Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-08-19
WAGES IN ORgGoN.-A clergy-

lpersons who are accuslomed and
willing TO work, make money rap
idly.n
The Cincinnati Commercial Of the
7th instant, says:
Betsy Oyerstake, wife of Abraham
Overstake, a resident of Highland
county, aged ssyenty-one years, gave
birth to child four weeks since
She had not had one for Lliirty7o
years. &
When viii the wondd rs Of the
Great West cease?
No:Marying AHowed ID Iopa far
Thirty Days!-Under the new code,
which went into effect on the lst ia
slant, marriage licenses could only be
issued by the county judge and du-
ring the time which, was 0 elapse
from the taking effect of tn law and
the election Of the judge month
of--no provision whatever had been
made authorizing The clerk Of the
district court, as heretofore, to make
out the necessary documents"
This is a joke, says the Cincinnati
Times, which will probably be felt as
a prettyserious one in some quarters
II, however, parties cannot wait, and
prefer to have the law on their side,
they have the opportunity Of cross
ing over into the State oil Missouri,
Illinois, or Wisconsin, against which
privilege the new code, in the hasty
preparation, neglected to provide.
A Buffalo paper states that as two
horses were feeding upon I'll e grass
near the precipiee between tn e Ferry
and the Horseshoe Fail, niagara, one
ofthem, venturing too near the bri nix,
fell over and was precipitated to the
bottom, "a distance Of nearly $50.
feet, without receiving any other In
Jury than few Slight bruises
When discovered he was taking d
drink from the boiling flood at bis
feet, where never a horse drank be-
fore. His mate witnessed his, fall,
and stood looking. over at him with
much concern.
Important Decia'oa-At the late
term Of the. superior court Of Nov
Hampshire, in the case of Elkins VS..
Boston and Maine railroad, it WIS
decided that railroads are not com
mon carriers Of goods and mercba B.
die by their passenger trains, unle S
they expressly hold themselves ont /
as such; and evidence that the rail-
road two or three times carried goods
by such trains, does not subject them
to this Liability. Goods sent BY such
trains are at the risk of the gnefi
A hail storm lately occurred in
Sullivan valley, California, m Ingl4d
With large humps Of clear sall.---
What VIII California next produce?
Ru3stqn Erelasiueness Our Lot-
don correspondent writes u.s. ''No
American can get into Russia. Tie
Russian Ambassador refuses to re-
ceiye the passports of American
travellers. Boston Trans.
Jgomq.l''s c5ngssti;0a- TIL ) as-
il Akron pa some siugu-
lar things were said, and some quite
ones. A young lady spoke
as follows:
%For herown part sac loved man,
Individually and collectively, better
than woman, and so, she was sure,
did every one of her sex, if they,
like her, would utter their real sem
tin4nts. She was. more, anxious fot
mans elevation and Improvement
than for womah's, and SO was every
true woman"
The New York papers s. ny, caun-
terfeit Spanish dollars are in c;teu-
latiOn, being an excellent imitation of
the gen uine, and to the eye very de-
ceptlve. The counterfeits are dated
1918, and bear the likeness of ca ro- \
las III This species of currency
should be closely scrutinized.A AS
the genuine dollars bear a premikm
Of two Or three per cent, they are
,ar4Iy to be found in circulation, and
he community are now likely to be
imposed upon with many Of t be
p1rious ones. II
The DROucHr-Accouhts from
obacco growing counties 10 THIS
tate ard Virginia up 10 lh ; latter y
art of July, represent the prospect
loomy enough In some sections