davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of the
town of MOrristOWn

Sec. /. That from and after April 1, 1884, it shall
not be lawful for any hogs to run at large in the
corporate limits of Morristown.
Sec. 2 That it shah be the duty Of the police
force of the town, after April l, 1884, to take up
and place in the pound any hogs found running
at large in the streets of Morristown and keep the
same until reclaimed by the owner or owners or
until disposed Of as hereinafter provided for
Sec. 8. Within one day after such hog hogs
taken up, the town constable or other police
officer shall post notices at four or more public
places in the town, describing such hog or hogs
and reclaim the same; failing which, the hog or
hogs will be sold. And the same posters may con-
tain notice of the time, place and terms OF sale in
the event the hog or hogs be not reclaimed.
Sec. 4. Should the hog or hogs be not reclaimed
within ten days after the posting OF such notices.
the same shall be sold by the officer in charge, 10
the highest bidder for cash in hand-out Of the
proceeds, the costs and charges shall be retained
paid by the officer selling the hog or hogs and
the balance paid to the owner owners should
such appear and demand the money. Should ths
owner fail to appear and demand the money, ID
shall be paid into the treasury Of the town. The
money SO paid into the treasury, may at any time
be paid to owner upon the order of the Mayor.
Sec 8. 1t shall be the duty of the town consta-
BILE or chief police officer with the aid of the street
committee, at once to provide suitable place in
which TO keep animals while impopndefb and il
shall be the duty Of kaid town constable see that
all hogs apprehended under this ordinaul be we'll
fed aud watered while impoundsd
Sec. G. The town constable or ether police ofncer
shall collect the following fees and charges, to be
paid into the treasury, to-wit: For impounding
each hog, 90 cts posting notices for oSner to APP
pear and reclaim, so cts. for each hog; selling
each hog, so cts. MISSING MA
Sec. 7. The town constable shall be entitled to
collect hfteen cents day for each hog, while ip-
pounded
Sec. s. Wherever the word hog is used in this
it shall denote aud include al manner
of swine.
BE it ordained further, That this ordinance be
published four consecutive weeks In The MORRIs-
TOWN GAZETTE. i4itslsk fNt
A true copy Of the original, as passed by the
Bard of Mayor and Aldermen rs
February Is, 1884, fs.s3Hf at
GEO. LIVINGSTON,
Recorder, &c.
Eellrunrv 0nfh xvk
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
Swept into the Stream.
One Thousand Acres of Land
and Fright Smart of Bears

On the deck of a big Mississippi
steamboat stood an aged Southern
planter. Indicating by a sweep of his
arm the waters the boat was passing
over, he said to a passenger from the
North: "When | was twelve years old
| killed my first bear on new planta-
tion my father was then cutting out of
forest that grew directly OVER The
waters of this bend. That was mighty
good plan alton, and there was right
smart of bears there, too. But that one
thousand acres of land went into the
Mississippi years ago."
1t is putting no strain upon the figure
to say that the great forest of youthful
hope, womanly beauty and manly
strength are swept ia the same way
every year into the great, turbid torrent
of disease and death. Yet it should
not be so. That it is so is disgrace as
well as loss People are largely too
careless or too stupid to defend their
own interest-the most precious of
which is health. That gone, all is gone.
Disease is simple. but to reoklessness or
ignorance the simplest things might as
we'll be complex as a proposition in
Comic Sections. As the huge Western
rivers, which 80 often flood the cities
along shores, arise in a few mountain
springs, so all our ailments can be trac.
ed To impure blood and small group
of disordered organs
TIE most effective and inclusive
remedy for disease is z A r X E r s |
1t goes to the sources of pain
and weakness. In response its action |
the liver, Kidneys, stomach and heart |
begin their work afresh, and disease is
driven out The Tonic is net however,
an intoxicant, hut cures desi for /
strong drink. Have you dyspepsia,
RIB umatism, or tru5les which have re-
fused to yield to other agents ? Here
is your help.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
AN0gHBR FToTM.
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF Al ONCE
WEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS WALL
STREET OPERATOR --oNCE--14s-
- MoRTH So 600 600.

NEW YORK, March 5-There was
loud burst of derisive laughter on
the stock exchange to- day, when
the Chairman, after rapping for
order, read a note frem- -Mf.-Alden.
B. Stockwell, announcing his sus-
pension. His operations have, for
a long time, been so small, and his
financial Condition SO precarious,
that the brokers laughed outright,
that the Chairman should have
deemed it of sufficient Importance
to interrupt the business of the
board, by making the announce
ment. Yet there was a time when
Alden B. Stoekwell was a great
power in Wall street, when his trans
actions were enormous, and what
be said, wrote or did was deemed of
the first Importance, and was fully
reported in the newspapers. At
his office, to-day, it was said he sold
short on Lake Shore and the price
having advanced, he was unable to
meet the differences, which amount
ed to less than 5000.
Mr.. Stockwell was a Cleveland
man. The first that was known OF
him was when he was a clerk on a
Lake Erie steamer. On one of his
trips he met the family of Mr.. Elias
Howe, the inventor of the sewing
machine, who were passengers.
subsequently, he married Mr. Howe S
daughter. At Mr.. Howe's death
Mr.. Stockwell succeeded to the con-
troll of his father-in laws business.
His income soon reached at least
$500, 900 year, and he acquired q
fortune of $2,000,00O In 1875 he
drifted into Wall street and soon be-
came one of the largest and most
successful operators. He bought a
seat in the Exchange, and his trans
actions were regarded as most i'm
portant. He interested himself in
Pacific Mail stock and soon got con.
troll of the company and made him
self President. He also obtained
control Of the Panama railroad, and
was made President. About 1876
he manipulated famous "deal" in
Pacific Mail and ran up the price in
short time from 40 to 102. Follow
ing this came break in the price
by the loss of six Pacific Mail steam
ers at sea in eight months. This
break carried away the bulk Of Mr..
StockWell's fortune.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
0nR BEST MN

The Democracy of Tennessee viii
have no child's play in the next can
vass. The Republicans are organizing;
they WILDE in the Geld early, ready
scr the fray. The Democracy .should
felect q strong man, the strongest on
the hastings TO be found in the State.
For enc we are for success; we will
talk about sections and offices after
wards, We de pot care whether the
m an Is al East or Middle or West
Tennesseean; whether IL Is Hon. r.. l..
Tayler or Gen.@J. Il. Shields, of the
First District; or Col. W. A Hender-
son. OF the Second. or Col. A.. Blizzard,
OF the Third, or Gen. Dibbrell or. Col.
House, or Middle, or Gen. j. d. G..
Atkins, of West Tennessee. Taking
everything int consideration we are
not sure bat that the last named gen--
tleman is the best pest d, and would
be the strangest man we could put
forward Bristol Neses.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12

We have never esteemed it 3
mark Of disloyalty to ones party if
he shows decided preference for
the leading officers of the State than
those whom his party has chosen.
No man, how exalted soever the
position he fills, is more than an in
tegral part of the political organiza-
ton he serves, and manifestations
of hostility toward him by other
members of his party cannot, in
justice, be construed rs a lack of
party fealty on the part of the lat
ter. Each of the two political par
ties in America is too great to be
compassed by any one man and too
powerful to be seriously damaged
by the retirement from its official
stations Of and single member.
These observations are suggested
by the fusilade recently turned loose
on Col. John +. Helms by the
youthful clippers" because of his
opposition to the reelection of Gen.
Bate. We doubted the wisdem of
Colonel Helms policy at the time
he announced it, and SO expressed
ourselves, but we did not then and
we do not now question his right as
a Democrat to prefer and work for
some other man of his party to sue
ceed General Bate. We see no
good reason, from our standpoint,
why General Bate should not be re-
elected, and we take as a "matter
o course" that he will be. But the
antagOnism of Col. Helms to the
administration has given us no suf-
ficient grounds 10 sHapeet the want
of commences in his democracy.
Lest some who are not so we'll ac-
quainted with the Colonel may be
led to think different by the people
who are attacking him, we append
the following testimony to the
loyalty from the sage of the Athens
Post: a41
Some of our contemporaries seem
inclined to question the Democracy
of Maj, John. E. Helms of The
MoRRSTowN GAZETTE. We have !
known that gentleman ever since !
1912, when he was an apprentice in
the office of the late +. G. Eastman's
Knoxville Argus, and we never
knew him other than a straight, de-
voted, unflinching Democrat. 1t is
possible that, ike all ofus, he makes
! mistake once in good. while
out If ne were out hunting q man
whose integrity TO the Democratic
party might be successfully ques-
toned, we would not go tothe Office
# THR YOUNGSTOWN GAZETTE TO
Ook0 for him. - Chattanooga Demo
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
REQULESCAT IN PACE.
EX-TREASURER POLK INFERRED IN
THE FAMILY CEMETERY.

Special to the world.l
BOLIVAR, Tenn, March 3.-The
remains of Elk Treasurer NJ. T. Polk,
in charge ofrelatives from Nashville,
arrived here about one o'clock p. m.
on yesterday. They were met at
the depot by large crowd of rela-
tives and sympathlzing friends of
the family. The remains were car
ried at ans to st. James Episcopal
church, where a perfect throng
awaited their arrival The casket
was covered with elegant floral
wreathes and crosses. The burial
services were conducted by Rev.
w. G. Gray d. d., of Nashville,
assisted by Rev. w. G. Davenport,
pastor Of st. James church. Alter
the usual service, the remains were
quietly inferred in "Pelk Cemetery,
the bnrial ground of the family for
at least two generations. The wife,
son and daughters of the deceased
seemed almost heart broken. What
ever may have been his shortcom-
ings as a public official, M. T. Polk
was a pleasant and a agreeable
neighbor and companion; a kind
and affectionate husband and father
Tractabls and confiding in his dis
position, in the hand Of shrewd and
designing men, he was clay in the
hands of the porter. This, rather
than desire to do wrong, was the
proximate cause of the great calami-
ty which overlook him. While he
sinned greatly, he was, no doubt, as
greatly sinned against. This com
sympathize deeply with the |
afflicted family. 1t it understood |
that the family will soon return
here and make this their home per
manently.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12

The Nashville Americdn reports
that Northeast Nashville is excited
about strange menster that is seen
there at intervals. The negroes are
firmly convinced that the "haunt"
is none ether than the restless spirit
of Ben Harris, who was shot by po-
lice officers, and whose home was in
this part of the city. 1t is a large,
black creature; the dogs are cowcd
at the sight of It; no shooting tried
has yet brought 1t down. There is
no reason for the most skeptical to
doubt that this is the same mysteri-
Gus creature which, a short time
since, terrorized the people of Sum
ner county.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12

A Chicago correspondent was
given one of the best rooms in the
St Charles hotel, in New Orleans,
while southerners everywhere re-
gard as the finest carevansary in
tho country. He says being bounc-
ed off your feet when it stops, the
porter has TO pick the door open the
room is SO long you can scarcely see
the gas gas jet in the other end, the
floor is either passed in the middle,
or droops at bath ends, the mattpess,
like the cotton market, is firm and
unyielding, and the bed wide enough
and long enough to accommodate
Q family Of giants. He slept on the
floor,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
DOESN'T DOUBT CUR DEMoc-
- ROY.


To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette
You are right. You have a true con-
ceptioh of what Democracy is. Not
withstanding the fact that you support
ed Bate, you still remember the old
sound doctrines of Jefferson, Jackson,
Polk, and Porter, and in these wild
days when sucklings aspire to lead the
host, you have the courage to "speak
out in meetln'," and mention the old
landmarks.
You don't belong to that mob Which
calls itself Tennessee Democracy. You
did what thousands of Others did-sup-
ported Bate under protest, entertaining
hope that the frenzy would pass off,
and men would come to think again, or
at least would listen to men who do
think. Whether this will come to pass
remains to be seen. But if it does not,
you are only step in advance of the
thousands who did like you. These
will follow and unless wiser counsels
prevail-unless some Of the old bear
ings are resumed. Unless the ship is
so directed as to bring her back to her
old moorings, she will be caught in a
storm-sure as fate.
Men who have been Democrats, like
yourself, for forty or fifty years, can
but feel Inundated when compelled to
act with such party as now claims to
be the Democratic party in Tennessee.
But one thing induces them to do so,
and that il, 1.-THE hope of effecting reform
az the party. If this fails, then the end
will come 1t would be the greatest
acis7Om in the younglings who now seem
to have control of the ribbons, to stop
and take advice. They have not num-
bers sufficient to control the State Ii
they force the battle on the ground
they seem to have selected.
The 70, 900 men who voted for john
v. Wright are Democrats still. Very
many of them voted for Bate, swallow
pill. Tell the Bate organs, tell them
plainly, that there is no way in their
power to force these men to swallow
another dose like that. Sober second
thought will be good for him. But
tell them, Helms, that they have no
bill Of sale of the brains of the party.
Peradventure they may yet be warned.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
a JEW PLAIN srAfENE S1s

Chattanooga Times.
There are some points in The agi-
tation Of the present attitude of one
of the lesses of Tennessee prison
labor, that have been touched up
lately by several Of the Democratic
press, much to the alarm and dis
gust of that gentleman's friends and
dependents. Isl
z In some instances the attempt has
been made to turn the discussion
into a general one touching the pol
lev of eonvict contracts; while some
haye affected to construe the mild
analysis Of Mr.. Cherry's penitenti-
airy, orSanistic and general journ-
alistIc manihulations, as an attack
on the lease, or on him as lessee.
These are simply attempts Mt
diversion. There is no one whose
opinion has weight who meditates
attacking the leasing plan: nor has
there been, and we hope there will
not be, any assault on the terms of
the lease made necessary by the
provisions Of that document, when
the same shall be fully disclosed.
We arc bound TO believe the con-
tract between the leseses and the
State was sl1illfully and honestly
drawn, until proof is offered to the
contrary. The suggestion that
Cherry. "a lessee, is being assailed,
implies that there is something
about him in that character needing
a defense, and maybe this is true;
bis apologist ought to know.
Nothing has been said to the dis
paragemcnt of any lessee only be-
cause lac is lessee. 1t has been
objected that Cherry should.
(I) Being q Republican set up a
machine Democratic (9 newspaper,
to promote his personal relations to
the State Government as beneficiary
of fat labor contract.
or The assumptions of the news
paper as the special and only or
gan, of not only the Governor and
Legislature, but of all the Demo
cracy of the State has been resent
ed and properly exposed.
/ 81 The hypocrisy ofMr. Cherry s
organ, run as tonder to his con-
Wet labor contract, in its assaults on
the tariff in the pretended interest
of honest labor, has been laid bare.
If after these exposures the heads
of the various departments of the
State Government permit the sheet
Of Cherry's to continue its organ
ship. the honest Democrats Of the
State will know how to interpret
such conduct.
We said before and we repeat
The people of Tennessee have too
long tolerated the insolent meddling
in their financial and POLITICAL az
fairs of persons who were enriched
by convict labor contracts. That,
more than any other one cause, has
been responsible for the many leg
islative scandals that have disgrace
ed the State for years. 1t is high
time Gov. Bate and tho rest of than
about the capitol unloaded the Re-
publican Mr.. Cherry and his
screeching squad of childish scrib-
blers, and leave him and them to
run his sheet strictly as an organ
OF the penitentiary factory. Both
the personnel of the concern and
the motives actuating it are, have
been and will continue to be if al
lowed to play its role of State Gov
ernment organ further, a singing
disgrace to the officials and fatal
to the Democracy. The people are
not unmindful Of propriety and de-
eency in their public servants.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
His slippery Glass Eye,

''The Squire says the author of
''The Ho"sier Scheolmaster, ''wore
one glass eye and wig. The glass eye
was constantly slipping out of focus,
and the wig turning around sidewise
on his head whenever he addressed the
people of Flat Creek District" Sad
spectacle. Parktr's Hair Balsam pre-
serves and promotes the growth of the
natural hair 1t also restores the nat
ural color to hair which has faded or
become gray. Clean, elegant, beneficial,
highly perfumed.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
AN ORDINANCE.
To Punish Yagrancy in the Town
Of M0rriStOWn.

SFcTIoN 1. Be it ordained by the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen Of the town of Morristown,
Hamblen county, Tennessee, that from and after
this date it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons either white or black. to live in ideness
n the town OF Morristown, without visible means
of support. ~
SECTION q. That when any person is suspected
OF violating the LIST section of this ordinance, it
shan be the duty of the police force to arrest him
or her, and to take snch person before the Re-
corder or Mayor who sh Il, examine into the charge
and II upon examination such person be found
to have violated said st section of this ordinance
he or she shall be fined in sum not exceeding
ten dollars, and be taxed with the costs, and be
committed to the workhouse and required to work
on the streeta under guard, until the fine and
costs and expense of keeping such person be paid,
put such person viii be released at any time upon
paying or securing the fine and costs
SECTION 8. The Recorder will cause this or
dinanee to be Published in THE MoRRIsrowN
GAZETTE four weeks. Passed March Z, 1884 A
true copy.
GEO LIYIHasToN, WM MCFARLAND
recorder. Mayor.
Mar12 4w st-
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
Mr.. Bradlaugh has been roundl

Mr.. Bradlaugh has been roundly
denouncing socialism and similar
politico industrial movements.
Honest and good men, he said, ought
to know that the knife, pistol, exple
sive, could serve the poor. Burning
the mill down would make the
workmen no richer, however much
they might hate the millowner.
There was no sense in the laborer
yelling at the rich mans house when
he might might make his own howell
a little more decent.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12

Thomas Downs, twelve years old
living a few miles from Macon. Ga,
having climbed a tree and got his
arm caught, inextricably in a hole
into which he had thrust 1t, elgh-
teen feet from the ground, took out
his knife and deliberately set to
work to cut off the arm above the
elbow. He worked away until he
tainted, and on coming to, found
himself lying on the ground at the
foot of the tree He managed to
get home, and a physician being
sent for, bound up the arm, and the
plucky boy was playing around the
next day quite cheerfully.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12

Some time since, when the Prince
of Wales was in America, one ofthe
guests invited to dine with his royal
highness was the keeper of New
York hotel. This being known was
protested against with such warmth
that the invitation was rescinded,
and the indignant and angry hotel
keeper, Mr.. Stevens, then on the
staff of Gov. Morgan was compelled
to withdraw The wife of Capt.
Paget, one Of the most intimate and
familiar friends of the prince of
Wales, is the daughter of that very
hotel keeper.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12


Some very interesting facts touch
ing the magnitude Of the sheep and
ia wool interest in the country were
a - brought out IN the arguments be-
fore the WAYS and Means Commit
tee Of the House The representa-
tiv0s of the Wool Growers Associa-
ton submitted a table showing the
growth Of the woel industries in the
United States from p 600, 900 sheep.
producing 52,O00,OOO pounds Of
wool in 1850. to 30, 10000 sheep,
81 producing 32O,OOO,0OO pounds of
wool in 1883. 1t was further shown
that there arc in the United States
! 100000 proprietors Of focks, be-
sides those on public land ranches.
and those proprietors employ nj
least 900 900 men besides them
selves. The price of wool decreas-
Ell from 81 cents per pound in 1882.
y ' ThOre was a loss of Sl2,OOO,0OO on
the clip Sf 1888 owing to the tariff
ef last year. The consumers Of wOol-
en- goods received no benefits there
from, althsugh the producers had
been compelled to seell at unpro6t-
I0qble prices \ lir LIAM
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12


Chattanooga Times: The Nor
rison reform % tariff bill has finally
.-.. been shorn of all free list features,
except lumber, coal and salt Mr.
Morrison explains this by saying
that manufacturers do not seem TO
.. ID. want free raw materials curious
ni u : attitude for great reforner, GER
tainly. Pretending to desire lower
duties ia the interest of consumers,
he stops short, not because the suf-
-iering consumers object, but because
the blOated msnOPOlies find fault.
Isn't lowering Of taxes and reform
Inc the tariff with a vengeance, then
we are no Judge. The entire out
come OF all the beating of reform
80 tOmtOms is not reforming of jobs
ndpruning away efin consistencies,
but merely an effort to lessen the
outrages, not single attempt to re-
form anything
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-03-12
IN CHANCERY COURT AT
TAZEWELL, TENN.

F. s. Jones, ct al VS. b. F. Mccormack, ct al.
ORDER or PUBLICATION.
IN THIS CAUSE IT APPhARS FROM THE
ALLEGATIONS of the bill led that Frank Lee Jones
Jesse M. Jones, b. F. Mccormack, Matilda Nc
OoFmack, VIM. Frazier and Mary Frazier are
n on residents of the State of Tennessee and that
the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon
them, it is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four successive weeks in THE MORRIS
TOWN GAZETTE, weekly newspaper published at
Morristown, Tenn. on or before the second Mon.
day of April next, and to make defense to said
bill, or the same will BE- taken for confessed and
the cause s for hearing parte as to them.
This March 6, 1884 IsHAM G.. LEABow
"a true copy Clerk and Master
MarI2 4w