is sufficient to increase the feel
ings of rivalry and antagonism be-
tween these ancient adversaries, and
the powerful factions of which they
are the leaders. -f.
The House has passed the regular
army appropriation bill, making the
fifth of the regular appropriation
bills which have been passed. Mr.
Reagan's Interstate Commerce bill,
and Mr.. Woods debt refunding bill,
have been discussed, and ii, is proba-
BILE that the latter will be passed.
Mr.. Reagans bill meets violent OPP
position, and it will certainly not be-
come law in its present shape. It's
friends claim that it will estOp dis
examinations against shippers, and
defeat the tyranny of cOrpOrtiOns
it's enemies say it is scheme to d.
vert the carrying business from the
rails to the rivers. X