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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02
ST. -NIcHOL1s FOR IrLY


II is q brilliant "Fomth Of july"
number, which should arouse the in
terest and enthusiasm Sf every patriot
ie American girl and boy. ...-
The number opens with, How The
Tories broke up Meeting, a spirited
sketch OF revolutionary times. "a
Fomthssf July among the Indians" tells
of very modern celebration Of our
natiOn4l holidays, on the plains, by a
large. company of the nati0n's wards.
An interesting and valuable cGntri-
button is the story of tt'The Youngest
Soldier of the Revelation, it Is accom-
panied by q facsimile engraving If a
three-dollar bill presented to the hero
by Mrs. Martha Il lWsshilgtoa. E. 8.
Brooks falls into line with the 5Oyhood
biographylof "Stephen Van Rensselaer,
OF, of,Rensselaerswyck: The Boy Patreen,"
the Historic Boy" who nobly support
ed the. cause eff independence, the sue
cess Of. which was to strip him of all his
hereditary rights and hpnors.f a
Ot timely interest ana Importance Is
Charles BarRaFd's graphic and accurate
account Of THE Bsrtholdi Statue" the
great Liberty that seon is to stand on
Bedloe's Island, New York Harbor.
or the serials, "Thc Scarlet TanageI"
ends with an interesting denouement;
i"Marvin and his Boy Hunters" pass
Through entertaining adventure; and
Louisa NJ. rAlcott contributes a, "Spin-
ming wheel Story of htalthful and
helpful significance to hosts of Ameri-
can girls. There are poems and verses
by Ceha Thaxter, Charles G. Leland,
aud J.. G. Francis; a paper on 'Picnics"
by Susan Anna Brown; an amusing and
well-executed frontispiece illy Alfred
Knapes, and many beautiful illustrs-
irons by other well-known artists.
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GRoRoIA FoR oLETELAND.

ATLANTA, GA, june 18.-The
convention which met here to-day
and selected delegates to the Chicago
convention was notable for it's re-
markable short session, The con-
vcntion met at IL o'clock and adj.
journed at 2:3O. The session was cx-
ceedingiy harmonious. No resolu-
tions on platform We're adopted in
dicating the wishes of the conven-
ton as to the national policy, and
the delegation is practically unani~
nous for Cleveland. Gen. A. R.
Lawton, of Savannah, who is enc of
the delegates from the State-at-
large, is said to be for Bayard, but
the other delegates, without excep-
tions, announce for Cleveland as the
strongest man, So leiq
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TWO POINTS IN A HUMBUG
i4s sa + o PLATFORM. Is -tna0, }


The Chicago platform says, on the
subject Of land grants 2ai4sha4r
"Ths public lands are heritage
of the people of the United States,
and should be reserved as far as
possible for small holdings by actual
settlers. ,E0pbasA gdl r. l2vum,1
20 This declaration comes after the
party that makes 1t has given away
to railroad corporations directly, +, and
to States for the use and benefit Of
such corporations, in grants actual
ly made for these objects, territory
amounting to one hundred and nine
ty millions of acres in extent, and
worth in money at least five hum
adred millions of dollars. taThe Re-
publican party has vstsd away six
States as large as New, York.
|. = For fifteen years past the Repub'
.lican party has administered this
Government by machine politics
only, 1t has demoralized and cor.
rupted the whole public service
The Howgatesp tho Burnsides, and
the bigger rascals are alike the pro
duct Of a loose and corrupting sys
tenn. The creatures Of this system
crowd the departments The forg'
ers, the psrjurers, the thieves, th'
false witnesses, n the fabrieators o
fraudulent returns, and the Who'll,
vile crew who were the instfdmehtl
employed by Jehn sherman, vii
liam E. Chandler, and their. confed
crates to steal thsavotes sfsEsuisi
ana, Florida, and South Carolina il
1876, are new holding importan
offices which they got as reward
for felonious service. aer s9dseb
q In the face ofthis experience tn
Chicago platform says: a.iat-i 81
"The reform Of the civil servic
auspiciously begun under Republi
can administration sheuld be com
pleted by further extension of tn
reformed system, already establish
ed by law, to all the grades of tn
service to which it is applicable,
In ether words, IT 10 proposed I
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THE GERMANS, BLAINE AND
TEMPERANCE.

New YoRK, June ia Wash
ington special to the Graphic says; /;
"a letter received here from Gncin-
natl states that the editor of one of
the German papers there has
secured an, autograph lettor which
Mr.. Blaine bad written some time
ago on the temperaneequc and
would have it photographed in fac
simile and circulate by theomillions
of copies wherever the German pop
ulation was known. Ii Is claimed
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A mseting has been held in Lewis

A meeting has been held in Lewis
county, Tennessee, at which the
course of Hon. Howell K. jackson,
in voting for an. appropriation to
the educational cause of all the
States and Territories, was indOrsed
heartily. An of the Senator'S acts
in Congress were also indorsed, and
the resolution says: "His warm
hearted generosity, rare ability, un-
selfish devotion to duty, country
and party, favor his continuance in
Congress as our Senator"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

Blaine was formally notified Of
his nomination, at his residence in
Augusta. Maine, on the 21st. Gen.
Henderson, chairman of the com
mittee of notification, read from
manuscript his speech, and Mr..
Blsine's reply was also read. The
latter was very brief promising q
more formal acknowledgment to the
National Committee. .ife.. II
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A serious FIRE occurredin thscffice
of the Neso York Weekty, 81 Rose
street, on Thursday night, june 18th.
The upper part of the building was
much damaged, and the loss ofstock
and material considerable, but is
fully covered by insurance. aof -
na AS the Netc York Weekly has du
plicated machinery, and material,
ready for instant use, in, another
part of the city, no delay whatever
has been caused in the issue Of the
paper This speaks well for the
Judgment and fore thought Of Street
l. Smith. r1ai sf- iI.U b9-Tsd5 ~
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

Henry Ward Bescher dislikes to
be interviewed on political subjects,
but when a few days since a clergy
man approached him with the ques-
ton, "ShalI you stand by the old
flag and Mr.. Blaine?" the great
preacher, is said to have replied, II
stand by the old flag, but not by
Mr.. Blaine" 70. $3.50 r.1 -la.r
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

The river and hArbor bill now
before Congress, and likely to be-
come law within the next few
days, appropriatss s465, 900 for im-
prevemsnts on the Tsnnessee and
Cumberland rivers. An appropria-
ton Of $3.50, coo for Galveston has
been stricken out at the request OF
Congressman Ochiltree, as he hopes
to secure an appropriation for the
jetty improvement measure, the 70.
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Taking the last presidential cleo
ton as a basis to break the line of
"the solid South" the Republicans
would have a majority to cut down
in Arkansas of l9,82S, in Florida of
43lO, in North Carolina of 1926. in
Virginia of 2,s1O, in West Virginia
of IL, ,14s, and in Tennessee of 2O,5 ,514.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

The act recently passed by the
Kentucky Legislature prohibiting
the sale Of illustrated police litera-
ture went into--efFeet on the 10th,
and hereafter the Police Gazette and
such papers will net be ssld in that
State. o.. E.r-aE rlT4fH.t
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protect thieves in Office against any
possible intrusion, and to make a
close corporation of the rogues who
have not yet been caught with stOl-
On money in their pockets This is
the sort of civil service refsrm which
the Republicans approve and have
put into practical operation. It
isoHly another phase of the fraud,
deception, and trickery. which that
party has employed to keep pssses-
sion of power. io -e6
a The people are weary of nisrule,
of shams, and of corruption. Now
- Unolr SHahee.t.s.t T. f.f 81 II 4 /
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a GOOD STORY OF TIE CHICK
.Y,s4. ID, f.tu AMAUGA FIGHT. - 81


..Y,s-.I.. r.lu AMAUGA FIGHT. 81
ii DIR. E. S. Bryan, of Talbetton, was
in Atlanta, Georgia, ON Wednesday.
The Doctor tells a very amusing
anecdote of the Chickamauga fight.
"The hardest part of the fight" said
he "was on Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday night we were expect>
ing to renew the fight next day. l
turned to my friend, Mr.. M,
says |, Andrew, look in that ambu-
lance there, and you will find a two
gallon jug, take it down into yon-
der ravine and bring it full of wa
ter. If any of the boys get hurt to-
morrow they may suffer for water
He took the jug and went on and /
never saw or heard any more of
Andrew until Tuesday morning af-
ter the fight was over. He came
up almost breathless, with the Jug
Of water. Doctor said he, Il found
the water at last. I would have
brought it if it had taken me three
weeks to find it. '"- Atlanta Er.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

Mr.. w. w, Corcoran, the millions
aire, banker, and philanthropist Of
Washington, is said to be exceed
ingly proud of his ancestry. lie
glories in the fact that bis father
was ' only q poor, honest shsemakcr,
and be treasures the old cobble3s-
shop sign board among bis choicest
possessions s5aN @
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tai cost Of which is expected to be
$1,000, 900. Of course it is not ex-
pected that tho sum viii be. appro-
priated at one time. z95ivrss us
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

Democratic journals which laud
the clear mind and vigorous intel
lect of Sumuel J. Tilden do not dis
cover anything wrong in his sem
tence: ''I said four years ago, in ac-
cepting the nomination." &c. They
follow copy in SO printing it. Can
it be that Mr.. TiIden wrote Gen.
Hancock's letter of acceptance? The
Herald believing Mr.. Tilden refer
red to his own acceptance letter of
eight years ago, considerably
changed the text Utica Herald.
% Yeu have taken unnecessary trou-
bic. The passage occurs, not in the
body of Mr.. Tilden's letter Of this
year, but in an extract introduced
by him from another letter written
four years ago. The text was right
as it stood before you considerably
changed it.--N Y. Sun. ,sa
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02

p There seems to be at least pos>
sibility that Massachusetts, will be
the. pivotal State this year. The
Philadelphia american, a strong Re-
publican paper, says: 81 3#
AS to the question Of Mr.. Blaine's
election it seems certain that all his
present prospects turn upon the vote
of Massachusetts,. He can dispense
with New York and be elected,
since. he will probably carry the
Pacific States and Indiana, Ohio and
Connecticut, but with Massachu-
setts out, unless he gains some
Democratic States, he would be
beaten. AS to these gains, he has "a
fighting chance" in New Jersey
and West Virginia, while the possi>
bilities in Virginia, North Carolina
and Florida are great enough to be
kept in view, but too slight to be
much thought of. ' p
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Rsmember THs GAzETrE job office is
supplied with newo type, fast presses,
ETC., and can fill orders for all kinds of
printing. with dispatch rand At city
prices, iir. aisaa s81 n
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02
TIKI MORRlSTOWN GAZETTE.
Entered at the rost once At MorriEtown, Tenn.
SAEecord class matter ] o..

The leading GermaA papers Of
the country are leaving the Blaine
ranks by the score. =, r-, E,. pa. o..
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-07-02
MRS. LOU FL YNN,

@hho" -LOC IL -A Az
AGENT FOR-
MRS. A. P. FLY N N,
has the best selected stock of Ladies'
Hats and Bonnets in this end Of the
State. and she trims them 10 suit the
taste and style Of her patrons.
While che gives you fancy tfyIes' she
charges neas0naHe Prioes. rs
Honest gOods-low prieesi-AozaS en-
tcrpriH. Gk
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-18
It appeared that At nightfall Of the

II appeared that at nightfall of the
previous day the wretched animal was
being driven to the knacker's; and stray
ing down into our archway, while the
man who had him in charge was talk
ing to friend, he fell over some ma
chinery that stood inside, breaking a
limb, and otherwise frightfully injur-
ing himself. Instead OF putting the
poor animal out of pain at once, his in
human owner left him to die linger-
ing death in agonies; and his miserable
groans, magnified by the reverberation
of the hollow archway and echoing
kitchens. had been the cause of our
nocturnal alarm.
Carroll shook his head and looked in.
credulous at this solution OF the mys-
terry, refusing, with the love Of his class
for the supernatural, to accept it.
Though years have since then passed
over his head, tinging his locks with
gray, and developing the brisk, agile
footman into the portly, white-chokered,
pompous butler, he will still cleave to
his first belief, and stoutly affirm that
flesh and blood had nought to do with
the disturbance that night in the haunted
house. Chambers Journal.
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A Negro Who Has Handled Millions
OF Money.

There is q venerable colored man in
the Treasury Department who has
probably handled more money than
any person now living. Nobody knows
the amount that has passed through his
hands, and it can not even be approx
mately estimated. 1t must reach up
into the billions and not q dollar of it
has stuck to his fingers. He is the
messenger of the Registers office,
whose business is to carry bonds, bank
bills, greenbacks, checks, warrants and
other papers of value to and from the
Register, whose signature is required
upon all of them. During the days of
funding operations he carried tens of
millions back and forth every day, and
he has been in business more than fif-
teen years. The express companies re-
ceive so much per 81, 900. andif he was
paid at the same rate he would be richer
than several Vanderbilts, the richest
man in the world. but he gets only
$720 year and lives in a little cottage
for which he pays ten dollars month.
They call him "Uncle Henry" but
his other name is Logan. He is a few
shades darker than another man of
that name, and his hair is curly and
sprinkled with gray. Nearly seventy
years ago he was born in Maryland Of
free parents. They had been slaves,
and were the chattels of Captain
Wheeler, Of Prince George County.
When the Captain died he provided in
his will for the freedom of his slaves.
He gave the old folks emancipation at
once, and the boys and girls were re-
leased from their shackIes as soon as
they were old enough to shift for them
selves. His mother came to Washing
ton to get place as cook, preferring to
live here because she was afraid she or
some of her children might be kid
mapped If they resided In the country.
Uncle Henry worked around doing
chores until he was about nineteen
years old, and then went to Mrs. Hills
clearinghouse, on Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., between Four and-a-half and
Sixth Streets, to wait Upon Henry Clay.
+ Washington Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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The Oldest Of English Families.

Lord Palmerston's country residence
Is well known to have been near ROM
sey, Hants. In the course of his ac-
customed rides in the New Forests he
saw laboring man burning lime and
entered into familiar conversation
with him, asking to be obliged with his
surname. The man replied that it was
Purkiss. Now, this was the reply that
was sought, and Palmerston exclaimed:
81 thought as much" He accordingly
asked the man if he were descended
from the lime burner of that name who
carted away the body of William Rufus
after his unfortunate fall by the arrow
of Sir Walter Tyrrel. The man an
swered in the affirmative. "Then give
me your hand" said his lordship, ''for
though you are laborer, must not
forget that you are . brother Hamp-
shire man." at the same time handing
the man (if my memory serves mel the
medium of procuring some refreshment
at his earliest cessation from toll.
"Thus." said his lordship in relating
the incident, II have had the great
honor OF conversing with an honest
workingmsn who is descended from the
Oldest family and bears the oldest sur.
name Ia England. " Nslea and QBeris@.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-18
Cleveland an Acceptable Candidate.

As the Constitution has steadily pre-
dicted since the positive withdrawal of
Tilden, Governor Cleveland, of New
York, was ON Friday overwhelmingly
nominated as the Democratic leader in
the coming campaign.
We are firm in the opinion that we
have put forward our strongest and
most available candidate. Governor
Cleveland is a man of the people. He
has fought his way from their ranks to
his present high position with rapidi-
ty that is dazzling. From first to last
he has been irresistible. Never beaten
before the people, changing adverse
majorities with the case of . magician,
he is vested with a certain prestige that
hangs about him as an armor. The
rapidity and certainty with which his
victories have followed each other is at
tributed by some men to ''luck'-by
others to destiny. 1t is probable that
they are due to the fact that he COM
bines more fully than any other man the
elements of reform, and that the people
feel they can safely look to him for the
ability to plan reforms in public affairs
and the courage to carry them out.
The Democrats have offered to the
country clean and capable man. He
Is the candidate preferred almost unan-
imcnsly by those men who bolted the
nomination Of Mr.. Blaine. He sppeala
ai-ecty 70 the eouuet psuse et TIE
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-10-18
A Fan That Was Free to All.

Il was nothing but a plain palm-leaf
fan. 1t occupied whole bench by itself
in q grove not far from the entrance of
Druid Hill park. 1t had a lonesome
look, as if longing to be swung through
the hot summer air. Presently portly
gentleman, with his vest unbuttoned,
his necktie disarranged, his hat set back
and his mouth well open, tripped up the
path. He stretched his arms, wiped of
the perspiration. and seeing the bench
made for it and sat down. He grabbed
the fan and swooped it in the air. Right
away he gave a tremendous sneeze; re-
peated it; repeated it again; repeated it
twice more, and thrice more again.
Then he gazed at the fan, dropped it,
scowled at his hands, and with steady
stride made for the pump. muttering
curses with each breath. Next came a
sleekly dressed swell. He was tanning
with his hat He saw the fan.
'sLucky, by Jove!' he said, as he sat
down on the bench.
Hegrabbed the palm leaf. He dropped
it. He sneezed. He looked at his hand
and straightway made for the pump.
The park was now becoming full of
people. A portly young lady in white,
attached to a slim young man in brown,
meandered up the path.
30, amt we fortunate?" she said.
''Here's a shady bench-and just look,
there's big fan, too"
They sat down. She picked up the
fan and shook it in her face. A look of
sorrow came into her eyes and a sneeze
into her nose. The young man in brown
snatched it. He also dropped it. Then
the two showed each other their hands.
They took out their handkerchiefs and
began wiping. Presently they left the
seat. Then two small boys crept from
behind near clump of trees, they grin
ming portentously. They saw the fan.
One of them took it by the top and
moved Of. Billy" said he to his CON-
panion. ''we'll git some more 'lasses 'en
red pepper 'en try her agin. "-Balti-
more american.
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people. and his record Is assurance
that he will give them if he is elected q
safe and ablc administration. 1t is our
bope and belief that the people. appre-
ciating these things. will elect him by
decisive and unmistakable majority.
That he will lose something Of the Tam
many vote in New York is to be expect
sd-but he has already pledged to his
support considerable element OF lnde-
pendent Republ' can voters, who, en-
couraged and solidified by his nomina-
ton, will fully compensate for the losses
that may come from the present anger
of Tammany, or any subsequent dicker
that may be made in New York City
Atlanta Constitution.
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The Great Question.

One thing is evident-we are to have
o National canvass which will be fought
out on real rather than imaginary is
sues. The bloody shirt will not appear.
The Republicans see the necessity Of
winning several Southern States, and
will accordingly give the South the fair
play and the fair judgment it has
asked for in vain ever since the war.
The main one of these issues lies in
the question whether there shall be q
change in the administration of the
Government The two parties are not
very wide apart if one may Judge from
their platforms. The Democrats want
tariff reform and the Republicans don't
The former are sincere in their decla-
ration against convict and foreign con-
tract labor, whether the latter are or
not. On other points there is . SINH
larity of judgment which almost indi-
Gates an era of good feeling. But the
great question remains: Shall there be
a change? The Republicans have been
in power twenty-four years. Phey are
handicapped by the Star Route villainy,
the corruption in. the Navy Depart
ment, and the popular idea that fire.
quent changes are necessary to good
and honest government. On the other
hand there are hundred thousand Fed
eral office-holders most of whom will
use their influence for Mr.. Blaine in Or
der to retain their bread and butter.
Ought there to be and can there be
changer That is the question of ques.
tions. and In comparison with 1t Ill 9TH
ers are comparatively insigpi6eaak~ sMs
J. Grarhjo
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As to "Accident. !"

The Republican party has SO woefully
avoided nominating distinguished men,
and been SO painfully careful to select
inexperienced and unrenowned men,
bers, that its cutlery against Cleveland
as an accident aad "nonenity" is
peculiarly absurd. To listen, to this
outcry no one would imagine that in
1856 it passed over such tyros and un-
knowns as John p. Hale, Gideon
Welles, Chase. Giddings, Sumner,
Seward, and nominated the experienced
statesman, John c. Fremont, who had
served three weeks in the Senate.
In 1860 it again overlooked school
boys like Chase, Seward, Collamer,
Cameron, Wade, and nominated the
well-tried and celebrated Lincoln, who
had served without distinction one term
in the House of Representatives.
In 1868 it failed to see such green
horns and abecedarians as Wade, Sum-
ner, Fessenden, Wilson, Colfax, Chand-
Ter, Cameron. Butler, but nominated
Grant, who had when nominated lived
fin Washington as General of the Army
about two years.
In 1876 it was apparently unaware of
the existence of such young pupils as
Blaine, Morton, Chandler, Boutwell,,
Morgan, and nominated the sage and
well-sessoned Hayes. who had won .
worldwide fame as Governor of Ohio
and member OF the Congressional
Library Committee.
. As a matter of fact, with the excep-
xion of the nomination of Lincoln and
Grant, for . second term, and of Gar
al nd lat Co. IL D.