Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-07
Items of News.

the last week,(it seems, has affect
ed the views of operators in hogs.
One of our city packers ass ures us
that the orders they have received
for the PAST few days are Ii inited to
So so gross, and 4 10 nett. This
is decline Of folly SOC per 100
pounds, upon the price OF hogs two
and three weeks ago.
| A despatchstrom Cincin matt OF
yesterday, the@2Sth, TO an operator
in this city says: "lIogs dull and
declining; do not buy. "-Ld n. Corr.
30h.
! Land IVarraats. The present
rates for buying and selling land
warrants range as follows Sell
ing rates, 100 acres Sl55; eighty
acres $40; 40 acres $40; buying
rate s146, S73, S37.
!, Decline in Bacoa.-Good sides
sold yesterday at 81 cents from wag-
ons, and at New Albany, Ia., lot
sold at Sets. This is a decline Of 2 /
to Sets per pound, equal to $50 a
cask.-Loa. Cow.
During a thunder storm at Wheel
ing, (Va) on Thursday, Dir. Henry
Morgan, an operator in thq telegraph
office, was knocked down BY light
ming.
! The Nashville Gazette has received
a letter from franklin, Tenn, stating
TIL at recruits for another Cuban inva.
; sion have been raised in Hickman
county, in this State.
A seventh Webster meeting ha.
been held in Boston, and steps taker
to organize a Webster minute-mel
club Of. 1000 men.
The wool crop IN Ohio this year
is said to be much less than last year
and has sold Oh an average Of abou
six cents pound less than last year
The cause of the diminutidn IS sup
posed to be the hard winter, which
; destroyed many sheep, and shortened
the wool ON all.
!, The people of Hart county, Ky
voted, on the 18th ult., by a ma
1jority of 160 votes, in favor Of sub
} scribing 100000 stock in the Lou
isyillc and Nashville Railroad
An undercurrent Of rumor runs il
Europe to the@fect that hostile de
signs are entertained by Russi;
against Turkey, and that the pres
ent year will witness their practica
application.
The cholera is raging severely il
the counties of Owen and Grant
Kentucky.
The Postmaster General in Cana
: ia has recommended the adoption o
the penny postage system.
!, There we're 81 deaths in Baltimor
the week before last, 1872 in Phila
delphia, 107 in Boston, and 430 il
: New York; in the latter city 10 dice
/ Of cholera.
PROFITABLE FARAnNG-Itis SAT-
that farmer Of Princess Anne .coun-
ty, Va, during the present season
realized from eight acres mean clever
hundred dollars, and he has nov
pitched on the same land a seconC
crop, which will PROBABLY bring hin
| five or six hundred dollars more.
/ The War Debts Of the European
nations amount 100000, 100000
1t would require the labor Of -four
millions of men, at $3.50 per anDum
to pay the interest of this sum at c
per cent. To pay the principal, il
would be necessary to levy a tax Of
at least $40 on every inhabitant o
the globe
New ORLEANS SUGAR TRADE. The
annual statement of the sugar trade
Of New Orleans for the year ending
lst instant, shows that the number
Of sugar houses in the State Of Lou
isiana is l ,474, two-thirds of which
are operated by steam power. The
total product for the year was 1885,
247 hogshcads. The disposition Of
the years yield was--ex ported coast
wise 6I,500 hogsheads; taken for the
West 100000; taken for refining and
the city trade $4,000.
RESIGNATION OF. A CRY CouNcrL.-
All the members Of the City Council
of Lynchburg, Va, have resigned in
consequence of the storm Of indig-