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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23
PERSONAL.


David Ash, of the fraternity Of
commercial travellers, spent Sunday
last among us.
Geo. P. Yoe, Esq, and little son
Master Harry, Of Messy Creek, were
in town last Thursday.
Miss Alice Smith, Of Rankin's De
pot, is visiting the city, the guest Of
Mrs. Geo. Livingston.
Mr.. D. Pence made a flying trip
to Knoxville Monday. The 81 So
caught his good eye no doubt.
Mr.. w. B. Nelson returned home
from Baltimore last week, where he
has been attending the medical lee
lures.
We are gratifed to learn that the
condition Of Sam. w. Shields, Esq,
who has been seriQuslyill at his res
idence near this town with pneumO-
MIA fever, is much improved
The many friends of that well
known and successful commercial
traveller, John II. Barley, repre-
senting the wholesale hat establish
ment Of Ives, Murphy & Bonar, New
York, will be gratified to learn that
he has penetrated thus far into the
bowels Of his annual southern tour,
that he rested on Sabbath at the
Cain House, patronizing the gospel
as dispensed at the Methodist church
at eleven o'clock.
Z. G. Shannon, ESQ, formerly one
of our most enterprising and deserv-
ing business men, now located at
Rome, Ga, spent a day or two with
his friends in this place, last week,
en- route to eastern cities on bust
ness trip. His many friends here
abouts who had not Che pleasure Of
greeting him on the occasion, will
be gratifed to hear that he main
tains his physical ROBUSTNESS, and
has struck q business bonanza in his
new home worth more than any
mule trade he ever contemplated in
East Tennessee.
Lynch Bros & McGhee, known in
of the Southern and Western
States as the most extensive dealers
in clocks in the country, left this
place last Monday for Rogersville,
which town will be the headquart-
ers for the distribution Of their cele-
brated calendar clock Favorite,"
manufactured expressly to their or
der and sold only by their author
lied agents They are intelligent,
courteous gentlemen, and those Of
our subscribers who may be called
upon by any Of their representatives
may confide in the truth Of the rep
reservations made of the superiority
of their clock. Their advertisement
will appear next week.
Col. 0. G. King returned one day
last week from ten days visit to
the headquarters of the management
of the Kentucky Central and other
railroad magnates of Kentucky and
Ohio, in the interest of the Morris
town, Cumberland Gap and Ohio
projected road. There is, and pro-
baby very wisely, always marked
reticence observed on the part Of
skilled and ar-seeing railroad man
ipulators as to how much of their
plans and progress should be commu-
to the public. From those who
have interviewed Col. King on the
result of his mission, we are inform
ed that, further than his positive as
that his trip was a success
and that our projected line Of road
would soon be a cOnsummated fact,
but little was learned. But this is
sufficient. Less than this would
have been less than was expected
and less than would have been at all
satisfactory. The fruit is ripe.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The five negroes charged with the
murder Of Laprade, in Robertson
county, September Sth. 1850, were
taken from Nashville to Springfield
on the 14th for trial. That night %
mob attempted to take them from
the Springfield Jail, but were Undue
ed to desist and dispense after GER
tain promises had been eXacted from
the Judge and Attorney General
The tr;al proceeded without further
outside demonstration until Friday
night, Just after the judge bad de-
livered his charge TO tho jury, and
as the sheriff was conducting the
five prisoners from The courtroom
for Judgement in the jail, he was met
at the door by an armed body OF men
who forcibly took possession Of the
prisoners and at once hanged them
by the neck from the vcrunda Of the
second story of the court house. The
mob guarded the bodie until thcy
were sure they were dead when The
leader gave the order, Dispcrse.
my men, TO your homes, and they
Immediately departed ia three di-
rections. This wholesale adsir makes
ten men that have been brchcd In
Robertson county within two years.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Hon. Fernando Wood, member
from New York city to the present
and the next Congress, and chair
man of the committee of Ways and
Means, died Sunday night, 18th in
slant, at the Hot Springs, Arkansas,
whittier he had gone for his health.
He was born in Philadelphia, of
Quaker parentage, June IA, 1912,
went to New York early in life, and
become a successful merchant. His
first term in Congress was in 1910.
In 1861, and again in 1861 50,
he was mayor of New York. In
1863 he was again elected to Con-
gress. In 1867 he was once more
elected, and since then his service in
that body has been continuous Mr.
Wood has been an active and eff
cient business member, having serv-
ed chiefly on the Ways and Means
committee. A tariff, bill, which is
still on the files of the House, bears
his name. and he is the author of
the funding bill which the Senate
now has under consideration. Mr..
Wood was a man of pronounced
convictions and positive views He
was what was called a ''peace Dem
ocrat' during the late civil war, and
at one time, while mayor of New
York city, proposed for that metrop-
oils to initiate Hamburg, Bremen
and Lubbock, secede from New York
State and declare itself a ''free city"
He never spoke without careful
preparation, nor except when the
subject deserved it, and thus was
always heard with respect and at
tention. Mr. Wood was not liked
by his political antagonists, but he
was PROFESSIONALLY a man of great
ability and usefulness, who had in
the fullest degree the courage of his
opinions.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

RogersviIle Press and Times We
regret to learn, through Mai W. y.
Clarkson. OF the sickness OF our old
friend, Geo. Williams. OF MoorCs-
burg.
haryvillc Iadcr: The oldest per-
son of Blouut county. Mrs. Winnie
Bricllop, who lived iu the fifteenth
district died last Saturday. She was
about 40 years Old
cambridge Waterman. There is
said to be n silver laIfdo.Iar iu cir-
eulatiOn in cambridge bearing the
date Of l7ll..-.Fru Broad was
ON o boom lat Thursday Friday.
saturday and SUNDAY. to The extent
1f about ten ieet...... cambridge is
becoming enthusiastic over o. bra.s
band and every member IL anxious
to "takc a hgrHe ..... Joseph Fain.
who was go cruelty smashed up hv
thc careless management of r. o..
Va & Ca Railroad engine GO Knox
vile, is slowly recovering
GrconcviIIe D.mafrBf: Fidelity
Lodge. SO. 2I2. Knights OF Honor.
thjs week paid To- Mrs ". J.. Ham
.Siuz and daughter $4,000 benefit on
W. r. Haukius dcath....Asa Wcs-
tern bound freight train was passing
Blue SPRING.. boo this county, one of
,hc wheels of "a box car hur-teJ. and
a portion OF Dc foIl off, The remain.
ing piece broke tho steel railing in
about forty different places within
the run Of q mile
Jouc-boro J0HHaI. We learn that
the MaascugiII Brothers. OF Union
Depot have bought and sold over
100000 worth OF horse, within tNc
past four mOnths...-Ab0ut SlIH iu
gold and silver was found under the
Circuit Court Clerks room at
BlDuulvi'ic. last week. II is SUPP
posed 90 be money tlat was iu lho
Court House whom iI was burned
down in l-G3....Alaior g. Wall,
who was for many years % citizen ct
this place died 600 tlc residence uf
hi. .ou.iuIaw. Col S. *. y. Patton,
near Fall Branch. DOB tIis county. 0u
The 9th instant
J0uc-b0ro U.rTN md IriirH-.
The western foyer is raging iu this
county. Almost every train bears
away some OF our native young mon
tn Che "iur west ......l Dee seventh
Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

A dispatch from Mentor last Wed
nesday notes the presence there OF
1fr. Conkling. He was met at the
depot by Gen. Garfeld's carriage and
driven to the latter's residence where
he remained for two hours in close
consultation with Garfield. Two OF
BIaine's emissaries who had logged
Conkling from New York were dodg-
ed at Cleveland, but made their way
to Mentor in time to see Conkling's
deDarture.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Says an exchange, whose head is
very level: In all towns where a
newspaper is published, every bust
ness man should advertise in it.,
even if it is nothing more than a
card stating his name and the bus
mess he is engaged in. 1t pays the
advertiser, and lets the people at a
distance known that the town is full
of business men. The paper finds
its way into thousands of places
where handbllls will never reach.
A card in the paper is a "traveling
sign board" and can be seen by
every reader.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

N. F. Foute, Republican, was
elected joint,representative inthe le-
pislature from the counties of Brad
lev and Polk, in the special election
held on the 18th, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the unseating of Mr..
Stewart, Democrat.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

At Cincinnati, on the 18th, East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rail
road stock jumped to $3.50. A week
ago the stock was worth $1.35, but
since the sale of the Atlantic, Mis-
sissippi & Ohio road it has had an
inward tendency
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

THE GAZETTE job Office turned out
the first stallion bill for the season
last week-a half sheet poster for
the thoroughbred saddle horse S03
dler The bill, like the horse. speaks
for itself We are prepared 20 print
Horse and Jack bills on short notice
and as low as the work can be done
elsewhere, cash on delivery Of the
work.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

We have received the first mum
Der Of a new medical magazine just
started at Memphis called the Ms
sisSippi valley Medical Monthly
Drs j. J. Jones and Julius Wise are
the editors. 1t is a Handsomely is-
sued magazine and its articles, orig
inal and selected, are full of interest
to the profession. The subscription
price is 81 per annum.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Asheville On. Co. Citizen: We
are glad to learn that the condition
of Mrs. Taylor, wife of Hon. Robert
Tayl6r, is much improved this week.
Mr.. Taylor has been with her for
= the past week. 4a-a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

A number of emigrants came I'm
from North Carolina one day last
week and took the train here EN-
route to Arkansas. We failed to men
ton in our last issue the departure
from this point the week before OF
about one hundred negro emf
grants for the West, many Of whom
were from this county.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

We move a grand torch-light pro
cession and Notification in honor Of
the election of a Democrat to the
office Of magistrate last Saturday.
Whoop EN- up, boys, were not dead
yet but if we don't celebrate now
there's no telling when we'll get a
chance again
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Hundreds of hogsheads Of tobacco
are being transferred at this place
from the Cincinnati, Cumberland
Gap q Charleston road to the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia road
en- route to Lynchburg and other
tobacco markets The depot ground.
at Wolf Creek, it is said, presents a
bustling activity just now in receiv.
ing and storing the heavy shipments
daily collecting there.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Negro immigrants around Oswe-
90, Kansas, are said to be dying of
like sheep from the effects of the
rigorous climate. Gov Lew. Wal
lace, of New Mexico, also, has writ
ten letter to say that Southern
negroes should not be allowed to
come there.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The corporation of cambridge was
wiped out when somanyothers were
abolished a few years ago. The
WatchmdH wants it restored, and a
strong petition to the legislature to
that effect has been sent from its cit
liens.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23
FHg nor ISTOEN GAZETTE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. %, 1881.

Judge Peter Turney, of the Su-
preme Court, is lying dangerdusl b
i'll at his home In Winchester, Tenn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The great suits Of the East Ten
nessee Zinc Company, at Messy
Creek, were not disposed OF by the
late session Of the United States
Court at Knoxville The parties
were not ready for trial. The Court
adjourned till the 18th of March.
when the Chronicle hopes they will
be finally settled So do we.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

A great deal of the tobacco man
utactured in Virginia is raised in
East Tennessee, and is as good as
sold Virginny."
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Van Huss q Bros steam saw mill
was not run last week from some
cause.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The days for the past week have
been balmy.and spring-like.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Mr. G. c. Johnson, of this place,
we learn, has been given a $4,000
contract for the erection of a factory
of some kind in Georgia, and will
leave in a few days to commence
the work He will keep about 100
men employed until the contract is
finished.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Mr.. Eyestone of Knox county,
is getting up great fox hunt for
Saturday, the Goth instant.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Lewis Tillman, ir., has been APP
pointed City Attorney of Knoxville
for chancery cases and Major L. A.
Graft for jury cases.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23
Local Notes and Other Nescs.

Merchantmen are ordering spring
goods.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Mr.. Biggs, of Messrs. A. ii. Gregg
& Co, has been engaged here in the
walnut and poplar log business
for some months past, and has
shipped several car loads of these
profitable products of our forests
to the eastern markets. We trust
his enterprise and energy will be
suitably rewarded.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The Reporter says the revival at
the Methodist Church, Bristol, is
increasing in interest. The pastors
and people of the different churches
in town are taking an active part
in the meeting.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The boom in railroad stock has
been the theme of talk in Morris
town for the past few days.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Chattanooga had 80 deaths last
month, the largest on record since
1873.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Prof Tees predictions for the lat
ter part of this month are as follows
Dist to oath, cloudy, threatening,
with heavy rain or snow storms
10Th and Goth, clear or fair, and
quite cold if heavy storms have oc-
Cured; 26th to 2Sth, cloudy,
threatening, with rain or snow
storms.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

According to the Nelrs, the Bris-
toll Coal and Marrow Gauge Rail
road Company has made a contract
for 100000 cross ties at the average
price Of Is cents s mills per tie.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

One of our clevcrest and most in
tclIigent citizens, Mr.. n. Gray Tay-
lor, was elected a Magistrate for this
district last Saturday, by a hand
some majority over Mr. McGhee.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Men who are constantly auguring
well for the future are great bores.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Sara was an immense success in
Nashville, according to the Ameri-
cans elaborate account The fair
sex went into raptures over her
t0HetteS and Bernhardt styles are
said to be all the rage there now.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

4 commission was issued by the
Governor last Wednesday to United
States Senator elect Howell E. Jack
son.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Thanks to our old friend, Mrs
Victoria Woodhall, Of London, Eng
land, for copy Of her European
edition of WOodhall and Claim s
IOMrnnL
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Rev. H. II. Snccd. OF Chattanooga
has been appointed Fish Commits
sioner for East Tennessee. Will
such commissioners as Rev H. IT,
Sneed for East Tennessee. COL Geo
+ Akers for Middle Tenn nc and
Judge W. w. Mcdowell for West
Tennessee, the american thinks We
may expect good results; and with
the aid of our present General As
sembly to give us good and whole
some laws, our streams may soon be
filled with every variety of fish i'm
their primitive abundance. We are
truly glad that East Tennessee is
so well represented in the commits
sion, and trust our mountain streams
will now receive the attention they
have so long been deprived Of
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Thomas G. boyd, some years ago
criminalIy connected with frauds
perpetrated upon the pension Office,
has been elected Mayor Of Sweet
water
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Nashville wants t0 yet clear az
the pcnitcutiury. aud Nmuphoicr
and TulIah0ma arc bidding r1r &c.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

A dispatch from Nashville says
that the general sentiment in the
Legislature is that the people de-
mand that it should adjust the debt:
The average rate Of adjustment
talked of is 50-4, while some, in
order to settle it, would 90 to 60
cents but not higher
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The fourteenth annual reunion
of the Army of Tennessee will be
held in Cincinnati, April 9th and
9TH.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The Chattanooga Times, on last
Thursday morning, donued an en-
tire new dress upon a superior quail,
ity of paper 1t is now one of the
handsomcst papers in typographical
appearance, as it has long been one
the best conducted and most cutter
prising news journals in the State or
South It devotes several columns
to a review of its brilliant success
and gives a description of the new
building it has just had erected and
moved into. We congratulate all of
oar friends connected with the Times
establishment. The ability. nerve
and industry ofits editors have been
strengthened and sustained by the
earnest cooperation of its plucky
and progressive publisher and pro
prietor, and the substantial indica-
tons of prosperity now presented
are but inl1lings of what is yet in
store for IL 1t has deserved the
success it has won, and will merit
more.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The MOrristown Dramatic Club
will give its third and grand finale
entertainment sometime next week
we are informed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Messrs. J. A. & J. O. Rice and D.
P. Rowe & Co. placed new signs
in front of their respective business
houses last week.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

doctor, my daughter seems to be
going blind and she's just getting
ready for her wedding, too Oh,
dear me, what is to be done p "Let
her 90 right on with the wedding,
madam, by all means. If anything
can open her eyes, marriage will. %
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Athens Post: Col Crouch pur-
chased a steer last Monday, of Mr..
Jesse DOdson, of this vicinity, which
weighed 1888 pounds He was
shipped in the direction of Atlanta,
and is a little above the average
shipped at the Athens depot during
the past fall and present winter.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Gov. Hawkins has pardoned w. H.
Kite, who was in 1875 sentenced to
fifteen years in the penitentiary for
DEMONSTRATING and larceny.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Loop & Sullenbarger are in blast
with their sash, door and blind fac
tory, on South Cumberland street.
Look out for their advertisement
shortly.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The citizens of Monroe county
are agitating the subject Of making
q turn pike road from SweetwAter
to jacksonville.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Mayor Staub, of Knoxville, is
having trouble with the titles
to the lands held by the Swiss col
onv in Grundy county.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Our old friend, Col. VIM. Mullcnix.
has been appointed postmaster "a.
Bristol The Colonel is q Republican
of mqucstioucd loyalty TO his party.
but one who has always shown %
a courteous and intelligent respect
for the feelings and opinions of those
who differ with him politically, so
far asour knowledge goes. WcshouId
think his appointment would be as
acceptable to the mass of the people
interested rs would that of amy 9th
er member of his party appointed
over theprcsent incumbent, Elkanah
Willard, who is also our personal
friend, and who, so far as we know,
has made an acceptable officer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

The Wasser ear works at Chat
tanooga are engaged on an order for
200 box cars for the East Tonnes
see, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

a young mannamcd Henry Dunn
recently married a young lady
named Henderson, both OF good
families, in Blcdsoe county, Tenn,
and were about to go to housckecp-
ing last week, but it was reported
that the house they were to occupy
was haunted, and the young wife
could not be prevailed upon TO go to
it. The young husband told her
that if she would not go with him
there, he would Kill himself, which
threat he carried ont by going TO the
woods and cutting his own throat
where he was found after the hogs
had frightfully manglcd his corpse
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-23

Holston Presbytery, in connection
with the Synod of Tennessee, will
meet in Jonesborough, Tenn, on
Thursday, oath of March next.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-11
EscmASrxExrs or MUsIc.

When through life unblest we rove.
Losing all that life made dear.
Should some notes We used to love
In days Of boyhood meet our ear.
oh, how welcome breathes the strain
wakening thoughts that long have slept,
Kindling former smiles again
In faded eyes that long have wept.
Like the gallo that sighs along
Beds Of oriental flowers.
ID the grateful breath OF song
That once WAS heard in happier hours;
Filled with balm. the gale sighs on.
Though the flowers have sunk In death
So when pleasures dream Is gone,
Its memory lives in music's breath.
Music, oh how faint, how weak.
Language fades before thy spell
Why should feeling ever speak
When thou canst breathe her soul 20
well1
Friendships balmy words may feign.
Loves are even moro false than they;
oh. 'tis only music's strain
Can swestly sooths. and not betrayi
-TioHas Moore.