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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1883-12-19
A Wicked Joke,
New York Dispatch.l

Charley Willard was practical
Joker; he was what the many victim
lied darkies called "a ba-ad man"
One day Charley hired darkey to let
him nail him up in pfcking case, and
lie instructed the thus imprisoned
African that at certain time he should
groan dismally. Then the Joker called
dray and said to the driver:
Here, Jack, take this box to the de.
pot. don't like the looks of that box
around here. l wonder who left it
here"
The box was placed upon the dray,
and the careless drayman mounted
upon il and started for the station.
He had driven about half the length of
Bay street when hollow groan of
deep agony came up from the box
beneath him. The driver was not
quite certain that he rightly caught
the direction of the noise, but lie
lightened up on the box. the perspira-
ton oozed out upon his forehead, and
the furze upon his hands rose up in
creeping horror at the sound.
what dat" lie softly asked himself,
and his voice squeaked and wabbled as
he spoke.
MISUNDERSTANDING came
from the box, and the captive fioun.
dered in his cage.
There was yell of awfnl terror-a
big negro man leaped high in the air
from the dray and landed full fifteen
feet away, and with huge, white, dis
torted eye out over each shoulder lie
fled down the street praying and snort
ing as he ran:
"Oh, Lordy o, my Heavenly Father!
Be with me, prayl 90. wah-ah. all /!
De debill like to cotch mel NY Lord
in glory save yonr sufferin' child"
He stopped at last. but it took half
IN hour to get the thing explained,
and the coon in the box inquired very
particularly Is to whether the drayn,sn
wss near at hand before he would con.
sent 10 being released.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1883-12-19
A Strange Iaterru ytlon,

ttuti,p IL Ttl1.
The Primitive Baptist camp-meetine
at Silver Creek, Ga, had strange in.
terruption. A ma'rouly woman began
to scream and cry in violent manner
during prayer time. The preacher
thought it was case of spiritual anx.
iety, and put Oh more religious fervor,
which had o magnetic effect OH the
prayerful worshipers and caused them
to do likewise. This stimulated the
matronly woman to renewed exertions
and increased noise. Presently she de.
clared that she was not praying, but
that she was mad about her daughter.
A young man had been paying atten-
ton to her daughter, and the mother
had told the girl to have nothing to do
with him. In order to make sure OF
this the old lady had hell the girl by
the arm while engaged in prayer. Very
silently and slyly the young man came
and knelt by the girl. The old lady.
who was devoutly praying, did not see
him, nor did she see the other man that
knelt with him. Nor did she at first
know that the whispered words which
fell from the lips of the three. consti.
tuted the marriage service. 1t was when
she found ont that her daughter had
thus been married on the sly that she
began to scream. For awhile she was
uncomfortable. But at last she yielded
to wise counsel, and decided to make
the best of what she considered q bad
bargain. The brethren present thought
the wedding one of the most extraord-
mary ever known in camp meeting his.
tory.
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THE MITE TERRLFLES ALL
EUROPE.

Europe is again in a furore.
The excitement in England over
the unearthing in Birmingham of
the most important dynamite factory
ever discovered and the arrest Of
four ruin breeders in London and
one in Birmingham, an attempt on
the government magazine in Ire
land and the reception of an incen-
diary letter in England, on the 9TH,
as indicated by cable dispatches, was
not confined to the government
officers, but was apparent to the
most casual observers on the street.
The prompt, active and precautions
steps that were taken by the gov
eminent officials were highly COM
mended on all sides. Not only was
the postoffice aud neighboring gov
eminent property put under an in
creased guard, but the royal resi-
dence at Windsor was supplied with
a large force of sentinels who were
sent thither in private and unos7
tentatious manner. This was rem
dered more than necessary, because
it was known to the government
officers that late last night in con 2
nection with the discovery OF a
dynamite factory at Birmingham
the report was received that some of
the conspiraJOrs were on their way
10 Windsor from Birmingham. One
Of the men arrested had in his
pockets and sewed up in his cloth
ing large sum Of money, a por-
ton OF which was reported MS be-
ing American. The fourth
arrest of the day was that of Henry
Daller. He came from the United
States only about two weeks ago.
Daller was confined in Jail at the
Scottaw yards. There was no less
sensation in. the House of Commons
when these arrests were announced
than elsewhere. Sir VIM. Harcourt,
Home Secretary, in a brief speech,
said that $50 pounds of highly ex-
plosiTe LIQUID had been found in
Norman's quarters and that it was
stored in skillfnlly devised rubber
bags. He also confirmed the dis
coyery Of tho dynamite mandatory
at Birmingham, and gave the par
ticulars Of the affair. He said fnrth-
or that considerable amount of some
kind of explosives had been discov-
cred in the rooms Of the Lambeth
prisoners, and that part of the
money on one of these men was
in American bank notes.
FRAxKFoRr, April 5.-The Ga
zette published telegram from
Moscow which makes the startling
announcement that large mine
has been discovered connecting with
the Kremlin, where the coronation
of Car is TO take place. The teie-
gram also states that request has
been wired TO ST. Petersburg tor one
hundred sappers to be sent at once
70 Moscow tor the purpose Of des G
trUying the mine.
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The Democrats appear to have

The Democrats appear to have
secured the larger partof the victory
in the Ohio municipal elections. Re-
turns from, all but one precinct in
Cincinnati show that the Democrats
have elected a Mayor, two Judges
of the Superior Court, member of
the Board of Public Works, Treasur-
er, City Solicitor, a Police Court
Judge and three members of the
School Board by majorities ranging
from 100 to 4,200 The RepubH
cans elect Comptroller, Prescott
ing Attorney of the Police Court,
Director of City Infirmary, Wharf
master and two members of the
Board of Education by majorities
ranging from 200 to 1000. The
fact that they have been able to
maintain even slight majority is
in their favor, as showing that the
German detection from the Repub-
licans still continues. The most
astonishing change has been effect
ed in Cleveland, which was formerly
relied upon for Republican maiori-
ties, ranging from five to eight
thousand. 1t went Democratic
with rush in October and that
party has been able to hold its own
so well in the local elections as to
secure complete control by an
average majority of about four
thousand.
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isM1EE1ox 9 MoRRISrb VI

SMALLPOX IN M0RRLST0 VI
cute an excitenaist paeFailed Ia
OR town yesterday Moaday) Oves
the announcement that the small
-pox had appeared in town mt there
sidence of the late Mrs. Read, who
died suddenly last week, her bfQ
Their, James Neal, and a colored girl
are down with what proves TO be
small -pox. The attending Physi
clan, DR.. Nelson, discovered some
symptoms. indicating that disease, on
Sunday, but, it was not certainly
known until Monday morning when
I,Drs. Garrigerr and Owens were CALI
ed in and gave their opinion that
THE disease was the smallpox. "A
Telegram was sent to DIR. Hood, at
Messy Creek, who arrived in town
about o'clock p. M, and at once
declared the diseaseto besnail -pox.
The death, after brief illness, Of
Mrs. Read and her son, Tom, Great
ed some grave fears in the minds
of some that deadly disease had
appeared in our midst, but the
physicians did not think there was
any cause for alarm, and from this
fact a great number of eur people
have probably been exposed and we
shall possibly have large number
of cases before it can be controlled.
The measures adopted by the town
authorities may seem rigid, but we
trust all the people may feel the ne
cessity of cooperation in all means
of controlling this much dreaded dis
!. ease, Every one should be vaccin-
ated. Unnecessary exposure should
: be avoided and care taken in every
case that appears te separate the pa
tent as much as possible from all
/, other persons liable to take it. As
/. most of the people have been vac
cinated and the disease prevails to
greater extent in cold weather we
shall hope, for speedy recovery
from our panic, and prominent re-
moval of the pestilence from oui
midst. re1 7I1esEs $50
The colored girl, Manda Williams
died of the disease last night. The
: sick at this time are, James Nea
and colored girl at the Read house
with smallpox; Mrs. Wm. Davis
Mack Fulton and Sarah Gillian, thu
J two last colored, are pronounced by
DR.. Hood to be cases of varioloid.rr
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rFRAsAoE THE GAZETTE.

RMRS or sUBSCRLaTTOE. - one
~ - sss=ss) - So siz months, IS etss
shrs6 1s0Htha, 40 cents.
Z sTEs0fc 4DYERTLSLSG--01e inch
fyss ilassrtlOR, g.. zach subsequent iHssr-
aieA. So esats; displayed adOsrtisenaesafs
nn1badhdirped according % fAs apaoe 0eeu-
ped af ab0cs rafes.
FmHRMGHLAR ADYBRTL5ERS tce ~
few superior induecuRSnfs, b0fh Gs 60 rate
efehdrpes and MANNER Of Displaying 1ae'T
NOTICES ~ LOCAL COL UkHS-10
Cents Der lime for fr1f insertion and . eeRfl
pss Lfss for each addiei0nGl inserfsoR.
OOMMUNICAT T0RS must BE- Goc0zlPan
dsfbv fhs true Eanle and address Of alt
ssrifsr ~ ordsr % nsociOe attention.
Axe Bills for adpsrfi1Ag ars due loheR
eaAfraefed and payable on demand.
OBITUARY NOTICES. 7r1Ntes Of Rs
Epscf and Cands Of fhGaks charged JoT
ds regular Advertisements
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Judge Walter l.. Gresham, of In
diana, has been appointed by the
President to be P0stmaster-Gener-
al, vice Timothy o. Howe, deceased.
Judge Gresham has accepted his ap-
pofntment, but will not be able TO
assume the duties of the Office for
ten DAYS. The President has there
fore designated First Assistant
Postmaster General Hatton to act
as Postmaster General for a period
ftSu days, beginning on the 5th.
1t is stated by Judge Gresham s
friends that be will be Postmaster
General in deed as well as in name
In,the United States court for the
lass thirteen years he has paid per
sohsi attention 10 the merits and dc
rliisofrbe cases which came before
hinf far tr7Hl. not caring On trus;-en
tIcfr f0 the information of the dl-
-..5t sf;orrev He r. man who
ussS wiTor his own and the pos
session. of great executive ability.
lie is said also to be a man of brains,
integrity and capacity.
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d0Fristown Produce Market
WHOLESALE PRICES
MoRR1srowN. April 10. 1883.
LEE. TAYLOR & CO.. ]

LEE, TAYLOR & Co.. Leaf
Tobacco and General Commission
Merchants for the sale of Country
Products of every description, and
agents for the following manufac-
lures: Pure Raw Bone Meal and
Bone Flour, Peruvian Guano, Wheat
and Tobacco Fertilizers, Plant Bed
Food, Dupont's Rife, Blasting, Min
ing, Ducking and Sporting Powders,
and Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
708 Main street, Lynchburg, Va,
quote country produce as follows,
and solicit consignments of the same,
promising prompt returns at the
highest market prices Field Seeds
of all descriptions, say Glover, Tim
othy, German Millett, Orchard
grass, Herds grass, Evergreen grass,
Randall grass, Kentucky Blue grass.
improved varieties of Seed Wheat
and Field Grains generally. Speci-
alties with us Apples, green, per bar
rel, So so to 81 90; Apples, dried,
per pound, 5 to 6 cts; Bacon, new
hog round, ID to 13a cts; Sides, 13
to 49, cts; Hams, 144 to 16 cts; Shout
ders, IL to III cts; Salt Pork, hog
round, IL cts; Sides, IL 10 III cts;
Hams 124 to 13 cts; Shoulders 10 cts;
Beef, hind quarters, q to 9 cts; fore
quarters, 5 to6 cts; Butter, table,
20 to % cts; Buckwheat Flour, 3 cts.
per pound; Beans, white, per BUSH,
81 25 to 81 so colored and mixed, IS
cts. to 81 90; Blackberries, dried, 81
to cts; Chickens, dressed, per doz,
/ So 80 to 81 90; Chickens, live,
= to $-per doz; Corn, old, white,
fper bushel, 81 to 50 cts; new, 81 to
f62 cts; Cherries, dried, pitted, per
pound, II to Is cts; Eggs, per doz.,
16~to II cts; Flour, per barrel fine,
81 90 to 81 so; superfne, S. % to
/ So 80; extra, So 65 to So rs; family,
sc 90 to S73; Feathers, new, 60 to
81 cts. per pound; Ginseng Root,
per lb, 81 % to 81 70; Hogs, pork,
81 to &c; Hay baled, meadow, $50
to $40; clover, S65 90 to $40 90,
Timothy, SIS 90 to $50 90 Lard;
country, per pound, "A to Is cts ;
Oats, winter, per bushel, 80 to 60
cts; spring, As to 55 cts Onions,
per bushel, so to 80 cts; Peaches,
dried, pared, 10 to II cts; impaired,
quarters, 3 to 81; halve, q to 5
cts Potatoes, Irish, per bushel, so
to 81 90; Sweet Potatoes, so to 81
cts; Peas, black-eyed, 81 rs to 81 so
black, 81 25; Rye, per bushel, 60
to 80 cts; Turkeys, dressed per
pound, Is to 16 cts; Venison Hams,
Is to II cts; Wheat, white and
Lancaster, 81 10 to 81 II; Fultz,
81 90 to 81 05; Wool, washed per
pound, 33 to 80 cts; unwashed, 20
to % cts Cabbage, per head, 2 to 4
cts Flax Seed per bushel, 81 10;
Ducks, dressed, So so to 81 so per
dozen; Geese, per dozen, $71 to So
April 10, 1883.
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pr. Il. N. Pitts, Of Covington, Ga

Dir. I'm. Pitts, of Covington, Ca,
who went to Birmingham, Ala, on
the 5th, for the purpose of going in
to business, was the victim of a
mysterious robbery. He left home
a few days ago with a trunk con-
tanning 81, O00in gold, $500 in silver,
three gold watches and six gold
chains. all the property he owned.
Everything went right until he ar
rived ct Birmingham, and went to
the Nixon House to bis room. Not
until then did he discover that the
lock of the trunk had been pried
open and all the contents of value
taken from it.
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pRARARA 7IoNs. IN EAfNEsEl

PRE- TINS IN EAt1NES1.
A Tess di4patch says that The
inte1aants and wardehs of Aiken
Sc, and arfumber of other citizens
met in that city on the I'd, at the
office of the Garofina, Cumberland
Gap and Chicago Railway Company,
focbnsult. With exs Governor Hageod,
President Of the Company upon the
possibility. of a conveyance of land
by the people of Aiken for the cree
Etion off bindings, shops, shifting
yard and supply stores for the use
of the railroad. oHoR. w. @. Davis,
Intendant, stated the object of the
Injecting, after which Ex-Governor
Hagood stated fully what was need
led bStKe company. Ten acres are
NECESSARY, and the Site for the shops,
letc., chosen by the company as be-
! ing understandable for their purposes
/ is q part of tract of land owned by
the RevN Mr.. Brown, and situated
/ within the corporate limits of the
town. Mr.. Brown has offered to
sell the ten acres desired at 1925
| per acre at any time before June
1lnext, when his offer of four months
| expires These ten acres are ex-
elusive ofthe street, which has al
ready been given to the company
| by the town for it's use. A COM
mittee of the Council was appointed
to ascertain whether Mr.. Brown
T would enter into bond to sell the
. land to the town, and the people Of
Aiken on their part to secure the
conveyance of the land to the com.
pany; also to enter into bond tc
the company, and also to inquire
/ whether the charter would permit
the conveyance of the land as gift
] to the railroad company. The
erection of the shops, DC, would b.
beneficial to the town, as it wa
estimated that it would add an in
/ Hcrease of about five hundred to it
) populttion, this increase consisting
Of the laborers to be employed ant
their families.
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After May 1, next, the tax on all
tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes,
manufactured and sold for consump-
ton, will be as follows: On tobac-
co and snuff, eight cents per pound;
on cigars and cigarettes, weighing
more than three pounds per thous,
and, SO per thousand; and on
cigarettes weighing more than three
pounds per Thousand, fifty cents per
thousand. "A new series of stamps
will be ready by June i, and rev
enue collectors should immediately
apply for whatever amount they
may need before that time, as the
old series has been discarded. <
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THE BAD AND WORTHLESS

LII 49, - ~ -
are never initiated or countereSted This
is especially true of family medicine,
and il is positive proof that the remedy
initated is of the highest value. As
soon as I had been tested and proved by
the whole world hat Hop Bitters was
the purest, best and most valuable fam
lily, medicine on earth, many limitations
E pfung up and began to steal the notices
10 -wi jeh ths press and people of the
kcountry had expressed the merits of ii.
( b Z and in every way trying to induce
valids to use their stuff in
stead, expecting to make money on the
credit and good name of III. B. Many
others started nostrums put up in SIM
filar style to FL. B with variously de-
visedv names in which the word Hep
or 4 Hops were used in way to induce
people to believe they were the same as
Hop Bitters. All such pretended rem.
edies or cures, no matter what their
style or name is, and especially those
,withrsthe word "Hop" or "Hops" in
their name or in any way connected
with then or their name, are limitations
OF oounterfeits. Beware of them. Touch
none ofthcm. Use nothing but genuine
II. % Bitfers, with bunch or cluster of
green Hops on the white label. Trust
nothing else.s Druggists and dealers
are warned against dealing in imita-
tiOns or counterfeits. g'a
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-04-11

After one of the most exciting
elections ever held in Rhode Island,
Bourn, the Republican candidate,
is elected by 2,213 majority. The
vote stood Bourn 1918, Sprague
1920, Gutter 653. The Republi-
cans have a majority on joint ballot
of 81, Democratic gain of 3 Sena-
tors and Representatives. Sprague
received a lighter vote than was
Anticipated. -. .s,I p
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A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION,

The journal of the house of repre-
sentatives shows that on motion OF
Mr.. Gregg, house bill No. 8, was
taken up on concurrence In Senate
amendments thereto, and the same
adopted by a viva voce vote. Article
IL, section q, of the constitution OF
Tennessee, as heretofore quoted in
the Banner, provides with other
things, that the ayes and noes must
be taken and recorded upon the
house (or senate) journal on. the
final passage Of any general law.
House bill No. 8 is the railroad bill,
and unquestionably general law"
The question naturally arises, ism t
the law plainly unconstitutional (
The ayes and noes were not taken
on final passage and recorded in the
journal; on the. contrary the jour
nal shows the passage on a viva
voee vote, at a time, too, when mem
bers had Just before denied thai. a
quorum was present, and requested
a call of the house. To further
compheate matters, the bill was
signed by the speaker whe sever
al previous and succeeding roll calls
TO the time of signing showed no
quorum present. 5Es .
Did not Messrs, Gregg. Haynes
and other eager Democrats rather
.over-reach themselves? Will not
their questionable and revolution
airy methods result in the defeat of
their measures and public condem-
nation of themselves? The RepuD-
licans declare their intention to test
the law and ondeavor to bring about
such a result. hla 5a.3e.i 81 b
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FHg MORREFOWN GAZETTE


Dispatches from Chicago state
that the entire Democratic munich
pal ticket wa. elected in that city
on the 26, by majOrities of from
5000 to 10000. The Republicans
made the fight on a platform of
high license for saloons and the
stringent enforcement of the laws
against the gamblers. -.s.. .-..
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The Pulaski Citizen reports that Mr..
j. II. Gray, a northern man, rented
about four acres of land last year near
town and planted it in Irish potatoes.
He raised two crops on the same land,
amounting in al to 936 bushels, for
which he realized $672. The first crop.
40 bushels, he sold at so cents, and the
second crop at $3.50 He thinks the
second raising is the best seed to plant
in the spring.
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TAWorld of Good.

I One of the most, popular medicines
now before the American public, is Hop
Bitters. You see it everywhere. Peo-
pie take it with good effect. 1t builds
them up. 1t is not as pleasant to the
taste as some other Bitters, as i: is not
-whiskey drink. 1t is more like the old
fashioned bone-set tea, that has done a
world of good. If you don't feel just
right, just try Hop Bitters. -Nua'da
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1 LEGISLATIVE TRICK o

is what Mr.. Gregg's newspaper or
gans all call it If the facts are rs
they are reported to be, we do not
hesitate TO brand the "trick" as a
damning legislative fraud-ene that
should mark the men who partici-
pated in it, rather than as "good jo-
kerr" as utterly unworthy the dig
ni6ed positions they held and as
having forfeited the confidence their
constituents repOsed in them. The
facts in the case Of this trick, so
far as made public, show that the
railroad commission bill, as passed
by the House, had been rejected by
the Senate and very different one
substituted for IL and passed by the
Senate. This new bill was before
the House under the name OF a sen
ate amendment" The last day Of
the session had come. The way 1t
is told is, that it became apparent
that according to Mr.. Speaker
Ledgerwood's rulings upon Parlia-
mentary law, the commission bill
could not be passed. 1t therefore
became necessary, in order to its
passage, that Mr.. Ledgerwood va
cate the chair, temporarily, so that
a more plant tool could be used who
would rule in such a manner as to
override the power and rights of the
opponents of the bill. To effect this,
it is claimed for Gregg, of Sullivan,
that be induced Miss 10. Telfords
the engrossing clerk of the Senate,
a Dung and uAsuspecting lady, to
write Mr.. speaker Ledgerwood
note, requesting his presence in her
room. In obedience to this note, 1t
is said, LedgerwoOd called Mr.. Rep
resentAtive Houston to the Speakers
chair and went to the room of the
expressing clerk. During his alb
senee the commission bill was again
called mp, by its number, and, al
thOagb noquorum voted, the speak
er pro tenn ruled that, as by count
there was quorum present the bill
was Iegally passed. And this not
outstanding Mr. Speaker Ledger
wood had twice ruled just to the
contrary on the same bill
Now, without reciting nom the
constitution, everybody who has
read that instrument knows how
carefully it guards against hasty leg
islation- against any possibility of
fraud i'm enaeting laws If the facts
stated above are true, the spirit of
thAtinstrument-which, by the way,
Gregg, and Ledgerwood, and HoLs-
ton and al the rest swore upon the
Bible they would suPport-we say
the spirit If not the letter of the
Constitution was 6agrantly disre-
garded and overridden. And these
men know too much not to know it.
We do not know whether Ledger
wood understood what the little note
m@ant or not IL he did not, be
ought to at once rise and explain.
We confess we do not like his ST.
lence and apparent indifference AT
the preparation Of 80 grave an out
rare. He has been too tame, too len
lent, too goOdbumOredly unsatisfac-
tory. Ifhe was a party to the 'trick
and desires only the defense given by
the krOnicEe, then he stands along
side Of Gregg and Houston and
must and ought to suffer in bis rep
utation, permanently, as they have
already suffered in the Judgment Of
. drsVsssiODSts aud hpOet people.