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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17
POLK BROUGHT TO BAY.
THREA TENS TO STIR UP THE
ANIMALS AT HOME.
SHEELYS ADVENTURE IN THE DARK
WITH CAMERON FINDS FOLK IN
THE MESQUITE.
Special Dispatch to Louisville Commercial

Special Dispatch to Louisville Commercial.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 10
This eveLing about sunset the PEG
pie around the international depot
were interested in a train swiftly
rolling into the depot. 1t was the
special train hired by United States
Marshal Costing to bring him on
double quick time from Laredo to
San Antonio, Texas. The trip was
accomplished in less than six hours.
On the train, besides the Marshal
and two deputies, were NJ. T. Polk,
late State Treasurer of Tennessee,
and Malcolm Cameron, of this city,
the detective partner Of Price. Both
were prisoners.
In brief, the history the capture
of these two men is that last Sunday
night Polk and his cOnfederates,
Van Lew Polk and Cameron, board
ed the sleeper for Laredo. w. C.
Morrill,, who is a Deputy United
States Marshal under Marshal Cos
ling, spotted the crowd from certain
movements of theirs, and directed
his partner to keep one seat and
watch them constantly The man
Price was also on the train and rode
to Cotulla, where he took the return
train. This mans movements ex-
cited MOrrill's suspicious at the time
and subsequent events show that
these suspicious were well founded
After Price left the train to return
to San Antonio, the remaining two
had their heads together until the
station of Webb was reached, when
Polk and Cameron slipped out of the
train, Van Lew remaining until the
trainreached Laredo, when he qui
city jumped to the other side of the
Rio Grapde with. the money bags.
When Deputy Marshal Morrill, saw
that Polk and Cameron had skipped,
he wired Deputy Marshal Shelley
ut Laredo to meet him az the train
on the arrival, which Shelley did.
He detailed the facts, and Shelley
at once started to Webb in a dead
run. His horse gave out and he
went afOot until after dark, When
within two or three miles Of Webb
Station he met two men He pulled
down on them with his revolver 4
One of them stoutly resisted and
started TO draw his pistol, when he
felt the baFscl Of SheeleS's. six 4
shooter. 1t was so dark he could
not see il. He sHccnmbcd and per-
mitted the other fellow 10 take his
pistol and hand il to Shelley The
first man was the detective, and his
was boatman employed
10 put him across the river above
Laredo. When arrested Cameron
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was very beIIigerent and made all
sorts of demands on Shelley. But
the officer drove him on toward
Webb, where Shelley expected to
find Polk. During this walk Cam
eron changed his tactics and made
the proposition to Shelley to sell
out. He said they (Polk) had plen-
ty of money; that he had made his
stake, etc. To this Shelley assent
ed if Cameron would show him Polk.
This Cameron assented to do and
led Shelley over to a bunch of mos
quite and prickIy pear. There
Polk was found concealed. Shelley
at once arrested him. Cameron
told Polk of his talk with Shelley.
Polk offered Shelley 5000 to let
him 90, but having him safe in hand
this faithful officer answered: "No.
sir; / am a United States officer,
faithful to my superiors and myself.
No money can buy me. He then
took them to Webb station, mount
ed the north bound train, came to
Cotulla, changed off to the south
bound, Returning to the neighbor-
hood ofIaredo, and placed guards
over hisimen:
Hetelegraphed Marshal Costing
at Austin, and that gentleman
went TO laredo Tuesday, arriving
in Laredo Wednesday morning.
Sheeleythad released Cameron, but
Marshal 7, Costing Immediately or
dered him under. arrest, and had
him searched. Hefound on his per-
$4,000 in checks, and Endorsed
by Polk. Four $500 and S110 in
gold. Marshal Costing then visited
Polk. When Polk saw him he was
greatly surprised to see one whom
he had known from childhood, and
greeting him cordially, he said
"Well, this settlesi it cannot deny
longer and proceeded to tell him
all Faboat his defalcation, his at
tempted escape and how he had
bought Price and Cameron, and
how they had failed to fulfill their
contract.to land him on the other
side.f He expressed a willingness to
return to Tennessee; begged Mr..
Costing TO take him right on in a
hurry and not wait for the coming
of agents. He preferred to go with
one he knew would treat him kind
ly. He then said be gave up all
hopes of escape and would go along
ouietly. He was loud in his de-
nunciations of a number Of high of
ficialssin Tennessee, and says he will
make revelations when lie gets
home that will startle the people of
Tennessee. He says his victims
will comprehend all classes, from
the Supreme Court Judge down.
After the arrest Marshal Costing
chartered an engine, and, with Dep
uty s eeley and Morrill,, started to
this place with his prisoners. He
telegraphed County Attorney Cook
to have Price arrested, and a war
rant was sworn. Arriving here
Cameron was turned over to Sheriff
Mcclellan and placed in Jail. Mar
shall Costing took Polk to a private
residence. In conversation with
Joe Shelley, Polk said he was short
$136, 600; that a confidential clerk
got away with $4,000 A like
amount was spent in trying to cap
ture him. Van Polk is now on his
way to Coahillo, Mexico, where they
have 100000 invested in mines.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

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 Rife, Blasting, Min
ing, Ducking and Sporting Powders,
and Wholesale and Retail Grecers,
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 Clover, 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-
aIties with us-Apples, green, per bar
rel, 81 so to 50 80; Apples, dried,
per pound, 61 to Z cts; Bacon, new
hog round, 121 to 10 cts; Sides, 10
to IA cts; Hams, II to 111 cts; Shoul-
ders, 10 to III cts; Salt Pork, hog
round, II cts; Sides. II TO III cts;
Hams II to 124 cts; Shoulders 10 cts;
Beef, hind quarters, y to s cts; fore
quarters, 5 to 6 cts; Butter, table,
90 to 229cts; Buckwheat Flour, B cts.
per pound; Beans, white, per bush,
50 to 81 so; coIored and mixed, 81
25 to 81 so; Blackberries, dried, 81
to 6 cts; Chickens, dressed, per doz,,
50 90 to 81 GO; Chickens, live,
= to $-per doz; Corn, old, white,
per bushel, So to 81 cts; new, Sc to
81 cts; Cherries, dried, pitted, per
pound, y to - cts; Eggs, per doz.,
20 to % cts; Flour, per barrel, fine,
So % to SO so; superfne, SAT to
81 so; extra, S. 90 to S family.
IS Is to Sc; Feathers, new 50 to
so cts per pound; Ginseng Root,
per ID, ST % to ST 10; Hogs, pork,
10 to 1O4c; Hay baled, meadow, $50
to SO; clover, $50 00to $40 90;
Timothy, S75 90 to $50 90; Lard,
country, per pound, IA to IS cts;
Oats, winter, per bushel, 60 to 65
cts; spring, 43 to 45 cts; Onions,
per bushel, 20 to,80 cts. Peaches,
dried, pared, 10 to II cts impaired,
quarters, 3 to 81; haive, Al to 5
cts; Potatoes, Irish, per bushel, SIS
to ST 90; Sweet Potatoes, to !
cts; Peas, hlaek-eyed, 81 % to 81 5oi;l
black, 81 90; Rye, pei bushei, 40
to IS cts +; Turkeys, dressed per
pound, 10 to16 cts; Yenison Hams,
Is to II cts; Wheat, white and
Lancaster, 81 90 to 81 %; Fnltg,
90 cts. to 81 90; Wool, washed per
pound, 80 to 80 cts; unwashed, 20
to % cts; Cabbage, per head, 4 to 8
cts Flax Seed per huahel, 81 10;
Ducks, dressed, So so to 81 so per
dozen; Geese, per dozen, S74 to So.
January 9th, 1883.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

Senator Brown, Georgia, thinks
that rebels have rs many rights In
courts Of Justice "a those who
were always loyal In the >enate,
on the Sth, he was the centre figure
of attraction while discussing the
Bowman bill, which sends all claims
to the Court of Claims, by declaring
that the bill ought TO allow those
who were in rebellion to have the
right to prove their claims against
the government He quoted from
tho decisions of the Supreme Court,
showing that after pardon an ex-reb-
ell bad as many rights In court of
Justice as citizen who had been
loyal. lie said he only thought it
was Just that the fund Oslo, 600, 900
now in the treasury, and which ac-
crued from the sale Of captured and
assEAoRed property in the South,
should be distributed among the real
owners of the fund, many Of whom
wore widows and children and ~
need.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

Judge Josephus G. Guild, one of
the most prominent citizens of Ten
nessee, dropped dead with heart
disease at 4 o clock, p. m, January
s, at his residence IN Nashville. He
was born in Pittsylvania county,
Virginia, seventy nine years ago,
and when three years old came TO
Tennessee with his parents. He
lived in this State from that time to
the hour OF his death He studied
law under Hon. Ephraim II. Foster,
and was admitted TO the BARN 1892.
lie served FIVE terms in the Legis-
lature, wa. Lieutenant Colonel of
the Second Tennessee regiment, I'M
der Gen. Armstrong, in the Florida
campaign, was Presidential Hector
for Polk m 1914. Elector at Large
for Pierce ia 1852, and was Chan
cellor for one year Twelve years
ago he was elected Judge Of the
Nashville Law COnrt and served
eight years. Since that time he
Pracliced his profession.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

A corner IN corn is said to be de-
veloping at Chicago, and the rapid
rise of Z cents last week in January
options give color to the story. 1t
is stated that Truman b. Handy,
who successfully ran a former deal,
has associated with him several
heavy New York capitalists and
heads the scheme. 1t is supposed
to be the plan of the clique to buy
all January and February corn of
fered. One broker bought over
500, 900 bushels on the 9th. The
milking" process has already be-
gun 20 shake out the weak holders.
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LETTER FROM KNOYVLLLE
TIE MA YORALPNK. & 4 COB
BLE-TfE VA TER WORKS
CONTRACT dc.
KNOXVILLE, Jan. l.
% the Editor OF The Morristown Gazette:

/ AANOAN ALAAI45 ~ al. L.
To the Editor OF The Norristown Gazette:
Between the mud, municipal cleo
tior and Folks big steal Knoxville
is in Il state of great excitement.
There are three candidates for May
or, all of whom are good ones. W.
c. Fulcher was theirst to announce.
He is contractor for brick work
has carried on a successful business
here for sever al years He has ably
represented the seventh ward in
the city council for the past year,
and if elected will make an able and
efficient mayor.
Ed. Shepard was the next. Ev-
erybody knows Ed, and, as | told
you in my last, the affairs of the
city could not be placed in safer
hands.
Mr.. l.. E. Craig, the last to an
nounce, is assuccessful lumber deal
err, and will make a good mayor /;
and, as the first two are Democrats
and the latter a Republican, he
stands a good chance to go in.
The Polk steal has created a great
deal of comment here, and the SEN
timent is that he ought to go to the
State prison for the longest term
possible. The Republicans here pre-
dict the disruption of the Democrat
ic party, but tive ask them what eff
feet the Mynatt, Tarwater and Har-
ris steal had on their party in Knox
county, and they have nothing to
say.
s. The gobble of the Knoxville and
Augusta road by the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia road has
opened the eyes of Knoxville's mer-
chants and manufacturers wider
than they have been opened for a
decade, and popular opinion is so
strongly in favor of the Emory Gap
road that the probability is that it
viii be built soon-the city taking
enough.stocis to secure control. The
charter,w was sold to the Rich
mond and Danville company, has
been transferred back to the origi-
hdl Wv uCf > ~ AOs arc ali Au0ANlilC
men and have the interest of the
city at heart
Our city dads sit around like a
pack of asses and made a half con-
tract to build water works and then
brought suit against the company
because they don't think they are
building such works as they (the
dads 'thought" they were going to
build The people want tie works
and win have them, despite the eff
forts of a few old fogies here who
have kept Knoxville from being
city SO long, and are trying now to
remand her to a village We will
next hear Of them wanting to sur
render the charter of the city to
prevent some man from selling a
little whisky.
Criminal court is in session and
spends from . half TO one day to try
a little profanity case, and then turn
the man loose. Cost fifty dollars.
The mud on Gay street is about
eighteen inches deep, and the city
Is able to float her debt
One grand wedding over, and two |
more on the tapis. Who next2
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

E H. Allen, the Hawaiian Minis
ter, died of heart disease inodthe
cloak-room of the White House,
January 1, during the President
reception. The venerable Minister
had just paid his respects to the
President, and, while other guests
were being received, he went to the
ante room with his son and was sud-
denly Frustrated by disease of the
heart. Help was at hand, but it
was in vain, and in few moments
he was dead The President seem
ed affected by the sudden event, and
the reception was. at once abandon
ed. At the funeral, President Ar
thur, the members of the Cabinet,
the Senate and House were in at
tendance, as well as a full represen-
tation Of the Diplomatic Corpsl0a
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Hop B1rTERs MANUFACTURING Co.
A terrible explosion occurred tn

A terrible explosion occurred I'm a
coal mine near Coultervllle, ILL.,, the
evening of the 9th, just before the
men were ready to quit for the
night. What caused the explosion
is not and probably never will be
known. Twelve persons were in
the minc at the time OF this num-
Der only one man and boy escap-
ed. Attempts were made until a
late hour that night to enter the
mine and discover the fate Of the
ten men, but foul air came up in
such dense volumes that all attempts
to enter were ruthless There is no
hope whatever that they escaped
death
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

In the United States Senate on
the 18th the bill for the relief of
FiUz-JOh Porter was passed by a
vote of 33 to 27-Senators Hoar,
Sewell and Cameron voting in the
affirmative with the Democrats. L.
is well that the Senate has at last
done right. The American people,
as we'll as FitZ John Porter, are in
terested in the grave injustice done
to a brave and honorable soldier. 1t
is thought Grant will work it thro'
the House.
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HOW to Shorten Life.

The receipt is simple. You have only
10 take violent cold, and neglect it.
Abernethy, the great English surgeon,
aske a lady who told him she only had
"a c ugh: ''What would you have? TIE
Phgue?" Be are of "only coughs. "
Inc " orst cases can, however, be cured
Ivy DIR VIM HALLS BALSAM for the
LUNGS. In Whooping Tough and
and is sure to prevent a fatal termina-
ton Of the disease. Sold by all drug
gists and dealers in medicine
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DR.. w. B. Cummings, Sparta, says :
81 can recommend Browns Iron BitteEs
as a general therapeutic agent.
Fdward Y VaIentine the ri

Edward V. Valentine, the Rich
mond (Va.) sculptor, is engaged
modelling the statue of John c.
Breckenridge, which is to be erect
ed at Lexington. This artist is also
at work on a bust of Hayne, and his
recum bent figure of Gen. Robert &.
Lee is to be unveiled at Washing
ton and Lee University next sum-
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SEEMING MACHINES.

We have the Light-running WHITE,
Remington, Howe, d. Davis and other
first class machines We sell VERY
much cheaper than any house in Easr
Tennessee. A rull stock of Needles,
Oil. Parts and Attachments. Send for
prices ANGEL 81 JENKINS, Knox
vile, Teun. Nov29
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Get Rich.

When Hops are 81 % per 10. as now,
an acre will yield ST. profit, and yet
the best family Medicine on earth, Hop
Bitters, contain the same quantity of
Hops and are sold at the same price
fixed years ago, although Hops ar now
twenty times higher 'ha then. Raise
Hops, get rich in pocket; use Hop Bit
tiers and ret rich in health
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

We are In receipt of a neatly
printed pamphlet entitled, % Morris
town; It's Location and Its Advan-
tages, Its Transportation Facilities,
Its Resources, Its Manufacturing In
terests and Prospects, 1t is we'll
printed book of some thirty pages,
and contains full information about
the matters contained in its title. 1t
is a mark of the public spirit and
enterprise of the thriving little vii
lage which begins to look forward
with hopefulness to a future which
seems full of promise and bright
prospects.
Morristown is thriving and pros
porous town on the line of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad. 1t is situated at the juno
ton of the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia line and the Cincinnati,
Cumberland Gap and Charleston
RAILROAD. 1t is IN the center of the
magnificent marble region OF East
ennessee, within easy distance of
the coal fields, and is surrounded by
an inexhaustible supply of the most
desirable timber.
The citizens of the town are of
fering unparalleled inducements to
investors in manufactures, and are
offering high bids for a desirable
class of immigration. We cannot
be very wrong in saying that Nor
ristown is destined to be one of the
most thriving and prosperous towns
in the State chattanooga Dem.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

The Legislature elected last Fri
dav Atha Thomas, of Williamson
county, State Treasurer. He Is a
prominent lawyer of Franklin, and
formerly a representative of his
county in the Legislature.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

The Ways and Means Committee
recently struck out quinine in their
revision of the Tariff Commission S
free list report, and fixed a ten per
cent. ad uaEorena duty ON the prepa-
rations thereof.
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SPORTING GOODS.

Angel & Jenkins, Knoxville, Tenn ,
have fine line of Guns, Breech and
Muzzle loading, Shell 5, Primers, Pow
der and Shot, Powder Horn aud Flasks,
Game Bags, Loading Tools, &c. Shells
loaded to order. Nov29
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SwindIers Abroad.

If any one has represented that We
are in any way interested in my bogus
bitters or stuff with the word Hops"
in their name. cheating honest folks,
or that we will pay any of their bills
or debts, they are frauds and swindlers,
and the victims should puri>h them.
We deal in and pay only the bills for
the genuine Hop Bitters, the purest and
best medicine on earth.
Hop BITTERs MANUFACTURING Co.
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VIM. a.. Seaver, editor of The
"Drawer.' in Harper's Magazine,
died at Mt. Vernon, n. Y, last week
aged sixty nine, of acute pneumo-
MIA, after two days sickness.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

Do'st thou love life ?-Theu do not
sauander valuable time,-for that is the
stuff life is made of;-bu procure at
once a bottle of DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup
for YOUR Cough and be cured. Your
druggist keeps it
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

Gen. Matt. w. Ransom was unan-
imously nominated, in a full Demo
cratic caucus of the North Carolina
Iegislat ire, rs his own successor in
the u. s. Senate, on the 10th.
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THE MORRISTOWN GAZBF FB
WEDNESDAY. JAN. n. 1853

GEO PuEvIs Co., proprietors Of the Nash
vile Advertising Agency, No. 4 Noel Block. Church
street are nuthoriEed 20 solicit and Contract for
Advertisements for THE MoREIsrOwS GAZETTE in
that city and elsewhere Ole 81 The GAZETTE
can be seen at their once
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ARE YOU MADE miserable by indi-
gestion, constipation, dizziness, loss of
appetite, yelloa skin ? Shiloh's Vital
izer is positive cure.
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Farmers and nthe RS desiring a gen
teel, lucrative agency business by
shich So to $50 day can be earned,
Sc Il address a. once. on postal to III
c.. WiIkinshf 6 Co.. 1875 aid l97 Fulton
Street. New YORK. [jan. 5, So 0mos
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

For children lstiag ~ tsnemept hous,s
and croaOded cities, where they cannot
get the benefit of pure, exhilerating,
hearing giving country air and trav l.,
On. MoFFETT's TEETHiNA (7eettsng
P0sedsrs) Is saoalsid5le 'Hgas rasiz3Fss
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SHiLOH'S CURE WILL Immediately
relieve Group, Whooping Cough and
Brochitis sE4 q
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WHY WILL YOU. cough when Shi-
obs Cure will give immediate relief.
Price 10 cts so cts. and j.
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THE REV. Gee. Il. THAYER, Of
b 'urbon, Ind. says: both mys.;lf
ana wife owe cur lives to- SHILOHsS
CONSUMPTION CURE y "
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-01-17

The remains of John Howard
Payne have been shipped from Tu-
mis- to the United States.
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"HACKMETAC K. . lastipg and fra
e ant perfume. Price 25 and 5Gcents