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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

We have it from several parties
two ofwhom claim positively they
have seen it-that a tremendous
snake of a species unknown in this
country, is alternating in the vicin-
ity Of this town in the big spring set
Element. It is estimated by those
who have seen it to be about twelve
feet long, with an unusual large
head and similar to a boa in ap
pearance. Tracks of it across the
road leading to the big spring in
the basin east Of the hill were OBJ
served by citizens in that locality
Sunday morning and are said to be
simply immense. Let q warrant
be issued at once for this imp Of
hades and his body taken dead or
alive-else some of the good little
boys who play around the big
spring late Of evenings will be food
for his massive jaws.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

That it may stimulate other East
Tennessee youths to like honorable
efforts to acquire fortune and fame,
we copy elsewhere from the Nash
vile american and the New York
Cotton complimentary mention of
the success of John II. Inman, a ma
tive of Jefferson county, and for
many years a resident of cambridge,
now a leading cotton merchant Of
New York and said to be worth two
millions of dollars.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
Chancellor Bradford rendered his

Cn0nceIIOr BradfOrd rendered ms
decision in the case against the May
or and Aldermen of Athens last
week. The injunction is dissolved
and the Mayor and Aldermen re-
CURED to give bond for the refund
ing of all taxes that may be collect
ed in the event the higher tribunal
should decide that there is no such
body as the corporation Of Athens
legally in existence. It now seems
that all the atlantis wanted was to
avoid the payment of taxes.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

The wooden walls of the tunnel
on the Knoxville & Ohio railroad
near Careyville took fire on the 18th
and a part of the Knoxville fire de-
partment was called to subdue the
flames. The timber was rotten,
and brick and stone were already in
course of preparation to take their
their place
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

The large room over w. P. Carri
gers drug store, which has been
unoccupicd and in an uncOmpleted
state for some time, was last week
fitted up and converted into a neat,
desirable hall. 1t will be occupied
by the Knights of Honor as their
Lodge room.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
TParenthetic as to his resurgenco

Taf6nJneIIc as 70 MS TtSuFg6HCG
The chicken lay in the jelly,
The ice cream froZe on the plate
And the journalist filled his belly
Fattening on what be ate. y
Of this restoration to perfect health
we are proud, and trust it may prove
permanent Col. #. is one of the
most experienced, as he is by far the
most correct and aesthetic journalist
in the State, and his great talents as
q newspaper man we trust will not
be permitted to remain running out
Of their natural channel much longer.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
MADISON ACADEMY,
RUTLEDGE,
GRANGER COUNTY. TENN.

"HE SCHOLASTIC YEAR WILL
be divided into two terms of eighteen weeks
each. The fall term viii begin Monday, August
29th 1881 EXPENSES.-First Class Pr imary
Speler, LIST and I'd Readers and Geography, Sc Is;
Second Class-Pronouncing Speller, Sd and Attn
Readers, LIST Lessons in Arithmetic and Primary
Geography, 81 so; Third Class-5th Reader, prae-
tieOl Arithmetic, Harvey's English Grammar, In-
termediate Geography, History and Composition,
So All highsr branches $12 So One half OF all
tuition bills due in advance and balance at close
of the term No deduction except in cases of pro-
tracted sickness Board can be procured at from
IS to Sc per month. DISCIPLINE-We viii aim at
mild but firm and strict discipline. Students viii
be taught their duty, and viii be expected TO per-
form it. All temptations viii, as far as possible
be kept from them. For further facts, address,
j. M. DAVIDSON, Principal,
sept 31-3m* RUTLEDeE, Tenn.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

Col. R. H. DUNCAN, of the Jones'
boro Journal, has severed his con
nectIon with that paper, after an ex-
perience of three years. Mr.. Chas.
f. Dosser, who has been associated
with Col. DUNCAN, continues on the
Journal, having already secured for
himself distinction as an apt, able
and capable newspaper man.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
HOW TO SECURE HEALTH

it seams strange that any one will suffer
from arrangements brought on by i'm
pure blood, when SCOVILLS' -SAR-
SAPARBLLA AND STILLINGIA. or
BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, viii re-
store health. 1t is the BEST BLOOD
PURIFIER ever discovered, effectually
curing Serofula, Syphilitic disorders,
Weakness of the KidneGs, Erysipelas,
Malaria; all Nervous disorders and De-
bility, Bilious complaints Diseases os
the Blood, Liver, Kidneos, Stomache,
Skin, etc. 1t correcas indigestion. A
single bottle will prove to you its merits
as health remover, for it ACTS LIKE
A CHARM.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
Kidney Diseases.

Kidney diseases aflict the greater
part of the human race, and they
are constantly on the increase, but
where the virtues Of Kidney Wort
have become known, they are held
in check and speedily cured Let
those who have had to constantly
dose spirits Of nitre and such stuff,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
Morristown Produce Market.
For Sale.

Two good grade milk COWS and some
other cattle; a lot of fine Sheep, about
% head; a small lot of hogs; two good
twO-horse wagons and fine lot of farm
ing implements and wagon and plow
harness. o. G.. KING.
10 IF
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

VIII Ashmore, of Knoxville, has
lost his left eye, by accidentally
sticking something in it and after
ward wearing a colored shade, which
DOisOned If
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

After a separation of half a cen
fury the First and Second Presby-
terrain churches at Rogersville have
reunited and become connected with
the Southern Assembly by a vote
of LOG against 40.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

A young man named Cornelius
Seaman was run over in the Fifth
Ward, Chattanooga, at 1 o'clock
Wednesday evening, by an inbound
Nashville and Chattanooga freight
train. His head was severed from
his body. 1t is supposed that he
went to sleep on the track while
intoxicated.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

w. w. Williams, of Greeneville,
has purchased over 10000 bushels
OF wheat in Cooke county, at prices
ranging from 81 to 81 % per bushel.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
SnnnEM nEATH


The community was shocked at
an early hour Sunday morning by
news that Mrs. Ruth Darnell, a well
known and respectable widow lady
of this place, had been found dead
in her bed at the residence of her
son, Mr.. NJ. S. Darnell. The deceas-
ed had been in the employ of the
fruit drying company OF this place,
had eaten a hearty supper and re-
tirod for the night apparently in her
usual health. DIR. NJ. Carriger, be-
fore the Coroner's inquest, stated
that she came to her death from
dropsy of the heart, and the YER
dict of the jury was in accord with
that opinion
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Hamblen co.
An inquisition holden at the house of
III. S. Darnell, in Morristown, in the
county and State aforesaid, on the 4th
day of September, 1881, before Geo.
Livingston, coroner of said county, up
on the body Ruth D9rnell, there living
dead, by the jurors whose names are
hereto subscribed, who upon their oaths
do say that Ruth Darnell came to her
death from dropsy of the heart, on the
night of Sept. 8, 1881, at the house of
her son, Nj. S. Darnell, in Morris own.
In ie'iim Ony whereof said jurors have
heTeunto set their hands the date above.
VIM. WHEELER,
J. 9. MATHEs,
g. w. Noe,
L. j. RUSSELL,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

With a keen appreciation of the
intense heat and oppressiveness of
the weather for the last week, we
thank Vennor for the promise he
makes the Philadelphia Times that
decidedly cooler weather is likely to
set in by Saturday and Sunday next,
with cool to cold nights and frosts
in northern sections This will be
followed by rather heavyrain storms
during the week following
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

Hon. r. L. Taylor is to deliver
the Agricultural address at the Bor-
der Fair, Bristol, on Wednesday,
Sept. 81. the first day.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

Mai. J. F. O'Brien, of Knoxville,
has been appointed general super
inUendent Of the railroad line from
Bristol to Knoxville. The Chattan-
ooga Times correctly estimates Maj.
O'Brien as one of the most careful
and efficient railroad men in the
South, quick and decisive, and has
his subordinates under splendid dis
cipline and in thorough training.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
LocaENotes and Other Netcs.

Monday was County Court day.
A big crowd was in town, and the
dried fruit trade was brisk.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

A letter addressed to the editor of
this paper, postmarked Rogersville,
Aug. %, with '-due Sc on it, re
mains in the Morristown post office.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
Wheat steady at 81 80.

The market for dried fruit is now
fairly open and quantities oft come
in daily. Mondays quotations were :
Peaches &c.; apples sc.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

j. A. & J. O. Rice have attractive
bills out announcing a clearing out
sale for thirty days at cost.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07
Reduction Of Passenger Fare.
EAST Tenn. VA. 81 GA. RR.,
Gen1 Freight g. Pass. Office,

KNOXVILLE, Aug. 80, 1851.
On and after Sept, 1st, 1851, the
local ticket rates of this line will be re-
duced to three cents per mile to pass
engers who buy tickets, Conductors
and round trip tickets are discontinued.
JAMES r. OGDEN, G. P. \.
J. GATHARD, A. s. P. A, sept 1t
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

ELIJAH Axley, a well known citi-
zen of Monroe county, was killed
last Saturday morning by Robert
Triplett. The difficulty occurred at
the residence of DR.. Bayless, and
was brought about by AxIey accus-
ing Triplett of writing an obnoxious
letter, which Triplett denied. Ak
ley gave him the lie and struck him
with a chair, forcing him against
the wall when Triplett drew knife
and inflicted wounds that caused the
death of AxleY soon after.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

The fall term of Morristown Ma
sonic Female High School, under
the management of ProfB. Summers
and Miller, opened last Thursday
with 53 students in attendance and
the number was considerably in
creased Friday. It never rains
but it pours !" Mondays additions
run the number up to 80, and still
they come by twos, threes, and up.
The prospects were never more fat
tering for large school than just now,
and before the year is out we trust
the directors will be convinced ofthe
necessity of charging the present
building or substituting new one
in its place.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

John Irons, a car repairer, form
erly of Knoxville, was fatally injur-
ed at Chattanooga oap Monday of
last week BY fTg,s7Hi7s.ssssllis leg crushed
by a car wheel while in the employ
of the Alabama Great Southern rail
road He was "a years old, had
been married three times and was
the father of twenty-three children,
five of whom are quite young. The
courts it is thought will decide whe
ther it was the fault of the railroad
company or of his own disobedience
of orders that caused his death.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

The mussle craze, or pearl fishing,
is the sensation now agitating the
people Of Rutherford county contig-
nous to Stones river. Not less than
500 people are reported as daily en-
gagged in raking the bed of that his
toric stream, delving down in the
mud for mussels, which are piled
along the banks, opened and criti-
caIEy examined for the treasures con
tanned in many Of them. One found
contained a pearl that brought $50
in New York; but the general range
of value is from 80 cents to $25.
Another runaway team perambu-
lated the streets of our town one
day last week at a speed that would
have been considered unsafe for the
driver by most persons. The strang-
est part of the little episode is that
no person was hurt. How it is that
a horse with wagon attached could
run on the side walk, at rapid
speed, two or three hundred yards
without colliding with one or more
of the innumerable number of chill
dren who are permitted by their pa
rents to use the street for a play
ground, is a mystery to us. But it
won't luck always thus. Without a
change q runaway team will over
take some mothers darling on the
street before the summer is ended
to its g. eat discontinue.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

A suit brought by the city Of
Chattanooga against the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis railroad,
for the recovery of back taxes, in
volving a claim of $4,000, was decid-
ed last week by Judge Trewhitt in
favor of the city, but was appealed
to the Supreme Court. This was
only a test case, and all the roads
entering Chattanooga have been
sued. IF finally recovered the en-
tire amount will aggregate $4,000.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

A petition from citizens of Giles
county was presented to Governor
Hawkins last week, asking that he
call an extra session of the Legisla-
ture to take action in regard to post
poning the collection of the taxes
for 1881. The Governor said he
would take their request under con-
sideration, and if he thought the in
terests of the State and ax-payers
demanded such action hewould com
ply. An american reporter on in
quiring the condition of the State
treasury, was informed that there
was now about 100000 in the trea-
sury and on deposit in the various
banks, but that it was rapidly melt
ing away in defraying the current
expenses of the State, with but little
money coming into the treasury. If
the payment Of taxes were suspend
ed here is reasonable apprehension
that it would stop the wheels of gov
ernment.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

The engine to supply water from
the town well to the railroad tanks,
mention of which was made last
week, was set in motion Wednesday
and it worked admirably with as
tonishing Notwithstanding the
we'll in fifteen minutes An addi-
tional pipe was then put down to
the creek, Just below the bridge at
the steam mill, but without some
thing to swell the volume Of water
now in It's bed the whole of Turkey
creek wont furnish a days work to
the industrious little engine.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-07

w. F. Martin and Mag Wilson,
the former a man aged about thirty
five and the latter a girl agout eigh-
teen, were arrested last week at
Piney Flat, East Tennessee, by R.
P. Goodall, sheriff of Laclede cOun-
ty, Mo. Martin, through the aid of
the girl, who was the jailor's daugh-
ter, escaped from the Lebanon, Mo-,
Jail last November, and the couple
made their way to East Tennes-
see where they remaineduntll arrest
ed At the time of his escape, Mar
tin was under sentence of death, to
be hanged October II, 1880, for the
murder of his uncle, but a new trial
was granted him. He had pre-
viously been tried and acquitted OF
numbering another man. A reward
of three hundred dollars was offer
ed for his arrest. While being car
ried from st. Louis to Lebanon on
Saturday morning last, Martin es-
caoed from the sheriff by jumping
through the window of a passenger
car, and, although handcuffed, at
last accounts had not been captured.
He hit a country that he knows well
and where he has friends.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-16
JUDGED BY HIS sCHOOLMATES,

A custom which is unique among the
schools of the country has been OBJ
served, with the best results, for TWEEN
ty-five years ut the Chauncey Hill
School of Boston. 1t is described as
follows by the Adocrtiscr cit is a
vote by the boys and girls of the school
for the best boy in school. No condi-
tons are imposed, save as they are i'm
piled in the explanation which is given
to acquaint the young people with the
purpose of those who established the
practice.
Each pupil is free to vote for any of
the school who has been member for
any length of time, except since Deem
Der LIST, last 1t has been the custom
to select boy from the oldest class,
but it is not compulsory to do so.
Former members of the school, not
all of the same class, but intimate
friends there, believing that prize
given on the principles they PROFOUND
would help in developing manly spirit
at the school, began the practice of
giving n medal to the boy who receives
the plurality of the votes of the school
as the best boy.
cat noon the scholars are gathered
in the school room, and after other bust
ness Including an explanation of the
medal system of the school, based on
absolute, not relative merit, so that
medal is within the reach of every
pupil), Mr.. Ladd explained the intent
of the gentlemen who give the best
boy medal. This does not mean, said
he, the best classical scholar, nor the
most noted catcher or pitcher at base
ball, nor the ablest mathematician, nor
the best-drilled soldier, nor the most
elegant declaimer, nor the fastest run
ner, nor the most accurate Shakespearean
scholar, nor the pluckiest fellow Mt foot
ball.
"'You, young boys, will do well to
vote for the person who seems nearest
to what your father and mother want
you to be-what you mean to be your
selves when you are in the first class
and you, young girls, will do well to
vote for the boy who comes nearest to
being what your parents are trying to
have your brothers become.
THE older scholars are tolerabiy
familiar with ancient and modern his
tory. Vote for that one of your num-
Der whose character comes nearest to
the noblest men of whom you have
read
Gall the school sat upright, with mill
tary precision. Their officers passed
the ballots, and each pupil prepared
his own.
cat the head he puts his own name
and the number of years he has been
IN the school below, the name of his
choice for the prize. Each ballot
counts as many units as the scholar
casting it has been years at the school.
CATER the votes were cast, the school
was marshaled from the room in regular
order, and the result will not be known
till the next exhibition.
"By long experience, it is found that
the pupils select boy who is deemed
by the teachers to be worthy of the
medal, thus proving that the sense of
honor is the same with boys as with
grown people,"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-16

becomes comparatively tough and
woody, and is inferior in quality to the
small sized ones. In order to prevent
their being too large, it is usual to clear
the land of the early ones in July, and
to SOW seed late for winter use about
July to 10. The best land for beets
is fine sandy loan well enriched with
fine compost. The land is MANFRED in
fall, and prepared very early for the
early crop, as soon as it will mellow in
April, for the beets are hardy and will
endure pretty severe frost without harm.
A stiff or clayey soil will not grow
smooth beets, they will grow Rough
and shapeless. The land for the early
crop is usually thrown up into ridges
or beds with small pillow in order to
receive the warmth of the sun rapidly"
THE Most PROFITABLE CoRN.-The
best way to secure good variety of
corn is to select the best ears from
good crop and plant and grow plot
expressly for seed, manuring the soil
literally and cultivating the crop well.
The corn will improve each year until,
by continually selecting the best seed
and rearing it with care, its prolific
character will become fixed. When
sufficient manure is not at hand, it will
pay to use some of the artificial manure
specially prepared for corn, and in which
phosph oric acid and potash are the chief
ingredients. Blounts White Prolific
corn is now grown successfully in the
Northern States, although it was origi-
mated in Tennessee, and it will mature
in one hundred days in fair season.
1t is doubtless the most prolific variety
of field corn and an excellent grain. 1t
requires good cultute and rich soil to
make a full crop. Twenty-fveload ads of
good barn manure would be liberal
application for crop of corn ten
loads, with $50 pounds of special corn
manure or superphosphate of lime and
wood ashes, would be an equivalent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-16
In a Lawyers Office.

A Detroit lawyer, according to the
Free Press, was gazing out of his window
the other day when he recognized ia
miliar figure and made hurried prepare
tions to vacate his room, leaving on the
desk card bearing the legend
"Gone over to circuit court-be back
in two honrs.
He was scarcely out of sight when
the individual seen from the window
entered the room, read the card, and at
once planted himself in a chair with the
COX Of Il man who meant TO sit right
there for twice two hours if necessary.
He left the room IN about half an hour,
and the owner hurried back to find Il
note reading:
DEAR Sm--I came up this morn-
ing tn borrow s. of you to help me ont
on my board You were not in, but
one of your clients has called and left
so. have reccipted for the money in
your name. and will consider it ~ a
loan until see you again. Ta-ta. "
The lawyer wasn't over ten seconds
realizing that he could have savsd$5 by
staying there and lending rs much, and
he wasn't of any good the rest of the
day.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-16
A Mistake Fatal TO the Chicken.

The Buffalo Commercial AdrerJiseJ'
avs In our second edition we gave an
account of very singular scene in the
Police Court, in which the Chinese
laundryman, See Wah, took an oath
according to the form of his native
landry cutting off the head of roos-
ter. The oath, as interpreted by the
worthy Chinese Physician, DIR. Loo See
On, was as follows 81 lost my money {;
| am certain this girl took the money !;
l am not mistaken if am mistaken
hope to have my head cut off as 1 cut
this chickens head off if am not tell
ing the truth | hope to die as hard as
this chicken will if the woman lies she
will die as hard as the chicken does /;
God knows who is right" But the
story was not quite all told, and one
point of it, at least, is too good to keep.
Justice King, as stated, called upon
Robert Saddler, the genial and faithful
conductor of the Black Maria" to
procure fowl, receiving special instruc-
tons as to what kind of a chicken was
required. Robert, however, who Is a
good Christian himself and not familiar
with the ways Of the "heathen Chinee, "
supposed that the Celestial simply
wanted the fowl to swear ON, as other
men would swear on the Holy Bible.
After some difficulty, aud for consider
alton of 81, he succeeded in borrowing
a fine game bantam from Mr. Joe Neil,
the well-known fancier of dogs and game
Great was Roberts surprise and con-
sternation when he saw the murderin
bovfb - Ialibarafalv cIo,,Ul,tar tI,a
bantam, aud great was the wrath Of the
owner when the lifeless carcase was
taken back to him. He asserted that
he would not have taken so for the bird,
which was n superior one, and launched
indignant anathemas on the head of that
heather Chinee. The case is one OF
grand larceny. See Wah charging Annie
Beirnbach with stealing 500 from him.
After partial hearing it was adjourned
till tomorrow.