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TJKIM s OO IJEIfc ANNUM:.
BY JOHN E. HELMS.
! IN Al I 1 ML.Y IN ADYAXCE.
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NUMBER 4.
ME 9.
MORRISTOWN, TENN., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1873.
"THE MORRISTOWN GAZETTE.
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New Advertisements.
Bearten , McNntt & Bearten,
SCCCrXSOKB TO OAIHES BBOtL, A CO.,
jFAolesele and Betail Driers in
O JL. O T H I N (i ,
6NTS' FURNISHING 600DS,
AND MERCHANT TAILORS.
Knoxvilie, - - - - Tennessee.
7-33.
Franklin House,
-a! OPPOSITK COURT HOUSE,
Main Street, Knoxvilie, Term.
FRANK A. BUTLER, Pwortsietob.
PR IV A TE BOA R DING IIYtHe
DAY OR WEEK AT THE
0BIGSBY HOUSE,
RUTLEDGE, TEXX.
JOSEPH GRIGSBY, - - - Proprietor.
TERMS REASONABLE.
O. T. MAG EE,
President.
JOHN Ml-RPHEY,
Caftliier.
LOOKOUT BANK
OF-
orritown, - - Tenn.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
JOHN. MURPUF.Y, JOSEPH BBOWy,
O. T. MAUKE, K. C, ATKINS.
JAMES P. EVANS.
Will transact a
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
RECEIVE Deposits, Buy nd Sell Exchange,
Gold arid Silver, and make collections upon
the- most favorabU- term.. may IS tf.
L S. FLESHMAN,
Fashionable Tailor,
Morris town, Tenn.,
Respectfully informs the public that his Shop
le In the same place, and that he is ilways prepared
to do any kind of work, in bii Tine, in tbo mot
workniaulike wauner, expeditiously and at the
lowest possible, prices.
Cutting and Repairing done Promptly.
He 1 in receipt of the New York fnahiciut quarter
ly, and can insure. cUKtoim-r u faHli'onabie Htyle,
a well as a good at, in any kind of garment they
may want.
IhF He solicits the patronage of
the public.
feb 25 lv C. S. FLESH MAN.
H. H. CROWDER,
Silversmith and Jeweler,
WOK MS TO W N, TEN N .
W Shop In the Store of L. P. A ft. t. Spocfc.jjfj
II A V I N G PERMANENTLY
Jm H. Located in Morristow u to conduct a general
KilversmithiiiK and vtch-r.-pairing busiiie-s, I
would respectfully solicit a tuial ironi the public.
Watches, Clocks aud all kinds of Jewelry repaired
promptly, at reaonabie prices, and satisfaction
guaranteed in every respect. u5.
A. A. BAUXES,
W. II. SIMMON DS
BARNES & SIMMONDS,
HEAL ESTATE
AND
GEVEKAL AGCMT.
ALL BUSINESS Entrusted to lis promptly at
tended to. Spocial atteution given to renting
Office 105 Ony Street.
HI tf Knoxvilie Tenn.
a - r . m: A i 1: E ,
Su-ioon and Physician,
Oi 1 -Tiff1
MORRISTOWN, TENN.
Will give special attention to the
mATMKT OK DISK ASKS OR WOMKN
NEW FIRM!
THOMPSON L FOLSOM,
MORRISTOWN, TENN.,
E4T fTT
SBsti. O '
Are now receiving a I-arge and new Stock of
Tall and Winter Goods !
,X Consisting in part of
STAPLE AND FANCY
Jx Groods,
Inpludlag efi. ..iock of
Boots, Shoes and Hats
LADIKS DI?SS GOODS,
Hardware & Qneensware.
" LL of which tbey propose to sell as low as can
J be bad at retail elsewhere. They invite a full
examination of thatjr Goods, promising a choice
aport incut, and that tbey will not hs undersold in
the market. They will give goods in exchange for
(be usual barter of the country, hut will not refuse
greenbacks, gold or silver when offered.
Fanner's Tools, Grain and Grass Blades.
tar- AH cutlery warranted to (rive sarfsfactlra.
Jn fai t, we propose to warrant all goods sold to be
as rpr-ertfed. jrl
Msy l, 1874. THOMPSON EOLSOM.
BEN. F. MtTCHEU,
CARPENTER. A BUILDER,
S& HI
Morrislown, Tenn.
FROP06ES to ths eWiaen. of this community to
eontrsct for the work of every description of
Buildings, upon tits most favorable terms. Parties
wlio contemplate the erection of houses would do
well to call on him. He is prepared to furnish all
ths. noosMsry material for buildings, upon such
Wins that cannot fail to bs to ths advantage of the
Wenoo building. Those who doubt this, can he sat
fcsftad of its truth by now Wing ths undersigned.
. r . m 1 1 v ;rl r.1.1..
CASE FOR TOUR EGGS!
irili pay the high marks jirict in etmh
for EGGS, detorrrmt at my Plig
in MorvUUrmn, Maim St , nac dour to D.
Man-it's old fi'f.
JEHl MORRIS.
New Advertisement.
JAMES P. EVAIS,
Attorney at Law,
MORRISTOWN
TENN
Will practice in all t- courts of East Tennessee,
where the FEE will justify . Prompt attention will
U- g.M'-.U to collecti-'If.
A . H, PETTIBONE,
Attorney at Law,
G It E E NEVILLE, T E N N .
Will pra-tice in the courts of the First Judicial
Circuit and the Supreme Court at K uoxvi lie. Will
also give prompt attention to the collection of all
kinds of claims and debts.
WM. G. TAYLOR,
ATTORNEY AT tAW,
MorrUlown, Tenn.,
TTTILI. practice in ths Courts of Hamblen, and
T V the adjoining counnes.
aprlS 116 ly.
8 D.J LEWIS A G JACKSON.
JOHN A BHEA
Lewis, Jackson & Rhea,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
BOOTS, SHOES,
Hats, Caps, Trunks, Umbrellas,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
Ladies' Hats, Etc., Etc.
No. 52 Gay St., Knoxvilie, Tenn.
Not. 1 n38 ly.
W. M. WILMETH,
MAIS STREET, MOKItlSTOWN, TKSN.
Has now on hand a comilete stock of
Family Groceries,
To which he has recently added a f nil line of
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Which he offers cheap for Cash.
He will pay the highest market price for all kinds of
country produce.
Pro r lsious and Eatables of every description kept
on baud at all times. Jel'J-ly.
DENTISTRY.
DENTISTRY.
THOS. J. SPECK, D. D. S.
OFF ICES:
Kojrersvill, Tenn.. from 1st to 15tli of each month.
Morristowu, from 15th to last of each month.
VERMS Casta or Its equivalent
W. W. LANGHORNE,
ATTORSEV AT LAW
-AND-
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Newport, Tenn.,
1"n VCTICES In the various Courts of East Ten
nessee, su'i in the Supreme C .urt at Knoxvdle
Dec 3, 1874 ly
WILL. S. DICKSON,
Attorney at Law,
MOKItlSTOWN, TENN.
-VILT. Practice. a the Courts of upper East
''Tennessee. Prompt and pecial attention given
to collections. ..... a
Bkpkrbnckh UT PERMISSION Hob t McEarlaud,
K. M. Barton, sr., 1). Morris, Wni. Fulton, K. J.
Kidwell, Earnest A Hriscoe, IVnce i Lyle, Dr. t.
T Macee, Morristowu, Tenn. ; J. A. Bayl, Knox
vilie Tenn. ; Wm. II. Moffett, New Market, Tenn .;
H. Baker. Oroeueviue, ieuu. ; lavis s mix !.. , '
Bristol, Tenn.
mar25-ly.
SHEPARD
UNDERTAKER,
Knoxvilie, Tenn
WVKRY DESCHIPTlOy OF
-'.Metalic Caskets a id Oases, Wood Caskets and
Cofflus of everv Grade and price ready for use.
Orders by Telegraph will receive personal and
prompt attention. Terms satisfactory. n40.
J. II. W ALLEY,
AGENT FOB
r. hockenjos,
TOBACCO, CIGARS, SNUFF,
All Kinds of Pipes and
Smokers Articles,
AT WALLKY'S OLD STAND,
Oay Street. All the former patrons of the
old and favorite stand are invited to call, and new
customers will find it to their, interest to give us a
trial. mar 11 nl tf .
Wilson, Burns & Go.,
WHOLESALE
Bracers and Commission Merchants,
30 South Howard Street, corner of Lombard,
B A L T I M 0 li E .
WE Keep constautly on hand a large and well as
sorted stock of Groceries, suitable for the
Routhern and Western trade. Ws solicit consign
ments of Country Produce, such as Cotton, Feath
ers, Ginseng, Beeswax, Wool, Dried Fruit, Fnr
Skins, etc. Our facilities for doing business sre
such as to warrant quick salss and prompt returns.
All orders will have our prompt attention. mar J7.
M. L. BLACKLKY, WALTER H. BOBEHTSOM,
Bristol, Tenn. Goodson, Vs.
G I. BLACKLEY, Bristol, Tsns.
BMlej, Robertson & Blaciley,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
BRISTOL, T12NN.,
H
AVE EST AB L I S 11 K D AN
Assoc? for the sale of all Real Estate en
trusted to them and for the introduction of Immi
gration and Capitalist, mineral. Farming, craz
ing and Tfuimnroved Lands in E. Tenn aud K.
Vf Va and Ky will be negotiated through this
Agency. tW Strict attention given to all business
that may be placed in their bauds ly sep23 nZ
D. V.
CONFECTIONER
TOBACCONIST,
MORRISTOWN, TENN.,
L. C.
KEEPS ON UANDCONSTANT
ly, PUin and French CANDIES. Cakes,
Nuts, Oysters Sardines, Crackers, Cheese, Tobac
co, ftgBraftitc. Cash daks aad uusli profits."
Ja 6. 18T5 ly
The Morristown G&zstte.
ADVERTISING RATES.
One square, (ten lines, or less,) for fire t insertion
One Doito, fetch subsequent insertion Fifty cents.
A liberal discount from the above rate will be
made to yearly advertisers.
Obituaries-of over ten lines will be charged as
advertisements.
All bill due upon first iirwertio of advertise
ment, unless otherwise contracted tot.
All announcements of eandidatdea must b paid
for in advance.
Job Work mast be paid for on delivery.
THE OAZETTB is a -perTnauently established
newspaper with a paying aud constantly increasing
list of subscribers. Its circulation in the counties
of Hamblen, Hawkins, Cocke, Jefferson. Graincer
' and Claiborne is more general than any other pa
per making it the best advertising medium in
Upper East Tennessee.
Laws Relating' to Newspaper
Subscriptions, Ac.
1. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the cuntrary, are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of their
periodicals, the publishers may cc ntiuu to send
them until! all arrearages are paid.
8. If subscribers neglect or refuse their periodi
cals from the office to which they are directed,
they are held responsible until they have settled
their bills, aud ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places without in
forming the publishers, and the papers sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that "refusing to take
periodicals from the office, or removing and leav
ing them uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of
intentional fraud."
6. Any person wr-o receivs a newspaper and makes
use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is
held in law to be a subscriber.
1. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound
to give notice to the publisher, at the end of their
time, if they do not wish to continue taking it
otherwise the publisher, is authorized to send it
on, aud the subscribers will be responsible un
til! an express notice, with payment of all ar
earss s sent to the publisher.
"wawa
THE NEW ASSESSMENT LAW.
The following is the Assessment Law
passed 03' the Legislature which has just
adjourned:
SecTIOB 1. Bt- it amuirted by the General
Assembly of the State of 1'ennessee, That the
Quarterly County Courts of each county,
shall, at the April Term, '875, and at
said term every four years thereafter,
elect a discreef and prudent person, be
ing a free holder and a citizen thereof,
whose duty it shall be to assess, list and
return cs herein provided, for taxation,
all the real estate in his county, not ex
empt from taxation, and said assessor
before entering upon the duties of his
office, shall execute and deliver to the
Court, a bond with two sufficient sure
ties in the penal sum of five thousand
dollais, conditioned, to faithfully and
impartially discharge all the duties im
posed, or to be imposed, by law upon
him, payable to the State, and he shall
also take and subscribe, before the Clerk
of said Court, an oath, honestly, faith
fully, impartially and fearlessly to assess
value and list all real estate in hiseounty,
not exempt by law from taxation.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, Said asses
sor shall proceed to assess the real estate
in his county in manner following, viz. i
He shall riistt prepave a eompUt list of
all taxable real estate in each civil dis
trict or ward of his county, and then
select in each district or ward, with tax
able realty worth less than 2(10,000 by
the last assessment, one, and in all other
districts or wards, two reputable, dis
creet and prudent men, free-holders and
residents therein, as assistants, mid he
shall administer to each an oath, that he
will honestly, faithfully and impartially
assess and value, each and every tract or
lot of land in hi s district or ward, and
these two assistants, together with the
assessor, shall proceed, at some desig
nated place in each district or ''ward, to
assess and value, in writing, all the real
estate in-said district or Ward, givingthe
name of each owner, in alphabetical or
der, and setting out the number of acres
of each tract, and if the same be in a
town, the present number of the lot, and
the number of front feet, and the depth
thereof, and the assessed value of each
tract or lot, and the list shall be sub
scribed by each, and returned to the
Clerk of the County Court by the asses
sor; and in all cases of disagreement in
valuation by the assistants, the assessor
shall determine the value, and he shall
determine the value of the real estate
owned by his assistants, and the Judge
or Chairman of the County Court shall
determine the assessed value of the real
estate of the assessor, and certify the
same to him; and in districts and wards
where the assessor has only one assistant
the Judge or Chairman, in cases of dis
agreement in valuation between the as
sessor aud his assistants shall determine
the valuation; Prorided, That nothing in
this Act shall be construed to restrict
the power of the Quarterly Court to hear
and determine applications as now pro
vided by law in regard to alleged erro
neous assessments nfter tnenssessor shall
have made his returns to the County
Court Clerk: Prorvled, That such appli
cation shall be made at the tirst terms of
such Quarterlj' Court, occurring more
than thirty days after the return by the
assessor, and never thereafter, except
ing, however, as to non-residents, who
shall have until the second term of said
Court, but no longer.
Sec. 8. Be it further enarted. All the
real estate shall be estimated on the prin-
1 ciples laid down in Sections 565 and 566
of the code of Tennessee, and shall be
assessed to the person who is the owner
or reputed owner of the same, on the
first day of April of the year of the as
sessment. Sac 4. Be it farther enacted, That the
assessor shall retnrn the assessment roll
of each district or ward, to the clerk of
the County Court, so soon as the same is
completed; and the same shall be pre
served by said clerk, and the whole shall
be in the hands of the clerk of the Coun
ty Court by the first day of July suc
ceeding, in all counties, with taxable re
alty, worth 2,000,000 or under, and the
a.-sessor shall have one month additional
foi each additional 2,000,000 in every
comity wherein to make said returns:
Provtted, That said return shall, in any
event, be made by the first day of Octo
ber. 8ec. 5. Bt it further enacted, That the
clerk of the County Court shall enter the
assessments aforesaid, in a fair band
writing in one book, suitably ruled and
substantially bound, showing the name
in alphabetical order, oi each owner of
the property assessed, in each civil dis
trict or ward, as reported by the assessor,
the contents in acres or feet and ths as
sessed value of the same, giving such de
scription of each tract or lot as is shows
in the aseaer's return, and the book
thus prepared shall be styled the " main
assessment roll,' and shall contain suffi
cient margin on the right side thereof,
in which to enter any changesof owner
ship of the whole or any part of a tract
or lot, and the lines thereof shall be rul
ed with sufficient space between them to
allow several interlineations, and this
" main assessment roll " shall be kept by
the clerk in some safe place of deposit,
in or near the conrt house. And said
roll shari have sufficient margin for not
ing the tax assesssed against each person
for each succeeding year that said as
sessment is made for.
Skc. 6. Be it further enacted, That the
assessment as shown in the " main assess
ment roll," and the changes made there
in, shall be the only assessment of real
estate made for any purpose of taxation,
in any county or part thereof whether
for State, county, railroad or municipal
purposes .
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
the clerk of the County Court of each
county, shall from the " muin assessment
roll," and from the returns of the assess
ors of personal property and of polls, an
nually prepare a collector's book, as pro
vided in sections 588 and 589 of the Code
of Tennessee, showing the amount of
tax due from each tax-payer to the State,
county, municipality orrailroad, in sep
arate columns, except the same shall be
delivered by him to the collector within
three months after the same shall have
been delivered to him by the assessor,
and the same shall show in addition to
the State and county revenue, the amount
due to any railroad from each tax-payer,
and said clerk shall then make out and
certify to the Comptroller, the aggregate
statement of the assessed valuation of the
real and personal property of each dis
trict or ward separately, and of the whole,
together with the taxes due the State,
and also the poll tax due. and he shall
forward the same to the Comptroller by
mail, on or before the first Monday in
January in each year. And said 6bunty
Court Clerk shall likewise certify to the
Judge or Chairman of the County Court,
the amount of taxes due the county, and
also to the Mayor of any municipality
the amount due the municipality, and to
each the amount of taxablcs separate.
Sec. 8. Beit further enacted, That the
clerk of the County Court shall enter
upon the main assessment roll all. trans
fers of real estate in his county, and
note the same in the margin opposite
the name of the conveyor, and also in
terline it at the proper lace, alphabet
ically, the name of the eonveyee, with a
description of the land and its value as
herein provided, if the whole of any
tract or parcel has been conveyed, he
shall erase the name of the conveyor,
ami at the proper place insert the name
of the eonveyee, with the assessed de
seription and value; if a part of any tract
has been conveyed, he shall enter
upon the margin opposite the name of
the conveyor, in alphabetical and abbre
viated words sufficient to indicate the
part conveyed in quantity, general de
scription thereof being sufficient. Pro
rided, it identities t lie land, the date of
the transfer, and the name of the eon
veyee, and he shall enter the name f
the eonveyee at its proper place in the
roll, with a like description of the land
and its value; and if the whole of amr
tract or lot is convej'cd, it shall le put
down to the eonveyee at the same value
as is shown by the assessor; if a part is
conveyed, he shall value each part r
agreed upon by the parties. Prorided it
is not less upon the whole than was put
upon it by the assessors, and if the par
ties fail to agree upon the valuation,
then he shall proportion each to the"
whole valuation, as the value of each is
to the assessed value of the whole, and
so charge each on the main roll, and
these entries hshall make at the time
he takes the probate of any conveyance
and mark it upon the back as "entered
on roll book." And, Pi added further,
Any person bu3-ing any land subject to
redemption, shall take of the officer sell
ing the same, a certificate of the pur
chase, and shall cause a note of the
same to be entered upon the main as
sessment roll. Aud the property, dur
ing the time of redemption, shall be as
sessed to such purchaser: Prorided, the
clerk of the County Court shall be en
titled to ten cents for noting each change
of ownership of real estate in main as
sessment roll, to be paid by the party
selling land.
Sec. 9. Be U further enarted, That the
Register shall register no conveyance of
real estate of any character, until it shall
have been presented to the County Court
clerk and so marked, and if any such
conveyance is presented to him for reg
istration, he $hall neither note or regis
ter the same until it is so marked, and
it shall be the duty of the Register to
have any conveyance sent unto his office
for registration acknowledged before
any other person than the County Court
clerk of his county, so marked, and it
shall be the duty of all clerks of courts,
where the title of any real estate is di
vested out of one person and vested in
another, to see that a copy of the decree
describing the property is sent to the
County Court clerk, in all cases where
the parties do not take of him a deed or
demand a copy of the decree for regis
tration; and where the title of any real
estate in the county is vested in another
by a will or devise, admitted to probate,
it shall be the duty of the clerk of tne
County Court to so enter it upon the
main assessment roll; and any person
conveying any real estate, who does not
see thai the same is charged upon the
main assessment roll to the eonveyee,
the same should thereafter be charged
to him, and he shall be liable, upon a
distringa, for the taxes" thereon, unless
: ue 8UOW collector that the taxes have
oeen patu dui no assessment, levy oi
taxes, or sale, shall be void because the
name of the true owner is not given, or
the lot or tract not fully described; and
until all the taxes upon any real estate
are. paid, there shall be a lien for tbo
same first to the State; second to the
county; third to theeity; fourth to the
railroad enforceable as other liens.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That at
the April Term annually of each County
Court, the rate oi taxation for county or
railroad purposes, shall be declared by
the court, and catered upon the minutes.
thereof , as now declared by law. And
the city or municipality shallcertify the
rate of taxation levied by it, to the clerk
of the County Court before the 1st of
October of each year.
Sec. If. Be it further enacted, If any
improvements on any real estate should
be destroyed by fire, flood or other cas
ualty, then may the owner thereof, on
his application to the County Court
Clerk, have said realty so damaged, re
assessed by the assessor of the district or
ward wherein the real estate is situated,
and such re-assessed valuation snail be
substituted on the "main assessment
roll" in place of the original assessment:
Prorided, however, that such owner shall
pay the costs not to exceed three dollars.
Sec 12. Be it further enacted, That the
County Court clerk shall certify to the
mayor of any municipality, once per
month, all changes that are made in the
ownership of any real estate within the
bounds of the town subject to taxes, to
the end that the same shall be entered
upon the certified roll of the same, to
gether with the valuation thereof; and
this certified roll in the hands of the
mayor, shall list and constitute the basis
of all municipal taxation of real estate.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, that the
assessor shall receive for his services
such a sum as may be allowed him by
the County Court not exceeding fifteen
cents for each person having taxable
property listed; and five cents for each
listed for a poll tax only; and in no
county shall the assessor's salary exceed
one thousand dollars; and the same shall
be paid by the county and municipality
in the proportion that the value of the
property assessed for each bears to the
value of the whole assessment in the
county; and each assistant shall receive
for compensation the sum of one and
one-half dollars perday for his services;
the number of days for each district to
be fixed by the County Court, to be paid
as follows: If the municipality has no
interest in the assessment, these assist
ants shall be paid by the county alone;
but if both the county and municipality
were interested in the assessment, then
each shall pay its proportionable part as
before stated, and the assessor shall give
each assistant a certificate of the amount
due him from each, and the said certifi
cates shall be receivable for county and
municipal taxes as it shows upon its
face, or payable in money, as the holder
may demand. The Clerk of the County
Court shall have and receive of the
county liesides the cost of the books, any
sum allow ed by the Quarterly Court of
his county, not exceeding five cents per
one hundred words, and in no event to
exceed one thousand dollars, besides the
actual cost of the book; but the county
shall pay no more than another compe
tent person could have been engaged at
to have done the same work.
Sec. 14. Be it further en.ieted, That
should the office of assessor become va
cant, the Quarterly Court, upon tne call
of the Judge or Chairman, shall fill the
same by the election of another person;
and any assessor or clerk of the County
Court, who shall fail or refuse to do or
perform the duties hereby- put upon him,
in the time and in the manner specified,
shall forfeit to the State, county, or mu
nicipality, as the case may be, five hun
dred dollars, to be recovered upon bis
bond, and may be indicted or presented
for any corruption in office, and fined or
imprisoned, or b.th, in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 15. Be tt further enacted, That the
person eleeted by the County Court to
assess real estate, shall filso while engag
ed thereon assess an 1 list tli- personal
property and polls of each distrit -t and
ward in the county liable by law to be
taxed, and having completed said lists
of real estate and personal property and
polls, and made due return thereof to the
County Court Clerk, his office shall ex
pire, and the Quarterly County Courts, at
the April term thereof for each year
thereafter and until another assessor is
elected, shall elect an assessor of person
al property and polls for each civil dis
trict or ward in the county.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That so
much of chap. 4 of the Code of Tennes
see entitled " Of the Tax-assessor and As
sessment," and of arts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 7, thereunder; and so much of the
Act of March 22, 1873, approved March
25, 1873, entitled "An Act to provide
more just and equitable laws for the As
sessment and Collection of Revenue for
State and County purjioses, and torepeaj
all laws now in force whereby revenue
is collected from the assessment of Real
Estate, Personal Property, Privileges
and Polls;" and so much of the charter,
acts of incorporation, of any city, town!
or municipal corporation in the State, as
are in conllict with this Act, be and the
same are hereby repealed, it being the
intent of this Act that there shall be but
one assessor of real estate in any county.
And this Act shall take effect from and
after its passage, the public welfare re
quiring it.
An Inquisitive Yankee.
A peering New Englauder over
took agentlornan who was traveling
on horseback, notwithstanding the
disadvantage of having iost bis leg.
His curiosity was awakened, as he
rode alongside of him, to know how
he chanced to meet with such a mis
fortune. "Been in the army, I gness?"
"Never was in the army iu
life," was the reply.
my
J? it a duel f
"Never fought a duel, sir."
"Horse throwed vou otf. I nuess.
or something of that sort?"
Jo, sir ; nothing of that kind."
Jonathan tried various dodges, but
to no effect; and at last, almost out
of patience with himself, as Well as
with the gentleman, whose patience
was very commendable, he deter
mined on a direct inouirv as to the
nature of the aoeident by which the
gentleman had come to lose his teg
MI will tell yon," replied the trav
eler, "on condition that you will
promise not to ask me another ques
tion." "Agreed !" exclaimed the eager
listener.
"Well, sir." remarked the gentle
man : "R was bit off !"
1 littotr '."erfed Jonathan. "Wa'al,
I declare ; I should jest like to know
wuat on airtu bit it off?'
Puftlug an Undertaker.
From the Detroit Free Press
"I've taken your paper for twenty-six
years," he commenced as he
readied the head of tUc stairs, "aud
now I want a puff."
lie was a vary tall, slender man,
had a lace which hadn't smiled since
1842, and his neck was embraced by
a white cravat and his hands were
thrust into black gloves.
"I've got a ew hearse, a new
stock of coffins, and I want a local
notice," he continued as he sat down
and sighed, as if ready to screw a
coffin lid down.
"My dear sir," replied the man in
the corner, "I've met you at a great
many funerals, and your general
bearing has created a favorable im
pression. You sigh with the sign
ers, grieve with the grievers, and
on extra occasions you can shed tears
of sorrow, even though you know
that you can't get ten per cent, of
your bill under six months."
"Yes," sighed the undertaker, in
stinctively measuring the length of
the table with ids eye, and wonder
ing to himself why editors' tables
weren't covered with crape, with
rows of coffin-nails around the edges.
" Death is a very solemn thing,"
coutinued the man in the corner ;
" but still, it is an occasion when one
can appreciate a neat thing. I've
seen you rub your knuckles against
door-posts and never change coun
tenance ; I've seen you listen to eu
logies ou men who owed you for
twenty j ears before their death, and
yon looked even more solemn than
the bereaved widow; I've seen you
back your hearse up to the door in
such an easy, quiet way that it rob
bed death of half its terrors. All
this have I seen and appreciated, but
I couldn't write a puff for you."
" Why not?" he demanded.
" For many reasons. Now you
have a new hearse. Could I go on
and say : 'Mr. Sackcloth, the genial
undertaker, has just received a fine
new hearse, and we hope that our
citizens will endeavor to bestow up
on it the patronage such enterprise
deserves. It rides easy, is hand
somely finished, aud those who try
it once will want no other.' Could
I say that?"
" No, not very well."
" Of course I couldn't. You can
call a grocer or a ilrv goods man a
'genial friend' and it's all right, but
you aren't genial you can't be. It's
your busit.ess to be solemn. If you
could be even more solemn than you
are it would be money in your pock
et."
"That's so," he said, sighing
heavily.
If it was an omnibus, or a coal
cart, or a wheel bai row, 1 could go
on and write a chapter on every sep
arate spoke, but it isn't you see. '
Ue leaned back and sighed again.
And as to your eorfhis, they are
doubtless nice coffins, and your prices
are probably reasonable, but could I
go on and say : ' Mr. Sackcloth, the
undertaker, has just received his
new styles in spring coffins, all sizes,
and is now prepared to see as many
of his old customers as want some
thing handsome and durable at a
moderate price' Could I say that? '
Another sigh.
" I couldn't say that yon were hold
ing a cleaa ing out sale, in order to
get ready for the spring trade, or
that, for the sake of increasing your
patronage, 3-011 had decided to pre
sent each customer with a chromo.
I couldn't say that you were repair
ing and re painting, and had the
most attractive coffin-shop in Detroit.
It wouldn't do to hope that people
would patronize yon, or to say that
all orders sent by mail would be
promptly filled, and that your motto
was : 'Quick sales and small profits.' "
lie put on the look of a tombstone,
and made no reply.
" You see, if you had stoves to
sell, or dealt in mackerel, or sold
fishing-tackle, everything would be
lovely. You are an undertaker
solemn, sedate, mournful. You revel
in crape, and y(m never pass a black
walnut door without thinking how
muce good coffin lumber wa- reck
lessly wasted. The tolling bell is
music 103 011, ami the CR3' Hall flag
at half-mast is fat 011 3'our ribs.
We'd like to oblige 3ou, but 3ou see
bow it is."
" Yes, I see," he sighed, and he
foimed in procession and moved
down stairs, looking around now and
then to see if the hearse was just
thirty-four feet behind the officiating
elergj'mau's carriage.
TEKIUBLK TOKXADO.
ttig-ht Counties Visited
With
Heavy .Disaster.
Augusta, Ga., March 23. The
path of the tornado was 300 to GOO
yards wide. The cyclone was of a
cylindrical shape ami fearful velocity-,
from north to south. The front
cloud was.
BX.ACK AS NIGHT,
and half a mile high. The rear was
illuminated by a bright light. It
traveled nearly due east, veering
little to north. After devastating
Caraak, the tornado seems to have
divided, one portion going east by
north, and crossing Savannah River
about below Augusta, both proving
equally destructive, laying waste
everything in its course. Huge
trees were
BROKEN LIKE REEDS,
and In some cases, the tornado was
preceded by a dull, heavy roaring,
as heavy artillery in the distance.
It spent its greatest fury in about
three minutes An e3-e-witness says
his senses were utter- deadened
and appalled. There was a crash, a
roar and the mingling of a hundred
terrific and unearthly sounds. Hous
es were demolished, aud oaks that
bad withstood the storms of a cg.
tury were snapped in twain. There
is great distress in the devastated
district, embracing, eight counties in
Georgia and two or three in South
Carolina. The destruction of prop
ert) is immense, and the list of kill
ed aud wounded is appalling.
A Ghost in a Calaboose.
New York Times, lltU.
Hackensack, in Bergen count-,
has a sensation in the shape of a
genuine ghost which haunts the
county jail and creates the utmost
consternation aud alarm among tire
prisoners and other inmates. The
spirit has been recognized as that of
John W. Avery, the young man who
was hanged in the jail on June 28.
1872, for murder. The mysterious
phenomena which accompany the
appearance of the spirit were at first
attributed to some plan of escape
concocted by the prisoners, but re
cent developments prove that such
is not the case. A prisoner, named
Wallace, who was confined in the
jail in October last, and who was fa
miliar with Avery, solemnly affirms
that his spirit appeared one night,
and was distinctly seen to walk
around one or the tiers and pull the
bed clothing off a German prisoner
who was confined iu the cell former
ly occupied by Avery. The Gcr
man. who is still a prisoner, con
firms the story, and many persons
who visited Avery now remember
that he made a solemn promise be
fore his death to revisit the jail af
ter his execution. The story of bis
latest appearance seems to be well
authenticated, several of the prison
ers thoroughly agreeing in their
statement of all the alleged facts.
The phenomenon occurred about
midnight on SWraday, and there is no
doubt that the utmost consternation
and a 'arm prevailed among the pris
oners. As is customary in all well
regulated ghost stories, the clock
had just ceased striking 12 when a
soft, unnatural light filled the whole
interior of the jail and awakened all
the prisoners. Some of them were
terror-stricken and buried their
heads beneat h the bed -clothing,
while others seemed to be paralyzed
so that they could not move, and
were thus compelled to be unwilling
witnesses of the supernatural scenes
aud sounds that followed. They
solemnly aver that they heard one
of the windows raised and felt the
cold s.ir rush in. Then the shadowy
form of a man, all plainly visible ex
cept the legs, seemed to glide be
tween the bars ami up tne stairs to
the top tier of cells. The figure
stopped in front or the cell which
had been occupied by Avery, and,
opening the door, entered. The
opening and closing of the door were
distinctly heard. After the lapse of
a few minutes the figure reappeared,
and its footfalls on the steps as it
descended again were distinctly
heard. The figure passed around
all the tiers of cells, and then float
ed down on the washroom, and was
heard to turn on the water. Final
ly the ghost returned to the window
and disappeared as it had entered,
and the bluish light gradually faded
away. This is substantially the
story as told by several of the pris
oners, who claim to have been eye
witnesses, and express their firm
belief that thej- saw Avery's ghost.
MURDERED IN THE DARK.
A Wilson County Man Called
Away From His Fireside ami
Shot Down.
From the Uiuou and American.
Lkbanox, Tenn., March 22, '75.
Last Friday night two men on horse
back rode up to the residence of
Robert Hamilton, who lives on
Sugg's creek, in the southwest part
of this county, and called Hamilton.
Receiving t.o answer, they immedi
ately rode otf. Soon alter, Hamil
ton heard a noise in his orchard and
went out. About twenty minutes
afterward his wife heard the report
of a gun. lie did not return, and
his wife, of course, passed a night of
terrible anxiety.
The next morning Hamilton's
dead body was found in a ditch
about three hundred j-ards from his
house, his face and breast filled with
shot and slugs. Mens' tracks were
discovered in the 01 chard and the
tracks of a mule aud horse leading
awa3. There were evidences of a
struggle, as if some one had been
dragged along. Hamilton's shirt
collar and suspeuders were torn.
It is supposed that the men were
trj'ing to rob Haini'ton's smoke
house, and being discovered by
Hamilton dragged him off and mur
dered him. 11 is hat was found near.
The body was identified. I'arttes
are under suspicion and efforts are
being male to arrest them.
Hamilton was a quiet and peace
able man, having no enemies. An
inquest was held and a verdict ren
dered in accordance with the facts
as stated. II. L. C. W.
Woman's Companionship.
What the true man wants with a wife
is her companionship, sympathy, and
love. The wa3' of life has many
dreary places in it, and man needs a
companion to go with him. A man
is sometimes overtaken by msfor
tunes; he meets with failure or de
feat; trials aud temptations beset
hi in, and he needs one to stand by
and 83'mpathize. He has some hard
battles to fight with poverty, enemies,
and with sin ; and he needs a woman
that wlren he puts bis arm9 around
ber. be feels that Ue has something
to light for; she will belp him to
fight ; that will put her lips to his
ear and whisper words of counsel,
and ber band to hie heart and im
part inspiration. All though life,
though storm and through sunshine,
conflict and vietorj-, through adverse
and favoring winds, man needs a
woman's love. The heart yearns for
it. A sister's or a Brother's love will
hardly supply the need. . "v2"
Only 7021 persons, out of a popu
lation of eleven millions, are licensed
to carry aims in Ohio.
Our liatform.
This Is a government of white men.
made by white men, and for thrir pos
terity forever. Dunt'ilte.
NEWS VN1 OTHER ITEMS.
A female American tooth-carpenter
is making Rome howl. ,fV
'The moro swnllowa you take."
said Guzzlcm, "the more it's liko
spring." , i(
Many of the Ohio banks are bro
ken, but all hive liquidated since the
thaw.
. "Ark ! It is predicted that the
spring floods will be the greatest
since Noah's.
A sailor was sent to jail for ten
days in Glasgow, for refusing to work
before breakfast.
The Milwaukee News suggests
"He givetb his beloved sleep" as a
text for pros3- ministers.
A j-oung man has sued hia barber
for cutting off his moustache. The
barber says he didn't sec it.
Miss Laviuia Goodell, of Janes
ville, is celebrated as "the ouly Ho
taryess Fubliccss in Wisconsin.
The third volume of the Count do
Paris' " llistorj- of civil war in Amer
ica" is printed in Paris, and the au
thor has nearly completed"the fourth
volume.
The scheme for building a railroad
from Russia to Asia is considered
impracticaule by the Czar.
A Aliss Owen died at Liverpool
from injuries received through being
knocked down on the street by a
large dog.
The latest in umbrellas is an oval
pane of glass inserted in the front
breadth to "sight" anything ap
proaching. The medical profession is vindi
cated. A maiden lady in Leith
Walk. Edinburg, died recently and
left .'1000 to her pln-sicians.
Mr. Darwin will doubtles be pain
ed to learn that the Sheriff at Ker
saw, South Carolina, has levied oua
monkey to satisfy a debt.
A London man, who was shaving
one Sunday morning tecently. com
mitted suicide l3' cutting his throat
because the razor was dull.
Crocuses, double daisies, aconite,
snow-drops, and other harbingers of
spring, are iu flower at Markincb,
Fifcshire, Scotland.
It is estimated that a Rhode Is
land highway commissioner feels as
pompous as the (V.ar of Russia, al
though his salarj' isn't as large.
An Illinois girl got so mad at be
ing rebuked for reading the New
York Ledger that she went out and
sawed a cord of hard wood twice in
two.
Japanese law req uires that when a
person cuts down a tree he shall at
once plant another in its place In
this way the supply of wood is
kept up.
Fashionable clergyman : " Let us
continue our worship this morning by
listening to a piece of sheet music
which the hire.! quartette will please
execute."
The cheapest rhinoceroses are
$5000 apiece. Small capitalists will
do well to invest at once, as the
price is likely to go up as soon as
the circus season opens.
A Cairo man warns people not to
trust his wife, and she retorts by
saying that he'll go without clothes
all summer before she'll take in
washing to rig him out agaiu.
The Governor of Iowa has ap
pointed Miss E. C. Stcbbius, of New
Hampton, Chickasaw county, a nota
ry public. She is the only woman
holding that olllcc in the State.
It is said that Miss Lillie Eldridge,
who was called on her own posters
"the American Juliet," whatever
that is, is to marry Charley Backus,
the rich colored minstrel.
I may be ever so rich, ever so Gne.
ly educated, ever so handsome, ever
so much admired, and yet the day is
coming when I shall die. What then
will these profit ine?
Dr. Cuyler wants all young ladles
to band together and say : No lips
shall touch my lips that have touch
ed a bottle. Rather rough, this, on
the fellows that were brought up by
hand.
The bill annually introduced and as
frequently rejected in the British
Parliament to allow a man to marry
his deceased wife's sister is face
tiously named "the bill to abolish
sisters-in-law."
Pause, young man. You want to
get married, and it is about time you
did, but recollect that unmarried
men don't have to set up all night
once a week with a shot-gun watch
ing a clothes-line.
According to the Honolulu Ga
zette, a monument to Captain Cook
has been erected at bleala-Kekua
Ray, where he fell nearly a century
ago. It is a concrete obelisk, twenty-seven
feet in height.
A plumber bad an Irish lad in hie
employ, and one day having occasion
to use a piece of zinc, ordered him
to got one twelve inches square.
"Yes, air," said Pat, twelve inches
square, but how long?"
A citizen of Chattanooga has just
invested in the stock of a Tennessee
rail way, purchasing shares which rep
resent a par value of $367,000 He
paid the enormous sum of twenty-6
five cents for the lot.
According tojrfPBmogtie Gazette,
. e Spanish navy is in a deplorable
condition. The ships and armament
are of oid fashioued design, while
both officers and men are badly dis
ciplined and few iu number.
Stealing tombstones need no long
er be relegated to the realms of fic
tion. A local item In the Corpus
Christi (Texas) Gazette relates that
a tombtoue " four feet nigh, one
foot wide and four inchos thick" has
been stolen from a graveyard la that
vieiidry. ....