Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-25
Items Of News.

II is said there WIS more butter
made during October, in New Eng
land, than ever before in the same
month.
Tue inhabitants of Menul, Prus
sia, celebrated the 60Oth anniversa.
~ OF that city, on the 9th uIt.
Three-fourths of The British ar
my in India, are Irishnen. Ofthcse,
nine-tenths are Catholics.
A man in WatersviIle, CT, is the
possessor Of five thousand live hens
Carpenters are in great demand
at Savannah, Ga. One person adj
vertlses fortwenty-fve.
VIRGINIA.-The Richmond WING
has returns, unofficial, from every
county in the State Of Virginia, BY
Which The majority for the Pierce
and King electoral ticket is put
down at oslo. In lS4S, Cass
carried the State by i,462 majorii-
ty.
BETrING The Cincinnati CON-
niercIM says that a gentleman resi-
ding IN that city, possessed Of prop
erty TO the amount of ten thousand
dol lars, lost his all by tile result OF
the late election. He also borrow
ed several hundred dollars OF his
friends, wblclfhe stuked upon The
issue OF the contest.
Connecticut Election Returns
from ;he whole State, with the ex-
ception Of one town, Stonington,
which gave ll9 wing majority las,
spring, sum up. Pierce 3d. 45, Scott
1888, Hale 1862. Pierce's plu-
raliiy 1892.
We have heard Of some few sales
Of Pork, at Al cents, and Corn de-
llvered at 81 per barrel at this place.
1t is the opinion OF many, that pork
will come down to 4 cents before
the season closes. Shel5yviNe En-
position, I'm.
HoGs.-We have recently heard
Of several sales,of hogs at So Is
gross, but Within a few days tie
prices have advanced, and holders
now demand 81, at which figure
sales are pow being made Dau-
va1e Ky Tribune.
ILLINOIS Ell gCrroN.-The prob
able majority f9r Pierce is $4,000
to $4,000.
OPIUM Z ATisG Iii is stated that
thousand pounds of opium are sold
BY retail every week 10 the city of
New York, and that the practice Of
opium eating is increasing very rap
idly.
KENTUCKY ELEcTroN. IT h g
Frankfort I'ebman gives official re-
turns from 90 couutics and unofli-
ciaI returns from s. They give
Scott a majority Of 3,245. The
four counties YET 10 hear from gave
Pc" ell last year $40 majority.
Counterfeit twenty dollar bills on
the Bank Of the State Of South Car
DINA, are in circulation.
Among those who voted in New
port, Rhode Island on Tuesday, was
Nathan Munro, " 10 is one hundred
years old. He vbted for George
at his first election.
The Brattleboro Eagle learns that
upwards of 10000 sheep have been
Sold and driven from the town of
Shoreham, Vt, at prices ranging
rom fifty cents to three dollars and
! half. This unusual sale of stock
$ owing to the scarcity of food.
The majority Obtained by General
Pierce in Wisconsin,, is estimlted at
(, 1000 votes,
The majority for Gen. Pierce in
he State of Delaware is 81 votes.
The official vote of Massachusetts,
s thus reported: Gen. Scott, 54,205;
Zen. Pierce, 1880; Mr. Hale, 2S,-
)08; Mr.. Webster, 1850,
The New York TIN es advises
-oung men to keep away from that
ity. 1t says that nineteen-twen-
ieths of. the young men who come
here to seek their fortunes, not only
rag out an existence of poverty,
ut become miserable vaga bonds.
The wor IDS fair opens at New ]