Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-09

: the scaieity and high pnce of pro-
VISIONS. The West Alaba mian of
Plckens county, Ala, says that tie
drought IN tliatsec ionis arp; rail, led,
and that lamine IS aipT9:he hdcd in
consequence A pubic medurg has
been called fer tie purpose Of desis-
ing ways and meats Tor dbtainirg
supplies. TIE Tuscaloosa pfpers all
so give ike statement of ;lftair4 ID
that country, and a couaty coEyen-
ton is suggested. The MPaitdr Of
the 14th, says "The hikh rrce
and scarcity Of all kinds Of TrJyiS-
ions in this place Is attracting serious
attention Bacon, sides, are bow sell
ing at IA to 1G cents pound; and
unless we receive supplies from Teu-
nessee, soon, the Whole stock in the
hands Of our merchants VIII be e2-
hausted. Larl hardly to be got for
any price and 50 OF other art leles-'
Hogs for Paek1ng.-We hear Of
sales DUR ng the past few days Of
some 7,0p0 or 5000 hogs fbr pack
ing, ia Shelby county, at S 3 gross.
| The packing business in this vicinity
next seas pm, will be larger til hn ever,
and hogs will command full rices.-
/ L0u{SrsL1 C0r
! Hon. ] hnhes Mcdowell, member
OF the last Congress, and ibrrnerly
Governor of Virginia, died Of Satur-
I day last at his residence, ne ar Lex
ington, Ia. lie had been a Repre-
sentative in Congress foreigHt years
DEEP HoRING.-The compd ny that
has been engaged boring for salt wa
ter at Poheroy, Ohio, have sue ceeded
in obtain ng, at the depth of one
: thousand feet, an abuadant stream Of
J, great strfngth, which flows 0 ver the
top of th} well. They intend boring
two othet wells in the vicinity of-the
first, and it is expected L bat tie
three will furnish water sufficient for
the mantf acture Of one hundred and
fifty bar els Of salt every twenty
[. four hourF.
The m frriage of an aged buple is
recorded in late number of the Gin
cinnaG G. numerical. In Lew IS coun-
ty, KY, 4 Il the 31st ult., Jos Moore
4 aged sew enty-eight, was ma lried to
? Mrs. Mary Tolen, aged S4; t be third
wife to the groom and the fifth bus
) band to the bride.
r A cowliidirg serape came off On
Friday afternoon last, near tht grave
yard on franklin avenue, \ lady,
recently married, paid u visit ID LIE
wife OF the keeper Of etr;a IN feeh
store in that Vicinity. TIE badly Of
the house was absent-tAe husband
unfortunately az lcme. lnIprpper
liberties Bere endeavcred to be Ia
Ken, when the visiting lady Made
known TO her husband OH her return
i6me. The outraged 4u4t..nh aid
justly Indignant Irothels ;rfnd k. VIA
Il RCD ccwsAin, wai.ed U Zen t lie feed
store mln the day following, AID
found nm N. nus lis coat ia fine
condition FIR the purpose Of their
visit. The irot1er held him ~ the
collar, whist the husband ad 1nh:S-
tered the whipping until the eiaret
triekled to lis reels. Tie batter
was Investigated on Saturday ai.G
disposed OF by. binding the rotHer
ard ihcensed husband over in bonds
of $500 each to keep The pc pce.-
s.. Louis Int
Hoes AND CROPS IN KESTUdzy.--
We addressed letter recently toa
gentleman who has been aIslling
through Kentucky, and has Visited
perhaps, every county in the State,
relative to the supply Of hogs and
the grain and other crops, to which
we have received reply. III SAYS
the number of hogs in Kentuck sthis
season IS about the Same as las /, hut
they. will be much heavier, and viii
consequently yield an excess o both
meat and lard Feeders are Intici-
pating fine prices, and corn being
plenty, and comparatively cheab b, the
hogs will be made as heavy al Dos
sible. For stock hogs So 50 per
100 lbs. was being paid in Madison
county, and IS 70 was paid lbr fat
hogs for delivery. The corn crop
promises well, and the yield df to-
bacco would be very heavy He
thinks the market viii be gl4tted
with the latter article
This information We regard az
most reliable, the gentleman who
communicates it having mingled with
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