Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-01-21
Items Of News.

1rOu Is i0uilu Ill tN6ly OedlC VI oiie
Union. 1t is estimated that the
quantity of iron produced in the UNI.
ted States in 1915, was $4,000 tons,
valued at S33,950,500. \
The Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, of the city and county OF
Philadelphia have procured suitable
block of Pennsylvania marble, with
an appropriate inscription, motto and
eInblems, &c, for the National
Washington Monument"
BosToN ITEMs--Dufing the past
year there were 1S2 deaths in Boston
of smallpox; the largest number for
many years. The number Of Births
was 500. Marriages $500 and
Deaths 1861. The number Of I'm
migrants was 3D,075 who arrived
in 1907 vessels. About 10000
were Irish. The amount Of the city
debt on the 31st December, exelu-
siye of the water debt, was S1,756,-
IG52, SO.
A London paper states that it has
been determined by the French min
istry apparently in view Of the appre-
hended depreciation of gold in
relation to silver, to propose to the
Assembly an immediate abolition of
the law making gold equally with
silver a legal tender.
We learn, from undoubted au-
thority, that between 30 and 10000
bales of Cotton raised in the Ten
nessee Valley in North Alabama,
viii be shipped up the Tennessee river
/ this season to- Chattanooga, and
thence to Charleston Memphis
Eagle.
+ Curious CHILD The census takel
for the third ward, of this city, re-
ports having met with child, only
eight months old, % inches in height
and weighs 80 lbs. But the curios-
lity exists in his-that this child now
talks and speaks fluently and dis
tinctly-St. LOnis Republican.
Several of the gentlemen who went
from this vicinity to California, have
returned and give most discouragins
accounts. Of the Mining operations
]. C7uksmHe Chrn.
II Mr.. Benton, in introducing his bill
for accelarating the sales Of public
lands, took ground for a change in The
tariff system, by substituting specific
for ad valorem duties. He said he
had been in favor of specifics IN 1916
but gave way in Difference to the
wishes Of friends.
Il ROBBERS. Within few days past
there have been number Of house;
entered, and pilfered. They have
Ihappened'in the outskirts Of the city
l-AdshuUe AmGfcan.
H Agtation Rpud'qted--The Uni
ted States House of Representative
recently voted down a proposition o
Mr.. Julien, of Indiana, to suspend the
rules in order to present a memorial
for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave
law. Anr~extinguisher was put upor
this insidious proposition to revive
agitation, by vote Of ITO to 6S.-
NasErle IFhg.
Hon. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana
has been reelected to the United
States Senate--Ib
1 Col. Watkins, the gentleman that
has recently been elected Speaker O
the House Of Represent tatives in the
Missouri Legislature, is a half broth
er to Henry Clay. So says the
Washington Union.-Ib.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL.
Official information has been re-
ceived at the State Department, thai
Judge Gholson will Immediately issue
his warrant fir the arrest Of Gov
Quitman, on changes preferred
against him by the Federal Govern
ment, relative to the Cuban inva.
sion.
BANK OF 7 ENNEssEE.-We publish
to-day, the statement of the condition
of the Bank Of Tennessee on the Isl
of the present month. This exhibit
shows the Bank to have been doing
a highly prosperous business during
the last six months. -Aush. Gazette
| GREAT HORSE RACE-There was d
great horse race in Delaware, ON Mon
day, from Christiana to Dover ant
back-distance "a miles. The
downward ruil-42 miles-was made
in 2 hours and Ii minutes. On thu
return, one Of the horses dropped
dead TWENTY-FIVE miles from tho Start