The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-08-24

EAST TENNESSEE NEWS ITEMS.
The Presbytery of HoIston will
meet at Salem Church, Washington
County, Thursday, 18th inst.
Judge J. P. Swami, of cambridge,
has sufficiently recovered that he is
able to walk about the house.
Geo A. Fain is erecting at his mill,
near cambridge, a steam wagon fell
Ioe factory, with a capacity OF 100
set per day.
Mr.. Joe NJ. Fain, of cambridge,
who lost his leg in the railroad yard
at Knoxville last winter, has procur-
ed an artificial limb, and is using it.
John Seneker, a good and snb-
stantial citizen of Sullivan county,
and an elder in the Lutheran church
for many years, died recently, aged
90 years.
The Johnson City narrow guage
railroad has received another new
engine named CRANBERRY" and a
new coach is to be placed on the
line
Miss Blake, daughter of Parson
Blake, of Roane county, had her
leg broken just above the ankle on
the 18th, by being thrown from a
runaway wagon.
James Brabson and William Har-
ris were each sentenced to the penl-
tertiary for larceny from the circuit
court at Jonesboro last week, the
first for five and the latter for one
year
Waller, the man who killed Bean
near Robbsville, ROane County some
months ago, was convicted Of man
slaughter at the Kingston circuit
court, and sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary.
John r. Gaines, Of Monroe county,
says he knows from experience that
bluestone will kill the germ in wheat
if soaked in strong solution. One
pound to five bushels is the proper
proportion.
The receipts Of wheat at Sweet
water are already more than the
total amount received last year, the
crop of 1881 greatly exceeding that
of 1880 in both quality and quantity.
Mr.. E. T. Akand, a promising
young lawyer of johnson City, son
of Mr.. J. D. Akand and brother-in-
law of Mr.. w S. Mitchell, foreman
of the Morrist0Wn Times, died at
his home, Saturday, 14th inst, after
a lengthy illness, aged 33 years.
Another married woman of Knox
vile has run away with a young
man. The parties are c. III. Thomas
and Mary A. Getz, wife ola respect
able merchant. Warrants have
been issued for their arrest, and par
ties have gone in search Of them,
At Dayton, Rhea county, some
days ago, sparks from a passing en-
CINE on the Cincinnati Southern
railroad set fire to a pile of straw,
which communicated with other
eombustibles until 100 cords of tan
bark valued at 800, q stable, etc,
were consumed.
Maj. w r. Mcclure, q prominent
citizen of Memphis, secretary of the
school board and librarian of the
Odd Fellows library, died at Rock
ford, Blount county, where he had
went to improve his declining health,
on Monday of last week. His re
mains were taken to Memphis.
At Jonesboro, On the 18th, Chas.
colored boy about 16
years of age, attempted to commit a
rape on a little colored girl of the |
late James Lynn, aged about 8 years.
He was arrested and brought before |
Esquire VIM. Il, Mathas for trial,
but, the prosecutor (the girls moth
err falling to appear against him the |
trial was postponed.
Mr.. 1. L. Ford, a merchant of |
Square, Knoxville, brought |
suit last week fbF $500 damages
against the corporation Of that city |
and the street car company conjoint-
", for injuries sustained by him in
April last by the capsizing Of his
buggy on Gay street in consequence
IF the improper elevation of the
street car track,
At South Pittsburg, On the 10th,
Mrs. Eleanor Henson and Mrs. Ma
linda Morgan, both respectable la
lies Of the town, had fuss and an
Try words brought on blows, when
Mrs. Morgan received four stabs
With q knife in different parts of her
body Mrs. Henson was arrested, |
lad preliminary trial and gave a
)ond Of $500 for her appearance at
.ourt
The community north of Chatta-
looga was thrown into an intense
tate of excitement few days ago,
It learning the facts connected with
most horrible affair, A young
,irl living in the ncigborhood men
iOned, had given birth to an illegiti-
nate child, and the father of the
'irl murdered the child and hid the
emains in a hollow stump, where
hey were discovered by some par {
les passing in that direction The {
iris father was arrested immedi- {
tely, but the father of the child, a 3
rOminOnt young man, has left for f
arts unknown. q
TU8SEING WITH GUTTEA
On last Wednesday evening the =