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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05
An American Girls Fate.
THE COUNTESS POUlRTALES
BEHEADED.
Philadelphia Times.

| Philadelphia Times.
A wonderful and startling story
comes to Truth from Japan by way
of Paris. One of the mosi, beauti,
fll women America has ever pro
duced has been beheaded there
through a special edict of the Mia
do, through the prayers Of bis Prime
Minister The woman was the
Countess Peurtales, formerly Mrs.
John Beecher, of New York. The
deeapitation was caused through the
japanese Prime Minister'S love, jeal-
ousy and revenge.
THE STORY
of the Countess Pourtales is this
After the war there came an ariste-
cratic mother and her most beauti>
full daughter to New York from
Georgia. The mother and daught>
er brought letters to many promi-
nent New Workers, among whom
were Thurlow Weed, Thomas Muir
ply, Henry Clews and others. The
daughter was Sc ravisbingly beau>
tiful that she made a sensation
wherever she went. She had many
suitors. The suitor most favored
was the wealthy John Beecher, and
many New Workers will rernember
their happy marriage. During Mrs.
Beecher's early married life no pro1
fessional beauty received Sc much
attention as she. Accomplished, vi
vacious, graceful and with a color
more transcendently beautiful than
the loveliest rose, the young wife
was always the center of an admir-
ing group. Her toilette in the Park
and at the Jerome club house was
always the envy of every lady who
saw it.
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY IN PARIS.
Every New Yorker rememb bers
Mr.. Lloyd Phenix's Irritation with
Mrs. Beecher-how she shot at him
as he passed up his sister's stops on
Fifth avenue and how, after her
husband separated from her, she
fled to Europe in pursuit of Mr..
Phoenix. The newspapers were full
of it at the time. In Paris, Mrs.
Beecher, supported BY her divorced
husbands money, generously given
to her, began a life ofluxurious el~
egance and pleasure. She drove the
handsomest turn out ON the Bois,
gave the most sumptuous dinners
and was the sensation of that gay
metropolis. One of her first suitors
was Count Pourtales, form merly con-
nected with the French legation at
Washington, whose first wife was
the beautiful daughter Of Ben Hol~
iday.
Mrs. Beecher and the Count We're
aseen married. Her transendent beau
tywas thc-craze of Paris, and while
the Countess was the talk of the city
she sailed with her husband for Ja-
pan, where the Count joined the
French legation. In Japan, as the
wife of an attache Of the legation,
the Countess Pourtales was intro
duced to the highest personages in
diplomatic circles. For a time she
led court circles, but soon sne tired
of her husband, as she had tired of
Mr.. Beecher, and began flirting with
a French officer. -
The Count now claimed that they
were not legally married and sailed
for France, abandoning the Count
ess in japan. The next steamer
brought the Countess to Paris, where
she commenced a most profigate
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05
Saturday, Nov. 30, 1884,

the remainder or reversionary interest which
Pleasant Long has in to certain tract or mar
Gel of land situated ia the 18th civil district of
Hamblen county, Tennessee, adjoining the lands
OF d 4. Baker, George Horner, the A Beckner
lands, u. A. Creech, Joseph EckeI and Others be-
ing the land upon which the said Long now lives
and Is said to contain about nnety-Six acres Said
sale Will be made to satisfy Judgment which W.
Scruggs recovered against the said Long on
the 2Sth day of April, 1884, before George Living
ston, p, together with the interest thereon and
all the costs, and is made pursuant to lew made
by w S. Miller. Deputy Sheriff. by virtue of an
execution issued upon said Judgment which lew
was made on the 22d day of August, 1894, and con-
demnatlon, ETC., had thereon In said court, and
order OF sale as aforesaid. This October as 1884
w H. MAZE, Sheriff
oct 20-5w of Hamblen county
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05

"Ah, Mr.. Hebbleton, hear that
yO6 have been called to the minis
try. Well was the reply, 81 can
hardly term it a call it's a sortof
whisper. They only offer me five
hundred year"
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05
SHERIFF,S LAND SALE.

~ virtue Of an order of sale made at the Aug
- ust term, 1884, of the Circuit Court of Ham
blen county, Tennessee and to me directed will
sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the
court house door of said county, in the town of
Morristown, on
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-11-05

A minister's son once saidstO his
father: Pa, St. Paul was Yankee.
How so, my son 2 Why, in Rom
ans, eighth chapter and eighteenth
verse, he says: For | reckon, and
none but Yankees ever reckon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. MATTHEW ARNOLD says that she does not
know how to settle down to her quiet home life after
having been made so much Of in this country.
JULIAN ARNOLD tells the story that his father Ed
win Arnold wrote the Light of Asia" from day to
day while travelling in the from his house to the
city, on the cuff Of his shirt sleeve
SENATOR EDMUNDs, who is now talked of by de.
tractors worth millions makes this return to the
at Burlington Personal property, $50 1885,
real property, $15 100; poll tax, ST. total tax,
$72145.
WILLIAM KING, who has just died in London
eleven years ago wied 81 900 to his physician with
the provso that the should be doubled every year
that the testator should be kept alive, that the
practitioner now comes in for bequest of over
$75O000.
ASTRONOMER PROCTOR brought to his second wife,
who Mrs. Sadie Crowley and niece of General
jeff. Thompson, large ready made family of
ten children, including two pairs of twins The pro-
iected Proctor house atSt. Joseph Mo- will cover at
least two lots
Mr.. STURGEON, the London divine is said to be
completely broken down in health, and his stop is
slow and feeble, Notwithstanding the great effort
which it apparently costs him to preach the oldtue
earnestness and the obvious sincerity Of purpose
which have always characterized his sermons still i'm
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CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.

Tr5r fo 20 +Lo+ oftar co-+o;r ,,ro6o;anc,, II, raod
;r ,r;ti ar,bnoatic end +be Epf,I;sL lansraaa has
hn a+aiped a5ncat;or ought m bernIne DIV,
snecia aud on,ionoI 80 as t hermit each nun 10 1--WE
scope to his or her natural abilities and it should also
become increasingly technical so that the pupils of the
higher schools may not be compelled, as they now
often are, to commence their business career at a
level as low those who have had little school
ing-Phiadelphia Record.
N,rc,, drord ,,ro,, tho ,e,l. of this rrosoon+;or
rf the onrderar ~ MaftbesI The whole South ia IN
trial before of nubc opinon at least before the
bican ,,ortion oft Tf+ba rrocaelncs in ths
confirm and ;us+f the CHARGE thst there Is
no red,es For noIiticaI mIrdsr At the Sontb exoent
tbronob federal intervention then the Republican
party will give speeial promnence TO that issue for
tba Wbener case Is ON a national scale
-(,bicaco Inter Ocean
- =, IT. ,...-.4 -
WHATETEE the reckless social eeStrucuohstS may
say, the chlei OF an REFORMS wHeh most ra1lcaly
aects tne eonaitlon Gi e peope Is near
nome ana quite WITHIN ehe re'cu oI US All NcSnlng
Is so costY - enc ICES suppose ior Ie next III eeen
years tee saloons oi o eago souo st. u? Si9p o
oi t II nan ad
ia.iy ;t W. VIZ a. VI ~. ~ -
cutre WiVl. ms ieIn, ,ne anu tue poorer
nllght I'VE qlit 70 caoy e"seOher wVout Vhe ieasL
zen W SToH SS1nes Vi ugly "or"S a' e0oi'
oCner'-Oi'oaso liloi Ooe'l
1T seems TO De Thought .hat tne word is 100 busy
TO pause Tor serious INQUIRY INTO Maat u ea{s ana
uI,ns, anu 1t Is Iieo tSCs .oI aI[ o,S
80 Pc ~ D. - =; a. - e - oI ~ ~
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Cu -, i - &C 1Ia =! uy, ~ 80 e 81 y
X & f !; hd omoah h+
Gu I GU M az b;h otb d az go;
Don 'ne t nt;I ;S;, %
,o; i"s this b;S ca3ro4 n~ocsad ,%nc3 ftbe
;tlt strorba Ne,v Vori T;h
.,i
AN honest hard,wor61ng and trustworthy gentle
man, borrowing % ooO or SO; would De scanned by
bankers as tn0ugh ne were Jeremy Dlodlei nus Sc
~ Lossts of fa5uIons contracts and who ,lays a
colossal condolences game has free run of bank va9Its
and treasure chests But the Aladdin-like tower
crunbles at last. The frenzed dream of the Wall.
street Anaschar is rudeiy interrupted The swindler
%la
stolen wealth sinks from house to house beset by bal
lifts and logged by detectives. After all honest pow
erty with contentment is better than this-New York
Times
TAKING his Gladstone 81 past it is easy that
he is anxious to avoid understanding oriental
gagements which he thinks England cannot carry
Pursuing this idea he may encounter failure. and
even disaster but it will not be the failure of timid
laundering fool but of statesman. Gladstone's de-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

THE elite of Milwaukee whose blood has
grown blue since their ancestors came over as
steerage passengers, thirty or forty years ago.
were shocked and scandalized, some weeks since
at the marriage of Mr. Burt an elderly million
aire widower of the place, to his pretty Scotch
servant girl. The question Ought we to visit
herr! was thoroughly canvassed and decided in
the negative, but the sudden death. from apo
plexy, of the newly made husband, last week.
may put new face ON the matter A young
widow, with million in her own right, is apt to
develop many charms and attractions in the eyes
of the mammas Of sons. to say nothing of the
sons themselves, of which, as a poor and design
ing young woman who married the courted mill
iOnaire she gave no indication.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

A NEW industry is opening up for enter
prising and observant Ohio men. Among the
laws of that Commonwealth is one which pro-
vides that where party has lost at gambling
and does not sue to recover the amount within
six months, third party may sue, and, if
judgment is given, pocket the money. A cit
izen of Youngstown with little leisure on
his hands has been in the habit of dropping
into a certain bucket-shop, and there noted
the not astonishing fact that many frequent
ets of that place lost their investments They
did not seek to recover within the time al
lowed, and he, therefore, proposes to realize a
neat sum himself by bringing suit against the
keepers of the shop As business enter
prise this has great possibilities. The Ohio
man cannot be always kept down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

THE special grand jury impaneled to invest
igate the Cincinnati riots has made its report,
accompanying which were several indictments.
Speaking of the source Of the trouble the
jury's report says:
"Among the causes leading to the riot may
be mentioned defects in the criminal code,
which exempt many citizens from jury duty,
and almost preclude the possibility Of securing
intelligent jurors in criminal cases; granting
of new trials on the most frivolous TECHNICAL
ties; the opportunities afforded for coIrupting
jurors, and the light penalties imposed for the
commission of the gravest crimes, supple
mented frequently by the abuse of the par
doning power"
The same conditions exist and obtain else
where than in Cincinnati. The outcome may
not be as violent and unreasonable as that at
Cincinnati, but, sooner Or later, these flaws in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal.

To the Editor of the indianapolis journal;
Where was Henry Watterson, of the Louis
vile Courier j ournal, born2 A short biography
might be of interest to some of your readers
about here READER.
STANTON Ind
Henry Watterson was born at Washington,
D. c.. February IT, 1910, the son of a member
of Congress from Tennessee. He served
as staff officer on the confederate side
during the early days of the war, but soon left
the field, and in October, 1862, began the publ
cation of the Chattanooga Rebel, the name of
which sufficiently indicates the character of the
paper. After the war he, with others, renewed
the publication of the Nashville Republican and
Banner, which had been suspended Afterwards,
in company with Mr.. Haldeman, he obtained
control of the Louisville Courier Journal, consol-
idating two papers, He was member of the
Forty-fourth Congress, and is still at the head of
the Courier-Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

right-minded, patriotic citizen, Gen. Sher
man is borne on the rolls in honorable retire
ment, and Gen. Sheridan will be, when he
reaches the proper age, and so is every other
officer of the army and navy. That Cen
Grant voluntarily relnquished this certainty
in obedience to the summons of the people to
do duty in the Office of the presidency is no
reason why an exception should be made in
his case, and he be made to suffer. Retire
ment on his rank as general is his right, if
there is right at all, and it should be so re-
crarded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

THE following is clause from one of the
indictments found by the special grand jury
ut Cincinnati:
That on the 18th day of March. 1884, with
sorce and arms, at the county of Hamilton
aforesaid, did unlawfully play at certain
game called poker for a sum Of money, to-wit:
the sum Of two dollars, by means of certain
gaming device, to-wit: q pack Of cards, con
trary TO the form of the statute in such cases
made and provided, and against the peace and
dignity Of the State of Ohio"
The English Of this is that deputy sheriff
Steve Minshall the man indicted played
poker st which two dollars We're lost and won
The chances are that Minshal will be able to
prove that it was not poker that he played, but
f'dlaw poker, and that it was two dollars and
a half instead Of even two dollars. either of
which facts substantiated would kill the pros
scution, according TO well-established prece-
dents,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
FINE CLO7HINGI

Our Fine Clothing is superior in
material, cut, fit, style, workman
ship, finish and lasting qualities to
any sold in this city
All our Clothingis made express
ly by US, with an eye to durability,
and we use the best Of materials,
insisting that thorough work shall
be put into every article, even to
the minutest detail.
Our Custom made Garments for
Men and Boys, while so per cent.
cheaper than made TO- order wear,
are always equal, and in most in
stances superior, to the latter.
Our Fine Goods are made for the
best metropolitan trade, and are
trimmed in the best possible man
ner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

PRESIDENT PORTER, of Yale College, re-
ceives a salary of 81, 900 year, while the pro
fessors under him get S., 500, and the tutors
from $1,000 to $1,000. Ewing, catcher fol-
the New York League nine, receives SO, 2OC
per season, and Ward, center-felder, like
sum. The Bostons pay their first baseman
SO, 900, their pitcher $500, and for other
men So, 900 each. Any sensible mans reAec-
tons will preach a good sermon from this
text
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Literary Notes.

Arthur Gilman's History of the American
People" will be brought out in England as we'll
as in this country.
The new volume by W. H. Mallock, entitled
property and Progress. which will be published
in few days by 6. P. Putnam's Sons, fully dis
cusses the theories and suggestions contained Id
Henry Georges progress and Poverty
In the June Century President Eliot. of Har-
yard, will attempt to answer the question:
"What is a Liberal Educationi' In the July
number, xPresident Woolsey, of Yale, will
write of Honorary Degrees" Co-education
and the study of Greek will be discussed in later
articles, and Mr.. Arthur Gilman, manager of
the Harvard annex for women, will conclude
tho series with paper on 1.-THE Collegiate Study
of Women"
Charles Reade has left by will an oil portrait
of himself. to be sent to Harper e. Bros, for
their editorial room" There are four editorial
ton naturally arises which room will have it.
The only way to settle the question is for the
firm to hang it up in their inner sanctuary
that mysterious apartment whose swinging doors
give glimpses of Queen Anne luxury to the wait
ing author in the outer room
A UNIQUE contribution to the history Of the
war in Egypt in 1882 will appear in the juno
Century. 1t is the diary of a young daughter OF
General Stone chief of the khedival staff (whO
himself contributes ans introductory note, in
which he sharply criticises the British for the
preeipitancy of the bombardment of Alexandria,.
The family of General Stone were in Cairo dur
danger Of massacre by the Arabs, from which
the tact and courage of Mrs Stone alone do
liyered them her husband being on duty AZ
AleXandra
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

THE Edmunds bill to place Gen. Grant on
the retired list of the army yesterday passed
the Senate unanimously. The measure will,
doubtless, receive like graceful and proper
treatment IN the House That the leader of
the armies OF the United States should be
given this evidence of the justice of the ma
ton, without consideration Of any extraneous
circumstances, goee with the saying with any
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

GOVERNOR FREDERICK Robe, of Maine, is q
good match for Governor Begole, of Michigan,
when it comes to using original and peculiar
English On the occasion of the formers renom-
nation to the Office he now holds, he took oc-
casiou to solemnly declare himself as follows:
'"For this renewed expression of your conf
dence, for this unanimous denomination to the
highest Office in the State, accept my heartiest
congratulations"
1t is reported that the rest of his remarks were
in keeping with the above, Astounding in ecoen-
tricities that stamped them as original.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

THE Louisville Courier-Journal is joined by
the Washington Post in the task of fighting
for harmony. The two papers use with great
glibness the terms ''traitors, Democratic
deserters, and other pleasing and delightful
titles, calculated to melt the hearts of Mr.
Randall and his followers with fe1vent love.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

ONO tramps begin young The latest example
Of precocity in this direction given the other
day BY child but three years old that attempted
to steal ride from Parkersburg to Cincinnati on
an express train. He was discovered and put off
at Athens with instructions to send him back
home. He soon eluded his custodian. however,
and was found on the forward platform Of a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

our social and legal institutions must be taken
out. The reform should come from regular
methods. The laws and court processes may
be improved by new legislation, while the der
election of duty on the part of citizens must
be made odinns
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

DEVOTE, of Cincinnati, is to be tried to-
day for the murder of a man several weeks
ago He was arrested at the time, but al
lowed to give bail, and while out on bail i'm
proved the time by killing another man. 1t
pays to hold murdereIs to the strictest ac-
eountability. The man who shoots is dan
gerous citizen, and the place for him is behind
the bars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

SENATOR HARRIsoN's bill providing q civil
government for Alaska yesterday passed the
House of Representatives and now only
awaits the Presidents signature to become a
law. The United States has been long time
doing this act of justice and good faith, but
it's better late than never
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

A CoLoRED walking match, or a walking match
between colored contestants, is in progress at
Louisville the entries embracing the name of
one Bud Bugs. Some of Mr.. Buggs's relatives
are good travellers, notably that ancient family
known in Rome as Cimex Lectularius, and from
which so many bugs have been handed down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

baggage car, bound down the Hooking Valley
He was again rescued and sent home 1t would
hardly do to chain him to a piano. He might
get away with it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

SINCE its organization, nineteen years ago,
the National Temperance Society has issued and
distributed more than 600, 900, 900 pages of tenn
perance literature upon all phases of the subject.
1t is enough to make man thirsty to think of
SO much dry reading.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

The tariff 'reformers," having failed to sue
coed by bulldozing and dragooning, will now
try fraud and theft, and will steal enough
votes to set the ball rolling in favor of ulti-
mate free trade
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senseless and Unreliable.

Plymouth Republican. y.a,
If all the statements Of presidential prefer
ences which appear in the daily papers are as
senseless as those in regard to Indiana, they are
very unreliable, indeed .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

Mr.. PETER RUPP, the editor and proprietor of
the Eau Claire wis Democrat is reported to
have fallen heir to fortune of 81, 1907 600 by the
death of his uncle in Germany. The toilers OF
the provincial press will now cheer Rupp.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

IT occurs to us that the star-eyed goddess of
reform would do well to apply to S. J. Tilden
for box of his condition powders. Chicago
News.
The general impression seems to be that Til
den might apply to the goddess for her elixir of
life. Watterson maintains that there is a spark
of life still in the remains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14

FIVE cents doubled thirty-ive times would
pay the national debt, We are perfectly willing
to do our part by making the first double. Who
will keeb it up?-New Bedford Standard. We
will by doubling the second time. Who next
Boston Advertiser.
Count us for the third double. Keep it going
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THE INDIANAPoLIs JOURNAL

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LIFE OF FREDERICK DENIsoN MAURICE By 1t.
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ners Sons New York; Merrill Meigs & Co., In.
dianapolis.
A comprehensive biography Of John Frederick
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ologian and author written by his
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A lively story for boys, of the adventures Of
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