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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

We have not the ability, even had
we time and space, to speak as it
deserves to be mentioned of the re-
ception and hospitality given by the
citizens of Knoxville, last Thursday
and Friday, to the Grand Command
cry of knights Templar of Tennes-
see. In all it's features it was an
ovation that surpasses description
it was gOrgeously grand beyond any
thing lever before witnessed in the
State-if not indeed in the country.
The decoration with evergreens and
flags of public and private houses,
the arches and banners and myriads
of burning jets of gas were thrill
ingly beautiful and grand but they
all paled to dimness when compared
with the attractiveness and beauty
Of the banquet hall with its elabor-
ate festOoning, its gorgeous decOra-
tons and OrnamentatiOns The inn
mense auditorium of Staub's' Opera
House seemed transformed to some
fairy fest, interspersed here and
there with elysium flower gardens,
never before equalled by any city in
the South. From the center of the
stage was suspendeda gorgeous but
terfy, measuring eight feetfrOm one
tip of wing to the other, made en-
tirely Of flowers and shaded into the
brilliant tints of a natural butterfly
The floral tributes were gloriously
magnificent, simply eclipsing any
thing ever seen. The tables groan-
ed under the greatest variety Of lux
uries, prepared by the Ladies' In
dustrial Association. 1t was the
grandest festival ever gotten up in
the South and places Knoxville at
the head of the list of munificent, !
princely entertainers. About six |
hundred persons partook Of the BAN
quet.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
MEMPHIS LJARJE

In the Supreme Court at Jackson,
on the 4th instant, in the case OF
OCOnner against the city of Mem
phis, which was case pending
against the city Of Memphis at the
time of the repeal of the city char
ter, the plaintiff moved to revive
against the Taxing District, on the
ground that the latter is in legal eff
feet the same corporation as the for
mer. The majority of the Court,
{ mcfarland, judge, dissenting,) con-
Cured in the opinion that the revi-
vOr should be ordered, holding that
the Taxing District was a municipal
corporation, organized for the gov
eminent Of the same people and ter
ritOry as were formerly under IT, e
LEGAL government of the city. Tie
Court held that so much of the act
establishing the Taxing District as
declares that it should not be liable
for the debt Of the city of Memphis
is void that the same people and
territory being reincOrporated under
new name, the new municipality
is but a continuation of the old and
liable for its debts, Notwithstanding
legislative declaration to the con.
trary. Four members of the Court
cOncurred in this result, Cooper and
Freeman, judges, delivering separ.
ate opinions.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

A most delightful evening was
spent last Friday night by large
party of our young folks at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Dr. r. J. Evans. The
occasion was an entertainment Civ
en- by the music class Of Mrs. Evans.
and under her supervision. The
performance many difficult pieces
by members of her class was not on
ly highly creditable to the perform
ers but evidenced the fact that they
had been carefully and thoroughly
trained. Mrs. Evans has wide
celebrity as one of the most charm
ing vocalists of the nOn-professional
singers of our country. She under
stands music in all its branches and
has fine musical talent and gifts
She is accomplished in both vocal
and instrumental music and is a
most competent teacher. No better
opportunity has been offered our cit
liens for their daughters to learn
music thoroughly and in a way they
can give pleasure to their friends
without fear OF being laughed at
for their poor performance. Two
thirds of the girls who have taken
music lessons are afraid to play or
sing in company. The money spent
on their musical education has been
thrown away. Mrs. Evans will
teach them music that will not only
be pleasure and delight to them
selves but also to their friends. The
sweet and harmonious strains fur
nished by her class last Friday even
ing was a rich treat and was APP
preciated by the company present.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

tive assiduity and read audibly and
MISUNDERSTANDING their seats with
well merited honors. The night
exercises were iDterspersed through
out with some of the finest instru-
mental music it has ever been our
pleasure to hear Miss Lillian
Brown, one of Tennessee's most ac-
complished performers, presided at
the piano and demonstrated must
cal talent of the highest order.
Indeed, Morristown has a right
to boast of her educational as well
as other excellent facilities. The
people are the most courteous and
kind we have ever met, ard we
would recommend it as an unsur-
passed place to the seekers of quiet
and pleasant homes, to the lovers
and friends of education, and to
those who are ever working with
the versatile transactions of this our
busy world "May she come forth
fair as the morning, clear as the
moon, bright as the sun and magniti-
cent as an army with many ban
ners " IL
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
d POOR WHEAT OUTLOOK.
Cbie.ro speci.l to cincinnati E,ouirer.


A leading commission house in
this city has received reports from
more than $50 correspondents in the
spring wheat States regarding the
acreage sown to spring wheat this
year as cOmpred with last. The
average of these reports, thus far,
show the following per centages:
Wisconsin, 81; Minnesota, 80; Iowa,
100; Nebraska, 100; Dakota, large
increas. H. o. Goodrich, Esq. who
has resided in Jersey county, in
this State, for Al years, during %
of which he was an agent for we'll
known reaper firm, was on Change
to-day He says that the results Of
his personal observations are as
follows with REGARDS to wheat: Jer-
sey and Pike counties will not yield
more than One-quarter as much as
last year. MacOupin and Greene
will yield about one-third as much
as in 1880, and Montgomery and
Christian counties will scarcely raise
enough to seed the same area for
another crop. He does not know
it will be outside those counties, but
has noticed that the yield of that
area in former years has been a
not inaccurate index to the crop
yield of the whole country.
A former President of our Board
ofTrade was informed yesterday by
a prominent citizen (Mr. Barker) of
Richmond, Ind, that he had made
thorough personal examination in
that State, and was satisfied that the
yield will be very poor one. He
says a manufacturer of agricultural
implements informed him that he
could make more money by stop
ping work than by filing his orders,
as many farmers were willing to
give $50 to $50 each to be relieved
from their contracts to pay for the
reapers, etc.
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BEAN STATIONS B0OMi
An EnthuSed Denizen Gives the
Programme.

BEAMS STATINN, Tenn, June 9.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
Building railroads on terra frma
and on paper seems to be the order
of the day-especially on paper to
which you and some of your CORES
pondents have contributed. Having
shown so much liberality on this
subject recently, presume you will
grant your rival city Beams Sta
tion-a little space in which to set
forth her future prospects.
First We are looking almost daily
for the engineers of the MOrristOwn,
Cumberland Gap and Ohio railroad
company, which will give us little
Doom" (The word boom" is not
obsolete, is it?)q
Second. After they make the sur
vey we confidently expect the Louis
vile and Nashville to build from the
Cumberland Gap (the stronghold
and best resort of the cOnfederates)
TO this place, thence to Bristol to
connect with the Norfolk and West
ern. Then we expect the Tennessee
and Pacific, more properly the Ten
nessee and Atlantic, to cross the
mountains from Lebanon via Wart-
burg to Clinton, thence by route Of
old stage road to Blain's X Roads
on by Beams Station, over the above
mentioned route to Bristol
The Tennessee and Pacific being
owned by the Louisville and Nash
ville,' these latter connections will
give us the big boom. Now for the
reasons Of the faith that is in US.
1t is only five miles further from
Cumberland Gap to Bristol by way
of Beams Station than through Lee
county, Virginia. The difference in
grading is very little. The advan-
tages of the Beams Station route are
that the line will only lack ten miles
of making the direct connection with
North and South Carolina and all
their Atlantic coasts, and at the same
time get the Norfolk and Western
connection, with only five miles
more road than the Lee county route,
and the link from Cumberland Gap
to Beams Station could be used for
both. Then the link from Bristol
to Beams Station could 'be used to
carry freight from the Norfolk and
Western to Louisville, Chicago and
the great Northwest, and at the
same time furnish long link in the
Tennessee and Pacific connection, at
least with Knoxville and all her con-
nections by rail and water. The
distance from Bristol to. Knoxville
via Beams Station, is twenty seven
miles shorter than by route over the
East Tennessee, Virginia and GeOr-
gia road, and q much lighter grade
with no river bridges or tunnels.
With our wonderful natural resOur-
ces, water power, timber, marble,
mineral waters and the most beauti-
ful and fertile valley in the State,
and our proximity to the HOlstOn
river, which ere long will certainly
be made navigable for steamers with
the lower end of Hawkins and up
per end of Granger made into
county with Beams Station the
county site, then how about Morris
town? I forbear to draw the COM
parison further.
BEANS STATION.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
A SUGGESTION

A survey of the movements on
the railroad chess board, as they now
present themselves to view, suggests
the opinion that the best thing that
can be done to make certain the
early completion of the Morristown
Cumberland Gap and Ohio connec-
ton is for the friends of that enter
prise to cease all elimination and
recrimination with the management
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia line, and go earnestly to
work on the survey of the proposed
narrow guage road, and present the
cost and advantages of the new line
to the world The recent SCOOP OF
the Kentucky Central by the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
system renders the probability of a
connection at Cumberland Gap with
any system Of broad guage roads
very unsatisfactory, unless, indeed,
the Louisville and Nashville road
should extend their road from Lon
don to Bristol. But nothing is more
certain than that we can have a mar
row gauge road if the proper effort
is made. Capital Will invest in
road that will pay and a broad
guage road from here to Cumber-
land Gap will cost twice as much as
a narrow guage road, and as the
Kentucky Central will certainly go
to Knoxville ard the Louisville and
Nashville to Bristol, the only GER
tainty for Morristown and the coun-
try between here and Cumberland
Gap is conferred in a narrow guage.
We can secure all the coal and iron
that we want by making a contract
with the Louisville and Nashville
and extending the tract into the coal
fields of Kentucky, provided no
narrow guage would meet us there.
MOrristown would become distrib-
uting point for all freight to be car
ried to points east, west, north and
south by the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia system. From
recent conversation with gentlemen
in high official railroad position in
the great system now running thro'
our town, we are satisfied if diff
ferent spirit was manifested by the
friends of the Morristown, Cumber-
land Gap and Ohio narrow guage
road towards that system help could
be had from here to Cumberland |
Gap Of a very essential character. !
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

a special to the COurier-Journdi
says that Sloan valley Cumberland
mountains, on the line of the Gin
cinnati Southern railway is full OF
people engaged in tanbark business.
Disputes and contentious over titles
to the land are of constant occur
renee A Mr.. Corey, of Lexington,
who works about 500 hands, and
Cutton & Wray, of DanVille, are
quarroIling over a large survey, and
it is reported that the hands of each
are carrying guns, and are daily ex-
pecting a deadly conflict Matters
at this time are looking quite ser
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
ATTENTION. FISHERMEN

In the case ofJoe Nancy VS.. the
State, recently decided at Nashville,
the Supreme Court held that, "The
the act of1879, oh. 1913, which makes
it a misdemeanOr to catch fish in the
waters of certain counties by other
means than by hook and bait, is
constitutional. This act of 1879
CHI, 1913 is, in its provisions, as we
understand, very similar to that of
1881 except that it's operation was
limited to certain counties while the
last act is applicable to all parts of
the State 1t may be well for those
questioning the constitutionality of
the law to make timely notice.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
A NEW "KONTRIBERTOR. "
" NALOH GIGLER" GIVES SOME
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
AND TOUCHES UP 4 SCHOOL
OONNENCEHENT

" NALOH GIGLER" GIVES SOME
AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE
AND TOUCHES UP 4 SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT.
To the Editor OF The MorristoWn Gazette:
You may not no me or my Standin.
But am goin' to presume to rite some
! for your paper, which hope you will
print. / am a gineral agriculture
agent. Is sell SIGH as sweat taters and
Onuns and house and citchen things;
and in my bizness this ear hav had
my Use opend. herd of the beginin'
exercises of too or tire schules, which
alwase take place on the lass day of the
scule. SO l went thar thinking l wood
see heap of people and wood sell sum
things. The fust went to was q mail
sculc, and thar was several young men
gOin' to be" out of scule fer or 8
munths and 'spose they wood want
to help thar muthers hO in the gardens
and truck paches, and could sell 'em
sum hose. had sum sampels with me.
Well, sir, / injOyed that mite. The
boys had thar hare as SLICK as a ingun
and most of them had it opend in the
middle like the gals keep tharn', and
they made sum good speeches. Their
bowin' and moshuns was nifty good tom
~ the crowd thar was not ust to it, and
they got lots of punches of blosems give
to them when they sot down. They
was throde at 'cm and seemed to plcse
'em. They made speeches about how
fast lectrisity could git about and how
water wood swell and bust things, and
about Kulumbus and Muffin and sum
other feIlers / don't remember. One
young man plcsed me very much; he
spoke of the duty of boys to help there
dady and nanny at thar work; he ad-
vised the boys 30 be up and adding and
not make ther dady's do all of the work,
and / lowed he void want some hose
to work with, l thot / had hit oil In
that young man, so or 3 days after l
went out to his country home, it was
about ten O'clock, and l spoSed he
would be in the field and went thar
fust, and found the old man hard at
work and ask ed him for Bill and he
were at the hous and went thar aud
seed the ole woman 3 working in the
gardin and asked her for Bill and she
said hc wer in bed, and thet it was not
much of chance to sell hose aud
tacles But got him up at ten o'clock
and got him to look at my hoe. He put
on sum gloves, and kinder looked sower
ct me and the fool didn't no how to fix
it on the handle. / saw the oil had
hit was all split. had purity much the
game expearnce with gal herd rede
assay at the gal scule ia nuther naber.
hood. She give the gals suit that she
sed was, or thOt themselfs two good TODD
any kind of house work an kichen la
Dor. But when | wanted to sell her q
churn or patten broom she got her
breath short and rely ! thSt she wa
agoin to hav spell of historicks. /
rite to warn my aggreculturl friends not
to put any confidence in any thing tina
may here at the beginning axersises of
scules. Tha are all riten for the bust
ness. If emmy of em gifts mad jist send
EN- 20 MALoN GIGLER.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

The deadlock in the New York
legislature continues The monoto-
ny of the baIloting was disturbed
on Thursday by the charge being
made in open assembly that Senator
Sessions had paid two thousand dol
lars to assembIyman Bradley to vote
for Depew. The alleged corruption
was given to an investigating com
mittee. At last accounts the stall
warts were in higher glee.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
THE MORRLSPOEN GAzBiF {.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is. 1881.

We note the arrival in our town,
on Monday, 18th, of Col. A l.. Greer,
Of Coyington, KY. Col. Greer, we
learn. has been and perhaps is yet
prominently connected with railroad
matters in kentucky, and is largely
interested in real estate about Cum
berland Gap. 1t is possible his visit
NAV have in it some significance IN
regard to MOrristown's new railroad
project. We do not know.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

Among the arrivals at New York
on the 10th, on board the city OF
Richmond, was Gen. Jas. Long
street. late United States minister
to Turkey. As soon as he is fairly
warm in the Georgia marshals of
flee it is understood that he is to
proceed to work in the matter OF
organizing a new party, to be COM
posed of republicans and the demo
cratic Independents of Georgia.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
A Popular Mayor.

Daniel +. Beatty has recently
been elected Mayor Of his city, this
being a tAird time, without asking
a single vote. This home endorse
ment speaks well for the great Piano
and Organ king.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

A very fierce storm of wind, rain,
thunder and electricity visited this
place last Monday night. Windows
were blown in and trees uprOotedin
various places. The damage to the
wheat crop must have been severe.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

The Tennessee Press Association
meets at Chattanooga next Thurs
day, the 10th. 1t is said that after
its adjournment the Association will
make an excursion to New York
city, via the East Tennessee road
and the Old Dominion line of steam
ers from Norfolk.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

The large advertisement of MesSrs'
w. Fl. & E. G. COffman, new stove
and tinware dealers, who have just
opened a splendid stock of goods
at the Murrell corner in this place,
and whom we will notice more ex-
tendedly atanOther time, will attract
the attention of our readers to-day.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
TIE SURVEY TO COMMENCE

Tue . URPEI ~ COHMSACE.
Just as we go to press Maj. A. II.
Gregg, President of the Morristown,
Cumberland Gap and Ohio Railroad
Company, receives the following
telegram and hands it TO us for pub
licatiOn:
ALMo, Col, June 70, 1881.
\. H. GREGG:-I leave 18th. Look
for letter mailed to day.
w. H JONES
Maj. Gregg informs us that this
is the engineer employed to survey
the road to the Gap. He also states
that the corps of engineers is about
organized. So that work will be-
gin on the survey early next week.
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Grand Ball at Tate's Spring,

On the night of the 18th inst. Tate
Springs will give her first Grand Bail =.
Ladies and gentlemen invited. Large
company already present. 1SO61aty Daust-
clans are playing at Tate's.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

We have upon our table the June
number of Carpentry and Building,
an illustrated monthly journal of
twenty pages exclusive of adver-
tisements,) devoted particularly to
topics connected with the building
trade. Almost every number con-
tains full set of house plans of a
character adapted to use under the
superintendent of an intelligent
carpenter. The present issue con-
tains Gan English Cottage" present
ed in 20 scale engravings, and ac-
companied by descriptive letter
press. An articleon "Closet Room"
aud another on Modern Street Ar
chitecture" will be found of interest
to the general reader. A correspon-
dent tells us how to fit Window
Screens" and explains his method
with easily understood sketches.
Mechanics will be interested in an
illustrated article on practical Stair
Building" and numerous illustrated
letters from practical men located in
various sections of the country To
carpenters the journal must be a val
liable work, and the exceeding low
price at which tbs furnished Zone dol
lar Year, places it within the reach
of all. Address David Williams, 83
Reade street, New York.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

The oldest Postmaster in the
Union is Edward Stabler of Sandy
Spring, Montgomery county, Md.
He has held that office fifty-one
years, and has been under eighteen
Postmaster Generals. He is 81
years old, and still lives in house
the in which he was born.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15
Local Notes and other Ne,cs

Go to E. J. Hyatt's, Whitesburg,
for cheap goods, wagons, milk cows,
horses. etc.
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Grand Ball at Tate Spring.


Springs will give her first Grand Ball.
Large company already present. TseeN-
ty musicians are playing at Tate's
Ladies and gentlemen invited.
A fatal shooting ARRAY took place
in Elk Valley, in Campbell county,
Tenn, on the 9th, in which Rev.
w. ?. r. Newberry, of Kentucky,
was killed by man named J. J.
Oaks. Oaks had recently eloped
with the only daughter of Newberry,
a Methodist preacher, residing in
one of the southeastern counties of
Kentucky, and bringing her into
this State they were married. New
berry pursued the parties in COM
pany with four other men and over
took them at the house of a Mrs.
Douglass, in Elk Valley. New
berry's mon approached the house
in a very hostile manner, with
drawn pistols, and surrounded the
same, while Newberry approaching
the entrance was met by Oaks, who
drew a pistol and shot Newberry,
from the effects of which he died
in a few minutes. Oaks was tried
before magistrate and acquitted, on
the grounds of self defense.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

The John P. King Manufacture
ing Company has been organized in
Augusta, Ga, with capital of 81, )
100000. Hon. John p. King is
president. The mill will make cot
ton goods. and will be located on
the line of the Knoxville and Au-
gusta Railroad.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

A cruel blunder was made in an
nouncing the verdict in St Louis
murder case The foreman of the
jury handed the clerk several slips
of paper, and the clerk read: awe
find the prisoner not guilty, on the
ground Of insanity" The culprit's
face lighted up with delight, and he
exultantly shook hands with his
counsel. "There's a mistake" said
the foreman to the clerk; "yOu We
read the wrong slip. The one that's
signed is our verdict-guilty of muir
der in the first degree"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

We were glad to meet on our
streets last week the genial face of
Maj. G. w. Barnett, of Big Spring,
Va. The Major has many friends
of twenty years standing in our city.
He is here looking after the inter
ests of his town and suburban pro-
perty. The day is not far distant
when real estate here will bring
gilt edged prices, but we would
much prefer that the Major should
come and be one of us.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-15

Sometimes a little assistance at
the right time will enable the sys-
tenn to throw off an attack which
might otherwise result in serious
sickness. Ayers Pills should
always be kept at hand, and
promptly taken for the relief of
slight ailments, they become form
liable diseases.