The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-02-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


On Washington's birthday Gen. Jubal
A. Early viii be the orator at a Balti-
nore banquet of Maryland ex-Cen' ed :
crates,
The solitude of the farm" is the best
place for STUDY, and fo the young man
who has any good metal in him to be-
gin the assent of ambitions worthy lad
There is a family in Milton, Trimble
county. XIV, consisting of father, motf1-
er and six children, all of whom chew
and smoke tobacco, and the youngest of
the family is only two and half years
old. " ss
New York is now happy. For years
she has been trying to pay in 81 900, 600
to the custom houses in a single day,
bit did not succeed urtil Wednesday.
The sum received on that day was ST.
,1O7 1856.
"Sam'' Wakefield, Grant Senator of
the "colored school" in louisiana, and
President Hayes's naval officer at New
Orleans, committed suicide there Feb.
l. He was a Louisiana manipulation in
1876. aeu s
In the Senate on the 31st Mr.. Blair
called up the joint resolution present
ing the thanks of Congress to John F.
Slater, of Connecticut, for his benefi-
cence in giving 81 100000 for the edu
cation of the colored people Of the
South, and it was passed.
Arcbelaus P Ceffrain, hermit, was
| found dead on the floor of his house, at
Salem, Mass, on Jan. 81. The police
found about So, 000in money, bends and
| bank books scattered through the house.
| Nearly every pocket was full of silver.
He CT COMMUNICATED the world In his
youth, and was twice sh;pwrecked.
Advices from Texas say that the safe
| of w. Wood, treasurer of Jack on
cou ty, was blown open on january 81 +,
by order of the court. Wood has been
absent several weeks, ostensibly for
/ medical treatment. He is believed to be
a defaulter for large amount. 1t was
expected to f1ad $25, 900 in the safe, but
nothing was there. Wood also had the
CUSTODY ola large amount of private
funds, none of which was found.
James G Roe, proprietor of the Glen
Ridge house at Cornwall, has made an
assignment. Edward P. Rowe, author
of various popular novels, a brother of
James q. Rowe, has also made an as
| signment, caused by heavily endorsing
! for his brother. tits believed that his
embarrassment will be only temporary.
| 1t is reported that James G Roe's liza
bilitIes are from $40, 900 to $50, 900, and
those of his brother are half as much.
| The Newburgh Journal says: From the
well-known integrity of the two men
there can be no doubt but that the
creditors will ultimately be paid in full
| The services over the remains of the
late Archbishop Hughes were held at
| st PatrIck's Cathedral, New York, on
| the Both. The immense building was
crowded, the congregation consisting
mostly of ladies dressed in mourning.
| In front of the sanctuary was the cata-
! falque with its somber pail of black vel
| vet surmounted by an archbishop's mi
! tire in cloth of gold and violet velvet
cushion and surrounded with candles
| The sable drapeFIes of the altar and
ratings, the dim light of the candles
mingling with the religious rays OF the
sun as they fell through the stained
glass windows, CAV the scene solemn
air. AT 10 o'clock the services began.
Two hundred priests were present, in
GLIDING representatives of the monastic
orders of the Dominicans, Franciscaus,
Capuchins, Redemptorists, Jesuits, and
Paulists, In the robes of their several
orders, and about one hundred and fifty
CHOiI UOySi III purple gowns Win WhIIc
lace surDlices. MOnsignor Preston
preached the sermon, aud at the conclu-
sion of the mass of requiem the remains
of the late archbishop were placed i'm
their final resting place, Immediately
under the high altar. This was the
most magnificent Roman Catholic pa
geant that has ever taken place in New
York. Fully 5000 people were pres
ent, and the cathedral was so crowded
that several persons tainted.