The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-19
NE US AND OTHER ITEMS.


A drunken man in charge of a
threshing-machine engine at Cooks
ton, Mimi, permitted the boiler to
explode Four men beside himself
were killed.
Mr.. William H Vanderbilt has do
mated to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, of New York City, the
sum of 100000 for the purchase of
real estate and the erection of a
building.
Mrs. Patterson, wife of DR.. Patter-
son, our missionary in Mexico, has
returned with her three children to
her fathers in Memphis, Tenn, to
recruit her wasted health, after a
long illness.
The lynching by Colorado Wig
ilantes of gang off cattle thieves,
who were captured while in camp
on Rock creek in tho Gore range of
mountains, is reported. No par
ticulars.
DR.. Tanner, the faster, has gone
to Mexico to live on a ranch-pre-
sumably for the purpose of getting
enough to eat.
Governor R. NJ. Bishop, once
a millionaire and the Governor of
Ohio, having honestly failed in bus
mess, is honorably selling cigars by
sample in Kentucky.
The citizens of Fort Worth, Tex
as; offer to the Methodist Episcopal
Church the sum of $25, 900, in prop
erty and money, on condition that
the general Church give the sum of
SO, 900 towards founding college
in Fort Worth This offer holds
good till December l.
The American Woman Suffrage
Association announces that it's six
teenth annual meeting will be held
in Chicago Oh November Is and 20,
with its headquarters at st. James
Temperance hotel.
The committee appointed by the
National Bureau of Animal Industry
to gather statistics relating to the |
cattle business in the West has near
ly concluded it's work, at Kansas
CITY. Its report will show that
there are 100000 head of cattle
in the States west of the Mississippi !
river, being an average gain of 80 |
per cent. since 1880. Texas leads |
with gain of 20 per cent, Kansas
is second showing an increase of 81
per cent.
There are in the South 261 rail-
roads divided among the States as
follows: Alabama, %; Arkansas,
II; Florida, II; Georgia, 80; Ken1
lucky, %; Louisiana, IA; MISSISSIPPI
pi, 10; North Carolina, %; South
Ca 10; Tennessee, "a; T xas, 20, and
Virginia 36. Their mileage is 81
416 miles; total track laid, $1,000
miles, $4,000 miles Of which is in
steel rails.
The cholera has broken out in
Paris, France, with terrible vioS
lence and the contiguous provinces
are greatly alarmed. The people
of the United States had better be-
gin to prepare themselves for the
coming of the direful pestilence.
John J. Vertres, formerly chair.
man of the State Democratic Exec
utive Committee, was fined $50 in
the Recorders Court at Nashville
on the 10th for carrying pistol.
He appealed to the Circuit Court.
The present. estimate as to tho
complexion Of the ILLINOIS Legisla-
tqre is, that it will be q tie on Joint
ballot, the Senate having majority
of one Republican, and the House
a majority of one Democrat.
The marriage of Miss Pearl Tyler,
daughter of ex-President Tyler,
which took, place last week in the
Cathedral at Richmond, Va, was
the first instance in the history of
the church in Virginia ola Protest
ant being married in a Catholic
church. Miss Tyler made special
The matter was re-
ferred to Bishop Kean, who granted.
the request upon the grounds that
The lady being the daughter of 9
President of the United States, bore
The same relation to the church con-
'tituents that the nobility of Europe =
loes to the common people. :;
1t is said that one of the most !
members of the Blaine 7
house hold during the recent cleo .
ion excitement was Black Frederick, z
me of the old house servants. He i
lat up all election night, as a mat
er of conscience. He had vowed
10 would not eat or sleep until Mr..
Blaine was elected. He stood about
With mouth and eyes wide open,
,oping to get a chance later in the
lay to eat at least without breaking
lis vow. Those who showed the
most interest were Miss Margaret
Blaine and her little sister Lizzie,
Who were never very far away
rom the telegraph instruments.
Walker and Emmons Blaine took
he news of the day after the fash
on of men of the world, and scan
ned the reports without much sur
ace excitement. Mrs. Blaine was
Ineasy and anxious, but she show
d splendid selfeontrol, although
he could not help saying that no
Tory or power could compensate
ne for the anxious trials of Pres
Dental campaign.